479th Fighter Group - USAAF

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479th
FIGHTER GROUP

(Version provisoire - en construction)
155 victoires

434 Fighter Squadron
(92.5 vict)

Nom	Grade	Unité	Date	Ennemi	Avion d'arme	TOP	Nbr Vict
BORN DAVID L	1st Lt	434FTR	02-14-1945	-	-	European	1
BOWERS CLIFFORD W	2nd Lt	434FTR	01-01-1945	-	-	European	0.5
BROWN PHILIP A	1st Lt	434FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	1
CREIGHTON RICHARD D	1st Lt	434FTR	02-09-1945	-	-	European	1
CREIGHTON RICHARD D	2nd Lt	434FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	1
DAUDISTEL WILLIAM H	1st Lt	434FTR	02-14-1945	-	-	European	1
DONNELL JOHN C JR	2nd Lt	434FTR	11-02-1944	-	-	European	1
DRAKE WALTER M	1st Lt	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
DUFFIE CLAIRE A P	Captain	434FTR	08-25-1944	-	-	European	2
DUFFIE CLAIRE A P	Captain	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
GLEASON GEORGE W	1st Lt	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	3
GLEASON GEORGE W	1st Lt	434FTR	09-28-1944	-	-	European	2
GLEASON GEORGE W	1st Lt	434FTR	12-23-1944	-	-	European	2
GLEASON GEORGE W	1st Lt	434FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	3
GLEASON GEORGE W	Captain	434FTR	02-09-1945	-	-	European	2
GOLDEN JOHN T	1st Lt	434FTR	02-10-1945	-	-	European	1
GRENNING HAROLD F JR	1st Lt	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
HANSEN JOHN W	1st Lt	434FTR	08-15-1944	-	-	European	1
HANSEN JOHN W	1st Lt	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
HELDING ARNOLD G	1st Lt	434FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	1
HENDRIX GEORGE D	1st Lt	434FTR	08-12-1944	-	-	European	1
HERREN JAMES M JR	Lt Colonel	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	3
HERREN JAMES M JR	Lt Colonel	434FTR	09-28-1944	-	-	European	1
HOLLISTER BERKLEY E	1st Lt	434FTR	08-25-1944	-	-	European	2
JACOBSON GAIL E	1st Lt	434FTR	03-19-1945	-	-	European	0.5
JACOBSON GAIL E	1st Lt	434FTR	04-07-1945	-	-	European	1
JACOBSON GAIL E	2nd Lt	434FTR	12-05-1944	-	-	European	2
JACOBSON GAIL E	2nd Lt	434FTR	12-23-1944	-	-	European	1
JEFFREY ARTHUR F	Captain	434FTR	07-05-1944	-	-	European	1
JEFFREY ARTHUR F	Captain	434FTR	07-29-1944	-	-	European	1
JEFFREY ARTHUR F	Captain	434FTR	08-15-1944	-	-	European	1
JEFFREY ARTHUR F	Captain	434FTR	08-28-1944	-	-	European	1
JEFFREY ARTHUR F	Lt Colonel	434FTR	02-14-1945	-	-	European	1
JEFFREY ARTHUR F	Major	434FTR	10-07-1944	-	-	European	1
JEFFREY ARTHUR F	Major	434FTR	11-02-1944	-	-	European	1
JEFFREY ARTHUR F	Major	434FTR	12-05-1944	-	-	European	3
JEFFREY ARTHUR F	Major	434FTR	12-23-1944	-	-	European	3
JEFFREY ARTHUR F	Major	434FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	1
JENKINS HAROLD M	2nd Lt	434FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	1
LUNSTRUM RICHARD M	2nd Lt	434FTR	09-28-1944	-	-	European	1
MALEY RONALD L	2nd Lt	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
MATHEWS HAROLD E	1st Lt	434FTR	12-05-1944	-	-	European	1
MCCHRYSTAL RICHARD G	1st Lt	434FTR	12-05-1944	-	-	European	1
MCCHRYSTAL RICHARD G	2nd Lt	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
MCCHRYSTAL RICHARD G	Captain	434FTR	02-14-1945	-	-	European	1
MORROW JOHN W	2nd Lt	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
MUNSON ROBERT L	2nd Lt	434FTR	04-07-1945	-	-	European	1
MURR JOHN N	1st Lt	434FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	1
MURR JOHN N	2nd Lt	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
NAGEL JEROME K	1st Lt	434FTR	04-07-1945	-	-	European	1
NEELY TOM D	1st Lt	434FTR	12-23-1944	-	-	European	2
OLDS ROBIN	Captain	434FTR	08-14-1944	-	-	European	2
OLDS ROBIN	Captain	434FTR	08-25-1944	-	-	European	3
OLDS ROBIN	Captain	434FTR	10-06-1944	-	-	European	1
OLDS ROBIN	Major	434FTR	02-09-1945	-	-	European	1
OLDS ROBIN	Major	434FTR	02-14-1945	-	-	European	2
OLDS ROBIN	Major	434FTR	03-19-1945	-	-	European	2
OLDS ROBIN	Major	434FTR	04-07-1945	-	-	European	1
OLSON THOMAS C	1st Lt	434FTR	08-28-1944	-	-	European	1
PAVLOCK QUENTIN S	1st Lt	434FTR	08-15-1944	-	-	European	1
PAVLOCK QUENTIN S	1st Lt	434FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	3
SEARS EUGENE E	2nd Lt	434FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	1
TAYLOR FRANK M	1st Lt	434FTR	03-19-1945	-	-	European	0.5
THOMPSON HILTON O	1st Lt	434FTR	04-25-1945	-	-	European	1
THOMPSON HILTON O	2nd Lt	434FTR	04-07-1945	-	-	European	1
TIPPS JOHN T	2nd Lt	434FTR	07-06-1944	-	-	European	1
WENDT EUGENE H	1st Lt	434FTR	02-09-1945	-	-	European	1
WENDT EUGENE H	1st Lt	434FTR	02-14-1945	-	-	European	2
WENDT EUGENE H	1st Lt	434FTR	03-25-1945	-	-	European	1

