332nd Fighter Group
Combat Fighting Record
The combat record of the Tuskegee Airmen 1943 - 1945 -
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Over 15,000 combat sorties (including 6000+ for the 99th prior to July '44)
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111 German airplanes destroyed in the air, another 150 on the ground
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950 railcars, trucks, and other motor vehicles destroyed
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1 destroyer sunk by P-47 machine gun fire (Lt. Pierson's flight)
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sixty-six pilots killed in action or accidents
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thirty-two pilots downed and captured, POWs
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150 Distinguished Flying Crosses earned
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744 Air Medals
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8 Purple Hearts
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14 Bronze Stars
The following is a summary of the combat record for the four squadrons of the 332nd Fighter Group. The list includes each pilot's name and official credit for enemy aircraft destroyed.
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| 99th Fighter Squadron | 100th Fighter Squadron | 301st Fighter Squadron | 302nd Fighter Squadron |
| Edward L. Toppins, 4 | Raul W. Bell, 1 | Joseph D. Elsberry, 3 | Lee A. Archer, 4.5 |
| Charles B. Hall, 3 | Charles V. Brantley, 1 | Carl E. Corey, 2 | Wendell O. Pruitt, 3 |
| Leonard M. Jackson, 3 | John F. Briggs, 1 | John E. Edwards, 2 | Roger Romaine, 3 |
| Clarence W. Allen, 0.5 | Roscoe C. Browne, 2 | James H. Fischer, 1 | Milton P. Brooks, 1 |
| Willie Ashley, Jr., 1 | Richard W. Hall, 1 | Frederick D. Funderburg, 2 | Charles W. Bussey, 1 |
| Charles P. Bailey, 1 | Jack D. Hosclaw, 2 | Alfred M. Gorham, 2 | Edward C. Gleed, 2 |
| Howard L. Baugh, 1 | Carl E. Johnson, 1 | Claude Govan, 1 | William W. Green, Jr., 2 |
| Thomas P. Braswell, 1 | Langdon E. Johnson, 1 | Thomas W. Jefferson, 2 | Weldon K. Groves, 1 |
| William A. Campbell, 1 | Earl R. Lane, 2 | Jimmy Lanham, 2 | William L. Hill, 1 |
| John W. Davis, 1 | Clarence D. Lester, 2 | Armour G. McDaniel, 1 | Freddie F. Hutchins, 1 |
| Lemuel L. Curtis, 1 | John H. Lyle, 1 | Walter P. Manning, 1 | Melvin T. Jackson, 1 |
| Robert W. Dier, 2 | Walter J.A. Palmer, 1 | Harold M. Morris, 1 | Felix J. Kirkpatrick, 1 |
| Elwood T. Driver, 1 | George M. Rhodes, Jr., 1 | William S. Price, III, 1 | Charles E. McGee, 1 |
| Wilson V. Eagleson, 2 | Robert W. Williams, 2 | Harold E. Sawyer, 1 | Luther H. Smith, Jr., 2 |
| James L. Hall, 1 | Bertram W. Wilson, Jr. 1 | Harry T. Stewart, 2 | Robert H. Smith, 2 |
| Clinton B. Mills, 1 | Charles L. White, 2 | William H. Thomas, 1 | |
| Daniel L. Rich, 1 | Hugh S. Warner, 1 | ||
| Leon C. Roberts, 1 | Luke J. Weather, Jr., 2 | ||
| Lewis C. Smith, 1 | Laurence D. Wilkins, 1 | ||
| Hugh J. White, 1 |