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The Aussie Bootlegger AKA “Killer” Clive Caldwell was an Australian Air Force Ace who downed 28+ aircraft during WW2, most of them with his American made P-40 Warhawk. No one shot down more aircraft as a P-40 pilot. He turned...
The Lone F-15 Airman First Class Brian McVeigh was killed in 1996 when a gasoline tanker was detonated outside the Khobar Towers Military Complex, Saudi Arabia. A total of 19 service members were killed and 500 injured. Brian McVeigh worked...
Satoru Anabuki Japanese top Ace (53) in Ki-84 The Nakajima (today known as Subaru Co.) Ki-84 was the eventual evolution of the Japanese fighters. With a top speed of over 400 mph and a ceiling to match even the B-29...
3000 arrests, Killed 14 in self defense, Frontier Lawman tough guy badass Born into slavery in 1838, Bass escaped captivity and fled to Oaklahoma during the Civil War. There he stayed, learning several Indian languages until the end of the...
Act of Mercy during war leads to lifetime friendship When Lt. Charlie Brown’sB-17 was crippled by Bf-109 fighter attacks on a WW2 mission over Germany, he was escorted by an enemy fighter to safety. Franz Stigler (the German Bf-109 pilot)...
Took on the Japanese invasion single handed in an outdated fighter When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 Lt. Phil was in bed. Hearing the invasion sounds of Pearl being attacked, he jumped out of bed (still...
