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Title: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: the4ork on February 21, 2015, 12:16:13 PM: Im looking to find some info on real aces that went head to head.

My idea is a fore arm sleeve. Have the nose/cockpits of each aircraft and have the aircraft/pilot who lost the fight be all shot up and the pilots head a skull, symbolizing he is dead.

But it would be cool to use some historical figures and accurate aircraft markings and nose art.

WW1 OR WW2
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: DaveBB on February 21, 2015, 04:59:47 PM: On your other arm you could tattoo the words "Unemployable".
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: the4ork on February 21, 2015, 07:09:24 PM: Except for the fact that im an electrician working for the fed, and have no regulations against getting tattoos. So no, not really... I am employed, and planning on staying till retirement.

Thanks for bump tho.
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: Arlo on February 21, 2015, 07:31:00 PM: I'll see what I can dig up but in WWII few aces went head to head. You're more likely to get that in WWI.
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: Karnak on February 21, 2015, 07:55:10 PM: The two that spring to mind:
Adolf 'Sailor' Malan vs Werner Molders.
Saburo Sakai vs Pug Sutherland
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: Arlo on February 21, 2015, 08:01:55 PM: No skull to be had in the Milan-Molders mix.
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: Karnak on February 21, 2015, 10:13:52 PM: Quote from: Arlo on February 21, 2015, 08:01:55 PM
No skull to be had in the Milan-Molders mix.
Nor the Sakai-Sutherland fight, though Sutherland was shot down he did survive.
Thought of another:
George Beurling vs Furio Niclot Doglio
George Beurling vs Francesco Pecchiari
George Beurling vs Carlo Seganti

In all three cases the Italian aces perished.
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: ink on February 21, 2015, 10:24:46 PM: I started a zero vs P40 half sleeve....

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1233338394613&set=a.1297969090340.2038540.1263751988&type=3&theater

sadly the guy is no longer with us.
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: the4ork on February 22, 2015, 12:58:28 PM: only finished pic i have of it so far... my B17 chest piece...

https://scontent-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/p206x206/1509172_10202704875932895_45968070_n.jpg?oh=f5ba0cec33d043b243b5cc1575a48a5f&oe=55847836

googling some of that info above...
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: the4ork on February 22, 2015, 01:41:45 PM: Otto Shults VS Ernest Mason, Otto shults' 40th kill
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: helbent on February 23, 2015, 11:59:16 AM: Quote from: DaveBB on February 21, 2015, 04:59:47 PM
On your other arm you could tattoo the words "Unemployable".

That's crazy. Everyone know that one goes on your forehead.
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: rpm on February 23, 2015, 02:16:20 PM: Quote from: helbent on February 23, 2015, 11:59:16 AM
That's crazy. Everyone know that one goes on your neck.
Corrected that for you.
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: Guppy35 on February 23, 2015, 10:33:22 PM: John Dundas Spitfire I vs Helmut Wick 109E. Dundas got Wick. Wicks wingman got Dundas.

Terry Spencer Spit XII v Bully Lang 190A8. Spencer got Lang

Wasn't the Japanese pilot involved the the fight where Tommy McGuire spun in an Ace?
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: FLOOB on February 24, 2015, 12:32:03 AM: You should get a tattoo that says I make bad decisions. Oh wait, that's what all tattoos say :D
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: Scherf on February 24, 2015, 02:34:00 AM: Surely von Richthofen - Hawker is the best known, though I find the whole thing ghoulish.
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: ink on February 24, 2015, 02:48:43 PM: Quote from: FLOOB on February 24, 2015, 12:32:03 AM
You should get a tattoo that says I make bad decisions. Oh wait, that's what all tattoos say :D

opinions..... :rolleyes:

tattoos are a time saver...

they allow me to not get to know people who are judgmental aholes....

the only difference between tattooed and non tattooed people...

tattooed people don't care if you are not tattooed.

and last, my own.....

tattoos are an outward expression of ones inner self....
Title: Re: Tattoo idea, real aces that fought each other
Post by: Gman on February 24, 2015, 04:11:39 PM: When I first read this, I thought the OP was a bit out there with this idea, but after thinking about it a while, not being a tattoo person really, I think it's as good an idea as anything else. It should be something you like, a subject you enjoy, it doesn't have to (though it can) be a showy thing to impress the girls IMO.

Buzz Beurling is one of my favorite subjects, IMO the best shot on the allied side in the war, and in anyone's top 5 overall. That said, he was a cold person, and worse he looked like a starving Iggy Pop, so maybe not the best subject for a tat. Sakai vs Pug on the other hand - a samurai/zero motif fighting a blue Navy/Mascot/Goat/Bulldog/F4F type deal. Or a Tuck vs Galland classic Spit vs 109 tat would be interesting as well.

Cudos any which way for the post, I've spent the day reading about one on one encounters throughout history of air warfare online, some pretty interesting stuff out there.

Of course, even when you explain it to people, most won't know what you're talking about - "the second world war air war, that thing that was on CNN right??" sort of response, but again, if it's something just for yourself, that shouldn't matter.