Aerial Victories
Korean War
Headquarters Far East Air Forces (HQ FEAF), the organization responsible for awarding victory credits during the Korean Conflict, required proof of the destruction of enemy aircraft before issuing general orders to confirm claims. This proof usually consisted of witness statements, gun camera film, or the sighting of aircraft wreckage…. Following the policy used for apportioning victory credits in World War II, FEAF divided into fractions each credit awarded to more than one flyer. For example, if two fighter pilots shot down the same airplane, each received a half credit. Korean victory credits were never divided between more than two men.
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Name
|
Unit
|
Kills
|
Enemy
|
Aircraft
|
Date
|
| 1st Lt. Robert H. Dewald |
35 FS
|
1
|
IL-10
|
F-80
|
June 27, 1950
|
| 1st Lt. William G. Hudson |
68 FS
|
1
|
Yak-11
|
F-82
|
June 27, 1950
|
| Maj. James W. Little |
339 FS
|
1
|
La-7
|
F-82
|
June 27, 1950
|
| 1st Lt. Charles B. Moran |
68 FS
|
1
|
La-7
|
F-82
|
June 27, 1950
|
| Capt. Raymond E. Schillereff |
35 FS
|
1
|
IL-10
|
F-82
|
June 27, 1950
|
| 1st Lt. Robert E. Wayne |
35 FS
|
2
|
IL-10
|
F-80
|
June 27, 1950
|
| 1st Lt. Richard J. Burns |
35 FS
|
1
|
IL-10
|
F-80
|
June 29, 1950
|
| 1st Lt. John B. Thomas |
36 FS
|
1
|
Yak-9
|
F-51
|
June 30, 1950
|
| 1st Lt. Charles A. Wurster |
36 FS
|
1
|
ak-9
|
F-80
|
June 30, 1950
|
| Capt. Francis B. Clark |
35 FS
|
1
|
Yak-9
|
F-80
|
July 17, 1950
|
| 2nd Lt. Elwood A. Kees |
36 FS
|
1
|
Yak-9
|
F-80
|
July 19, 1950
|
| 1st Lt. Robert D. McKee |
36 FS
|
1
|
Yak-9
|
F-80
|
July 19, 1950
|
| 1st Lt. Charles A. Wurster |
36 FS
|
1
|
Yak-9
|
F-80
|
July 19, 1950
|
|
2nd Lt. David H. Goodnough
|
35 FS
|
1
|
Yak-9
|
F-80
|
July 20, 1950
|
| Capt. Robert L. Lee |
35 FS
|
1
|
Yak-9
|
F-80
|
July 20, 1950
|
| 1st Lt. Howard J. Landry |
36 FS
|
1
|
Mig-15
|
F-80
|
March 17, 1951
|
| 2nd Lt. Robert E. Smith |
36 FS
|
1
|
Mig-15
|
F-80
|
Dec. 1, 1951
|
Korean War Totals
| 35th Fighter Squadron |
8
|
| 36th Fighter Squadron |
7
|
| 68th Fighter Squadron |
2
|
| 339th Fighter Squadron |
1
|
| 8th Fighter Bomber Wing Total |
18
|
Southeast Asia (Vietnam War)
“Evaluators considered an enemy aircraft destroyed if it crashed, disintegrated, lost a vital flying component, caught fire, or was abandoned by its pilot. Confirming evidence consisted of written contemporary testimony of one or more witnesses, gun camera film from the time, or the sighting of enemy aircraft wreckage immediately after the event…. During the conflict in Southeast Asia, Air Force Chief of Staff John D. Ryan directed that each member of a two-man crew receive one full credit for the destruction of a hostile aircraft. Up to four men (two 2-man crews) could each receive one full credit for destroying a single enemy airplane. This liberal method of apportioning credit departed from the World War II practice of dividing credit into equal fractions among those responsible. It more closely resembled the World War I French and American systems of awarding whole credits to everyone involved in a victory. Totalling the Southeast Asia victories will therefore not produce the number of enemy airplanes destroyed in air-to-air combat.”
Unlike during Korea, the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing flew two-seat aircraft in Vietnam. Both crewmembers in the F-4 Phantom received a full credit when they shot down an enemy aircraft, instead of splitting the credit between them. The unit, of course, received only one credit for each enemy aircraft. The only partial credits occurred when two separate fighters shot down the same enemy aircraft. In these cases, all involved crewmembers received a half credit. In the following list, the crew positions, in parentheses, follow the names. For the first several years of the Vietnam conflict, the F-4 crew consisted of an aircraft commander (the front-seater), and a pilot (the back-seater). Later, the term "weapons systems officer", or "WSO" (pronounced “wizzo”), replaced the designation "pilot" for the back-seater.
