George. Herbert. Walker. Captain Bush was a very lucky pilot, and although he was shot down several times, he was always rescued unscathed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info In his fighter wing, he was the pilot with the most successful rescues and the longest battlefield life. Hence the nickname Lucky Bush.

In the last air battle on the island of Newfoundland, the F7F he was piloting was seriously injured by a German jet, and one engine caught fire and dragged black smoke down for several kilometers before barely pulling it up, and finally flew back to the base.

Although the plane was hit with holes all over and scrapped directly after landing, he, the pilot, was not injured at all. The most surprising thing was that the ground crew later also picked up a 30mm aviation shell in his cockpit that did not explode!

The luck with the blessing of two generations of true presidents is really to the point where death is about to go around!

In the early morning of April 25, 1945 (Newfoundland time), the Grim Reaper saw that Lucky Bush was leading his squadron of fighters to hover at an altitude of 6,000 meters, waiting for the menacing German "Thousand Machines".

His squadron now has 16 F7Fs, which is full in number, but its combat effectiveness is much lower than it was before the last battle on Newfoundland. This is because 12 of the 16 F7F captains are novices who have only been in naval aviation for a long time, and they have no idea how brutal the battlefield is.

Among the remaining four veterans, only "Lucky Bush" is an ace pilot, and the three captains have no proud records, and they have never been the captain of a four-plane formation before. Now, the real elite of Bush's squadron, apart from himself, has either died in battle or been transferred to other squadrons to be squadron leaders, and there are only three second-rate goods left. "Lucky Bush" is not at all sure how much combat effectiveness remains of the entire squadron.

But whether they are sure or not, today "Lucky Bush" and his subordinates have to fight to the end for the continued greatness of the United States.

"Brothers in the Navy, the Germans are here, a large fleet of more than 500 aircraft, now we may have a good time."

In the headset came Thomas, who was in charge of commanding all U.S. Navy and Marine Corps warplanes. Captain Wayne's inspiring voice.

"Okay!"

"Kill the Nazis!"

"Where are the Nazis?"

"Let them taste something!"

The cheers of the pilots immediately reached Bush's ears. Naturally, the cheers were all battlefield newcomers who had only joined the naval air force for a short time, and they did not know how terrible the Germans were.

Bush thought to himself: It won't be long before you rookies will cry for help from your father! If any of you are as lucky as I am, maybe live a few more days...... If only I could live until the end of the war, so that I could be with Barbara forever.

"Captain, I see them, at 12 o'clock!"

Bush's crankiness was overshadowed by his navigator Harry. Lemay interrupted, this Lemay is also a newcomer (Bush's former navigator went to the pilot school for training after the last Battle of the Newfoundlands), just graduated from the Navy flight school, and today is the first time to go to the battlefield, so he is so excited.

Looking in the direction pointed out by Lemay, Captain Bush's heart suddenly twitched, and what appeared in the deep blue sky ahead was a dense mass of "black dots," layered all over the sky, and the number was outrageous.

This is a bombardment of a thousand planes!

Captain Bush immediately came up with a relatively accurate figure. Now the number of incoming enemy aircraft is extremely large, there are as many as 640 aircraft in the Fokker 636 alone, 323 in the Me264 (including 3 AWACS), and 90 in the Br.810, bringing the total to 1053 aircraft!

After a while, the distance between the two sides was reduced to about 6,000 meters, and the model of the incoming enemy plane could already be observed through the naked eye.

Bush found that most of them were Fokker 636 fighters, and at the current altitude, the overall performance of such aircraft surpassed that of the F7F, and there were so many of them......

"Attention all naval aircraft," said Thomas. Admiral Wayne's voice still seemed very relaxed, "Pull up to 7000 meters and prepare for a dive attack." Remember, your tactics are climbing, circling, diving, attacking...... Cycle! Don't fight them! ”

This is the most basic tactical use of F7, and it should not be said on the battlefield at all. However, Bush knew why Colonel Wayne said this before the battle, just to remind a rookie not to get carried away in a fight, and to fight a nimble fighter like the Fokker 636, which would be tantamount to death.

But...... Will you meet the German jets when you climb up? Captain Bush didn't know anything about this.

"Alright, guys, did you hear Colonel Wayne?" While piloting the plane to climb above 7,000 meters, Captain Bush said to his subordinates over the radio, "I would like to add two more points, one is not to entangle with the Fokker plane, our target is Me264; The second is to get close and then hit, as close as possible to make sure to hit! Do you understand? ”

"Got it!"

