[Tom Semenza]

Frank Olynyk lists the following in his USAAF MTO Claims booklet:

33 dest-6 prob-7 dam, all on the morning of June 10, 1944 on the Ploesti mission as follows:

27 FS
Maj. Francis J. Pope Me-109 dam
1/Lt. George R. Eldred Me-109 dest + Me-109 dam
1/Lt. Richard M. Huber Me-109 dest + Me-109 prob
1/Lt. Armour Conway Miller Me-109 dest + 2 Me-109s dam
1/Lt. Robert C. Burgoyne Me-109 prob
2/Lt. Philip E. Tovrea, Jr. Me-109 dest

71 FS
1/Lt. William D. Armstrong CR.42 dest
2/Lt. Herbert Brooks Hatch, Jr. 5 FW-190s dest + 1 prob + 1 dam
2/Lt. Rudolph M. Janci, Jr. Me-109 dest + FW-190 ? dest
2/Lt. Ralph W. Hisey U/I TE aircraft (Do-217?) dest
1/Lt. Carl C. Hoenshell FW-190 dest + 2 Do-217s dest
?/Lt. Willie B. Flack U/I TE aircraft (Do-217?) dest
?/Lt. John J. Shepard 2 Do-217s dest + FW 190 dam

94 FS
1/Lt. John H. Allen CR.42 dest
1/Lt. Harley T. Barlow Do-217 dest
?/Lt. Hugh B. Crandall Do-217 dest
2/Lt. Chester H. Heien CR.42 dest
2/Lt. Everett Miller Fi-156 dest + 2 CR.42s dest

82 FG
Lt/Col. Ben A. Mason Me-110 dest

96 FS
Maj. Herbert L. Phillips biplane prob
1/Lt. Merrill M. Adelson Me-109 dest + SE fighter dest
1/Lt. John W. Sognier Me-109 dest
2/Lt. Walter J. Carroll, Jr. Me-109 prob
2/Lt. Arthur W. Kidder, Jr. Me-109 dam

97 FS
2/Lt. William H. Jefferson SE biplane dest
2/Lt. John P. McMonegal Me-109 dest
2/Lt. Leroy L. Lette Hs-126 dest

Regards,
Tom