First Lieutenant Richard H. Anderson, of White Plains, New York, was a U.S. Army Air Force pilot who became an ace in a day. Flying Republic P-47D Thunderbolts with the 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group,[1] from Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, he downed five Japanese fighters in a single action on 25 May 1945.
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