UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Strafing Victories - World War II
NAME GROUND VICTORIES AIRFORCE Reynolds, Thomas A. 38.5 USAAF Righetti, Elwyn Guido 27 A 8AF Thury, Joseph L. 25.5 USAAF Chapman, Philip Godfrey 21 A (10,14)AF Landers, John Dave 20 A 5AF,8AF Tower, Archie A. 18 8AF Moore, James T. 17 USAAF Kinnard, Claiborne H., Jr. 17 A 8AF Stewart, David 15 USAAF Goodson, James Alexander 15 A 8AF,15AF Cullerton, William John 15 (21) A 8AF Compton, Gordon Bryan 15 A 8AF Montgomery, Gerald E. 14.5 (12.5) 8AF Kolb, Herbert 14.5 USAAF Hightshow, Melville W. 14.5 USAAF Heller, Edwin Lewis 14.5 (16.5) A 8AF Glover, Fred Wedell 14.5 (12.5) A 8AF Brown, Henry William 14.5 A 8AF Reed, Robert E. 14 USAAF Godfrey, John Trevor 13.67 (12.66) A 8AF Hofer, Ralph K. 13.5 (14) A 8AF Terry, Wade H., Jr. 13 USAAF Meyer, John Charles 13 A 8AF Littge, Raymond Henry 13 A 8AF Everson, Kirke B. 13 (16) 8AF Elder, John Leard 13 A 8AF Brown, Robert E. 13 8AF Gustke, Richard N. 12.5 (10.5) 8AF Welch, Robert Eadon 12 A 8AF Boone, Walker L. 11.79 (12.1) 8AF Biggs, Oscar K. 11.5 USAAF Olds, Robin 11 A 8AF Murphy, Randel 11 8AF Miller, Gerald J. 11 8AF Lanoue, Roland J. 11 8AF Finberg, Floyd 11 USAAF Corey, Harry R. 11 8AF Burch, Harold W. 11 (10) 8AF Binkley, Ira A. 11 USAAF Schilling, David Carl 10.5 A 8AF Pattillo, Charles G. 10 USAAF Morris, Ray S. 10 8AF McMullen, Joseph D. 10 8AF Green, Herschel H. 10 A 15AF Emory, Frank N. 10 8AF Carr, Bruce W. 10 A 9AF McKennon, Pierce Winningham 9.68 A 8AF Olson, Thomas G. 9.5 8AF Graham, Gordon Marion 9.5 A 8AF Glenn, Maxwell Henry 9.5 (3) A (10,14)AF Wells, Robert D. 9 USAAF Taylor, Clyde E. 9 8AF Swetland, Paul H. 9 USAAF Pearson, Wesley D. 9 USAAF Muenster, Lester E. 9 USAAF McCormick, Arthur B. 9 8AF Marvel, Thomas W. 9 8AF Malmsten, Donald M. 9 (7) 8AF Lowell, John Harlan 9 A 8AF Johnson, Martin H., Jr. 9 8AF Howard, Lauren A. 9 USAAF Duffy, James Edward, Jr. 9 A 8AF Anderson, Woodrow W. 9 8AF Ammond, Robert H. 9 A 8AF Zemke, Hubert 8.5 (6.5) A 8AF Rimerman, Benjamin 8.5 A USAAF Pierce, Donald J. 8.5 8AF Hayes, Thomas Lloyd, Jr. 8.5 A 8AF Gilbert, Olin E. 8.5 (9.5) 8AF Duffie, Claire A. 8.5 8AF Reed, William Norman 8 A AVG,14 AF Peal, Charles M. 8 8AF Messinger, Richard A. 8 8AF Mellen, Joseph E. 8 USAAF Josey, Danford E. 8 8AF Harrington, Francis E. 8 8AF Falvey, Harold W. 8 8AF Clark, William C. 8 8AF Bankey, Ernest Edward, Jr. 8 A 8AF Alfred, Carl 8 (4) 8AF Waggoner, Horace Quientin 7.5 A 8AF Munson, Norman