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Some of the specific Luftwaffe planes that Lt. Col. Bradley engages are the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (ME 109), the Messerschmitt Bf 110 (ME 110), the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (FW 190), the Heinkel He 115 (H.E. 115), and the Dornier Do 217 (DO 217).Lt. Col. Jack Bradley's squadron was ranked first in WWII with 701 confirmed enemies destroyed in aerial combat, of which 15 were attributed to Bradley, who ranked third overall in his squadron. For his service Lt. Col. Jack Bradley was awarded The Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross, in 1999 he was inducted into the American Combat Airmen's Hall of Fame.
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Lt. Col. Jack T. Bradley
Lt. Col. Jack T. Bradley was born and raised in the north central Texas town of Brownwood. While attending Howard Payne College he joined the Civilian Pilot training program, and in 1941 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps Cadet program in Dallas. From fall, 1942 to May, 1945, he served in the 353 Squadron, 354 Fighter Group, piloting a P-51 Mustang fighter plane in the European theater of WWII. After a twenty-year distinguished military career, Lt. Col. Bradley retired in Brownwood, TX.
Images of Lt. Col. Bradley and his squadron were captured by "gun cameras" affixed to the wings of their planes and set to start filming when the pilot fired. Surviving footage provides an excellent view of the maneuvers performed by the planes on which they were mounted, though the vibration created by the guns often resulted in poor image quality.
- WWII
- World War II
- fighter plane
- fighter pilot
- gun camera
- flying
- combat
- tracer rounds
- strafing runs
- attack runs
- attack on trains
- attacks on factories
- explosions
- dog fights
- P51
- P51 mustang
- 353rd squadron
- 354th fighter group
- Messerschmitt Bf 109
- ME 109
- Messerschmitt Bf 110
- ME 110
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190
- FW 190
- Heinkel He 115
- H.E. 115
- Dornier Do 217
- DO 217
- Germany
- aerial combat
- airplane
- plane
- aircraft
- TFC
