359th Fighter Group - USAAF ciel de gloire - histoire des as de l\'aviation de 1914 à nos jours



 


 

 

359th
FIGHTER GROUP


(Version provisoire - en construction)
255.5 victoires

 

 

368 Fighter Squadron
(59.5 vict)

Nom Grade Unité Date Ennemi Avion d'arme TOP Nbr Vict
ADKINS BOYD N JR Flight Officer 368FTR 10-24-1944 - - European 1
ADKINS BOYD N JR Flight Officer 368FTR 01-01-1945 - - European 1
ARCHIBALD DAVID B 1st Lt 368FTR 12-18-1944 - - European 5
BAKER GEORGE F JR 1st Lt 368FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 2
BAKER GEORGE F JR Captain 368FTR 11-02-1944 - - European 0.5
BAKER GEORGE F JR Captain 368FTR 12-31-1944 - - European 2
BARBER KENNETH E 2nd Lt 368FTR 03-23-1945 - - European 0.5
BARNETT LOUIS E 2nd Lt 368FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 2
BARTH MERLE B 1st Lt 368FTR 10-24-1944 - - European 1
BARTH MERLE B 2nd Lt 368FTR 09-12-1944 - - European 1
BEAL ELBY J 1st Lt 368FTR 12-24-1944 - - European 2
BEAL ELBY J 2nd Lt 368FTR 09-12-1944 - - European 1
BENEFIEL ROBERT E 1st Lt 368FTR 12-23-1944 - - European 1
BOLEFAHR WAYNE N Captain 368FTR 03-06-1944 - - European 1
BOLEFAHR WAYNE N Captain 368FTR 05-08-1944 - - European 1
CARTER LEONARD D 2nd Lt 368FTR 09-12-1944 - - European 1
CATER EMER H 1st Lt 368FTR 02-22-1944 - - European 1
COOK EMERY C 1st Lt 368FTR 12-23-1944 - - European 1
CRANFILL NIVEN K Major 368FTR 11-27-1944 - - European 3
CRANFILL NIVEN K Major 368FTR 03-19-1945 - - European 1
DOERSCH GEORGE A Captain 368FTR 03-23-1945 - - European 0.5
DRAKE OLIN P 1st Lt 368FTR 06-10-1944 - - European 2
FLACK JACK O 2nd Lt 368FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 0.5
FLADMARK OSCAR R 1st Lt 368FTR 11-02-1944 - - European 0.5
FOREHAND WILLIAM C Captain 368FTR 05-30-1944 - - European 1
GILMORE CHESTER R JR 1st Lt 368FTR - - - European 1
HAGAN BENJAMIN M III 1st Lt 368FTR 05-29-1944 - - European 1
HATTER ROBERT B 1st Lt 368FTR 09-12-1944 - - European 2
HATTER ROBERT B 2nd Lt 368FTR 05-29-1944 - - European 1
HAWKINSON ROBERT W 1st Lt 368FTR 05-03-1944 - - European 0.5
HUNTER JOHN B 1st Lt 368FTR 05-24-1944 - - European 0.5
HUNTER JOHN B 1st Lt 368FTR 05-30-1944 - - European 0.5
JANNEY RAYMOND B II 1st Lt 368FTR 05-19-1944 - - European 1
KASPER BILLY D 1st Lt 368FTR 01-01-1945 - - European 1
KEESEY JOHN S 2nd Lt 368FTR 08-08-1944 - - European 1
KING BENJAMIN H Captain 368FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 3
KING BENJAMIN H Captain 368FTR 09-12-1944 - - European 1
LAMBRIGHT CLARENCE M 1st Lt 368FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 0.5
LEARY RICHARD E Major 368FTR 12-18-1944 - - European 1
LEMMENS ANDREW T 2nd Lt 368FTR 02-22-1944 - - European 1
MCGEEVER THOMAS J 1st Lt 368FTR 02-24-1944 - - European 1
MCGEEVER THOMAS J 1st Lt 368FTR 05-21-1944 - - European 1
MOSSE CHARLES E Captain 368FTR 05-19-1944 - - European 1
OLSON PAUL E 1st Lt 368FTR 12-18-1944 - - European 5
TYRRELL ALBERT R Major 368FTR 02-24-1944 - - European 2

 

