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Offline Tupac

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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2011, 10:24:06 PM »
We arent talking about Wildcat1.....WILDCAT was an actual ww2 fighter ace
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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2011, 12:05:12 AM »
Quote from: USRanger on July 27, 2011, 09:45:33 PM
Vilkas is, but he was a conscripted AA gunner for the Germans.  His story of his escape is astounding.  Nicest guy in the game too. :aok

I see. The name does sound familiar, but I don't think I meet him yet.
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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #17 on: July 28, 2011, 12:29:10 AM »
Quote from: Tupac on July 27, 2011, 10:24:06 PM
WILDCAT was an actual ww2 fighter ace

Are you really, really, really sure about that?  Give me the dates that VF-8 was stationed onboard Yorktown and the dates that Thatch was commander of VF-8 and tell me who the commander was of the "14th Allied Air Force" was then maybe you'd be correct.


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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #18 on: July 28, 2011, 12:54:15 AM »
I remember a guy telling me how he flew the wildcat and had some victories and was shot down a few times.  Is this true his name had something to do with wildcat lol.
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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #19 on: July 28, 2011, 01:14:39 AM »
im gonna guess my squaddie?vWILDCAT
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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2011, 01:40:37 AM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on July 28, 2011, 12:29:10 AM
Are you really, really, really sure about that?  Give me the dates that VF-8 was stationed onboard Yorktown and the dates that Thatch was commander of VF-8 and tell me who the commander was of the "14th Allied Air Force" was then maybe you'd be correct.


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Thats just what he told me.
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Offline Tordon22

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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2011, 02:02:48 AM »
Slapshot?  :banana:
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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2011, 02:09:02 AM »
Quote from: CAP1 on July 27, 2011, 10:22:19 PM
i remembered him getting picked up. thought i saw a show, where they interviewed him about that....thought i remembered him thinking he was dead, and that the sub surfacing there was pure luck for him?

Film out there of his pick up too.

Bush senior talking about it and the film of his pick up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh72XctOv5M
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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2011, 02:14:29 AM »
Hmmm VF-8 was on the Hornet and their top scorer had 2 kills in Wildcats.  The squadron had 5 total.

Jimmy Thach had VF-3.

I guess the years play tricks on a guy.
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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #24 on: July 28, 2011, 03:56:21 AM »
Quote from: LThunderpocket on July 28, 2011, 01:14:39 AM
im gonna guess my squaddie?vWILDCAT

Well...it seems that you'd only be partially correct.


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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2011, 06:06:29 AM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on July 28, 2011, 03:56:21 AM
Well...it seems that you'd only be partially correct.


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i dont know much other then he flew wildcats in WW2(thats all ive been told)I havnt bothered to check the timelines and stuff.how am i partially correct?
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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #26 on: July 28, 2011, 09:32:45 AM »
President Bush was shot down while attacking a position on Chichi Jima.He was rescued quickly by the U.S.S. Finback.If he had been captured,he surely would have been beheaded.The real nasty part was that some of the Japanese officers actually ate the victims liver!The book Fly Boys has all this information.It's a good read,but it left me with a real dislike for the Japanese that took part in the totally needless beheadings and cannibalism!
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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #27 on: July 28, 2011, 09:44:22 AM »
Quote from: LThunderpocket on July 28, 2011, 06:06:29 AM
i dont know much other then he flew wildcats in WW2(thats all ive been told)I havnt bothered to check the timelines and stuff.how am i partially correct?



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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #28 on: July 28, 2011, 09:46:52 AM »
mhmmmm. over.
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Re: Can anyone guess the name of this pilot?
« Reply #29 on: July 28, 2011, 10:42:05 AM »
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