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- Quentin_C._Aanenson abstract "Quentin C. Aanenson (April 21, 1921 – December 28, 2008) was a World War II veteran fighter pilot and former captain of the 391st Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps. He flew the P-47 Thunderbolt in the Normandy D-Day invasion and subsequent European campaign.Aanenson enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1942 but was not called up to active duty until February 1943. He left for Santa Ana Air Force Base for pre-flight training and then to Primary Flight School at Thunderbird Field near Phoenix, Arizona. In September 1943, he attended Basic Flight School at Gardner Field near Bakersfield, California. Aanenson then received Advanced Flight Training at Luke Field, Phoenix, Arizona where he was commissioned a second lieutenant on January 7, 1944. From January to May 1944, he trained at Harding Field in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he met his wife Jackie.Aanenson demonstrated exceptional courage and ability as a fighter pilot, amassing tens of kills and beating all odds to survive the early months of his tour of duty. Later in the war, Aanenson was taken out of the cockpit and embedded with advance troops, with his skills put to good use as a quick-response aircraft attack coordinator. He eventually documented his experiences for his family. This was later turned into a documentary video, A Fighter Pilot's Story, which Aanenson wrote, produced and narrated. The film was first televised in late 1993, then broadcast on over 300 public television stations in June 1994. Until August 2007, it was available for purchase on DVD. The three-hour documentary, tells of an enthusiastic and cheery boy very rapidly aged by too much death. It also tells of a remarkably wide range of combat duties and details many harrowing individual missions. In one such mission, Aanenson and his wingman came upon and destroyed a German convoy, but the wingman's gun had jammed. Aanenson fired upon roadside ditches where German soldiers had hidden, making multiple passes and "walking" his rudder to spread his fire more effectively and leave as few survivors as possible.The documentary also tells of a remarkable coincidence, in which Aanenson's P-47 was called down to assist some American troops under attack by a tank. He surveyed the scene, then reported to the troops that the tank was too close to them for him to fire upon it without risking injury to the Americans. However, since the soldiers were sure to be killed if the tank wasn't stopped, Aanenson was ordered by his commanding officer to attack, and he managed to destroy the tank cleanly. At some point after the war, Aanenson started to tell this story to a new neighbor, who finished the story for him and then thanked him for saving his life.Aanenson was a Commander of the French Legion of Honor, representing all Americans who served in France. He was also featured in the documentary The War by Ken Burns, recounting his experiences during World War II as a fighter pilot. At the conclusion of Episode Five of the series, Aanenson narrated a poignant and ominous letter he had written to his future wife but had never sent, considered by some critics to be of similar style to the Sullivan Ballou letter in Burns' The Civil War. Written December 5, 1944, the letter reads:According to the PBS website, Quentin and Jackie married after the war and had three children and eight grandchildren, with Aanenson working in the insurance field after graduating from Louisiana State University.Aanenson died from the effects of cancer at his home in Bethesda, Maryland on December 28, 2008.".
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- Quentin_C._Aanenson birthPlace Luverne,_Minnesota.
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- Quentin_C._Aanenson birthYear "1921".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson deathDate "2008-12-28".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson deathPlace Bethesda,_Maryland.
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- Quentin_C._Aanenson deathYear "2008".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson militaryUnit 366th_Operations_Group.
- Quentin_C._Aanenson militaryUnit Ninth_Air_Force.
- Quentin_C._Aanenson serviceEndYear "1945".
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- Quentin_C._Aanenson wikiPageWikiLinkText "Quentin C. Aanenson".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson allegiance U.S._Army_Air_Forces.
- Quentin_C._Aanenson allegiance United_States_Army_Air_Forces.
- Quentin_C._Aanenson battles World_War_II.
- Quentin_C._Aanenson birthDate "1921-04-21".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson birthPlace Luverne,_Minnesota.
- Quentin_C._Aanenson birthPlace United_States.
- Quentin_C._Aanenson caption "Quentin C. Aanenson at Thunderbird Field, Phoenix, Arizona during Primary flight training.".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson dateOfBirth "1921-04-21".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson dateOfDeath "2008-12-28".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson deathDate "2008-12-28".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson deathPlace Bethesda,_Maryland.
- Quentin_C._Aanenson deathPlace "United States".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson hasPhotoCollection Quentin_C._Aanenson.
- Quentin_C._Aanenson name "Aanenson, Quentin C.".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson name "Quentin C. Aanenson".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson placeOfBirth "Luverne, Minnesota, United States".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson placeOfDeath "Bethesda, Maryland, United States".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson rank Captain_(United_States).
- Quentin_C._Aanenson serviceyears "1942".
- Quentin_C._Aanenson shortDescription "United States Air Force officer".