What WW2 ace do you look up to?

[BlauK]

Eino Luukkanen, Major, CO of LLv34

[Krusty]

That "Sky Captain" guy, because he did things in a "P-40" that no other pilot could dream of doing!

[wetrat]

Hartmann

[Karnak]

Any of the aces that were also decent and good people, like Sakai, Bader, Gabreski and Galland.

Not people who promoted themselves like Closterman, that P-38 ace who "beat a top RAF ace who was flying a Spitfire XV" or so on.

And most definately not bonfied Nazis or Imperialists like Rudel.

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by VansCrew1
whos the world war 2 ace that you like them most,and dose what he flew play a part on what you fly in Aces High?

Johnnie Johnson, RAF, far ahead of any other.

Heh.  His choice of aircraft in real life is markedly different from my choice in pretend life, however.

- oldman

[Larry]

As I said before Lang is my faverit, but if it as american Richard Ira Bong is it.

[Xargos]

Originally posted by Karnak
Any of the aces that were also decent and good people, like Sakai, Bader, Gabreski and Galland.

Not people who promoted themselves like Closterman, that P-38 ace who "beat a top RAF ace who was flying a Spitfire XV" or so on.

And most definately not bonfied Nazis or Imperialists like Rudel.

A note for my Israeli friends: Rudel's story is presented here because of his military exploits, and for no other reason. I do not seek to glorify or apologize for the atrocious crimes committed by the German political leadership against Europe's Jews and other religious and ethnic minorities from 1933-45. Hans Ulrich Rudel was not a member of the Nazi party, participated in no war crimes, did not go into hiding after the war, and was never even accused of any such activities by any organization or Nazi-hunter, including the Shin Bet.

http://members.aol.com/ab763/rudel.htm

Rudel's input was used during the development of the A-10 ground attack aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel

It seems he did join a group when he returned to Germany after the war that is said to be a precursor of a Neo-Nazi organization, but when he was a member they tried to distance themselves as much as possible from Hitler.  It appears to me he was a Socialist.

[texasmom]

Not sure if my grandpa was an ace or not ~ but he was a jug pilot in the pacific ~ and was among a rare group (enlisted pilots). Actually, I think by the time he was a pilot it was in that transition period, during which the name had been changed to Flight Officer, but the pay was still calculated at enlisted ranks.  Not long after, the pay was also transitioned to Officer tables as well.

[Saxman]

I have to say I'm a Boyington fan.

Did he exaggerate his record? Probably, but even the more conservative of estimates place him fairly high among America's aces. For all his faults, no one can say that Boyington wasn't an excellent pilot and fighter.

I'm not saying anyone should make a role model of him, as "Colorful" doesn't begin to describe him, but I think that's part of what makes him such an interesting character.

[croduh]

Rudolf Peresin!

Oh wait, we are talking ww2:( Mato Dukovac then.

[Rino]

Hub Zemke...great leader.

[Platano]

Johannes SteinHoff...


oh and this fella

Kinda looks like Guy version of Cameron Diaz

[Bucky73]

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[Bucky73]

[Stampf]

Those I look the most toward wouldn't be easily recognizable by some, except you few who know me well but I will go with:

Otto Kittel. Eastern Front, 267 confirmed victories.  He made it all the way to Feb. of '45.  Somewhere around the 16th of that month he took on a group of (8) IL2's.  His FW190 A8 took fire, burst into flames and he was gone.