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Nov 17, 1924 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 99 years old
American test pilot
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About Eugene Peyton Deatrick
- Eugene Peyton Deatrick Jr.
- (born November 17, 1924) is a retired United States Air Force colonel, test pilot, and combat veteran.
- He is best recognized for his role in the rescue of United States Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler during the Vietnam War.
- The rescue was recounted in the Werner Herzog films Little Dieter Needs to Fly and Rescue Dawn and the national bestseller Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War by author Bruce Henderson.
