serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
1940-1968 royal states air force air force united states army air forces united 28 november 2003 los angeles , california buffalo , new york united states uk oak leaf clusters air medal with six oak leaf clusters distinguished us distinguished flying cross croix de guerre -lrb- france -rrb- flying croix de guerre -lrb- belgium -rrb- cross legion of merit with two world war ii 15 november 1914 arlington national cemetery , virginia major general cwmccolpin.jpg carroll w. mccolpin
 carroll warren mccolpin
carroll w. mccolpin

major general carroll w. mccolpin -lrb- 1914 -- 2003 -rrb- was a united states air force officer who served during world war ii , and during the cold war .
prior to the united states entry into world war ii , in november 1940 , he volunteered for duty with the royal air force and was commissioned a pilot officer -lrb- second lieutenant -rrb- in the raf before transferring to the united states army air forces in the grade of major , at london , england , in september 1942 .
his decorations include the legion of merit , air medal with six oak leaf clusters and the british distinguished flying cross .
mccolpin was credited with 12 kills , 5 probable , and 12 damaged while with the eagle squadrons .
in both services he could have claimed a minimum of ten more luftwaffe aircraft of mixed types destroyed on the ground by attacking german airfields in france and germany .
mccolpin scored another 8 confirmed kills while in the army air force .
