This is the third and final episode of the story of Don McPherson - an F6F Hellcat ace from Fighter Squadron 83, flying off of the USS Essex in 1945 at the Battle of Okinawa. This includes his May 4th ...

He died when his Grumman Hellcat plane crashed into the summit of Sawel, the highest peak in the area. Wreckage from the crash was recently recovered by aviation archaeologist Jonny McNee ...

It was supposed to be a routine combat air patrol for the 12 F6F Grumman Hellcat pilots of the “Pistol-Packin’ Airedales” ...