6 WWI Pilots whose balls deserve their own monument

[zpatman]

http://www.cracked.com/article_1893...s-whose-balls-deserve-their-own-monument.html

I didn't pick the name of the article...but classic nevertheless

 

[bunk22]

This is good stuff lol

 

[twobecrazy]

That guy William Barker makes Rambo sound like a wuss.

 

[nittany03]

I call BS without:

• Frank Luke: shot down over German territory; grabbed his 2 M1911s and died in a gunfight with the Germans
• Werner Voss: died by going 6v1 with a bunch of British aces for 10 FREAKING MINUTES; sent at least 3 of his opponents' aircraft to the depot or the scrapheap before falling to superior numbers
• Ernst Udet: painted "DU DOCH NICHT" on the elevators of his Fokker D.VII; you rolled out into his control zone to see "Certainly not you!" Lived through the war and joined the Luftwaffe. He didn't really sympathize with the Nazis, and thus was eventually driven to suicide by one Hermann Goering, his old CO.

 

[A4sForever]

I call BS without:Frank Luke: shot down over German territory; grabbed his 2 M1911s and died in a gunfight with the Germans....

Agree totally ... Frank Luke.

What he did as a primo-'Balloon Buster' was incredible ... it was a rough equivalent of 'dueling' w/ AAA sites over Haiphong/Hanoi ... and some guys did, for the record.

He should DEFINITELY be on any short list!!!

Plus ... what kind of Aviator would fly w/ two (2!!!) Colt 1911s ... ??? A TIGER, that's who ...

 

[OUSOONER]

Frank Luke should have flown for the Navy... And also all of Zemke's Wolfpack bc you would have figured they were Naval Aviators with such badassery.

 

[bunk22]

I call BS without:

• Frank Luke: shot down over German territory; grabbed his 2 M1911s and died in a gunfight with the Germans
• Werner Voss: died by going 6v1 with a bunch of British aces for 10 FREAKING MINUTES; sent at least 3 of his opponents' aircraft to the depot or the scrapheap before falling to superior numbers
• Ernst Udet: painted "DU DOCH NICHT" on the elevators of his Fokker D.VII; you rolled out into his control zone to see "Certainly not you!" Lived through the war and joined the Luftwaffe. He didn't really sympathize with the Nazis, and thus was eventually driven to suicide by one Hermann Goering, his old CO.

Agreed!! All three were bad ass dudes.