Johnny Cloud reflects on his youth when he tried to capture a white stallion and failed. The mascot of the killer plane is also a white stallion. His plane crashes into a field of horses. Cloud tames a white stallion to break the jinx and then brings down a German plane, using a pistol (!).
Description of Cockade Eagle buttons used on Army staff officers clothing in 1814-1821 and eagle diamond plates worn by men of the artillery in the 1820s-1830s.