Lt. Col. Louis Edward Curdes was an American P51 flying ace during World War II who held an unusual kill ratio.
He is one of only 3 American pilots to shoot down aircraft belonging to the German, Italian and Japanese air forces. He was also involved in a bizarre incident where he intentionally shot down an American C47 plane and then later dated one of the survivors.
During an attack on an airfield in Bataan, Curdes noticed a large plane preparing to land and went to investigate and found the aircraft to be Douglas C-47 transport with US insignia. Curdes tried to make contact by radio, but was not successful. He maneuvered his P-51 in front of the plane several times trying to get the C-47 to alter course, but the C-47 maintained its course.
Curdes lined up his P-51 directly behind the C-47 and fired his .50 caliber machine guns into one of the C-47s two engines, causing it to fail. The C-47 still maintained its course for the Batan's airfield so Curdes then disabled the remaining engine forcing the pilot to ditch in the sea.
The plane had apparently been lost in poor weather and its radio had stopped working. As it was also running out of fuel, the pilot headed directly to the island's airstrip, unaware that it was under Japanese control.
To Curdes's surprise, he later discovered that a nurse on board, was a woman with whom he had had a date the night before the incident
He survived the war and went on to breed more skullfuckers for humanity's sake. #ww2 #pilot #stayzero #zerofoxtrot