A Bandit Goes Down

Hedgehopping sometimes gives a scared pilot the chance to shake off pursuit. Not this time. “As I closed in to fire, he must have looked back,” recollects Col. “Bud” Anderson” and inadvertently shoved forward maybe an inch on the stick. At that height and speed, an inch would have been more than enough. The Messerschmitt simply flew into the ground at full power and blew up like a bomb.”