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A TRUE STORY, WILLIAM OVERSTREET JR.

Remember the fighter pilot who flew through the Eiffel Tower... He's Gone...   In the spring  of 1944 Bill and his P-51C, the 'Berlin Express' were near Paris when the  scene that is immortalized in the artwork by Len Krenzler of Action Art  that leads this article took place.  Bill had followed this Bf109 from the bombers he was escorting when most  of the German fighters left. The two planes had been in a running  dogfight. The German pilot flew over Paris hoping that the heavy German  anti-aircraft artillery would solve his problem and eliminate Overstreet  and the 'Berlin Express', though Bill managed to get some hits in at about  1500 feet. The German's engine was hit, and Bill stayed on his tail  braving the intense enemy flak. His desperation undoubtedly growing, the  German pilot aimed his plane at the Eiffel Tower and in a surprising  maneuver, flew beneath it. Undeterred, Bill followed right behind him,  scoring several more hits in the process. The German plane crashed and  Bill escaped the heavy flak around Paris by flying low and full throttle  over the river until he had cleared the cities heavy anti-aircraft  batteries.

WWII fighter pilot who flew THROUGH  the Eiffel Tower to take down a German plane dies in Virginia aged  92

William Overstreet  Jr., a former captain in the U.S. Air Corps, passed away on Sunday at a  hospital in Roanoke.

He famously flew  his plane beneath the Eiffel Tower in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, lifting  the spirits of French troops on the ground

In 2009, he was  presented France's Legion of Honor

William Overstreet  Jr. died on Sunday at a hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, according to his  obituary, but there was no indication of the cause of his  death.

Hero: World War II  Aviator Bill Overstreet Jr., best known for flying beneath the Eiffel  Tower in pursuit of a German plane, is pictured in his military days. He  passed away in Virginia on Sunday, aged 92

Before the  ceremony, Overstreet had previously said that, if he lived long enough to  receive the Legion of Honor, he would be accepting it in memory of his  fallen brothers.

In particular, he  wanted to pay tribute to a friend, Eddy Simpson, who died fighting the  Nazis on the ground so his comrades, including Overstreet, could  escape.

After the award  was pinned to his lapel, Overstreet said: 'If I said, "Thank you," it  wouldn’t be enough,'  before adding: 'What more than "thank you" do you  need?'

He was born in  Clifton Forge, Virginia in 1921 and after Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the  Air Corps as a fighter pilot.  By February 1942, he was a private and  sent to California for flight training; here, his instructors prepared him  for the unexpected mid-flight by cutting the engine as he  landed.

Remembered:  Overstreet was presented with France's Legion of Honour in  2009

Aircraft:  Overstreet is pictured by his P-51 'Berlin Express', the plane he flew  beneath the Eiffel Tower

Proud: Overstreet  is pictured in 1943 with his cherished 1938 Buick in California, where he  trained

Close call: The  wreckage of his Bell P-39 Airacobra which spun out of control mid-air as  he completed combat training in 1943. He managed to force his way out of  the craft and walked away unhurt

Loss: Bill  Overstreet is pictured at an event, Warbirds Over the Beach, in  2013.

'He was always  humble. Whenever the press interviewed him, he said, "I didn't do  anything, we were a team".'

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POS			RIDER	RIDES	WINS	PTS
1		#55	Matej Zagar	7	3	15
2		#1	Tai Woffinden	7	4	16
3		#66	Fredrik Lindgren	7	1	12
4		#45	Greg Hancock	7	4	12
5		#23	Chris Holder	6	2	10
6		#5	Nicki Pedersen	6	2	10
7		#75	Troy Batchelor	6	2	10
8		#84	Martin Smolinski	6	1	9
9		#43	Darcy Ward	5	0	8
10		#100	Andreas Jonsson	5	1	7
11		#33	Jaroslaw Hampel	5	1	7
12		#88	Niels-Kristian Iversen	5	0	6
13		#16	Joonas Kylmakorpi	5	1	5
14		#17	Kauko Nieminen	5	0	4
15		#37	Chris Harris	5	0	4
16		#91	Kenneth Bjerre	5	1	3

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AT 17/05/2014

POS			RIDER	PTS
1		#507	Krzysztof Kasprzak	35
2		#45	Greg Hancock	34
3		#5	Nicki Pedersen	34
4		#23	Chris Holder	32
5		#84	Martin Smolinski	31
6		#66	Fredrik Lindgren	30
7		#33	Jaroslaw Hampel	29
8		#43	Darcy Ward	29
9		#1	Tai Woffinden	28
10		#55	Matej Zagar	27
11		#100	Andreas Jonsson	24
12		#88	Niels-Kristian Iversen	22
13		#91	Kenneth Bjerre	18
14		#75	Troy Batchelor	18
15		#37	Chris Harris	6
16		#	Adrian Miedzinski	5
17		#	Joonas Kylmakorpi	5
18		#	Kauko Nieminen	4
19		#	Jason Bunyan	2