369 Fighter Squadron
(78 vict)

Nom Grade Unité Date Ennemi Avion d'arme TOP Nbr Vict
BOOTH ROBERT J 1st Lt 369FTR 04-22-1944 - - European 1
BOOTH ROBERT J 1st Lt 369FTR 04-25-1944 - - European 1
BOOTH ROBERT J 1st Lt 369FTR 05-08-1944 - - European 3
BOOTH ROBERT J 1st Lt 369FTR 05-29-1944 - - European 1
BOOTH ROBERT J 2nd Lt 369FTR 01-30-1944 - - European 1
BOOTH ROBERT J 2nd Lt 369FTR 03-06-1944 - - European 1
BROACH RICHARD H Captain 369FTR 05-21-1944 - - European 0.5
BUR THOMAS G Flight Officer 369FTR 09-18-1944 - - European 0.5
BURT HAROLD R 2nd Lt 369FTR 08-05-1944 - - European 1
BURT HAROLD R 2nd Lt 369FTR 09-12-1944 - - European 1
BURTON HERBERT C 1st Lt 369FTR 05-08-1944 - - European 1
BURTON HERBERT C 1st Lt 369FTR 05-19-1944 - - European 2
BURTON HERBERT C 1st Lt 369FTR 06-20-1944 - - European 0.5
COLLINS WILLIAM F 1st Lt 369FTR 12-31-1944 - - European 2
COLLINS WILLIAM F Captain 369FTR 03-24-1945 - - European 2
COX RALPH L Captain 369FTR 03-18-1945 - - European 1
CRENSHAW CLAUDE J 1st Lt 369FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 2
CRENSHAW CLAUDE J 1st Lt 369FTR 09-18-1944 - - European 1
CRENSHAW CLAUDE J 1st Lt 369FTR 11-21-1944 - - European 4
DEEN GROVER C 1st Lt 369FTR 09-12-1944 - - European 1
ETTLESEN CHARLES C Captain 369FTR 02-10-1944 - - European 1
ETTLESEN CHARLES C Captain 369FTR 05-08-1944 - - European 1
ETTLESEN CHARLES C Captain 369FTR 05-19-1944 - - European 0.5
FONG FRANK S 2nd Lt 369FTR 03-27-1944 - - European 1
GAINES ROBERT S JR 1st Lt 369FTR 03-18-1945 - - European 1
GRAY ROCKFORD V Major 369FTR 01-29-1944 - - European 0.5
GRAY ROCKFORD V Major 369FTR 01-30-1944 - - European 1
GUGGEMOS ROBERT J 1st Lt 369FTR 04-10-1945 - - European 1
HOBSON KENNETH L 2nd Lt 369FTR 09-10-1944 - - European 1
HOLLIDAY FRANK W 2nd Lt 369FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 1
KELLY DALE E 1st Lt 369FTR 03-24-1945 - - European 1.5
KELLY JOHN J III 1st Lt 369FTR 12-24-1944 - - European 1
KEUR JOHN E 1st Lt 369FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 1
KEUR JOHN E 1st Lt 369FTR 09-18-1944 - - European 0.5
KRUGER CHARLES H 1st Lt 369FTR 03-15-1944 - - European 1
KRUGER CHARLES H 1st Lt 369FTR 05-19-1944 - - European 1
LANCASTER ROBERT T 1st Lt 369FTR 03-24-1945 - - European 2
LINDERER HOWARD A 2nd Lt 369FTR 03-16-1944 - - European 1
MATTHEW HARRY L 1st Lt 369FTR 04-22-1944 - - European 1
MCGEHEE FRED S 2nd Lt 369FTR 03-24-1945 - - European 2
MORRIS ARTHUR B JR 2nd Lt 369FTR 12-31-1944 - - European 2
OLIPHINT JOHN H. 1st Lt 369FTR 05-19-1944 - - European 1
OLIPHINT JOHN H. 2nd Lt 369FTR 01-29-1944 - - European 0.5
PARSONS JAMES R * 2nd Lt 369FTR 09-18-1944 - - European 1
PARSONS JAMES W Captain 369FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 1
PARSONS JAMES W Major 369FTR 03-24-1945 - - European 1
PERRIN GRANT M 1st Lt 369FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 2
PERRIN GRANT M 2nd Lt 369FTR 06-20-1944 - - European 0.5
PEZDA EDWIN F Captain 369FTR 08-05-1944 - - European 1
PHERSON ROBERT L 1st Lt 369FTR 03-06-1944 - - European 1
PHERSON ROBERT L 1st Lt 369FTR 03-27-1944 - - European 1
RALSTON GILBERT R JR 1st Lt 369FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 2
SANDER ROBERT B 2nd Lt 369FTR 05-21-1944 - - European 0.5
SANSING VIRGAL E 2nd Lt 369FTR 05-24-1944 - - European 0.5
SJOBLAD EDWIN L 2nd Lt 369FTR 08-05-1944 - - European 1
TAYLOR LESTER G JR Captain 369FTR 08-05-1944 - - European 1
TENENBAUM HAROLD 1st Lt 369FTR 03-24-1945 - - European 1.5
TENENBAUM HAROLD 1st Lt 369FTR 04-10-1945 - - European 1
TENENBAUM HAROLD 2nd Lt 369FTR 11-21-1944 - - European 1
THACKER ROBERT L 1st Lt 369FTR 01-30-1944 - - European 1
THACKER ROBERT L 1st Lt 369FTR 05-29-1944 - - European 1
THOMSON BRYCE H 1st Lt 369FTR 03-24-1945 - - European 1
THOMSON BRYCE H 2nd Lt 369FTR 12-24-1944 - - European 1
THOMSON ROBERT C 1st Lt 369FTR 02-03-1944 - - European 1
THOMSON ROBERT C 1st Lt 369FTR 05-19-1944 - - European 1
THOMSON ROBERT C Captain 369FTR 03-24-1945 - - European 2
TILTON ELBERT W 2nd Lt 369FTR 08-09-1944 - - European 1

