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Robert T. Latshaw

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ended before Latshaw could participate in combat missions and he left active duty on December 7, 1946. He returned to active duty in the newly created
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on July 7, 1943, and on May 23, he was accepted into the Aviation Cadet Program. On January 27, 1945, he was commissioned a
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After the war, Latshaw continued to serve in the U.S. Air Force. On April 20, 1956. he was killed in the crash of a
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on March 19. On April of the same year, he shot down two more MiG-15s.
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North American F-86F Sabres of the 335th FIS "Chiefs" over Korea
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of the war, when he shot down his fifth MiG-15 over Yangsi,
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United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II
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Index

Bob Latshaw

F-86 Sabre
St. Louis
Venezuela
United States Army Air Forces
United States Air Force
Major
Korean War
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal
United States Air Force
flying ace
Korean War
St. Louis
U.S. Army Air Forces
second lieutenant
Boca Raton Army Air Field
World War II
U.S. Air Force
captain

335th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
4th Fighter Interceptor Wing
Kimpo Air Base
South Korea
Korean War
North American F-86A Sabre
MiG-15
Pyongyang

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