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U17577377: /* France */ Looking Up Challe: Finding Reports Of The Flight School At Romilly-sur-seine | His Confirmed Victory In France Was Over A He-111. Do-17 Was The Plane That Shot Him Down After Damaging It | Also 1 Of His Counted Victories Is Group Win

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‎France: Looking Up Challe: Finding Reports Of The Flight School At Romilly-sur-seine | His Confirmed Victory In France Was Over A He-111. Do-17 Was The Plane That Shot Him Down After Damaging It | Also 1 Of His Counted Victories Is Group Win

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      <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">Colonel</span><span class="ttx-name">October 1955</span></div>
    <div class="ttx-table-line ttx-table-head">Service record</div>
-     <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">8</span><span class="ttx-name">Confirmed aerial victories</span></div>
+     <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">7</span><span class="ttx-name">Confirmed aerial victories</span></div>
      <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">Yes</span><span class="ttx-name">Ace</span></div>
    <div class="ttx-table-line ttx-table-head">Aircraft Flown</div>
      <div class="ttx-table-line"><span style="float:right;font-weight:normal;">{{Tree-Unit|ms_406c1}}</span><span class="ttx-name">1939-1940</span></div>
      <div class="ttx-table-line"><span style="float:right;font-weight:normal;">{{Tree-Unit-Prem|yak-9t_france}}</span><span class="ttx-name">1944-1945</span></div>
      <div class="ttx-table-line ttx-table-head">Aircraft shot down</div>
-         <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">4</span><span class="ttx-name">[[Fw 190 (Family)|Fw 190]]</span></div>
+         <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">3</span><span class="ttx-name">[[Fw 190 (Family)|Fw 190]]</span></div>
          <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">3</span><span class="ttx-name">[[Bf 109 (Family)|Bf 109]]</span></div>
-         <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">1</span><span class="ttx-name">[[Do 17 (Family)|Do 17]]</span></div>
+         <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">1</span><span class="ttx-name">[[He 111 (Family)|He 111]]</span></div>
      </div>
 </div>
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 == Other Nations ==

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 ===Wetmore, Ray S. ===
-* Shot down a [[Me 163 B]] with his [[P-51D-10|P-51D]] at speeds around 600 mph (965 km/h).
+* Shot down a [[Me 163 B]] with his [[P-51D-10|P-51D]] at speeds around 600 mph (965 kph).
 <div class="ttx">
    <div class="ttx-table-line ttx-table-head">Ray S. Wetmore</div>
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 Finland knew of their position in the world and was very aware of the Soviets gaze in their direction. With an obviously disproportionate amount of pilots, the Finns realized their numbers would never match what the Soviet Air Force could through at them, instead they focused on training and ensuring the Finnish pilots were masters at flying and shooting. Bucking trends, the Finnish Air Force trained with loose formations, typically the basic fighter element consisted of two fighters flying  150 to 200 meters apart and if flying in a larger group such as a section, the sections would be 300 to 400 meters apart.<ref name="Barber" /> With this setup, the Finns planned to always be the attackers, no matter the number of enemy fighters. Since the Finnish pilots went through such intensive aircraft training (including aerobatics mixed with basic combat manoeuvres) and aerial gunnery training, their intent was to break up the larger enemy formations and then combat would reduce to section duels (1 – 2 aircraft vs. 1 - 2 aircraft) where typically in this situation the better pilots always won.<ref name="Guttmann" />
-Early on, Juutilainen favoured the Fokker D.XXI, unfortunately, it lacked any armour protection, however, he felt that the aircraft had favourable diving characteristics and was a very steady shooting platform which to attack from. It was apparent that the intense training Finnish pilots went through paid off with flying the Fokker during the Winter War after the Soviets attacked. While this was the best fighter the Finnish Air Force had in 1939, Juutilainen knew the Soviet Polikarpov I-16 fighter to be a faster and more agile aircraft, including pilot protection with protective armour.  Later, Juutilainen had the opportunity to fly a captured I-16 and was impressed with its speed (50 km/h faster than the D.XXI) and its fantastic turn rate.
