[WWI] Nicknames

[Bill Weckel]

The US Navy referred to the F4U as the "Ensign Eliminator".  I met a  
marine who, after crashing three of them, was told by his CO  "Two  
more and you'll be a Japanese Ace!".

Bill



On May 5, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Crawford Neil wrote:

>
> The whispering death was the F4U Corsair
>
> Have to say that I think that's just allied propaganda! Same as the  
> Beaufighter in Britain.
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