He only shot down one person here and I think it was 3 in the first film so where was the other kill? Also what was Hangman’s first kill?
shareHangman's first kill was before the film began. They were talking about it when they all met near the start of this film.
Maverick shot down both fighters that followed the Tomcat away from the bombed out airstrip.
“tally two”
He shot the first guy with the element of surprise. Shot the second guy down as he ran out of ammo. That's 2.
shareHe'll need another sequel to catch this guy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McCampbell
McCampbell is the United States Navy's all-time leading flying ace (called Ace of the Aces in the Navy) and top F6F Hellcat ace with 34 aerial victories. He was the third-highest American scoring ace of World War II and the highest-scoring American ace to survive the war. He also set a United States single mission aerial combat record of shooting down nine enemy planes in one mission, on October 24, 1944, at the beginning of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines.
There was a lot more business back then.
shareThat's mighty impressive. Dropping 9 planes in one mission and still flying home? Holy hell.
sharemaybe the missing kill was sometime in the 30 years between film 1 and film 2