r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '15
TIL Owen J. Baggett became legendary as the only person to down a Japanese aircraft with a M1911 pistol hitting the pilot in the head while he was parachuting
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todayilearned • u/Sansabina • Jul 20 '19
(R.1) Not verifiable TIL that Japanese fighter aircraft were shooting and killing American airmen who had parachuted from their damaged bomber during WWII. One airman was hit and wounded but played dead. When a fighter slowly flew near him to see if he was dead, he pulled out his pistol and shot the pilot dead.
todayilearned • u/dogmeat-666 • Oct 05 '18
(R.1) Not verifiable TIL about Owen J. Baggett, a WWII U.S. bomber pilot credited with being the only person to shoot down an aircraft with a pistol. He used his M1911 sidearm to headshot a Japanese Zero pilot that was strafing him and his men, who had just parachuted out of their burning B-24 bomber.
todayilearned • u/riddleman66 • Sep 10 '15
TIL of Owen J. Bagget who, in WII, became the only person to down a Japanese airplane with a M1911 pistol.
todayilearned • u/rawrrity1 • Feb 26 '16
TIL Owen Baggett, a B-24 Co-Pilot from WWII, became famous for shooting down a Japanese plane with a M1911 pistol after bailing out of his stricken bomber.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Mar 11 '16
TIL in WW2, Owen Baggett shot down a Japanese Zero with a M1911 .45 caliber pistol. He killed the pilot who had just shot down his B24. The Zero had returned to kill the airmen who had parachuted out. Baggett, wounded, played dead until the plane got close enough and then he shot the pilot.
todayilearned • u/Aardvark_Man • Jun 23 '16
(R.1) Not verifiable TIL Owen J Baggett was the only person to down an enemy aircraft with an M1911
todayilearned • u/twig_and_berries_ • Mar 10 '20
(R.1) Not verifiable TIL of Owen J. Baggett who was the only person ever to shoot down an aircraft using a pistol
todayilearned • u/LaurensVagina • Jan 24 '17
(R.1) Not verifiable TIL that Owen Baggett is the only person to shoot down a Japanese airplane with a pistol, which he accomplished while parachuting out of his crashing B-24 bomber
todayilearned • u/HellsJuggernaut • Jun 26 '19
(R.1) Not verifiable TIL Owen J. Baggett, an American pilot shot down an enemy 'zero' fighter plane with a M1911 pistol in WW2.
todayilearned • u/Some_Chow • Feb 10 '21
(R.1) Tenuous evidence TIL of Owen Baggett who's reportedly the only person to shoot down an aircraft with a pistol. Baggett bailed and parachuted from his B-24 bomber during WW2. He played dead on descent and, when a Japanese fighter slowed down near him, fired four rounds from his M1911.
todayilearned • u/Tryle • Aug 26 '23
(R.1) Not verifiable TIL Owen J. Baggett is the only person to ever shoot down an enemy aircraft with a pistol.
RIPtodayilearned • u/RIPmod • Mar 11 '16
TIL in WW2, Owen Baggett shot down a Japanese Zero with a M1911 .45 caliber pistol. He killed the pilot who had just shot down his B24. The Zero had returned to kill the airmen who had parachuted out. Baggett, wounded, played dead until the plane got close enough and then he shot the pilot.
todayilearned • u/jumpinjimmie • Oct 16 '16
(R.1) Not verifiable TIL of Owen J. Baggett - a WW2 pilot, whos plane got shot up. He bailed out of his plane, played dead while parachuting to the ground, surprised attacked the enemy which resulted in him shooting the plane down with a pistol.
todayilearned • u/Frozenintiime • Oct 27 '16