It's like the Battle of Britain. The Spitfire gets all the love, but really the Hurricane won the BoB.
Oldschool Aces High Discussion: The most Enigmatic Fighter...
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Zemkes Wolfpack was the only squadron flying the Jug by the end of the war. The rest had transitioned to P51s.
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thought Bong was the top ace???
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Major Bong was the top scoring US ace in WWII followed by Major McGuire. Both were Pacific Theater pilots flying the P-38.
America's Top Two AcesThe Pacific Theater of Operations produced the two highest scoring aces in American history, Maj. Richard I. Bong and Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr. Both men flew…www.nationalmuseum.af.mil -
Bong and McGuire amassed their scores while flying more than one tour of combat. Dave McCampbell flew a single tour and amassed more than 30 kills...a feat that was never equalled. He had nine kills in a single mission, not counting probables....and seven in another mission. On a mission-per-mission basis he was the most prolific scorer in the US armed forces...
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Bong and McGuire amassed their scores while flying more than one tour of combat.
I don't think it really matters that Bong and McGuire flew more than one combat tour.
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Yeah but those guys flew perked rides.
Yeah, they all started in the P39 and didn't shoot down jack shit.
