Raymond Scherer’s aerial credits remain unconfirmed, with some sources crediting him as becoming a World War II Marine Corps ACE with FIVE victories in aerial combat. Other records reflect he may have finished the war close, with 4.5 aerial victories.
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Raymond
F.
Scherer
August 3, 1915
–
Born:
Los Angeles
,
California
Home:
Santa Ana
,
California
Awards Received
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Silver Star
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Distinguished Flying Cross
Heroes U.S. Marine Corps 1861 – 1955 (Jane Blakeney)(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Raymond F. Scherer (MCSN: 0-20291), United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as Pilot of a Fighter Airplane in Marine Fighting Squadron THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN (VMF-311), in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
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Silver Star
Service:
United States Marine CorpsRank:
CaptainBatallion:
Marine Fighting Squadron 311 (VMF-311)Action Date:
May 13, 1945
Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Pacific: Serial 89848The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain Raymond F. Scherer (MCSN: 0-20291), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Marine Fighter Squadron THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN (VMF-311), in action against enemy Japanese forces in the vicinity of the Ryukyu Islands, on 13 May 1945. When four enemy aircraft launched a determined attack on a group of our Naval vessels during a combat air patrol, Captain Scherer led his section in action against the hostile craft and, flying through the ships’ intense antiaircraft fire, prevented one plane from executing a suicide dive on a destroyer and shot it down in flames. His skillful airmanship, courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.