Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr.
U.S. Army Air Force, 5th Air Force, 475th Fighter Group, 431st Fighter Squadron
Aerial Victory Claims

Aerial victory claims
Thomas B. McGuire, Jr. was officially credited with 38 aerial victories plus 3 probables and 2 damaged, all flying the P-38 Lightning in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA). He was the second highest scoring American ace of World War II.

Victory	Date	Location	Aircraft	Notes on claim
1	08/18/43	Wewak	A6M Zero [sic Ki-43]	First aerial victory claim likely Ki-43 Oscar.
2	08/18/43	Wewak	A6M Zero [sic Ki-43]	Second aerial victory claim likely Ki-43 Oscar.
3	08/18/43	Wewak	Ki-61 Tony	Third aerial victory claim.
4	08/21/43	Wewak	A6M Zero [sic Ki-43]	Fourth aerial victory claim.
5	08/21/43	Wewak	A6M Zero [sic Ki-43]	Fifth aerial victory claim likely Ki-43 Oscar became an "ace".
	08/21/43	Wewak	Twin Engine Fighter	Claimed as damaged.
6	08/29/43	Wewak	A6M Zero [sic Ki-43]	Sixth aerial victory claim.
7	08/29/43	Wewak	Ki-61 Tony	Seventh aerial victory claim.
8	09/28/43	Wewak	A6M Zero [sic Ki-43]	Eighth aerial victory claim.
9	09/28/43	Wewak	A6M Zero [sic Ki-43]	Ninth aerial victory claim.
10	10/15/43	Oro Bay	D3A Val	Tenth aerial victory claim became a "double ace".
	10/15/43	Oro Bay	A6M Zero	Probable victory claim.
	10/15/43	Oro Bay	A6M Zero	Probable victory claim.
11	10/17/43	Buna	A6M Zero	Eleventh aerial victory claim.
12	10/17/43	Buna	A6M Zero	Twelfth aerial victory claim.
13	10/17/43	Buna	A6M Zero	Thirteenth aerial victory claim.
	12/16/43	Arawe	A6M Zero	Claimed as damaged.
14	12/26/43	Cape Gloucester	D3A Val	Fourteenth aerial victory claim.
15	12/26/43	Cape Gloucester	D3A Val	Fifteenth aerial victory claim became a "triple ace".
16	12/26/43	Cape Gloucester	D3A Val	Sixteenth aerial victory claim.
17	05/17/44	Noemfoor Island	Ki-43 Oscar	Seventeenth aerial victory claim.
18	05/19/44	Manokwari	Ki-44 Tojo [sic]	Eighteenth aerial victory claim likely Ki-43 Oscar.
19	06/16/44	Jefman	Ki-51 Sonia	Nineteenth aerial victory claim.
20	06/16/44	Jefman	Ki-43 Oscar	Twentieth aerial victory claim became an "quadruple ace".
21	07/27/44	Lolobata Airfield	Ki-43 Oscar	Twenty-first aerial victory claim and leading 5th Air Force ace
22	10/14/44	Balikpapan	Ki-43 Oscar	Twenty-second aerial victory claim.
23	10/14/44	Balikpapan	A6M3 Hamp	Twenty-third aerial victory claim.
24	10/14/44	Balikpapan	Ki-44 Tojo	Twenty-fourth aerial victory claim.
	10/14/44	Balikpapan	Ki-43 Oscar	Claimed as probable.
25	11/01/44	San Pablo	Ki-44 Tojo	Twenty-fifth aerial victory claim.
26	11/10/44	Ormoc Bay	Ki-43 Tony	Twenty-sixth aerial victory claim.
27	11/12/44	Cebu Island	J2M3 Jack	Twenty-seventh aerial victory claim.
28	11/12/44	Cebu Island	J2M3 Jack	Twenty-eighth aerial victory claim.
29	12/07/44	Poro Island	Ki-43 Oscar	Twenty-ninth aerial victory claim.
30	12/07/44	Ormoc Bay	Ki-44 Tojo	Thirtieth aerial victory claim.
31	12/13/44	Tanza Airfield	J2M Jack [sic JAAF fighter]	Thirty-first aerial victory claim.
32	12/25/44	Mabalacat	A6M Zero	Thirty-second aerial victory claim.
33	12/25/44	Mabalacat	A6M Zero	Thirty-third aerial victory claim.
34	12/25/44	Mabalacat	A6M Zero	Thirty-fourth aerial victory claim.
35	12/26/44	Clark Field	A6M5 Zero	Thirty-fifth aerial victory claim.
36	12/26/44	Clark Field	A6M5 Zero	Thirty-sixth aerial victory claim.
37	12/26/44	Clark Field	A6M5 Zero	Thirty-seventh aerial victory claim.
38	12/26/44	Clark Field	A6M5 Zero	Thirty-eighth aerial victory claim.

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