Navy's only WWI flying ace, David Ingalls, dies at age 86
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland politician and former newspaper publisher
David Sinton Ingalls, who was the Navy's only World War I flying ace, has died at the age of 86.
Ingalls died at his home here a week after suffering a stroke. Private funeral services were scheduled in Hot Springs, Va.
Born in Cleveland, Ingalls attended Yale University before World War I interrupted his studies. He enlisted in the First Yale Naval Aviation unit and was assigned to a squadron of Sopwith Camels that fought in France.
Ingalls shot down four enemy planes and three aerial balloons, strafed trenches and single-handedly attacked an entire flight formation. His daring earned him the British Distinguished Flying Cross, the U.S. Distinguished Service Medal and initiation into the French Legion of Honor. He was inducted in 1983 into the National Aviation Hall of Fame.
The Stars and Stripes (Darmstadt, Hesse) - Thursday, May 2, 1985
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