Charles Joseph Loring Jr. was a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, and later in the United States Air Force in the Korean War. Loring rose to the rank of major and pos
Loring in c. 1950
A group of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 22nd Fighter Squadron at Le Culot, Belgium in late 1944, as evidenced by the modified fuselage invasion stripes (removed from fuselage & wing upper surfaces). Loring was flying aircraft 44-19864 (left) when he was shot down over Belgium and made a prisoner of war.
Cenotaph at Arlington National Cemetery
George Andrew Davis Jr. was a highly decorated fighter pilot and flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, and later of the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was
Charles J. Loring Jr.
…List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients George A. Davis Jr., USAF-M0H Louis J. Sebille, USAF-MOH…
The P-47 Thunderbolt, the type of aircraft Davis flew during World War II
Davis in the cockpit of his F-86 Sabre jet in South Korea during his 1952 tour in the war
Zhang Jihui, the Chinese pilot who was one of two claiming to be responsible for Davis's death