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William Patrick " Willy Irish " Driscoll [1] (born March 5, 1947) is a retired commander in the United States Navy and a highly decorated flying ace. Driscoll, a Naval Flight Officer, and air crewmate Duke Cunningham, a Naval Aviator, were their service's only aces of the Vietnam War. [2] They remain the Navy's most recently minted aces.
- 1968–1982
- Commander
Driscoll, William P. William “Willy” Driscoll, and his pilot Randy “Duke” Cunningham, were America’s first aces of the Vietnam War. Driscoll, born in 1947, earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from Stonehill College in 1968. In 1970, he received his Naval Flight Officer wings and was assigned to fly the F-4J Phantom.
Sep 12, 2018 · In 1972 at the Pentagon, then-Secretary of the Navy John W. Warner met with Lt. Randall H. Cunningham, Lt. j.g. William P. Driscoll and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo Zumwalt.
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William P. Driscoll was born on March 5, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts. William began college before volunteering into the United States Navy as a Naval Flight Officer. As a now retired commander, William alongside his aircrewmate, Randall H. Cunningham, were also the Navy's last two minted aces and the only aces from the Vietnam War.
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade William Patrick Driscoll (NSN: 0-756327), United States Naval Reserve, for extraordinary heroism on 10 May 1972 while serving as a Radar Intercept Officer with Fighter Squadron NINETY-SIX (VF-96), embarked in U.S.S ...
William "Willy Irish" Driscoll (born March 5, 1947) is a retired Commander in the United States Navy and a Naval Flight Officer who received the Navy Cross during the Vietnam War for his role in an aerial dogfight with North Vietnamese MiGs. He and Naval Aviator, Randy "Duke" Cunningham became the Navy's only two flying aces during the Vietnam War. Driscoll was born in 1947 and received a BA ...
On March 29, 2018 Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida was honored to host retired ace Cmdr. William Driscoll at the National Naval Aviation Museum.
