Former 4th FG/CC, wife enter final resting place
Col. Donald Blakeslee receives the Distinguished Service Cross from Gen. Dwight Eisenhower April 11, 1944. Colonel Blakeslee was commander of the first American fighter squadrons to reach Berlin during World War II. In the 4th Fighter Group Colonel Blakeslee was the first American P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot to shoot down a German aircraft. (Photo courtesy of the 8th Air Force Historical Society)
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