The crew of the Gettysburg really work fast, huh?

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setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y (4 replies)

mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org · 14 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Hahahhahhaha WHAT. I need context on that

lemmyman@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y (2 replies)

He shot down a US plane that was en route to a Japanese airstrip and he figured it would have been captured once it landed, which he wanted to prevent.

https://www.truthorfiction.com/bad-angel-pilot-lt-louis-e-curdes-shot-girlfriend-wwii/

newnton@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 1y

You didn’t mention his girlfriend/ maybe future wife was on the plane he shot down, what a crazy story

mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y

He feared no one.

HKPiax@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y

A kill is a kill

nuke@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y

F22 going to be upset everyone keeps seeing action but him. We might have to let the kid eat a couple New Jersey drones just to keep him happy.

erin@social.sidh.bzh · 10 pts · 1y

for what we know that kill could just be an ejection seat test on real conditions! And since the pilot and the WSO survived, the test is a success!

shoulderoforion@fedia.io · -2 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The pilots were recovered alive.

shoulderoforion@fedia.io · 6 pts · 1y

cheers