Posts Tagged: Author: John Lerit

Watch the Original 1942 WWII Footage of Wright Field Test Center for the AAF

Watch the Original 1942 WWII Footage of Wright Field Test…

The Marine Pilot They Called Useless and Unemployable That Went on to Shoot Down 26 Enemy Planes

The Marine Pilot They Called Useless and Unemployable That…

How the Black Widow Night Fighter Pilot Became America’s Leading Nighttime Ace

How the Black Widow Night Fighter Pilot Became America’s…

Why US Military Can’t Replace These 100 Year Old Weapons

Why US Military Can’t Replace These 100 Year Old…

Opening an SR-71 Blackbird Cockpit

Opening an SR-71 Blackbird Cockpit

The Difference Between The F4F and FM-2 Wildcats

The Difference Between The F4F and FM-2 Wildcats

How Two B-17s Somehow Piggybacked After a Mid-Air Collision in WWII

How Two B-17s Somehow Piggybacked After a Mid-Air Collision…

How the F8F Bearcat Became the Fighter That Could Out-Climb Anything

How the F8F Bearcat Became the Fighter That Could Out-Climb…

The P-40 Pilot Who Faced 64 Enemy Fighters Alone and Pulled Off a Dogfight No One Believed

The P-40 Pilot Who Faced 64 Enemy Fighters Alone and Pulled…

This Wellington Pilot Flew 90 Miles With His Cockpit Blown Off and Landed Blind With Only His Co-Pilot’s Voice to Guide Him

This Wellington Pilot Flew 90 Miles With His Cockpit Blown…

The Forbidden Propeller Trick That Allowed Pilots to Outspeed the Bf-109 in WWII

The Forbidden Propeller Trick That Allowed Pilots to…

How a Gunner’s Unusual Mirror System Dramatically Improved B-17 Tail Gun Accuracy

How a Gunner’s Unusual Mirror System Dramatically…

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