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Re: strange questions

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Originally Posted by John Beaman (Post 119361)

On another web site, I ran across the following:

The L-4 Grasshopper was so influential to ground battles and the war that the Luftwaffe awarded twice as many "points" towards combat medals for Cub kills as they did for Allied fighter aircraft.

In Europe, the final dogfight of WWII occurred between an L-4 and a German Fi-156 Storch. The pilot and co-pilot of the L-4, Lts. Duane Francis and Bill Martin, opened fire on the Storch with their .45 caliber pistols, forcing the German plane to land. This was also the only known instance of an aircraft being downed by pistol fire during the war.

Are these assertions true?

Hello
a Book i read.said a P51 pilot chased a german 262 jet.ran out of ammo.and got next to the jet. the German pilot'thumbed his nose jokinkly''and the P51 pilot drew his colt out and fired his pistol at the engines.
he saw the jet crash land..
and states he did shoot it down with his hand gun.and didnt get comfirmation on it..bittterly...
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sharon

Re: strange questions

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Originally Posted by ahafan (Post 149296)

...Had he been drinking shortly before telling the story??? LOL