Nation's last surviving World War II Navy fighter pilot shot down five Japanese planes while serving on the USS Essex.

As a naval aviator in World War II, Donald McPherson got five aerial kills. Then he spent decades in a life of service.

Donald McPherson, a Nebraska farmer and World War II fighter ace credited with shooting down five Japanese planes, has died ...

Donald McPherson, credited by the American Fighter Aces Association and the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum as the last living American ace of the WWII, died Thursday at 103.

A World War II veteran from Nebraska believed to be America's last surviving “ace” pilot because he shot down five enemy ...

World War II veteran Donald McPherson, believed to be the last living American “ace” pilot, has died at the age of 103.

Donald McPherson, a World War II veteran believed to be America's last surviving "ace" pilot for shooting down at least five ...

Donald McPherson, a Nebraska native and decorated Navy fighter ace, was one of only 11 aces from the VF-83 squadron.

Mr. McPherson served as a Navy pilot of a Hellcat fighter plane aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex in the Pacific theater.

"He was up to his eyeballs in service in all sorts of ways," said Donald McPherson's son. "Anything in the church or the ...

Donald McPherson earned his wings in August of 1944, plenty of time to become an ace. He would be America's last ace of World ...

Donald McPherson, a World War II veteran from Nebraska and America's last surviving ace pilot, passed away at 103. Despite his wartime accolades, including the Congressional Gold Medal, McPherson ...