# Joseph C. McConnell

> Joseph Christopher McConnell Jr. was a United States Air Force fighter pilot who was the top American flying ace during the Korean War. A native of Dover, New Hampshire, Captain McConnell was credited with shooting down 16 MiG-15s while flying North American F-86 Sabres. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in aerial combat. McConnell was the first American triple jet-on-jet fighter ace and is still the top-scoring American jet ace.

*American Korean War flying ace*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1922-01-30
- **Died:** 1954-08-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Joseph C. McConnell](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._McConnell)
- [جوزيف س. ماكونيل](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B3._%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84)
- [Джоузеф К. Макконъл](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9A._%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8A%D0%BB)
- [Макконнелл, Джозеф Кристофер](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [Joseph C. McConnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._McConnell)
- [Joseph C. McConnell](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._McConnell)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4275789)

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