Thread: Lesser known details of WW2 part four
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Old February 27th, 2006, 12:37 PM
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I believe the U.S. government "pulled" Richard Bong out of active duty in the Pacific.
He still wanted to fly.
They were afraid he would run out of luck (as many good pilots did) and that would look bad for our best/highest scoring ace.
Because of the superior numbers, and superior quality of planes and pilots..towards the end in Europe, as in the Pacific, an enemy pilot need not show his bravery in any other way....than taking off!
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