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{{Infobox military person
|name= Walker Melville Mahurin
|image= Col. Mahurin.jpg
|image_size= 
|alt= 
|caption= Colonel Walter Mahurin in July 1953
|nickname= "Bud"
|birth_date= {{birth date|1918|12|5}}
|birth_place= [[Benton Harbor, Michigan]], U.S.
|death_date= {{death date and age|2010|5|11|1918|12|5}}
|death_place= [[Newport Beach, California]], U.S.
|placeofburial= [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
|allegiance= {{flag|United States of America}}
|branch= [[File:US Army Air Corps Hap Arnold Wings.svg|25px]] [[United States Army Air Forces]] {{Air force|United States}}
|serviceyears= 1941–1956
|rank= [[File:US Air Force O6 shoulderboard rotated.svg|25px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]
|servicenumber= 
|unit= [[56th Fighter Group]] [[51st Fighter Wing|51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing]]
|commands= [[3rd Air Commando Group]] [[1st Fighter Group]] [[4th Fighter-Interceptor Group]]
|battles= [[World War II]] [[Korean War]]
|awards= [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] [[Silver Star]] [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] (8) [[Purple Heart]] [[Air Medal]] (7)
|relations= 
|laterwork= 
}}
[[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] '''Walker Melville''' "'''Bud'''" '''Mahurin''' (December 5, 1918&nbsp;– May 11, 2010) was a [[United States Air Force]] officer and aviator.<ref name=WP>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/13/AR2010051305116.html | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | title=Walker M. "Bud" Mahurin, a top flying ace, dies at 91 | first=T. Rees | last=Shapiro | date=May 14, 2010}}</ref> During [[World War II]], while serving in the [[United States Army Air Forces]], he was a [[flying ace]].

Mahurin was the first American pilot to become a double ace in the [[European Theater]].<ref name=WP/> He was the only [[United States Air Force]] pilot to shoot down enemy planes in both the European and [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific Theaters]] and the [[Korean War]].<ref name=independent>{{cite news |first=David|last=Childs|title=Colonel Bud Mahurin: Pilot who shot down enemies over both Europe and the Pacific in the Second World War and was a POW in Korea|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/colonel-bud-mahurin-pilot-who-shot-down-enemies-over-both-europe-and-the-pacific-in-the-second-world-war-and-was-a-pow-in-korea-1995938.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=2010-06-10 |access-date=2010-06-12}}</ref> During World War II he was credited with 20.75 aerial victories, making him the sixth-highest American P-47 ace. He was credited with shooting down 3.5 [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15|MiG-15]]s in Korea, giving him a total of 24.25 aircraft destroyed in aerial combat.<ref name=WP/>

==Early life==
Born in [[Benton Harbor, Michigan]], Mahurin joined the [[United States Army Air Forces]] as an aviation cadet on September 29, 1941, after several years as an engineering student at [[Purdue University]]. He graduated from pilot training on April 29, 1942.

==World War II==
[[File:56th Fighter Group - P-47D Thunderbolt 42-8487.jpg|thumb|Captain Mahurin of the 56th Fighter Group standing on the port wing of his P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft, conversing with its crew chief, Staff Sergeant John E. Barnes]]
Mahurin was assigned to the [[63d Fighter Squadron]], [[56th Fighter Group]], and deployed to England with them in January 1943. Based at [[Halesworth]], [[England]], then-Captain Mahurin became a flight leader in the 63rd FS and began flying missions in May 1943. His first plane was P-47C-5-RE serial number 41-6334, that bore the squadron code UN:M.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/56thfg.php?action=list_records&recs=50&sort_order=DESC&order_by=Pilot&recs=50&next_page=4#tabletop|title=8th Air Force Fighter Group – Littlefriends.co.uk|first=Peter|last=randall|access-date=29 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811141400/http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/56thfg.php?action=list_records&recs=50&sort_order=DESC&order_by=Pilot&recs=50&next_page=4#tabletop|archive-date=11 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The first aircraft he downed was unfortunately his own P-47 fighter. On a mission on August 12, 1943, he decided to inch closer and closer to within feet of a [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24]] bomber that was nearby. He was caught in the B-24's prop wash and sucked under its wing, and when he tried to pull away, the tail and fuselage of his airplane was shredded by one of the B-24's propellers, forcing him to bail out. The B-24 had to crash-land.<ref name="Scutts, Jerry 1998">Scutts, Jerry. P-47 Aces of the Eighth Air Force (1998), Osprey Publishing</ref>

