Don’t let the hunter become hunted  Walter Patterson Herald
ColumnistWalter Patterson Herald ColumnistLast week, I read the
biography of a World War II American fighter pilot by the name
of Jack Bradley who scored 15 kills over Germany.   This young
pilot had guts. He was cool under pressure, and it seemed every
time he got into trouble, he had the ability to slow everything
down and come up with a solution that would save his life. His
fellow pilots commented that “Jack’s got ice water in his
veins.” He recalled one incident while he was on patrol when he
encountered one of Germany’s top aces.  This German ace had
knocked 40 English and American planes from the sky, and on this
particular day, he was looking to add to his remarkable total.
Bradley was flying the new and improved P-51 Mustang.  This
plane looked like an earlier model, but there was a new twist to
this plane.  The manufacturers had added over 100 horsepower to
the engine. The German ace had a special way of shooting
American pilots from the sk