D. 7.5 8AF Waldron, Karl J. 7 USAAF Slack, Henry R. 7 8AF Luksic, Carl John 7 A 8AF Kyler, Russell 7 8AF Kulik, Edward R. 7 8AF Kosa, Silven E. 7 USAAF Chinn, Claude 7 8AF Hepner, Neal 7 8AF Harrison, James B. 7 USAAF Branz, John R. 7 USAAF Ayers, James 7 8AF Duncan, Glenn Emile 6.83 (7.83) A 8AF Starnes, James Roy 6.5 A 8AF Andrew, Stephen Wallace 6.5 A 5AF,8AF Smith, Robert E. 6 8AF Shope, Herbert K. 6 8AF Merritt, George L., Jr. 6 A 8AF McElroy, James Newton 6 A 8AF Loose, Hubert 6 USAAF Long, Nimrod W. 6 USAAF Kirk, John A. (John H.) 6 8AF Jucheim, Alwin Max, Jr. 6 A 8AF Johnson, Clarence O. 6 A USAAF Jacobson, Gail E. 6 USAAF Haviland, Frederick R., Jr. 6 A 8AF Gentile, Dominic Salvatore 6 A RAF,8AF Flagg, Walter, Jr. 6 8AF Duncan, John F. 6 8AF DeWilliers, Donald J. 6 8AF DeAnda, Louis 6 8AF Dade, Lucien C., Jr. 6 A 8AF Copenbarger, Charles 6 USAAF Cole, Charles Harold, Jr. 6 8AF Bryan, Gillespie 6 8AF Bostwick, George Edward 6 A 8AF Biel, Hipolitus Thomas 6 A 8AF Miklajcyk, Henry J. 5.5 A 8AF Jones, Frank Cazenove 5.5 A 8AF Jackson, Michael Joseph 5.5 A 8AF Fortier, Norman John 5.5 A 8AF Field, Warren E. 5.5 USAAF Duke, Walter F. 5.5 A (10,14)AF Dregne, Irwin Hendrick 5.5 A 8AF Anderson, Charles F., Jr. 5.5 A 8AF Sykes, William Josep 5 A 8AF Sweat, Dale S. 5 8AF Spann, Bobby J. 5 USAAF Smith, Vernon 5 8AF Schlegel, Albert Louis 5 A 8AF Ray, J. Edgar 5 USAAF Quirk, Michael Joseph 5 A 8AF Preddy, George Earl, Jr. 5 A RAF,5AF Phaneuf, Richard E. 5 8AF Perelka, Charles W. 5 USAAF Peel, Eugene L. 5 8AF Norley, Louis H. 5 A 8AF Nelson, Robert 5 8AF Miller, John B. 5 USAAF McDuffie, Duncan M. 5 8AF Mahoney, Grand 5 USAAF Jones, Cyril William, Jr. 5 A 8AF Honeycutt, John W. 5 USAAF Helfrecht, Kenneth 5 8AF Everest, Frank K., Jr. 5 USAAF Eagleston, Glenn T. 5 A 9AF Doss, Gene C. 5 8AF Dickey, Melvin 5 8AF DeWitt, Charles W. 5 8AF Denny, Chester N. 5 USAAF Conn, John C. 5 USAAF Colletti, Anthony T. 5 8AF Colleps, Carl H. 5 USAAF Cole, Heston C. 5 USAAF Brink, Thomas U. 5 USAAF Brasher, Gerald E. 5 8AF Bosworth, Robert R. 5 8AF Blodgett, Burton 5 8AF Beeson, Duane Willard 4.75 A 8AF Watkins, Benjamin M. 4.5 8AF Smith, Leslie Clark 4.5 A 8AF Clark, James Averell, Jr. 4.5 A 8AF Hewitt, Richard A. 4.33 8AF France, Victor 4.33 8AF Speer, Frank 4 8AF Reynolds, Oliver 4 USAAF Poindexter, James N. 4 A 8AF Opsvig, John T. 4 USAAF Myers, Raymond Bell 4 A 8AF Myers, Joseph 4 A 8AF McKinney, William H. 4 USAAF Lindell, Keith G. 4 USAAF Lang, Joseph Leo 4 A 8AF