Obama is going to bring back bi-planes soon enough
Well, either bi or LGBT-planes.
Sorry, I should have said queer-planes.
Alex Vraciu, Hoosier WWII fighter pilot, dead at age 96
Dawn Mitchell, dawn.mitchell@indystar.com 7:05 p.m. EST February 3, 2015
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Alex Vraciu, one of the most acclaimed World War II Navy fighter pilots, died January 29, 2015 at the age of 96.
Born Alexander Vraciu in East Chicago, Ind., the youngest of two children to Romanian immigrants. After graduating from DePauw University in 1941, he joined the Navy where he earned his wings. He flew Hellcats in the Pacific and was a terror for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.
Vraciu spent five months as a wingman to Medal of Honor recipient Ed “Butch” O’Hare. Vraciu’s greatest mission came June 19, 1944 in what became known as the “Marianas Turkey Shoot”. Vraciu engaged an attacking Japanese air squadron 25 miles west of the USS Lexington and shot down 6 Japanese dive bombers in just eight minutes with only 360 rounds of ammunition.
Alex Vraciu ended World War II as the Navy’s fourth-ranking flying ace with 19 enemy aircraft shot down in flight and 21 destroyed on the ground.
Despite arguments from historians and politicians, Vraciu was twice denied the Medal of Honor. He was nominated by his commanding officer for the Medal of Honor during the war, but an admiral denied it. He was awarded the Navy Cross.
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