. . . . . "Captain Roy Marlin \"Butch\" Voris (September 19, 1919 \u2013 August 10, 2005) was an aviator in the United States Navy, a World War II flying ace, and the founder of the Navy's flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels. During his 22-year naval career Voris flew everything from biplanes to modern jets, and afterward was instrumental in the development of the Navy's F-14 Tomcat strike fighter and NASA's Apollo Lunar Module (LM), both produced by the Grumman Aerospace Corporation."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1963"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "NASA consultant"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "20959"^^ . "Roy Marlin Voris"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "250"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Blue Angels Flight Leader \"Butch\" Voris poses in the cockpit of an F9F-5 Panther fighter jet in 1952."@en . . . . . . . "1919-09-19"^^ . . . . "United States"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1941"^^ . . . "1941"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "\"Butch\""@en . . . . . . "Captain Roy Marlin \"Butch\" Voris (September 19, 1919 \u2013 August 10, 2005) was an aviator in the United States Navy, a World War II flying ace, and the founder of the Navy's flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels. During his 22-year naval career Voris flew everything from biplanes to modern jets, and afterward was instrumental in the development of the Navy's F-14 Tomcat strike fighter and NASA's Apollo Lunar Module (LM), both produced by the Grumman Aerospace Corporation. Often called a \"fighter pilot's fighter pilot\" and ranked with other better-known American military aviation greats such as Gregory \"Pappy\" Boyington and Chuck Yeager, Voris was a big man with close-cropped hair, known for his even-temperedness and coolness in the cockpit. Owing to his superb piloting skills, he survived numerous accidents and emergency situations. Voris was nearly killed by a Japanese Zero that attacked his aircraft during the defense of Guadalcanal in what he later described as his first \"real\" dog fight (which earned him a Purple Heart)."@en . . . . "3289787"^^ . . "1062215380"^^ . . . . . . . "Blue Angels(1946\u201347, 1951)" . . . "Roy Marlin Voris"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Roy Marlin Voris"@en . . . . "\"Butch\""@en . . . . . "World War II\n* Battle of Guadalcanal\n* Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands\n* Battle of Tarawa\n* Battle of the Philippine Sea"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "United States" . . "2005-08-10"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . .