Ernest Charles Fiebelkorn
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
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
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
- Site type: Airfield
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
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Historian 20th Fighter Wing Association. 20th Fighter Group History Report
Stephen Trynosky, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.
Page at Veteran Tributes
Combined two records for Ernest C Fiebelkorn. This record now includes unit associations from the following source:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Associated Ground Crewmen, based on American Air Museum correspondence with Stephen Trynosky, son of Sgt Nicholas Trynosky
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