Ragazzi, Frank Considerations

Frank Ragazzi didn't like the way the Japanese acted or the way they treated prisoners, and he didn't like the Nazi Germans either.

Ragazzi, Frank Early Life, Enlistment and Training

Frank Ragazzi was born in May 1920 in New York City, New York, one of two surviving children of a Metropolitan Opera performer.

Ragazzi, Frank Flight Testing with WASPs

After about two months of flight test scheduling, Frank Ragazzi was tasked with training five women service pilots.

Ragazzi, Frank Pilot Training

Never having been in an airplane, Frank Ragazzi took his first ride in a Piper Cub [Annotator's Note: Piper J-3 Cub light observation aircraft

Ragazzi, Frank Reflections

Frank Ragazzi's decision to serve in the armed forces was influenced by the propaganda he saw at the movies.

Rall, Gunther Aerial victories

Rall, Gunther Gunther Rall

Rall, Gunther Heddy, the war is lost!

Rall, Gunther Ralls 3 meetings with Adolph Hitler

Rall, Gunther Segment 1

Rall was an Army cadet and after the war school, kriegschule, in Dresden he was promoted to a first lieutenant.

Rall, Gunther Segment 2

The 109's [Annotator's Note: Messerschmitt Bf-109] undercarriage wasn't very sensible.

Rall, Gunther Segment 3

The Americans had very qualified airplanes in the P-51 and P-47.