357th FG Gun Film
Aces of the 357th FG
357th FG ACES
This data is extracted from Stars and Bars: A Tribute to the American Fighter Ace 1920-1973 by Dr. Frank Olynyk. Grub Street, UK, 1995.
Legend: Total scores 5/2/1 are destroyed/probables/damage A/D: Airdrome A/F: Airfield
1944
Feb 22 Me-109 P-51B 362 FS NW of Bernburg
Mar 18 Me-109 NW of Paris
Apr 11 2 Me-109s N of Magdeburg
Apr 24 3 Me-110s Munich area
May 19 0.5 Me-109 Hagenow area
May 27 FW-190 N of Strasbourg
May 30 0.5 Me-410 W of Bernburg
Total 9/0/0
KIA, aerial combat, May 30, 1944 near Bernburg
Capt. Clarence E. Anderson, Jr.
1944
Feb 20 Me-109 dmgd P-51B 363 FS N of Dresden
Mar 8 Me-109 NW of Hannover
Apr 11 Me-109, 1 dmgd W of Hannover
0.25 He-111 W of Hannover
Apr 30 FW-190 SE of Orleans
May 8 FW-190 Soltau
May 12 Me-109 NE of Frankfurt
May 27 2 Me-109s N & W of Strasbourg
May 30 Me-109 E of Schonebeck
Jun 29 3 FW-190s SW of Leipzig
July 7 Me-109 N of Leipzig
Nov 27 2 FW-190s, 1 prob P-51D Magdeburg area
Dec 5 2 FW-190s, 1 prob W of Berlin
Total 16.25/2/2
1st Lt. Raymond M. Bank
1944
Dec 24 Me-109 P-51D 364 FS S of Kassel
1945
Jan 14 3 FW-190 S of Schwerin
Mar 2 Me-109 SE of Magdeburg
Total 5/0/0
POW, flak, Mar 2, 1945
1944
Feb. 25 1.5 Me-110s P-51B 362 FS Regensburg
Apr 13 FW-190 S of Mannheim
Apr 30 Me-109 S of Paris
May 30 3 Me-109s Bernburg area
Jul 29 0.5 Me-109 P-51D W of Merseberg
Total 7/0/0
Died Apr 29, 1972
1944
Mar 5 0.33 FW-190 P-51B 363 FS S of Bordeaux
Mar 6 2 Me-110s W of Berlin
Apr 8 Me-109 NW of Braunsweig
Apr 11 0.5 Me-109 Magdeburg
Apr 24 Me-109 NE of Munich
Jun 29 Me-109 Schoningen
Jul 5 FW-190, Me-109 P-51C SE of Rouen
Jul 25 Me-109, 1 dmgd P-51D Paris
Jul 29 FW-190 SW of Merseberg
Dec 5 2 FW-190s NE of Berlin
1945
Feb 9 Me-262 P-51K Fulda
Apr 18 Me-262 P-51D SW of Prague
Total 13.83/0/1
Died Jul 22, 1990
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1944
Feb 25 Me-109 P-51B 362 FS Regensburg area
Mar 6 Me-110 East Berlin
Mar 16 Me-410 dmgd S of Stuttgart
Apr 22 FW-190, 1 dmgd Brunswick
Apr 30 Me-109 S of Paris
May 28 FW-190 NW of Magdeburg
Dec 5 FW-190 P-51D Berlin area
1945
Jan 14 Me-109 NW of Berlin
Total 8/0/2
Died Dec 20, 1970
1944
Apr 24 Me-109 P-51B 363 FS N of Augsburg
May 27 Me-109 N of Strasbourg
May 30 Me-109 P-51C NE of Schonebeck
Jun 29 1.5 Me-410s P-51B SW of Leipzig
0.5 FW-190
Dec 5 Me-109 P-51D N of Berlin
1945
Jan 14 Me-109 N of Branddenberg
2 Me-109 prob, 1 dmg
Total 7/2/1
MIA Feb 9, 1945
1944
Feb 22 Me-109 P-51B 364 FS Bernburg area
FW-190 dmgd The Hague area
Mar 2 Me-109 N of Frankfurt
Mar 6 Me-109 E of Bremen
Mar 8 FW-190 S of Berlin
Apr 11 Me-109 NE of Leipzig
Apr 19 Me-109 SE of Kassel
Apr 24 Me-109 S of Munich
Total 7/0/1
POW (air combat) May 12, 1944
Killed in civil aircraft Oct 1, 1961
1944
Apr 8 0.5 Me-109 P-51B 362 FS SW of Brunswick
