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{{Infobox military person
| name          =Edward Meeker Haight
| image         = Edward Meeker Haight.jpg
| image_size        = 250
| caption       = Edward Meeker Haight, 1918
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1896|05|30}}
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1975|12|05|1896|05|30}}
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| placeofburial = 
| birth_place  =[[Astoria, New York]], U.S.
| death_place  =[[Saint Petersburg, Florida]], U.S.
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| nickname      =
| allegiance    = {{flag|United States|23px}}
| branch        = [[Air Service, United States Army]]<BR>[[United States Army Air Forces]]<BR>[[United States Air Force]]
| serviceyears  =
| rank          =Colonel
| unit          = [[Air Service, United States Army]]
* [[139th Aero Squadron]]
| commands      =[[30th Air Service Group]], [[Randolph AFB]]
| battles       = [[File:World War I Victory Medal ribbon.svg|50px]]&nbsp;[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|50px]]<BR>[[World War I]]<BR>[[World War II]]
| awards        =
| relations     =Son Edward [[Missing in action|MIA]] in 1944
| laterwork     =Last World War I ace to serve in U.S. Air Force
}}

Colonel '''Edward Meeker Haight''' (May 30, 1896—December 5, 1975) was a [[flying ace]] when he served as a lieutenant in World War I. He was credited with five aerial victories, all against German fighter planes.<ref name="aero">The Aerodrome website [http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/haight.php] Retrieved 4 March 2010.</ref>

==World War I service==
{{See also|Aerial victory standards of World War I}}

Haight scored his victories in just over a month, from 28 September through 30 October 1918<ref name=aero/> flying a [[Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés|Spad]].<ref>{{cite book |title=SPAD XII/XIII aces of World War I |page= 85 }}</ref>

==Between the World Wars==
Postwar, Haight pursued a career in the [[U.S. Flying Service]] although he interrupted his employment at some point for approximately six years. He flew as an airline pilot in Central America, and having maintained his [[military reserve force]] commission was recalled to [[Active duty]] for World War II.<ref name="reprint">''Brownsville Herald'' , 3 May 1954. [http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/newspaper-articles/31586-last-world-war-i-ace-retires-air-force.html] Retrieved 23 December 2017.</ref>

==World War II and beyond==
During World War II, he rose to the rank of colonel and briefly commanded [[Randolph AFB]] in 1942. In 1950, having been culled from the officer's ranks he chose to enlist as a noncommissioned officer rather than leave the military; this allowed him to complete his 30 years for retirement. He retired on 3 May 1954 at Randolph AFB, after serving four years as a master sergeant in the [[United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine|School of Aviation Medicine]].<ref name=reprint/>

==Relation==
His son 2nd Lt Edward Haight was [[Missing in action]] on 18 July 1944 during [[World War II]].<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290354 Edward Haight at Find a grave memorial]</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [[List of World War I flying aces from the United States]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918''. Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey. Grub Street, 1992. {{ISBN|0-948817-54-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-948817-54-0}}.
* ''SPAD XII/XIII Aces of World War I.'' Jon Guttman. Osprey Publishing, 2002. {{ISBN|1-84176-316-0}}, {{ISBN|978-1-84176-316-3}}.

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[[Category:1896 births]]
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[[Category:Commercial aviators]]
[[Category:United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I]]
[[Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army Air Forces colonels]]
[[Category:United States Air Force non-commissioned officers]]


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