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      Edward Franklin Rector (September 28, 1916 – April 26, 2001) was a colonel in the United States Air Force, a fighter ace of World War II, and a member of the Flying Tigers.


      Early years


      Rector, a native of Marshall, North Carolina, graduated from Catawba College in 1938 and began his military career as a naval aviator. He was a carrier pilot on the USS Ranger, based in Norfolk, when he was recruited for the American Volunteer Group, the official name of the Flying Tigers. The unit was formed with the financial backing of the Chinese government to help defend the Burma Road and Chinese cities from Japanese attack before the United States entered World War II.


      At war


      On December 10, 1941, Rector was part of a three-plane photo reconnaissance mission from Rangoon to Bangkok. On December 20 when the Flying Tigers engaged in combat for the first time during a raid by Hanoi-based Japanese aircraft on the Chinese city of Kunming, Rector provided the American Volunteer Group with its first aerial victory and would later record the last in a long list of 23rd Fighter Group air-to-air kills. In May 1942, he played a critical role in locating and attacking Japanese military columns attempting a push into China at the Salween River Gorge. This allowed the Chinese time to blow up a key bridge across the river, and the Japanese subsequently retreated into Burma. Rector was credited with having destroyed 10.5 Japanese aircraft in aerial combat during the war.


      Later years



      Rector retired from the United States Air Force in 1962 as a colonel and had a second career in the aviation industry as a consultant in India, North Africa, and Europe. He died April 26, 2001, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after suffering a heart attack and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.


      Awards and decorations




      Notes




      References


      Hill, David Lee; Schaupp, R. (2003). "Tex Hill": Flying Tiger. Honoribus Press. ISBN 1-885354-15-0.
      Rossi, J.R. "AVG American Volunteer Group - Flying Tigers".


      External links


      Biography on 76th Fighter Squadron web site
      AVG Victory Credits Including Ed Rector's 4.75 AVG air-to-air kills per Dr. Olynyk
      Colonel Edward F. Rector, USAF Historical Marker A memorial for Colonel Rector in his home town of Marshall, NC.
      Edward Franklin Rector at ArlingtonCemetery.net, an unofficial website

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