WWII ace DeHaven dies at 86.(Obituary)

LOS ANGELES - Robert M. DeHaven, a World War II fighter ace who downed 14 enemy planes in the Pacific and later became a test pilot and executive with Hughes Aircraft, died July 10 at a hospital near his home in the suburban San Fernando Valley, northwest of downtown, after a long illness. He was 86.

DeHaven, who was born Jan. 13, 1922, in San Diego, attended Washington and Lee University in Virginia until he joined the Army Air Forces in early 1942. In 1943 he was assigned to the 49th Fighter Group of the 7th Fighter Squadron at Dobodura, New Guinea. According to the Seattle-based American Fighter Aces Association, on Dec. 10, 1943, DeHaven shot down 10 Japanese …