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Honor Roll 14th Fighter Group Jun 1941- Nov 1945

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MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service#	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Location/Comments
.	17 May 41	40-309	Curtiss P-40	Durham, Jasper N		55PI	20PI	10PW		Cat 3 damage landing at Satus, WA , USA. Pilot later serves with 49FS, 14FG. Plane was rebuilt as P-40G Aug 7, 1941. To Defence Aid Oct 31, 1941.
.	20 May 41	41-7897	Stearman PT-17	Skinner, Carl F	O-431171	ACTD	.	10PW	.	Based at King City, CA , ground looped cat 3 damage at Bernard Field,, CA. USA. Pilot later with 48FS, 14FG
.	25-Jun-41	39-250	Curtiss P-40	Stone, James J. Jr		49PS	14PG	9PW		Ground loop, March Field, CA, converted to CL-26 Apr 29, 1942
.	01-Jul-41	39-253	Curtiss P-40	Tesch, William A		50PS	14PG	9PW		Damaged during ground loop, March Field, CA , plane later condemned Mar 19, 1942
.	23-Jul-41	41-8083	Stearman PT-17	Knapp, Ralph L	O-404022	49PS	14PG	9PW		landing accident, 49PS, 14PG, Long Valley, CA
.	.	41-7514	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Othoenig, Howard D (connection to 14FG if any, unknown at this time)			14PG			Remained in USA involved in an incident at Warner Robins, GA on 28 Sep 43, c/n 222-5641
.	13-Aug-41	40-1214	North American BT-14	Workman, Donald E		48PS	14PG	9PW		Landing accident causing ground loop, March Field, CA
.	26-Aug-41	41-1409	Vultee BT-13A Valiant	Morris, Thomas J	O-384954	49PS	14PG	9PW	.	While with ACBFS based at Bakersfield, CA., USA he had a taxing accident at Lerdo Field, CA See 30-Dec-42 KIA
.	28-Aug-41	41-8081	Stearman PT-17	Hose, Edgar A	O-421094	49PS	14PS	9PW	DNB	Hometown: Nevada, CA, 8 mi E of March Field , Pilot killed mid air collision, 49PS, 14PG, 8 miles, E of March Field (with 41-8080 E of March AAF, CA Aug 29, 1941. Both DBR)
.	29-Aug-41	41-8080	Stearman PT-17	Mitchell, John J	O-421284	48PS	14PG	9PW	DNB	Hometown: Cuyahoga County, OH, Pilot killed mid air collision with 41-8081, 8 mi E of March Field
.	09-Sep-41	39-255	Curtiss P-40	Davis, Ralph M		HQSQ	14PG	IV BC		Take off accident causing ground loop, March Field, CA , plane condemned to CL-26 Sep 16, 1944.
.	11-Oct-41	39-262	Curtiss P-40	Dixon, John E		50PS	14PG	IV BC		Forced landing due to take off accident, March Field, CA , plane to CL-26 Dec 12, 1942
.	14-Oct-41	39-247	Curtiss P-40	Davis, Jesse C		50PS	14PG	IV BC		Landing accident caused by mechanical failure, March Field, CA (some sources have it as going to CL-26 at March Field Apr 12, 1941)
.	23-Oct-41	40-792	Lockheed P-38D Lightning	Peterson, Arman		49PS	14PG	IV IC		In mid-October, the 49th received its first P-38. Delivered by the squadron commander 1Lt. Peterson, he was forced to belly it in upon landing. The second P-38, which he also flew in, blew a tire on landing. By December, several more P-38s arrived (more successfully) from other West Coast Units. Pilots continued to fly in whatever aircraft were available, primarily P-38s, P-40s, and P-66s.March Field, CA, It wasn't until mid-October that the first P-38 was received by Lt. Peterson, who had to belly it in upon landing. The second P-38 he got blew a tire during landing from gunnery practice. Peterson must have thought either himself or the P-38 jinxed. (not known if this was the first or second one, thought to be the 2nd one). Landing accident due to mechanical failure, March Field, CA,
.	10-Nov-41	41-14906	Fairchild PT-19A-FA	Kirschke, Robert P	O-659824	49PS	14PG	IV IC	.	He had a landing accident while at ACTD based at Corsicana, TX., USA See 08-Jan-43 KIA Plane later to RFC at West Helena, AR Apr 21, 1945
.	18-Nov-41	39-237	Curtiss P-40	Adamina, Robert A		49PS	14PG	IV IC		Mid air collision with tow target, Muroc Gunnery Range, CA, plane eventually to Pasadena Junior College as CL-26 Mar 27, 1943 ( see 13 Dec 41)
.	27-Nov-41	39-194	Curtiss P-40	Wiecks, Max R		48PS	14PG	IV IC		Landing accident, 48PS, 14PG, March Field, CA, later spun in at Fresno AB, Windsor-Locks Nov 2, 1942. Pilot killed. J F Baugher also has this one as having being lost Oct 24, 1941 with 57th FG after fuel exhaustion over Sierra Nevada Mountains during cross country flight.
.	01-Dec-41	40-328	Curtiss P-40	Williams, Emmons C		48PS	14PG	IV IC		Landing accident causing ground loop, March Field, CA, plane was eventually wrecked in force landing at Luke Field, AZ Jul 10, 1942 and w/o.
.	12-Dec-41	42-14264	Lockheed P-322 Lightning P-38s for RAF under Lend Lease. Contract cancelled., Curtiss P-40G Rebuilds of P-40. Serial numbers re-assigned from cancelled P-322 batch, landing accident, HQSQ, 14PG, March Field, CA,	Eubank, Robert H	O-431133	HQSQ	14PG	IV IC		March Field, CA, December 1941, several more P-38s came into the possession of the 49th Pursuit Squadron, having been borrowed from other West Coast units. P-38s were hard to come by at the time
.	13-Dec-41	39-237	Curtiss P-40	Wilkinson, Morrison J		48PS	14PG	IV IC		Forced landing out of gas, bay off NAS Terminal Is, San Pedro, CA plane to Pasadena Junior College as CL-26 Mar 27, 1943 (see 18 Nov 41)
.	18-Dec-41	39-271	Curtiss P-40	Johnson, Russell T		48PS	14PG	IV IC		Landing accident, Reeves Field, San Pedro, CA later w/o in takeoff accident at Spence Field, GA Feb 24, 1943.
.	19-Dec-41	42-6879	Vultee P-66 Vanguard	Walles, Wade C. Jr	O-404098	48PS	14PG	IV IC		Model 48C intended for Sweden but seized by USAAF. 129 sent to China under Lend-Lease. 15 retained by USAAF and used as advanced trainers., landing accident causing ground loop, 48PS, 14PG, Reeves Field, San Pedro, CA, plane eventually went to China
.	21-Dec-41	42-14269	Curtiss P-40G	Scales, Mathew F		50PS	14PG	IV IC		Rebuilds of P-40. Serial numbers re-assigned from cancelled P-322 batch, 14269 was formerly 39-182. To ground instructional airframe Mar 20, 1942, back in service Apr 4, 1942, finally to ground instructional airframe Mar 20, 1943. No reference to RAF at all., Forced landing due to engine fire, 50PS, 14PG, Atlanta Airport, GA
.	27-Dec-41	40-292	Curtiss P-40	Johnson, Russell T		48PS	14PG	IV IC		Landing accident ground looped, Muni Airport, Long Beach, CA, 292 rebuilt as P-40G but reclassified as P-40 Apr 23, 1942. To CL-26 at Craig Field Jun 2, 1943
.	31-Dec-41	38-191	Curtiss P-36A	Trippet, William A		48PS	14PG	IV IC		Take off accident, Long Beach Muni Airport, CA, 181/210 delivered as P-36C
.	31-Dec-41	42-6854	Vultee P-66 Vanguard	Gjoime, Reider, Jr		50PS	14PG	IV IC	.	Pilot bailed out due to mechanical failure, Dougherty Field, Long Beach, CA , J F Baugher has this as, 6848 pilot bailed out Dec 13, 1941 Dougherty Field, CA, 6854 going to China

1942

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service#	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Comments
.	1942	.	.	Latour, Ira Hinsdale	.	48FS	14FG	IV IC	.	Chief, S/Sgt., Aerial Photography, 48th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group. E.T.O., 1942-1945 (three years of combat operations)
	6 Jan 42	42-6885	Vultee P-66 Vanguard	Evans, Redmond E	O-431207	49FS	14PG	IV IC	.	Incident at Long Beach Muni Arpt, CA , USA. Plane wrecked at Daughtery Field (Long Beach Airport) Jan 8, 1942, condemned Apr 29, 1942
	15 Jan 42	40-355	Curtiss P-40	Evans, Redmond E	O-431207	49FS	14PG	IV IC	.	Incident at March Field, CA , USA. Plane later to DPC at Bush Field Jan 18, 1945
.	27-Jan-42	39-251	Curtiss P-40	Skinner, Carl F	O-431171	48FS	14PG	IV	.	Based out of March Field, CA, USA. Incident at Muroc Dry Lake, CA Plane later destroyed in midair fire near Tifton, GA Jun 13, 1942. Pilot bailed out
.	5-Feb-42	40-347	Curtiss P-40	Skinner, Carl F	O-431171	48FS	14PG	IV	.	Based out of March Field, CA, USA Incident at March Field, CA, USA. Plane later to CL-26 at Chanute Field
.	Feb-42		.	Roberts, Eugene P			14PG	IV		Initially flew P-40s with the 20th Pursuit Group at Hamilton Field, California, but he was transferred to the 14th Fighter Group, a P-38 unit, in February, 1942. When the 14th Fighter Group was split in two in order to create the new 78th Fighter Group, Roberts went to the 78th as the operations officer of the new 83rd Fighter Squadron. In July 1942, Captain Roberts became commander of the 84th Fighter Squadron, which was based at the Oakland, California, municipal airport.
.	11-Mar-42	41-2020	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Lewis, Harold E	O-404028	49FS	14FG	IV	.	Incident while based at Hamilton Field, CA, USA. Plane later to CL-26. See 05-Dec-42, 49FS
.	24-Mar-42	40-787	Lockheed P-38D Lightning	Earnhart, Charles L	O-431401	49FS	14FG	IV	.	Incident while based at Mills Field, CA., USA
.	13 Apr 42	41-2024	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Moore, William P	O-431144	49FS	14FG	IV	.	Incident at Hamilton Fld, CA, USA. Plane later surveyed Mar 26, 1942. Based out of Mills Field, CA , USA.
.	26 Apr 42	41-2023	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Moss, Wilbert C	O-431147	.	.	IV	DNB	Hometown: Kern, CA, USA. Plane wrecked Point Reyes 5 Mi N, CA , Pilot MIA. Based out of Mills Field, CA , USA.
See 28 Nov 42	07-May-42	41-2011	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Butler, James E	O-431382	49FS	14FG	IV	.	Crashed after low-altitude spin May 7, 1942 at Hamilton Field, CA Based out of Mills Field, CA , USA.
.	15 May 42	41-2264	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Cahill, Edward R	.	.	.	IV	.	Plane destroyed Ignacio, CA . Based out of Hamilton Field, CA, USA
.	18 May 42	40-748	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	Tangorra, Mike T.	.	.	.	IV	.	Plane destroyed Hamilton 500 Yds Offshore, CA , USA. Based out of Hamilton Field, CA, USA
.	24 May 42	41-2259	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Simmons, Harold	O-659192	49FS	14FG	IV	.	Incident at Tubbs Island CA., USA, Plane later to CL-26. Based out of Hamilton Field, CA, USA
.	27 May 42	41-2013	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Petty, David M	.	.	.	IV	.	Plane destroyed Hamilton Field 5 Mi ESE, CA ., USA. Based out of Hamilton Field, CA, USA
.	7 Jun 42	41-2267	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Hutter, Frank A	.	.	.	IV	.	Incident while based out of Hamilton Field, CA, USA. Plane later crashed at Pendelton AB, OR Feb 6, 1943. Pilot killed
.	20 Jun 42	41-2235	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Jones, Frank C. Jr	O-659133	.	.	IV	.	Plane destroyed while based at Hamilton Field, CA Plane later to CL-26 Aug 28, 1942
.	22 Jun 42	41-2285	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Locke, Willis D	.	.	.	IV	.	Plane destroyed while based at Hamilton Field, CA Plane later to CL-26 Jun 25, 1942
.	23-Jun-42	41-7631	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Kelsey, Ben			14FG	4AF		Assigned to it for Operation Bolero, call sign Shoe Black 7
Conflict on Month of Death	4 Jul 42	41-2317	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Trice, Ernest M	O-659852	.	.	IV	DNB	Hometown: Autauga County, AL. Plane destroyed while based at Hamilton Field, CA., USA. Plane crashed and burned at Black Point N of Hamilton Field Jun 4, 1942. Pilot killed
.	17-Jul-42	41-32573	North American AT-6C-NT Texan	Lewis, Harold E	O-404028	49FS	14FG	IV	.	Crashed belly landing while with 98 SEFTS based t Foster Field, TX. USA Incident at Yoakum, TX. USA See 05-Dec-42, 49FS
.	22-Jul-42	41-2113	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Robertson, William A	.	.	.	IV	.	Incident at San Francisco Arpt, CA ., USA Plane based at Hamilton Field, CA
.	28-Jul-42	41-7680	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning,	Durham, Jasper N		49FS	14FG	4AF		Plane destroyed. From appendix 1 of "Losses of the 8th & 9th air Forces ETO Area June 1942 - December 1943", Valley Airdrome, UK Crashed on takeoff from RAF Valley, South Wales Jul 28, 1942 Prior service with 55PI, 20PI
.	29-Jul-42	42-12573	Lockheed P-38F-5-LO Lightning	Evans, Redmond E	O-431207	49FS	14FG	IV	.	Incident at Westover Field, MA, USA. Plane later with 95FS, 82 FG, incident dates 15 Oct and 12 Dec 1943
.	1 Aug 42	42-12589	Lockheed P-38F-5-LO Lightning	Goodrich, Herbert A.	O-431201	50FS	14FG	4AF	DNB	Hometown: Larimer County, CO, Lost during ferry flight from New York, between Goose Bay, Labrador & Bluie West 1 Airfield, Greenland., (Home airbase, Bolero, Greenland )
.	5 Aug 42	41-2341	Lockheed P-38F-LO Lightning	Evans, Anthony	O-728984	49FS	14FG	IV	.	Incident at San Francisco Arpt, CA ., USA Plane based at Hamilton Field, CA., USA. Plane later in taxi accident Sep 5, 1942, Mills Field. To CL-26
.	23-Aug-42			Akers, Jonathan B	18014704	49FS	14FG	8AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Texas, Buried at: Plot F Row 2 Grave 90, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
.	23-Aug-42		.	Anderson, Robert E.	18018669	49FS	14FG	8AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Texas, Buried at: Plot B Row 1 Grave 48, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
.	23-Aug-42		.	Nash, Raymond S.	6567585	49FS	14FG	8AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Oregon, Buried at: Plot C Row 0 Grave 21, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
.	23-Aug-42			Patterson, Jesse L.	37045633	49FS	14FG	8AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Iowa, Buried at: Plot C Row 0 Grave 74, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
.	27-Aug-42	41-7641	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Warren, Elmer M Jr,	O-724525	48FS	14FG	8AF		Atcham, England Plane was repaired, redesignated, Plane lost 10 Dec 43 in a crash killing, Magee, George M, of the 95FS, 82FG
.	01-Sep-42	41- 7669	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Williams, Lyle L.	O-724864	49FS	14FG	8AF	DNB	Hit an object in flight. Crashed at Cliviger, near Burnley, England Sep 1, 1942 during attempted forced landing at Crownhall Farm. Entered the Service from, Wyoming, Buried at: Plot C Row 0 Grave 66, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
.	04-Sep-42	41-7671	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Bestgen, Walter Earl		48FS	14FG	8AF		Crashed at Valley, Wales. HONORED BY, Family, LIEUTENANT, PILOT ON P-38 AIRCRAFT. SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA FROM NOVEMBER 1942 TO JANUARY 1943 AS MEMBER OF THE 48TH FIGHTER SQUADRON.
.	05-Sep-42 other source has 9 Sept 42	41-7659	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Carlton, Robert N	O-431117	49FS	14FG	8AF		Lt. Carlton's P-38 picked up significant ice on the wings, making its controls sluggish. As he recovered the aircraft, a fire broke out in the cockpit. As Lt. Carlton opened the canopy, he was sucked out, but parachuted to safety, sustaining slight shoulder and ankle injuries., plane crashed at Lees Farm near Wellington 9 Mi NE, UK
	10-Sep-42	41-2240	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Goff, James H	O-725283		14FG			Pilot POW 18 May 1943, Plane destroyed Olympia Arpt, WA , USA. Plane dropped from records Nov 28, 1942
.	27-Sep-42	41-7677	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Elloitt, Robert Frederick	O-394428	49FS	14FG	8AF	RTD	Class of 41B, T/O Llanbedr on a Tow Target mission and after 55 minutes lost power in the left engine. Returned to Llanbedr for a single engine landing but when about two miles from the runway at 800 feet the right engine also cut out due to pilot not switching over from the reserve tank. Pilot turned towards the beach, undershooting and landing in about two feet of water. RTD, c/n 222-5804, condemned combat 11/11/42. Prior to the accident, the airplane participated in fighter sweeps over the Dutch and Belgian coasts, making it the only surviving 8th Air Force combat veteran P-38 and probably the oldest surviving 8th Air Force combat veteran of any type.
	Nov-42									The 14th FG suffered very heavy loses during this period. Between November 1942 and 28 January 1943 the group lost 32 pilots (out of an original complement of 54) and had been reduced to only seven operational aircraft. During its first period of service in North Africa, the 14th FG claimed 62 victories. Even though North Africa had been given the highest possible priority for new P-38s, there simply weren’t enough aircraft being produced in late 1942 to sustain such heavy loses. On 28 January the 14th FG was withdrawn, and replaced by the 82nd Fighter Group, also equipped with the P-38.
.	Nov-42	41-7655	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	.	.	.	14FG	12AF	.	Lost
.	18 Nov 42	.	.	Schottelkorb, William P	O-431164	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	18 Nov 42	.	.	Williams. Carl T Jr	O-409032	48FS	14FG	12AF	.	After landing in Northwest Africa, P-38s of the 1st and 14th Fighter Groups often escorted bombers to attack Axis ports and airfields in Tunisia. A force of twelve B-17s, escorted by six P-38s of the 48th FS, were intercepted by six Bf109s enroute to Bizerte. After a 25 minute running battle, Lt. Carl Williams caught a Bf109 attempting to dive away and shot it down for the first P-38 kill in the North African theatre. One P-38 was forced to crash land, but the pilot was rescued.
.	21-Nov-42	.	.	Williams, Carl T Jr	O-409032	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	22-Nov-42	.	.	Shipman, Mark K	O-431166	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	22-Nov-42	.	.	Sorrenson, Wallace A	O-431175	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
	22-Nov-42		Six aircraft are lost while attempting a night landing				14FG	12AF		This leads to a re-enforcement of the 14FG from the 94FS of the 1FG at Yorks-les-Bains. On the 25 Nov 42
.	24-Nov-42	.	.	Butler, James E	O-431382	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 4 victories
.	24-Nov-42	.	.	Carlton, Robert L	O-431117	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-Nov-42	.	.	Lusk, Virgil W	O-431233	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 4 victories
.	24-Nov-42	.	.	Morris, Thomas J Jr	O-384954	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	26-Nov-42	.	.	Hughes, Charles A	O-710117	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	26-Nov-42	.	.	Utermahlen, Donald C	O-763417	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
	27-Nov-42			Elliott, Robert Fredrick	O-394428	49FS	14FG	12AF		49th FS, took off to attack an armored column that had been reported by intelligence. Upon arriving in the report area no targets were found, so the two diverted to Kasserine Pass. This pass was the main route into Tunis from the southwest so it was heavily fortified by the Germans. Arthur Cole described the strafing run into the pass like "walking down a bowling alley lane while every bowler in the house tried to throw a strike at you." Lt. Elliott’s plane was hit, and though heavily damaged, managed to continue to fly. It soon became evident that they were not going to make it back to base before dark. This was a critical issue for two reasons: the lack of night time navigational aids in the region, and lack of runway lighting at their base. Lt. Cole suggested that they try to land on a dry lake and then both could fly out in his plane in the morning. Lt. Cole landed first, but his landing gear collapsed due to the rough surface. He radioed Lt. Elliott to land gear up, which he did safely. Both men were unhurt, but both airplanes were substantially damaged. The next morning they set their P-38s on fire
	27-Nov-42			Cole, Arthur V Jr	O-724710	48FS	14FG	12AF		49th FS, took off to attack an armored column that had been reported by intelligence. Upon arriving in the report area no targets were found, so the two diverted to Kasserine Pass. This pass was the main route into Tunis from the southwest so it was heavily fortified by the Germans. Arthur Cole described the strafing run into the pass like "walking down a bowling alley lane while every bowler in the house tried to throw a strike at you." Lt. Elliott’s plane was hit, and though heavily damaged, managed to continue to fly. It soon became evident that they were not going to make it back to base before dark. This was a critical issue for two reasons: the lack of night time navigational aids in the region, and lack of runway lighting at their base. Lt. Cole suggested that they try to land on a dry lake and then both could fly out in his plane in the morning. Lt. Cole landed first, but his landing gear collapsed due to the rough surface. He radioed Lt. Elliott to land gear up, which he did safely. Both men were unhurt, but both airplanes were substantially damaged. The next morning they set their P-38s on fire
See 7 May 42 Mentioned on Page 993 of 15155 as being MACR 16389 ?	28-Nov-42		.	Butler, James E	O-431382	49FS	14FG	12AF	FOD	Entered the Service from: Alabama, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Nenzel, Tunisia, , lost during November 1942. Recon mission to Bizerte.. There were four of us from the 48th FS and four from the 49th. A short time after takeoff, two of the 49th FS airplanes had to turn back because they couldn't get their drop tanks to feed. Point of Departure, Youk les Bains The P-38s scrambled in a series of frantic dogfights. Ethell was the only survivor of some 30-40 minutes of air combat
.	28-Nov-42	.	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Ethell, Ervin C.	O-431132	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 4 victories, Ju52/3m
.	28-Nov-42	.	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Ethell, Ervin C.	O-431132	48FS	14FG	12AF		Lt. Ervin C. Ethell of the 48th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, in North Africa, flew the P-38F during the winter of 1942. The most striking item for this P-38 is the nose art, consisting of 5781 then a dancing girl and the name Tangerine. This was his original Tangerine and was shot down while being flown by another pilot. I was flying Tangerine II (I had lent my first Tangerine to a pilot who didn't return), and the group was flat out on the deck. The P-38s scrambled in a series of frantic dogfights. Ethell was the only survivor of some 30-40 minutes of air combat
.	28-Nov-42	41-7654	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning (Nose number 5781 coded ESC, named "Tangerine")	.	.	48FS	14FG	12AF	S/d	Ethall had loaned his original P-38 (Tangerine) to a pilot who did not return. Recon mission to Bizerte.. There were four of us from the 48th FS and four from the 49th. A short time after takeoff, two of the 49th FS airplanes had to turn back because they couldn't get their drop tanks to feed. Point of Departure, Youk les Bains
.	28-Nov-42	.	.	Eubank, Robert H	O-431133	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	28-Nov-42	.	.	Evans, Redmond E	O-431207	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	28-Nov-42		See above for possibility	Skinner, Carl F.	O-431171	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Hidalgo County, TX. Entered the Service from, California, Buried at: Plot C Row 9 Grave 13, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart. Recon mission to Bizerte. There were four of us from the 48th FS and four from the 49th. I would be flying wing on my good friend Lt. Carl Skinner. Point of Departure, Youk les Bains
.	28-Nov-42	.	.	Smith, Virgil H	O-431172	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	29-Nov-42	.	.	Watson, Ralph J	O-404100	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	30-Nov-42	.	.	Smith, Virgil H	O-431172	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	01-Dec 42	.	.	.	.	49FS	14FG	12AF		The German counter-offensive launched on 1 December by the 10th Panzer Division at Chouigni, Djedeida and Tebourba was supported by 23 FW 190s from III./ZG 2, who flew intensive support missions for a number of days. II./JG 2 also operated in the area, shooting down a P-38 of the 49th FS on the first day of the German attack.
.	01-Dec-42	.	.	Singleton, John M	O-431170	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	02-Dec-42	.	.	Ashmead, Ronald E	O-733775	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	02-Dec-42	.	.	Hoelle, William J	O-431220	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	02-Dec-42	41-2234	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Jackson, Norman W	O-729342	49FS	14FG	12AF	.	Plane destroyed at at Olympia AB, WA., USA he later flew with 14FG. he relates by the time had 30 combat hours I had bailed out once, belly landed in the desert came home on one engine and brought one home so badly shot up it was promptly written off. There was talk of giving me the German Iron Cross! (This incident pilot bailed out Dec 2, 1942, Olympia, WA Dec 2, 1942)
.	02-Dec-42	.	.	Hoelle, William J	O-431220	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	02-Dec-42	.	.	Meidinger, John C	O-743471	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	03-Dec-42	.	.	Smith, Virgil H	O-431172	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	03-Dec-42	41-7653	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Williams, Carl T Jr.	O-409032	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, California, Buried at: Plot H Row 10 Grave 9, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
.	03-Dec-42	41-7646	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning			48FS	14FG	12AF		War Loss, Reported crashed landing. Source Terry T
.	04-Dec-42	.	.	Bing, Andrew J	O-403875	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	04-Dec-42	.	.	Goebel, John A	O-435764	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	04-Dec-42	.	.	Walles, Wade C Jr	O-404098	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	05-Dec-42	.	.	Carlton, Robert L	O-431117	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
Mentioned on Page 993 of 15155 as being MACR 16389 ?	05-Dec-42			Elliott, Robert Fred, FOD 5Dec 43	O-394428	49FS	14FG	12AF	MIA	Entered the Service from, North Carolina, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, pronounced dead on 5 Dec 1943, Sidi Nsir, Tunisia, MIA, Enemy Aircraft., On December 5 at 12:20 in the afternoon, six P-38 fighters from the 49th FS took off to escort nine A-20 bombers on a mission to bomb Bizerte Airdrome. The six P-38 pilots were Capt. Harold E. Lewis, Lt. Charles L. Earnhart, O-431401, Lt. John P. Stief, Lt. Robert F. Elliott, Lt. Robert N. Carlton, O-431117, and Lt. Russell F. Gustke. During the last 10 miles to the target, the flight encountered intense flak, but it was on the flight out of the target that the Lightnings were attacked by 10 or 15 Luftwaffe Me 109 fighters. The attack occurred approximately 10 miles west of Bizerte Airdrome. The six P-38 fighters turned into the attack. Lt. Carlton and Lt. Gustke each claimed an Me 109, while Lt. Earnhart claimed two probables (unconfirmed downed Me 109s) and two damaged Me 109s. The attack also took its toll on the six P-38s. Lt. Carlton was the only pilot of the six to return home unscathed. Lt. Earnhart crash-landed near Souk el Arba and returned to base uninjured. Lt. Gustke crash-landed in the desert and survived the landing. When he saw a group of Arabs approaching his airplane, he opened his parachute to release the silk as a distraction. While the Arabs fought over the silk, he escaped unnoticed. He made his way to a nearby residence and the friendly occupants helped him return to base. Capt. Lewis, Lt. Stief, and Lt. Elliott all failed to return. Capt. Lewis was later confirmed killed in action by the Commanding Officer of Battery B 175th Field Artillery Battalion. Lt. Stief was also later confirmed killed in action by British Ambulance with the Royal Army Medical Corps. To this day, Lt. Elliott is still missing. No trace of his body or his airplane has ever been found. It is possible that his airplane went down in one of the lakes near Bizerte.
	05-Dec-42			Earnhart, Charles L	O-431401	49FS	14FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Lt. Earnhart crash-landed near Souk el Arba and returned to base uninjured
.	05-Dec-42	.	.	Gustke, Russell F	O-065981	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
	05-Dec-42			Gustke, Russell F.	O-659814	49FS	14FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Lt. Gustke crash-landed in the desert and survived the landing. When he saw a group of Arabs approaching his airplane, he opened his parachute to release the silk as a distraction. While the Arabs fought over the silk, he escaped unnoticed. He went on to fly with the 55FG, then February 1944 - Transferred to the 20th Fighter Group (HQ)
.	05-Dec-42		P-38	Lewis, Harold E.	O-404028	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Illinois, Tablets of the Missing at North, Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Sidi Nsir, Tunisia, Confirmed by C.O. of Battery B 175th Field Art. Bn. APO 34
.	05-Dec-42		.	Stief, John P.	O-659849	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Pennsylvania, Buried at: Plot I Row 5 Grave 10, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Shot down, Sidi Nsir, Tunisia, Confirmed by Ambulance (British) R.A.M.C
.	06-Dec-42	.	.	Knapp, Ralph L	O-404022	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	06-Dec-42	.	.	Moore, William P	O-431144	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	06-Dec-42	.	.	Walles, Wade C Jr	O-404098	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	07-Dec-42	.	.	Smith, Virgil H	O-431172	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	07-Dec-42	.	.	Watson, Ralph J	O-404100	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	09-Dec-42	41-7645	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Tollen, James R.	O-724852	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, California, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart, Loss due to flak
.	12-Dec-42	.	.	Smith, Virgil H	O-431172	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	14-Dec-42	.	.	McKenzie, Burton E	O-023289	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	21-Dec-42	.	.	Gregory, Lewis H	O-659809	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, Ju 88, It seems there were three Junkers 88s which were subsequently knocked down by the P-38s. One of them crash landed and the crew was taken prisoner.
.	21-Dec-42	.	.	Moffatt, Robert J	O-444891	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, Ju 88
.	21-Dec-42	.	.	Woodward, Robert H	O-659855	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, Ju 88
	Late Dec 42	42-12817	Lockheed P-38G-5-LO Lightning	.	.	.	14FG	12AF	.	Plane transferred to 14FG from 96FS, 82FG
.	28-Dec- 42	.	.	.	.	.	14FG	12AF		December 28, Youks-les-Bains Had a little dogfight over the field today. Three Messerschmitts came over and were tackled by one P-38. He got in a burst over the field but missed the Messerschmitt. However the P-38 soon caught the guy on the deck and blasted hell into him. Another P-38 accounted for [a second Messerschmitt] which is okay.
.	28-Dec-42	.	.	Earnhart, Charles L	O-043101	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	28-Dec-42	.	.	Eubank, Robert H	O-431133	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	28-Dec-42	.	.	Mullinax, Livie F.Jr	O-659835	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	28-Dec-42			Mullinax, Livie F.Jr	O-659835	49FS	14FG	12AF	POW	Shot down 3:45 PM - Prisoner 3:50 PM and transported to Tunis. Dec. 29th taken to a school house in Tunis. Dec. 31 taken to dock 3:00 AM - left at 10:00 AM for Sicily. Arrived 11:00 PM aboard Italian destroyer "Ascaria". Train to Capua, Italy, Jan. 3, 1943 5:00 PM. Departed 17 March 1943 for Camp #21, at Chieti, arriving 18 March via train. Left Chieti Sep 23, 1943 in German truck for P/W camp at Sulmona arrived 10:00 AM. Left Sulmona Oct. 2, 1943 at 6:30 PM in box cars for Germany, 750 British and 200 US prisoners. Jumped from train 10:30 PM - Mullinax, Robert Paynter & John Jolly at Carrito, east of Rome in the mountains. Was hidden by the Italians until I left Carrito June 10, 1944 - Arrived in Pescasseroli 2:00 PM and spent the night. June 11, 1944 traveled by mule train, British Army, to S. Bonato and spent the night. June 12, 1944 traveled by jeep, British Col., to 8th Army Hq., near Vacmontone and then to Rome, Italy. Left Rome June 16, 1944 for Naples. June 17, 1944 reported to 12th Air Force. Returned to 49th Fighter Squadron at Foggia #7. Left Foggia July 3, 1944 for Casablanca. Left July 4, 1944 for ZI landing at 11:30 PM July 4, 1944.
