Cornelius N. Nooy
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Cornelius N. Nooy
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Cornelius Nicholas Nooy was a United States Navy flying ace of World War II. Nooy ended the war as the highest-scoring fighter pilot operating from a light aircraft carrier (CVL), and tied for fourth-highest-scoring ace in the US Navy. Nooy served two tours with VF-31's "Flying Meataxers" aboard USS Cabot and USS Belleau Wood. The first of these tours set a record for kills by a CVL fighter squadron.
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American fighter ace
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_N._Nooy
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2024-04-22T03:45:38Z
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