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Old 12-24-2007, 13:27 PM   #30 (permalink)
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He was born in Oregon USA and became the first American air ace of the WW11 era for which he was awarded, amoung many other awards, a DFC.

Who was he and in the service of which airforce did he gain "ace" status?

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Dunno who but I suspect it might have been with the American Volunteers in China, and flying early model P-40s.
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