Donald "Flash" Gordon

Donald "Flash" Gordon (July 17, 1920 – January 4, 2010) was a United States air ace, having shot down at least seven Japanese aircraft during World War II. He was a fighter pilot in the United States Navy (USN) and a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Quotation
"'I never had a dogfight. I usually got head on or tail on. They never saw us coming. That's the way to fight a war.'"