Interview with World War II Fighter Pilot Peter Hahn 

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It's not that accurate, it was not called the Army Air Corps in WW2, in June of 1941 a full six months before Pearl Harbor it's name was changed from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or just AAF for Army Air Forces), then in September of 1947 when it became it's own branch it's name was changed again to the United States Air Force (USAF), at no point during the US's involvement during WW2 was it called the Army Air Corps, and with all respect to this gentleman it doesn't help people who are trying to learn history when someone like him says that, all it does is confuse people and lead them to believe they're correct in saying it was called the Army Air Corps during the war to the point where they'll actually argue about it assuming they're right because they got it "straight from the horses mouth", not only is it a very well documented fact that it was called the Army Air Forces in WW2 but also all correspondence with both a family member of ours that was lost in the war and the military itself concerning him and his death all have United States Army Air Forces as the official letterhead at the top of every page, it's also very clearly written on his tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery, it says AAF which stands for Army Air Forces. No disrespect to this gentleman but for the life of me I can't understand why in some of these videos guy's who went into it after the name change in June of 41 want to call it the Air Corps, I understand why some of the guys who were already in it before the name change in 41 still called it the Air Corps during the war but this guy was never in it when it was called that, read the history of US military aviation and you'll find out that it was called the Army Air Forces during the war, even the vast majority of articles and documentaries get it right but occasionally someone like him comes along and says that and all it does is confuse people.

I am English and I agree... So rare nowadays, both in England and the US

I think they were scrapped But Google it. I know that I wanna planes were script. They even scrapped B-52’s when They signed a treaty with Russia.

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You know what's amazing, generally our pilots who were right out of training were well known for being much better trained than the enemy's were, at this point of the war anyways, early in the war the German pilots were trained almost to the level of a modern day astronaut but that was before the US's involvement in the war, anyhow what I found astonishing is that he mentioned that his first combat mission was the first time that he'd flown above 13,000 ft and the first time he'd used oxygen, the first time using oxygen is what really amazes me, I'd have never believed that they'd have put a guy in a plane using oxygen for the first time on his first combat mission, without previous experience with oxygen and at an altitude like 25,000 feet there's so much that could go wrong on just a training mission much less a combat mission I couldn't even count the possibilities, that's a good way to lose someone that you've got all that time and money invested in training, if something had gone wrong best case scenario would be him becoming a POW.

@@dukecraig2402 That’s a great point. Very shocking that this went on. Only thing that comes to mind is we were in such dire need of pilots that maybe they gave them a lot of ground instruction on oxygen use and cut corners just to try to get them in the air. High altitude aerodynamics would be another major concern with this scenario as well.

I was wondering if anyone would comment on this-it’s too valuable to miss out on so try again but with earphones it’s heaps better.

No Peter's father wasn't a flyer. He was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army in charge of a machine gun company.

@@wildbillkelso1946 OK thanks for that.

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Lindy----where is your home planet?

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