Those Aren't Bells Ringing, They Are Balls Clanging Together.

<a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/01/03/259432775/bill-overstreet-famed-wwii-fighter-pilot-dies-at-92">Big, Brass Ones</a>.<br /><br /><b><br /> Bill Overstreet, Famed WWII Fighter Pilot, Dies At 92</b><br /><br /><blockquote>World War II fighter pilot William Overstreet Jr. passed away Sunday. He was 92. Overstreet gained fame for flying beneath the Eiffel Tower's arches during the war in pursuit of a German aircraft.</blockquote><br />snip<br /><blockquote>CLEMMONS: This was a half-hour dogfight which would end up going through the streets of Paris and conclude itself through a pursuit through the Eiffel Tower where Bill shot down the German pilot.<br /><br />CORNISH: Yes, you heard that right, from the stratosphere, down through the arches of the Eiffel Tower. Here's how Overstreet himself described the chase in an interview posted online.<br /><br />WILLIAM OVERSTREET: He figured I'd try to get around and he'd have time to get away. He was wrong. I was right behind him, right under the Eiffel Tower with him. And when he pulled up, I did get him. But that's a huge space. That's not close at all. It's plenty of room to go under the Eiffel Tower. But it makes a good story.</blockquote>snip<br /><br /> A half hour dog fight over the streets of Paris from thirty thousand feet all the way down to the deck <i>under </i>the Eiffel Tower.<br /><br />Apparently he was also a master of the understatement.<br /><br />God Speed sir.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/01/03/259432775/bill-overstreet-famed-wwii-fighter-pilot-dies-at-92">Read the whole thing here</a>.

Those Aren't Bells Ringing, They Are Balls Clanging Together.

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