|
Name
|
Unit
|
Kills
|
Enemy
|
Aircraft
|
Date
|
| Capt. Robert E. Blake |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
April 23, 1966
|
| 1st Lt. S.W. George |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
April 23, 1966
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Max F. Cameron |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
April 23, 1966
|
| 1st Lt. Robert E. Evans |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
April 23, 1966
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. William B.D. Dowell |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
April 29, 1966
|
| 1st Lt. Halbert E. Gossard |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
April 29, 1966
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Larry R. Keith |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
April 29, 1966
|
| 1st Lt. Robert A. Bleakley |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
April 29, 1966
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Lawrence H. Golberg |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
April 30, 1966
|
| 1st Lt. Gerald D. Hardgrave |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
April 30, 1966
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1st. Lt. Jerry W. Jameson |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
Sept. 16, 1966
|
| 1st Lt. Douglas B. Rose |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
Sept. 16, 1966
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Col. Robin Olds |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| 1st Lt. Charles Clifton |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Walter Radeker III |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| 1st Lt. James E. Murray |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Everett T. Raspberry Jr. |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| 1st Lt. Robert W. Western |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1st. Lt. Ralph F. Wetterhahn |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| 1st Lt. Jerry K. Sharp |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Maj. Philip P. Combies |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Lee R. Dutton |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. John B. Stone |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Clifton Dunnegan Jr. |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1st. Lt. Lawrence J. Glynn Jr. |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Lawrence E. Cary |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 2, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major Thomas M. Hirsch |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 6, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Roger J. Strasswimmer |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 6, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Richard M. Pascoe |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 6, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Norman E. Wells |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
Jan. 6, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Col. Robin Olds |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
May 4, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. William D. Lafever |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4C
|
May 4, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major William L. Kirk |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 13, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Stephen A. Wayne |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 13, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Lt. Col. Fred A. Haeffner |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 13, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Michael R. Bever |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 13, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major John R. Pardo |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 20, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Stephen A. Wayne |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 20, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Col. Robin Olds |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 20, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Stephen B. Croker |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 20, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Col. Robin Olds |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 20, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Stephen B. Croker |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 20, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major Philip P. Combies |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 20, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Daniel L. Lafferty |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
May 20, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major Richard M. Pascoe |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
June 5, 1967
|
| Capt. Norman E. Wells |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4C
|
June 5, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major Everett T. Raspberry Jr. |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
June 5, 1967
|
| Capt. Francis M. Gullick |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
June 5, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major William L. Kirk |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4D
|
Oct. 24, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Theodore R. Bongartz |
433 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4D
|
Oct. 24, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Larry D. Cobb, Larry D. |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Oct. 26, 1967
|
| Capt. Alan A. Lavoy |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Oct. 26, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. William S. Gordon III |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Oct. 26, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. James H. Monsees |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Oct. 26, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. John D. Logeman Jr. |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Oct. 26, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. Fred E. McCoy II |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Oct. 26, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Darrell D. Simmonds |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Nov. 6, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. George McKinney Jr. |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Nov. 6, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Darrell D. Simmonds |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Nov. 6, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. George McKinney Jr. |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Nov. 6, 1967
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major Joseph D. Moore |
435 TFS
|
.5
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Dec. 19, 1967
|
| 1st. Lt. George McKinney Jr. |
435 TFS
|
.5
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Dec. 19, 1967
|
| (Half credit awarded since the kill was shared with an F-105F of the 333 TFS.) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Lt. Col. Clayton K. Squier |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Jan. 3, 1968
|
| 1st. Lt. Michael D. Muldoon |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Jan. 3, 1968
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major Bernard J. Bogoslofski |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Jan. 3, 1968
|
| Capt. Richard L. Huskey |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Jan. 3, 1968
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major Kenneth A. Simonet |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Jan. 18, 1968
|
| 1st. Lt. Wayne O. Smith |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Jan. 18, 1968
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Robert H. Boles |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4D
|
Feb. 6, 1968
|
| 1st. Lt. Robert B. Battista |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4D
|
Feb. 6, 1968
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Lt. Col. Alfred E. Lang |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4D
|
Feb. 12, 1968
|
| 1st. Lt. Randy P. Moss |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4D
|
Feb. 12, 1968
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Col. David O. Williams Jr. |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Feb. 14, 1968
|
| 1st. Lt. James Feighny Jr. |
435 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Feb. 14, 1968
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Major Rex D. Howerton |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Feb. 14, 1968
|
| 1st. Lt. Ted L. Voigt II |
555 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-17
|
F-4D
|
Feb. 14, 1968
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capt. Fred W. Sheffler |
336 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4E
|
Aug. 15, 1972
|
| Capt. Mark A. Massen |
336 TFS
|
1
|
MiG-21
|
F-4E
|
Aug. 15, 1972
|
Vietnam War Totals
| 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron |
1
|
| 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron |
12
|
| 425th Tactical Fighter Squadron |
6
|
| 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron |
19
|
| 8th Tactical Fighter Wing Total |
38.5
|
The 336 TFS, 433 TFS, and 435 TFS each earned all their Vietnam MiG kills while assigned to the 8 TFW. The 555 TFS, however, had twenty MiG kills while later assigned to the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, in addition to the 19 aerial victories earned while the squadron was assigned to the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing.
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