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Clayton Kelly Gross (November 30, 1920 – January 10, 2016), from Walla Walla, Washington, [1] was a Army Air Forces World War II Ace who shot down 6 enemy planes over Europe. [2] Gross also flew planes in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France both on June 5 and 6, 1944. [ 3 ]
Training in St. Petersburg, Florida, in municipal facilities, at times with circus greats Faye Moses and Fay Alexander, sisters Candace (Kandy), Maureen (Moe), and Marlene (Molli) were added to the act in 1964, and the team began touring and competing with a double cross-over aerial and trampoline act, featuring young Terry as primary flyer. [2 ...
Distinguished Flying Cross: Awarded to Royal Air Force commissioned officers and warrant officers for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy". [79] DFC* Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar: A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC who received a second award. [79 ...
Louis Edward "Lou" Curdes (November 2 1919 – February 5 1995) was an American flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II who held the unusual distinctions of scoring an official and intentional air-to-air kill against another American aircraft as well as shooting down at least one aircraft from each of the major Axis powers.
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied but is usually considered to be five or more.
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 ...
Leonard Haines, DFC (December 1919 – 30 April 1941) was a flying ace who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. During his service with the RAF, he was credited with having destroyed at least eight German aircraft Born in Melcombe Regis, Haines joined the RAF in 1937.
Adolf Josef Ferdinand Galland (19 March 1912 – 9 February 1996) [2] was a German Luftwaffe general and flying ace who served throughout the Second World War in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions and fought on the Western Front and in the Defence of the Reich.