USAF Claims

[yaneck]

Hello,

Where can I find the USAAF claim listing on the internet and the claim repports?
Thx for your support

Yanick

[Jaap Woortman]

Yanick,


See:

1. Olynyk, Frank J.: USN Credits for the Destruction Of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat World War 2, Victory List No. 2, Published by the Author, Aurora, October 1982.
2. Olynyk, Frank J.: USAAF (Pacific Theater) Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat World War 2, Victory List No. 3, Published by the Author, Aurora, October 1985.
3. Olynyk, Frank J.: AVG & USAAF (China-Burma-India Theater) Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat World War 2, Victory List No. 4, Published by the Author, Aurora, October 1986.
4. Olynyk, Frank J.: USAAF (European Theater of Operations) Credits For The Destruction of Enemy Aircraft In Air-To-Air Combat In World War 2, Victory List No. 5, Published by the Author, Aurora, 1987.
5. Olynyk, Frank J.: USAAF (Mediterranean Theater of Operations) Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat World War 2, Victory List No. 6, Published by the Author, Aurora, June 1987.

All published by the author. See for contact, Frank Olynyk at TOCH memberlist.

Jaap

[Laurent Rizzotti]

You can also find a list without much details on this website:

http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/avc.asp

For WWII, it will lack the type claimed, the hour, the location, and so on... all info that you will find in Mr Olynik books.

But the website above might be a good starting point anyway.

[drgondog]

It is parsing the words but Frank is the leading US authority on both claims and credits and the USAF HRC lists only victory Credits which were awarded as a final determination by the reviewing authorities.

Frank has petitioned (successfully) the USAF to update credits from sources lost in the final days of the war or subsequent discoveries (like a mid air collision between a USAAF fighter and a Luftwaffe a/c in which the pilot was KIA or post war POW claims.)

The original USAF 85 was largely updated through Dr Olynyk's efforts and fact gathering.

[John Beaman]

While Frank's books are by far the best source(s), unfortunately, the USAAF, USMC, and USN ones are no longer available except through secondary sources like ebay.

[Laurent Rizzotti]

About two years ago, I contacted directly Frank (on this forum IIRC) and he was able to sell me directly some of his books.

Don't know if it is still possible.

[Frank Olynyk]

I don't believe I have any copies of my victory lists; there might be a copy of list 7 (RAF 400 Series) or 8 (RAF 300 Series Sqns), but I would have to find them first. I am looking into producing PDF files of the lists, and hopefully some new ones, and selling them as CDs, or as downloads, using the system that Eric Hammel found for his books. Sometime next year I hope.

Frank.

[John Beaman]

Frank, I hope you can work this out. I'm first in line to buy!