NutLoose
30th Apr 2021, 17:49
Lol
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x643/image_8d2c53781e2626c2f33baf20185ea83d3417719d.jpeg
and in case you are wondering.
One of the more interesting kill marking score boards belonged to 1st Lieutenant Louis Curdes’ on his P-51 named “Bad Angel.” What is unique about it was that not only did it include a victory marking from all three Axis powers (He was one of three pilots with this distinction.), but also included an American kill! On February 10, 1945, Curdes found a USAAF C-47 lost and attempting to land on a Japanese held airfield on the island of Bataan. Unable to contact the lost aircraft by radio, he tried unsuccessfully to thwart its landing and finally decided to shoot out the C-47s engines, forcing it to ditch in the water. While all aboard survived the friendly attack, what makes the story even better is that his date from the night before, a nurse, was on the C-47 he shot down!
Props and Pin-Ups in World War II (and it?s just not girls in bikinis?) (http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/wwii-events/props-and-pin-ups-in-world-war-ii-and-its-just-not-girls-in-bikinis.html)
By the way, I am not glorifying the facts, far from it, I realise people died for those markings to be applied, simply the fact he also gained an allied one and shot his date down in the process.
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https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x643/image_8d2c53781e2626c2f33baf20185ea83d3417719d.jpeg
and in case you are wondering.
One of the more interesting kill marking score boards belonged to 1st Lieutenant Louis Curdes’ on his P-51 named “Bad Angel.” What is unique about it was that not only did it include a victory marking from all three Axis powers (He was one of three pilots with this distinction.), but also included an American kill! On February 10, 1945, Curdes found a USAAF C-47 lost and attempting to land on a Japanese held airfield on the island of Bataan. Unable to contact the lost aircraft by radio, he tried unsuccessfully to thwart its landing and finally decided to shoot out the C-47s engines, forcing it to ditch in the water. While all aboard survived the friendly attack, what makes the story even better is that his date from the night before, a nurse, was on the C-47 he shot down!
Props and Pin-Ups in World War II (and it?s just not girls in bikinis?) (http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/wwii-events/props-and-pin-ups-in-world-war-ii-and-its-just-not-girls-in-bikinis.html)
By the way, I am not glorifying the facts, far from it, I realise people died for those markings to be applied, simply the fact he also gained an allied one and shot his date down in the process.
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