Originally Posted by
Drum
Having met both, I would say unequivocally R.A. "Bob" Hoover was probably one of the best ever. Not Yeager.
Hoover was a low key guy. He did some amazing things - you won't hear about most. Chuck was right place right time. Never going to take that mach 1.0 away from him though.
One of my old corporate flying buds dad was in the same POW camp with Bob. Bob escaped by stealing a German aircraft and flying out. My coworker’s dad, Mr Cecil, told us Bob’s favorite thing to do in POW camp was sneak s blade of grass in the barrack at night and put it between his thumbs and squealing like a wounded rabbit. Said it ****ed off the Germans because the dogs wouldn’t stop barking.
