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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 07 > Donald Blakeslee, 90, led fighter planes over Berlin

Donald Blakeslee, 90, led fighter planes over Berlin

Pilot was among most decorated aviators of WWII

By Dennis Hevesi / The Bulletin
October 7, 2008

Col. Donald Blakeslee, one of the most decorated fighter pilots of World War II and the commander of the first American fighter squadrons to reach Berlin as the Allies ground down the German Luftwaffe, died Sept. 3 at his home in Miami. He was 90.

The cause was heart failure, said his daughter....

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