MEXICO
World War II
United States Army Air Force, United States Navy
NAME VICTORIES UNIT COMMENTS
Van Haren, Arthur 9 [ 9 - 0 - 0 ] VF-2
Candelaria, Ricardo Gomez 6 [ 6 - 1 - 0 ] 435 FS / 479 FG
Sierra/Sanchez, Sator S. ‘Sandy’ 6 334 BS / 95 BG aerial gunner
Perdomo, Oscar Francis 5 [ 5 - 0 - 0 ] 464 FS / 507 FG
Zuniga, Nicanor Alvarez 1 [ 1 - 0 - 0 ] 7FS / 49 FG
Cardenas, Robert L. - 67 BS / 44 BG bomber pilot
Carranza, Alejandro Cardenas - 754 BS / 458 BG aerial gunner
Coppola, Luis Bonilla - 526 BS / 379 BG bomber pilot
Gonzalez, Hector R. - 326 BS / 92 GB, bomber/photo recon pilot
322 GB, 13 PRS / 7 PRG
Marquez, Alexander Perez -
Ramirez, Jose R. - 790 BS / 467 BG aviation mechanic
Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force
NAME VICTORIES UNIT COMMENTS Perez-Gomez, Luis 2 [0+2] [ 0+2 - 0 - 0 ] 443 Lee, Thomas Benfield 1 402 de Mier, Sebastian Bernardo - 141, 68, 23, 418 Air Gunner Manzo, Francisco Lua - 427 Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Montijo, Abelardo Rodriguez - ferry pilot Pearl, Philip P. - 172 Saez, Harold Charles Dent - 214 Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Torres, Alberto Brown -Free French Air Force (Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres, FAFL), Free French Naval Forces (Forces Navales Françaises Libres, FNFL)
NAME VICTORIES UNIT COMMENTS Crozat, Jacque Armand - GB 2/20, GB1/17 reconnaissance/bomber pilot Chauvet, Louis Maxime Marie - 8F8/8FE[x-y-z] ... [confirmed-probable-damaged]
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| Arthur Van Haren 9 victories |
Ricardo Gomez Candelaria 6 victories |
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| Sator S. ‘Sandy’ Sierra/Sanchez 6 victories |
Oscar Francis Perdomo 5 victories |
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| Luis Perez-Gomez 2 victories |
Thomas Benfield Lee 1 victory |
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| Nicanor Alvarez Zuniga 14 victory |
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| Republic P-47N-2 Thunderbolt, 1.Lt. Oscar F. Perdomo, 464th FS, 507th FG, August 13th, 1945. | ||
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| Supermarine Spitfire MK-IXB, 2I-S/MK607, F/O Luis Perez Gomez, No.443 RCAF Fighter Squadron, June 16th, 1944. | ||
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| Supermarine Spitfire MK-XIVC, AE-Y/RM651, F/O Thomas Benfield Lee, No.402 RCAF Fighter Squadron, April 20th, 1945. | ||
Much information kindly provided by Santiago A. Flores.
Sources & Literature
- Researcher Santiago A. Flores.
- Ehrengardt, Christian-Jacques - Listemann, Philippe: Le Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Les Machines, Les Unités, Les Hommes, AéroJournal Hors-Série, № 5, Mars-Avril 2010.
- Flores, Santiago A.: Un Mexicain en Normandie, in Aéro Journal, No. 36, Avril-Mai 2004.
- Flores, Santiago A.: Les Mexicains dans le Pacifique, in Aéro Journal, No. 42, 2004.
- Flores, Santiago A.: P/O. Luis Perez Gomez, J29172, Royal Canadian Air Force.
- Flores, Santiago A.: Mexicans at War: Mexican Military Aviation in the Second World War 1941-1945, Latin America@War, Book 9, Helion & Company Limited, 2018. ISBN 978-1-914377-59-4
- Hess, William N.: 49th Fighter Group, Aces of the Pacific, Aviation Elite Units, Osprey Publishing, 2004.
- Olynyk, F.: Stars And Bars (A Tribute to the American Fighter Ace 1920-1973), Grub Street, London 1995 .
- Olynyk, Frank J.: USAAF (Pacific Theater) Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat World War 2, Victory List No. 3, Published by the Author, Aurora, October 1985.
- Olynyk, Frank J.: USAAF (European Theater of Operations) Credits For The Destruction of Enemy Aircraft In Air-To-Air Combat In World War 2, Victory List No. 5, Published by the Author, Aurora, 1987.
- Olynyk, Frank J.: Royal Air Force 400 Series Squadrons Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat World War 2, Victory List No. 7, Published by the Author, Aurora, November 1989.
- Pátek, Zdeněk: Brazilské a mexické thunderbolty ve 2. světové válce, in Historie a plastikové modelářství, No. 11, 1995.
- Balladares, Clemente: Latin American pilots in the Major Air Conflicts (1914 - 2003), http://www.laahs.com/art119.htm.
- Flores, Santiago A.: Richard Gomez Candelaria vs. Schulungslehrgang "Elbe", http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/candelaria/candelaria.htm.
- Flores, Santiago A.: Oscar F. Perdomo - The Last Ace In a Day of WW II., http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/perdomo/perdomo.htm.
- Gleize, Jean-Paul: Aces, http://www.igleize.fr/aces/homeaces.htm.
- Kocáb, Zdeněk: Major Oscar Francis Perdomo, http://forum.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/title/Perdomo-Oscar-Francis/p/275441.
