enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Richard Bong - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bong

    Richard Ira "Dick" 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.

  3. Audie Murphy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy

    Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [4] and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history.

  4. Decorated pilot Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving ...

    www.aol.com/decorated-pilot-harry-stewart-jr...

    Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100. Stewart was one of ...

  5. Lists of World War II flying aces - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_World_War_II...

    Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...

  6. Decorated Tuskegee Airman combat pilot Harry Stewart Jr. dies ...

    www.aol.com/decorated-tuskegee-airman-combat...

    DETROIT — Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated combat pilot of World War II’s mostly Black 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100. Stewart ...

  7. Old 666 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_666

    The mission remains the most highly decorated in American history, and the Eager Beavers, with their individual decorations considered together, the most highly-decorated aircrew in U.S. history. [25] Seven of the eight Zero pilots who intercepted Old 666 later participated in a strike on Allied shipping at Lunga Point that same day. [26]

  8. Everett Ernest Blakely - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Ernest_Blakely

    Everett Ernest Blakely (July 1, 1919 – September 21, 2004) was a career officer of the United States Air Force. He was a highly decorated B-17 pilot with the "Bloody Hundredth" Bombardment Group of the 8th Air Force in Europe during World War II.

  9. Decorated pilot Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving ...

    www.aol.com/news/decorated-pilot-harry-stewart...

    Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100.