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.
357th FG Gun Film
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 &nb