PACIFIC

THUNDERBOLT
ACE
COLONEL NEEL KEARBY WAS AMONG
THE TOP SCORERS IN THE PACIFIC WHEN
HE PUSHED HIS LUCK TOO FAR WHILE
CHASING EDDIE RICKENBACKERS
RECORD BY JOHN STANAWAY

SOMETHING TO PROVE
Lt. Col. Neel Kearby (far right)
leads two flights of the 348th
Fighter Group on a patrol from
Port Moresby, New Guinea.
Inset: Kearby, now with V Fighter
Command, shows off his 15
victories as of December 3, 1943.

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P-47 PROPONENT
Kearby with his P-47D-2
Thunderbolt, the first Fiery
Ginger. Opposite: A crane
unloads a newly arrived
P-47D in New Guinea, where
it will be assigned to the
348th Fighter Group.

NEEL KEARBY
ACHIEVED SOME
REMARKABLE
THINGS BEFORE
HIS LAMENTABLY
SHORT LIFE ENDED
OVER NEW GUINEA
IN MARCH 1944.

the dynamic leader of the Fifth in New Guinea,

was determined to take the initiative in the South_M[\8IKQK)T\PW]OP)TTQMLUQTQ\IZaXTIVVMZ[PIL
decided to give priority to the European theater,
Kenney prevailed on American decision-makers
to send him enough equipment and manpower to
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the concessions sent to his command.
There was a general consensus against the P-47
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too heavy for combat with highly maneuverable
Japanese fighters, and its limited range made
it undesirable for the long-distance operations
typical in the area. Kenney, however, was interested in building up his forces and knew that any
equipment could be used to maximum capability.
When he heard the 348th and its P-47s would
arrive at Port Moresby sometime in June, he was
reportedly so pleased that he said he would meet
Kearby with a brass band. According to Kenney,
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Japanese. The general promised imminent action
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leader looked like money in the bank.

He became a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot in Sep\MUJMZ!IVLQV!_I[KWUUIVLQVOWcer of the 14th Pursuit Squadron in the Panama
earby studied the tactical situation while
Canal Zone. By October 1942, he was a major in
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command of the 348th Fighter Group. Within the
skills of his personnel to prepare them for
next 18 months he would take charge of the Fifth
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Air Forces V Fighter Command, be recognized as
\PM\WX8<P]VLMZJWT\XQTW\QV\PM8IKQKIVL eager Fifth Air Force command, the groups P-47s
were ready for action by the beginning of August.
earn the Medal of Honor.
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cockpit, Kearby developed a reputation as a formiLIJTMLWOOP\MZ0Q[NIUM[XZMIL\W\PMXWQV\\PI\
other young pilots sought him out to help sharpen
their skills. One pilot pestered Kearby with such
insistence that a series of mock combats was
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Seversky P-35sthe sire of the Republic P-47 that
would carry Kearby to glory. The practice encounter started on equal terms, but Kearby quickly
gained the advantage behind his opponent. With
every skill at his command the young pilot tried to
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Kearby close enough to be seen calmly lighting a
cigarette behind his windscreen!
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new type was the 348th Fighter Group, which was
activated at the end of September. Major Kearby
took charge of the unit in October 1942, and was
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The 348th was assigned to the Fifth Air Force in
early 1943. Lieutenant General George Kenney,

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PACIFIC RIVALS
Kearby and his men
conduct a free fighter
sweep in July 1943
(top left), while a
348th Group P-47
awaits its next mission
in a revetment at Port
Moresby (above).
Kearbys chief rivals
included Dick Bong
(above right), with his
weapon of choice,
the P-38 Lightning.

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good start in the theater.
Kearby himself would account for the next group
victories. In his combat report for the September
4 bomber-interception mission along the Huon
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flight and when at 25,000 feet I observed one
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hated to lose that precious altitude, and from the
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When nobody else went after the Japanese
bomber, Kearby released his external tank and
dived on the enemy. When at about 3000 feet I
saw the red balls on the wings of the Oscars and
[Mitsubishi G4M] Betty. I closed to 1500 feet and
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half radii, hoping to get both of them, but was
P-38 Lightning devotees, who heatedly chal- most interested in the Betty. Tracers were seen
lenged him to a mock combat. Kearby accepted passing around the Oscar, and then, closing in, the
the challenge, and on August 1 met 16-victory *M\\aJ]Z[\QV\WIUM
P-38 ace Dick Bong in the skies over Port Moresby.
Kearbys wingman Lieutenant George Orr,
Witnesses judged the contest according to their whose guns had jammed while he pursued the secaircraft or pilot preference, but objective opinion ond Oscar, saw the enemy fighter that Kearby
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that lasted about 35 minutes.
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The 348ths tactics centered on the P-47s highTen days later Kearby was leading eight P-47s
altitude performance. Kearby stressed the abil- on a top cover mission for transports bound for
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heights to shred unwary Japanese formations with bogies in the area. He shot down a Mitsubishi
its eight .50-caliber guns. Flights were arranged to Ki-46 Dinah twin-engine reconnaissance plane
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enemy below before the Japanese were aware of tally for him until his most celebrated combat.
their presence.
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paign, Lockheeds P-38 was establishing
escort mission to Marilinan on August 16. After
its reputation as the premier offensive
the transports landed, about a dozen Nakajima
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Lieutenant Thomas Barber sent one down into a ion over Japanese aircraft made it the weapon of
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pressed every opportunity to place his P-47s in the

