USAAF, USAF pilot Paul Douglas Jr scored 8 air to air kills in ww2 and flew many combat missions in vietnam war.
Now, I'm searching some informations about him but i need more stories.
Anyone have some Douglas's combat reports in ww2?
Günther Rall, Germany's Last WW2 Ace. Amazing Stories of WW2, in their own words. PART 1/4 - GERMANY'S LAST ACE.
You could say that history repeats itself. This wonderful documentary, filmed by our partners at Air2AirTV (air2airtv.com) is also masterfully narrated by Gary Sinise.
Anyone seen the trailer of the most recently announced Ace Combat 7? It is going to be set in the Strangereal universe, unlike Joint Assault, AH, and Infinity, which were set in the real world. It seems that there will be a location called the Lighthouse. The airbrone superweapon with many...
a question was asked on another forum that got me to thinking. how many german aces faced allied aces in aerial combat that is able to be confirmed by records. i know Gunther Rall supposedly faced Hub Zemke....and there is a debate as to whether either was in the actual area but Rall and...
I'm almost certain this has been addressed somewhere already, so just direct me there and I'll shut up. :) But before that:
During the Second World War the Luftwaffe had personalized markings at the Jagdgeschwader-, Gruppe- and Staffel-level. Like the JG 54's Grünherz (Green Heart), JG 53's...
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The last Italian WW2 Ace Luigi Gorrini passed away on 8 November aged 97. Credited with 19 victories (24 for other sources).
After the war, he was a friend of numerous other Aces like A. Galland, R. Stanford-Tuck, P. Townsend, J. Steinhoff and many others. He had...
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With all the technology around today, does the achievement of becoming an 'ace' carry the same....I don't know, does the word carry with it, the same glory, as it did, or does, in WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam?
I share with you this article with an extensive report and photos about the greatest ace of WW2, the German pilot Erich Hartmann:
Aviação em Floripa: Erich Hartmann: o Ãs dos Ases
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Isn't that a beautiful plane? I like the German winter camouflage schemes, there's something very pretty about them. This particular plane was used by famous Luftwaffe ace Erich Hartmann, the highest scoring fighter ace of all time (352 confirmed kills), on the Eastern Front. It's a skin made...