American Fighter Pilot Ace Don Gentile In England

The video highlights Captain Don Gentili's remarkable achievements as a top-ranking American ace during World War II. It details his combat missions over Europe, where he destroyed 23 Nazi planes in the air and 7 on the ground, surpassing Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I record. Gentili's story is celebrated as an epic of courage in the 8th Air Force tradition.

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