[drgondog]

Rob - more food for thought on 'aces' versus aces form 355FG.

354FS Capt Robert Woody (7 air - 4.5 in one day) shot down a pilot described as very skilled in the Eschwege area in direction of Nordhausen around 1015 which would closely match Otto Wessling from JG3 on 19 April, 1944.

357FS Hank Bille (6 air) and Les Minchew (5.5 air) and Gerald Dix 355HQ (4 air/3 ground) all had claims on 109s in Augsberg/Regensburg/Munich area in big air battle N of Munich in 1320-1345 time frame with a near certaintly that one of them shot down Schwaiger from JG3.. most likely Dix.

Either 354FS Henry Brown (14.2 air) or Norm Fortier (5.83 air) likely shot down Herman Freiherr Kapp-herr GpKdr II./JG3 in Munich area in 1350-1410 timeframe - all on 24 April 1944.

358FS Lt James McElroy (5 air) shot down Lt Ernst Erich Hirschfeld JG300 in a Fw190 and then a 109 on 28 July, 1944 in Merseburg/Naumburg/Erfurt area. (edit thx to Eric Brown)

One of the 357FS pilots Cullerton (5 air/15 ground) Elder (8 air/13 ground) or Bille (6 air/4 ground) shot down Ltn Buschmann JG3 on 16 August 1944 in Hildescheim area.

Regards,

Bill