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Was the USS Monitor the most revolutionary technological development of the American Civil War?

Red Baron: World War I Ace Figher Pilot Manfred von Richthofen

More than eight decades after his death on the Western Front, fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen's fame remains undimmed.

World War II: Interview with Ace Pilot Robert S. Johnson

WORLD WAR I ACE PILOTS

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker: America's World War I Ace of Aces
When America's WWI Ace of Aces Edward Rickenbacker became president of Eastern Air Lines, he said: "I will always keep in mind that I am in the greatest business in the world ... and I can serve humanity more completely in my line of endeavor than in any other."

	Rudolf von Eschwege: German World War I Ace Fighter Pilot
	William "Billy" Bishop: World War I Canadian Ace Fighter Pilot
	Ernst Udet: The Rise and Fall of a German World War I Ace

WORLD WAR II ACE PILOTS

Robert Stanford Tuck: World War II RAF Ace Pilot
Tuck's hard-won flying skill and a remarkable run of good fortune contributed to victory in the Battle of Britain.

	Hiroyoshi Nishizawa: Japan's World War II Ace of Aces
	Hermann Graf: World War II Luftwaffe Ace Pilot
	Lance Wade: World War II RAF Ace Fighter Pilot

INTERVIEWS WITH AMERICAN ACE PILOTS

Pappy Boyington: Interview with the U.S. World War II Ace
U.S. Marine ace Pappy Boyington is as well known for his flamboyant personality as for his flying skills.

	Interview with World War II American Ace Frank Hurlbut
	World War II: Interview with Ace Pilot Robert S. Johnson
	Interview with Retired Brig. General Robert L. Scott - American World War II Ace Pilot and Hero

INTERVIEWS WITH LUFTWAFFE ACE PILOTS

Interview With World War II Luftwaffe Eagle Johannes Steinhoff
Flying with skill and daring, the great ace Luftwaffe Eagle Johannes Steinhoff survived the war and a horrible accident, living into his 80s.

	Interview with World War II Luftwaffe General and Ace Pilot Adolf Galland
	World War II: Interview with Luftwaffe Ace Walter Krupinski
	Hermann Graf: World War II Luftwaffe Ace Pilot
	Aviation History: Interview with World War II Luftwaffe Ace Günther Rall

INTERVIEW WITH SOVIET ACE PILOT

Aviation History: Interview with World War II Soviet Ace Ivan Kozhedub
Air Marshal Ivan Kozhedub was the highest-scoring fighter pilot flying against the Germans during the early 1940s. He tells what it was like to succeed in a learn-as-you-fight conflict.

INTERVIEW WITH CZECH ACE PILOT

World War II: Interview with Czech Ace Frantisek Perina
Frantisek Perina, one of France's outstanding fighter pilots during the dark days of 1940, was an expatriate Czech in the cockpit of an American-built Curtiss Hawk.

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