[PAR] [TLE] The Last Fighter Pilot [SEP] The Last Fighter Pilot is a 2017 work of creative nonfiction written by author Don Brown, which documents the final combat mission of World War II, flown by fighter pilot Captain Jerry Yellin against Japan off Iwo Jima Island on August 14, 1945 (August 15, 1945 in Tokyo.)  Captain Yellin flew the final combat mission in a North American P-51 Mustang along with another pilot, First Lieutenant Phil Schlamberg, who was piloting a second P-51 as Captain Yellin's wingman.  Schalmberg was apparently shot down as he and Yellin attacked a military airfield outside Tokyo about the time that Japanese Emperor Hirohito's famous Jewel Voice Broadcast was being played over the airways, effectively announcing Japan's surrender.  Phil Schlamberg became the last known combat death of World War II.  His body was never recovered. [PAR] [TLE] Jerry Yellin [SEP] Jerome "Jerry" Yellin (born February 15, 1924) is a former United States Army Air Forces fighter pilot, who flew the final combat mission of World War II in a North American P-51 Mustang against a military airfield near Tokyo on August 14, 1945 (August 15, 1945 local time in Tokyo).  Captain Yellin's mission was executed five days after a U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress named Bockscar had dropped a second American nuclear weapon on Japan, with the second being dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
[PAR] [TLE] The Last Fighter Pilot [ SEP ] The Last Fighter Pilot is a 2017 work of creative nonfiction written by author Don Brown , which documents the final combat mission of World War II , flown by fighter pilot Captain Jerry Yellin against Japan off Iwo Jima Island on August 14 , 1945 ( August 15 , 1945 in Tokyo . ) Captain Yellin flew the final combat mission in a North American P-51 Mustang along with another pilot , First Lieutenant Phil Schlamberg , who was piloting a second P-51 as Captain Yellin 's wingman . Schalmberg was apparently shot down as he and Yellin attacked a military airfield outside Tokyo about the time that Japanese Emperor Hirohito 's famous Jewel Voice Broadcast was being played over the airways , effectively announcing Japan 's surrender . Phil Schlamberg became the last known combat death of World War II . His body was never recovered . [PAR] [TLE] Jerry Yellin [ SEP ] Jerome " Jerry " Yellin ( born February 15 , 1924 ) is a former United States Army Air Forces fighter pilot , who flew the final combat mission of World War II in a North American P-51 Mustang against a military airfield near Tokyo on August 14 , 1945 ( August 15 , 1945 local time in Tokyo ) . Captain Yellin 's mission was executed five days after a U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress named Bockscar had dropped a second American nuclear weapon on Japan , with the second being dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki .
The Last Fighter Pilot documented the last combat mission in WWII, flown by which Air Force pilot?
The Last Fighter Pilot documented the last combat mission in WWII , flown by which Air Force pilot ?
Jerome "Jerry" Yellin
Jerome "Jerry" Yellin