Template:Did you know nominations/Richard L. Alexander

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 11:37, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Richard L. Alexander[edit]

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... that an ace member of the Eagle Squadrons, Richard L. Alexander was one of the first pilots of the P-47 Thunderbolt? Haugland, Vern (1979). The Eagle Squadrons: Yanks in the RAF 1940-1942. Ziff-Davis Flying Books. ISBN 0871650282. OCLC 5428497
- ALT1:... that prior to becoming a WWII flying ace, Richard L. Alexander was a minor league baseball player and professional middleweight boxer? Same as above

Reviewed: Sairecabur
Comment: My second DYK, though I did do a review.

Created by GrinandGregBearit (talk). Self-nominated at 19:34, 14 November 2016 (UTC).

This article is new enough and long enough. The hook fact is sourced to an offline source and is accepted in good faith. The article is neutral and neither Earwig nor I could detect any significant copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:10, 29 November 2016 (UTC)