>[...]Johnson's aircraft, flying at the rear of the 61st Squadron's formation, was seriously damaged by an Fw 190 fighter which fired 21 20 mm cannon shells into his fuselage which ruptured his hydraulic system. Burned and partially blinded by hydraulic fluid, Johnson tried to bail out, but his parachute snagged, and the canopy was damaged and would only open about 6 inches.
>After pulling out of an uncontrolled spin and with the fire amazingly going out on its own, Johnson headed for the English Channel, but was intercepted by a single Fw 190. Unable to fight back, he maneuvered while under a series of attacks, and although sustaining further heavy damage from hundreds of 7.92 mm rounds, managed to survive until the German ran out of ammunition. The German rocked his wings to salute Johnson, then turned back.
>After landing, Johnson tried to count the bullet holes in his airplane, but gave up after the tally passed 200 – without even moving around the aircraft.
When was the last time in vidya when you survived against inmesurable odds and in doing so gained hte respect of a rival?
>Unload all his ammo on a disabled plane >The German rocked his wings to salute Johnson What a cunt.
Jack Flores
I'm not going to try to pretend anything I've ever done in a virtual world is comparable to this, and I hope we all have enough dignity to do the same.
Hudson Scott
Comparing video game moments to real warfare is less pretentious then this post.
Gavin Evans
>The German pilot then realized Johnson's rather defenseless position and decided to pull in close to inspect his would-be quarry. The German pulled his left wing in behind Bob's right wing so that the wingtips of each plane were but a few feet from touching each other's fuselage. From his close vantage point, the German calmly inspected Bob's plane from nose to tail and shook his head, not understanding how the P-47 could still fly so perfectly. Bob kept looking over at the German pilot. He was a good looking man with blue eyes. He was not a rookie. He projected confidence and had somewhat of an aristocratic air about him. Occasionally their gazes met. Bob could clearly see the German pilot and noticed he was wearing a light blue leather or suede flying jacket with a white scarf wrapped around his neck and tucked into the jacket. He had on a dark brown summer style flying helmet and his black shatter-proof goggles were pushed up above his forehead. In this manner the two men flew alongside each other for almost 30 minutes. When reaching the the English channel near Dieppe, France, The German pilot looked over at Bob one last time. He raised a black-gloved hand and saluted Bob, then peeled of to the right to head for his own base, presumably Abbeville, the home of JG26.
>He was a good looking man with blue eyes. He was not a rookie. He projected confidence and had somewhat of an aristocratic air about him. Occasionally their gazes met. Bob could clearly see the German pilot and noticed he was wearing a light blue leather or suede flying jacket with a white scarf wrapped around his neck and tucked into the jacket. He had on a dark brown summer style flying helmet and his black shatter-proof goggles were pushed up above his forehead. In this manner the two men flew alongside each other for almost 30 minutes. When reaching the the English channel near Dieppe, France, The German pilot looked over at Bob one last time. He raised a black-gloved hand and saluted Bob
Jacob Walker
Was it worth it?
Jason Johnson
most stories like this are probably fake but were legitimized for propaganda purposes during the war, reminds me of the idiot pilot that said he did a 180 degree turn maneuver in his mustang after stalling it in mid air while shooting someone down even though such a maneuver has never been able to be replicated by professional stunt pilots
Wyatt Morgan
Over 200 holes is a lot for such a small plane, strange there would be no pics of this plane
Have you ever seen a P-47 in person? They're fucking huge. They're also famous for their toughness, and it's not inconceivable that one could take a few hundred rounds and still make it home as long as the hits were mostly MG and not cannon and mostly hit the rear fuselage and wings. (Most of the critical systems are up front in a P-47, hits to the rear would knock out the turbo and supercharger but the engine itself and its cooling/oil/etc. systems would continue working.)
