Hector Santa Anna, Wwii Pilot ; His Exploits Were Basis for a Play

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Hector J. Santa Anna, who flew 35 combat missions over Europe as a B-17 bomber pilot during World War II and six decades later became a prominent character in a play about Hispanics who served in the military during the war, has died. He was 83.

Mr. Santa Anna, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who was one of a small number of Hispanic pilots during World War II, died of pneumonia Dec. 9 at a hospital in Dover, Del., after a long illness, said his wife of 61 years, Olive.

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Hector Santa Anna, Wwii Pilot ; His Exploits Were Basis for a Play

A descendant of the brother of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna the Mexican general who led the bloody siege against the Alamo in 1836 Mr. Santa Anna was born in Miami, Ariz.,...

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