First A/A Kill of the Gulf War?

I remember an F-15C credited with a kill over an Iraqi Pilatus PC-9 *prop
trainer*! No missiles nor gun... the Eagle showed up and the intrepid iraqi
took to the chute.

Seems to me it would take as great or greater skill for an unarmed
pilot to fly his enemy into the ground than to shoot him down. I
believe I read that someone in a Piper or Stinson liaison plane
"killed" a Luftwaffe fighter that way during WW II.

OTOH, I don't suppose that Pilatus kill called for much skill on the
F-15's part.

vince norris

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I remember an F-15C credited with a kill over an Iraqi Pilatus PC-9 *prop
trainer*! No missiles nor gun... the Eagle showed up and the intrepid
iraqi
took to the chute.

Seems to me it would take as great or greater skill for an unarmed
pilot to fly his enemy into the ground than to shoot him down. I
believe I read that someone in a Piper or Stinson liaison plane
"killed" a Luftwaffe fighter that way during WW II.


There was a Swordfish pilot credited with 2 kills in WW2.
He was being attacked by 2 Italian fighters and he dived for
the sea pulling out just above the wavetops. They misjudged
their pullout and splashed in either side of him.

Keith

There was a Swordfish pilot credited with 2 kills in WW2.
He was being attacked by 2 Italian fighters and he dived for
the sea pulling out just above the wavetops. They misjudged
their pullout and splashed in either side of him.

You remind me that in _To War in a Stringbag_, the author tells of
accidentally causing the death of a fellow RNAS pilot the same way, in
mock combat.

vince norris