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Variants
- Vraciu, Alex
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1918-11-02
Death Date
- 2015-01-29
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1943
- Source: New York times (online), viewed Feb. 9, 2015
- Organization: United States. Navy. Fighting Squadron 6
Birth Place
- East Chicago (Ind.)
Field of Activity
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area
Occupation
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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: U.S. Cong. House. Comm. on Armed Services. Military Personnel and Compensation Subcom. H.J. Res. 279, H.R. 1730 and H.R. 3401 ... 1991:p. v (Alexander Vraciu)
- found: Fighter pilot, c2010:ECIP t.p. (Alex Vraciu)
- found: New York times (online), viewed Feb. 9, 2015(in obituary published Feb. 7: Alex Vraciu; b. Nov. 2, 1918, East Chicago, Ind.; d. Jan. 29, West Sacramento, Calif., aged 96; was just 25 when he reigned as the Navy's top World War II fighter ace after downing 19 Japanese aircraft and destroying 21 more on the ground in only eight months in 1944)
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Change Notes
- 1991-03-07: new
- 2015-02-09: revised
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