 

370 Fighter Squadron
(111.5 vict)

Nom Grade Unité Date Ennemi Avion d'arme TOP Nbr Vict
BAKER WILSON K 1st Lt 370FTR 08-04-1944 - - European 1
BAKER WILSON K 2nd Lt 370FTR 07-20-1944 - - European 1
BATEMAN PAUL H 1st Lt 370FTR 05-19-1944 - - European 1
BATEMAN PAUL H 2nd Lt 370FTR 03-04-1944 - - European 0.75
BROWN CAREY H JR Captain 370FTR 02-10-1944 - - European 1
BUCHANAN WILLIAM E 1st Lt 370FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 1
CAID VERNON L 1st Lt 370FTR 11-21-1944 - - European 2
CALLAHAN ROBERT M 1st Lt 370FTR 07-24-1944 - - European 1
CONNELLY DICK D 1st Lt 370FTR 11-02-1944 - - European 1
CONNELLY DICK D 2nd Lt 370FTR 09-12-1944 - - European 2
COX RALPH L Captain 370FTR 11-02-1944 - - European 1
COX RALPH L Captain 370FTR 11-21-1944 - - European 3
DOERSCH GEORGE A 1st Lt 370FTR 02-22-1944 - - European 1
DOERSCH GEORGE A 1st Lt 370FTR 04-11-1944 - - European 1
DOERSCH GEORGE A 1st Lt 370FTR 05-08-1944 - - European 2
DOERSCH GEORGE A 1st Lt 370FTR 05-29-1944 - - European 1
DOERSCH GEORGE A 1st Lt 370FTR 06-10-1944 - - European 1
DOERSCH GEORGE A Captain 370FTR 10-06-1944 - - European 2
DOERSCH GEORGE A Captain 370FTR 01-14-1945 - - European 2
DUNLAP ELMER N 2nd Lt 370FTR 04-11-1944 - - European 1
GRIMES HOWARD E 1st Lt 370FTR 05-29-1944 - - European 2
GRIMES HOWARD E 1st Lt 370FTR 05-30-1944 - - European 0.5
HIPSHER CHARLES W 1st Lt 370FTR 05-30-1944 - - European 0.5
HODGES WILLIAM R 1st Lt 370FTR 02-10-1944 - - European 2
HODGES WILLIAM R Captain 370FTR 11-21-1944 - - European 2
HODGES WILLIAM R Captain 370FTR 12-24-1944 - - European 1
HOLLIS HAROLD D 1st Lt 370FTR 04-22-1944 - - European 1
HUSKINS SAM J JR Captain 370FTR 11-02-1944 - - European 0.5
JOHNSON EMORY G 1st Lt 370FTR 12-24-1944 - - European 2
JOHNSON EMORY G 1st Lt 370FTR 12-31-1944 - - European 0.5
JONES CYRIL W JR 1st Lt 370FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 4
JONES CYRIL W JR 2nd Lt 370FTR 08-09-1944 - - European 1
JONES CYRIL W JR 2nd Lt 370FTR 08-16-1944 - - European 1
KIBLER RALPH E JR 1st Lt 370FTR 02-10-1944 - - European 1
KIBLER RALPH E JR 1st Lt 370FTR 04-22-1944 - - European 2
LANCASTER RAYMOND B 1st Lt 370FTR 04-22-1944 - - European 1
LANCASTER RAYMOND B Captain 370FTR 05-29-1944 - - European 1
LEMMENS ANDREW T Captain 370FTR 12-24-1944 - - European 1
LEMMENS ANDREW T Captain 370FTR 12-31-1944 - - European 1
LUX FRANK O 1st Lt 370FTR 08-09-1944 - - European 1
LUX FRANK O 1st Lt 370FTR 08-16-1944 - - European 1
LUX FRANK O 1st Lt 370FTR 12-31-1944 - - European 1.5
MAJOR ROSS O 2nd Lt 370FTR 02-10-1944 - - European 1
MARSHALL FRANK R 2nd Lt 370FTR 11-27-1944 - - European 1
MCCOSKEY JACK E Flight Officer 370FTR 10-06-1944 - - European 1
MCINNES ROBERT L 2nd Lt 370FTR 10-06-1944 - - European 1
MCKEE DANIEL D Major 370FTR 11-21-1944 - - European 1
MURPHY JOHN B Lt Colonel 370FTR 05-29-1944 - - European 1.5
MURPHY JOHN B Lt Colonel 370FTR 07-21-1944 - - European 1
MURPHY JOHN B Lt Colonel 370FTR 08-09-1944 - - European 1
MURPHY JOHN B Lt Colonel 370FTR 08-16-1944 - - European 1
