Later, at the Battle of Santa Cruz, he became an “ace in a day”, shooting down seven Japanese planes in a single sortie. At least one of those kills was accomplished after running out of ammunition; he charged an enemy plane (which was also out of ammunition) head-on at low ...
Throughout WW2, the royals refused to leave the palace London was bombed heavily throughout World War Two. And, with Buckingham Palace being the cultural landmark it is, it became a massive target. Despite being advised to leave for their own safety, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth kept...
The P-47 madeits combat debut in April 1943, when a Thunderbolt with the U.S. Army’s4thFighter Groupbrought down aFocke Wulfe FW-190over France. Over the next two years, the planes would fly more than half a million sorties in Europe and the Pacific and would claim nearly 4,000 en...
but once again, it was due directly to the pilots inability to properly fly the plane. Vfr into low visibility, or ifr conditions is a common scenario with inexperienced pilots flying the V tails. Of course this isn’t the planes fault, its just that things start to happen...