Ernie P.

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Neither Nungesser or Voss, elmshoot; but please try again. Here's a morning clue to aid your search. Thanks; Ernie P.


What warbird pilot do I describe?

1. This pilot is, today, almost unknown. Yet he was, in many ways, one of the best there ever was.

2. He was born on a farm.

3. And entered military service at a young age.

4. And originally served, as seems natural, in a cavalry unit.

5. He first saw combat as part of a cavalry unit.

6. He switched his path and became a pilot a couple of years later.

7. He rose through the ranks quickly.

8. By the time he first engaged in air combat, he was already an experienced pilot.

9. He accomplished things in combat that have only been done by a very small handful of men.

10. And he did at least one thing no other pilot, before or since, has accomplished.

11. He did not become an ace on his first combat flight.

12. That had to wait for his second combat flight.

13. Against enemy aircraft considered to be pretty stiff competition.

14. Of course, both flights occurred on the same day.

15. He was the top scoring ace of his service.

16. And was compared to Baron von Richthofen himself.

17. He scored over 50 victories.