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Daredevil Low Level Strafing Missions When Lt. Raymond Knight entered the war in 1945, he was sent on ground attack missions over Italy. Seeing a heavily defended German airstrip, he told his fellow pilots to remain out of danger while...
“Miss Shilling’s Orifice” Saved Spitfires from being shot down Beatrice Shillings was a fix-it extraordinaire. Her talents at fixing all things mechanical finally led her to the RAE Restrictor which prevented Spitfires from engine failure in negative G dives. THis...
Shot down a Mig-17, rescued downed pilots, P.O.W for 6 years Wild Weasel pilot Leo K. Thorsness was on a mission over North Vietnam hunting radar and SAM installations when all hell broke loose. After destroying two missile batteries on...
Awarded Medal of Honor for saving downed pilot When an F-4 Phantom II pilot was shot down in Vietnam, William was sent to find him with the rescue helicopters. Taking fire from an anti aircraft gun, William’s Skyraider was hit...
Jackson’s arm has its own burial and headstone While doing research on Major General Smedly Butler, I came across an obscure reference to Stonewall Jackson’s left arm that had been amputated during the Civil War. Smedley was told by a...
Fastest man in history When Austrian badass Felix Baumgartner jumped from a Red Bull helium balloon 24 miles above the earth in 2012, he did not expect to become the world’s fastest man in unpowered flight. Taking months of psychological...
