Colonel Glenn T. Eagleston

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Glenn Todd Eagleston

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Birthplace: Farmington, Davis County, UT, United States
Death: May 07, 1991 (70)
Orange County, CA, United States
Place of Burial: 1 Memorial Avenue, Arlington, Arlington County, VA, 22211, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Glenn Eagleston and Private
Husband of Eula Ann Eagleston

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About Colonel Glenn T. Eagleston

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_T._Eagleston

Glenn Todd Eagleston (March 12, 1921 – May 7, 1991) was a career officer in the United States Air Force and the leading ace of Ninth Air Force in Europe in World War II. Eagleston was credited with 18 1/2 victories, two probable victories, and seven damaged German aircraft. He also destroyed at least five enemy aircraft on the ground, while flying P-51 Mustangs with the 354th Fighter Group.

Eagleston was known as a "fighter pilot's fighter pilot." He flew almost 100 combat missions in the P-51 Mustangs and P-47 Thunderbolts in Europe, some as a 22-year-old Squadron Commander. He also flew in Korea; he was assigned there as Squadron and Group Commander, flying F-86s for 84 combat missions and being credited with two MiG-15s destroyed, one probable, and seven damaged.

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Colonel Glenn T. Eagleston's Timeline

1921
March 12, 1921
Farmington, Davis County, UT, United States
1991
May 7, 1991
Age 70
Orange County, CA, United States
June 5, 1991
Age 70
Arlington National Cemetery, 1 Memorial Avenue, Arlington, Arlington County, VA, 22211, United States