https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person/ernest-charles-fiebelkorn

Nationality: American

Nickname: Feeb

Service Number: 16082568 / O-753639

Highest Rank: Captain

Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Awards: Air Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters (1 silver oak leaf cluster) Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 oak leaf clusters Korean Service Medal Purple Heart Silver Star with 1 oak leaf cluster World War II Victory Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze stars

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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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Sources

DRAFT CARD: https://www.fold3.com/image/661039889

ENLISTMENT RECORD: https://www.fold3.com/record/84407961/ernest-c-fiebelkorn-wwii-army-enlistment-records

GRAVESITE: https://www.fold3.com/record/706922650/fiebelkorn-ernest-charles-us-veterans-gravesites-ca1775-2019

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS: https://www.fold3.com/record/530026636/ernest-charles-fiebelkorn-american-battle-monuments-commission

Ernest C Fiebelkorn