It was Aug. 15, 1945, when Mandeberg was killed in the last aerial dogfight of the war. He was piloting one of several F6F ...

U.S. Navy Ensign Eugene Mandeberg was piloting a Hellcat when it was shot down moments after Japan surrendered in World War ...

Ensign Eugene Mandeberg, a U.S. Naval Aviator and Detroit native, will be laid to rest with full military honors in Livonia.