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The P-61 radar operator occupied a separate compartment in the rear of the fuselage accessed from a hatch below. In August 1940, sixteen months before the United States entered the war, the U.S. Air Officer in London, Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmons, was briefed on British research in radar ("Radio Detection And Ranging" as it was then known), which had been underway since 1935, and had ...
This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from United States. ... P-61 night fighter ace [36] George C. Axtell: USMC 6 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 22 April 1945 [37]
Wanklyn was the British Ace of Aces in terms of tonnage. [58] [59] [better source needed] [60] [page needed] Benjamin Bryant United Kingdom: World War II – end of World War II Bryant was the British Ace of Aces. [61] [62] [page needed] Reinhard Suhren: Nazi Germany: World War II: A U-boat ace. [63] [page needed] Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia ...
Gerald Richard Johnson (June 23, 1920 – October 7, 1945) was a World War II flying ace who flew for the United States Army Air Forces.Johnson commanded the 9th Fighter Squadron and 49th Fighter Group, and became the fourth ranking fighter ace in the Pacific during World War II.
The P-38s made a first pass and Dahl shot down one of the Tonys, for his seventh aerial victory. As Dahl banked his P-38 for a second pass, it collided with a P-38 flown by 2nd Lt. Grady Laseter Jr. After the two planes had struck each other, Dahl ditched his P-38 in Ormoc Bay, while Laseter—who did not bail out in time—was killed when his ...
In 1947 the squadron was again activated at Grenier Field, New Hampshire, where it was equipped with North American P-51 Mustangs as a Strategic Air Command fighter escort unit. [1] Between April and June 1948 the squadron deployed to Ladd Air Force Base , Alaska , where it practiced rendezvousing with and escorting bombers, intercepting ...
George Earl Preddy Jr. (February 5, 1919 – December 25, 1944) was a United States Army Air Forces officer during World War II and an American ace credited with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills (a number that includes shared one-half and one-third victory credits), [1] ranking him as the top P-51 Mustang ace of World War II and eighth on the list of highest scoring American aces.
Franz Eckerle (24 April 1912 – 14 February 1942) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and aerobatics pilot. As a fighter ace during World War II, he was credited with 59 aerial victories, four over the Western Allies and 55 on the Eastern Front.