+Early on, Juutilainen favoured the Fokker D.XXI, unfortunately, it lacked any armour protection, however, he felt that the aircraft had favourable diving characteristics and was a very steady shooting platform which to attack from. It was apparent that the intense training Finnish pilots went through paid off with flying the Fokker during the Winter War after the Soviets attacked. While this was the best fighter the Finnish Air Force had in 1939, Juutilainen knew the Soviet Polikarpov I-16 fighter to be a faster and more agile aircraft, including pilot protection with protective armour.  Later, Juutilainen had the opportunity to fly a captured I-16 and was impressed with its speed (50 kph faster than the D.XXI) and its fantastic turn rate.
 Juutilainen’s first taste of combat did not start as planned as it was the first clear day after a series of bad weather storms came through. His aircraft did not want to cooperate and so it took longer than normal to get his engine started. Once in the air, he was behind the rest of his flight, however, nearing Antrea, Juutilainen received a radio message that three enemy bombers were approaching the area. A few minutes later, he spotted them, three Ilyushin DB-3 bombers.<ref name="AcesofwwII" /> They were approximately 460 m below him when he began to turn an attack. Falling back on the training he received at gunnery camp, he pursued the bombers. When the bombers realized the attack was imminent they jettisoned their bombs in the forest and turned for home and it was at this point that Juutilainen attacked. One by one, Juutilainen focused on shooting the three rear gunners of the DB-3s and once those gunnery positions went silent, he commenced to open fire on the engines.<ref name="Guttmann" /> Eventually, one of the bombers rolled and crashed while the other two were slowly losing altitude and pouring out smoke when Juutilainen had to return to base after running out of ammunition. His impression of combat came across as nothing special as he felt that everything proceeded as he had trained.

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 ===Wetmore, Ray S. ===
-* Shot down a [[Me 163 B]] with his [[P-51D-10|P-51D]] at speeds around 600 mph (965 kph).
+* Shot down a [[Me 163 B]] with his [[P-51D-10|P-51D]] at speeds around 600 mph (965 km/h).
 <div class="ttx">
    <div class="ttx-table-line ttx-table-head">Ray S. Wetmore</div>
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 Finland knew of their position in the world and was very aware of the Soviets gaze in their direction. With an obviously disproportionate amount of pilots, the Finns realized their numbers would never match what the Soviet Air Force could through at them, instead they focused on training and ensuring the Finnish pilots were masters at flying and shooting. Bucking trends, the Finnish Air Force trained with loose formations, typically the basic fighter element consisted of two fighters flying  150 to 200 meters apart and if flying in a larger group such as a section, the sections would be 300 to 400 meters apart.<ref name="Barber" /> With this setup, the Finns planned to always be the attackers, no matter the number of enemy fighters. Since the Finnish pilots went through such intensive aircraft training (including aerobatics mixed with basic combat manoeuvres) and aerial gunnery training, their intent was to break up the larger enemy formations and then combat would reduce to section duels (1 – 2 aircraft vs. 1 - 2 aircraft) where typically in this situation the better pilots always won.<ref name="Guttmann" />
-Early on, Juutilainen favoured the Fokker D.XXI, unfortunately, it lacked any armour protection, however, he felt that the aircraft had favourable diving characteristics and was a very steady shooting platform which to attack from. It was apparent that the intense training Finnish pilots went through paid off with flying the Fokker during the Winter War after the Soviets attacked. While this was the best fighter the Finnish Air Force had in 1939, Juutilainen knew the Soviet Polikarpov I-16 fighter to be a faster and more agile aircraft, including pilot protection with protective armour.  Later, Juutilainen had the opportunity to fly a captured I-16 and was impressed with its speed (50 kph faster than the D.XXI) and its fantastic turn rate.
