Donald McPherson in an undated photo. “I was told we shot down a hundred planes in an hour’s time,” he said in 2015, recalling one particular fight during the Battle of Okinawa. “But we didn’t get them all.”
Donald McPherson, Naval Fighter Ace in World War II, Dies at 103
Published on August 26, 2025 at 09:21 PM

World War II (1939-45)Deaths (Obituaries)PilotsBeatrice (Neb)JapanLincoln (Neb)NebraskaOkinawa and Other Ryukyu IslanOmaha (Neb)Donald McPherson (1922-2025)