Rudolf Anderson, pilot and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (died 1962)

Rudolf Anderson

USAF pilot (1927–1962)

Rudolf Anderson Jr. was an American Air Force major and pilot. He was the first recipient of the Air Force Cross, the U.S. military's and Air Force's second-highest award and decoration for valor. The only U.S. fatality by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Anderson was…