HUBBARD-DONALD

Source:  Honor Flight, San Diego

Don Hubbard is a retired Navy Commander and naval aviator.  He joined WWII at the age of 17 1/2 and then served for 24 years as a pilot.  After WWII he conducted spy flights during the Cold War mapping new Russian radar sites.  During the Korean War he patrolled with top secret nuclear bombs.  During the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs he commanded a recon and photo interpretation squadron.  Don finished as a pilot in Vietnam largely doing mission supply and top brass transport.