| 词条 | Wilbur J. Thomas |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Wilbur Jackson Thomas | honorific_suffix = | image = Wilbur J Thomas.jpg | image_upright = | alt = Wilbur J. Thomas | caption = Wilbur J. Thomas | other_name = | nickname = Jack | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|10|29}} | birth_place = El Dorado, Kansas | death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|01|28|1920|10|29}} | death_place = Orange County, California | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) | placeofburial_coordinates = | allegiance = | branch = United States Marine Corps | serviceyears = 1942-1947 | serviceyears_label = | rank = Captain | rank_label = | servicenumber = 0-13630 | unit = VMF-213 | commands = | battles_label = | battles = World War II * Philippines Campaign (1944–45) * Battle of Iwo Jima * Battle of Okinawa | awards =Navy Cross Distinguished Flying Cross | memorials = }}Wilbur Jackson Thomas (October 29, 1920 – January 28, 1947) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II.[1][2] He flew a Vought F4U Corsair in Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213) which was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) and was one of the first Marine squadrons to augment carrier air groups.[3] Thomas was a triple ace with 18.5 aerial victories.[4][5] He was killed in January 1947 attempting to land a Grumman F7F Tigercat at the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in California.[6] See also
References1. ^{{cite book|author=Walter A. Musciano|title=Corsair aces: the bent-wing bird over the Pacific|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQx9AAAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Arco Pub. Co.|isbn=978-0-668-04597-1|pages=90–}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=Barrett Tillman|title=US Marine Corps Fighter Squadrons of World War II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JCqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA241|date=20 May 2014|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-78200-953-5|pages=241–}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Fredriksen|first1=John C.|title=The United States Marine Corps a Chronology, 1775 to the Present.|date=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara|isbn=9781598845433|page=175}} 4. ^{{cite book |last=Commander Peter B. Mersky, U.S. Naval Reserve |title=TIME OF THE ACES: Marine Pilots in the Solomons |url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/npswapa/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003122-00/sec11.htm |work=Marines in World War II Commemorative Series |accessdate=2018-07-18 }} 5. ^{{cite book|title=Corsair Aces of World War 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dJ_VzkMdsGQC|year=1995|publisher=Osprey Aerospace|isbn=978-1-85532-530-2}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.aircraftwrecks.com/pages/f7f-3p.htm |title=Aircraft Wrecks in the Mountains and Deserts of the American West |accessdate=2018-07-18 }} External links
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