Bill Overstreet Jr. WWII Fighter Ace, Big Damn Hero.
In 1944 this P-51 fighter jock chased an Me109 under the Eiffel Tower. Got the kill too.
Just how much clearance was that you ask? Well, from the ground to the floor of the first platform is 186 feet. I can't quite tell how far it is from the bottom of the arch to the top of the first platform, but it looks roughly 1/3 of that 186 feet, so I'm gonna say from the ground to the bottom arch he had about 120 feet to play with. While firing in pursuit. While being fired at by the enemy on the ground.
No wonder they still talk about it.
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