Apr 13 FW-190 NW of Mannheim
May 28 FW-190 N of Magdeburg
May30 Me-410 W of Bernburg
Jul 25 FW-190 P-51D Paris
Jul 29 Me-109 W of Merseburg
Nov 2 Me-109 Naumburg area
Nov 27 5 FW-190s S of Magdeburg
Dec 2 2 Me-109s Bingen area
Dec 5 Me-109 P-51K Berlin area
Dec 24 FW-190 Fulda area
1945
Jan 14 2 FW-190s, 1 109 NW of Berlin
Mar 31 Me-262 dmgd P-51D N of Juist Island
Apr 18 2 Me-262s dmgd P-51K Prague-Ruzyne A/D
Total 18.5/0/3
Died Mar 18, 1994
1944
Mar 5 2 FW-200s P-51B 364 FS Parthenay A/D
Mar 6 Me-110 E of Berlin
0.5 FW-190 W of Berlin
Mar 8 0.5 FW-190 Dummer Lake area
Mar 16 Me-109, 0.5 Me-110 Ulm
Apr 13 Me-109 Frankfurt
Apr 19 FW-190 S of Bleicherode
Total 7.5/0/0
Downed with engine trouble Apr 28, 1944, evaded.
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1944
Mar 5 FW-190 dmgd P-51B Group HQ SE of Bordeaux
Mar 16 Me-109 SW of Munich
May 8 FW-190 dmgd N of Hannover
May 12 Me-109 NE of Frankfurt
May 19 Me-109 Wittenberge
Dec 24 Me-109 P-51K Koblenz area
1945
Jan 24 Me-109, 190 dmgd NW of Brandenburg
Total 5/0/3
Died Sept 18, 1967
1944
Mar 8 Me-109 P-51B 362 FS Steinhuder Lake area
Mar 16 Me-110 S of Stuttgart
Apr 11 0.5 Me-109 NE of Magdeburg
Apr 13 FW-190 W of Mannheim
Apr 24 3 Me-110s S of Munich
May 27 Me-109 N of Strasbourg
Aug 18 0.5 Me-109 P-51D NE of Paris
Sep 13 2.5 Me-109s S of Nordhausen
Oct 6 2 Me-109s, 1 dmgd NW of Berlin
Nov 27 4 FW-190s S of Magdeburg
1945
Jan 14 Me-109 NW of Berlin
Total 17.5/0/1
Killed in F-86 Nov. 17, 1954
1944
Nov 27 FW-190 P-51D Group HQ S of Magdeburg
1945
Jan 14 4 FW-190s NW of Brandenburg
Mar 24 Me-109 W of Gutersloh
Total 6/0/0
POW Korea Mar 27, 1953; released Sept. 1953
Died Dec 25, 2001
1944
May 19 3 Me-109s P-51B 363 FS NW of Brandenberg
Jun 29 2 Me-109s, FW-190 SW of Leipzig
Jul 25 FW-190 P-51D Paris
Nov 18 Me-109, 1 dmgd S of Strausburg
Dec 2 Ju-88 night fighter NE of Koblenz
Dec 23 Ju-88 Wetzlar A/F area
1945
Jan 14 2 FW-190s NW of Berlin
Feb 9 Me-262 dmgd Fulda
Mar 19 Me-262 W of Giessen
Mar 24 Me-109 N of Gutersloh A/D
Total 15/0/2
KIFA in B-25 Mar 25, 1950
1st Lt. Frank l. Gailer, Jr.
1944
Sep 13 0.5 Me-109 P-51C 363 FS S of Kassel
Sep 18 0.5 Me-109 Arnhem
Sep 19 0.5 Me-109 W of Arnhem
Oct 7 FW-190 P-51D SW of Zeitz
Oct 12 Me-109 Hannover
Nov 27 2 FW-190s SE of Magdeburg
Total 5.5/0/0
POW, air combat, Nov 27, 1944
1944
Dec 5 Me-109 P-51D 364 FS NW of Berlin
1945
Jan 14 2 FW-190s W of Berlin
Mar 2 0.5 Me-109 NE of Leipzig
Mar 24 2 Me-109s W of Gutersloh
Total 5.5/0/0
Died Feb 8, 2001
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1st Lt. Thomas L. Harris
1944
Mar 6 Me-110, 0.5 FW-190 P-51B 364 FS E of Berlin
Mar 8 0.5 FW-190 NW of Berlin
Apr 19 FW-190 Dummer Lake area
May 27 2 Me-109s, 1 prob. S of Bleicherode
Total 5/1/0
POW May27, 1944
Lt. Col. Thomas L. Hayes, Jr.
