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Selva Eugene McGinty 1923 - 1996

Selva Eugene McGinty was born on July 2, 1923 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California United States to Grace May Williams, and had a sibling Marguriet Lenora McDonald. Selva McGinty died at age 72 years old on February 14, 1996 in Moab, Grand County, UT. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Selva Eugene McGinty.

Selva Eugene McGinty
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San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States
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    Marine ace, Selva Eugene McGinty was born at San Bernadino, California on 2 July 1923. Moving with his family to Oklahoma, he attended El Reno Junior College before enlisting in the U.S. Navy as a seaman 2nd class on 26 June 1942. Two months later he was accepted for Aviation Cadet training. After Civilian Pilot training (CPT) at Oklahoma City University, he attended pre-flight training at the University of Georgia and recieved his wings and commission as a a Marine Corps Reserve second Leut. on 7 August 1943 at Corpus Christi, Texas. Carrier qualificatios followed on the U.S.S Bay, out of San Diego. His training behind him, Lt. McGinty departed for the Pacific Theater of Operators with VMF-441, Marine Air Group 31, flying F4U Corsairs prepared for the Marshall Islands aboard the jeep carrier U.S.S. , the air group landed on Yontan Airfield Okinawa on 7 April 1945. Nine days later, McGinty scored his first victories, two Val dive bombers and a Mitsubishi Zeke fighter. On 11 May he shot down a Betty bomber carrying a Baka (manned flying bomb) beneath it's wing. The Baka dropped clear and then rocketed up in front of McGinty's Corsair. As McGinty poured .50 caliber lead into the rocket bomb, it too exploded. Unfortunately, the Baka bomb was highly classified at the time and McGinty recieved credit for only the Betty. Less than one month later on 8 June, he destroyed a Betty, to become officially recognized as an ace, not yet 21 years old. A week later, Lt. McGinty departed Okinawa for stateside assignment. After 120 strike missions, his combat tour was over. He remained in the Marines, however, until 26 June 1952, when he was discharged as a Captain. For the next 23 years, McGinty flew as an executive pilot with the Arabian-American Oil Company in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, finally retiring in 1975.
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