TIE FOR AMERICAN ACESHIP Rec. 9 a.m. NEW YORK, January 6. It is officially announced that Major Gregor Boyington, of the marines, has equalled the American ace record by shooting down 26 enemy planes. Major Boyington equals the record of Captain Rickenbacker in the last war and Major Joseph Foss in this war.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 5, 7 January 1944, Page 5
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