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Glamour boys – derogatory term for fighter pilots. [29] [33] God botherer – a chaplain in the RAF, or padre. [8] (To) Go pear–shaped – something that has gone wrong, Refers to the look of an aircraft that has crashed nose first. [34] Gravel crusher – an NCO who was employed to drill the airmen. [35]
"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
Joseph D. Elsberry (April 25, 1921 – March 31, 1985) was a U.S. Army Air Force officer and a prolific African-American World War II fighter pilot in the 332nd Fighter Group's 301st Fighter Squadron, best known as the famed Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails," or “Schwartze Vogelmenschen” ("Black Birdmen") among enemy German pilots. [1]
U.S. Air Force Lt. Heather "Lucky" Penney, an F-16 pilot at the time, was ordered into the air to intercept United Airlines Flight 93. Her father was a flight captain for United at the time.
On 7 January 1948, 25-year-old Captain Thomas F. Mantell, a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, died when he crashed his P-51 Mustang fighter plane near Franklin, Kentucky, United States, after being sent in pursuit of an unidentified flying object (UFO). Mantell pursued the object in a steep climb and disregarded suggestions to level his altitude.
Civilian pilot Matthew LaCourse killed, [186] body recovered later that day. [187] LaCourse was a former USAF pilot who retired in 2000 as a lieutenant colonel after 22 years of service with over 2,000 flight hours in the F-4 Phantom II and 1,500 hours in other types, including the F-16C.
Such behavior led to a 2001 in-air collision in which a Chinese plane was lost and pilot killed. Beijing deeply resents the presence of U.S. military assets in that region, and regularly demands ...
The term "ace in a day" is used to designate a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more enemy aircraft in a single day. [43] Since World War I, a number of pilots have achieved the feat; the last American to achieve "ace in a day" status in World War II was First Lieutenant Oscar Francis Perdomo of the 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter ...