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Originally Posted by JACK COOK
They may have been recognised by the Fighter Aces Official (only to them that is) victory claims board. The AF lists Hasek with only 3.
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Jack, you are correct.
Olynyk also lists 3 for Hasek---aging eyes on my part!
Others can comment, but I doubt that Frank would have missed the others having kills, especially 4. The lack of any listing indicates they were likely not close to Ace status.
The Fighter Victory Credits Board is a sometimes thing. The 1957 version, for example, removed a credit for Preddy, one for which he was awarded a Bronze Star for saving a B-17 crew. When they were supplied with the official citation listing the confirmation, the Board quietly restored the credit to Preddy's total, but never acknowledged they'd made a mistake.