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This Maneuver Finally Let U.S.Navy Fighters Survive the Zeros
June 1942. Somewhere over the Pacific, a Navy pilot watches his wingman die. The Zero came from above, fast, silent until the last second. Cannon…
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They Mocked His Too Low Attack — Until 9 Positions Went Silent in One Run
The morning of August 17th, 1943 broke cold over the Shvinefort Reagansburg corridor. At 0730 hours, the air above East Anglia trembled with the roar…
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They Mocked the Escort Fighter — Until the P 51 Made Daylight Raids Possible Deep Into Germany
At exactly 11:14 in the morning on January 11th, 1944, Major James Howard guided his silver P51B Mustang through thin sheets of frozen cloud 4…
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When This German Fighter Flew Into His B 17 — He Landed With It Embedded
May 1st, 1943, 20,000 ft above occupied France, Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith, a man his squadron called the worst airman in the unit, cranked open…
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1 Pilot, 0 Ammunition, 23 Enemy Planes — How a Texan Mechanic Saved an Entire Squadron Using Only Co
August 12th, 1944. 9:42 a.m. 26,000 ft above the Peshed oil fields, Romania. The oxygen was thin and metallic, tasting of rubber and fear. Second…
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They Mocked His Impossible Maneuver Until It Became a Legendary Move Passed Down to P 51 Pilots…
A P-51 Mustang screams past a fogwolf inverted bleeding speed in a way that violates every combat manual ever written. The German pilot expects the…
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“They Thought He Was Running — Until One P 38 Turned Back on Six German Fighters”
September 1943, 6000 FT over the Huan Gulf. A lone P38 lightning banks hard into a thunderhead while six Japanese zeros close from behind. The…
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Japanese Couldn’t Hit This “Slow” Bomber — The Pilot Shot Down 3 Zeros and Sank Their Carrier
At 7:30 a.m. on May 8th, 1942, Lieutenant Junior Grade Stanley Vatasa strapped into his Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber on the flight deck of…
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Why German Fighter Procedures Made This P-51 Escape Possible
At 11:23 on the morning of August 13th, 1945, First Lieutenant Oscar Pomo banked his P47N Thunderbolt hard left over the rugged hills near Kjo,…
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The P-38 ‘Vertical Trap’ That Made Japanese Zero Aces Quit the Fight
The sky over Oro Bay was empty of clouds on the morning of March 11th, 1943. Clean, bright, and deceptively calm. 14,000 ft below, the…
- “I Don’t Cook for Enemies” — German POW Froze When He Saw the American Kitchen.-ZZ
He had been a cook for 12 years before the army took him. Not a… Read more: “I Don’t Cook for Enemies” — German POW Froze When He Saw the American Kitchen.-ZZ - Three Generals Were Shot at His Side. MacArthur Was 300 Miles Away.-ZZ
On the afternoon of November 30th, 1942, Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger arrived at Port Moresby,… Read more: Three Generals Were Shot at His Side. MacArthur Was 300 Miles Away.-ZZ - He Refused to Obey… Patton Gave Him 10 Seconds-ZZ
April 12th, 1945, near Eisenh, Germany, a cold, biting spring rain swept relentlessly across the… Read more: He Refused to Obey… Patton Gave Him 10 Seconds-ZZ - Expert Called His 75mm cannon “Flying Coffin” — Until It Changed The Pacific War-ZZ
February 1942, humid morning over the Solomon Sea. A flight of B17 flying fortresses opened… Read more: Expert Called His 75mm cannon “Flying Coffin” — Until It Changed The Pacific War-ZZ - They Mocked His “Toy” Rifle — Then He Killed a General at 800 Yards.-ZZ
France, August 1944. Sergeant Henry Hawk Lawson lay motionless in a bombedout church bell tower,… Read more: They Mocked His “Toy” Rifle — Then He Killed a General at 800 Yards.-ZZ - Generals Called His “Oil Filter” Silencer Stupid — Until He Took a German Bridge Alone-ZZFrance. August 1944. Sergeant William M. Mallister lay in the mud 50 yards from a… Read more: Generals Called His “Oil Filter” Silencer Stupid — Until He Took a German Bridge Alone-ZZ