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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.
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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.