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"Hamish" – T. G. Mahaddie, Bomber Command pilot, Pathfinder Force "Hap" – Henry H. Arnold, American Army Air Forces commanding general "Hasse" – Hans Wind, Finnish fighter ace "Hilly" – Mark Henry Brown, Battle of Britain pilot "Hipshot" – Danny Hamilton, US Air Force Reserve "Hoagy" – Peter Carmichael, British fighter pilot
"Dogsbody" – Douglas Bader, Second World War British fighter ace and commander "Dolfo" – Adolf Galland, German fighter ace of World War II and General der Jagdflieger "Drug Stari" (Serbian: Old Friend) – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav general, later president-for-life of Yugoslavia
The call sign is a specialized form of nickname that is used as a substitute for the aviator's given name. It is used on flight suit and flight jacket name tags, painted/displayed beneath the officer's or enlisted aircrewman's name on aircraft fuselages or canopy rails, and in radio conversations. They are most commonly used in tactical jet ...
Fictional fighter pilots (1 C, 36 P) Fictional naval aviators (7 P) R. The Rocketeer (character) (8 P) Pages in category "Fictional aviators"
The fighter is one of the standard playable character classes in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. [1] A fighter is a versatile, weapons-oriented warrior who fights using skill, strategy and tactics. Fighter is a generic and broad class; individual fighters have diverse backgrounds and different styles.
James Julien "Pug" Southerland II (October 28, 1911 – October 12, 1949) was a United States Navy fighter pilot during World War II. He was an ace, having been credited with five victories (some accounts say seven), flying Grumman F4F Wildcats. He was awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross twice, and the Purple Heart.
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His reaction to this led to his nickname of 'Grumpy'. Unwin's first combat sortie came the next day, and he claimed a Henschel Hs 126 reconnaissance aircraft as destroyed over Dunkirk. [7] The German pilot had used his aircraft's slow speed and high manoeuvrability to evade the attacks of two RAF fighters pilots, while retreating into Belgian ...