On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:25:58 -0400, you wrote: >Note the last VC of WW2 was won by a Corsair IV pilot in the Pacific, >Robert Gray, a Canadian from 1842 squadron. One of his squadron mates >would be the last Canadian casualty of WW2 later that same day. The >Corsair is probably the most famous Allied fighter from the Pacific >theater, and it would serve through the Korean War as a strike fighter, >and through the early 60's in French carrier service. > >The Hellcat was the most successful allied fighter aircraft, with >approximately 6000 kills, mostly in the Pacific theatre, although it did >serve with distinction in the Atlantic theater and in Europe (FAA >Hellcats were involved in the strike against the Tirpitz for example).
Wow. I just thought of some other WWII trivia that's been kicking around my brain for who-knows-how-many years: Tomorrow, 4 October, marks the..... 62nd (had to stop and work it out).... anniversary of the first time a jet aircraft was shot down in combat. The jet was, of course, a Messerschmitt 262 and the plane that (somehow) succeeded in shooting it down was a Spitfire Mk XIV. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
