Mr. McPherson served as a Navy pilot of a Hellcat fighter plane aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex in the Pacific theater.

You're probably familiar with the P-38 Lightning, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang, but do you know what the P in ...

Nation's last surviving World War II Navy fighter pilot shot down five Japanese planes while serving on the USS Essex.

As a naval aviator in World War II, Donald McPherson got five aerial kills. Then he spent decades in a life of service.

World War II veteran Donald McPherson, believed to be the last living American “ace” pilot, has died at the age of 103.

A World War II veteran from Nebraska believed to be America’s last surviving “ace” pilot because he shot down five enemy ...

Donald McPherson, a World War II veteran believed to be America's last surviving "ace" pilot for shooting down at least five ...

Donald McPherson, a Nebraska farmer and World War II fighter ace credited with shooting down five Japanese planes, has died ...

Amid the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end comes the death of what is believed to be America’s last surviving ace, Don ...