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Burma Banshees In 1943 when his base in Assam, India was under attack by a squadron of 64 Japanese Zeros and bombers, Lt. Philp Adair took off alone in his P-40 Warhawk to face them. Yes, Alone. Diving into their...
Falling from the edge of Space In 1966 while flying a test mission in the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, Bill Weaver and his RSO Jim Zwayer had a malfunction which caused the SR-71 to disintegrate around them at more than...
With the Tail shot off, he fell with no parachute and survived Eugene Paul Moran was in his tail gunner position on the B-17 “Rikki Tikki Tavi” when his entire tail section was blown off. Helpless to do anything, he...
“You've been had by a Spad, dad” 1965 in the skies over Vietnam, four A-1 Skyraiders were on a bombing mission when they ran into two Mig-17s. The Migs circled around to fire on the Spads (nickname for the Skyraiders)...
Shot through the kneecap, brought his bird home At the Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida fly-in Veteran Appreciation Day, I met a Cobra pilot from Vietnam. Limping and pushing his wife in a wheelchair, he came up to the...
Medal of Honor Recipient Tommy McGuire was the second highest scoring ace of WW2 for the United States, with his kills made in a P-38 Lightning. Tommy was a good friend to Charles Lindburg and at one time asked Lindburg...
