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Re: Battle of Coral Sea: top scorers
Actually, for the period 4 May 1942 through 8 May 1942 in the actions in and around the Coral Sea, the following USN personnel were credited with the noted number of enemy aircraft shot down. This does not include claims for damaged or probables.
LTJG William Edward Hall, VB-2: 4 ENS John Arthur Leppla, VS-2: 4 ENS Walter Albert Haas, VF-42: 3.833 LTJG Paul Gerald Baker, VF-2: 3 LTJG William Nicholas Leonard, VF-42: 3 ARM3c John Liska, VS-2: 3 (gunner) LCDR Paul Hubert Ramsey, VF-2: 3 ENS Edward R Sellstrom Jr, VF-2: 3 LT Stanley Winfield Vejtasa, VS-5: 3 LTJG Richard Gunter Crommelin, VF-42: 2.5 LTJG William Stone Woollen, VF-42: 2.5 LTJG Arthur James Brassfield, VF-42: 2.333 ENS Edgar Rees Bassett, VF-42: 2 LCDR James Henry Flatley Jr, VF-42: 2 LT Noel Arthur Meredyth Gayler, VF-2: 2 LT Albert Ogden Vorse Jr, VF-2: 2 LT Vincent Francis McCormack, VF-42: 1.833 ENS John Burton Bain, VF-2: 1 ENS LaVell Meldrum Bigelow, VB-5: 1 ENS Leslie Lockhart Bruce, VF-42: 1 LTJG Robert B Buchan, VB-2: 1 ENS John M Clarke, VB-2: 1 ENS Willard Ernest Eder, VF-2: 1 LTJG Brainard Tucker Macomber, VF-42: 1 LTJG Elbert Scott McCuskey, VF-42: 1 LTJG Robert James Morgan, VF-2: 1 ENS Richard F Neely, VS-2: 1 LT John L Nielsen, VB-5: 1 CDR Walter Gabriel Schindler, TF-17 Staff: 1 (gunner) ENS William Wolfe Wileman, VF-2: 1 ENS John Paul Adams, VF-42: 0.5 ENS Richard Lee Wright, VF-42: 0.5 |
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