[Tom Semenza]

Faenor,

Frank Olynyk published a complete listing of all USAAF claims in WW2. His Victory List No. 3 covers the Pacific Theater. In this he also gives the total claims on this mission as 26/1/5. Claims for 21st FG pilots were:

1030-1035 Blue Flight 46th FS 1 x Tojo dam. (Yokohama area)
1040-1120 Capt. Harry Clay Crim, Jr. 1 x Tony dest. (Tokyo area)
1040-1120 Capt. Harry Clay Crim, Jr. 1 x Nick dest. (SE suburbs of Tokyo)
1050 2/Lt. Lloyd L. Bosley 1 x Tony dest. (SW of Tokyo)
1055-1105 1/Lt. Jacob W. Gotwals, Jr. 1 x Tojo dest. (Tokyo)
1055-1105 1/Lt. William E. Merritt 1 Tojo dest. (Tokyo)
1100 Capt. Adolph J. Bregar 1 x Nick dest. (over Tokyo)
1105-1150 1/Lt. William E. Merritt 1 x Tony dest. (while leaving Tokyo)

Crim and Bosley were with the 531st FS, while the other three were members of the 72nd. Thus the claims for the 21st FG were 7-0-1.

Olynyk shows credits for the 15th FG as 19-1-4. Since I don't have the Lambert book I can say exactly how the claims differ. However I do have Lambert's Pineapple Air Force in which he lists only destroyed credits (no probables or damaged.) For the date in question he lists only 17 destroyed for 15th FG pilots. The two missing are:

1045-1130 Tojo (W. of Hiratsuka) shared by Capts. George H. Hunter, Jr. & Bruce S. Campbell, Jr. of the 45th FS.
1045-1130 Tony (Tokyo) Capt. Albert E. Maltby (45th FS).

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Tom