On August 17, 1943, he scored his first aerial victories while flying a temporary replacement plane, P-47C-2-RE 41-6259, coded UN:V<ref name="littlefriends.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/56thfg.php?action=list_records&recs=50&sort_order=ASC&order_by=serialNo#tabletop|title=8th Air Force Fighter Group – Littlefriends.co.uk|first=Peter|last=randall|access-date=29 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327151629/http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/56thfg.php?action=list_records&recs=50&sort_order=ASC&order_by=serialNo#tabletop|archive-date=27 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> (normally assigned to Capt. Glen Schiltz<ref name="Scutts, Jerry 1998"/><ref name="littlefriends.co.uk"/>) by shooting down a pair of German [[Focke-Wulf]] [[Focke-Wulf Fw 190|Fw 190]]s while escorting [[B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17 bomber]]s as part of the [[Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission]]. One of these fighters was flown by ''Major'' [[Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland|Wilhelm "Wutz" Galland]], ''[[Gruppenkommandeur]]'' of II/[[JG 26]], and an ace with some 55 claims to his credit. The next plane that Mahurin received was the third P-47 of his career, and one that would become his primary aircraft; P-47D-5-RE 42-8487. It again bore the squadron codes UN:M and was nicknamed ''The Spirit of [[Atlantic City]], N.J.'' (The aircraft had been "bought" courtesy of war bonds purchased (to a value approximately equivalent to the cost of a fighter) by the citizens of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Consequently, the name painted on the aircraft was chosen by Atlantic City.) Mahurin became an ace on October 4 after shooting down three [[Messerschmitt]] [[Messerschmitt Bf 110|Bf 110s]]. Mahurin had his best mission on November 26, 1943, shooting down three Bf 110s, presumably shooting down another, and damaging a fourth to become the first American pilot in the European Theater of Operations to score 10 aerial victories. Mahurin scored two more victories in another aircraft, (P-47D-11-RE 42-75278, coded UN:B<ref name="cieldegloire.fr">{{cite web|url=http://www.cieldegloire.fr/014_mahurin_w_m.php|title=MAHURIN Walker Melville|first=PARRA|last=Laurent|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>) on November 29, 1943. On March 8, 1944, he destroyed three Fw 190s. He eventually went on to score 19.75 confirmed victories in combat in Europe, with three more enemy planes probably destroyed, and one damaged, before being shot down himself.<ref name="cieldegloire.fr"/>

Mahurin was promoted to [[Major (United States)|major]] on March 21, 1944. On March 27, his P-47 was heavily damaged by a [[Germans|German]] [[Dornier Flugzeugwerke|Dornier]] [[Dornier Do 217|Do 217]] bomber he helped shoot down, forcing him to bail out. He was picked up by [[French Resistance]] forces. On the night of 3–4 May 1944, an RAF [[Westland Lysander]] attempted to retrieve Mahurin from France and fly him back to Britain. Before he could be picked up, the aircraft was shot down, and its pilot killed. The event was watched by Mahurin. The next attempt, again by a Lysander, on the night of May 6–7, was successful.<ref>Hugh Verity, ''We Landed by Moonlight'', Crecy Publishing Ltd., 2000, pp. 167, 207, 230 {{ISBN|0947554 75 0}}</ref> Because of his knowledge of the French Resistance, he was grounded and sent home.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |title=Bud Mahurin, Fighter Pilot in 2 Wars, Dies at 91 |first=Richard |last=Goldstein |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 15, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/us/16mahurin.html}}</ref>

