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Capt. Clyde B. East
414th Squadron RCAF
15th TRS/10th PG/USAAF
(13.00 victories)
Lt. Col. Clyde B. East, U.S. Air Force - A Virginia state native, East joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in June 1941, and was stationed with the 414 RCAF Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in May 1943. He completed his combat tour with the RCAF in December of that year, transferring to the U.S. Air Force in January 1944. He remained with the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, until the end of the war in Europe. During this time he flew over 200 combat missions in RF-51 fighters and earned 13 aerial victories, most of them against German Me-109s and Fw-190 fighter aircraft.
East remained with the Air Force after World War II. He flew jets during the Korean War, retired from the Air Force in 1965 and joined the Rand Corporation. East was honored at Veterans Day ceremonies at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library--where East is a Docent--on Nov. 11, 2009, and was introduced as the "Reagan Library's Own American Hero." East now lives in Oak Park, Calif.
