Chester Trout was credited with destroying one enemy aircraft in aerial combat during World War II.
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Chester Trout was credited with destroying one enemy aircraft in aerial combat during World War II.
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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Chester E. Trout (ASN: 0-421145), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-39 Fighter Airplane in the 40th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, FAR EAST Air Force, in action near Port Moresby, New Guinea, on 11 July 1942. Leading a flight of two P-39 aircraft, First Lieutenant Trout intercepted twenty-six enemy bombers accompanied by eleven fighters. Although so greatly outnumbered as to make any engagement extremely hazardous, he unhesitatingly made a series of attacks. In the first, he shot down one bomber. In a second, he damaged another. During his third attack, he was under fire from our own anti-aircraft batteries as well as from the enemy. Nevertheless, First Lieutenant Trout continued his daring attack against heavy odds, and succeeded in dispersing the enemy formation so that all their bombs fell harmlessly into the bay.