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To: Stonewall Jackson
Back in WW2, one of the top British aces was a double amputee...

That would be Sir Douglas Bader.

12 posted on 03/19/2005 4:12:10 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
Here's a link about the WW1 ace.

http://www.acepilots.com/wwi/br_mannock.html

There is a great deal of dispute as to the number of kills that Major Mannock received. I have seen 72, 73, and 79, while this article credits him with only 61.

13 posted on 03/19/2005 4:21:28 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. - John Adams)
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