Warbird Information Exchange

The total is 16 since all of Cunningham's kills were shared with Driscoll and Ritchies 5 kills were shared with DeBellevue (4) and Feinstein (1) In this list 2 of DeBellevue's and 4 of Feinstein's victories are not combined with a pilot but would be if the list was expanded to include other victorious pilots

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"I can't understand it, I cut it twice and it's still too short!" Robert F. Dupre' 1923-2010 Go With God.

Ive got every US Vietnam era ace signed my books from Vietnam bar Cunningham.

I have a few single mig killers and even Robin Olds signature.

I have a few rarer things in my collection that some people will never see too.

I bought a print signed by Erich Hartmann , I figured 352 kills was never going to be topped by anyone soon

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Aussie expat lost in Indonesia

The Israeli AF's kill ratio has significantly more to do with the caliber of their opponents than their organizational mindset.

Wasn't Gabby Gabreski a Korea ace?

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Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full

I am sure that the quality of the opposition goes a long way toward the Israeli success but my point is that the Israelis realized that air combat was going to be a big part of their military experience and trained appropriately. The USAF and USN trained as if they would never see air combat manuevering again and paid a price the Israelis didn't pay. Apparently only the USN realized the extent of their failure during the war and thus begat Top Gun.

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"I can't understand it, I cut it twice and it's still too short!" Robert F. Dupre' 1923-2010 Go With God.

Gabreski was credited with 61/2 kills in Korea.
Hugh