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December 18, 1941: First US WWII pilot makes “Ace” in Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

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December 18, 2018 by wnyaero

18 First Lieutenant Boyd David Buzz WagnerDecember 1941: First Lieutenant Boyd David (“Buzz”) Wagner, United States Army Air Corps, commanding officer of the 17th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) at Nichols Field, Pasay City, Commonwealth of the Philippines, shot down his fifth Japanese airplane, a Mitsubishi A6M2 Type Zero fighter, with his Curtiss-Wright P-40B Warhawk, near Vigan, Luzon. He became the first U.S. Army “ace” of World War II.

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