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How long was the longest dogfight?  It's debatable, but this one is certainly in the running.  Captain Elmer Royce Williams takes on 6 Migs by himself.  That, of course, is what the plethora of internet articles will tell you.  While Williams is certainly a hero of hero's, he received some great help from some men that are rarely talked about. TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 5:51 Mail Call - 6:36 - 14:19 Show Content - 14:23 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Homeland Magazine - Captain E. Royce Williams - The Forgotten Hero - By CJ Machado The Wall of Valor Project - John Davidson Middleton The Wall of Valor Project - David M. Rowlands Panther vs. Mig - Inside the Cold War Dogfight that Officially Never Happened - By Marc Liebman Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com  

All they had to do was aid in fending off the German Front Line, and they did it all with Crop Dusters and Hand-Me-Downs. Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com

It has to be an ominous feeling when you float down under your canopy into Davy Jones' locker knowing that you're all alone. And even more ominous, when you finally realize that you're not... TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 0:52 Show Content - 1:15 - Finish

None of these airmen should have survived the war, yet they all lived to tell their story. TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 01:33 Mail Call - 02:52 - 07:45 Show Content - 08:11 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Wordpress.com - RCAF No. 403 Squadron - Pilot Officer's James Elmer Abbott's Miraculous Escape Vandruff.com - Jean Vandruff Autobiogrophy Excerpt An Anonymous Czech Prisoner who Saved an American B-17 Bomber in WWII - Outono.net Militarytimes.com - Michael Arooth James Howell Howard - CMOHS.org James H. Howard - Homeofheros.com - By Andrew A. Rooney Alan Magee - Wikipedia Email Me:  dan@talesfromabove.com  

Join 4 fighter pilots as they joust for position to reach Eddie Rickenbacker's all-time score during WWI. Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com

German Ace Carl Menckhoff and U.S. Army Pilot Walter Avery square-off in a duel over 100 years ago. A trophy is erected, and it still stands to this day.

Don't look down.  But bring your chute just in case... LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Warhistoryonline.com - James Allen Ward - By Russell Hughes Victoriacrossonline.co.uk - Norman Cyril Jackson VC Mail Call - Chesterton Radio - YouTube Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com  

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It made you feel a little better knowing that these guys would come and get you if you were knocked out.... whatever the cost.

Wrapping up our week at the Reno Air Races, and firing on all cylinders. LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Lonnie Ortega Aviation Art Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com  

It's the last Reno Air Races.  We were there, and received a whole lot of the unexpected. LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Lonnie Ortega Aviation Art Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com Mail Call - AFRS WWII Radio    

He was George Preddy's right-hand man, and he went on to do incredible things.