Author Topic: Who's the most famous? (Read 864 times)

Viking · « **Reply #15 on:** November 05, 2006, 01:00:09 PM »

General public? Probably Yeager. Those studying WWII aircraft ... very subjective, but perhaps Eric Brown?

Angus · « **Reply #16 on:** November 05, 2006, 02:31:37 PM »

Douglas Bader.....Adolf Galland.....Yeager.....Sakai. ...depends who you ask and where. Ok, ask 1.000.000 people from all countries ...hmmm...don't know.

Ball · « **Reply #17 on:** November 05, 2006, 04:24:22 PM »

Bader

DiabloTX · « **Reply #18 on:** November 05, 2006, 04:38:44 PM »

Hartmann.

Just go to the MA and you'll see his still untouchable influence.

Hartmann...the King God BnZer of all time.

Plus, I have his autograph so I gotta pimp the dude.

Mace2004 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 05, 2006, 10:50:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Eagler

WW1 yes but he stated WW2

How many kids in high school here know the difference?

Debonair · « **Reply #20 on:** November 05, 2006, 11:56:55 PM »

maybe Joe Foss, depends if you're in a Dakota or not...

DiabloTX · « **Reply #21 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:09:40 AM »

John Lennon was shot and killed infront of his Dakota.

Debonair · « **Reply #22 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:17:57 AM »

yeah, but he only ever got on one jap's tail

DiabloTX · « **Reply #23 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:24:14 AM »

That's because he left his wingmen. Had he not done that he'd have had plenty of Jap tail to get behind.

ghi · « **Reply #24 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:52:40 AM »

my favoritte ace is Hans Ulrich-Rudel,

Rudel's personal victories include:

518+ Tanks
700 Trucks
150+ Flak and Artillery positions
9 Fighter/Ground Attack Aircraft
Hundreds of bridges, railway lines, bunkers, etc.
Battleship October Revolution, Cruiser Marat, and 70 landing craft

Shot down 32 times, survieved the war:)

DiabloTX · « **Reply #25 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:56:20 AM »

And was an unapologetic Nazi, too!

Nice pick!

ramzey · « **Reply #26 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:56:20 AM »

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Originally posted by ghi
my favoritte ace is Hans Ulrich-Rudel,

Rudel's personal victories include:

518+ Tanks
700 Trucks
150+ Flak and Artillery positions
9 Fighter/Ground Attack Aircraft
Hundreds of bridges, railway lines, bunkers, etc.
Battleship October Revolution, Cruiser Marat, and 70 landing craft

Shot down 32 times, survieved the war:)

how it is to have nazi as an idol?

Angus · « **Reply #27 on:** November 06, 2006, 02:30:06 AM »

Well, if you skip WW2 and say the most famous ace of all times, the answer is easier. VON RICHTHOFEN!!!!

Debonair · « **Reply #28 on:** November 06, 2006, 02:44:45 AM »

rudel also not a figher pilot
include attack pilot guys & George Bush Sr. is famousest

Ghosth · « **Reply #29 on:** November 06, 2006, 08:10:50 AM »

Yeager is the most famous NOW because of what he did after the war not during the war. Yeager made his name with the X plane flights, not a string of WWII victory's.

Of the WWII era pilots Bong tops the list IMO, with Chenault, McGuire, Boyinton, & Gabreski right behind. Thats for US pilots, Sakai for the Japanese, Bader for the RAF.

Growing up I had no idea who the LW aces were, and didn't really care. Same for the Russian pilots. But the Bong/McGuire race to the top everyone knew about.
And even back then I'd heard of the top Japanese Ace Sakai. Once Black sheep hit the TV everyone knew about Pappy B & the Corsair drivers.

In some respects Chenault should get a lot more respect than he does.
He virtually wrote the book on how to defeat the Japanese fighters.
Would Pappy have done as well as he did without Chenault showing him how?
I don't know what happened to Chenault after the AVG disbanded. Nor how many kills he racked up with the AVG? And did he actually get a chance to fly after the AVG was disbanded? I think if he'd of been allowed to continue to fly combat for the rest of the war he'd of blown them all away.