Loisel, John Simon, Col

Deceased

Service Photo

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

1945-1945, AAF MOS 1051, 475th Fighter Group

From Month/Year - / 1945	To Month/Year - / 1945
Unit 475th Fighter Group Unit Page
Rank Major	AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 1051-Pilot - Two-Engine
Base, Station or City Manilla	State/Country Philippines

Patch	475th Fighter Group Details

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

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

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6 Members Also There at Same Time

475th Fighter Group

McGuire, Thomas Buchanan, Maj, (1941-1945)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	Major
Champlin, Fredric Fay, Lt Col, (1940-1974)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	Captain
Gettler, Jerome, A., 1st Lt, (1940-1945)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	First Lieutenant
Brown, Harry Winston, Lt Col, (1941-1948)			Major
MacDonald, Charles Henry, Col, (1938-1961)			Major
DeWeese, Charles Ray, FltOff, (1943-1945)			Flight Officer