James H. Flatley


Vice Admiral James Henry Jimmy Flatley Jr. was a World War II naval aviator and tactician for the United States Navy.

Flatley was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and graduated from St. Norbert College. He was a 1929 United States Naval Academy graduate who earned his wings in 1931. An early squadron assignment found him with Patrol Squadron, flying Douglas PD and Consolidated P2Y flying boats. In December 1941 he was with Fighter Squadron flying the Brewster F2A Buffalo, the Navys first monoplane fighter.

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