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That One Time a Parachuting Soldier Took Down a Zero Fighter Plane With Nothing but a Handgun (2016x78)

Udgivelsesdato: Apr 22, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Why a Bakers Dozen is 13 Instead of 12 https://youtu.be/UPDV0POS5d0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k Why Vampires Can't Exist... and 9 Other Amazing Facts https://youtu.be/cDlat4Pdd4U?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO In this video: If you take a peek at a list of pilots who were considered flying aces during WW2, you’ll notice that the top of the list is dominated by Luftwaffe pilots, some of whom scored hundreds of aerial victories during the war. While their skill and prowess in the air is undeniable, it’s arguable that the finest display in aerial combat during WW2 was achieved, mostly by luck, by an American B-24 co-pilot when he scored a single enemy kill with nothing but a handgun, at about 4,000-5,000 feet (about 1.3 km) in altitude, and without a plane. This is the story of Owen Baggett. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/01/one-time-parachuting-soldier-took-zero-fighter-nothing-handgun/ Sources: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanantonio/obituary.aspx?n=owen-john-baggett&pid=88867663#fbLoggedOut http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth116758/m1/3/?q=baggett http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/gun-nuts/2011/06/best-shot-1911-ever http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/1996/July%201996/0796valor.aspx https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dltfyqFaA68C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Gun+Digest+Shooters+Guide+to+the+1911&source=bl&ots=7KalIVDJB-&sig=lIQhWokhL6sGVY92Zu-rpmocIr4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oDYyUNf-M-L9igLC8IDABw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Baggett&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WMIp1FNk50oC&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=owen+j+baggett+