Edward L. Feightner
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Rear Admiral Edward Lewis Feightner was a United States Navy officer who fought in a number of significant battles in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations. During two combat tours, he shot d
Feightner in 1970
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat from early 1942
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats in tricolor camouflage, May 1943
Fighter aircraft contrails mark the sky over Task Force 58 on June 19, 1944.
James H. Flatley
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Vice Admiral James Henry Flatley Jr. was a World War II naval aviator and tactician for the United States Navy. He became a fighter ace credited with shooting down six enemy aircraft in aerial combat.
Flatley [then Commander] in the cockpit of a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat on board USS Yorktown (CV-10), October 1943
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Commander Flatley as Commander Air Group 5 (CAG-5) in his F6F-3 Hellcat on the flight deck of USS Yorktown (CV-10) before takeoff during the Marcus Island raid on 31 August 1943. This raid was featured in the 1944 film The Fighting Lady.
Statue of Flatley in Admiral Flatley Park in Green Bay
Naval Aviator Badge