RIP: Last Dauntless Dive Bomber Pilot Who Destroyed Jap Carriers During Battle Of Midway Dies

[Steve_McGarrett]

Man, what a brave guy he was.

Battle of Midway hero dies at 100 - CNN.com

 

[Fenton Lum]

Compared to pussies who joy stick drones ya mean?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The Greatest Generation is becoming a memory. We've let them down so badly

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

Compared to pussies who joy stick drones ya mean?

Absolutely!

 

[Fenton Lum]

The Greatest Generation is becoming a memory. We've let them down so badly

It was the last legit war the US was involved in, we sure have.

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

In the video he says he would go up to 20,000ft and dive straight down at Mach 1 on the Jap carrier. Incredible. The Dauntless was tough as nails to be able to pull out of a dive with that much stress.

From the movie Midway

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

[QUOTThe Americans of that era believed in the quaint notion of civic duty, unlike most of us today. And they trusted their governments to be telling them the truth. Honesty is the first casualty of war, is it not?

Even today you hear the politicians and mili.

The Greatest Generation is becoming a memory. We've let them down so badly

It was the last legit war the US was involved in, we sure have.

Yep.

 

[Jarlaxle]

In the video he says he would go up to 20,000ft and dive straight down at Mach 1 on the Jap carrier. Incredible. The Dauntless was tough as nails to be able to pull out of a dive with that much stress.

Pablum. A Dauntless dove at <300MPH...actually had flaps to slow it down in a bombing run!

 

[waltky]

Nixon was inna Navy in WWII.

 

[pwjohn]

It was the last legit war the US was involved in, we sure have.[/QUOTE]
That I can agree with.