Sorry Elmshoot its not Rickenbacker. How about another clue to narrow it down. I'm looking for a pilot.
(Two forum members who will be out of town this week have guess correctly privately because they will have no access to continue with a new quiz.)
1. In school he had a reputation as a fighter.
2. He started his military career in the Calvary.
3. To get into flying he volunteered to be an observer.
4. The pilot was one of the top aces for his service.
5. He served in more than one war.
6. Is received a number of decorations.
7. Before switching to the flying service this pilot was know for his seemingly "super-human" eyesight allowed him to put bullets in a target placed so far away others saw only a dot.
8. This pilot was quoted as saying he became a pilot because if you die, at least it would be a clean death.
9. JohnnyS will kick himself for not getting this one.
10. He served in two wars.
During his first war he returned home for a moral tour married his sweetheart, and then worked a short time in an ally's capital before he returned to the war with a promotion.
11. He is NOT American.
12 The pilot has a countryman with the same first name and last initial who is also a famous ace.