Loisel, John Simon, Col

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Colonel

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1051-Pilot - Two-Engine

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1953-1954, 474th Fighter Group

Service Years
1941 - 1970

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Idaho

Year of Birth
1920

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Contact Info

Home Town Coeur d'Alene	Last Address Plano, Texas Norfolk, Nebraska
Date of Passing Jan 20, 2010
Location of Interment Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery (VA) - Dallas, Texas	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 15C, Site 57

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2010, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2014, American Fighter Aces Association
	2015, Air Force Memorial (AFM) - Assoc. Page

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

PROFILE INCOMPLETE

During the war in the Pacific Theater, Colonel Loisel flew 300 combat missions over the course of three consecutive years, longer than any U.S. pilot. Flying a P-38 "Lightning" in the 475th Fighter Group, Loisel downed 11 Japanese airplanes. Before war's end he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel in command of the group.

Loisel remained in the military and in 1950 returned to combat in the F-80 Shooting Star in Korea. He retired from the Air Force in 1970 with more than 5,500 flying hours.

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Notes/Links:

http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/korean_war/usaf_organizations_korea/fighter_bomber.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/475th_Fighter_Group#World_War_II
http://www.acepilots.com/usaaf_loisel.html
http://www.adamsplanes.com/John_Loisel.htm
http://www.475thfghf.org/Aces/loisel.htm
http://www.475thfghf.org/unithist3.htm
http://www.americanfighteraces.org/wwllusaf_k-m.html
http://www.ozatwar.com/475fg.htm
http://www.aero.state.ne.us/loisel.htm
http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2007/May%202007/0507aces2.pdf

1942-1943, 36th Fighter Squadron - Flying Fiend

From Month/Year - / 1942	To Month/Year - / 1943
Unit 36th Fighter Squadron - Flying Fiend Unit Page
Rank Second Lieutenant	AFSC/MOS Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Papua New Guinea

Patch	36th Fighter Squadron - Flying Fiend Details

	Type Fighter
	Parent Unit Fighter Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

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5 Members Also There at Same Time

36th Fighter Squadron - Flying Fiend

Christy, Harold, Lt Col, (1941-1964)	00		Lieutenant Colonel
Welch, George Schwartz, Maj, (1939-1944)			Captain
Ince, James Childs, Lt Col, (1941-1965)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	First Lieutenant
Pitonyak, Francis James, 1st Lt, (1941-1943)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	First Lieutenant
Keown, Robert Raynes, 2nd Lt, (1941-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	Second Lieutenant