[Pat O'Connor Fan]

Here is a bit of Rickenbacher trivia:
He was born in America to Swiss immigrants. Due to anti-German sentiment during World War I, he chose to spell his surname with the 'h' changed to a 'k' in an effort to make his name seem less German.
BTW, several of the aircraft he has credit for shooting down were tethered observation balloons -- not like going head-to-head with the Red Baron, ya know.

Edit: I have a copy of one of the Rickenbacher biographies, which I recently loaned to one of my old friends from Caterpillar. I would call it a "very good read" about a hero from a time so very different than our current world. I'm afraid that long gone are the days of America having heroes such as Eddie Rickenbacher or Billy Mitchell or Jimmy Doolittle.