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Ace of Aces featured five Waco 7s, five Travel Air Model B "Wichita Fokkers", a small number of Nieuport 28s, a Curtiss JN4 Jenny, Garland-Lincoln LF-1 (Nieuport 28 Replica), and a Fleet Model 1, along with two SE.5 mock-ups while a Waco also served as a camera plane for the aerial sequences. [4]
Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
Ace of Aces (1933 film) Aces High (film) Aces: A Story of the First Air War; B. Biggles (film) The Blue Max; Body and Soul (1931 film) C. Captain Eddie; Cavalry (1936 ...
The top scoring Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force), and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time. The top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force with 94 confirmed aerial combat victories [17] Pat Pattle United Kingdom: 4 August 1940– 20 April 1941 1936–1941 50 Hurricanes and Gladiators
Brigadier General Giora "Hawkeye" Epstein (Hebrew: גיורא אפשטיין; born May 20, 1938), today Giora Even (Hebrew: גיורא אבן), is a retired Israeli Air Force (IAF) officer and a fighter ace credited with 17 victories, 16 against Egyptian jets and one against an Egyptian Mi-8 helicopter, making Epstein the ace of aces of supersonic fighter jets and of the Israeli Air Force.
Aces: Iron Eagle III; Afterburn (1992 film) Air Cadet (film) Air Force One (film) Air Force One Down; Aloha (2015 film) B. Bat*21; Battle Hymn (film)
Aces with five symbols on French-suited playing cards, used in Germany The "first French ace", Frenchman Adolphe Pégoud being awarded the Croix de guerre.. A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.
A coffee shop and deli located at Maxwell Air Force Base's University Inn is called Rickenbacker's. [126] Rickenbacker was named as the class exemplar at the United States Air Force Academy for the Class of 2004. [127] His childhood home in Columbus, Ohio is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Captain Edward V ...