Military Aviation
Just Shoot Me
Late in World War II, the Bell P-63 became an aerial gunner's easiest target.
By James Dunaway
Air & Space Magazine, November 01, 2010
Horace Ashenfelter was a newly commissioned pilot flying the Pinball in 1945 at Tyndall Army Air Field near Panama City, Florida (and later became an Olympic steeplechase champion). Says Ashenfelter, “We were playing war games, like kids!”
http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/Just-Shoot-Me.html?c=y&page=3
James Dunaway got into the magazine business at age nine, selling door to door in New York City. He is now the editor of American Track & Field. This is his first story for Air & Space.
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