B-24 Liberator

The story of Owen J. Baggett, the B-24 Copilot who shot down a Japanese Zero with his Colt .45 while hanging from his open parachute after he bailed out from his stricken Liberator – The Aviation Geek Club

At just the right moment, Owen J. Baggett drew his service pistol, a Colt .45, and fired four shots, hitting the Japanese pilot in the head and causing the Zero to crash. Conceived in 1938 by Consolidated Aircraft, a Lockheed Martin legacy company, the original B-24 Liberator prototype was designed to fly faster and carry …

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This Japanese H8K flying boat tried to collide with a US Navy PB4Y but crashed after missing it by just 25ft – The Aviation Geek Club

Lt Graham Squires reduced power to avoid overshooting the flying boat, but as he was about to cross over the H8K, its pilot pulled his aircraft up sharply in an attempt to crash into the PB4Y. During World War II, air combats between large, four engined aircraft were a comparatively rare occurrence. Allied and Axis …

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Remembering the Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission, USAAF’s most disastrous air battle to date. – The Aviation Geek Club

Although the raid caused heavy damage at both factories, 60 of the 376 bombers—about 1 in 6 of those dispatched—were shot down and more than 600 Airmen were killed, missing, or captured. In the summer of 1943, the US began building up its heavy bomber forces in Europe at a more rapid rate, and greater …

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