WWII BADASS: COL. OWEN J. BAGGETT

HOW ONE B-24 COPILOT TOOK ON A JAPANESE ZERO WITH JUST A PISTOL AND A PARACHUTE

T. LOGAN METESH

Born in Texas in 1920, it wasn’t Owen Baggett’s dream to serve in the military. Instead, he was a drum major with the Hardin Simmons University Cowboy Band, graduated in 1941 and took a job in New York City working on Wall Street. The money was good in investment securities, but his life would take a dramatic turn within the year. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Owen, like many other young men his age, felt compelled to serve his country. Baggett joined the Air Force and graduated on July 26, 1942. By war’s end, he was one of more than 8,000 men who had completed pilot training at the New Columbus Army Flying School in Mississippi. Baggett was stationed in India with the 7th Bomb…

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