.	30-Dec-42	.	.	Morris, Thomas J.Jr.	O-384954	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Los Angeles, CA, Flak - Seen to slump in cockpit from direct hit by ack-ack and crash into sea where plane was observed to burn., Pisida, Tripolitania
.	30-Dec-42	.	.	Cole, Arthur V Jr	O-724710	49FS	14FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	30-Dec-42	.	.	Smith, Virgil H	O-431172	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Shot down, Hometown: Hidalgo County, TX. December 30, Youks-les-Bains We (47th Bomb Group ), went over Gabes [a seaport near Tunisia's border with Libya] and bombed hell out of things. In the meantime we got hell shot out of us. No casualties however. This afternoon nine of our ships went back again and really got worked over. Stryson came back with his plane shot up more than somewhat and had to belly land it. One of the 15th Squadron gunners got shot up pretty badly. Seems the flak wasn't too bad but some Messerschmitts jumped them while the P-38s were engaged elsewhere. From the stories they sure had a hot time. Lost three P-38s on the morning raid and one other down towards Tripoli. [Lieutenant Virgil] Smith, our ace with six victories, was shot down
.	30 Dec 42	.	.	Smith, Clark W	O-421676	.	14FG	12AF	POW	North African Theatre: Tunisia. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated 9 Jul 1945. When his plane caught fire after being shot down by Germans, Clark Smith prepared to do something he and his fellow pilots had only talked about: bail out. “I was so excited that I forgot to release the canopy,” Smith, a World War II P-38 pilot, told 11th-grade history students at Rancho Buena Vista High School. He bailed out and landed near a remote village near Gabes, Tunisia, with a broken ankle and shrapnel in his arm. A pair of friendly villagers brought him a donkey to ride bareback to their village. But just as they reached it and lit a fire to keep warm, he was captured by Italian troops and spent 19 months in a German prison camp, Stalag Luft III. “When people ask me what's the most beautiful sight I can think of, it's the sight of Sherman tanks crashing through barbed wire,” said Smith, who flew 28 combat missions in Tunisia
.	30-Dec-42	.	.	Walles, Wade C Jr	O-404098	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	.	.	.	.	.	48FS	14FG	12AF	.	Claim was made at 15:35 hours by Erich Rudorffer while flying with 6./JG 2, 50 km SW Kairouan: 100 m / P-38 of 48 FS, 14 FG, USAAF

1943

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service#	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Comments
.	02-Jan-43	.	.	Kirschke, Robert P	O-659824	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, Ju 88
.	02-Jan-43	.	.	Goebel, John A	O-435764	48FS	14FG	12AF		January 2, Youks-les-Bains Goebel got on the tail of a Junkers 88 this morning and got a motor shot out of his brand new P-38. But they got the Junkers.
.	05-Jan-43	.	.	.	.	48FS	14FG	12AF	.	The 48th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group with P-38s moves from Youks-les-Bains to Berteaux, Algeria.
.	08-Jan-43	.	.	Hoelle, William J	O-431220	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
Mentioned on Page 993 of 15155 as being MACR 16389 ?	08-Jan-43	.	.	Kirschke, Robert P.	O-659824	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Will County, IL, Observed in a spin, in flames by Lt. Hoelle, CO of the 49th Fighter Squadron, Maigrouan, Tunisia. This was one of the first II./J.G. 2 combats when flying from Kairouan airfield. Lt. Bühligen claimed three P-38s. The rest of II./J.G. 2 claimed seven P-38s destroyed. The 14th FG lost three P-38s, along with two more damaged. Martin Gleeson notes that the 82nd FG lost four P-38s. Although the times of the 82nd FG’s missions are not known, they were all to the Kairouan area, and II./J.G. 2 was the only German fighter unit in the region, so we can assume that on one or more of these missions the 82nd FG met II./J.G. 2.
.	08-Jan-43	.	.	Leverette, William L	O-322014	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	08-Jan-43	.	.	Woodward, Robert H	O-659855	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Washington County, NY, Enemy Aircraft at 1530, Body identified by Lt. Russel F. Gustke at Youks Les Bains, Maigrouan, Tunisia.
.	11-Jan-43	.	.	Working, William H	O-659856	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	12-Jan-43	.	.	Jones, Warren L	O-1703079	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	14-Jan-43	.	.	Carroll, Richard J.	O-724703	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Illinois, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart.
.	15-Jan-43	.	.	Blueher, Oscar G	O-431113	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
Mentioned on Page 993 of 15155 as being MACR 16389 ?	15-Jan-43			Driver, Lawrence E.	O-729327	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Tennessee, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Shot down, Cape Bon, Tunisia, due to Enemy Aircraft, Plane was smoking in a shallow controlled dive when last seen.
.	15-Jan-43			Fulmer, William E.	O-396429	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Missouri, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. Shot down by Enemy Aircraft, Plane was seen to have crashed into the sea. Member of 48th, Cape Bon, Tunisia
.	15-Jan-43	.	.	Singleton, John M	O-431170	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	15-Jan-43	.	.	Sorrenson, Wallace A	O-431175	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	15-Jan-43	.	.	Warren. Elmer M Jr	O-724575	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	18-Jan-43	.	.	.	.	48FS	14FG	12AF	S/d	III./SKG 10, Lt Rudorffer claimed a 48th FS/14th FG P-38 and a 232 Sqdn Spit V.
.	19-Jan-43			Warren, Elmer M JR	O-724575	48FS ?	14FG	12AF	POW	Still changing engines. Lost Capt. Fulmer and Lt. Warren. Capt. down in flames. Barnes and I designed solenoids for my chronograph this evening. Tanks still rolling by, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	21-Jan-43	.	.	White, John G	O-659501	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	23-Jan-43	41-7650	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning (not confirmed)	Schottelkorb, William Frank, FOD, 23 Jan 44	O-431164	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Montana, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster. Lost St. Yates and Lt. Shottlekorb today. Exploded and crashed. Four other of our new pilots missing also. 2 ships definitely lost and 4 – 49^th ships missing. Hear heavy explosions again tonight. Must be big bombs. Got haircut today – first since "dear old England." Capt. Watson got the German that killed Yates, Me 109. Met lots of flak and 109’s overhead. Hit a new field that they didn’t know about. Lots of 109s.
.	23-Jan-43	.	.	Watson, Ralph J	O-404100	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
	23-Jan-43	43-2110	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning (not confirmed)	Yates, Leo M., FOD, 23 Jan 44	O-724868	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Utah, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia,
	23-Jan-43	43-2069	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning (not confirmed)	Stuteville, Guy E., FOD, 23 Jan 44	O-726701	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Texas, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart
	23-Jan-43	42-12819	Lockheed P-38G-5-LO Lightning (not confirmed)	Soliday, Richard H., FOD, 23 Jan 44	O-730642	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Pennsylvania, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	23-Jan-43	42-12749	Lockheed P-38G-1-LO Lightning (not confirmed)	Harley, Kenneth W. Jr.	O-662926	48FS	14FG	12AF	MIA	Hometown: Labette County, KS, FOD, His remains were later found buried by the Arabs.
	23-Jan-43			Shipman, Mark K	O-431166	48FS	14FG	12AF	MIA/Rtn	Jan. 25, Worked on bullet hole in supercharger today. Lt. Shipman (one of missing of Jan 23) called in today. Is O.K. and on way back. Three Me 109’s got on his tail.
1494 incorrect MACR for this aircraft	26 Jan 43	42-12905	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Perry, Henry L Jr,	O-724081	83FS	78FG	8AF	DNB	Hometown: Jefferson County, AR, collided in midair with 42-12928 Jan 26, 1943 over the Trough of Bowland, England while being ferried from Lincolnshire to Ireland. Pilots of both aircraft killed. MACR 1494 is dated Dec 30, 1943. and is NOT the correct MACR
	26-Jan-43	42-12928	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	White, Stephen L	O-729087	82FS	78FG	8AF	KIFA	Hometown: Portage County, OH, (78th FG, 82nd FS) collided with 42-12905 Jan 26, 1943 over the Trough of Bowland, England while being ferried from Lincolnshire to Ireland.
.	28-Jan-43		Flak	Earnhart, Charles L	O-431401	49FS	14FG	12AF	POW	8-10 miles W of Sfax, Tunisia, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
	17 Feb 43	42-12840	Lockheed P-38G-5-LO Lightning	Hoke, Walter L	O-733890	331FS	329FG			Cat 3 damage forced landing engine failure Ardrm Van Nuys, CA, USA He later flew with 49FS, 14FG, 30 Aug 43
.	28-Feb-43	.	.	White, John G	O-659501	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	28 Feb 43	.	Source; Brief History of 48^th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group	Northwest African Training Command, Feb 1943	.	.	14FG	NATC	.	February 28^th 1943, the 48th Squadron moved out of the combat area and returned to Mediouna airdrome, French Morocco some eighteen miles southeast of Casablanca. There followed a period of rest, recuperation, and training. The 48FS had suffered such severe and regular losses that the pilots and some personnel where sent back to the United States. Remaining planes went to the 82FG and the 14FG was slowly rebuilt back into a 3 Squadron unit..Pilots were received from the nearby training school at Beerschid and from the 78^th Fighter Group in England, and the unit was brought up to full strength. By the end of April 1943, preparations began for movement into the combat area. The ground echelon left in several motor convoys for Telergma, the next base of operations; and the air echelon departed on May 5^th. By May, when the 48^th returned to combat service at Telergma, Algeria, the war in Tunisia was over. On May 7^th, the British captured Tunis and the Americans seized Bizerte.
.	01-Mar-43		37th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group				14FG	12AF		Reassigned to the 14th Fighter Group on 1 March 1943, the 37th saw combat in the ETO and MTO, from 6 May 1943-4 May 1945, operating from locations in Algeria, French Morocco, Tunisia and Italy. It was redesignated as the 37th Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 28 February 1944 and inactivated on 9 September 1945 at Lesina, Italy.
.	17-Mar-43	42-12725	Lockheed P-38G-1-LO Lightning	Browne, Frederick W	O-729310	48FS	14FG	12AF		Crash landed, Predannack/Sta 504 , England
.	28-Mar-43						14FG	12AF		Seven ships left today and about a dozen came in from the 84^th in England. (My old squadron). Looks like we will hit the front again somewhere soon.
.	.	.	Video`	Garris, Benjamin	.	48FS	14FG	12AF	.	Benjamin Garris was a P-38 pilot with the 48th Fighter Squadron of the 14th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force during World War II. He was shot down over Salerno, Italy on his 14th mission. Wounded in this action he bailed out following factory recommended procedure, he struck the stabilizer smashing his face, left arm , pelvis and breaking a leg he survived this ordeal due to excellent medical care.
.	17-Apr-43	43-2527	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning				14FG	12AF		#56, "Patt II", written off due to a landing accident in North Africa & salvaged 17 Apr 1943. (other source has 28 Dec 43, Reingardt, Arthur F, HQ, 37ADG, Crashed belly landing engine failure, Casablanca, French Morocco)
.	19-Apr-43	.	.	.	.	37FS	.	.	.	The 19th, April 1943 one P-38 landed on Hípica Beach, Melilla. The plane possibly belonged to 55th FG/ 37th Fighter Squadron, transferring in March to the 14th Fighter Group. In 1943 P-38 fighter units located in North Africa urgently needed airplanes and pilots and airplanes and pilots of the 55th FG, based in England, were sent to North Africa.
.	19-Apr-43	.	.	Leverette, William L	O-322014	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	20-Apr-43	.	.	Leverette, William L	O-322014	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
. Mentioned on Page 993 of 15155 as being MACR 16389 ?	.		.	Moore, Gail E. Jr.	O-431143	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, California, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Metline, Algiers, Plane apparently hit by flak dove into the ground and exploded
.	09-May-43	.	.	DeMoss, Lloyd K	O-659804	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	09-May-43	Possible 43-2544	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightening (Number yellow 13 on boom and nose, named 2nd Little Karl")	Ross, Herbert E	O-421322	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, This P-38 (14th FG) lost Feb 14, 1944. MACR 2487
.	10-May-43		.	Varndell, Dewey F. Jr., FOD, 11 May 44	O-729384	37 FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Pennsylvania, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	11-May-43	43-2334	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightening				14FG	12AF
Mentioned on page 405 of 16544, which is report # 16283	11-May-43		.	Chavis, Wayne M., FOD 12 May 44	O-728977	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Arkansas, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Missing enemy action Last seen upside down with left engine on fire. Not seen to crash. Approx. 1200 hrs., 15-20 mi. SW of Marsala. Pilot had prior service with 84FS, 78FG, based at Station 345, incident on 24 Jan 1943, in 43-2178 at Goxhill/Sta 345, England
.	11-May-43	.	.	Newman, William J	O-421294	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
	1943 ?			Knapp, Ralph L.	O-404022	49FS	14FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	While searching for targets in the desert one day, he said he discovered four German JU-88 bombers coming straight at him. The aircraft were bombing Faid Pass in the mountains south of Tunis, Tunisia. He fired at the group of bombers, destroying one and catching the attention of the German ME-110 fighters escorting the bombers. One of the ME-110s hit his plane, forcing him to crash land in the desert. "An Army company saw me go down and dispatched a motorcycle to pick me up. But before the Army arrived, a large group of Arabs that seemed to come from out of nowhere assembled around my plane," said Mr. Knapp. "Encountering the Arabs was very interesting because they filled my canteen with water and gave me food." He said meeting the Arabs was quite an experience, and he couldn't help but feel that "the Good Lord was looking out for me." Another close call came when one of his aircraft engines was hit during a dogfight over Tunis. He was apprehensive about trying to fly the P-38 back to his home base in Tunisia, but the aircraft took the loss of one of its two engines in stride and got him home safely.
Mentioned on Page 993 of 15155 as being MACR 16389 ?	13-May-43	41-7569	Possibly, 41-7569, Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightening	Burton, John F.	O-728971	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Illinois, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Cagliari Bay, Sardinia, Flak, Bombers were heard to report one pilot bailing out and chute seen to open
.	14-May-43		.	Terwilliger, Edward R.	O-734031	37FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, California, Buried at: Plot A Row 7 Grave 8, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia.
.	18-May-43	.	.	Campbell, Richard A	O-659243	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories Bf-109
.	18-May-43	.	.	Goff, James H	O-725283	.	14FG	12AF	POW	Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	18 May 43	43-2517	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning,	Hollingsworth, James	O-730495	37FS	14FG	12AF	.	Named Kay while assigned to James Holingsworth 37FS, 14FG, Youks-le-Bains Algeria early 1943,
.	18-May-43	.	.	McCord, Robert R	O-428442	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
	18-May-43	43-2348	Lockheed P-38G-13-LO Lightning			48FS	14FG	12AF		Our ships escorted 17s today. Scholts’s plane got all shot to hell. Landed at Bizerte. Came down from 27,000 ft. Mc.Cords flight of four met 6 FW190s. Lt McCord got two. Two of our ships still missing.
2808	18-May-43	43-2486	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Toth, James J.Jr.	O-730671	37FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Nebraska, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart. Point Of Departure, Telergma, Africa. Location, [BLANK], Point Of Departure, Telergma, Africa
.	18-May-43	.	.	Yarwood, Thomas M	O-750755	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	19-May-43			Tog			14FG	12AF		Tog lost his ship today. Bellied in here. One engine caught fire at 27,000 ft. over Sicily, blew his fire out in a dive. The 49^th lost two that went after a FW190. Usual bait ship.
.	19-May-43		.	Benton, Robert B., FOD, 19 May 44	O-733792	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Michigan, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Mentioned on Page 993 of 15155 as being MACR 16389 ?	19-May-43		.	Howk, Frank C. Jr., FOD, 20 May 44	O-441475	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Oklahoma, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Enemy Aircraft, Last seen in formation but presumed to be shot down by enemy aircraft. Near Trapani, Sicily
Mentioned on Page 993 of 15155 as being MACR 16389 ?	19-May-43		.	Wolford, John L.., FOD, 20 May 44	O-423980	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Maryland, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Enemy Aircraft, Last seen on tail of Me 109 at approx. 1230 hrs Had turned into E/A in order to give two crippled planes a chance to return to home base., Near Trapani, Sicily
Mentioned on Page 993 of 15155 as being MACR 16389 ?	20-May-43			Little, Albert H.	O-431231	49FS	14FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Erath County, TX , Enemy Aircraft - Last seen on the tail of a Me 109 at approx. 1015 hours, SW coast of Sicily
.	22-May-43	.	.	Crocker, Charles J	O-659450	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	22-May-43		.	Henry, John C. Jr., FOD, 23 May 44	O-730485	37FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Alaska, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Mentioned on Page 993 of 15155 as being MACR 16389 ?	22-May-43			Snyder, Buren J.	O-734016	49FS	14FG	12AF	POW	Enemy Aircraft, Last seen, his airplane on fire going down in shallow dive with plane under control, Se Coast of Marettimo Island, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	24-May-43	.	.	Hanes, William E	O-043127	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-May-43	.	.	Hohman, Jack	T-000022	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-May-43	.	.	Leighton, Donald M	O-724549	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	25-May-43		.	Collins, William M.	O-659802	37FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Pennsylvania, Buried at: Plot I Row 11 Grave 38, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	25-May-43	Possible 43-2517	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning (Numbered yellow 66, named "Kay")	Hollingsworth, James M	O-730495	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, Do 217, , this P-38 (1st FG) lost Aug 20, 1943. MACR 422
.	26 May 43	.	.	Sanders, Fred M Jr	O-659844		14FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	28-May-43						14FG	12AF		Went to town today. Our boys got 2 Me 109s today. One of ours down at Tunis with engine out and another missing.
	29-May-43							12AF		May 29, One of our boys landed in the drink. Got out O.K. and a Walrus picked him up.
	28-May-43		See 29 May 1944 for possible MACR and serial number	Simmons, Harry E., FOD 29 May 1944	O-729068	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Pennsylvania, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	30-May-43	.	.	McCord, Robert R	O-428442	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	30-May-43	.	.	Weatherford, Sidney W	O-724756	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, Bf-109
.	04-Jun-43		.	Bergersen, William A.	O-733795	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Wisconsin, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Milo A/D, Sicily, Collision, In trying to avoid flak collided with Lt. Green and burst into flame and crashed into sea between Stagnone Island and west shore of Sicily
.	04-Jun-43		.	Green, John H.	O-725289	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Texas, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Milo A/D, Sicily, Collision, In trying to avoid flak collided with Lt. Bergersen and burst into flame and crashed into sea between Stagnone Island and west shore of Sicily.
.	12-Jun-43	43-2439	Possibly, 43-2439, Lockheed				14FG	12AF		Was listed as condemned. but no reason given... Possibly the P-38 captured by Italians possibly a 14FG plane
.	13-Jun-43			Anderson, Iner W.	O-434366	37FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Washington, Buried at: Plot G Row 12 Grave 6, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia,
	14-Jun-43			Anderson	see below	48FS	14FG	12AF		June 14, 48th FS, Lost 2 ships today. The bastards got Capt. Anderson, knocked an engine out and he hit the other ship. He was a swell Joe
535	14-Jun-43	43-2466	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Anderson, Donald E, see 24 July 1943	O-431642 service number not confirmed due to POW dates	48FS	14FG	12AF	POW/Rtn	Location, Appox. 10 Mi. S & W Of Trapani, Point Of Departure, New Haven # 2. 48FS, 14FG, Pilot POW, Sardinia, taken prisoner by Italians but then he came back to his unit., microfilm A0741 from AFHRA. Possibilities UFFZ Heniz Birth 7/jg53, 5-6 kilometers S.E. of Siacca at 3000 meters at 8:35. The other was downed by LTN Willy Kientch, 6/jg27 40 kilometers South of Marettimo at 8:45. June 15, 1943. The mission on this day was the Milo Airdrome in Trapani, Sicily. Flights of P-38 Lockheed Lightnings from the North African Air Force's 14th Fighter Group, 48th Squadron were circling the target; while providing escort cover for the B-26 Martin Marauders from the 320th Bombardment Group. Suddenly Capt. Anderson’s P-38 was hit by flak from ground-fire or fire from an Italian Me-109. As his plane spiralled out of control, he bailed out into the Mediterranean Sea. Wounded, he was captured by the Italians as a prisoner of war, and was taken to their Marine Hospital in Trapani. On July 24, 1943 he was repatriated by U.S. Army Paratroopers.
.	15-Jun-43	.	.	Campbell, Richard A	O-659243	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, MC 202
20	15-Jun-43	43-2465	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Browne, Frederick W.	O-729310	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, Appox. 10 Mi. S & W Of Trapani. Point Of Departure, New Haven # 2. Entered the Service from, Massachusetts, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart. Possibilities UFFZ Heniz Birth 7/jg53, 5-6 kilometers S.E. of Siacca at 3000 meters at 8:35. The other was downed by LTN Willy Kientch, 6/jg27 40 kilometers South of Marettimo at 8:45.
.	15-Jun-43	.	.	Hanes, William E	O-043127	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
308	18-Jun-43	42-12967	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Campbell, Bruce L	O-728974	49FS	14FG	12AF	POW	Location, Off N. E. Coast Of Lorenzo Island, Point Of Departure, A P O 525. Collision, In trying to avoid flak collided with Lt. Church and both planes crashed into the water at approx. 1105 hrs, between the coast of Sicily and the Northeast coast of Lenanze Island. He parachuted to safety., Milo A/D, Sicily, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
309	18-Jun-43	43-2499	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Church, George B.	O-733823	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, Off N. E. Coast Of Lorenzo Island, Point Of Departure, A P O 525. Entered the Service from, Maryland, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Collision, In trying to avoid flak collided with Lt. Campbell and both plane crashed into the water at approx. 1105 hrs, between the coast of Sicily and the Northeast coast of Lenanze Island
.	20-Jun-43	.	.	Evans, Anthony	O-728984	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
57	24-Jun-43	43-2360	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Alexander, Harold R	O-736057	37FS	14FG	12AF		Location, Vicinity Of Villanova, Point Of Departure, Telergma A. B. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	24-Jun-43	.	.	Blair, Hubert M	O-659061	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	24-Jun-43	.	.	Garbett, John S	O-732217	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-Jun-43	Possible 43-2517	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning (Numbered yellow 66, named "Kay")	Hollingsworth, James M	O-730495	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, Bf-109, this P-38 (1st FG) lost Aug 20, 1943. MACR 422
.	24-Jun-43	.	.	Rudder, Carl F	O-431323	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	24-Jun-43	.	.	Wightman, George D	O-725393	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	26-Jun-43			Neely, William D. III	O-659836	49FS	14FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Rutherford County, TN, Crash, On a practice mission taking the part of the enemy and diving on the formation trying to break it up. Started his dive at approx. 35,000 feet and finally pulled out at 4,000 where his right wing broke off. Not known what happened, if he blacked out or not, on pulling out but the plane continued in level flight for a distance and then went into a spin and crashed into a mountain about 20 miles from Telergma, Algiers
.	28-Jun-43	.	.	DeMoss, Lloyd K	O-659804	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	28-Jun-43	.	.	Miller, Joseph E Jr	O-659834	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	28-Jun-43	.	.	Stidham, Jerry South	O-730654	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	02-Jul-43	.	.	Watson, Ralph J	O-404100	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	03-Jul-43	.	.	Leikness, Marlow J	O-659141	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	08-Jul-43	.	.	Watson, Ralph J	O-404100	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	09-Jul-43	.	.	Campbell, Richard A	O-659243	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, Bf-109
.	09-Jul-43		.	Kennedy, Wallace E.	O-733912	48FS	14FG	12AF	DNB	Entered the Service from, Minnesota, Buried at: Plot E Row 4 Grave 6, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, killed when he hit the runway. Both engines cut out and he burned when he crashed near Tabourba.
340	10-Jul-43	42-12938	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Booth, Sidney R.	O-733803	49FS	14FG	12AF	FOD, 11 Jul 44	Hometown: Allegheny County, PA. Location, Tamacca, Sicily, Point Of Departure, A P O 525. On a dive bombing and strafing mission over Sicily the flight was attacked by E/A. Last seen as the formation swung into the enemy at approx. 1040 hrs. Cause presumed to be E/A., Ramacca, Sicily. Possibility from Prien`s JG53 history book: 10.15-11ooAM, II/JG53 free hunting with 6 planes over the beachhead by Gela, 5 P-38 s/d one of them by Rollwage at 10.37 Ofw. Herbert Rollwage, who was shot down later that day near S. Peitro survived and returned to his Unit.
100	10-Jul-43	43-2389	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Bland, Wallace G	O-659794	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Cullman County, AL. Location, Vicinity Of Palagonia, Sicily, Point Of Departure, A P O 525. Entered the Service from, Alabama, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, Palagonia, Sicily, Flak, At approx. 1630 hrs while on a dive bombing and strafing mission over Sicily his plane was struck by flak. He was seen leaving his plane, but apparently struck the tail boom and was stunned as his chute did not open and his body was seen to hit the ground
74	10-Jul-43	42-12961	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Knepper, Allen W. MACR has mis-spelt his name as Knapper	O-737801	49FS	14FG	12AF	FOD, 11 Jul 44	Hometown: Nez Perce County, ID. Location, Vicinity Of Palagonia, Sicily, Point Of Departure, A P O 525. Flak, At approx. 1630 hrs while on a dive bombing and strafing mission over Sicily his plane was struck by flak. Not seen to leave his plane and it crashed into earth., Palagonia, Sicily
.	10-Jul-43	.	.	Leikness, Marlow J	O-659141	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	10-Jul-43	.	.	Manlove, Wayne M	O-729035	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	11-Jul-43	.	.	Hanes, William E	O-043127	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	11-Jul-43	.	.	Leikness, Marlow J	O-659141	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
70	12-Jul-43	43-2333	Lockheed P-38G-13-LO Lightning	Herrmann, Robert J.	O-737784	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Michigan, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart. Location, Approx. 10 Miles S. Of Pt. Eupedocle, Sicily, Point Of Departure, El Bathan
.	12-Jul-43	.	.	Saum, John E	O-733996	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
	12-Jul-43			Stidham, Jerry South	O-730654	48FS	14FG	12AF	MIA/Rtn	Returns 24 July 43, after escaping from Germans twice in Sicily.
.	12-Jul-43	.	.	Weatherford, Sidney W	O-724756	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, MC 202
.	13-Jul-43	.	.	Hohman, Jack	T-000022	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
336	13-Jul-43	42-13212	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Lister, Donald J.	O-732286	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, 25 Miles S W Of Gulteniseghen, Point Of Departure, El Bathan. Entered the Service from, Illinois, Buried at: Plot D Row 6 Grave 25, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, claims where made by Oblt. Frielinghaus of IV/JG 3 and Obfw. Johann Pichler of 7/JG 77 -this was extracted from "Spitfires over Sicily".
.	16-Jul-43			Hageny, Mark C.	O-391305	49FS	14FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Fulton County, GA. Took off on a routine flight and shortly after buzzed the area. He had two belly tanks and flying at slightly over flying speed on the buzz he went into a steep climb and then split S’d. He did not have enough altitude and crashed into the squadron area, where the plane burned, Elbathan, Algeria. Had a previous incident 15 Jan 43, with 331FS, 329FG in P-38, 41-2338
.	18-Jul-43	.	.	Hendrix, Lloyd O	O-729005	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 4 victories
.	18-Jul-43	.	.	Hohman, Jack	T-000022	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	18-Jul-43	.	.	Jennings, Richard H Jr	O-730507	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	18-Jul-43	.	.	Leighton, Donald M	O-724549	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	18-Jul-43	.	.	Ross, Herbert E	O-421322	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	18-Jul-43	.	.	Smith, Orson T	O-725367	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	18-Jul-43	.	.	Weatherford, Sidney W	O-724756	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories, Ju 52/3M
.	18-Jul-43	.	.	Wilkens, Paul H	O-2056072	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	24-Jul-43	.	Unconfirmed 14FG Pilot but this might be his return to Unit date?	Anderson, Donald E	O-431642	48FS	14FG	12AF	POW	North African Theatre: Sicily, Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
.	01-Aug-43	.	.	Rudder, Carl F	O-431323	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	02-Aug-43	.	.	Ellis, Lothrop F	O-733853	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	02-Aug-43	.	.	Knott, Carroll S	O-739021	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	02-Aug-43	.	.	Richard, Charles W	T-000052	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	04-Aug-43	.	.	Atckison, Richard G	O-740335	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	04-Aug-43	.	.	Barker, Forrest H	O-427116	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	04-Aug-43	.	.	Highsmith, Robert L	O-737786	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	04-Aug-43	.	.	Knott, Carroll S	O-739021	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
445	04-Aug-43	43-2393	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Hendrix, Lloyd O.	O-729005	37FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, Gulf Of S. Bufemis, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit. Entered the Service from, Missouri, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters
.	04-Aug-43	.	.	Evans, Anthony	O-728984	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories
.	04-Aug-43	.	.	Leikness, Marlow J	O-659141	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	13-Aug-43	.	.	Moomaw, Russell K	O-732312	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
412	17-Aug-43	MACR gives, 42-19430 which is Cancelled contract for Bell P-39N Airacobra	More likely 42-13430 Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Tarr, Jack Leslie	O-730663	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, One Mile Off Cape Spartivento Italy, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit. Entered the Service from, California, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
413	17-Aug-43	42-13436	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Texter, Harold Ivin	O-743540	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, One Mile Off Cape Spartivento Italy, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit. Entered the Service from, Ohio, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart
410	17-Aug-43	42-13413	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Tompkins, Robert C.	O-743544	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, 8 Miles N. Of Cape Sparti-Vento, Italy, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit. Entered the Service from, Indiana, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Carthage, Tunisia
.	19-Aug-43	.	.	Decker, Richard E	O-421891	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
459	19-Aug-43	42-5837	Lockheed/Vega B-17F-25-VE Fortress	Farrell, Raymond J	19059551	.	.	12AF	POW	Connection if any to 14FG unknown to me . Location, 40°38' N-15°05' E., Point Of Departure, Massicault, Tunisia. Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
.	19-Aug-43	.	.	Harper, Harold T	O-729001	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	19-Aug-43	.	.	Hickman, Herbert C	T-000020	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	19-Aug-43	.	.	Hollingsworth, James M	O-730495	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
Mentioned on page 3 of 477 and in 479	19-Aug-43	42-13152	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Moak, Jack L			14FG	12AF	POW	On a bomber escort mission to Foggia, Italy Lt. Moak dropped from formation and was attacked by E/A. Lt. Moak bailed out and was taken POW., Foggia, Italy (No NARA POW record found)
.	20-Aug-43			Hoke, Walter L.	O-733890	49FS	14FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Carroll County, MD, Just after take off his engines started to cut out. He tried to drop belly tanks. One dropped and the other remained on ship. He tried to come in for a landing but crashed and the ship burst into flames. Upon medical examination it was found his skull had been crushed in the crash., St. Marie Du Zit, Tunisia
.	23-Aug-43	.	.	Gardener, Robert E	O-729333	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
488	23-Aug-43	MACR lists 43-13233, which is Cancelled contract, more likely is 42-13233	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning, numbered, 91 named Rusty	Moomaw, Russell K., FOD is 24 Aug 44	O-732312	37FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, Gulf Of Salerno, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit. Entered the Service from, Ohio, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. Flew out of Bezerti Tunisia, he was on an air sea rescue mission and was attacked by a bunch of E.A. There was a PBY shot down and Lt. Moomaw took a hit in his starboard engine. A German by the name of FW. Hans Schafer got the initial hit 40 Km S.of the island of Capri. Lt. Moomaw escaped into the clouds and the others in his group went back to base in Beserti. When he ran out of cloud cover a German named UFFZ. Karl Knickel shot him down 50 Km S. of Capri at 30 Metres.
506	25-Aug-43	43-2470	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Africa, Daniel D.	O-733771	48FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, 10 Ni S Of Ischia Island, Italy, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit. Entered the Service from, Pennsylvania, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
503	25-Aug-43	43-2534	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Hester, William K	O-427335	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, Satellite 4/N #6, Foggia, Italy, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit. Entered the Service from, Texas, Buried at: Plot F Row 8 Grave 12, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, On a strafing mission to Foggia satellite A/D #8 he was last seen in target area. After occupation by allied troops it was rumored that a twin engine plane was seen to be shot down by E/A. Upon investigation with the civilian authorities in the different towns in the vicinity the crashed plane was finally located. Although the numbers found in the wreckage did not correspond to the numbers on Lt. Hester’s plane it was found that the wreckage had been strafed by Germans. At the time the body had been buried as an "Unknown English Aviator". Later the body was removed to the British Military Cemetery at Bari. However clerks remembered seeing a metal tag which was from the body and they remembered the name "William" and "Texas" having been on the tags. The clerks stated the tags were like our own tags. The effects were turned over to a Red Cross agency but no receipt was found. Later it was definitely established that the plane number AF 43-2534 was the plane piloted by Lt. Hester on this date. His home was Dallas, Texas. It has been recommended that the British Military authorities be informed as to the findings and his grave appropriately marked.
