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TIL that Hollywood tough guy Charles Bronson actually was an aerial gunner which conducted combat missions against the Japanese home islands. He flew 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds received in battle.

by whatilearned January 31, 2022, 5:01 pm

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My love for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

by CopyPastaArchive January 28, 2022, 8:05 pm

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TIL: Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, was killed during WWI, in aerial combat over France, on Bastille Day in 1918. The Germans gave him a state funeral because his father was Theodore Roosevelt. Quentin is also the only child of a US President to be killed in combat.

by whatilearned January 13, 2022, 11:39 am

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TIL That the Russians made the Kremlin ‘disappear’ during WWII to escape Nazi Germany bombing. Despite 95 German aerial raids by night and 30 raids during the daytime, carried out by 7200 bombers, the Kremlin suffered basically no damage

by whatilearned January 11, 2022, 3:07 am

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TIL, fighter pilot Francis Gabreski was the highest scoring American flying ace in Europe with 28 aerial victories while flying the P-47 Thunderbolt, during World War II. He again became a flying ace in the Korean War, when he shot down 6 MiG-15s in aerial combat while flying the F-86 Sabre.

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 9:49 am

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TIL all of Teddy Roosevelt’s sons were injured or died serving in world wars. Quentin was killed in aerial combat over France in WWI, Archibald was injured in WWI & WWII, Kermit committed suicide while serving as Army Intelligence in Alaska, and Ted died of a heart attack after invading Utah Beach.

by whatilearned November 27, 2021, 3:55 pm

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TIL, U.S Navy pilot David Mccampbell set a United States single mission aerial combat record of shooting down nine enemy planes in one mission during the Battle of the Leyte Gulf on October 24, 1944, while flying the F6F Hellcat. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions.

by whatilearned November 19, 2021, 9:32 pm

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TIL Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos (1721) were stored away untouched by the Margrave of Brandenburg lacking the necessary musicians. After rediscovery in 1849 the original manuscript was nearly lost again during a WWII aerial bombing; a librarian escaped the bombing with the concertos under his coat.

by whatilearned October 14, 2021, 2:05 am

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TIL I learned that America had developed drone plane technology during WWI. The Kettering Bug was an experimental unmanned biplane, aerial drone torpedo, a forerunner of present-day cruise missiles. It was first tested 103-years-ago on October 2, 1918.

by whatilearned October 2, 2021, 4:32 pm

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Lessons learned from aerial warfare history

by HistoryBuff August 5, 2021, 10:23 am

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TIL Some of the first aerial photographs of Earth were taken by pigeons – the drones of the 20th century. A technique invented in 1907 by Nebronner in Germany, they were used in both world wars and later by the CIA

by whatilearned August 2, 2021, 1:22 am

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TIL the first instance of an aerial dogfight occurred during the Mexican Revolution in 1913. However, neither man wanted to kill the other, so they exchanged pistol fire, intentionally missing, until running out of ammunition.

by whatilearned August 1, 2021, 9:26 pm

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