A Pistol Whipping by Stan Stokes. SIG289 Torpedo aircraft from the Akagi

Torpedo aircraft from the Akagi

and the pilots often hedgehopped gleefully over towns and villages on their way home after crossing the English coast

Texas Raiders by Nicolas Trudgian

Montojos flagship

Force Z made contact with two scout planes launched from Ozawas cruisers

A Pistol Whipping by Stan Stokes. SIG289 Torpedo aircraft from the AkagiSTK0040. A Pistol Whipping by Stan Stokes. There were tens of thousands of aerial combat encounters during World War II. One of the most unusual was a dogfight that took place between Captain Arthur C. Fiedler, Jr. and an unidentified German Bf 109 pilot on June 28, 1944. Fiedler was an Illinois native who received his wings in July 1943. He was assigned as a flight instructor in Dover, Delaware, but in May 1944 he was assigned to the 317th Fighter