"Got it, sir!"

By the time his subordinates answered in the affirmative, Captain Bush's plane had climbed to an altitude of 7,000 meters, and at the same time, he also spotted a black-pressed Fokker fighter plane in front of him. It turned out that when the F7F was climbing, these Fokker planes were also climbing, and they were climbing as fast as the F7F.

"Captain, see the Fokker ahead!"

"Oh my God, there are so many of them!"

"What should I do?"

"They're holding us back......"

A bunch of rookies are starting to get nervous. Captain Bush couldn't help but frown, and he could only remind his rookies again over the radio: "Leave the Fokker planes alone, when they don't exist, our target is the Me264 bomber!"

Attention everyone, now form a two-plane formation and rush with me! Long live America! Long live freedom! ”

A hurrah charge in the air has begun!

After Captain Bush shouted the slogan, he did not hesitate to drive his F7F and began to charge like a white soldier assault on the ground!

His 16 F7Fs were now divided into 8 twin formations, one of which was dealing with one Me264, and all of them began to dive at top speed.

At this time, two Fokker 636s found the "Lucky Bush", they flew higher than Bush's plane, rolled flexibly in the air, and went around behind Bush (the F7F has 4 20mm cannons and 4 12.7mm machine guns, and even the Fokker 636 does not dare to face the nose of the nose) while chasing and firing with 8 20mm machine guns. However, Lady Luck still favored Bush, and eight tongues of fire swept through the sides of the F7F he was driving, all of which were empty.

Bush ignored the firelight that flew almost against the hood, and did not dodge maneuvers, but just aimed at a Me264 below. Due to the weight of the F7F and its strong horsepower, it is very fast when diving, and the Fokker aircraft behind cannot catch up. However, the Fokker 636's dive ability is not weak, and it will not be thrown too far by the F7F, so it is also difficult to shake off the Fokker 636 by diving.

The consequence of not being able to get rid of the Fokker 636 is that the F7F will be followed by the F7F when it ends the dive, especially the F7F's dive will drop a lot in altitude, so as to enter the advantageous airspace of the Fokker 636. This is very dangerous for F7F!

But Bush doesn't want to do that at all, and his full attention is on a fast-flying Me264 in front of him. Because Bush's F7F changed direction during the climb, the direction of flight of this Me264 is the same as that of Bush's F7F. Bush flew his plane from the rear of the Me264, which was the easiest position to attack.

But there is only one chance of success! The two Fokker 636s following Bush's ass will not give him the opportunity to chase the Me264 and attack in horizontal flight (if you want to fly behind the Me264's butt, then the speed will definitely have to be reduced, and you will be bitten by the Fokker plane), and there is only one way to seize this opportunity, which is to get as close to the other party as possible.

The Me264 in front of him soon became larger and larger, and the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, and this plane and several planes in its vicinity also seemed to have noticed danger, and all shot tongues of fire. Lucky Bush is still lucky, and it seems that all the bullets and shells are going around him.

It was so close that the Me264 looked as big as the house. At this point, Captain Bush reduced his speed and leveled the plane. Then he pressed the cannon and machine gun firing button, the plane began to tremble violently, 4 20mm cannons and 4 12.7mm machine guns spewed out 8 deadly fire, enveloping the poor Me264 in it, Captain Bush pressed the firing button continuously, fired hundreds of rounds of ammunition, only until the smoke of the Me264 came out, he stopped firing, violently pushed the joystick, almost at a right angle began to dive downward, and quickly escaped from the pursuit of the 2 Fokker 636 aircraft behind him.

After widening the distance between him and the pursuers, he looked left and right, but did not find his wingman, and then he called twice, but there was no response, it seems that the F7F piloted by the rookie is more than lucky.

After diving more than 1,000 meters, Captain Bush once again flattened the plane -- he did not dare to lower the altitude too low, so as not to be entangled by the Fokker plane, which had excellent low-altitude performance -- and just as he was fleeing the battlefield at full speed, he looked back into the sky and saw a magnificent picture of the battlefield that broke his heart.

Hundreds of fighter jets were twisted up in the air, shells and bullets flew through the air at breakneck speed, alternating explosions, fires and smoke, and occasionally umbrella flowers falling from the sky.

This indicates that most of the F7Fs did not succeed in disengaging after completing the attack, and they ...... Entangled by Fokker planes, which far outnumbered him, it looked like he was more than lucky!