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Originally Posted by TylerH860
I think he said in the video that pilot skill being equal, the P51 and Spitfire didn't stand a chance against the 109. Clearly your dad was a skilled pilot. Germany was losing all of their skilled pilots and not putting enough effort into replacing them.
What did he fly?
I think you would like this video as well if you haven't seen it already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLlcUY |
Thanks for the link.
My Dad was a waist gunner in a B-24 Liberator. He flew twenty nine missions in 1943-44 and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross when he was only twenty years old.