Hello one and all; I'm brand new to these boards but I've always had a major interest in the air war of WW2. I have a subject that I haven't been able to gather much info on over the past few years....in essence; my main question is:
Does anybody know of any Allied pilots that becames Aces (or even close to it) in more than one Theatre (Europe, Pacific, CBI, MTO) of the war? I know of John Landers (6 in PTO, 8.5 in ETO); but I don't know of any others. I know of some pilots that flew in multiple theatres (Gabreski being at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th, some of the Flying Tigers later flying over Europe, etc.).....but what of the pilots who had significant scores in multiple theatres?
I know numerous German pilots scored on multiple fronts (breaking this down into Western Europe; Eastern Europe and MTO); and I'm guessing there HAD to be some UK (and affliated nations such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, etc.) pilots that racked up some scores over England and/or France and/or Norway in the first couple of years and then moved onto the MTO or PTO. Does anybody have any names and/or scores?
Thanks!
-Max
Does anybody know of any Allied pilots that becames Aces (or even close to it) in more than one Theatre (Europe, Pacific, CBI, MTO) of the war? I know of John Landers (6 in PTO, 8.5 in ETO); but I don't know of any others. I know of some pilots that flew in multiple theatres (Gabreski being at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th, some of the Flying Tigers later flying over Europe, etc.).....but what of the pilots who had significant scores in multiple theatres?
I know numerous German pilots scored on multiple fronts (breaking this down into Western Europe; Eastern Europe and MTO); and I'm guessing there HAD to be some UK (and affliated nations such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, etc.) pilots that racked up some scores over England and/or France and/or Norway in the first couple of years and then moved onto the MTO or PTO. Does anybody have any names and/or scores?
Thanks!
-Max