1944
Feb 24 Me-109 prob P-51B 364 FS NW of Gotha
Mar 2 Me-109 N of Frankfurt
Mar 6 Me-109 E of Ulzen
Mar 8 Me-410 W of Berlin
Mar 16 Me-110 SE of Stuttgart
Apr 19 Me-109 Group HQ S of Kassel
May 28 Me-109 NW of Madgeburg
Jun 29 Me-109, 0.5 Me-410 P-51D W of Leipzig
Jul 14 Me-109 S of Lyon
Total 8.5/1/0
Maj. Edwin W. Hiro
1944
Feb 22 Me-109 dmgd P-51B 363 FS Leopolds Hall
Apr 24 Me-109 SE of Munich
May 19 2 Me-109s, 1 dmgd NW of Brandenberg
May 24 FW-190 prob SE of Berlin
May 28 Me-109 prob N of Madgeburg
Jul 20 Me-109 P-51D W of Paris
Sep 19 Me-109 W of Arnhem
Total 5/2/2
KIA Sep 19, 1944, Holland
1st Lt. Otto D. Jenkins
1944
Sep 13 1.5 Me-109s P-51D 362 FS S of Nordhausen
Sep 19 Me-109, FW-190 Ijsselstein area
Oct 6 FW-190 NW of Berlin
Dec 24 4 FW-190s Fulda area
Total 8.5/0/0
KIFA Mar 24, 1945
1st Lt. Dale E. Karger
1944
Dec 5 2 FW-190s P-51D 364 FS N of Berlin
Dec 24 Me-109 S of Kassel
1945
Jan 14 Me-109 NW of Berlin
Jan 20 Me-262 N of Munich
Mar 2 0.5 Me-109 SE of Magdeburg
Mar 24 2 Me-109s SW of Gutersloh
Total 7.5/0/0
1st Lt. John A. Kirla
1944
Sep 13 1.5 Me-109s P-51B 362 FS S of Nordhausen
Sep 19 Me-109 Ijsselstein area
Dec 5 Me-109, FW-190 P-51D Berlin area
Dec 24 3 FW-190s Fulda area
1945
Jan 14 2 FW-190s, 2 109s NW of Berlin
Total 11.5/0/0
1944
Sep 19 FW-190, Me-109 P-51D 364 FS SW of Arnhem
1945
Jan 14 3 FW-190s W of Berlin
Total 5/0/0
1944
Nov 27 FW-190, Me-109 P-51D 362 FS S of Magdeburg
Dec 2 2 Me-109s Bingen area
1945
Mar 2 2 Me-109s SE of Magdeburg
Total 6/0/0
KIA, flak, Mar 2, 1945
1944
Mar 5 FW-190, 0.5 dmgd P-51B 362 FS Bordeaux area
Apr 11 Me-109, 2 dmgd Magdeburg area
Apr 22 FW-190 NE of Hamm
Apr 30 0.5 Me-109 S of Paris
May 27 FW-190 N of Strasbourg
May 30 Me-109, 0.5 Me-410 Bernburg area
Jul 29 Me-109 P-51D W of Merseburg
Total 7/0/2.5
Died May 14, 1984
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1944
Feb 21 Me-109 prob P-51B 363 FS Zuider Zee
Mar 5 FW-190 prob, dmgd N of Bordeaux
Mar 6 0.5 Me-110 Berlin
May 12 Me-109 N of Frankfurt
May 24 Me-109 E of Berlin
May 27 Me-109 Strasbourg
May 30 2 Me-109s E of Schonesbeck
Total 5.5/2/1
1944
Mar 5 FW-190 P-51B 364 FS Bordeaux
Mar 8 FW-190 dmgd Berlin
Mar 16 0.5 Me-110 Ulm
Mar 18 Me-109 Augsburg area
Mar 23 Me-109 prob E of Brunswick
Apr 11 Me-109 Magdeburg
Apr 24 Me-109 Munich area
Apr 30 2 FW-190s Auxerre area
May 12 0.5 FW-190, 1 dmgd NE of Frankfurt
May 13 1.5 Me-410s E of Grunberg
May 28 Me-109 Magdeburg area
Jul 1 2 Me-109s P-51D E of St. Quentin
Oct 6 FW-190 W of Berlin
Oct 7 Me-109 Jena
Nov 2 FW-190 NW of Merseburg
