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BENDIX TROPHY (Cont'd.) US Air Force Air Proving Ground Eglin Field Florida Maj. Edward JOHNSTON, USAF. Age - 30 Home - Reynolds, Ill. Combat Record - Veteran of both World War II and Korea. Flew with "Black Sheep" squadron of the 49th Fighter-Bomber Group in Korea, participating in 127 missions. Decoration - Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf clusters, Legion of Merit, Silver Star and Air Medal with 25 Oak Leaf clusters. AIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND: Capt. James S. CARSON, USAF. Age - 28 Born - El Centro, Cal. Attended junior college there. Family - wife (Arlene) and two children, John L. and Christine. Home - Edwards, Cal. Assignment - experimental test pilot. Combat Record - Veteran of World War II and of missions in the China-Burma-India Theater, flying "over the hump." With 86th Fighter Group in Germany 1949-1952. Flew 148 combat missions. Decorations - Distinguished Flying Cross, etc. Capt. John M. FITZPATRICK, USAF Age - 29 Home - Dayton. (4440 Gross Drive) Born - New York. Family - wife (Patricia) and four children, Kathleen Ann, 7; James, 5; Michael, 3 and Barbara Ellen, 1. Graduate - United States Military Academy, 1945. Assignment - test pilot. Record - Before reporting to Fighter Operations Section, Directorate of Flight and All-weather Testing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, he was stationed in Germany.