It continues to amaze be how America may not have built the fastest or most manueverable aircraft during the war, but we built planes that could get "shot up like hell" and still bring the pilot/crews home.
I just found this link Interview with Brig. Gen. Robert Scott about his life and how he got into flying, and going to China, and after. There's a total of 5 pages of the interview.
I remember this as being a very good read.
Howdy! How's the gymnast? I almost freepmailed you a couple of times for perspective. Ours quit the team. Long story. If her couch were a teacher, she'd be jobless now.
Read your link to the General Scott interview. Scott is about ten standard deviations more wild than the "average" fighter pilot. Must be the exception to the rule "there are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots"!