Nov 18 Me-109 Neuhausen A/F
Total 15.5/1/2
Died Jun 4, 2000
1st Lt. Joseph F. Pierce
1944
Mar 6 Me-110 P-51B 363 FS W of Berlin
Apr 24 Me-109, Ju-88 W of Munich
Apr 29 Me-109 dmgd W Berlin
Apr 30 2 FW-190s NE of Orleans
May 8 FW-190 Soltau
May 12 Me-109 NE of Frankfurt
Total 7/0/1
KIA, flak, Anklam, Germany, May 21, 1944
1944
Apr 8 Me-109 P-51B 362 FS S of Brunswick
Apr 11 Me-109 Magdeburg area
May 27 FW-190 N of Strasbourg
Jun 29 Me-109 Naumburg
Jul 25 Me-109 Versailles
Aug 7 FW-190 W of Cracow
Total 6/0/0
Died Jan. 3, 2000
1944
Mar 16 Do-217, Me-110 P-51B 364 FS Augsburg area
Apr 11 Me-109 E of Hannover
Apr 24 Me-109 Munich
May 12 Me-109 N of Schweinfurt
Total 5/0/0
KIA, flak, May 21, 1944
1944
Mar 6 0.5 Me-110 P-51B 362 FS Berlin area
Mar 16 FW-190 prob SE of Stuttgart
Apr 11 Me-109 E of Magdeburg
May 19 0.5 Me-109 Hagenow area
May 30 2 Me-109s NE of Bernburg
Sep 19 2 Me-109s P-51D Ijsselstein area
Total 6/1/0
1944
Mar 6 1.5 Me-110s P-51B 364 FS Berlin
Apr 11 FW-190 W of Berlin
May 19 FW-190 NE of Brunswick
May 27 Me-109 N of Berlin
May 28 Me-109 Magdeburg area
Total 5.5/0/0
KIA, Flak, Jun 6, 1944
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1944
Sep 13 0.5 Me-109 P-51B 364 FS Bad Frankenhousen
Nov 17 Me-109 P-51D S of Brandenburg
Dec 5 FW-190 N of Berlin
Dec 24 Me-109 Kassel
1945
Mar 2 1.5 Me-109s SE of Magdeburg
Mar 24 Me-109, 1 dmgd W of Gutersloh
Total 6/0/1
1944
Apr 11 Me-109 P-51B 364 FS NE of Brunswick
Apr 13 Me-109 Frankfurt area
Apr 24 Me-109 prob SE of Munich
May 13 0.5 Me-410 E of Grunberg
May 27 Me-109, 1 dmgd SW of Strasbourg
May 30 0.5 Me-410 NW of Bernberg
Jun 14 FW-190, 1 dmgd P-51D E of Paris
Jul 5 FW-190 P-51B SE of Rouen
Jul 18 Me-109 dmgd NW of Rostock
Aug 6 Me-109 P-51D N of Warsaw
Sep 18 Me-109 N of Maastricht
Total 8/1/3
Died May 22, 1987
1944
May 12 0.5 FW-190 P-51B 364 FS NE of Frankfurt
May 19 Me-109 NE of Salzwedal
May 27 2 Me-109s, .5 FW190 Strasbourg area
Jun 20 0.5 Me-109 Pasewalk
Aug 6 FW-190 dmgd P-51D Danzig bay
Aug 7 0.5 Me-109 Oswiecim, Poland
Sep 13 1.5 Me-109s Bad Frankenhousen
1945
Jan 14 2 FW-190s, 1 Me-109 S of Schwerin
Mar 24 Me-109 W of Gutersloh
Total 10.5/0/1
Died May 20, 1985
1944
Mar 5 FW-200 P-51B 364 FS Parthenay A/D
Mar 6 Me-110 Brandenburg
Apr 19 FW-190 S of Bliecherode
May 27 2 FW-190s Strasbourg area
Total 5/0/0
Died Oct 24, 1968
Capt. John L Sublett
1944
Nov 27 3 FW-190s P-51D 362 FS S of Magdeburg
1945
Jan 14 2 Me-109s NW of Berlin
Mar 2 3 Me-109, 1 FW-190 NE of Leipzig
Mar 3 Me-262 dmgd NE of Magdeburg
