US Inquiry

[nikivdd]

I'm looking for information about US aces in the European theatre of war. No, Brad Pitt is not among them

Any info about US tank, fighter and bomber aces would be useful and welcome.

For people who are interested. A Belgian webpage about the war museum in Bastogne: http://www.bastognewarmuseum.be/home.html
Even today, the Belgian people are grateful for what the Americans did for our tiny nation

[ruggs215]

Here is a list of all the Aces from the U.S. during WW2. The most famous ones you can click into.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wo ... ite_note-1

[ruggs215]

I think this was the U.S. most famous tank ace, though I could be wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_G._Pool

[ThvN]

Tank heroes:

+1 for Lafayette G. Pool

From here, three more names
http://www.3ad.com/history/wwll/pool.pa ... rticle.htm:

Henry J. Earl
Shelton C. Picard (was assigned a Pershing tank later on, might be interesting)
Cliff L. Elliott

Albin Irzyk

Quite famous is Creighton Abrams:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creighton_ ... rld_War_II

His troops were in a famous action where outnumbered US tankers stopped the German advance in de Ardennes: the Battle of Singling.

http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/ ... ngling.htm

From this link, it seems sergeant Robert Fitzgerald's tank destroyed several Panthers (his account starts at chapter 202 of the link above)



Fighter aces: (I assume Europe only, so no Bong or McGuire, who only fought in the Pacific)

Here is a comprehensive list for all US fighter aces in the European theatre: http://acepilots.com/usaaf_eto_aces.html

Gabby Gabreski

Robert Johnson

George Preddy

John Meyer

Raymond Littge

David Schilling


Bomber aces:

Difficult, but I've found a list of bomber gunner aces (all theatres):http://jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr/aces/ww2usgun.htm


Bomber pilots:

Paul Tibbets (also flew the Enola Gay but was very active in Europe)

B-17 pilots who were awarded the Medal of Honor (mostly posthumously... )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B17 ... nor_awards

B-24: Lt. Col Leon Vance

B-26: Capt. Darrell Lindsey


And lastly, he is not a tanker or aero ace, but infantryman Audie Murphy deserves a mention.

[Razz1]

Name______Biplane victories___Total no. of victories____Note
Harold Dahl_____5__5 All victories claimed in the Spanish Civil War.
Albert Baumler__2__9 All biplane victories claimed in the Spanish Civil War.
Frank Tinker____3__8 All victories claimed in the Spanish Civil War.
James Allison___1__1 Victory claimed in the Spanish Civil War.
Ben Leider_____1__1 Victory claimed in the Spanish Civil War.

Baumler and Tinker had other victories other than bi-plane

[nikivdd]

Thanks guys for the very useful information