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

Don McPherson, of Nebraska, who was believed to be the last surviving World War II official American ace naval fighter pilot ...

"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, a Nebraska native and decorated Navy aviator, was one of only 11 aces from the VF-83 squadron.

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

Donald McPherson, WWII hero and last US ace pilot, dies at 103, remembered for valor in combat and devotion to faith, family, ...

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

America’s last surviving World War II ace pilot died Aug. 14 at his Nebraska home, the Beatrice Daily Sun reported.

Amid the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end comes the death of what is believed to be America’s last surviving ace, Don ...