It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.
When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.
Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.
To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.
When I was in the gunner's bubble of a B25 bomber, taking off from an aircraft carrier 100 miles off the coast of San Diego, I remember saying to myself how amazing it was to get the chance to do that.
And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line.
Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes have come over to us so far with their arms and equipment.
We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
Only the last two planes, I think, had any shot of being intercepted and taken down on 9/11.