Airmen of Mexican origin
United States Army Air Force, United States Navy
NAME VICTORIES UNIT
Candelaria, Ricardo Gomez 6 [ 6 - 1 - 0 ] 435 FS / 479 FG
Perdomo, Oscar Francis 5 [ 5 - 0 - 0 ] 464 FS / 507 FG
Zuniga, Nicanor 1 [ 1 - 0 - 0] 7FS / 49 FG
Marquez, Alexander Perez -
Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force
NAME VICTORIES AIRFORCE COMMENTS
Perez-Gomez, Luis 2 [0+2] [ 0+2 - 0 - 0 ] 443
Lee, Thomas Benfield 1 402
de Mier, Sebastian Bernardo - 68, 23, 418 air gunner
Torres, Alberto Brown -
[x-y-z] ... [confirmed-probable-damaged]
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Ricardo Gomez Candelaria 6 victories |
Oscar Francis Perdomo 5 victories |
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Luis Perez-Gomez 2 victories |
Thomas Benfield Lee 1 victory |
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Republic P-47N-2
Thunderbolt, 1.Lt. Oscar F. Perdomo, 464th FS, 507th FG, August 13th,
1945. |
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Much information kindly provided by Santiago A. Flores.
Sources & Literature
- Researcher Santiago A. Flores.
- Balladares, Clemente: Latin American pilots in the Major Air Conflicts (1914 - 2003),
http://www.laahs.com/art119.htm.
- Ehrengardt, Christian-Jacques - Listemann, Philippe: Le Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Les Machines, Les Unités, Les Hommes, AéroJournal Hors-Série, № 5, Mars-Avril 2010.
- Flores, Santiago A.: Un Mexicain en Normandie, in Aéro Journal, No. 36, Avril-Mai 2004.
- Flores, Santiago A.: Les Mexicains dans le Pacifique, in Aéro Journal, No. 42, 2004.
- Flores, Santiago A.: Richard Gomez Candelaria vs. Schulungslehrgang "Elbe",
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/candelaria/candelaria.htm.
- Flores, Santiago A.: Oscar F. Perdomo - The Last Ace In a Day of WW II.,
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/perdomo/perdomo.htm.
- Flores, Santiago A.: P/O. Luis Perez Gomez, J29172, Royal Canadian Air Force.
- Gleize, Jean-Paul: Aces,
http://www.igleize.fr/aces/homeaces.htm.
- Hess, William N.: 49th Fighter Group, Aces of the Pacific, Aviation Elite Units, Osprey Publishing, 2004.
- Kocáb, Zdeněk: Major Oscar Francis Perdomo,
http://forum.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/title/Perdomo-Oscar-Francis/p/275441.
- Olynyk, F.: Stars And Bars (A Tribute to the American Fighter Ace 1920-1973), Grub Street, London 1995 .
- Olynyk, Frank J.: USAAF (Pacific Theater) Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat World War 2, Victory List No. 3, Published by the Author, Aurora, October 1985.
- Olynyk, Frank J.: USAAF (European Theater of Operations) Credits For The Destruction of Enemy Aircraft In Air-To-Air Combat In World War 2, Victory List No. 5, Published by the Author, Aurora, 1987.
- Olynyk, Frank J.: Royal Air Force 400 Series Squadrons Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat World War 2, Victory List No. 7, Published by the Author, Aurora, November 1989.
- Pátek, Zdeněk: Brazilské a mexické thunderbolty ve 2. světové válce, in Historie a plastikové modelářství, No. 11, 1995.
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