.	25-Aug-43	.	.	Miller, Joseph E Jr	O-659834	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	25-Aug-43	.	.	Ross, Herbert E	O-421322	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	26-Aug-43	.	.	Miller, Joseph E Jr	O-659834	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	26-Aug-43	.	.	Ross, Herbert E	O-421322	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	26-Aug-43	.	.	Weatherford, Sidney W	O-724756	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory, Bf-109
.	26-Aug-43	.	.	Yarberry, Edward L	O-729092	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
510	27-Aug-43	42-12878	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning (not a 14FG member belongs to 368th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group)	Hyland, Edward J	O-674371	.	.	.	.	Location, Btwn Ischa & Vantotene Ild, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit
.	27-Aug-43	.	.	DeMoss, Lloyd K	O-659804	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	27-Aug-43	.	.	Knott, Carroll S	O-739021	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	28-Aug-43	.	.	Campbell, Richard A	O-659243	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 2 victories, Bf-109
.	28-Aug-43	.	.	Clark, Donald L	O-730382	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
511	28-Aug-43	43-2538	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Dion, Earl J	T-000954	37FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location, N. W. Of Civitavecchia, Italy, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit. Entered the Service from, South Dakota, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	28-Aug-43	.	.	Evans, Anthony	O-728984	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	28-Aug-43	.	.	Gardener, Robert E	O-729333	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	28-Aug-43	.	.	Joyce, John D	O-732264	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
512	29-Aug-43	42-13410	,Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	McCoy, John D.	T-001054	49FS	14FG	12AF	POW	Location, Appx, 45 Miles S. W. Of Rome, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit. Approx. 45 miles SW of Rome after an attack by enemy aircraft both engines of Lt. McCoy’s plane were seen to be smoking. He was last seen at 41o 41’N. 11o26’E. by his escort as he was manoeuvring to get above him to give better protection. The time approx. 1040 hours, Orte RR Yard, Italy, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	29-Aug-43	.	.	Ross, Herbert E	O-421322	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
508	30-Aug-43	43-2418	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Bright, John G	O-889017	37FS	14FG	12AF		Location, Vicitity Of Montalto D Castro, Italy, Point Of Departure, St. Marie Du Zit
.	4 Sep 43	.	.	Hardy, Frances			14FG	12AF		Transfers in from the 1FG
.	5 Sep 43	.	.	Bright, John G	O-889017	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	5 Sep 43	.	.	Rudder, Carl F	O-431323	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	5 Sep 43	.	.	Wilson, Robert H	O-428432	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	6 Sep 43	.	.	Barber, Albert G	O-733783	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	6 Sep 43	.	.	Boatman, Beryl L	O-733800	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	6 Sep 43	.	.	Hannah, Harrison H Jr	O-730472	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	6 Sep 43	.	.	Harris, John M	O-732241	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	6 Sep 43	.	.	Haupt, Fred J III	T-000019	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	6 Sep 43	.	.	Ross, Herbert E	O-421322	48FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	6 Sep 43	.	.	Vardel, Wilbur E	O-737907	49FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
707	15-Sep-43	43-2407	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Ogle, Louis D.	O-730585	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Location:, Fisciana, Italy, Point Of Departure, St. Maria Du Zit. Hometown: Lawrence County, MO, On dive bombing of the road between Baiana and Monteforte, Italy his plane was hit by flak and was seen to crash in the center of town of Fisciano, Italy. His plane was seen to catch on fire as it crashed into a building., Fisciano, Italy
714	18-Sep-43	42-13398	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Faust, Martin	O-442327	49FS	14FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: King County, WA, Location, Unknown, Point Of Departure, St. Maria Du Zit. On a strafing mission to Foggia Satellite A/D #2 the formation was met by intense, accurate and medium flak. It is presumed that he was shot down by flak and later confirmed that he was killed in action while on this raid, Foggia, Italy
.	18-Sep-43	.	.	Garbett, John S	O-732217	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
715	18-Sep-43	42-12924	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Rooney, Robert A, S Sgt	20709718		14FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Swift County, MN. Location, Unknown, Point Of Departure, St. Maria Du Zit
.	22 Sep 43	.	.	.	.	.	325FG	12AF	.	It was around this time frame when P-38s of the 14FG mistakenly attacked P-40s of the 325FG, Maj Robert Lee Baseler, CO, 325FG, jumped into the 325FG captured Bf-109 flew to what he thought was the 14FG base and scattered the troops there. Later that night he was awoken by Col Garmin of the 1FG and chewed out because it was the 1FG base that had be buzzed
.	03-Oct-43	.	.	Clark, Donald L	O-730382	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	09-Oct-43	.	.	Blue, Wayne L	O-729307	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	09-Oct-43	.	.	Hanna, Harry T	O-737778	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	09-Oct-43	.	.	Leverette, William L	O-322014	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 7 victories
.	09-Oct-43	.	.	Margison, Robert L	O-743460	37FS	14FG	12AF		Claims 1 victory
.	01-Nov-43		.				14FG	15AF		On November 1, 1943, they were transferred from the 12th Air Force to the 15th Air Force
.	01-Nov-43	43-2544	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Ross, Herbert E	.	48FS	14FG	15AF	.	3653 nose numbers, Plane was squadron numbered 13 named 2nd Lil Karl, scored a direct hit on the Italian liner, being used as a troopship, Rex. Herb Ross, a native of Stockton, flew with the 14th Fighter Group’s 48th Fighter Squadron in the Mediterranean, attacking targets in and around Italy. He flew 52 missions and down seven enemy aircraft – two Bf-109s, a pair of Macchi 202, two Ju-52s, and an Fw-190. Ross even gave Bob Hope a ride in his P-38 while the entertainer was in North Africa on a USO tour. Ross retired as a colonel from the Air Force after 27 years.
1182	09-Nov-43	43-2315	Lockheed P-38G-13-LO Lightning	Green, William H.	O-750575	49FS	14FG	15AF		Location, Unknown, Point Of Departure, St. Maria Du Zit.. Entered the Service from, Kansas, Buried at: Plot B Row 8 Grave 31, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Purple Heart, Unknown cause, Last contacted by radio near the SW tip of Corsica, in the vicinity of Ajaccio. He reported he was turning back to base at this point. The time was approx. 1300 hrs which was before reaching the target area, Nure, Sardinia,
.	14-Dec-43	.	.	Leverette, William L	O-322014	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory. During the morning, nine 15th Light Bombardment Squadron A-20s, escorted by eight 14th Fighter Group P-38s and twelve 33d Fighter Group P-40s, attack the Sfax railroad station. During the afternoon, nine 15th Light Bombardment Squadron A-20s, escorted by P-38s, attack the same target.
.	16-Dec-43	.	.	Wilkens, Paul H	O-2056072	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
2079	16-Dec-43	43-2379	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Pitre, Eugene N Jr	O-749051	37FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	Location, Ariano, Italy, Point Of Departure, Foggia # 7
.	20-Dec-43	.	.	Hoke, Robert E	O-743447	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	20-Dec-43	.	.	Schoener, Herbert C	O-743513	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	20-Dec-43	42-104259	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning (Plane had a Star of David painted on it)	Seidman, Robert K	O-799657	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 3 victories
.	20-Dec-43	.	.	Stahl, Kenneth L	O-746238	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	20-Dec-43	43-2527	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning (Yellow 56, named "Pat II")	Taylor, Oliver B	O-022046	HQ	14FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory, BF-109 over Eleusis Airfield Greece
1593	30-Dec-43	43-2511	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Baggott, Frederick W		48FS	14FG	15AF		Location, Near Padua, Italy, Point Of Departure, Foggia # 7
.	30-Dec-43	.	.	Cowie, Robert P	O-737008	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
1594	30-Dec-43	42-12995	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Erwin, Chester Delmore Jr	O-801683		14FG	15AF	POW	Location, Near Padua, Italy, Point Of Departure, Foggia # 7. one of two shot down this day, SERVED AS A P-38 PILOT IN NORTHERN ITALY. PRISONER OF WAR AT STALAG LUFT 1 IN BARTH, GERMANY FOR 18 MONTHS., HOMETOWN Miami, FL, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	30-Dec-43	.	.	Hannah, Harrison H Jr	O-730472	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	30-Dec-43	42-13140	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Martin, John W		37FS	14FG	15AF		crash landing, Triolo AF

1944

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service#	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Comments
1695	03-Jan-44	41-7633	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning				14FG	15AF		.
9094, Conflict	03-Jan-44	43-2427	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	See below			14FG	15AF		lost Jan 3, 1944. MACR 9094, Conflict, 23 Feb 1944, Pilot killed,
9094	03-Jan-44	43-2427	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Fritz, David C.	O-748952	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Ohio, Buried at: Plot A Row 8 Grave 41, Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Unknown cause, He was last seen leaving the target flying formation at approx. 1145 hrs., Villa Peresa, Italy. Location, Vicinity Of Peresa, Italy, Point Of Departure, Foggia, Italy
.	07-Jan-44	.	.	Wright, Max J	O-743389	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
511	08-Jan-44	43-2538	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Sullivan, Kenneth C		37FS	14FG	15AF		crash landed, plane destroyed, Corsica
.	10-Jan-44	.	.	Cowie, Robert P	O-737008	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jan-44	.	.	Hoke, Robert E	O-743447	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jan-44	.	.	Liles, Roy C	O-668254	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jan-44	.	.	Margison, Robert L	O-743460	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
Conflict, 1816	10-Jan-44	43-2458	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Richards, George E	37FS	48FS	14FG	15AF		Location, Near Sofia, Bulgaria, Point Of Departure, Foggia # 7. 14th FG, lost Jan 10, 1944. MACR 1816, also listed with 97FS, 82FG, 14 Jan 44, damaged taxiing, Foggia.
.	10-Jan-44	.	.	Simmons, Harold	O-659192	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jan-44	.		Tatum, Cleveland J	O-746220	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jan-44	43-2527	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning (Yellow 56, named "Pat II")	Taylor, Oliver B	O-022046	HQ	14FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jan-44	.	.	Wilkens, Paul H	O-2056072	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	13-Jan-44	.	.	Raley, Nathaniel G	O-743500	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 0.50 victory
.	13-Jan-44	42-13371	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Sebring, Ralph W	O-885684	48FS	14FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
1817	13-Jan-44	42-13371	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Sebring, Ralph W	O-885684	48FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, Rome, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triola L/G. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
1811	13-Jan-44	43-2331	Lockheed P-38G-13-LO Lightning,	Tyler, Dale W	O-746231	37FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, 5 Mi. N. W. Of Rome, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. North African Theatre: Italy, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	13-Jan-44	.	.	Wagner, Michael A	O-800079	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 0.50 victory
.	13-Jan-44	.	.	Wilkens, Paul H	O-2056072	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	16-Jan-44	.	.	Mathews, Morgan H	O-743360	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	16-Jan-44	.	.	Smith, Thomas W	O-736393	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
1794	16-Jan-44	42-13365	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Stahl, Kenneth L	O-746212	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	HOMETOWN, Pontiac, IL, HONORED BY Roy Stahl, P-38 PILOT, FLEW OUT OF ITALY. SHOT DOWN OVER YUGOSLAVIA IN JANUARY 1944, WHILE IN COMBAT WITH GERMAN AIRCRAFT. Location, N. Of Fiume, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
1795	16-Jan-44	42-13366	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Williams, Richard F	O-750748	48FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, Approx. 40 Miles Inland From Yugoslav Coast, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G. Middle East Theatre: Yugoslavia. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. Lt. Wright was squadron leader today and took off with an eleven plane formation to Klagenfurt, Austria. In the Ljubljana area they were jumped by 15 Me-109's and a short dogfight ensued. There were no claims. Lt. Williams left engine was seen to catch on fire though no enemy had been observed within firing range. He bailed out and was last seen entering a cloud layer at 10,000 ft. with his chute still unopened. It is thought that he purposely delayed it so there is reason to believe he may still be alive.
1796	16-Jan-44	43-2472	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	La Rue, Elmer H	O-737150	37FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Cook County, IL. Location, So. Of Naklo, Yugoslavia, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
1990	20-Jan-44	42-13447	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightening	Duff, Arthur V.	O-668218	49FS	14FG	15AF	FOD see 17-Sep-45	Mechanical failure, In the vicinity of Nettuno, Italy at approx. 1230 hrs the airplane caught fire in the right engine. He bailed out into the sea and his dinghy was seen to be inflated., Nettuno, Italy. Location, Vicinity Of Nettuno, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
.	21-Jan -44	.	.	.	.	.	14FG	15AF	.	"Lts. Ellis, Lothrop F. (Bud), Foster, and Leiter left the squadron this afternoon to report in Bari for orders to proceed to the States after completion of 50 missions.
.	21-Jan -44	.	.	La Scotte, Jerome A.	.	49FS	14FG	15AF	.	He was assigned to the squadron on August 9, 1943 and flew his first combat mission on August 19. 1943. On January 21, 1944 Lt. La Scotte and six other pilots flew to England in a B-17 to pick up some new P-38s and fly them back to Italy. He returned on February 13. (In point of fact, these were not "new" aircraft but cast-offs - P-38Hs - from the 8th Air Force, which was receiving the newer and improved P-38J model.) Lt. La Scotte flew his last combat mission on March 2, 1944 and left the squadron five days later.
.	21-Jan -44	.	.	McGuyrt, John W Jr	O-743463	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	21-Jan -44	.	.	Wagner, Michael A	O-800079	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
2035	23-Jan-44	43-2172	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning,	Waldrop, Melvin T	O-802369	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Lost over Italy. Hometown: Leake County, MS. Location, Near Rieti, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G
2034	23-Jan-44	43-2337	Lockheed P-38G-13-LO Lightning	Viertel, Glen J	.	48FS	14FG	15AF	S/d	Location, Approx. 25 Miles West Of Point Ansio, Point Of Departure, Foggia # 7
2036	27-Jan-44	43-2545	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Greenup, Harry R.	O-750576	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Between Marseilles and Toulon, France approx. 1230 hrs the flight was attacked by E/A. He was last seen as the flight was turning into the E/A. His plane was found close to Rileys plane (see below) Source: Aéro-Re.L.I.C. site November 6, 1996, Les Lecques's bay (La Ciotat's bay east), 140ft of depth !, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	27-Jan-44	.	.	Jackson, Norman W	O-729342	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
2038	27-Jan-44	43-2543	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning,	Riley, James G Jr	O-800593	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Marcel Camilleri, professional diver and director of Lecques Aquanaut Center, in Saint-Cyr, discovers the wreck of P-38 Lightning laying on its back on a sandy bottom. The American twin-engine is literally covered with fishing nets, and it will be necessary to make more than 200 dives on the site, before the wreck take this fabulous aspect we know today.disappeared in flames into the sea in La Ciotat's Bay, France, shot down by flak and fighters. Near Marseilles, France, escorting B-17 bombers coming to destroy the airfield of Salon-de-Provence, France.Between Marseilles and Toulon, France approx. 1230 hrs when jumped by E/A headed for deck where heavy ground fire was encountered. Last seen as the formation leveled out on the deck
.	27-Jan-44	42-104259	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning (Plane had a Star of David painted on it)	Seidman, Robert K	O-799657	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	30-Jan-44	.	.	Wright, Max J	O-743389	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-Feb-44	43-2536	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Schetler, Jackson R,		49FS	14FG	15AF		Force landed, plane destroyed, Rotello/nr, Italy
2306	10-Feb-44	42-12952	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Raley, Nathaniel G	O-743500	48FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, About 15 Miles East Of Vicovaro, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G. Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, European Theater of Operations ribbon with four battle stars. On his 48th mission in late January 1944, one engine in Raley's P-38 was hit by enemy fire. Flames were shooting 25 feet behind the engine and Raley wanted to head to the coast to ditch the plane. But enemy fire started hitting the remaining operating engine and a 20 mm shell landed in the cockpit floorboard. The shell didn't explode, but it went through the plane's fuel tank.. Bailing out and captured, he was then shipped by rail box car to Munich, where he spent two months in Stalag 7-A. He spent some time there in solitary confinement because he refused to talk during interrogation. Raley was transferred to Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany, near the Baltic Sea. He spent a year and two days there.
