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- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. abstract "Eugene A. Valencia Jr. (13 April 1921 – 15 September 1972) was a leading United States Navy fighter ace in World War II.A native of San Francisco, Valencia attended junior college before enlisting in the Navy for flight training in 1941. He received his wings of gold in February 1942 and joined Fighting Squadron 9 a year later. During his first combat deployment to the Pacific, he flew Grumman Hellcats from USS Essex (CV-9) in 1943–44. At the end of the first cruise in February 1944, Lieutenant (JG) Valencia was an ace with seven victories, including three in the large dogfight over Truk Atoll on the 17th of that month.Promoted to full lieutenant, Valencia prepared for VF-9's next deployment. He trained three other pilots in his "mowing machine" tactics and thereby formed perhaps the deadliest naval fighter division (four planes) of the war. "Fighting 9" flew from USS Lexington (CV-16) and USS Yorktown (CV-10) during 1945, and Valencia's practiced team accounted for 43 of the squadron's 130 victories. Valencia himself joined the ranks of the "aces in a day" with six kills over Japan on 17 April, and at war's end all his pilots were aces. James B. French had 11 victories, Harris Mitchell 10, and Clinton L. Smith 6. With 23 victories, Valencia remains the U.S. Navy's third-ranking ace of all time.Valencia remained in the Navy and served in a variety of roles including ordnance test, transports, and antisubmarine warfare. As a full commander, he was executive officer of VF(AW)-3, an air defense squadron, from 1958–1960.Valencia retired from the Navy in 1962 and entered business in Southern California. He died at an aces reunion in San Antonio in 1972, aged 51.".
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- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. award Air_Medal.
- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. award Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States).
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- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. battle World_War_II.
- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. birthDate "1921-04-13".
- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. birthPlace San_Francisco.
- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. birthYear "1921".
- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. deathDate "1972-09-15".
- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. deathPlace San_Antonio.
- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. deathYear "1972".
- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. militaryBranch United_States_Navy.
- Eugene_A._Valencia,_Jr. serviceEndYear "1962".
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