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James Philo Hagerstrom (January 14, 1921 – June 25, 1994) was a fighter ace of both the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in World War II and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in the Korean War. With a career total of 14.5 victories, he is one of seven American pilots to have achieved ace status in two different wars.
James Philo Hagerstrom (January 14, 1921 – June 25, 1994) was a fighter ace of both the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in World War II and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in the Korean War. With a career total of 14.5 victories, he is one of seven American pilots to have achieved ace status in two different wars.
James Philo Hagerstrom. DATE OF BIRTH: January 21, 1921. PLACE OF BIRTH: Waterloo, Iowa. HOME OF RECORD: Waterloo, Iowa. Serving with the Army Air Forces in World War II, James Hagerstrom became...
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Mar 6, 2017 · One of his students, five-victory ace Major James P. Hagerstrom, considered flying Sabres with the 4th “the assignment I had spent my life preparing for.” He blew up his first enemy fighter, on November 21, at such close range that he came back to Kimpo with a piece of it in his wing.
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Jan 15, 2021 · James Philo Hagerstrom was a fighter ace of both the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War. With a career total of 14.5...
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—Maj. James P. Hagerstrom, March 27th 1953. In WWII Hagerstrom flew a P-40 Warhawk in the Southwest Pacific for the 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group. On Jan. 23rd, 1944, as flight leader, he was escorting B-24 Liberators on a raid to Wewak, New Guinea when the formation was jumped by a mixed bag of Japanese fighters.
Colonel James Philo Hagerstrom (January 14/21, 1921 – June 24/25, 1994) was a fighter pilot and flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the United States Air Force in the Korean War.
