Aerial Gunfight: Shot Down by a .45
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:28 am
"The M1911 and M1911A1 pistols are legends among firearms. Their remarkable exploits in the hands of American service personnel have been handed down among shooters since before World War I. I recently came across a whopper of an M1911 story that stopped me in my tracks like a hit from a .45 ACP. I figured that the big Colt pistol could do quite a bit, but when I heard that it brought down a German aircraft in 1945, I had to follow up on the tale.......The M1911 pistol—the only pistol credited with a World War II air-to-air victory."
Interesting story:
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articl ... n-by-a-45/
Interesting story:
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articl ... n-by-a-45/
