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Ace in a day

Writing by Tolip on Tuesday, 4 of December , 2007 at 10:36 pm

On April 7, 1943, James Elms Swett, division flight leader in Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-221 became an ace on his first combat mission. He shot down 8 enemy aircraft and was eventually awarded the Medal of Honor. His amazing achievements and mastery of the Wildcat were recreated using computer graphics for the History Channel series “Dogfights”. James Swett tells the story of that amazing day, when he became ace in just 15 minutes, on his first ever combat mission.

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Category: Dogfight,Historical,US Military Aircraft,Videos

Tags: ace, dogfight, fighting, honor, james, marine, medal, squadron, swett, wildcat

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