+Early on, Juutilainen favoured the Fokker D.XXI, unfortunately, it lacked any armour protection, however, he felt that the aircraft had favourable diving characteristics and was a very steady shooting platform which to attack from. It was apparent that the intense training Finnish pilots went through paid off with flying the Fokker during the Winter War after the Soviets attacked. While this was the best fighter the Finnish Air Force had in 1939, Juutilainen knew the Soviet Polikarpov I-16 fighter to be a faster and more agile aircraft, including pilot protection with protective armour.  Later, Juutilainen had the opportunity to fly a captured I-16 and was impressed with its speed (50 km/h faster than the D.XXI) and its fantastic turn rate.
 Juutilainen’s first taste of combat did not start as planned as it was the first clear day after a series of bad weather storms came through. His aircraft did not want to cooperate and so it took longer than normal to get his engine started. Once in the air, he was behind the rest of his flight, however, nearing Antrea, Juutilainen received a radio message that three enemy bombers were approaching the area. A few minutes later, he spotted them, three Ilyushin DB-3 bombers.<ref name="AcesofwwII" /> They were approximately 460 m below him when he began to turn an attack. Falling back on the training he received at gunnery camp, he pursued the bombers. When the bombers realized the attack was imminent they jettisoned their bombs in the forest and turned for home and it was at this point that Juutilainen attacked. One by one, Juutilainen focused on shooting the three rear gunners of the DB-3s and once those gunnery positions went silent, he commenced to open fire on the engines.<ref name="Guttmann" /> Eventually, one of the bombers rolled and crashed while the other two were slowly losing altitude and pouring out smoke when Juutilainen had to return to base after running out of ammunition. His impression of combat came across as nothing special as he felt that everything proceeded as he had trained.

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 ==== Media ====
 ;Images
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
+<gallery mode="packed" heights=150>
 File:Richard Bong P-38 cockpit.jpg|Bong prepping to take off for flight patrol.
 File:Richard Bong and P-38 Lightning Marge.jpg|Bong standing next to his fighter ''Marge''.
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 ;News
 * [[wt:en/news/861--en|[Special:News<nowiki>]</nowiki> Major Richard Ira 'Dick' Bong]]
 * [[wt:en/news/273--en|[Special:News<nowiki>]</nowiki> Richard Ira Bong Birthday]]
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 ==== Media ====
 ;Images
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="190">
+<gallery mode="packed" heights=190>
 File:Robin-Olds-P-38.jpg|Lt. Olds standing in front of his [[P-38J-15|P-38J]] fighter, SCAT II in England.
 File:Robin Olds SCAT V.jpg|Major Olds standing in front of his [[P-51D-20-NA|P-51D]] fighter, SCAT V.
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 ===Wetmore, Ray S. ===
-* Shot down a [[Me 163 B]] with his [[P-51D-10|P-51D]] at speeds around 600 mph (965 km/h).
+* Shot down a [[Me 163 B]] with his [[P-51D-10|P-51D]] at speeds around 600 mph (965 kph).
 <div class="ttx">
    <div class="ttx-table-line ttx-table-head">Ray S. Wetmore</div>
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 Finland knew of their position in the world and was very aware of the Soviets gaze in their direction. With an obviously disproportionate amount of pilots, the Finns realized their numbers would never match what the Soviet Air Force could through at them, instead they focused on training and ensuring the Finnish pilots were masters at flying and shooting. Bucking trends, the Finnish Air Force trained with loose formations, typically the basic fighter element consisted of two fighters flying  150 to 200 meters apart and if flying in a larger group such as a section, the sections would be 300 to 400 meters apart.<ref name="Barber" /> With this setup, the Finns planned to always be the attackers, no matter the number of enemy fighters. Since the Finnish pilots went through such intensive aircraft training (including aerobatics mixed with basic combat manoeuvres) and aerial gunnery training, their intent was to break up the larger enemy formations and then combat would reduce to section duels (1 – 2 aircraft vs. 1 - 2 aircraft) where typically in this situation the better pilots always won.<ref name="Guttmann" />
-Early on, Juutilainen favoured the Fokker D.XXI, unfortunately, it lacked any armour protection, however, he felt that the aircraft had favourable diving characteristics and was a very steady shooting platform which to attack from. It was apparent that the intense training Finnish pilots went through paid off with flying the Fokker during the Winter War after the Soviets attacked. While this was the best fighter the Finnish Air Force had in 1939, Juutilainen knew the Soviet Polikarpov I-16 fighter to be a faster and more agile aircraft, including pilot protection with protective armour.  Later, Juutilainen had the opportunity to fly a captured I-16 and was impressed with its speed (50 km/h faster than the D.XXI) and its fantastic turn rate.
