I. B. Donalson

Isra'ila Bartholomew Donalson Jr. (Yuli 6, 1915 - Satumba 24, 2006) ya kasance kwamandan rundunar sojan sama ta Amurka. Ya kasance matukin jirgi na Sojojin Sama na Amurka da aka yi wa ado sosai kuma ya kasance mai tashi a yakin duniya na biyu. Ya tashi P-40 Warhawks tare da 24th Pursuit Group da 49th Fighter Group a cikin Pacific, da P-51 Mustangs da P-47 Thunderbolts tare da 352nd Fighter Group.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Donalson a ranar 6 ga Yuli, 1915, a Kyle, Texas, kuma an haife shi a  Tulsa, Oklahoma . Ya halarci makarantu a Laredo da Beaumont a Texas, da kuma Florida da Oklahoma. Daga 1934 zuwa 1937, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai zane-zane tare da Kamfanin Man Fetur na Texas. A shekara ta 1937, ya halarci Jami'ar Tulsa a karkashin tallafin karatu na wasanni kuma ya fi girma a fannin ilimin ƙasa bayan shekaru uku na karatu.

 Ayyukan soja 
Bayan ya dauki darasi na Horar da Jirgin Sama a 1940, Donalson ya yanke shawarar neman aiki a matsayin mai jirgin sama na soja. Bayan an yarda da shi a cikin Shirin Cadet na Jirgin Sama na Sojojin Sama na Amurka, ya fara horo a cikin Janairun 1941. Ya kammala karatu kuma ya sami fuka-fukan matukin jirgi a ranar 15 ga watan Agusta, 1941, a Kelly Field a Texas. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga horo na jirgin sama, an sanya shi zuwa 21st Pursuit Squadron a cikin 24th Pursuit Group a Hamilton Field a California.

 Yaƙin Duniya na II 
An umarci 21st Pursuit Squadron zuwa Philippines kuma a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1941, Donalson tare da mambobin ƙungiyarsa sun tashi daga San Francisco a cikin SS Shugaba Coolidge a kan hanyar zuwa Manila. Lokacin da suka isa ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, an sanya 21st Pursuit Squadron zuwa Filin Nichols. Da farko an sanye da rukunin da Seversky P-35s waɗanda aka gina don Sojojin Sama na Sweden. Rundunar ta karbi P-40E Warhawks na farko a ranar 4 ga watan Disamba.  A ranar 8 ga watan Disamba, kwamandan rundunar Donalson, William E. Dyess, ya sami labarai game da harin Japan a Pearl Harbor a wannan safiya. An umarci 21st Pursuit Squadron da su kasance a cikin faɗakarwa amma kada su tashi zuwa iska. A wannan rana, Japan ta fara mamaye Philippines, kuma jirgin sama na Sojojin Sojan Sama na Imperial Japan ya fara jefa bam a Baguio, mil 150 a arewacin Manila.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2006
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1915