A Little Hard Flying

I had not heard this tale. Riffling through some old AirCav Vietnam photos I ran into an outfit of Cobras ("air artillery) called the Blue Max. They were apparently famous in-theater for their skill and courage. They took awful casualties in 1972, essentially dive-rocketing enemy tanks with unguided munitions.

[Update: You too can have a fine artistic print of this, here.]

One of the Blue Max pilots was named Rickenbacker, which isn't exactly a common name, but I can't find confirmation that he was related to Eddie. Someone has put Eddie's book online, though, so that's another three hours wasted...