Great Aces who are yours?

[Skii]

Isnt there a question mark over the 17 mate? Undoubted a master but iirc I read somewhere we didnt opperate 17 Hurris that day that he destroyed 17? Not picking just interested

Oh and where ya been nubblet?

Yeah I believe it wasn't actually 17 fighters per-se, still, an incredible figure if even partially true.

Oh..and..

temping at Citroen

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Adrian 'Warby' Warburton....

Flew photo-recon missions off Malta. Apparently a very scary man on landing and take off, a bit "split-arse" - he managed to rip a main wheel off his Maryland once just taking off , but he was a demon in the air. Took some fantastic oblique pictures of the Italian fleet in harbour - basically put them off invading Malta... came back to base with a radio antenna from one of the eye-ties ships lodged in his tail wheel.

My favourite tale tho is one where he flew an unarmed PR Spitfire to take pictures over Sicily, and got shot at by an AA gun. INfuriated that they made a hole in his aeroplane and at the least shot at him, he jumped into a combat Spit immediately on landing, took off and shot the gun up. "That'll learn em"

Last seen heading off from England in a P-38 to take pictures of Germany...

[1.JaVA_nijssie]

Adrian 'Warby' Warburton....

Flew photo-recon missions off Malta. Apparently a very scary man on landing and take off, a bit "split-arse" - he managed to rip a main wheel off his Maryland once just taking off , but he was a demon in the air. Took some fantastic oblique pictures of the Italian fleet in harbour - basically put them off invading Malta... came back to base with a radio antenna from one of the eye-ties ships lodged in his tail wheel.

My favourite tale tho is one where he flew an unarmed PR Spitfire to take pictures over Sicily, and got shot at by an AA gun. INfuriated that they made a hole in his aeroplane and at the least shot at him, he jumped into a combat Spit immediately on landing, took off and shot the gun up. "That'll learn em"

Last seen heading off from England in a P-38 to take pictures of Germany...

I like him...

[yamangman]

In no particular order....

Werner Molders

A Great pilot and leader. Germanys top scoring Ace of the Spanish civil war. 155 Victories, 14 Spanish, 68 Western, 33 Eastern.

Walter Nowotny

probably the most famous Austrian WWII pilot. 258 confirmed kills. Fifth ranking Ace in history.

Richard Ira bong

The US leading scoring Ace. Reportedly a great individual.

Cdr Nigel 'Sharky' Ward

Command of 801 Sqn aboard the HMS Invincible during the Falklands campaign. Fought outnumbered, outfueld, out gunned and out sped against the Argentinian air force.

Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen

Not really anything to say, other than his 80 aerial victories. The name speaks for itself.

[Dakaras]

Adrian 'Warby' Warburton....

Flew photo-recon missions off Malta. Apparently a very scary man on landing and take off, a bit "split-arse" - he managed to rip a main wheel off his Maryland once just taking off , but he was a demon in the air. Took some fantastic oblique pictures of the Italian fleet in harbour - basically put them off invading Malta... came back to base with a radio antenna from one of the eye-ties ships lodged in his tail wheel.

My favourite tale tho is one where he flew an unarmed PR Spitfire to take pictures over Sicily, and got shot at by an AA gun. INfuriated that they made a hole in his aeroplane and at the least shot at him, he jumped into a combat Spit immediately on landing, took off and shot the gun up. "That'll learn em"

Last seen heading off from England in a P-38 to take pictures of Germany...

Guy was a GOD in the air, Pete Townsend flew escort to him once and when told to clear out cause 109s were starting to prowl he just responed

"Thats why I brought you along old boy be so kind as to deal with them, 1 more run"

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interestingly enough.. Pete Townsend's medals were recently put up for auction... along with the medals everyone got for living through the war, he had a DFC & Bar and a DSO... they were expected to gor anywhere between £40 - £50k