| LC control no. | no2016092625 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McConnell, Joseph C., 1922-1954 |
| Variant(s) | McConnell, Joseph Christopher, 1922-1954 |
| Birth date | 1922-01-30 |
| Death date | 1954-08-25 |
| Place of birth | Dover (N.H.) |
| Place of death | Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Air Force |
| Profession or occupation | Fighter pilots |
| Found in | The McConnell story, 2010: title frame (Joseph C. McConnell) Wikipedia, July 13, 2016 (Joseph C. McConnell; Joseph Christopher McConnell, Jr.; born 30 January 1922 in Dover, New Hampshire, died 25 August 1954 at Edwards Air Force Base, California; United States Air Force fighter pilot who was the top American flying ace during the Korean War; 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; McConnell enlisted in the United States Army on October 15, 1940 and served in the Medical Corps; McConnell entered the U.S. Army Air Forces Aviation Cadet Program in 1943 during World War II; he remained in the Army Air Forces after the war; on 25 August 1954, while testing the fifth production F-86H-1-NA (serial number 52-1981) at Edwards Air Force Base, McConnell was killed in a crash near the base following a control malfunction; the 1955 film The McConnell Story, starring Alan Ladd and June Allyson, chronicles his life story; the book Sabre Jet Ace (1959) by Charles Ira Coombs is a fictionalized biography for young readers covering his experiences as a fighter pilot in Korea) |
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