World War I Flying Ace Dies
NEW YORK (AP)- Retired Gen.
George A. Vaughn, a decorated World War I flying ace who shot down 13 enemy planes and one balloon, has died at 92.
Vaughn, of Staten Island, died Monday at New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center in Manhattan.
He received the British Distinguished Flying Cross, the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, the Silver Star and two citations in recognition of his combat record.
Vaughn left Princeton University to join the Aviation Section of the Army Signal Corps. He was sent to England where he trained with the Royal Air Force.
In 1918, with only 90 hours of in-flight training, he encountered a German fighter pilot on his first day of action and shot it down.
Vaughn was shot down twice during the war but escaped uninjured.
On graduating from Princeton in 1920, Vaughn joined Western Electric Co. as a research engineer.
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York) - Wednesday, August 2, 1989
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