Hampton Edward Boggs (17 August 1921 – 31 January 1953Madison Wisconsin State Journal page 1 Wednesday 4 November 1953) was an American fighter pilot and flying ace of World War II. He was the United States' second highest scoring ace with the 459th Fighter Squadron, 80th Fighter Group during the China Burma India Theater (CBI), and later served as a pilot during the Korean War. A fighter pilot with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) flying the Curtiss P-40, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre aircraft and also the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross.P-38 Lightning Aces of the Pacific and CBI Osprey Aircraft of the Aces no 14 by John Stanaway page 76 (1997)(1st Edition) Osprey Publishing Reed International Books
Awards and decorations USAAF pilot badge USAF pilot badge Distinguished Service Cross
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Headquarters: U.S. Army Forces-China/Burma/India, General Orders No. 131 (1944)
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