LAST LIVING WW2 ACE PILOT PASSES AT 103.

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America's last living ace pilot from World War II dies at age 103

A World War II veteran from Nebraska believed to be America's last surviving “ace” pilot because he shot down five enemy planes has died at age 103. Donald McPherson served as a Navy fighter pilot aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex in the Pacific theater, where he engaged Japanese forces...

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There is great book about Americas fighter pilots called "Lords of the Sky" it covers everything from WW 2 until Iraj and Afghanistan.
I served for a short while on the Old U.S.S. Essex while it was stationed out of Chelesea Mass. in the mid 1960s at that time it was an Anti-Submarine Warfare Carrier and still had a wood flight deck. Truly men like Don McPherson where the "Greatest Generation"
Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired. "Former EN-3 U.S. Navy"