Max Rockatansky
01-04-2014, 08:28 PM
In 1944, U.S. Army Air Corps pilot Bill Overstreet became engaged in a dogfight with a German Me-109 and began pursuit as the enemy plane broke away. Overstreet followed the Messerschmitt to the streets of Paris and ended up chasing it underneath the Eiffel Tower whereupon he shot it down to the cheers of the many French who witnessed the fight. This victory over the Germans inspired the French to fight with greater resilience since they recognized the Nazi regime was dying.
Last Sunday, Bill Overstreet died at age 92 in Roanoke, VA where he'd lived the past 63 years.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/william-overstreet-jr-chased-german-aircraft-beneath-arches-of-eiffel/article_77800f72-029d-5258-acf8-977c90dea330.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2533373/WWII-fighter-pilot-flew-THROUGH-Eiffel-Tower-dies-Virginia-aged-92.html
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/03/259432775/bill-overstreet-famed-wwii-fighter-pilot-dies-at-92
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Last Sunday, Bill Overstreet died at age 92 in Roanoke, VA where he'd lived the past 63 years.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/william-overstreet-jr-chased-german-aircraft-beneath-arches-of-eiffel/article_77800f72-029d-5258-acf8-977c90dea330.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2533373/WWII-fighter-pilot-flew-THROUGH-Eiffel-Tower-dies-Virginia-aged-92.html
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/03/259432775/bill-overstreet-famed-wwii-fighter-pilot-dies-at-92
http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/W-Berlin-Express-B.jpg