center of battle.
One of the ways he sought to take advantage of
the Thunderbolts strengths was to commit it to
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arrived over the area at 26,000 feet around 10:30
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almost certainly an Oscar) 1,500 feet below, and
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and searched for new prey. After 10 minutes, he
saw about 36 Oscars and Kawasaki Ki-61 Tonys
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dive onto the tail of the enemy force.
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a promising mission as his commanders wingman.
Within a few seconds he witnessed Kearby shoot
down another Oscar and Captain Bill Dinghy
Dunham, one of Kearbys close comrades from
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rudder adjustment, Kearby slipped in behind a
third Oscar that took no evasive action before it
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above and quickly came into his sights, going down
in full view of Dunham and Moore.
With the four P-47s fuel running low, Moore
remembered in his after-action report hearing
Dunham and Major Raymond Gallagher call
over the radio that they were turning for home.
Moore also noted that he spotted Kearby in the
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under his wing, to become a probable victory.
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Moore in a dive until Kearby came to his rescue
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day. The two Americans circled the area long
enough to count the plumes of smoke emerging
from the green foliage and blue sea. Kearby would
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for his bravery on that mission.
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interceptors for no American losses. At the same
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Kearby led another P-47 sweep over the Wewak

BY MIDOCTOBER 1943,
KEARBY WAS
THE FASTEST
SCORING
AMERICAN
PILOT OF
THE WAR.

ACES HIGH
Kearby relaxes with
other 348th pilots
at the Port Moresby
officers club.

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Mitsubishi F1M2 Pete floatplanes was spot\ML\ISQVOWNZWUIVQ[TIVL<PMTQ\\TM2IXIVM[M
biplanes were in the worst possible situation, with
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Americans descended on them. All four P-47s
destroyed one Pete each in the first pass, then
turned for a second pass. Kearby sent another
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Japanese aircraft.
Kearby now had 12 victories to his credit, all
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Dick Bong with 15 downed over nine months and
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had been shot down on October 17 after claiming
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hospital). At that time Kearby was the fastest scoring American pilot of the war.

n November 24, Kearby, by then a full

colonel, became the leader of V Fighter
Command, boosting his influence but
also putting the brakes on his meteoric
aerial scoring. At least he was now in a position to
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chain and had just lost a number of Lightnings
during the Rabaul campaign.
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Fighter Command were P-47s, annoying many
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advantages of the Lockheed twin. Some pilots
became accustomed to the P-47 and learned to
appreciate its merits, but most continued to dislike
the Jug and blamed Kearby for its proliferation.
By any measure, Kearby hated his job as head
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Kearby felt increased pressure to win the competition, but there was a dark side to the race to
beat Rickenbacker. Marine Corps Captain Joe
Foss had equaled the record as early as January
1943, but he was shot down and nearly killed in
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Pappy Boyington, was also shot down and captured in his bid to break Rickenbackers record.
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Lynch would be killed on March 8 while chasing
the record with Bong. Whether they realized it or
not, all the aces were tossing prudence to the wind
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attain 27 victories.

TRIPLE ACE PLUS

Kearby scored kills
on December 22 and
23, 1943, raising his
tally to 17. His main
opponent, the Ki-43
Oscar (below), was
nimble but inferior
to the Thunderbolt
in most respects.

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Bomb Wing on February 26. This new assignUMV\I\TMI[\OI^MPQUUWZMWXXWZ\]VQ\QM[\Wa

missions with his beloved 348th Fighter Group.
Meanwhile Bong had raised the scoring bar in
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pilot to attain his 20th victory. Now the goal was to
surpass Captain Eddie Rickenbackers legendary
World War I record of 26 air victories.
Bong and Lt. Col. Thomas Lynch had been
taken out of combat at the end of 1943, but had
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V Fighter Command. Bong was still the ranking
ace, with 21 victories, while Lynch returned with 16.
Kearby, now with 19 victories, kept the contest
tight when he led yet another four-plane P-47
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of 18 Tonys head-on directly over the harbor, he
sent one down with smoke trailing behind. He
caught another a few miles out to sea, and watched
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The race of aces heated up in March, when
Bong scored his 22nd victory and Lynch his 20th.

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with his old comrade, Captain Dunham,
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land safely. Height was critical, so Kearby kept his
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three Japanese bombers coming in from the sea
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Nell twin-engine aircraft, but postwar review
of Japanese records suggests they were in fact
Kawasaki Ki-48 Lilys, which had arrived from
the Hollandia area at about that time.
This time Kearby ordered tanks dropped and
led the three P-47s down in a fast dive on the
enemy. Captain Blair, on the right, watched as
the Japanese planes circled the airstrip, almost
certainly in preparation for landing. Blair saw
Dunham attack the bomber at left, and it burst into
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When the range was down to about 200 yards,
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speed, then looked back and saw it crash into the
ground. In the same moment he also saw Dunham
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that all three bombers had gone down in the
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Kearby had evidently made a complete circle to
attack and destroy the third Japanese bomber, and
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pilot, probably from the nearby 77th Sentai, was

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LASTING LEGACY
After Kearbys death,
the 348th upheld his
aggressive tradition
in the Pacific.

apparently intent on exacting revenge for the loss

of his three comrades. Dunham frantically dived
in a head-on attack and watched his tracers hit the
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IN MEMORIUM
Fiery Ginger IVs
recovered vertical
stabilizer is displayed
next to a P-47D
bearing its full livery at
the National Museum
of the U.S. Air Force.

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