Colonel J. D. Collinsworth Shot Down Six Enemy Aircraft In North African And European Campaigns!

J. D. Collinsworth (1919-2010) During World War II, J. D. Collinsworth became a U.S. Army Air Forces ACE, credited with shooting down 6 enemy aircraft in aerial combat. After the war he left the service briefly to fly as a commercial pilot, but in 1947 he joined the new U.S. Air Force, and retired in 1967 as a U.S. Air Force Colonel. He joined the United States Army Air Forces in August 1941 and graduated from flight school the following year. He served with the 307th Fighter Squadron of the31st Fighter Squadron in Europe and North Africa from 1942 to 1943, then returned to the United States to serve as a flight instructor. After a brief postwar stint with United Air Lines, he rejoined the Air Force in 1947. His subsequent assignments included commanding the 66th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, serving as Director of Operations of the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing, and serving as base commander in Arizona and Thailand. He retired as a colonel in October 1967
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