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Benjamin "Red" Ruff gained notoriety during World War II as the "Flying Flame" due to his distinctly painted red fighter plane. He was sent to Ruxville France to investigate how the Nazi forces behind the Siegfried Line were managing to shoot Allied planes out of the sky without any visible weapons. He was also warned that the notorious German fighter pilot the Black Ace was located behind enemy lines as well.

Landing his plane outside enemy lines, Red would soon be captured by the Black Ace and his men, who would inform him that he was ratted out by a spy. Red would be shown a secret ray weapon that was hidden underground that was being used to destroy Allied planes. He would be locked up in a cell until the Black Ace could decide a fitting death for him. However, Red would find a loose stone in his cell and manage to break free. Sneaking to the Nazi secret weapon, he would sabotage it before escaping and returning to base in his plane. He would then lead an Allied air force back to the Sigfried Line and engage the Black Ace and his Luftwaffe in an aerial dog fight. When the Ace ordered the weapon to be activated it would explode instead, leaving the Ace and his men to be shot down by the Flying Flame and the Allies. In the battles aftermath, Red returned to his superiors and warn them there was a spy on the base[1].

Much later, the spy would step up activities by sabotaging planes. Red would expose the spy as Private Langer, a Nazi spy. Catching him in the act of sabotaging the Flying Flame, Red would chase him across the airfield. When Langer stole a bomber, Red would climb aboard another plane, climb down by rope onto the bomber and force Langer out of the craft, sending the spy falling to his death. Landing the plane safely, Red would be commended for a job well done[2].

Red's subsequent activities during the war are unknown.

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The Flying Flame

Red flew the "Flying Flame" an Allied fighter plane painted bright red. It was armed with two machine guns.

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