+Early on, Juutilainen favoured the Fokker D.XXI, unfortunately, it lacked any armour protection, however, he felt that the aircraft had favourable diving characteristics and was a very steady shooting platform which to attack from. It was apparent that the intense training Finnish pilots went through paid off with flying the Fokker during the Winter War after the Soviets attacked. While this was the best fighter the Finnish Air Force had in 1939, Juutilainen knew the Soviet Polikarpov I-16 fighter to be a faster and more agile aircraft, including pilot protection with protective armour.  Later, Juutilainen had the opportunity to fly a captured I-16 and was impressed with its speed (50 kph faster than the D.XXI) and its fantastic turn rate.
 Juutilainen’s first taste of combat did not start as planned as it was the first clear day after a series of bad weather storms came through. His aircraft did not want to cooperate and so it took longer than normal to get his engine started. Once in the air, he was behind the rest of his flight, however, nearing Antrea, Juutilainen received a radio message that three enemy bombers were approaching the area. A few minutes later, he spotted them, three Ilyushin DB-3 bombers.<ref name="AcesofwwII" /> They were approximately 460 m below him when he began to turn an attack. Falling back on the training he received at gunnery camp, he pursued the bombers. When the bombers realized the attack was imminent they jettisoned their bombs in the forest and turned for home and it was at this point that Juutilainen attacked. One by one, Juutilainen focused on shooting the three rear gunners of the DB-3s and once those gunnery positions went silent, he commenced to open fire on the engines.<ref name="Guttmann" /> Eventually, one of the bombers rolled and crashed while the other two were slowly losing altitude and pouring out smoke when Juutilainen had to return to base after running out of ammunition. His impression of combat came across as nothing special as he felt that everything proceeded as he had trained.

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 __TOC__
 {{clear}}
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 ==== Media ====
 ;Images
-<gallery mode="packed" heights=150>
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
 File:Richard Bong P-38 cockpit.jpg|Bong prepping to take off for flight patrol.
 File:Richard Bong and P-38 Lightning Marge.jpg|Bong standing next to his fighter ''Marge''.
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 ;News
 * [[wt:en/news/861--en|[Special:News<nowiki>]</nowiki> Major Richard Ira 'Dick' Bong]]
 * [[wt:en/news/273--en|[Special:News<nowiki>]</nowiki> Richard Ira Bong Birthday]]
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 ==== Media ====
 ;Images
-<gallery mode="packed" heights=190>
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="190">
 File:Robin-Olds-P-38.jpg|Lt. Olds standing in front of his [[P-38J-15|P-38J]] fighter, SCAT II in England.
 File:Robin Olds SCAT V.jpg|Major Olds standing in front of his [[P-51D-20-NA|P-51D]] fighter, SCAT V.
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 ===Wetmore, Ray S. ===
-* Shot down a [[Me 163 B]] with his [[P-51D-10|P-51D]] at speeds around 600 mph (965 kph).
+* Shot down a [[Me 163 B]] with his [[P-51D-10|P-51D]] at speeds around 600 mph (965 km/h).
