Donald Blakeslee
✓ Source-basedrisingWorld War II pilot and flying Ace (1917-2008)
United StatesLived 1917 to 2008 · aged 90Donald James Matthew Blakeslee was an American pilot and officer in the United States Air Force, whose aviation career began as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force flying Spitfire fighter aircraft during World War II.
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Commanding officers of the Fighter Groups of the 8th Air Force in 1944; Blakeslee is fourth from the left in the back row.
Generals Jesse D. Auton; Dwight Eisenhower; Carl Spaatz; Jimmy Doolittle; William Kepner and Colonel Blakeslee in April 1944.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower awards the Distinguished Service Cross to Don Gentile (left) and Colonel Donald Blakeslee on April 11, 1944.
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About this person
Donald James Matthew Blakeslee was an American pilot and officer in the United States Air Force, whose aviation career began as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force flying Spitfire fighter aircraft during World War II. He then became a member of the Royal Air Force Eagle Squadrons, before transferring to the United States Army Air Forces in 1942. He flew more combat missions against the Luftwaffe than any other American fighter pilot, and by the end of the war was a flying ace credited with 15.5 aerial victories.
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