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Re: VC-65 aerial victories
What do I think? I know this does not show up in the war diary. This non-appearance could be caused by
(1) the loss of squadron documentation with the loss of USS St Lo, or
(2) he may have chased the G4M to where there were no witnesses and if there were no gun camera film he might not have been credited.
On the other hand, without supplying any details the war diary lists the following credited with destroying enemy aircraft
LCDR RM Jones
LT CK Maino
LTJG JT Riley
LTJG VD Green
LTJG JA Hamman
LTJG WE Hammett
LTJG GW Stoup
LTJG CH Freer
LTJG LE Budnick
ENS DF Vogel
Jones does not appear on my earlier listing, though the others do. I don’t have result for him in air to air action LCDR Ralph Meldrim Jones (076873) AV(N) was killed on 25 Oct 1944.
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