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Gerald "Jerry" Edward Korn (January 25, 1921, in West Roxbury, Massachusetts – October 16, 2010, in Parsonsfield, Maine, US) was a pilot and author. He was married to Barbara Henderson Korn and they have three daughters.
Upon graduation from Roxbury Memorial High School, Korn studied journalism at Boston University. He left to become a reporter for the Boston Globe at Fort Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts. [1]
Korn was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as a B-24 co-pilot in World War II with the Eighth Air Force. He flew a total of 35 combat missions. Before his discharge in September 1945 he flew experimental flights out of Bedford, Massachusetts, for radar testing. [1]
After leaving the USAAF he became a reporter for the Associated Press progressing to become an editor for Collier's and Life magazines. In 1961 he moved to Time-Life Books first as an assistant text editor then he served for 12 years as the managing editor until 1982. [2]
He is the author of many books including:
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