Koran, George T. 4 USAAF Klump, Frank D. 4 USAAF Keen, Robert James 4 A 8AF Karger, Dale Ernest 4 A 8AF Joiner, Joseph 4 8AF Jackson, Willie Otto, Jr. 4 (5) A 8AF Chandler, Van Edgar 4 A 8AF Hopkins, Wallace Eugene 4 A 8AF Green, George 4 8AF Granger, Kenneth G. 4 USAAF Folmar, James F. 4 USAAF Davis, Clayton E. 4 A 8AF Carlson, Kendall Eugene 4 A 8AF Boggs, Hampton E. 4 A (10,14)AF Bille, Henry S. 4 A 8AF Baccus, Donald A. 4 A 8AF Anderson, Louis W 4 USAAF Megura, Nicholas 3.75 A 8AF Powell, Robert H., Jr. 3.5 8AF Powell, Lawrence Joseph, Jr. 3.5 A USAAF Peterson, Richard Allen 3.5 A 8AF Conner, Richard E. 3.5 8AF Carson, Leonard Kyle 3.5 A 8AF Capp, Merle R. 3.5 8AF Blanchfield, Herbert 3.33 8AF Woods, Sidney Sterling 3 A 5AF,8AF Whisner, William Thomas 3 A 8AF Webb, Willard J. 3 A (10,14)AF Weaver, Charles Elon 3 A 8AF Vanden, Heuval George Renzo 3 A 8AF Van Ausdell, Robert L. 3 USAAF Slocumb, Clyde B. 3 USAAF Scheible, Wilbur Roy 3 A 8AF Shilke, Charles 3 8AF Riley, Paul Sidney 3 A 8AF Pierini, Donald 3 8AF Niemeier, Norman F. 3 USAAF Moran, Glennon Timothy 3 A 8AF McGinn, John Leon 3 A 8AF Marshall, Bert Wilder, Jr. 3 A 8AF Ledington, Dorian 3 8AF Larson, Donald Arthur 3 A 8AF Lamb, Huie M. 3 8AF Julian, William H. 3 A 8AF Hobert, Robert 3 8AF Gunning, John A. 3 USAAF Foy, Robert William 3 A 8AF Edens, William Gene 3 A 8AF Dowis, Kendall B. 3 USAAF Cutler, Frank Allen 3 A 8AF Crenshaw, Claude James 3 A 8AF Cook, Charles E. 3 8AF Ananian, Stephen C. 3 8AF Morris, James Madison 2.833 A 8AF Mayo, Ben Isbell, Jr. 2.5 A 8AF Smith, William B. 2.5 8AF Lenfest, Charles William 2.5 A 8AF Howe, David Wayne 2.5 A 8AF Hively, Howard Davis 2.5 A 8AF Gleason, George Wilson 2.5 A 8AF Gabreski, Francis Stanley 2.5 A 8AF Emerson, Donald 2.5 8AF Brown, Carl 2.5 8AF Wetmore, Ray Shuey 2.333 A 8AF Wynn, Vasseure F. 2 A RAF,8AF Woody, Robert Elwood 2 A 8AF Wilkinson, James W. 2 A 8AF Whalen, William E. 2 A 8AF Wesson, Warren M. 2 A 8AF Tussey, Robert 2 8AF Tordoff, Harrison Bruce 2 A 8AF Thornell, John Francis, Jr. 2 (3) A 8AF Smith, Donovan Francis 2 A 8AF Simon, Reuben 2 8AF Schreiber, LeRoy Adolph 2 A 8AF Schimanski, Robert Gustav 2 A 8AF Shafer, Dale Eveett, Jr. 2 A 8AF Pompetti, Peter Edward 2 A 8AF Patchen, Don 2 8AF Parmelee, Charles E. 2 8AF Olson, Norman E. 2 A 8AF Newkirk, John Van Kuren 2 A 14AF Murphy, Alva Cochran 2 A 8AF Millikan, Willard Wesley 2 A 8AF McMinn, Evan DeVon 2 A 8AF McKeon, Joseph Thomas 2 A 5AF,8AF McGee, Donald Charles 2 A 5AF McFarlane, John 