Chris WilliamsonThe Most Badass Pilot Of WWII - The Fat Electrician
Chris Williamson
Pappy Gunn Begins 0:00
Pappy Gunn, Paul Irvin Gunn, had already been a Navy fighter and stunt pilot before World War II. He asked a dentist to pull all his teeth and later settled in the Philippines, where he lived with his wife and two children and flew his own plane. After Pearl Harbor, he tried to get his family out, but Japanese forces took the islands and captured them.
Making New Attack Planes 4:01
Back in the war, Gunn stole Dutch B-25s, got the bomb sights, and decided high bombing was useless. He turned A-20s into low-striking escorts with six .50 caliber guns, then added eight guns to B-25 noses. When he broke his pinky, he forced a doctor to cut it off so he could keep working. His tactics helped sink eight troop carriers in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
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