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As a member of the 354th FG (Pioneers) and the 353 FS during WWII Glenn Eagleston became their top ace with 18.5 victories, 2 more probable, 7 damaged aircraft and at least 5 more destroyed on the ground. His victories were achieved while flying almost 100 missions in P-47s or P-51s. Eagleston quickly became known as a “fighter pilot’s fighter pilot”. On one mission Eagleston talked another P-51 pilot that had difficulty maintaining flight and was going to bail out all the way from Berlin to a safe landing in England.