In October, he again shipped overseas as commander of the 3rd Fighter Squadron, the combat element of the composite 3rd Air Commando Group in the [[Philippines]]. While based at [[Mangaldan]], [[Luzon]], in January 1945 he was credited with destroying a Japanese bomber while flying a [[North American P-51 Mustang|P-51 Mustang]].<ref name=WP/><ref name=NYT/> Mahurin was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]] on May 28, 1945, and became commander of the 3rd Air Commando Group in September 1945. He was downed by defensive fire, this time from the ground, but was rescued from his life-raft in the ocean. He ended the war with 20.75 confirmed aerial victories and he had the unique distinction of being forced to bail out in both theaters.<ref name="usfighter.tripod.com">{{cite web|url=http://usfighter.tripod.com/maurin.htm|title=walker Mahurin|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>

==Korean War==
At the start of the Korean War in 1950, Mahurin was serving in the Office of the [[Secretary of the Air Force]]. In July 1951, he became commander of the [[1st Operations Group|1st Fighter Group]], training in the [[North American Aviation|North American]] [[F-86 Sabre]]. In December, he began a 90-day tour of temporary duty with the [[51st Fighter Wing|51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing]] at [[Suwon Air Base]], serving as special assistant to the wing commander, Colonel [[Francis S. Gabreski]].

Col. Mahurin helped Gabreski develop tactics and solve logistics problems. He was credited with destroying 3.5 [[MiG-15]]s while TDY with 51st FIW, bringing his total to 24.25 in both World War II and Korea.<ref name="cieldegloire.fr"/> Mahurin transferred to the [[4th Fighter Wing|4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing]] on March 18, 1952, to command its [[4th Operations Group|4th Fighter-Interceptor Group]] at [[Kimpo AB]].

He flew a F-86E named "Honest John" while serving with both fighter wings in Korea.<ref name="usfighter.tripod.com"/>

===Prisoner of war===
On May 13, 1952, while strafing a truck, his F-86 was shot down by [[North Korea]]n ground fire and after crash-landing and breaking his arm, he was captured by enemy forces.<ref name=NYT/> Mahurin spent 16 months in a North Korean [[prisoner of war]] (POW) camp.

During his time as a prisoner of war, he was confined to a small cell, fed only enough water and food to keep him alive, and subjected to [[brainwashing]]. He was forced to endure sub-freezing conditions with minimal clothing, interrogations sometimes lasting all night, and being deprived of sleep and threatened with execution if he did not answer questions.

The North Koreans were adamant that he sign a confession that he and the [[Allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War|US had waged germ warfare]]. After weeks of psychological and physical torture, Col. Mahurin, believing he was losing control, attempted suicide. He was discovered before he was able to complete the act and barely survived a tremendous loss of blood.<ref name="usfighter.tripod.com"/>

The interrogators finally gave up, to be replaced by a well-educated Chinese officer who spoke fluent English, brought Mahurin books, arranged for better food, and generally improved his conditions. Eventually, the Chinese officer's real purpose emerged – to get a [[Allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War|confession of germ warfare]] by persuasion rather than threats.

He reminded Mahurin that the allies did not know he was a prisoner of war, so he could be held until his death, never to see his wife and children again. Bud Mahurin, at last, agreed to write a "confession." Unknown to him, the war had already ended.<ref name="usfighter.tripod.com"/>

His experience in enduring brainwashing techniques provided the U.S. with invaluable material to develop survival training courses. Nevertheless, he and other returning prisoners of war were condemned by [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Richard Russell, Jr.]] and others because of their confessions. He was subsequently promoted to full colonel.

