Ernest Charles Fiebelkorn

Military
First Lieutenant Ernest Fiebelkorn, a pilot with the 77th Fighter Squadron, who became the top air ace of the 20th Fighter Group. media-376952.jpg FRE 58 First Lieutenant Ernest Fiebelkorn, a pilot with the 77th Fighter Squadron, who became the top air ace of the 20th Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 58 - First Lieutenant Ernest Fiebelkorn, a pilot with the 77th Fighter Squadron, who became the top air ace of the 20th Fighter Group.

Credited with destroying 9 enemy aircraft in aerial combat, 1 damaged & 2 enemy aircraft on the ground while strafing enemy airfields.



7 Me109, 1/1/2 FW190, 1/2 Me262, 2 Ju88



Awards: SS (OLC), DFC (2OLC), AM (5OLC), Korean, WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars), PH.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-730573
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32319465
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ground Crew; Assistant Crew Chief
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armament

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: June Nite & Jeanne
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pontiac, MI, USA 12 December 1922 Son of of Ernest Charles Sr and Helen L [Howarth] Fiebelkorn.

Enlisted

East Lansing, MI 21 May 1942 East Lansing, Michigan

Other

Entered Air Cadet Program USAAF

8 November 1942

Other

Commissioned at Second Lieutenant

Williams Army Air Field, Arizona 30 August 1943

Other

Returned to Active Duty

Mitchel Field, NY 2 December 1947 flying with the 2nd Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group

Died

45 miles North of South Korea 6 July 1950 Killed in Action, Korean War F-82 aircraft crashed 45 miles north of South Korea

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery 13 January 1953 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section: 3, Site: 4660-B

Based

Kings Cliffe Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Assigned

Hamilton Air Force Base, Novato, CA 94949, USA 82nd Fighter Squadron

Other

Assigned

Naha Air Base, Japan 4th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, Flying F-82 Twin Mustang.

Revisions

Date
ContributorNomad20th
Changes
Sources

Historian 20th Fighter Wing Association. 20th Fighter Group History Report

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Stephen Trynosky, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Page at Veteran Tributes

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Combined two records for Ernest C Fiebelkorn. This record now includes unit associations from the following source:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Associated Ground Crewmen, based on American Air Museum correspondence with Stephen Trynosky, son of Sgt Nicholas Trynosky

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

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