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Re:US Pilot Shot Down Four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes – A sec... by jononomo on Saturday January 21, 2023 @12:46PM (#34468300)
I read the article carefully, but I still can’t figure out how Royce Williams managed this feat. It seems like a situation out of a movie in which the bad guys miss when they fire, but the good guy always hits when he fires. He should have lost a dogfight against only one MIG, since the MIG was the superior aircraft. Was he just unbelievably lucky?
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Re:US Pilot Shot Down Four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes – A sec... by BXLE_1-1-BitIs1 on Saturday January 21, 2023 @12:58PM (#34468455)
The Migs put 263 holes in his aircraft. Grumman combat survivability and skills got him back to the carrier.
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Re:US Pilot Shot Down Four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes – A sec... by the_af on Saturday January 21, 2023 @12:52PM (#34468371)
He probably both flew well and was very lucky! He mentions the Soviets also flew well but made mistakes. It's not outside the realm of possibility that they simply were as unlucky as he was lucky.
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