Errata for Above & Beyond: the Aviation Medals of Honor

Pg. 8: 2nd paragraph under Shifting Criteria. A sixth pilot credited with seven victories in one day was Ens. Alfred Lerch, VF-10, who received a Navy Cross for his mission in April 1945.

Pg. 78: Kane died in Pennsylvania on 29 May 1996 vice 1966.

Pg. 130: next to last paragraph should be 23 December vice April.

Pg. 137: Henry Erwin died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 16 January 2002.

Pg. 155: Joe Foss died in Scottsdale, Arizona, 1 January 2003.

Pg. 224: 3rd to last paragraph should be “two of her four children”.

Pg. 278: Table 1 should have 243 Vietnam medals vice 43 (as of 2001).

Pg.  261: Michael Novosel died on April 2, 2006.

Pg. 279: Fifth line should read “Pease and Cheli survived their shootdowns…” Last line should read “(thirty to six) with the Fifth Air Force accounting for four…”

Addendum: In May 2002 Army Captain Jon Edward Swanson was posthumously awarded the Medal for his February 1971 action as an OH-6 helicopter pilot of the 1st Cavalry Division in Cambodia. His gunner was Staff Sgt. Larry G. Harrison, also KIA.