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1312/16
WORLD WAR TWO
FIGHTER ACES
SETTING THE SCENE
elcome to this special digital
Fighter Aces of World War
Two
supplement. The features inside look closely at the
combat careers of five lesser-known, but highly effective,
fighter pilots who served with valour during the conflict. The individuals
profiled within these pages are Australian Jack Storey who was an RAF
‘ace’ over the Burmese jungle; the USAAF’s George Loving; Yasuhiko
Kuroe, a leading Japanese pilot; the Luftwaffe’s Hans Mayer, Captain
Boris Safonov – hero of the USSR’s Northern Fleet and RAF Mosquito
pilot Rupert Clerke.
Fighter Aces
aims to single out notable airmen from air arms around
the world, covering the Allies and the Axis forces.
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We know many nations had their own definition
of how many victories were needed to gain ace status
– the Soviets, for example, officially used the term to
denote ten victories. For this supplement, ‘ace’ status will
universally mean five air-to-air ‘kills’, which reflects the most widely
accepted definition of the phrase.
All of our
Fighter Aces
features start with a painting depicting the
coveted fifth victory – an artist’s interpretation of the historic moment.
We would like to say a big thank you to Tim O’Brien for producing
such exciting work on canvas exclusively for us.
We very much hope you enjoy reading this supplement.
Cover:
US-based Supermarine Spitfire XVI TE392 (N97RW).
KEY-DUNCAN CUBITT
This page:
One of the 31st Fighter Group’s North American
P-51B Mustangs ‘buzzes’ its field in World War Two
– see page 26 for more on this unit and one of its
aces.
JOHN CASEY
FIGHTER ACES
FLYPAST 3
WORLD WAR TWO
FIGHTER ACES
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On the 29th, Jack stood at readiness
as the wingman to his CO and they
were soon scrambled, joining Curtiss
P-40Bs of the American Volunteer
Group. Frank Carey shot down his
first Japanese aircraft when he brought
down a Nakajima Ki-27
Nate.
Despite
being in his first-ever combat and not
having flown for two months, Jack,
in Hurricane II Z5659 ‘WK-C’, shot
down another. The 26-year-old was
setting himself on the path to become
the second-highest scoring RAF pilot
in the theatre.
Jack recalled his first victory: “I saw
three enemy aircraft behind one P-40
which was easily being out-turned.
We came down in a steep right-hand
spiral… and selected one enemy
Australian
Jack Storey became
an ‘ace’ over the Burmese
jungle.
Andrew Thomas
describes
his exploits
aircraft each. I got two steady bursts
into mine: hits were observed and it
slipped off into the cloud to the left.
Our ground crews saw an enemy
fighter dive out of the cloud and crash
near a Blenheim.”
The Japanese were regularly
raiding Rangoon and Mingaladon
and on February 6, Jack led six
Hurricanes, shooting down two
Nates,
and was credited with two
more as ‘probables’. On the 23rd,
while flying near Rangoon, he found
another Ki-27; his fourth victory.
“My good luck was to get an
Army 97 fighter which crashed
at Kayaikto. My man was a bit of
a pushover for he was out to the
right of the formation. I got
umours in the mess were
rife that 135 Squadron was
headed for southern Russia.
Always known as ‘Jack’, Australian
William John Storey had been posted
to the Hurricane unit at Honiley
in Warwickshire during September
1941. Under notice to move overseas
as part of a wing, it was probable 135
would move to the Middle East, but
the frozen wastes around Archangel
were also in the offing.
The Japanese began hostilities in
the Far East and 135 was diverted
to Burma. By the end of January
1942 it had partially reassembled at
Mingaladon, just outside the Burmese
capital of Rangoon, commanded by
Sqn Ldr Frank Carey.
4 FLYPAST FIGHTER ACES
VICTORY 1 -
NAKAJIMA Ki-27
NATE
VICTORY 2 -
NAKAJIMA Ki-27
NATE
VICTORY 3 -
NAKAJIMA Ki-27
NATE
VICTORY 4 -
NAKAJIMA Ki-27
NATE
VICTORY 5 -
NAKAJIMA Ki-43
OSCAR
Main picture
Jack Storey achieving
his fifth victory in his
Hurricane.
TIM O’BRIEN
Left
Plt Off Jack Storey
at Honiley.
September 2012
FIGHTER ACES FLYPAST 5

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