==Civilian life==
After his release, Colonel Mahurin was assigned as vice commander of the [[27th Air Division]].<ref name="usfighter.tripod.com"/> Because of his position on the promotion list, it seemed unlikely that he would be promoted to full colonel and be considered for a star and a higher command in his remaining years of service. He therefore resigned his commission in 1956 to accept a senior position with the aircraft industry. Later he joined the Air Force Reserve, subsequently retiring as a Colonel.<ref name="usfighter.tripod.com"/> While the Air Force attributed this to his own choice, stating he was low on the promotion list to colonel and unlikely to make general, a pilot under his command in Korea, Robert Smith, asserts that the Air Force dishonored itself by pressuring Mahurin to resign from the service as a result of political infighting over the confessions, four years short of becoming eligible for retirement benefits.<ref name="smitty">{{cite web |url = http://www.nf104.com/ab/ch_2/ii.html|title = Chapter 2: Aerial Combat|publisher = Robert W. Smith NF-104.com|access-date = March 20, 2007}}</ref>

Mahurin died of "complications from a stroke"<ref name=WP/> at his home in [[Newport Beach, California]], on May 11, 2010, and is buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref name=NYT/>

He married twice. His first marriage, to Patricia (née Sweet), ended in a divorce. His second wife was Joan (née Gill). He had two sons and a daughter from his first marriage.<ref name=WP/>

==Aerial combat credits==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders collapsible collapsed" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; text-align:right; width: 100%;"
|-style="color:white;"
! colspan="6" style="background-color: #3399ff" | Chronicle of aerial victories
|-style="color:white;"
! style="background-color: #3399ff" | Date
! style="background-color: #3399ff" | # 
! style="background-color: #3399ff" | Type
! style="background-color: #3399ff" | Location
! style="background-color: #3399ff" | Aircraft flown
! style="background-color: #3399ff" | Unit Assigned
|-
|August 17, 1943||align=center|2||align=center|[[Focke-Wulf Fw 190|Fw 190]]||align=center|[[Liège]], [[Belgium]]||align=center|[[P-47 Thunderbolt|P-47D]]||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|September 9, 1943||align=center|1||align=center|Fw 190||align=center|[[Beauvais]], [[France]]||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56FG
|- 
|October 4, 1943||align=center|3||align=center|[[Messerschmitt Bf 110|Bf 110]]||align=center|[[Düren]], [[Germany]]||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|November 3, 1943||align=center|0.5||align=center|[[Messerschmitt Bf 109|Bf 109]]||align=center|[[Esens, Lower Saxony|Esens]], Germany||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|November 3, 1943||align=center|1||align=center|Bf 110||align=center|[[Juist]], [[East Frisian Islands]]||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|November 26, 1943||align=center|2||align=center|Bf 110||align=center|[[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]], Germany||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|November 29, 1943||align=center|2 ||align=center|Bf 109||align=center|[[Papenburg]], Germany||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|December 22, 1943||align=center|2||align=center|Bf 109||align=center|[[Geeste, Emsland|Hesepe]], Germany||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|January 30, 1944||align=center|1.1||align=center|[[Junkers Ju 88|Ju 88]]||align=center|[[Quakenbrück]], Germany||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|February 3, 1944||align=center|1||align=center|Bf 109||align=center|[[Twist, Germany|Rühlertwist]], Germany||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|March 6, 1944||align=center|1.1||align=center|Fw 190||align=center|[[Wesendorf]], Germany||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|March 8, 1944||align=center|3||align=center|Fw 190||align=center|Wesendorf, Germany||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|March 27, 1944||align=center|0.25||align=center|[[Dornier Do 217|Do 217]]||align=center|[[Chartres]], [[France]]||align=center|P-47D||align=center|63 FS, 56 FG
|-
|January 14, 1945||align=center|1||align=center|[[Mitsubishi Ki-46|Ki-46 Dinah]]||align=center|[[Luzon]], [[Philippines]]||align=center|[[P-51 Mustang|P-51D]]||align=center|3 FS, 3 ACG
|-
|January 6, 1952||align=center|1||align=center|[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15|MiG-15]]||align=center|[[North Korea]]||align=center|[[F-86 Sabre|North American F-86E Sabre]]||align=center|51 FIW
|-
|February 17, 1952||align=center|1||align=center|MiG-15||align=center|North Korea||align=center|F-86E||align=center|25 FIS, 51 FIW
|-
|March 10, 1952||align=center|1||align=center|MiG-15||align=center|North Korea||align=center|F-86E||align=center|25 FIS, 51 FIW
|-
|}
::::SOURCES: ''Air Force Historical Study 85: USAF Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft, World War II'' and ''Air Force Historical Study 81: USAF Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft, Korean War'', Freeman, ''The Mighty Eighth''

