Claims for VC94 16 April 1945

[Frank Olynyk]

Stig,
Actually it is Victory List #2. #9 is USAS/USN/USMC in WW1.

The confusion may be because Rieman has an additional claim, for a Nick, on Jan 8, 1945. VC-94 has a total of 7 claims.

April 16 was a very busy day. The USMC claimed 46 victories, all Corsairs, except for a pair by VMF(N)-542 in F6F-5Ns. The USN claimed 157/4/10 by a mixture of Hellcats and Corsairs (VF-10 was heavily involved that day) and FM-2s. Most of these claims are between 0800 and 1030 for USN and USMC. USAAF made no claims this day in the Pacific.

As far as I know the USN does not have an official verification process (a Victory Credit Board, as per the USAAF/USAF), even today. My USN list is based on the ACA reports prepared at the time, with the claims made as submitted by the pilots, and written up by the ACIO, and then passed up the line to squadron CO, CAG, ship's captain (the numbers went into the ship's action report).

Enjoy!

Frank.