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😊 Buy me a coffee: On the 21st November 1944, Captain William T. Whisner led a flight of P-51s on an escort mission to Merseburg, Germany. As the B-17 bombers left their target, a large formation of Focke-Wulf 190s struck. Commanding officer of 487th Fighter Squadron, John C. Meyer (now a lieutenant colonel) told Whisner to take a straggler in one of the enemy's three six-ship cover flights. In a linked series of attacks, Whisner shot down four FW-190s in the cover flight and probably got another. With no more than two FW-190s left in the cover flight he had attacked, Whisner turned his attention to the main enemy formation, exploding a FW-190 that had not dropped its belly tank. Evading three FW-190s on his tail, he shot down another that was closing on one of his pilots. Then, low on ammunition, he joined up with Meyer and returned to Bodney. Whisner was credited with five FW-190s and two probables that day. His score later was revised by the Air Force Historical Research Agency to six destroyed, making that day one of the best for any USAAF pilot in the skies over Europe. For that achievement, Whisner was awarded his first Distinguished Service Cross—second only to the Medal of Honor. Follow me: Rumble: Instagram: Twitter: TikTok: @druid_works?lang=en ❤ Support My Work ❤ Donate here: Sign up to my *Patreon*: What I have done: ✅ AI Enhanced footage ✅ Colorized (Not historically accurate) ✅ 60fps ✅ Sound Design
