To: afraidfortherepublic
Action: An artist's depiction of the dramatic moment shows Overstreet in his P51 Mustang chasing an ME 109 under the Eiffel Tower in Spring 1944. He was able to shoot the plane down
To: afraidfortherepublic
Evidently, in an arena where fractions of a second count, this was an exceptionally long duel. The kind of guts and stamina it would take to fight that long is incredible.
The gentleman that just died was from Clifton Forge, VA, a small rural town.
16 posted on
01/04/2014 9:26:55 AM PST by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: afraidfortherepublic
The German pilot was pretty good too. Just not good enough.
21 posted on
01/04/2014 9:43:43 AM PST by
painter
( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: afraidfortherepublic
WOW! Thanks for the post :)
27 posted on
01/04/2014 10:03:35 AM PST by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
It should be noted that Mr. Overstreet was actually the second person to ever fly under the tower, but the only one who lived to tell about it........
29 posted on
01/04/2014 10:08:13 AM PST by
Hot Tabasco
(Miss Muffit suffered from arachnophobia.....)
To: afraidfortherepublic
That is one of my current PC desktop pictures. I just had no clue it was based on a historcal event.
That’s wonderful to know. Now I have a name and event to go with the picture.
36 posted on
01/04/2014 10:54:27 AM PST by
Freedom_Is_Not_Free
(Free goodies for all -- Freedom for none.)
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