2307	10-Feb-44	42-13185	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Bowerman, George W.	T-060986	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Michigan, Buried at: Plot H Row 13 Grave 24, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. Location, Near Vicovaro, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G
2573	10-Feb-44	43-2485	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Darnold, Vyrle W	O-750551		14FG	15AF	POW	North African Theatre: Italy, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
2572	10-Feb-44	43-2516	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Dalrymple Richard D	O-802259	48FS ?	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, Near Vallinfreda, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	13-Feb-44	42-13369	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Shortt, Swanson T	O-744776	49FS	14FG	15AF		Hometown: Grayson County, VA, Crashed, engine failure, plane destroyed, HONORED BY, Mr. J. Buford Manning, P-38 AND P-51 FIGHTER PILOT
.	14-Feb-44	43-2451	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Hames, Robert L	O-751315	48FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Los Angeles, CA, Pilot killed, plane destroyed, mid air collision, Lt. Wood and Lt. Homes crashed in the air over the field today. Both crashed and burned, Italy
.	14-Feb-44	.	.	Mars, Lawrence W	O-749031	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory Larry Mars was born on February 8, 1921, in Watertown, MN. He was commissioned a 2Lt in the U.S. Army Air Forces through the Aviation Cadet Program on April 9, 1942, and served as a P-38 Lightning pilot during WWII. He was credited with shooting down 3 enemy aircraft while a member of the 37th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, in the Mediterranean Theatres during 1944. Capt Mars was discharged on September 14, 1945, but was recalled to active duty on May 12, 1946. He served until he was given a medical retirement from the U.S. Air Force on July 31, 1950. Larry Mars died in 2000.
2487	14-Feb-44	43-2544	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	McMahon, Donald Ross	O-885287	37FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Los Angeles, CA. Location, 80 Mi. S/E Of Verona, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Lt Margison was leading the Sqdn, McMahon was flying as #2. On a B-24 escort mission to Verona, Italy, lost due to flak damage near Cavallara, north Italy, close to the city of Via Dana, Italy., prior service with 4FS, 52FG and the RAF in England. Lemon, Enoch P (Crew Chief Bob Taylor) was leading white flight that day.Temporary buriall site, Mirandola Cemetery, Mirandola, Italy, later moved at request of next of kin to a private cemetery somewhere in the state of Washington. He is now buried in Endicott, Washington, a small town about 50 miles SW of Spokane. His parents are buried there too, next to his grave. When Don went down he radioed for someone to feed Mike, his wire haired terrier. Somehow, Don's parents were able to get Mike sent back to the U.S. and Don's cousin Larry said that as a boy he would walk Mike in the Memorial Day and Veteran's Day parades in honor of Don.
.	14-Feb-44	43-2478	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Wood, George Francis	O-752166	48FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Brown County, MN, Pilot killed, plane destroyed, mid air collision, Lt. Wood and Lt. Homes crashed in the air over the field today. Both crashed and burned, Italy. HONORED BY Mrs. Arleen Wood, Sister-in-law, SECOND LIEUTENANT, P-38 PILOT; FLIGHT LEADER ON THE ITALIAN FRONT. PROVIDED FIGHTER ESCORT OVER GERMANY. DIED IN ITALY
.	22-Feb-44	.	.	Leverette, William L	O-322014	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	23-Feb-44	.	.	Cowie, Robert P	O-737008	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-Feb-44	.	.	Margison, Robert L	O-743460	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	25-Feb-44	.	.	Mathews, Morgan H	O-743360	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	28-Feb-44	43-2533	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Penning, John H	O-744747	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Norfolk County, MA, Plane destroyed landing
.	11-Mar-44	.	.	White, John G	O-659501	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
3213	17-Mar-44	42-13234	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Liles, Roy C.	O-668254	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Mechanical failure, Both engines quit at approx. 18o12’E. 43o18’N. where he bailed out safely. This is in the vicinity of Kefino Selo, Yugoslavia., Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	18-Mar-44	.	.	Leverette, William L	O-322014	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	18-Mar-44	.	.	Mars, Lawrence W	O-749031	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	18-Mar-44	.	.	Sandifer, John D Jr	O-730623	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	18-Mar-44	.	.	Townsend, Charles C	O-746225	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	18-Mar-44	.	.	Vann, David A	O-736422	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
3367	29-Mar-44	42-68165	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning,	Tucker, William B	O-750728		14FG	15AF	POW	Location, About 15 Miles N.E. Of Vicenza, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	29-Mar-44	.	.	Wright, Max J	O-743389	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	29-Mar-44	.	.	Griffith, Robert H	O-886215	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	30-Mar-44	.	.	Wright, Max J	O-743389	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
3692	30-Mar-44	42-13452	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	.			14FG	15AF		.
.	2 Apr 44	.	.	Abbott, Nathan M	O-378458	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	42-104107	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Goldstein (now Graham), Philip M	O-750574	49FS	14FG	15AF	.	Named Jew Boy on the left cowling repeated the name in German on the right side cowling. Send 12 planes on escort of bombers to Steyer, Austria. Our boys got 12 enemy planes, two probable and one hit. All returned okay except for small holes. The group got 20 enemy planes, four probable and two hits, and lost two ships. One at this base. They saw about 60 enemy fighters. (Information from a 48FS source)
.	2 Apr 44	.	.	Dickenson, Arnold H	O-749576	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.	.	Goldstein, Philip M	O-750574	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.	.	Jones, Clarence J	O-1703092	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.	.	King, Arthur V Jr	O-742874	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.		Lemon, Enoch P	O-737157	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory (His Crew Chief was Bob Taylor)
.	2 Apr 44	.		Lindstrom, John W	O-1703090	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.	.	Meidinger, John C	O-743471	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.	.	McGuyrt, John W Jr	O-743463	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	2 Apr 44	.		Phillips, Frank V	O-749049	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.	.	Shannon, William E	O-737273	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.		Tatum, Cleveland J	O-746220	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.	.	Thysell, Harold R	O-803495	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.	.	Wagner, Michael A	O-800079	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	2 Apr 44	.		White, William O	O-1703094	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	3 Apr 44	.	.	Wright, Max J	O-743389	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	5 Apr 44	43-2180	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Lindstrom, John R "Swede"	O-1703090	48FS	14FG	15AF		Escort to Bucharest, Hungry, leaking fuel, fuel exhausted, bailed out, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
3705	07-Apr-44	42-104017	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning				14FG	15AF		.
.	07-Apr-44	.	.	Benne, Louis	O-802235	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	07-Apr-44	.	.	Brewer, William T	O-743304	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	07-Apr-44	.	.	Becker, William W	O-743304	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
3954	07-Apr-44	42-104057	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Crow, Wesley B. Jr	O-669458	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	During aerial combat Lt. Crow developed rough engines and had to return to base. He is listed as missing and it is presumed that he was shot down by enemy aircraft., Maestre, Italy, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 Location, Vicinity Of Maestre, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
.	07-Apr-44	.	.	Jones, Warren L	O-1703079	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	07-Apr-44	.	.	Martin, James F	O-388572	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	07-Apr-44	.	.	Sandifer, John D Jr	O-730623	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	07-Apr-44	42-104259	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning (Plane had a Star of David painted on it)	Seidman, Robert K	O-799657	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	07-Apr-44	.	.	Thornberry, Myrvill E	O-744800	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-Apr-44		Source: 48 FS webpage				14FG	15AF		We have twenty-seven P38-J ships now. Old planes are going to be sent back to the 1stFG.. Only two of the old ones left, keeping one for piggyback. Started on new job as flight chief.
.	10 Apr 44	.	.	Grant, John B	O-730460	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.
.	12 Apr 44	.	.	Abbott, Nathan M	O-378458	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	12 Apr 44	.	.	Dickenson, Arnold H	O-749576	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	12 Apr 44	.	.	Hullsiek, Robert E	O-740432	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	12 Apr 44	.	.	Ingram, Charles H	O-748990	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	12 Apr 44	.	.	Leverette, William L	O-322014	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	12-Apr-44	.	.	Sandifer, John D Jr	O-730623	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
	13-Apr-44		.	Ashmead, Ronald E	O-733755	48FS	14FG	15AF		Ditched N of the island, picked by RAF Air Sea Rescue, Vis, Yugoslavia
4043	15-Apr-44	42-104138	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Ford , Oliver E .Jr.	O-020442	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Houston County, TX, Unknown cause, On his first mission as pilot of a P-38. Became separated from his squadron during aerial combat but radioed that he had hooked on with another squadron. No other squadron seemed to have any knowledge of this. He never returned to base, Slobozia, Rumania. Location, Vicinity Of Slobozia,Roumania, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
4368	15-Apr-44	42-67965	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Garrity, Joseph A	O-750570		14FG	15AF	POW	Middle East Theatre: Rumania,
.	15 Apr 44	.	.	Hullsiek, Robert E	O-740432	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
4371	15-Aug-44	42-104102	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Ingram, John C. Jr.	O-750599	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Location: N. W. Budapest, Point Of Departure: Triolo, Italy. Entered the Service from, Colorado, Buried at: Plot I Row 9 Grave 30, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	15-Apr-44	.	.	Mars, Lawrence W	O-749031	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	15-Apr-44	.	.	McClaine, Porter M	O-749018	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	15-Apr-44	.		Tatum, Cleveland J	O-746220	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	20 Apr 44	.	.	Jackson, Norman W	O-729342	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	20 Apr 44	.	.	McGuyrt, John W Jr	O-743463	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	20 Apr 44	.	.	Simmons, Harold	O-659192	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	21-Apr-44	.	.	Church, William T	O-802251	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	21-Apr-44	.	.	Elston, Marvin R	O-748933	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	21-Apr-44	.	.	Gaskin, Kenneth A	O-412584	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 3 victories
.	21-Apr-44	.	.	McClaine, Porter M	O-749018	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	21-Apr-44	.		Phillips, Frank V	O-749049	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	21-Apr-44	.	.	Taylor, Oliver B	O-022046	HQ	14FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
4377	21-Apr-44	42-10408	Curtiss P-40K-15-CU Warhawk	Wilhelm, Richard D	O-746238	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Philadelphia County, PA. Location, N. W. Of Nis, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Also listed as going to Brazil 10409 was to have gone to Brazil, but force landed at Cayenne, French Guiana during ferry flight. Condemned Feb 8, 1943
4378	21-Apr-44	42-104151	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Zimmerman, Robert G	O-746244		14FG	15AF	POW	Location: N. W. Budapest, Point Of Departure: Triolo, Italy, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
4642	30-Apr-44	42-104043	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Barker, Forrest H	O-427116	37FS	14FG	15AF		Location, Comacchio Lake, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
4644	05-May-44	42-104027	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Griffith, Robert N	O-884215	48FS ?	14FG	15AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	06-May-44	.	.	Wagner, Michael A	O-800079	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	06-May-44	.	.	White, Walter A	O-752163	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
4656	07-May-44	42-104238	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Cloyd, Earvie, T	O-750541		14FG	15AF	POW	Middle East Theatre: Rumania
Other source have date as 9 May 1944	07-May-44	42-104107	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning (Numbered black 47 with small 07 on nose, named “Jew Boy”)	Goldstein (now Graham), Philip M	O-750574	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory, Fiat G 50
.	07-May-44	.	.	Jones, Clyde L Jr	O-760324	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	07-May-44	.	.	Jule, Wesley L	O-1703109	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	07-May-44	.	.	Teige, Quentin A	O-758887	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	07-May-44		.	Wagner, Micheal A	O-800079	48FS	14FG	15AF		Lost two ships in landing, and so forth, in the last two days. Lt. Wagner bellied in here.
.	07-May-44	42-104084	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	O'Connor, George J	O-760374	48FS	14FG	15AF		damaged taxiing, Italy
.	10-May-44	.	.	Hancock, Wesley C	O-802027	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-May-44		.	Jones, John A Jr	O-760325	37 FS	14FG	15AF		Escort to Wiener Neustadt, mechanical failure on right engine before reaching Austrian border, tried to return, plane caught fire, pilot bailed out NW of town Senj, Yugoslavia
.	10-May-44	.	.	Jones, Warren L	O-1703079	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-May-44	.		Lemon, Enoch P	O-737157	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-May-44	.	.	Palmer, William R	O-729052	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-May-44	.	.	Pening, John H	O-744747	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-May-44	.	.	White, Walter A	O-752163	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-May-44	.	.	Winston, Paul George Jr	O-759147	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	10-May-44		.	.	.		14FG	15AF		Number five bellied in somewhere today
4759	12-May-44	42-67942	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Winston, Paul George Jr (Not confirmed)	O-759147	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Hillsborough County, FL
4740	12-May-44	42-104246	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Aldrich, Herbert Lertis	O-750508	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Oakland County, MI. Location, 40 Miles S E Of Bologna, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G
5078	14-May-44	42-104076	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lavery, William A.	O-760337	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, California, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, ditched in Adriatic Sea 36 mi E of Pescara, Italy. Location, 42°30' N.-14°55' E., Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G
.	14-May-44	.	.	Schill, John G Jr	O-798170	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
5049	14-May-44	42-104259	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning (Plane had a Star of David painted on it)	Seidman, Robert Kronson	O-799657	49FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Allegheny County, PA, Had the Star of David painted on the side of his plane, Udine, Italy, While flying his fiftieth mission. This was a strafing mission to Villaorba A/D. After destroying 5 Ju 88’s on the ground and gun positions he was struck by small arms fire while going over telephone wires when his plane burst into flames. He was forced to belly in. There was no time for him to leave his crippled ship. Location, Vicinity Of Udine, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
5041/5042	18-May-44	42-104063	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Wingert, Paul J. he had to bail out before this event, I am trying to trace when and where he bailed out from 10,000 feet after a flak hit and landed in a chow line 1,000 feet inside friendly lines	O-801354	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Pennsylvania, Buried at: Plot C Row 1 Grave 41, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Unknown cause, On return from target the flight encountered a complete overcast. He was last seen when they entered the overcast at 43o20’N. 22o50’E. at 1215 hrs When Lt. Purdy came out of the overcast he could not contact him by radio., Divaslat, Bulgaria. Location, Approximately 43°20' North 22°50' East, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
.	22-May-44	42-104127	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Sziich, Andrew S	O-801349	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Allegheny County, PA. Pilot killed, plane destroyed taking off, Triolo, Italy, Thirty-seventh squadron lost a plane on take-off today, burned immediately.
.	23-May-44	42-68024	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning (Numbered black 34 with small 024 on the nose, named “Snookie II”)	Lenox, Jack Jr	O-1703108	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory, Bf-109
.	24-May-44	.	.	Benne, Louis	O-802235	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-May-44	.	.	Cullen, John F	O-743922	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-May-44	.	.	Fowler, Richard L	O-750564	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-May-44	.	.	Jones, Clyde L Jr	O-760324	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-May-44	42-68024	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning (Numbered black 34 with small 024 on the nose, named “Snookie II”)	Lenox, Jack Jr	O-1703108	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory, Me-21
.	24-May-44	.	.	Lewis, John D	O-754522	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-May-44	.	.	Palmer, William R	O-729052	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-May-44	.	.	Purdy, Thomas S	O-802343	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	24-May-44	42-68169	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Sell, Milton M	O-702848	78FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Olmsted County, MN, Pilot killed, plane destroyed in crash, Triolo, Italy
5184	24-May-44	43-28261	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning,	Teige, Quentin A	O-758887	49FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Marinette County, WI, During a 30 minute encounter with the E/A he was last seen at the target area, Weiner Neustadt, Austria Location, Vicinity Of Friedberg, Austria, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Temporary burial site at Neuville-En_Condroz Cemetery, Leige, Belgium, later relocated at request of next of kin to a private cemetery in Marinette, Wisconsin.
