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Charles Bronson was a tail Gunner in a B-29 Super Fortress During WW II

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Why was a net attached to the M1911 pistol? The point is that at the beginning of World War I, aircraft didn't yet have machine guns. Air battles in 1914–1915 were almost like something out of a Bollywood films: pilots fired revolvers, pistols, and, according to some sources,...See more

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More than 70 years after he took part in the longest dogfight in Navy history, scoring four aerial victories, Royce Williams might finally get the Medal of Honor. Those acts involve taking on seven Soviet MiG-15s in a 35-minute dogfight almost single handedly, in a battle that...See more

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This date in 1940 – World War II: Battle of Taranto: The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier-launched airstrike in history, on the Italian fleet at Taranto.

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This date in 1950 – Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.

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