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Richard Bong - the deadliest American WWII pilot - amassed 40 air-to-air ... at level flight and doubled the range of ...

Kiggins was killed during a combat mission over Brno, becoming the only American soldier to die in the Moravian capital ...

The US entered WWI and remained a laggard in aviation, however, its massive expansion set the stage to become the largest in ...