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Robert Richard Rowland (October 8, 1917 – January 6, 2003) was a major general in the United States Air Force. [1] He commanded the 348th Fighter Group and was a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter ace in the Pacific War theater of World War II .
Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...
Richard Eugene Cole (September 7, 1915 – April 9, 2019) was a United States Air Force colonel.During World War II, he was one of the airmen who took part in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan, on April 18, 1942.
A. Quentin C. Aanenson; Charles J. Adams (U.S. Air Force general) Donald E. Adams; Fletcher E. Adams; Paul Adams (pilot) Rutherford H. Adkins; Timothy I. Ahern
Robert C. Moss American Volunteer Group, USAAF 7 James D. Mugavero USAAF 6 SS [817] Douglas W. Mulcahy USN 8 [56] [712] Robert F. Mulhollem USAAF 5 [818] Paul A. Mullen USMC 6.5 DFC KIFA 12 February 1946 [819] Arthur H. Munson USN 5 Paul C. Murphey Jr. USAAF 6 DFC [820] Alva C. Murphy 6 MIA 2 March 1945 [821] John B. Murphy 6.75 SS [822] Robert ...
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...
In 1969, he was selected to attend the Fighter Weapons Course at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, becoming, up to that point, the Air Force Fighter Weapons School's youngest-ever instructor at age 26. He taught air-to-air tactics from 1970 to 1972 to the best USAF pilots, including Major Robert Lodge, who later became his flight leader in ...