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Donald McPherson earned his wings in August of 1944, plenty of time to become an ace. He would be America's last ace of World ...
As a naval aviator in World War II, Donald McPherson got five aerial kills. Then he spent decades in a life of service.
Donald McPherson, a Nebraska farmer and World War II fighter ace credited with shooting down five Japanese planes, has died ...
OceanGate Inc. discovers Grumman F6F Hellcat off the coast of Miami using manned submersible, 2D and 3D sonar technologies. OceanGate discovered a World War II-era Grumman F6F Hellcat plane off ...
RIO GRANDE – A rare fighter bomber resurrected from the sea recently arrived at an air museum to join another naval war bird from the World War II era on display here. The U.S. Navy shipped the ...
A Grumman Hellcat fighter aircraft, for example, can be seen in the elevator used to transport planes between the carrier’s hangar bay and its flight deck.
The air show and other presentations at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, commemorated the victory ...
Donald McPherson, a World War II veteran believed to be America's last surviving "ace" pilot for shooting down at least five ...
America’s last surviving World War II ace pilot died Aug. 14 at his Nebraska home, the Beatrice Daily Sun reported. Donald ...
Amid the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end comes the death of what is believed to be America’s last surviving ace, Don ...