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Shot down 9 planes as a gunner, 14 more as a pilot Captain Libby was a cowboy in Colorado before the start of World War I. In 1914 he joined the Canadian Air Force and on his first day as...
Shot down 9 Zeros in one day Before WW2 Benko was a firearms expert and often loaded his own ammo. Being assigned a top gunner on a B-24 named “the Goon”, he carefully unloaded the tracer bullets after he found...
Real American Hero: Used his F-86 jet as an air to air tow truck Brig. General James Risner could be the quintessential American fighter pilot of the century. After flying P-40s, P-39 Airacobras, and P-38 Lightnings during WW2, he enlisted...
First bomber gun kill since Korean War While serving as the tail gunner on a B-52 bomber on a mission over Hanoi, North Vietnam, Turner sighted a pair of Mig-21’s closing on the bomber from behind. As the lead Mig...
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Chief Boatswain’s Mate Joe George, against orders, threw a rope to save 6 men trapped on a tower on the USS Arizona during the battle at Pearl Harbor. All 6 were rescued but two men...
Geronimo (real name “Goyalle”) was an Apache medicine man (not a chief) who, upon losing his wife and children to a Mexican Army attack, proceeded to make war on the United States and Mexico during the great western expansion. He...
