Richard H. Anderson (pilot)

First Lieutenant Richard Hinman Anderson (19 December 1921 – 18 March 1995) was a U.S. Army Air Force pilot who became an ace in a day. Flying Republic P-47D Thunderbolts with the 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, from Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, he downed five Japanese fighters in a single action on 25 May 1945.

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