Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
B. “Duke” Hedman. Which is a crying shame, as he was actually the first American air ace of WWII, as well as a member of the legendary American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the ...
How a WWII ace became the unlikely honoree of a submarine combat award McCubbin was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 5, 1921. Upon graduating from high school in Kansas City, he studied ...