 <div class="ttx">
    <div class="ttx-table-line ttx-table-head">Ray S. Wetmore</div>
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 Finland knew of their position in the world and was very aware of the Soviets gaze in their direction. With an obviously disproportionate amount of pilots, the Finns realized their numbers would never match what the Soviet Air Force could through at them, instead they focused on training and ensuring the Finnish pilots were masters at flying and shooting. Bucking trends, the Finnish Air Force trained with loose formations, typically the basic fighter element consisted of two fighters flying  150 to 200 meters apart and if flying in a larger group such as a section, the sections would be 300 to 400 meters apart.<ref name="Barber" /> With this setup, the Finns planned to always be the attackers, no matter the number of enemy fighters. Since the Finnish pilots went through such intensive aircraft training (including aerobatics mixed with basic combat manoeuvres) and aerial gunnery training, their intent was to break up the larger enemy formations and then combat would reduce to section duels (1 – 2 aircraft vs. 1 - 2 aircraft) where typically in this situation the better pilots always won.<ref name="Guttmann" />
-Early on, Juutilainen favoured the Fokker D.XXI, unfortunately, it lacked any armour protection, however, he felt that the aircraft had favourable diving characteristics and was a very steady shooting platform which to attack from. It was apparent that the intense training Finnish pilots went through paid off with flying the Fokker during the Winter War after the Soviets attacked. While this was the best fighter the Finnish Air Force had in 1939, Juutilainen knew the Soviet Polikarpov I-16 fighter to be a faster and more agile aircraft, including pilot protection with protective armour.  Later, Juutilainen had the opportunity to fly a captured I-16 and was impressed with its speed (50 kph faster than the D.XXI) and its fantastic turn rate.
+Early on, Juutilainen favoured the Fokker D.XXI, unfortunately, it lacked any armour protection, however, he felt that the aircraft had favourable diving characteristics and was a very steady shooting platform which to attack from. It was apparent that the intense training Finnish pilots went through paid off with flying the Fokker during the Winter War after the Soviets attacked. While this was the best fighter the Finnish Air Force had in 1939, Juutilainen knew the Soviet Polikarpov I-16 fighter to be a faster and more agile aircraft, including pilot protection with protective armour.  Later, Juutilainen had the opportunity to fly a captured I-16 and was impressed with its speed (50 km/h faster than the D.XXI) and its fantastic turn rate.
 Juutilainen’s first taste of combat did not start as planned as it was the first clear day after a series of bad weather storms came through. His aircraft did not want to cooperate and so it took longer than normal to get his engine started. Once in the air, he was behind the rest of his flight, however, nearing Antrea, Juutilainen received a radio message that three enemy bombers were approaching the area. A few minutes later, he spotted them, three Ilyushin DB-3 bombers.<ref name="AcesofwwII" /> They were approximately 460 m below him when he began to turn an attack. Falling back on the training he received at gunnery camp, he pursued the bombers. When the bombers realized the attack was imminent they jettisoned their bombs in the forest and turned for home and it was at this point that Juutilainen attacked. One by one, Juutilainen focused on shooting the three rear gunners of the DB-3s and once those gunnery positions went silent, he commenced to open fire on the engines.<ref name="Guttmann" /> Eventually, one of the bombers rolled and crashed while the other two were slowly losing altitude and pouring out smoke when Juutilainen had to return to base after running out of ammunition. His impression of combat came across as nothing special as he felt that everything proceeded as he had trained.

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          <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">1</span><span class="ttx-name">[[F4F (Family)|F4F]]</span></div>
          <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">1</span><span class="ttx-name">[[F6F (Family)|F6F]]</span></div>
-         <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">2</span><span class="ttx-name">[[B-29]]</span></div>
+         <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">2</span><span class="ttx-name">[[B-29/Tu-4 (Family)|B-29]]</span></div>
      </div>
 </div>

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    <div class="ttx-image">[[File:Douglas_Bader_profile.jpg]]</div>
 <div class="ttx-table">
-     <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">Dogsbody</span><span class="ttx-name">Nickname(s)</span>
+     <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">Dogsbody</span><span class="ttx-name">Nickname(s)</span></div>
      <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">Great Britain [[File:CountryIcon GBR.png|link=]]</span><span class="ttx-name">Country fought for</span></div>
    <div class="ttx-table-line ttx-table-head">WW II Military History</div>