Forsyth: It tends to be that fighter operations and fighter aces appeal primarily to ... In the early stages of World War II, the Luftwaffe lacked adequate eyes with which to search the sea.

Baker, who had flown British Spitfires against the Luftwaffe in 1942 ... MIG he had destroyed and made him the leading jet-to-jet ace of the Korean war. Previous record holder: another Texan ...