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Barrett · 1 January 2000, 08:09 AM

First things first, I guess. Hartmann is THE world's top fighterguy with 352 credited kills. Nobody got 353!
I published Gen. Blesse's memoir, "Check Six," at Champlin Museum Press. He was a talented stick but not an innovator along the lines of Boelcke or Thach by any means. Largely, he synthesized the corporate knowledge of the F-86 community with "No Guts, No Glory," along with some other folks like Joe McConnell and Ralph Parr.
BTW: there's a beautifully restored P-47D flying these days with the colors of a 9th AF Thunderbolt named "No Guts No Glory."

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Barrett Forum Ace of Aces Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: The American West Posts: 4,809	First things first, I guess. Hartmann is THE world's top fighterguy with 352 credited kills. Nobody got 353! I published Gen. Blesse's memoir, "Check Six," at Champlin Museum Press. He was a talented stick but not an innovator along the lines of Boelcke or Thach by any means. Largely, he synthesized the corporate knowledge of the F-86 community with "No Guts, No Glory," along with some other folks like Joe McConnell and Ralph Parr. BTW: there's a beautifully restored P-47D flying these days with the colors of a 9th AF Thunderbolt named "No Guts No Glory." __________________ You will not rise to the occasion: You will default to your level of training.