Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:05 am
Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:05 am
corsair166b wrote:Alright, gonna post one on here that I have'nt seen put up here yet, and it's a simple one.....what was the final list of top squadrons and their kills from WWII (American only for now)....if anyone could list them from top to bottom, the squadron, what they flew and the number of kills they had at the end of the war (or at the end of their combat run, probably some squadrons got broken up before the end of the war)....I'm only really looking for about the top 20 or so but the more depth the better. It'll be interesting to see the mix of Air Force, Navy, Marine squadrons on the list!
Mark
Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:23 am
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:52 pm
JOMiller wrote:VF-15, "The Fabled Fifteen", "Satan's Playmates" or what ever you
want to call them stand alone. In a single tour aboard USS ESSEX
they ammassed 310 confirmed aerial kills. Led by CAG "Dashing Dave"
McCampbell from Bessemer, AL, the Navy's all time leading ace with
34 kills and a MoH recipient, they were beyond compare. They flew
the best fighter of WWII, the Grumman F6F Hellcat. With a 19 to 1
kill ratio, it gets no better. Piloted by the best of the best, the Hellcat,
collectively know as "The Big Blue Blanket" swept the Japanese from
the skies over the Pacific, protected the greatest fleet the world has
ever known, enabled the island hopping campaign, and put the AAF in
a position to deliver "Little Boy" and "Fat Man".
Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:55 pm
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:57 pm
corsair166b wrote:Wow....People Unclear on the Concept....did NO ONE read my original question? Here, I'll post it again...
(snip)
And we're still no where near answering the question....
Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:28 am
corsair166b wrote:Wow....People Unclear on the Concept....did NO ONE read my original question?