Hairless Joe, maker of the Kickapoo Joy Juice with his buddy Lonesum Polecat
Hairless Joe was crash landed in Sept '44, repaired, and flown again
23 Dec. 1944 Col. Schilling added 3 Bf 109s and 2 Fw 190s to his victory tally. This would be recognized as a record day not only for Col. Schilling but for the group as well as they downed 37 E/A in an historic air battle over Bonn, Germany.
By the end of WWII Col. David Schilling was the third-ranking ace of the 56th FG “Zemke’s Wolf Pack” having flown 132 combat missions with 22.5 air victories and 10.5 ground victories
He was the 8th highest ranked fighter ace in the European Theater. He helped the 56th Fighter Group become the first Group to destroy more than 1,000 enemy planes.
After the war he was a pioneer of long-distance jet flight, making the first non-stop fighter jet crossing of the Atlantic.
if anyone says that a clip should only hold 5 bullets, just show them this, then tell them to shut the hell up when they don't know what the fuck they are talking about, and then tell them to return to Berkeley, or whatever vegan liberal left winger hippie commune they came from. The purpose of guns is to kill, the reason for more bullets is to guarantee the job is done, and done well.
On April 13, the second anniversary of its first combat mission, the Wolfpack celebrated by savaging Eggebeck Airdrome. Coming across the field at 400 to 450 mph, they fired more than 78,000 rounds of .50 caliber, destroying 91 enemy aircraft where they sat and becoming the first Eighth Air Force group to surpass the magic number–1,000 destroyed.
Later that score was reduced, but the 56th Fighter Group finished the war with 992 1/2 confirmed kills, including 664 1/2 in the air, more than any other Eighth Air Force fighter group. Furthermore, the 56th scored 58 probables and 543 damaged in the air and on the ground. At war’s end a P-47M was exhibited under the Eiffel Tower, its nose emblazoned with the legend: Zemke’s Wolfpack, 56th Fighter Group, 1,000 Enemy Aircraft Destroyed!
On August 14, 1956, while serving as Inspector General in the Strategic Air Command's Seventh Air Division, Schilling died in a car accident on a narrow, two-lane country road in England
Colonel Schilling was driving a Cadillac/Allard sports-racing car; he, General Curtis LeMay, and other race enthusiasts had each purchased a model to form a stable for Sports Car Club of America events.
On the day of the accident, he was driving to meet at the Officer's Club with an Army lieutenant who had expressed interest in buying the car. At fairly high speed, he approached another car from behind, intending to pass. The cap he was wearing started to blow off and as he reached up to grab it, the car skidded sideways and struck the stone side-railing of a bridge at Eriswell in Suffolk, cutting the car in half at the driver's seat and causing the front of the car to topple into the stream below.
On March 15, 1957, Smoky Hill Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas was renamed Schilling Air Force Base in his honor. The Air Force Association's Award for Outstanding Flight, which Schilling won in 1952, was named for him after his death.
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http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/39465
http://www.eagle-editions.com/wolfpack-leader-downs-five-ap.html
https://www.historynet.com/56th-fighter-group-in-world-war-ii.htm
http://mentalfloss.com/article/28236/enduring-legacy-lil-abner
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>>"if anyone says that a clip should only hold 5 bullets"// Clip vs magazine. That's a magazine.
ReplyDeleteThat's 3 magazines welded together, and by any reasonable person's terminology, it's a banana clip. Is it called a banana magazine? No. They are known as banana clips. But, that's not the thing you should focus on, refer to rule 1. I'm always right, because I'm always right, and this is my blog. Whenever you think you should write in and try to correct me, refer to rule 1. Then ask someone who gives a shit whether or not they think you're right or wrong. Then keep your corrections to yourself.
DeleteTell me what the name of your blog is, and how much you post, and how often, and lets compare how many times you're wrong, to how much I've posted and how many times I've been wrong.
Or, just consider that I don't care about the semantics because you're not my fucking english teacher, and because I'm not altogether wrong.
Do you know who gives a shit if I call a magazine a clip, or a clip a magazine? No one down range, that's for god damn sure
Lulz, don't ever stop being you!
ReplyDeleteAn alternative response would have been a simple, "oh yeah, accuracy matters, thanks". But yours is so so much better! Keep up the great work and count me as a fan.
Banana clip. Therefore, you're wrong to try and correct me on that
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