Aces
Jon Guttman |
Published: January 05, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Georges Guynemer was only France's second-ranking ace of World War I, but he remains the most famous of them all.
William B. Allmon |
Published: November 14, 2006 at 11:09 am
Captain James Jabara became the first American ace in Korea when he turned his fifth MiG into a 'whirl of fire'...and he had only just begun. Before he was done, he would record 15 'kills.'
Published: November 06, 2006 at 1:41 pm
With 27 1/2 confirmed aerial kills, George Preddy -- the top-scoring Mustang ace of World War II -- was undefeated until he ran into friendly fire on Christmas Day during the 1944 Ardennes offensive.By Kelly Bell
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
Flying the big Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Bob Johnson survived a lot of punishment at the hands of the Luftwaffe. He inflicted even more.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Hermann Graf was one of the Luftwaffe's most decorated -- and forgotten -- aces.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Air Marshal Ivan Kozhedub was the highest-scoring fighter pilot flying against the Germans during the early 1940s. He tells what it was like to succeed in a learn-as-you-fight conflict.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Pulled from the wreckage of his Messerschmitt, Günther Rall was paralyzed, his back broken in three places. Nevertheless, he returned to the air.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa was gaunt and sickly looking, but in the cockpit of his Zero fighter he became 'the Devil.'
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:11 pm
One of Britain's most decorated and highest-scoring fighter pilots was a former mule skinner from east Texas.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:08 pm
An aggressive pilot and a crack marksman, the young Canadian became a legend and inspired a new generation of aces.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
A Radio Tokyo broadcast revealed to Colonel Robert L. Scott how effective his 23rd Fighter Group was. 'They were making the point that we were weak because we only had 500 planes,' said Scott. 'At that time we had only 35!'
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Flying over North Africa, Sicily and Italy in 1943, Frank Hurlbut helped wrest the Mediterranean sky from the best fighters and pilots the Luftwaffe had to offer.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Rudolf von Eschwege was the only German fighter pilot on World War I's Macedonian Front, but in a little more than a year the intrepid and resourceful flier achieved 20 victories.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Frantisek Perina, one of France's outstanding fighter pilots during the dark days of 1940, was an expatriate Czech in the cockpit of an American-built Curtiss Hawk.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Germany's second-highest-scoring ace of World War I, the colorful and boisterous Ernst Udet, had one of the most remarkable flying careers of the first half of the 20th century.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
When America's WWI Ace of Aces Edward Rickenbacker became president of Eastern Air Lines, he said: 'I will always keep in mind that I am in the greatest business in the world ... and I can serve humanity more completely in my line of endeavor than in any other.'
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