21 Victories

Leading Ace in Mediterranean Theater Captain John J. Voll of Goshen, Ohio. A member of the 308th Ftr. Sqdn., Captain Voll shot down 21 enemy planes, probably destroyed two and damaged two, becoming the leading Ace in the Mediterranean theater. He joined the 31st on May 4, 1944, flew his first combat mission over Northern Italy on May 14th and shot down his first enemy plane over Ploesti on June 23rd. On November 16th, Capt. Voll had his biggest day, shooting down three of the twelve enemy fighters that  jumped him after he had destroyed a JU 88 in the Udine area.

He has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver

Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf

Cluster, and the Air Medal with 26 Oak Leaf Clusters.

San Severo, Italy

Feb – Mar 1943