==Awards and decorations==

[[File:Bud-Mahurin-006.jpg|thumb|Mahurin in Korea]]

[[File:COMMAND PILOT WINGS.png|150px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[USAF Aeronautical Ratings#Pilot ratings|Command pilot]]

{|
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Silver_Star_ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Silver Star]] 
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=7|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] with silver and two bronze [[oak leaf cluster]]s
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|other_device=|ribbon=Purple Heart ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Purple Heart]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=6|type=oak|ribbon=Air Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Air Medal]] with silver and bronze oak leaf clusters
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=AF_Presidential_Unit_Citation_Ribbon.png|width=106}}
|[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Air Force Presidential Unit Citation]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Prisoner of War ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Prisoner of War Medal]]<ref>Colonel Mahurin is eligible for the Prisoner of War Medal when it was created in 1986.</ref>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[American Defense Service Medal]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[American Campaign Medal]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=4|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with four bronze [[campaign star]]s
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]] with two bronze campaign stars
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[World War II Victory Medal]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Army_of_Occupation_ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Army of Occupation Medal]] with 'Japan' clasp 
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[National Defense Service Medal]] with one bronze [[service star]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Korean_Service_Medal_-_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Korean War Service Medal]] with two bronze campaign stars
|-
|}
{|
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=6|type=oak|ribbon=Air Force Longevity Service ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Air Force Longevity Service Award]] with silver and bronze oak leaf clusters
|-
|}
[[File:Phliber rib.svg|106px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Philippine Liberation Medal]]

[[File:PHL Independence Medal ribbon.png|106px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Philippine Independence Medal]]

[[File:AFRM with Hourglass Device (Silver).jpg|106px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Armed Forces Reserve Medal]] with silver [[hourglass device]]

[[File:United Kingdom Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|106px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)]]

[[File:Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with palm (France) - ribbon bar.png|106px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;''[[Croix de guerre 1939–1945|Croix de Guerre]]'' with Palm (France)

[[File:Oorlogskruis with Palm.jpg|106px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;''[[War Cross (Belgium)|Croix de Guerre]]'', with Palm (Belgium)

[[File:Presidential Unit Citation (Korea).svg|106px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation]]

[[File:United Nations Service Medal Korea ribbon.svg|103px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[United Nations Service Medal]]

[[File:Republic of Korea War Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Korean War Service Medal]]

===Distinguished Service Cross citation===
[[File:Army distinguished service cross medal.png|100px|left]]
:Mahurin, Walker
:Captain, U.S Army Air Corps
:63d Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force
:Date of Action:   October 4, 1943
:Headquarters, European Theater of Operations:   General Orders No. 96 (December 16, 1943)
:Citation:

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished SERVICE Cross to Captain (Air Corps) Walker M. Mahurin, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-47 Fighter Airplane in the 63d Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, EIGHTH Air Force, over enemy occupied continental Europe on 4 October 1943, while serving as flight leader on a mission escorting withdrawing bombers. Though confronted with superior numbers of enemy aircraft and at a disadvantage because of altitude, he vigorously and aggressively attacked the enemy, destroying two planes and assisted in the dispersal of the enemy formation. Immediately thereafter Captain Mahurin chased an enemy fighter far into Germany, where he destroyed it. The heroism displayed by Captain Mahurin on this occasion reflects the highest credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=6137|title=Valor awards for Walker Melville Mahurin|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=196|title=Veteran Tributes|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070211072325/http://www.afa.org/magazine/valor/0297valor.asp Frisbee, John. "Honest John", ''Air Force Magazine'', February 1997]
*Layton, Andrew. ''Wolverines in the Sky: Michigan's Fighter Aces of WWI, WWII and Korea'' (2005), Virtualbookworm Publishing.
*Scutts, Jerry. ''P-47 Aces of the Eighth Air Force'' (1998), Osprey Publishing
*Dorr, Robert F., Davey, Chris. ''Korean War Aces'' (1994), Osprey Publishing

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