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  • Edward Feightner, Test Pilot and World War II Ace, Dies at 100

    04/05/2020 11:15:46 AM PDT · by Borges · 26 replies
    NYT ^ | 4/4/2020 | Richard Goldstein
    Rear Adm. Edward L. Feightner, a Navy air ace of World War II who shot down nine Japanese planes while flying propeller-driven fighters, then played a prominent role in the testing and development of postwar Navy jets, died on Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He was 100. His death, at a senior living facility, was confirmed by his nephew Jim McBride, with whom he had been living in Coeur d’Alene. In his 34 years of Navy service, as a combat pilot in the Pacific, an instructor and a test pilot, Admiral Feightner flew more than 100 types of planes.