My dad only got shot down once, and he got lucky. #fighteraces #WWII #Burma

#OTD #TDIH #April21, 1918: #RIP #ManfredVonRichthofen aka #TheRedBaron! #FighterAces #FlyingACes #RichthofensCircus #TheFlyingCircus #AviationInWWI #WorldWarI #WWI #AviationHistory #AirCombat #CulturalIcons #PopIcons #AviationSky #WWISky #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #April21, 1918: #RIP #ManfredVonRichthofen aka #TheRedBaron! #FighterAces #FlyingACes #RichthofensCircus #TheFlyingCircus #AviationInWWI #WorldWarI #WWI #AviationHistory #AirCombat #CulturalIcons #PopIcons #AviationSky #WWISky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icsH...

#OTD #TDIH #May2, 1892: #ManfredVonRichthofen aka #TheRedBaron born. #FighterAces #FlyingACes #RichthofensCircus #TheFlyingCircus #AviationInWWI #WorldWarI #WWI #AviationHistory #AirCombat #CulturalIcons #PopIcons #AviationSky #WWISky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icsH...

#OTD #TDIH #May2, 1892: #BOTD: #ManfredVonRichthofen aka #TheRedBaron is #born. #FighterAces #FlyingACes #RichthofensCircus #TheFlyingCircus #AviationInWWI #WorldWarI #WWI #AviationHistory #AirCombat #CulturalIcons #PopIcons #AviationSky #WWISky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icsH...

Ran across scans I did of my dad’s (Levi R. Chase) flight records from his combat tour in 1942-43 in North Africa. The Italian Maachi (see victory score on fuselage) and a ME-109 in this month’s record. 🇺🇸
#fighteraces #WWII #P40 #LRC
📸 Robert Capa

🚨 NEXT WEEK🚨
🛩️💥 Take flight with us on a historical adventure! Join Michael Terry on the History Rage podcast as we debunk the myths of WWI aviation. Are you ready to soar through the truths of aerial combat? Tune in! ✈️ #HistoryRage #WWI #FighterAces #AviationHistory

( #JCKaelin here: As a boy I met him while he raged for being denied a #SearsCreditCard at the #Sears in #NewBrunswick #NJ!)
#OTD #TDIH #January11, 1988: #RIP #PappyBoyington. #FighterAces #FlyingTigers #MOH #NavyCross #USMC #PacificWar #WorldWarII #WWII #TVSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pvz...

( #JCKaelin here: As a boy I met him while he raged for being denied a #SearsCreditCard at the #Sears in #NewBrunswick #NJ!)
#OTD #TDIH #January11, 1988: #RIP #PappyBoyington. #FighterAces #FlyingTigers #MOH #NavyCross #USMC #PacificWar #WorldWarII #WWII
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pvz...

( #JCKaelin here: As a boy I met him while he raged for being denied a #SearsCreditCard at the #Sears in #NewBrunswick #NJ!)
#OTD #TDIH #December4, 1912: #BOTD: #HBD #PappyBoyington! #FighterAces #FlyingTigers #MOH #NavyCross #USMC #PacificWar #WorldWarII #WWII
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