Joseph C. McConnell

Joseph Christopher McConnell Jr.
McConnell dengan pesawat F-86, Beauteous Butch II, setelah misi terakhirnya di Korea
Lahir(1922-01-30)30 Januari 1922
Dover, New Hampshire
Meninggal25 Agustus 1954(1954-08-25) (umur 32)
Edwards Air Force Base, California
DikebumikanVictor Valley Memorial Park, Victorville, California
PengabdianAmerika Serikat
Dinas/cabangPasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat
Lama dinas1940–1954
PangkatKapten
Kesatuan448th Bomb Group
51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing
Perang/pertempuranPerang Dunia II
Perang Korea
PenghargaanDistinguished Service Cross
Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal (4)

Joseph Christopher McConnell Jr. (30 Januari 1922 – 25 Agustus 1954) adalah seorang pilot tempur Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat yang menjadi penerbang ulung Amerika Serikat papan atas pada Perang Korea.[1] Berasal dari Dover, New Hampshire, Kapten McConnell dikenal karena menembak jatuh 16 MiG-15 saat menerbangkan North American F-86 Sabre.

Referensi

Catatan

  1. ^ Farris, Phillip. 1990/0690jetwar.aspx "Jet War." Air Force Magazine, Air Force Association, Volume 73, Number 6, June 1990. Archival retrieval: 10 July 2011.

Daftar pustaka

  • Baugher, Joe. "USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers – 1908 to Present", USAF Serials. Retrieved: 5 March 2011.
  • Coombs, Charles. Sabre Jet Ace (The American Adventure Series). Evanston, Illinois, USA: Row, Peterson and Company, 1961, First edition 1959.
  • Davis, Larry. MiG Alley. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1978. ISBN 0-89747-081-8.
  • Gurney, Gene. Five Down and Glory. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. ISBN 0-405-03764-3.
  • Shores, Christopher. Fighter Aces. London: Hamlyn Publishing, 1975. ISBN 0-600-30230-X.
  • Thompson, Warren. F-86 Sabre Aces of the 51st Fighter Wing. London: Osprey, 2006. ISBN 1-84176-995-9.

Pranala luar

  • The Crash of McConnell's F-86H
  • Photograph of McConnell's Sabre showing the name "Beauteous Butch II", "Sabres and Aces", Air Force Magazine, September 2006, p. 85.
  • Capt. Joseph McConnell; Account of McConnell's Korean War experiences, with photographs
  • F-86H photograph from National Museum of the USAF
  • Chinese said they shot down McConnell


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