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Captain Manuel Fernandez Jr. of Miami, who was the leading jet ace for a while (TIME, May 18), was overhauled by a hawk-eyed pilot who was once Fernandez' gunnery student: Captain Joseph McConnell Jr., 27, of Apple Valley, Calif. For a brief while last fortnight, Fernandez and McConnell were tied at 13 kills apiece. Fernandez got one more; then, in one busy day last week, McConnell raised his total to 16, thus becoming the first "triple jet ace" in aviation history...
Fifty MIG-15s bore down on a flight of U.N. fighter bombers near the Yalu; up streaked four U.S. F-86 Sabre jets to meet them. Flying the lead Sabre was Captain "Manuel Fernandez Jr., a 28-year-old Miamian on his 117th combat mission (already 17 missions over the standard 100; he wants to fly 150 in all). Fernandez got his sights on a MIG, started firing from 1,200 ft. away. Later he reported matter of factly: "Large pieces started falling off him, and fire broke out in his tailpipe section. He fell over on the left wing...
...Fernandez' 13th, and a new record for jet kills. Previous record-holder (twelve): Colonel Royal N. Baker of McKinney, Texas, Fernandez' former commanding officer...
...however, after thi archbishop had left for Rome on a visit they had their first try. Eugenio Lopez publisher of the Manila Chronicle and ; wealthy friend of Figueras', editorially accused Vagnozzi of "arrogence and condescension" toward the Philippine government. Next day, in the Philippini Congress, Representative Estanislao Fernandez introduced a resolution calling for the recall of Vagnozzi for his "notoriously unsympathetic attitude toward the Filipino people...
Higher Authority. In El Paso, Martin Fernandez explained to the city council why he had kept making repairs on his condemned tenement building despite an order from the city building inspector to stop: "My wife told me to go ahead with the work...