This Month in Aviation History: The Last WWII ACE
Contributor: Barry Fetzer
Sources: Military Times and US Navy
We missed an aviation milestone a couple of weeks ago with the death on August 14, 2025 of a man believed to be the last surviving American ACE of WWII: Don McPherson. He was 103 years of age.
Grumman F6F Wildcat like the one McPherson flew. Photo courtesy USN.
Suffice it to say that McPherson, a certified member of “the Greatest Generation”, lived a good and humble life, accented by his aviation heroics as described in an article courtesy of the Military Times at the above URL.
Onward and upward!
Sources: Military Times and US Navy