2 8AF McCord, Thomas 2 8AF Luma, James Forrest 2 A RCAF Jenkins, Otto DeVilbiss 2 A 8AF Church, Robert 2 8AF Howes, Bernard H. 2 A 8AF Hovde, William Johnston 2 A 8AF Hills, Robert 2 8AF Hartley, Raymond Ellis, Jr. 2 A 8AF,15AF Hanseman, Christopher Junior 2 A 8AF Halton, William Timothy 2 A 8AF Grove, Francis 2 8AF Groshong, Douglas 2 8AF Green, Robert T. 2 8AF Goodrich, Burdette Clark 2 A CBI Glass, Otey 2 8AF Gerick, Steven N. 2 A 8AF Gallup, Kenneth Woodrow 2 A 8AF Fiebelkorn, Ernest Charles 2 A 8AF Evans, Andrew J. 2 A 8AF Elder, Robert Alexander 2 A 8AF DuPree, Charles 2 8AF DiStefano, William E. 2 USAAF Cramer, Darrell Stuart 2 A 8AF Cousins, Wallace D. 2 USAAF Comstock, Harold E. 2 A 8AF Ceglarski, George 2 8AF Carpenter, George 2 A 8AF Bryan, William Elmer, Jr. 2 A 8AF Brown, Quince Lucien 2 A 8AF Browning, James W. 2 A 8AF Harris, Ferris 1.75 8AF Oberhansly, Jack Junior 1.666 A 8AF Storch, John Arthur 1.5 A 8AF Stewart, Everett Wilson 1.5 A 8AF Stanley, Morris Alfred 1.5 A 8AF Hagan, Harry 1.5 8AF Gillette, Willard 1.5 8AF Doersch, George Albert 1.5 A 8AF Blakeslee, Donald James Mathew 1.5 A RAF,RCAF,8AF Bearden, Aaron L. 1.5 A (10,14)AF Arthur, Marvin 1.5 8AF Amoss, Dudley M. 1.5 A 8AF Sobanski, Winslow M. 1.33 8AF Hockery, John Joseph 1.125 A 8AF Williams, Warren 1 8AF Truluck, John Hinds 1 A 8AF Thwaites, David Franklin 1 A 8AF Tanner, William F. 1 A 8AF Sublett, John L. 1 A 8AF Stewart, James Clarence 1 A 8AF Stanford, George 1 8AF Sears, Alexander Franklin 1 A 8AF Roberson, Arval J. 1 A USAAF Pierce, Joseph Franklin 1 A 8AF McPharlin, Michael G.H. 1 A RAF,8AF McMillan, George B. 1 A AVG,14AF Maguire, William J. 1 A 8AF Kenyon, Robert 1 8AF Ingalls, Henry 1 8AF jaaskelainen, William 1 8AF Hustwit, Earl 1 8AF Horne, Francis W. 1 A 8AF Gailer, Frank L., Jr. 1 A 8AF Fryer, Earl R. 1 A 8AF Fiedler, Clemens 1 8AF England, John Brooks 1 A 8AF Drew, Urban Leonard 1 A 8AF Burdick, Clinton DeWitt 1 A 8AF Brown, Harley Lee 1 A 8AF Barnaby, Harold T. 1 8AF Anderson, Clarence Emil 1 A 8AF Van Epps, David 0.5 8AF Spencer, Dale Francis 0.5 A 8AF Rafalovich, Alexander 0.5 8AF Minchew, Leslie D. 0.5 A 8AF Markel, Alfred 0.5 8AF Kirla, John Anthony 0.5 A 8AF Goodwyn, John 0.5 8AF Care, Raymond Charles 0.5 A 8AF Garrison, Vermont 0.25 A RAF,8AF A ... Air Ace AF ... Air Force RAF ... Royal Air Force RCAF ... Royal Canadian Air Force USAAF ... United States Army Air Force
P-51D-20 44-72437 "Pauline" of Lt Col Joseph Thury, 339th FG, Fowlmere, April 1945.
