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The Saga of the Franklin. Shadow in the Cloud. Ships with Wings. Sky Trooper. The Sky's the Limit (1943 film) Soldier of Orange. Spitfire Over Berlin. Der Stern von Afrika. Storm Over the Pacific.
Richard "Dick" Ira 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.
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 ...
The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or the War of Ethiopia and the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort. For short films, see the List of World War II short films. For documentaries, see the List of World War II documentary films and the List of Allied propaganda films of World ...
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun. Gunki hatameku motoni (軍旗はためく下に) Kinji Fukasaku. Japanese veterans recall experiences to a war widow on quest to exonerate husband executed for desertion. 1972. Yugoslavia. Walter Defends Sarajevo. Valter brani Sarajevo (Валтер брани Сарајево) Hajrudin Krvavac.
Robert Olds (father) Robin Olds[1] (born Robert Oldys Jr.; July 14, 1922 – June 14, 2007) was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 17 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. [2] He retired in 1973 as a brigadier general, after 30 years of ...
Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 – 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. [ 1 ] He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions. [ 3 ] He was credited with shooting down a total of 352 Allied aircraft ...
Network. HBO. Release. August 26, 1995. (1995-08-26) The Tuskegee Airmen is a 1995 HBO television movie based on the exploits of an actual groundbreaking unit, the first African-American combat pilots in the United States Army Air Corps, that fought in World War II. The film was directed by Robert Markowitz and stars Laurence Fishburne, Cuba ...