WAYLON SMITHERS - PHILIPPINES, Autumn 1944

1st Lt., 5th AF, USAAF

Earned the "ACE" Ace Ability

EVENT	Miss #	Mission Type	Flight Position	Kills	Type of Kills		Number of times shot down	Escort Points	Status	Ace Ability
CSW-2006	1	Escort SB2C	P-47D Wm	0	None		0	+1	Active	---
CSW-2006	2	Escort B-24J	P-47D Wm	1	N1K1-J		0	-2	Active	---
CSW-2006	3	Escort B-25D	P-47D Wm	0	None		0	+2	Active	---
CSW-2006	4	Escort B-24J	P-47D Wm	1	N1K1-J		0	+2	Active	---
CSW-2009	5	Escort B-25D	P-47D Ldr	3	3 Ki-84-1As		0	+1	Active	---
CSW-2009	6	Escort B-25D	P-47D Ldr	1	Ki-84-1A		1	0	Active	A
TOTALS	6			6	2 N1K1-Js	4 Ki-84-1As	1	+4		A

PILOT HISTORY:

• Assigned as wingman to 1st Lt. Rodney Flanders from missions 1-to-4
• Assigned section (element) leader starting from mission 5 after 1st Lt. R. Flanders was KIA
• Shot down Japanese Army 5-kill ace, Lt. Telchar Suzuki, on mission 5
• Promoted to 1st Lt. after mission 6

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