Mar 20 Me-109 Quackenbruck
Total 8/0/1
Died Apr 2, 2003
1944
Jun 29 Me-109 P-51B 364 FS SW of Leipzig
Jul 5 FW-190 SE of Rouen
Aug 24 Me-109 P-51D S of Brunswick
Sep 18 2 Me109s, 1 FW-190 N of Maastricht
Sep 19 Me-109 E of Arnhem
Total 7/0/0
Died Jul 21, 1988
1944
Feb 22 Me-109 P-51B 364 FS Bernburg area
Mar 8 FW-190D SE of Berlin
Mar 16 FW-190, 2 Me-110s Augsburg area
Total 5/0/0
KIA Mar 18, 1944
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1944
Sep 19 Me-109 P-51B 362 FS S of Zuider Zee
Nov 17 2 FW-190s P-51D S of Magdeburg
FW-190 prob, dmg
Dec 23 Me-109 N of Donauworth
1945
Jan 14 Me-109, FW-190 NW of Berlin
Mar 24 Me-109 W of Gutersloh
Apr 18 Me-262 Prague-Ruzney A/D
Total 8/1/1
1944
Nov 18 Me-109 P-51D 364 FS Neuhasen A/F
Dec 24 FW-190 Fulda area
1945
Jan 14 2 FW-190, .5 Me-109 SW of Ludwigslust
Jan 15 Me-262 A/D at Shongau
Total 5.5/0/0
1944
Mar 4 Me-109 P-51B 363 FS SE of Kassel
He-111 dmgd Wittenburg
Sep 13 0.5 Me-109 P-51D S of Kassel
Oct 12 5 Me-109s Steinhuder Lake area
Nov 6 Me-262, 2 dmgd Assen area
Nov 27 4 FW-190s SW of Magdeburg
Total 11.5/0/3
Shot down Mar 5, 1944, evaded
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Top scores 362nd FS
Carson 18.5
England 17.5
Kirla 11.5
Top scores 363rd FS
Anderson 16.25
Bochkay 13.83
Yeager 11.5
Top scores 364th FS
Peterson 15.5
Storch 10.5
Shaw 8
Davis and Warren Mar 16, 1944
Adams and Carder Apr 11, 1944
Hayes Apr 19, 1944
Peterson May 28, 1944
Anderson Jun 29, 1944
England Sep 13, 1944
Carson & Yeager Nov 27, 1944
Bochkay Dec 5, 1944
Foy Dec 23, 1944
Kirla Jan 14, 1945
Storch Mar 24, 1945
Triple Aces
Peterson Nov 2, 1944
England Nov 27, 1944
Anderson Dec 5, 1944
Carson Dec 24, 1944
Foy Mar 24, 1945
Anderson 11.25
Peterson 9.5
Adams 9
Bochkay 8
England 7.5
Carson 12
Yeager 10.5
England 10
Peterson 9.5
Foy 9
Kirla 9
Evans 5
Sublett 5
Hatala 4.5
Bank 4
Kirla 4
Weaver 4
Peterson 8
Storch 7.5
Anderson 7
Browning 7
Foy 7
Anderson 9
Jenkins 6
Kirla 6
Peterson 5.5
England 5
Evans 5
Peterson 5
Bochkay 2
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England 4
Adams 3.5
Hayes 2.5
Youngest ace: Dale Karger, 19
Top Jet Scores
(All are 8th Air Force)
357th FG 18.5
55th FG 16
78th FG 14
339th FG 12
Me-109 179.50
FW-190 118.33
Me-110 23
Me-410 7.50
Me-262 7
FW-200 3
Ju-88 3
Do-217 1
He-111 0.25
Total 342.58 of groups 595.5 (57.5%)
Thanks to Barrett Tillman for compiling this information and Dr. Frank Olynyk for allowing us to use the information on the Aces from his Stars and Bars: A Tribute to the American Fighter Ace 1920-1973
