To: Timber Rattler
Ummm someone overlooked Richard Bong - highest scoring air ace?
11 posted on
02/10/2015 9:36:07 AM PST by
corkoman
To: corkoman
OK Bong was US Army Air Corps. Corpse!
Bong and 2 others did a LOOP over/above the Golden Gate Bride.
12 posted on
02/10/2015 9:38:20 AM PST by
corkoman
To: corkoman
Bong and McGuire both had more kills in P38s from land bases. The scariest part of a Navy pilot’s sortie was the landing, which was pretty tough back then.
15 posted on
02/10/2015 9:43:42 AM PST by
Boiler Plate
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