Now that’s what you call kill markings
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Now that’s what you call kill markings
Lol
and in case you are wondering.
Props and Pin-Ups in World War II (and it?s just not girls in bikinis?)
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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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!
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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Last edited by NutLoose; 30th Apr 2021 at 23:29.
Lol
and in case you are wondering.
Props and Pin-Ups in World War II (and it?s just not girls in bikinis?)
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.
..
and in case you are wondering.
Props and Pin-Ups in World War II (and it?s just not girls in bikinis?)
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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He didn’t marry her, the full fascinating story of the shoot down is here and their rescue.
https://www.donhollway.com/curdes/
https://www.donhollway.com/curdes/
Curdes found a USAAF C-47 lost and attempting to land on a Japanese held airfield on the island of Bataan.
In the article it states that the island was Batan Island in the Formosan Strait - not Bataan.
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