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F-86 No Guts No Glory 2 FU-820 Nose Art

F-86 No Guts No Glory 2 FU-820 Nose Art by – Squadron Posters!
 
Frederick Corbin “Boots” Blesse (August 22, 1921 – October 31, 2012) was a United States Air Force major general and flying ace. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1945. He flew two combat tours during the Korean War, completing 67 missions in P-51s, 35 missions in F-80s and 121 missions in F-86s. During the second tour in F-86s, he was officially credited with shooting down nine MiG-15s and one La-9. At the time of his return to the United States in October 1952, he was America’s leading jet ace.
 
From December 1952 to February 1956, he served as a gunnery instructor and squadron commander at Nellis Air Force Base and he was on the Air Training Command Fighter Gunnery Team in 1954 and 1955. During this time, he wrote the book “No Guts, No Glory”, which has been used as a basis for fighter combat operations for many of the world’s air forces, such as Royal Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps, Chinese Nationalist, Korean Air Force, and U.S. Air Force since 1955. As recently as 1973, 3,000 copies were reproduced and sent to tactical units in the field.
 
Photo depiction: Capt Henderson / F-86 / FU-820 “No Guts, No Glory II”.

Capt Henderson F-86

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