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Title: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: B4Buster on September 17, 2009, 09:48:38 AM: I brought this up in another thread,

quoted from a book i own:

"Shimada turned and twisted, adroitly outmanuvering the big P-38s. He turned and twisted, but found himself face to face with a Lightning heading straight for him at incredible speed.
Inside the P-38, Charles Lindbergh saw the Ki-51 coming at him. He instinctively thumbed the trigger, and soon saw tracers coming at him as well.

. . .

"In seconds, it was over. Lindbergh's rounds found their mark. The Lone Eagles turned his Lightning as hard as possible to get out of the way and felt the gut wrenching concussion of compressed air as the Sonia missed him by five feet."

"As he banked away, 'Colonel' Lindbergh and the other Americans could see Shimada plunge into the ocean."
Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: gyrene81 on September 17, 2009, 10:01:30 AM: So Lindberg as a civilian flew combat missions in several fighter types in the PTO for several months of 1944...very cool.
Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: OOZ662 on September 17, 2009, 10:02:57 AM: I'm so glad I got this smiley back.

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Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: Dragon on September 17, 2009, 10:06:19 AM: Quote from: B4Buster on September 17, 2009, 09:48:38 AM
I brought this up in another thread,

And that wasn't good enough, you just had to bring it here too?
Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: B4Buster on September 17, 2009, 10:25:55 AM: Quote from: Dragon on September 17, 2009, 10:06:19 AM

And that wasn't good enough, you just had to bring it here too?

Gives you an opportunity to learn something :aok

Quote from: gyrene81 on September 17, 2009, 10:01:30 AM
So Lindberg as a civilian flew combat missions in several fighter types in the PTO for several months of 1944...very cool.

yup, he flew with several groups to teach them how to get better range out of their A/C
Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: Raptor on September 17, 2009, 10:27:51 AM: What do you expect from a man who flew a plane with no forward facing window?
Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: B4Buster on September 17, 2009, 10:28:43 AM: :lol
Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: fd ski on September 17, 2009, 10:51:54 AM: HO'ing a bomber/assault plane armed with 2 mg's? Not really sporting :D
Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: B4Buster on September 17, 2009, 10:52:21 AM: Quote from: fd ski on September 17, 2009, 10:51:54 AM
HO'ing a bomber/assault plane armed with 2 mg's? Not really sporting :D

nope, the Ki-51 never had a chance
Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: SunBat on September 17, 2009, 10:58:10 AM: I know this a bit off-topic and I could probably look it up, but for discussion's sake, was this Linbergh's only kill?
Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: B4Buster on September 17, 2009, 11:05:33 AM: Quote from: SunBat on September 17, 2009, 10:58:10 AM
I know this a bit off-topic and I could probably look it up, but for discussion's sake, was this Linbergh's only kill?

can't remember off the top of my head, but I belive he got a kill while flying with a Corsair group aswell.
Title: Re: Charles Lindberg was a HOer!
Post by: Shuffler on September 17, 2009, 11:45:06 AM: Quote from: fd ski on September 17, 2009, 10:51:54 AM
HO'ing a bomber/assault plane armed with 2 mg's? Not really sporting :D

Dropping thousand pounders on folks sleeping isn't either last I checked :D