Ernie P.

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HoundDog; good guess, but was it invented by a pilot? This innovation was. Thanks; Ernie P.


Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?

Clues:

1. This pilot is noted, not for his score, but for his brilliance.
2. In fact, I have found no record of his ever having scored a victory.
3. He produced an innovation which had a more profound impact upon the combat arms than might at first be realized.
4. His innovation was in daily service for more than forty years in its original form; and is still in use today in adapted forms.
5. He always received full credit for his innovation, but never received, not do he ever request, any financial reward.
6. He was a cowboy of sorts.
7. He qualified as a pilot after a remarkably short period of instruction.