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What is a plane worth without the pilot who flies it? However, a good pilot needs a good aircraft.
Top ace of all time is Erich Hartmann with 352 victories.
List of World War II flying aces - Wikipedia
I used to hang out with Gunther Rall when he would come for a visit with Zemke. He was an incredibly nice guy. Funny as hell too!
Nice fairy tails. Of course, the Russian fighters had Russian guns.What is a plane worth without the pilot who flies it? However, a good pilot needs a good aircraft.
Top ace of all time is Erich Hartmann with 352 victories.
List of World War II flying aces - Wikipedia
Hartman was not just a GOOD Pilot. He was one of the best that ever lived. I conversed with a person that talked with him. Hartman had no social graces, and his eyes were pure evil. He was a killer, plain and simple. He even had air to air kills in a Stuka and that is really hard to do. Using him as a measuring stick to make the 109 look like the best WWII Fighter is stupid. BTW, most of his kills were against ground attack fighters that flew straight and level. He had only 7 kills (not an easy thing to do either) when he moved from the eastern front to the western front. UP until 1944 (late) the Russians didn't even have gun sites on their fighters unless it was US made. The Russian Pilots of 1943 and back were easy, easy kills. But when he moved to the Western Front, he had competition big time. Getting 7 kills is still pretty hard to do with the experienced pilots that the US had by then.
Like many, I rate the FW190 as a better fighter than the 109.
According to the list above, Kurt Walter had at least 20 victories in a jet fighter.In the jet age ... the Ace of All Aces is Giora Epstein of the IAF ... 17 confirmed kills.
Those guys were completely different from what we think today. Those veterans from all the countries gathered often and were friends.I used to hang out with Gunther Rall when he would come for a visit with Zemke. He was an incredibly nice guy. Funny as hell too!
What is a plane worth without the pilot who flies it? However, a good pilot needs a good aircraft.
Top ace of all time is Erich Hartmann with 352 victories.
According to the list above, Kurt Walter had at least 20 victories in a jet fighter.In the jet age ... the Ace of All Aces is Giora Epstein of the IAF ... 17 confirmed kills.
Mika Brzezinski thinks John McCain was a top WWII ace.What is a plane worth without the pilot who flies it? However, a good pilot needs a good aircraft.
Top ace of all time is Erich Hartmann with 352 victories.
List of World War II flying aces - Wikipedia
Not Germany´s problem. If the Brits were faster with the Comet, it could have been jet on jet. The jet age started with 1433 Me 262 produced.According to the list above, Kurt Walter had at least 20 victories in a jet fighter.In the jet age ... the Ace of All Aces is Giora Epstein of the IAF ... 17 confirmed kills.
Jet on jet ... not Jet on propeller-driven bomber.
You are just reacting as dishonorable as Hunt and have just stupid "explanations" like the wikipedia article.What is a plane worth without the pilot who flies it? However, a good pilot needs a good aircraft.
Top ace of all time is Erich Hartmann with 352 victories.
Couple things about German "Aces".
1) Half their "victories" were usually either slow transport planes or planes on the ground.
2) Unlike Allied Aces, when they got shot down, they got shot down over friendly territory and were just given a new plane.
That would mean the Poles in the RAF downed 25000 German planes. Typical pomposity...One British pilot was killed for every 4.9 enemy planes downed. The Poles managed to notch up 10.5 enemy planes per pilot death.
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Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski (born Franciszek Stanisław Gabryszewski; January 28, 1919 – January 31, 2002) was a Polish-American career pilot in the United States Air Force, retiring as a colonel with 26 years of military service. He was the top American and United States Army Air Forces fighter aceover Europe in World War II and a jet fighter ace with the Air Force in the Korean War.
Although best known for his credited destruction of 34½ aircraft in aerial combat and being one of only seven U.S. combat pilots to become an ace in two wars, Gabreski was also one of the Air Force's most accomplished leaders. In addition to commanding two fighter squadrons, he had six command tours at group or wing level, including one in combat in Korea, totaling over 11 years of command and 15 overall in operational fighter assignments.
After his Air Force career, Gabreski headed the Long Island Rail Road, a commuter railroad owned by the State of New York, and struggled in his attempts to improve its service and financial condition. After two and a half years, he resigned under pressure and went into full retirement.
Gabby Gabreski - Wikipedia
That would mean the Poles in the RAF downed 25000 German planes. Typical pomposity...One British pilot was killed for every 4.9 enemy planes downed. The Poles managed to notch up 10.5 enemy planes per pilot death.
Read more: Why did we humiliate the Polish aces after their Battle of Britain heroics? | Daily Mail Online
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Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski (born Franciszek Stanisław Gabryszewski; January 28, 1919 – January 31, 2002) was a Polish-American career pilot in the United States Air Force, retiring as a colonel with 26 years of military service. He was the top American and United States Army Air Forces fighter aceover Europe in World War II and a jet fighter ace with the Air Force in the Korean War.
Although best known for his credited destruction of 34½ aircraft in aerial combat and being one of only seven U.S. combat pilots to become an ace in two wars, Gabreski was also one of the Air Force's most accomplished leaders. In addition to commanding two fighter squadrons, he had six command tours at group or wing level, including one in combat in Korea, totaling over 11 years of command and 15 overall in operational fighter assignments.
After his Air Force career, Gabreski headed the Long Island Rail Road, a commuter railroad owned by the State of New York, and struggled in his attempts to improve its service and financial condition. After two and a half years, he resigned under pressure and went into full retirement.
Gabby Gabreski - Wikipedia
"Some 8,400 Polish airmen were evacuated to the United Kingdom, which they now called Wyspa Ostatniej Nadziei or “The Island of Last Hope.” In November 1948, a memorial dedicated to the 2,408 Polish airmen killed during the war was unveiled at RAF Northolt."
The Polish Air Force in WWII. - WW2 Gravestone
