John Joseph Pesch (July 20, 1921 – January 10, 2010) was the national director of the Air National Guard from April 20, 1974 to January 31, 1977. The General served in the Second World War, and was a young pilot (Captain) on March 23, 1944, when German fighters shot out two engines on the left side of his B-17, Four Freedoms, during a bombing raid. Eight members of the crew bailed out, leaving Pesch and his co-pilot, J. C. Amley, to successfully land the aircraft.
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20 July 1921 Maspeth, Queens, New York
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Died |
10 January 2010 (aged 88) At his home in Sterling, Virginia
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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