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9th May 2006, 01:59
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Re: Another Ace passes away, RIP
Stan Silva flew WRB "My Catherine S" for the 354FS. Curiously enough, He got all six ground scores on missions my father led, 3 on 22 March and 3 on 13 April 13, 1945. His air score was over an FW 190 on December 5, 1944 near Berlin.
While Frank is correct about official 'acedom', in the eyes of the 8th AF Silva was an 'ace' - god knows the 355th FG (and 4th and 55th and the 78th) lost one hell of a lot of pilots strafing German airfields when the 8th declared scores on the ground counted same as in the air - they deserve any title the 8th bestowed at the time. He flew WRB 44-11667 for all of his ground scores. Very good guy. 
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