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STEPHEN C. ANANIAN


  Last Wartime rank: 1/Lt.
Unit(s):
  505th Fighter Squadron
  339th Fighter Group
  8th Air Force
Theatre(s): ETO

Decorations:
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal with 11 OLC
Sweden's Gold Medal Of Vasa - 8th Class
2 Presidential Distinguished Unit Citations
European African Theater Campaign
WW II Victory
American Campaign

Born:
December 25, 1922, New York, NY


Victories: 4
1 Air - Me 262
3 Ground

Total Sorties: 64
Strike Rate: N/A

Aircraft Flown:
P-51D-10-NA, SN: 44-14734, 6N*K "Baby Mine"

Remarks: One of the few to destroy a Me 262 in the air during dogfight "conditions" - Damaged 2 more Me 262's in seperate high altitude engagements. "Caterpillar Club", "Gold Fish Club"

Sources:
Image courtesy of the 339th Fighter Group.
Special thanks to Mr. Ananian and David Daniel Brown for thier help in compiling the data for this entry.

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