James B. McGovern, Jr.
James B. McGovern Jr. was a World War II fighter ace and later Central Intelligence Agency pilot. He and copilot Wallace Buford were the only Americans to die in combat in the First Indochina War. At the time, they were officially employees of Civil Air Transport.
He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. After graduating from high school in 1940, he went to work for the Wright Aircraft Engineering Company in Patterson, New Jersey.
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