GLENDI CRAIG HOLDER
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USAAF
2Lt March 1943 1Lt October 1943 Capt September 1944

ASSIGNMENTS:
8TH Fighter Group / 35th Fighter Squadron

STATIONS:
Port Moresby, New Guinea 10 May 1943
Finschhafen, New Guinea 25 December 1943
Cape Gloucester, New Britain 19 February 1944
Nadzab, New Guinea 14 March 1944
Owi, Schouten Islands 1 July 1944
Morotai, Halmahera Islands 4 October 1944

AIRCRAFT:
P-39 / P-400 1943 10 combat missions
P-40 1943-1944 98 combat missions 3 ACV, 2 PRB
P-38 1944 56 combat missions 1 ACV

OPERATIONS:
Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific 164 combat missions
June 1943- to - October 1944

CAMPAIGNS:
New Guinea (24 January 1943-31 December 1944)
Bismarck Archipelago (15 December 1943-27 November 1944)
Western Pacific (17 April 1944-2 September 1945)

UNIT DECORATIONS:
Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC)
New Britain 26 December 1943 Cape Gloucester
New Guinea 16 January 1944 Saidor

PERSONAL DECORATIONS:
Distinguished Flying Cross w/1olc DFC
Air Medal w/3olc AM
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal w/3BS APCM

GC HOLDER
AIR COMBAT VICTORIES

Dinah Ki-46-II Mitsubishi 10 Sentai / 2 Chutai JAAF
Twin-Engine two-seat Reconnaissance Aircraft
Powerplant: HA-102 1,050 hp Radial engine (two)
Max Speed: 375mph @ 19,030ft
Service ceiling: 35,170ft
Range: 1,537mi
Reconnaissance System: MK.1 Automatic Aerial Camera (Mapping, Strike)
SK-100 Small Aerial Camera (Hand held oblique)
Date: 25 December 1943
Location: Arawe, New Britain
Aircraft: P-40N-5
Comments: GCH first ACV, 2 KIA (pilot, observer) not known. BACKHANDER First Contact

Tony Ki-61-Ic Kawasaki 68 Sentai / 3 Chutai JAAF
Single Seat Fighter
Powerplant: HA-40 1,100hp Inline engine
Max Speed: 368mph @ 15,945ft
Service ceiling: 37,730ft
Range: 684mi
Armament: Two fuselage-mounted 12.7mm HO-103 Machine Gun
Two wing-mounted 20mm MG 151/20 Cannon
Date: 16 January 1944
Location: Saidor, New Guinea
Aircraft: P-40N-5
Comments: GCH second ACV, the pilot WO Takashi Noguchi bailed-out, rescued by HMAS Arunta.

Oscar Ki-43-IIb Nakajima 63 Sentai / 3 Chutai JAAF
Single Seat Fighter
Powerplant: HA-115 1,150hp Radial engine
Max Speed: 329mph @ 13,125ft
Service ceiling: 36,750ft
Range: 1,990mi
Armament: Two fuselage-mounted 12.7mm HO-103 Machine Gun
Date: 16 January 1944
Location: Saidor, New Guinea
Aircraft: P-40N-5
Comments: GCH third ACV, pilot 1Lt Kiyoshi Hasegawa KIA.

Zeke22 A6M3-22 Mitsubishi 253 Kokutai JNAF
Single Seat Carrier-Borne Fighter
Powerplant: NK1F Sakae 21 1,130hp
Max Speed: 335mph @ 19,685ft
Service ceiling: 37,500ft
Range: 2,030mi
Armament: Two 7.7mm Type 97 Machine Gun fuselage-mounted
Two 20mm Type 99 Cannon wing-mounted
Date: 18 April 1944
Location: Bambak, New Britain
Aircraft: P-38J-10
Comments: GCH fourth ACV, aircraft color was either very dark or black overall, pilot not known KIA.

 

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