Joe McPhail | PART 2 | Oldest Living F4U Corsair Pilot
His wrap sheet is one of honor and courage, the medals on his chest prove that. After 4000 hours in combat flight and more than 400 combat missions in two wars, Joe McPhail, to this day, is the oldest living F4U Corsair pilot.
Having served 2 deployments to the Pacific during WWII and one to the Korean War, McPhail's two Distinguished Flying Crosses represent a legacy of fighting for American in the air.
In Part 2, we hear about his close air support missions in Okinawa during WWII, and his return to Korea to support ground troops at the Chosin Reservoir. "I lost many friends," he says, but he survived ten months and 100 missions in combat in his Corsair. After his service he continued to fly privately and accrued what would become 17,000 + hours flying.
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