.	24-May-44	.	.	Oldhouser, Wilson H	O-793662	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
5186	24-May-44	42-67446	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Penning, John H.	O-744747	49FS	14FG	15AF	MIA/Rtn	Location, Vicinity Of Friedberg, Austria, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Lost over Austria Last seen during combat with E/A approx. 60 miles south of Weiner Neustadt, Austria, returned
.	25-May-44	.	.	Abbott, Nathan M	O-378458	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
5638	25-May-44 some sources give date as 9 May 1944	42-104202	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Fowler, Richard L., Jr This is the date on NARA POW	O-750564	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	From Texas. Between R/R And Highway By Po River Approx 12 Mi Ne Parma, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Last seen during combat with E/A approx. 60 miles south of Weiner Neustadt, Austria., Piecenza, Italy, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	25-May-44	42-104107	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning (Numbered black 47 with small 07 on nose, named “Jew Boy”)	Goldstein (now Graham), Philip M	O-750574	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory, FW-190
.	25-May-44	.	.	Harrow, Jack R	O-799174	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	25-May-44	.	.	Jones, Clarence J	O-1703092	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	25-May-44	.	.	Jones, Warren L	O-1703079	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	25-May-44	.	.	O'Toole, Lawrence A	O-760486	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	25-May-44	42-104159	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Pitner, Richard A	O-701156	48FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged belly landing, Italy
.	25-May-44	.	.	Semple, Warren E	O-744772	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	26-May-44			Hemmerlein, Edgar G.	O-750588	49FS	14FG	15AF	DOI	Hometown: Dubois County, IN, After refueling at Serragio A/D, Corsica he crashed on the takeoff and was severely burned. He climbed clear of the burning wreck but his clothes were all in flames. By the time they were extinguished he had suffered such severe burns that he died in the hospital the following day., Serragio A/D, Italy
.	27-May-44	.	.	Taylor, Oliver B	O-022046	HQ	14FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5193 this MACR belongs to 42-23285, P47D, Location, Approximately 2 Miles E. Of Javor, Yugolsavia, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G. Pilot 1st Lt Martin, James F. Jr 0-7__172, 14th FG	29-May-44	43-28275	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Possibly Simmons, Harry E	O-729068	48FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Allegheny County, PA. Memorialized at: North Africa American Cemetery. Location: Carthage, Tunisia
.	29-May-44	.	.	Steffes, Sylvester P	O-1703095	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
See 7135, 28 Jul 44	30-May-44	42-104090	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Neubuck, Leon E	O-701139	37FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged taxiing, Triolo, Italy plane later, lost Jul 28, 1944. MACR 7137
.	02-Jun-44	42-104257	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lee, Milford R		37FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged taxiing, Triolo, Italy
.	Jun-44	42-68024	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Lenox, Jack Jr	O-1703108	49FS	14FG	15AF		Numbered 34, named Snookie II
.	Jun-44	43-28258	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Taylor, Oliver B "Obie"	O-022046	49FS	14FG	15AF	.	Numbered 51, named Pat III, based at Triolo Italy
.	03-Jun-44	42-104275	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Leonard, Charles S	O-816887	37FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged in crash landing, Triolo, Italy
.	05-Jun-44	42-104115	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Starbuck, William T	O-684575	48FS	14FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Triolo, Italy
.	05-Jun-44						14FG	15AF		New pilots came in today. All they have is A.T. 6 training time, no combat training at all.
.	06-Jun-44						14FG	15AF		We got five old P-38 G’s for training.
2034	09-Jun-44	43-2337	Lockheed P-38G-13-LO Lightning happened on 21 Jan 44	Viertel, Glen J			14FG	15AF	Rtn	Lt. Virtel (sig) came in today. He was lost in Yugoslavia months ago (Location, Approx. 25 Miles West Of Point Ansio, Point Of Departure, Foggia # 7) and slated MIA.
.	11-Jun-44	.	.	Jones, Clyde L Jr	O-760324	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	11-Jun-44	.	.	Luttrell, Donald A	O-760343	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	11-Jun-44	43-28258	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning (Numbered black 51 named “Pat III”)	Oldhouser, Wilson H	O-793662	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory, FW-190
.	11-Jun-44	.	.	Purdy, Thomas S	O-802343	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	14-Jun-44	42-104229	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Benne, Louis	O-802235	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
6031	14-Jun-44	42-104229	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Benne, Louis	O-802235	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Squadron jumped by approx. 50 enemy aircraft over target area at Petfurda, Hungary. His plane was crippled by enemy aircraft and was returning to base accompanied by two others and radioed that he was OK about 30 min away from target. None of the three planes returned, Budapest, Hungary, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
6127	14-Jun-44	42-104262	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Jones, Clyde L. Jr.	O-760324	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	During aerial combat while the squadron was flying a Lufberry circle he was hit from below and seen to explode in the air. The E/A that shot him down was immediately shot down in flames by one of the other members of the squadron, Budapest, Hungary, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	14-Jun-44	.	.	Johnson, George T	O-817958	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
6420	14-Jun-44	42-104135	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Jule, Wesley L.	O-1703109	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Unknown, Presumably his ship was damaged in the aerial combat. To the best of our knowledge he was one of the three planes returning to base with Lt. Benne, Budapest, Hungary, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	14-Jun-44	42-68024	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning (Numbered black 34 with small 024 on the nose, named “Snookie II”)	Lenox, Jack Jr	O-1703108	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 3 victories, Bf-109 over Petfurdo, Hungry
.	14-Jun-44	.	.	Long, Moses J	O-816126	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	14-Jun-44	.	.	Luttrell, Donald A	O-760343	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
6421	14-Jun-44	43-28629	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	McLaughlin, John L.	O-760348	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	14-Jun-44	.	.	Musgrove, Houston C Jr	O-802060	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	14-Jun-44	.	.	Purdy, Thomas S	O-802343	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	14-Jun-44	.	.	Shortt, Swanson T	O-744776	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 3 victories
.	14-Jun-44	.	.	Thomas, John B	O-760410	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
6424	14-Jun-44	43-28346	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Williams, Bill D	O-760213	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Unknown, Presumably his ship was damaged in the aerial combat. To the best of our knowledge he was one of the three planes returning to base with Lt. Benne,
.	15-Jun-44			Semple, Warren E.	O-744772	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Connecticut, Buried at: Plot B Row 9 Grave 3, Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France, Awards, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters On a strafing mission to Orange, France Lt. Semple was last seen in the target area at 44o08’N. 04o52’E.
6422	15-Jun-44	42-104109	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Powers, Robert R	O-702839		14FG	15AF	POW	European Theatre: France, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
6423	15-Jun-44	42-104113	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	McClaine, Porter M	O-749018	37FS	14FG	15AF		.
.	19-Jun-44	42-13013	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Phillips, Douglas R		37FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed in crash landing, Triolo, Italy
.	20-Jun-44	42-13025	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Allen, Robert L Jr		49FS	14FG	15AF		plane destroyed belly landing, Italy
.	20-Jun-44	43-28450	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Shortt, Swanson T.	O-744776	49FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Grayson County, VA, Approx. 1430 hrs on 20 June 1944 while on a test hop around the immediate vicinity the right motor of Lt. Shortt’s plane caught fire. At the time he was circling the field for a landing. As he was coming across the field he released his canopy and kept making his approach. The fire seemed to go out and then burst anew. As he made the final turn his wing dropped and went into a spin and crashed in flames about five miles south of the field.
6426	22-Jun-44	43-28384	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Wakeman, John S	O-759121		14FG	15AF	POW	.
.	24-Jun-44	42-13161	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Sielert, Roy Russell	O-827061	48FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed crash belly landing due to engine failure, Italy
.	25-Jun-44	43-28791	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	McConnell, Walter C	O-816901	49FS	14FG	15AF		Damaged belly landing, Triolo, Italy
.	29-Jun-44	42-104056	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Strom, Gustaf K	O-763398	48FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed taxiing, Italy
.	30-Jun-44	42-104129	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Griffin, Robert P		48FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed landing, Italy
.	30-Jun-44	.	.	Pitner, Richard A	O-701156	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
Conflict in serial numbers (repaired and re-issued?)	01-Jul-44	42-13200	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Allen, Robert L Jr		49FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed belly landing, Triolo, Italy (82nd FG) lost Sep 2, 1943. MACR 571)
6567	03-Jul-44	44-23183	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Turner, Billy T.	O-763414	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Unknown cause, Lt. Turner was not feeling well but flew his first mission. At approx. 1015 hrs East of Sarejevo at 42o50’N. 18o40’E. he was last seen. Escort mission to S. Germany?, lost pressure in starboard engine, on return other engine cut, pilot thought to be hit by enemy fire, bailed out from 18000 ft, captured by local militia, Zepa, Yugoslavia, detaining power Germany
.	04-Jul-44	.	.	Robinson, Franklin L	O-396315	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	08-Jul-44	.	.	.	.	49FS	14FG	15AF		fighter sweep in Viena Area; claims 2 DES, 1 PROB, 4 DAM; Losses 2MIA, 2 LIA;
.	08-Jul-44	.	.	Brezas, Michael	O-813118	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
6807	08-Jul-44	42-104051	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Mitchell, Henry Donald	O--763294	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Location, Vienna Area, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G. Hometown: Washington County, AR Claim in by Hptm. Lothar Baumann Stab I./JG 77 P-38 Lambordy
7148	08-Jul-44	43-28670	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Martin, Bernard	T-190769	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Location, Vienna Area, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G. Entered the Service from, Illinois, Buried at: Plot A Row 43 Grave 35, Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Claim in by : Uffz. Schmitt 3.ZG 76 N. of St. Polten 10.12 h
.	08-Jul-44	.	.	Wimmer, Donald E	O-759146	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	08-Jul-44	41-7678	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	.	.	.	14FG	15AF	.	Hptm. Lothar Baumann Stab I./JG 77 P-38 Lambordy 11.05 h (during the return to Italian front - third P-38)
7742	11-Jul-44	42-102423	Boeing B-17G-50-BO Fortress	Booth, Sidney R. This MACR must be an error and a Finding Of Death date see MACR 340 10 Jul 1943	O-733803	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Pennsylvania, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart Point Of Departure, Ridgewell, England
.	11-Jul-44		.	Knepper, Allan W. FOD date see MACR 74, 10 Jul 1943	O-737801	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Idaho, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	14-Jul-44	.	.	Brezas, Michael	O-813118	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 3 victories
6857	14-Jul-44	43-28814	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Durbin, Clyde E.	O-756517	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Ohio, Buried at: Plot C Row 7 Grave 79, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. After the aerial combat with the enemy Capt. Schill was orbiting to the right to rejoin his flight when Lt. Durbin came up from below and sheared the right wing off Capt. Schill’s plane. His plane was seen spinning down and a dirty brown parachute was seen to open immediately after the collision occurred at 47o30’N. 18o28’E. at an altitude of 23,000 feet
7305	14-Jul-44	43-28737	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning,	Higdon, Frank Mc Kinley Jr	O-817030	48FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	We got four enemy ships today and lost three. Lt. Higdon went down, collided in midair.
6824	14-Jul-44	43-28776	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Mac Combs, Ward Leon	O-760476	48FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, Approx. 25 Miles S E Of Budapest, Hungary, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	14-Jul-44	.	.	Robinson, Franklin L	O-396315	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
7306	14-Jul-44	42-104085	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Strom, Gustaf K	O-763398	48FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
6868	14-Jul-44	42-104148	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Schill, John G. Jr.	O-798170	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Pennsylvania, Buried at: Plot B Row 23 Grave 20, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Awards, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters, After the flight led by Capt. Schill ended the aerial combat with the E/A and were reforming Lt. Durbin coming up from below and Capt. Schill orbiting to the right collided. The impact knocked the right wing off Capt. Schill’s plane whereupon it burst into flame. The collision occurred at Location, 47° 20'N-18°28' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
See 15 Aug 44	14-Jul-44	42-68024	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Tracy, Donald A	O-824788	49FS	14FG	15AF		numbered 34, named "Snookie II", 2nd Lt. Lennox (AO01703108) shot down E/A on 05-23-44, 05-24-44 and 06-14-44, more on this plane below 15 Aug 44. Location, 44°01' N. 04° 55' E., Point Of Departure, Aghione, Corsica
.	16-Jul-44	.	.	Church, William T	O-802251	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	16-Jul-44	.	.	Pitner, Richard A	O-701156	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	16-Jul-44	43-28756	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Wimmer, Donald E	O-759146	48FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed landing, Triolo, Italy
.	17-Jul-44	42-104068	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Smith, Arthur F		37FS	14FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Triolo, Italy
.	17-Jul-44	43-28722	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Neubuck, Leon E.	O-701139	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Ohio, Buried at: Plot H Row 1 Grave 52, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Pilot killed, plane destroyed in crash, Triolo, Italy
6964	19-Jul-44	42-104122	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Jekot, Aurelian Lucien	O-740440	37FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Austria Location, 45 Miles S. E. Of Munich, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Hometown, Rochester, NY, Honored by Todd D. Ambroz, Great Nephew, JOINED THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS IN 1938. AFTER 3 YEARS TRANSFERRED TO THE ARMY AIR CORPS. COMMISSIONED AT LUKE FIELD IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. FLEW P-38'S AND VETERAN OF THE AFRICAN AND ITALIAN CAMPAIGNS. WOUNDED IN AFRICA AND HOSPITALIZED. AFTER RESUMING FLYING, WAS SHOT DOWN AND BECAME A POW HELD AT STALAG LUFT #1 NORTH 2 IN BARTH GERMANY (INTERNMENT# 5025). European Theatre: Germany.
.	19-Jul-44	.	.	Brezas, Michael	O-813118	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	19-Jul-44	.	.	Langley, W Boyce	O-760335	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	19-Jul-44	43-28791	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	McConnell, Walter C	O-816901	49FS	14FG	15AF		plane destroyed in crash, Triolo, Italy
6966	19-Jul-44	42-104230	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Watson, David L Jr	O-763430		14FG	15AF	S/d POW	Lost over, Stuhlfelden, Austria, HONORED BY Ms. Betty W. Watson, FLEW P-38'S, PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
6969	19-Jul-44	43-28785	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Stout, Cody Dewitte	O-763395	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Guilford County, NC. Location, San Giorgio Di Negaro, Italy., Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G
7193	19-Jul-44	42-104255	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Thompson, Richard R	O-763407	.	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: King County, WA, While strafing the RR station and yards at S. Giorgio, Italy Lt. Thompson collided with another P-38 of the 48th Squadron. The force of the impact flipped his ship over on its back and he crashed into the RR station. The accident occurred on deck at 1230 hrs, S. Giorgio, Italy Location, 45° 50' N 13° 12' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
6970	19-Jul-44	42-104228	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	VanGelder, Donald J.	O-763420	48FS	14FG	15AF	S/d KIA	Shot down by enemy aircraft Jul 19, 1944 10 mi S of Munich, Germany. Entered the Service from, Washington, Buried at: Plot B Row 33 Grave 25, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Awards, Purple Heart
.	19-Jul-44	.	.	VanHorn, Henry G	O-763421	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	20-Jul-44	.	.	Brezas, Michael	O-813118	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	20-Jul-44	43-28540	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Bro, Lloyd A	O-762235	49FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged taxiing, Triolo, Italy
.	20-Jul-44	42-104070	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Thomas, John B	O-760410	49FS	14FG	15AF		plane destroyed taxiing, Triolo, Italy
.	20-Jul-44	43-28256	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Waterhouse, William C		49FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged taxiing, Triolo, Italy
.	21-Jul-44	.	.	Welsh, Dock A	O-763433	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	21-Jul-44	.	.	White, Walter A	O-752163	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	22-Jul-44		.				14FG	15AF		All ships with bomb shackles left here at 8:00 this evening. Going to the 82^nd field. Don’t know where from there.
.	22-Jul-44	.	.	Brezas, Michael	O-813118	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	22-Jul-44	.	.	Infanti, Nello L	O-815797	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	22-Jul-44	.	.	Langley, W Boyce	O-760335	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	22-Jul-44	.		Leonard, Charles S	O-816887	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	22-Jul-44	42-104131	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	O'Connor, George John Jr	O-760374	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
7006	22-Jul-44	42-104131	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	O'Connor, George John Jr	O-760374	48FS	14FG	15AF		Location, 45°10' N 26°55' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G
.	22-Jul-44	.	.	Robinson, Franklin L	O-396315	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	22-Jul-44	.	.	White, Walter A	O-752163	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	22-Jul-44	.	.	Wimmer, Donald E	O-759146	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
7014	22-Jul-44	42-67201	Lockheed P-38J-5-LO Lightning	Vernon, Donald		48FS	14FG	15AF		Location, 45°10' N 26°55' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G
.	25-Jul-44		.				14FG	15AF		Ships still out.
.	26-Jul-44		.				14FG	15AF		Ships returned today from Russia. Successful mission, all planes to be equipped with shackles.
.	26-Jul-44	.		Mitchell, James W	O-750661	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
7190	26-Jul-44	43-28260	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Smyth, James Courney "Red"	O-408262	37FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, About 15 Miles N. Of Graz, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. lost over Birkfeld-Gschaid, Austria, Stalag Luft 1, North 2 compound, Barracks 7, Room 11., Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. Red was shot down by an ME-109 on 26 July 1944 and eventually wound up in Stalag Luft #1 in Barth. He was awarded the Purple Heart and, I believe, the Distinguished Flying Cross. At the time of his capture Red was attached to the 15th Army Air Corps, 14th Fighter Group, 37th Fighter Squadron and was flying out of Triolo, Italy.
