[Fudd]

Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make HISTORY.

Tell that to Chuck Yeager, Eddie Rickenbacker, Robin Olds, Bob Hoover, "Pappy" Boyington, "Butch" O'Hare, and their likes. Other fighter pilots include John Glenn, James Lovell, GHW Bush, and (of course) W. :)

[SJSAMPLE]

Tell that to the aircrews lost over Berlin and Tokyo. Fighter pilots suffered only a FRACTION of the losses of the aircrews and served in SUPPORT roles to the bomber crews ;)

[joybelle]

"The Right Stuff", the book that is, gives a great picture of Yaeger.

[El Gato]

GHW Bush,

Was a bomber pilot. Actually a torpedo bomber, but by the time he got into the war, there weren't all that many targets for torpedoes, so they were used as bombers. Or attack aircraft, but the difference between attack aircraft and bombers has been pretty hazy over the years, they both drop bombs on the bad guys. GHW Bush flew the TBF/TBM (depending on the maufacturor Grumman or GM) Avenger. GHW Bush made less landings than takeoffs.