MURPHY JOHN B Major 370FTR 02-24-1944 - - European 1
MURPHY JOHN B Major 370FTR 03-04-1944 - - European 0.75
MURRAY WALLACE C 2nd Lt 370FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 1
NEWBERG WARREN R 1st Lt 370FTR 07-24-1944 - - European 1
O'SHEA JAMES H 1st Lt 370FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 1
OAKLEY ROBERT G 1st Lt 370FTR 12-24-1944 - - European 1
PORTER ALAN C 2nd Lt 370FTR 03-04-1944 - - European 0.25
RUESCHENBERG WERNER J 1st Lt 370FTR 12-31-1944 - - European 0.5
RUESCHENBERG WERNER J 1st Lt 370FTR 01-14-1945 - - European 0.5
SHUPE JOSEPH E 1st Lt 370FTR 05-08-1944 - - European 2
SILTAMAKI ROBERT W 1st Lt 370FTR 05-29-1944 - - European 0.5
SILTAMAKI ROBERT W 1st Lt 370FTR 05-30-1944 - - European 0.5
SMITH THOMAS P 1st Lt 370FTR 11-21-1944 - - European 2
STAUP HOMER A 1st Lt 370FTR 11-21-1944 - - European 2
TILTON ELBERT W 2nd Lt 370FTR 07-24-1944 - - European 1
WETMORE RAY S 1st Lt 370FTR 02-10-1944 - - European 1
WETMORE RAY S 1st Lt 370FTR 03-04-1944 - - European 0.25
WETMORE RAY S 1st Lt 370FTR 03-16-1944 - - European 2
WETMORE RAY S 1st Lt 370FTR 04-22-1944 - - European 1
WETMORE RAY S 1st Lt 370FTR 05-19-1944 - - European 2
WETMORE RAY S 1st Lt 370FTR 05-29-1944 - - European 2
WETMORE RAY S Captain 370FTR 11-02-1944 - - European 2
WETMORE RAY S Captain 370FTR 11-27-1944 - - European 3
WETMORE RAY S Captain 370FTR 12-31-1944 - - European 1.5
WETMORE RAY S Captain 370FTR 01-01-1945 - - European 1
WETMORE RAY S Captain 370FTR 01-14-1945 - - European 4.5
WETMORE RAY S Captain 370FTR 03-15-1945 - - European 1
WILSON JOHN W 1st Lt 370FTR 12-24-1944 - - European 1
WILSON JOHN W 2nd Lt 370FTR 09-11-1944 - - European 1
WINDMILLER DONALD L 1st Lt 370FTR 11-27-1944 - - European 2
YORK ROBERT M 1st Lt 370FTR 11-27-1944 - - European 3
YORK ROBERT M 1st Lt 370FTR 01-01-1945 - - European 1
YORK ROBERT M 2nd Lt 370FTR 08-09-1944 - - European 1
ZIZKA LAWRENCE A 1st Lt 370FTR 12-31-1944 - - European 0.5
ZIZKA LAWRENCE A 2nd Lt 370FTR 08-27-1944 - - European 1

 

Air Forced Assigned To :

8th (Oct '43 - end WWII)

Stations Flown From :

East Wretham, England (Oct '43 -end WWII)

Campaigns Flown in :

Air Offensive, Europe
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
EAME Theatre

Awards Won :

Distinguished Unit Citation: Germany, 11 Sept '44

Claims against aircraft in Air :

Destroyed 255.5

Probable 24

Damaged 73

Aces Were :

(Some Aces may have scored other victories while flying for other groups and/or squadrons)

 

HQ
368th FS
369th FS
370th FS
N.K. Cranfill (1)
D.B. Archibald (5)
R.J. Booth (8)
R.S. Wetmore (21.25)
R.W. Evans (1)
P.E. Olson (5)
C.J. Crenshaw (7)
G.A. Doersch (10)
N.K. Cranfill (4)
W.F. Collins (4)
J.B. Murphy (6.25)
B.H. King (4)
R.V. Gray (1.5)
C.W. Jones (6)
G.A. Doersch (0.5)
R.L. Cox (1)
W.R. Hodges (5)
R.M. York (5)
R.L. Cox (4)

 



Source :

STARS & BARS - Frank Olynyk - Grub Street Editions
http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/index.asp
http://www.web-birds.com/