RIP Dean Caswell, last of the Marine Corps flying aces of WWII: "I got a chance to fly everyday, everyday, everyday."

[basquebromance]

99-year-old veteran Dean Caswell, who lived in Southwest Austin, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in September 1942 and served in combat three times in three decades.

 

[airplanemechanic]

7 kills on his record. I guess he participated in post-birth abortions at 25000 feet. Shooting down 7 zeros with an 8th probable is not easy in that bird. Congrats, sir.

RIP, colonel.