.	28-Jul-44	44-23209	Lockheed P-38J-20-LO Lightning	Ribie, Frederick W	O-829300	48FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Middlesex County, CT, c/n 422-4213, Pilot killed, plane destroyed in crash, Lucito/ 5km NW.Italy
7137	28-Jul-44	42-104090	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Reid, David W. Jr.	O1052536	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Mechanical Failure, Just short of the target Lt. Reid’s left engine caught fire. He started t return to base with his escort and finally managed to put the fire out. His left engine was still smoking and his escort noticed his right wing vibrating. As his escort circled above him he flew into cumulus clouds at about 14,000 ft. His escort dove below the clouds and searched for about 20 minutes and finally came to the conclusion that Lt. Reid spun in or returned to base, Niksic, Yugoslavia, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	29-Jul-44	43-2444	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Haley, Daniel M	O-824483	49FS	14FG	15AF		plane destroyed in crash landing, engine failure, Triolo/ 2mi S, Italy
.	29-Jul-44	42-13237	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Walters, Stanley W	O-824800	48FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged belly landing, Triolo, Italy
.	31-Jul-44	42-13456	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Anderson, John D		37FS	14FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Triolo, Italy
.	31-Jul-44	42-104107	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Warren, Kenneth R		49FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed landing, Triolo, Italy
.	31-Jul-44	42-104242	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	McConnell, Walter C,	O-816901	49FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed belly landing, Triolo, Italy
.	02-Aug-44	42-104232	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hurley, John M	O1540410	48FS	14FG	15AF		Damaged in mid air collision, Triolo, Italy
.	05-Aug-44	43-28767	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Ground Crew		37FS	14FG	15AF		Damaged ground accident, Triolo, Italy
7189	06-Aug-44	42-104235	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Simpson, Robert Duane	O-824949	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Michigan, Buried at: Plot A Row 8 Grave 9, Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France, Awards, Purple Heart. Lost while strafing the A/D at Orange Plan de Dieu, France
.	07-Aug-44	.	.	Brezas, Michael	O-813118	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	07-Aug-44	.	.	Church, William T	O-802251	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
8943	07-Aug-44	44-23204	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Reiman, George Victor	O-823381	48FS	14FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Hometown: New York County, NY, Location, Approx, 4 Miles East Of Ancona Point, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G Pilot later KIA 18 Sept 1944
7188	07-Aug-44	42-68163	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Sielert, Roy Russell	O-827061	48FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, Approx, 10 Miles South Of Bratislava, Aust., Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G. European Theatre: Austria, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	07-Aug-44	.	.	Welsh, Dock A	O-763433	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	13-Aug-44		See above				14FG	15AF		Flew back to Italy today (Triolo) B-17 for field lighting parts. Mission came in after dark. Lost one ship on the runway. Hellova mess. Several ships lost in the first and fourteen groups.
7975	13-Aug-44	42-104120	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Torgesen, Elmer	O-763410	37FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, N E Of Orange Plan De Dieu A/D, France, Point Of Departure, Aghione, Corsica. European Theatre: France, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11, airfield of Orange-Plan of God is located on the communes of Violès, Travaillan and Camaret on Aygues in Vaucluse. In 1923, it is the Flying school of Istres. At the beginning of the Second World War, many units of the Air Force are present on the ground. During the year 1943, the German army arranges an important air base with a runway of 2400 meters from where the bombers take off which attack the allied maritime convoys in the Mediterranean, 2, P 38 are hit by Flak: that of Lieutenant TORGESEN, crashed on the ground, the pilot bailed out and is made prisoner; less lucky, Lieutenant TRACY finds death with Camaret on Aygues.
8336	13-Aug-44	42-104257	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Thompson, Clarence R	O-763406	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Location, N E Of Orange Plan De Dien A/D, France, Point Of Departure, Aghione, Corsica. Hit by AA & small arms fire & crashed/burned.
8337	13-Aug-44	42-68024	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Tracy, Donald A.	O-824788	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Michigan, Buried at: Plot C Row 5 Grave 12, Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France, Awards, Purple Heart, plane, numbered 34 named Snookie II, while assigned to Jack Lenox, Jr., While strafing the A/D at Orange Plan de Dieu, France Lt. Tracy’s plane was struck by flak. The plane burst into flames underneath and then flipped over on its back. This was at 44o01’N. 04o55’E. at approx. 1900 hrs.
7976	14-Aug-44	42-104123	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	McConnell, Walter C	O-816901	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, North Carolina. Tablets of the Missing at Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France, Awards, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. His plane was hit by small arms fire at 1800 hrs at 43o47’N. 05o10’E. The plane was seen to crash and burn at this point., Montfrin, France
7953	14-Aug-44	43-28643	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Long, Moses J	O-816126	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Long hit either by flak or small arms fire at approx. 1805 hrs at 43o43’N. 05o02’E. One engine of Lt. Long’s P-38 observed in flames. He was last seen settling down in the valley at this point., Montfrin, France, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
8338	14-Aug-44	43-28755	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Tippett, William A	O-691597	48FS	14FG	15AF	MIA	Lost #11, (Tippett) today flew four missions patrol duty. Lots of ships in convoy moving toward France. Loading 1,000 lb. bombs tonight.
.	14-Aug-44	42-104121	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lannan, Stephen P		37FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged belly landing, Aghione, Corsica
8630	16-Aug-44	43-28345	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Woody, Wayne R.	O-760217	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Washington, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, Mechanical Failure, He started home immediately after take off but was lost in the sea about ½ mile from the lakes just east of base at 42o08’N. 09.35’E. He was not seen ditching the plane but two of the other pilots observed a plane burning in the water. He called that he was having engine trouble at 3500 feet. His wingman saw him lose altitude in a controlled glide. This occurred at approx. 0515 hrs. It is believed Lt. Woody had a chance to bailout but a search revealed nothing but oil slick and bits of wreckage, , 1/2 mile from Corsica
.	16-Aug-44			Robinson, Franklin L.	O-396315	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Texas, Buried at: Plot B Row 9 Grave 4, Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France, Awards, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, Our CO Maj. Robinson went down today didn’t pull out of a dive..
.	16-Aug-44	.	FOD date 17 Aug 1945	Townsend, Charles C	O-746225	37FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: New York County, NY
B-17F correct	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress	Starbuck, William T. (Pilot)	O-684575	48FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Entered the Service from, Florida, Buried at: Plot B Row 8 Grave 15, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, The Groups' B-17 transport coming in for a landing suddenly went straight up in the air and fell off on the right wing, crashed and exploded, Aghione, Corsica
Our group B-17 crashed here (Agione) today and burned. Fifteen men and a big load aboard	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress,	Halford, Richard F (Co-Pilot)	O-421519	48FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	badly burned in the crash, Our group B-17 crashed here (Agione) today and burned. Fifteen men and a big load aboard. Three men got out. Brennan dies at the hospital. Gemmel will live they say. Another 48^th man is living. Capt. Halford and Lt. Starbuck burned two bodies still not identified.
.	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress	Segelken, Edward R (Engineer)	12018469	49FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Nassau County, NY, The Groups' B-17 transport coming in for a landing suddenly went straight up in the air and fell off on the right wing, crashed and exploded, Aghione, Corsica
.	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress	Purtell, Francis M. (SSgt/Radio Operator)	36233031	49FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Milwaukee County, WI, The Groups' B-17 transport coming in for a landing suddenly went straight up in the air and fell off on the right wing, crashed and exploded, Aghione, Corsica
.	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress	Kurtz, Duane J. (2nd LT)	01321640	49FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Cuyahoga County, OH. The Groups' B-17 transport coming in for a landing suddenly went straight up in the air and fell off on the right wing, crashed and exploded, Aghione, Corsica
.	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress	Duncan, Edward L. (TSgt)	37008402	49FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Jackson County, MO. The Groups' B-17 transport coming in for a landing suddenly went straight up in the air and fell off on the right wing, crashed and exploded, Aghione, Corsica
.	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress	Jones, Walter E. (TSgt)	.	49FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	The Groups' B-17 transport coming in for a landing suddenly went straight up in the air and fell off on the right wing, crashed and exploded, Aghione, Corsica
	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress,	Brennan, James F (Sgt)	18069569	48FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Badly burned in the crash, dies at the hospital, Our group B-17 crashed here (Agione) today and burned. Fifteen men and a big load aboard. Three men got out. Brennan dies at the hospital. Gemmel will live they say. Another 48^th man is living. Capt. Halford and Lt. Starbuck burned two bodies still not identified.
.	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress,	Franklin, Benjamin H. Jr (Corporal)	15062366	.	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Elkhart County, IN. The Groups' B-17 transport coming in for a landing suddenly went straight up in the air and fell off on the right wing, crashed and exploded, Aghione, Corsica
.	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress	Herrion, John J., Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces	12078520	49FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Entered the Service from, New Jersey, Buried at: Plot J Row 11 Grave 64, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, The Groups' B-17 transport coming in for a landing suddenly went straight up in the air and fell off on the right wing, crashed and exploded, Aghione, Corsica
.	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress,	Lamney, William W (Corporal)	33597791	48FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	48FS lost Capt. Halford, Jim Brennan, Lt. Starbuck, and Lammey in the B-17.
.	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress	Brehn, Donald E. (Private)	16021723	49FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Wood County, WI. The Groups' B-17 transport coming in for a landing suddenly went straight up in the air and fell off on the right wing, crashed and exploded, Aghione, Corsica
	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress,	Gemmel, Eugene (SSgt, survived)	12040687	48FS	14FG	15AF	WIA	Badly burned in the crash, returns to Sqdn. Our group B-17 crashed here (Agione) today and burned. Fifteen men and a big load aboard. Three men got out. Brennan dies at the hospital. Gemmel will live they say. Another 48^th man is living. Capt. Halford and Lt. Starbuck burned two bodies still not identified.
.	17-Aug-44	41-24366	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress	Schrodt, Richard J., Corporal, U.S. Army Air Force	6583205	49FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Boeing B-17F-1-BO Fortress, Entered the Service from, Iowa, Buried at: Plot H Row 13 Grave 54, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, The Groups' B-17 transport coming in for a landing suddenly went straight up in the air and fell off on the right wing, crashed and exploded, Aghione, Corsica
12392	17-Aug-44	44-23205	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Haley, Daniel M.	O-824483	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Illinois, Buried at: Plot C Row 4 Grave 29, Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, On a strafing mission of targets of opportunity his plane was hit by flak over A/D target at 43o37’N. 01o22’E. He was seen to pull his plane up to an altitude of between 600 and 700 feet. His body was seen to leave the plane but there was no opportunity to observe whether his chute opened, Balgnac A/D, France
.	18-Aug-44	42-13027	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Schierberl, Robert A.	O-689093	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIFA	Pilot killed bailing out engine failure, plane destroyed, Entered the Service from, Pennsylvania, Buried at: Plot J Row 1 Grave 35, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Aghione, Corsica
.	19-Aug-44	43-28644	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Green, Harold E		48FS	14FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Aghione, Corsica
.	19-Aug-44	.	.	Stoyke, Darrel Keith	O-763396	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown, Rusk County, WI, August 19, 1944, eight P 38 Lightning of the 14th Fighter Group take off at 0700 hours from Aghione in Corsica for a reconnaissance mission aiming for a zone west of the Rhone. After having approached the coasts of Provence in good weather, the planes begin their mission attacking at low altitude on the motor transport convoys around Aix in Provence, Saint Cannat and Cavaillon. The P 38 Lightning encounter an intense anti-aircraft. Six of the planes suffer more or less important damage. The plane controlled by Lieutenant Darrell Keith STOYKE is hit by a battery of Flak, around 0830 hours, whereas it flies over the locality of Eyguières (Mouths of the Rhone). The plane crashes on the ground in the south of the locality, and the pilot dies in the ensuing fire. Around 17oo hours., the German authorities require of the Mayor of Eyguières to carry out the burial of the pilot in the local cemetery. His body was transferred to the cemetery from Luynes before its repatriation in the United States in November 1948. The 2nd. Lieutenant Darrell Keith STOYKE, ASN 0-763396 belonged to the 37th Fighter Squadron of the 14th Fighter Group. He had been born on June 29, 1922 in Minneapolis. It is with the assistance and the generous contest of the Municipality of Eyguières that Messrs Claude FAURE and POGUET finalize their objective to commemorate the memory of Lieutenant STOYKE. May 8, 2004, on the War memorial of this locality, is inaugurated a commemorative plate in the honor of this valorous American pilot.
10005	19-Aug-44	.	Unknown to source	.	.	.	14FG	15AF	.	a/c not lost
8341	20-Aug-44	43-28336	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Strader, Leroy C.	O-753754	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	From, Wisconsin, Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters
.	22-Aug-44	.	.	Sandler, Sheldon	O-671775		14FG	15AF	POW	North African Theatre, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 He had prior service with 91FBS, 86th FG
.	22-Aug-44	.	.	Cwiek, Mitchell Stanley	O-749561	37FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Hometown, Terryville, CT. Combat missions flown from, Italy as B-17 CO-Pilot with the 352ND Bomb Sqdn, 301ST Bomb Group, 15AF. also, Combat missions flown from, Italy and Corsica as a fighter Pilot flying P-38 Lightnings with 37FS, 14FG, 15AF. Shot down over Hungary August 22, 1944 to April 29, 1945. Awarded, Air medal with two Oak Leaf clusters and Purple Heart. European Theatre: Germany. Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	24 Aug 44	N/A	N/A	Jackson, Ben	O-739782		14FG	15AF	.	Two pilots were relieved from assignee to 1st Emergency Rescue Squadron and transferred to other organizations. 2nd Lieutenant Ben Jackson, O-739782 to the l4th Fighter Group, in Ita1y, effective 24 August 1944 and 1st Lieutenant John F. Turnbull, 0-420411 to the 57th Bomb Wing in Corsica effective 20 August 1944.
.	25-Aug-44	.	.	Brezas, Michael	O-813118	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	25-Aug-44	.	.	Groom, Robert C	O-697557	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	25-Aug-44	.	.	Partin, George G	O-826276	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	25-Aug-44			Weber, Joseph F.		49FS	14FG	15AF	Rtn	Top offensive cover for three groups, 304th Wing and 325th Fighter Group. Target: Kurin Aircraft Factory, Czechoslovakia. He crashed but returned in a B-24, Krajna at 46 10'N 14 44'E
.	25-Aug-44	.	.	Welsh, Dock A	O-763433	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	29-Aug-44	42-12834	Lockheed P-38G-5-LO Lightning	Gronhovd, Gerhard T.		49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	27of the 14FG, P-38s were ordered to cover for 5.Bomb Wing heading to Bohumin and Moravska Ostrava.4 returned early. 23 were over the target. He crashed landed his P-38 in the vicinity of Termoli, Italy.
8269	02-Sep-44	42-104218	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Mohr, Alan V	O-769895	48FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Dane County, WI. Yugoslavia. Location, 43° 58' N-21° 32'E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
8356	02-Sep-44	43-28255	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Church, William Troy	O-802251	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Dixie County, FL.Yugoslavia, Location, 43°25' N-21°44' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G. Lost Lt. Church today on his 74^th mission, fine fellow, also another pilot. We are down to nine P-38 J’s now. Pilots gone to England and Russia for replacements.
8328	02-Sep-44	43-28748, conflict on MACR lists as 43-43748 Higgins Boat Co. C-46A-1-HI Commando	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Maloney, Neale	O-769879	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Wisconsin, Buried at: Plot D Row 12 Grave 41, Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards, Purple Heart. Location, S E Of Els, Yugoslavia, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
8367	02-Sep-44	43-28782	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hopman, William Francis		48FS	14FG	15AF		Location, 43°28' N-21°50' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G
.	03-Sep-44	43-28682	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Mapes, Warren W		37FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed taking off, Triolo, Italy
.	04-Sep-44	42-13451	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Forster, Paul F		49FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed taking off, Triolo, Italy
.	07-Sep-44		.	Gemmel, Eugene	12040687	48FS	14FG	15AF		B-17 crash, 17 Aug 44) came back to the squadron today lots of bandage but coming along fine. Lt. O’Connor returned from Rumania today after being a prisoner there.
.	07-Sep-44	43-2154	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Bryant, