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Old 02-25-13, 01:30 PM   #1
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Default A WWII fighter ace....or not?

Not only did this pilot shoot down six enemy aircraft, he also shot down forty four V-1 flying bombs:

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Colonel Remy Van Lierde, DFC & two bars, (14 August 1915–8 June 1990) was a Belgian pilot who served during World War II in the Belgian and British Air Forces, shooting down six enemy aircraft and 44 V-1 flying bombs, and achieving the RAF rank of Squadron Leader. He returned to the Belgian Air Force after the war and went on to hold several important commands before retiring in 1968.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_Van_Lierde
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