Herschel Green
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Herschel "Herky" Green ( c. 1920 - Torrance, California, 16 August 2006) was a World War II flying ace in the United States Army Air Force. Green was the leading ace of the Fifteenth Air Force downing 18 enemy aircraft and destroying 10 more on the ground. He flew in 1943 and 1944 in the North Africa and Italian campaigns. By the end of his career in 1944, he had flown 100 missions and received the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star and two Distinguished Flying Crosses.[1] He published his memoirs Herky!: the Memoirs of a Checkertail Ace in 1996.[2]
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- ^ "World War II fighter ace Herschel Green dies at 86", The Mercury News, 18 August 2006. Retrieved on 2006-08-23.
- ^ Air Age Publishing June 2000 Review of Herky!: the Memoirs of a Checkertail Ace
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