435 Fighter Squadron
(33.5 vict)

Nom	Grade	Unité	Date	Ennemi	Avion d'arme	TOP	Nbr Vict
BENOIT NORMAN R	1st Lt	435FTR	10-07-1944	-	-	European	0.5
BENOIT NORMAN R	1st Lt	435FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	1
BENOIT NORMAN R	Captain	435FTR	02-09-1945	-	-	European	1
BUTLER NELSON W	1st Lt	435FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	2
BUTLER NELSON W	1st Lt	435FTR	12-24-1944	-	-	European	1
CANDELARIA RICHARD G	1st Lt	435FTR	04-07-1945	-	-	European	4
CANDELARIA RICHARD G	2nd Lt	435FTR	12-05-1944	-	-	European	2
CARTER RAYMOND S	Captain	435FTR	08-05-1944	-	-	European	1
COURSEY RICHARD R JR	Captain	435FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
DOOLITTLE GORDON L	1st Lt	435FTR	12-05-1944	-	-	European	2
DOOLITTLE GORDON L	Captain	435FTR	02-09-1945	-	-	European	1
FRIEND RAY K	1st Lt	435FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
GORIAN MARTIN G	1st Lt	435FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
GOSSARD PHILIP D	1st Lt	435FTR	12-05-1944	-	-	European	1
HOOKER VERNE E	Captain	435FTR	04-07-1945	-	-	European	2
JORDAN HERBERT H	Major	435FTR	01-14-1945	-	-	European	1
JORDAN HERBERT H	Major	435FTR	02-09-1945	-	-	European	1
KING DAVID E	1st Lt	435FTR	02-09-1945	-	-	European	1
MEANS BILLY C	1st Lt	435FTR	12-05-1944	-	-	European	1
MONSELL CHARLES F JR	1st Lt	435FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
PETTERSON LEWIS P	1st Lt	435FTR	11-27-1944	-	-	European	1
PICKERING WILLIAM H	1st Lt	435FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	2
ROGERS JOHN R	2nd Lt	435FTR	-	-	-	European	1
SOWERBY THEODORE J	1st Lt	435FTR	11-26-1944	-	-	European	1
SOWERBY THEODORE J	1st Lt	435FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	1
SYKES GEORGE K	Captain	435FTR	08-05-1944	-	-	European	1

436 Fighter Squadron
(24 vict)

Nom	Grade	Unité	Date	Ennemi	Avion d'arme	TOP	Nbr Vict
BISCAYART JULES D	Major	436FTR	09-28-1944	-	-	European	2
DUNN DONALD A	1st Lt	436FTR	09-28-1944	-	-	European	3
ERNST CARL V	Captain	436FTR	12-23-1944	-	-	European	1
GRASSHOFF HANS J	1st Lt	436FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
GRASSHOFF HANS J	1st Lt	436FTR	11-27-1944	-	-	European	1
GRASSHOFF HANS J	2nd Lt	436FTR	07-24-1944	-	-	European	0.5
HUYCKE ANDRE E	Captain	436FTR	12-23-1944	-	-	European	1
JOHNSON CLARENCE O	1st Lt	436FTR	06-22-1944	-	-	European	1
LEWIN EDWARD C	Captain	436FTR	12-23-1944	-	-	European	1
MICKEY MELVIN S	2nd Lt	436FTR	08-05-1944	-	-	European	1
MOORE CLIFFORD J JR	Captain	436FTR	08-05-1944	-	-	European	1
MULVANY GEROLD M	2nd Lt	436FTR	09-26-1944	-	-	European	1
MYERS THOMAS E	1st Lt	436FTR	12-05-1944	-	-	European	0.5
MYERS THOMAS E	2nd Lt	436FTR	10-06-1944	-	-	European	1
PLUNK HENRY P	2nd Lt	436FTR	07-24-1944	-	-	European	0.5
SPENCER RICHARD S JR	Captain	436FTR	12-25-1944	-	-	European	2
STRAUB GEORGE	1st Lt	436FTR	09-28-1944	-	-	European	1
STRUBY JOSEPH R	Captain	436FTR	12-23-1944	-	-	European	1
VASSUER PETER C	2nd Lt	436FTR	12-05-1944	-	-	European	0.5
WOLSKI VICTOR	1st Lt	436FTR	09-28-1944	-	-	European	3

Air Forced Assigned To :

8th (April '44 - end WWII)

Stations Flown From :

Wattisham, England (May '44 - End WWII)

Campaigns Flown in :

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

Awards Won :

Distinguished Unit Citation: Central ETO, 18 Aug, 5 and 26th Sept '44
French Croix de Guerre with Palm

Total Aircraft Claims in Air :

Destroyed 155

Probable 12

Damaged 39

Aces were :

(scores in the group only- some scored victories while flying in other groups or squadrons)

HQ :

Zemke, H (2.5)

434th FS :

Jeffery, A.F. (14)
Olds, R (13)
Gleason, G.W. (12)
Creighton, R.D. (2)

435th FS :

Candelaria R G (6)

Source :

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