Posted on Sep 3, 2016
Colonel Don Blakeslee - RCAF Volunteer Part 1.avi
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Donald James Matthew Blakeslee (September 11, 1917 – September 3, 2008) was an officer in the United States Air Force, whose career began as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force and flew Spitfire fighter aircraft, during World War II. He then became a member of the Royal Air Force Eagle squadrons. He flew more combat missions against the Luftwaffe than any other American fighter pilot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Blakeslee
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3088505/Colonel-Don-Blakeslee.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Blakeslee
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3088505/Colonel-Don-Blakeslee.html
WWII World War Two
Military History
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It was guys like him that flew for Canada and Chang Kai Shek's China (Flying Tigers) that later came with experience to help the Army Air Corps form up and win in the war in Europe and the Pacific
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Lot of the early American pilots started flying first before we enter the war with our other allies.
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