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Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...
Oberleutnant Ludwig Franz Stigler (21 August 1915 – 22 March 2008) was a German fighter pilot and fighter ace in World War II. He is best known for his role in a December 1943 incident in which he spared the crew of a severely damaged B-17 bomber. He escorted the plane to safety over enemy lines.
United States Army Air Forces bomber pilots of World War II (140 P) B. United States Navy bomber pilots of World War II (18 P) M.
Pages in category "United States Army Air Forces bomber pilots of World War II" The following 140 pages are in this category, out of 140 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
United States Army Air Forces bomber pilots of World War II (140 P) W. Women Airforce Service Pilots personnel (84 P)
The Rüsselsheim massacre was a war crime that involved the lynching and killing of six American airmen by townspeople of Rüsselsheim during World War II.. The incident happened on August 26, 1944, two days after a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber of the United States Army Air Forces was shot down by heavy anti-aircraft fire over Hanover.
Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler had the opportunity to shoot down the crippled bomber but did not do so, and instead escorted it over and past German-occupied territory so as to protect it. After an extensive search by Brown, the two pilots met each other 50 years later and developed a friendship that lasted until Stigler's death in March 2008.
On June 14, 1944, pilot Roy Allen and the crew of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress embarked on a mission over Nazi-occupied France. Hit by flak , Roy was forced to parachute into France. Trapped behind enemy lines, he was rescued by Colette Florin , a 21-year-old schoolteacher and a member of the French Resistance .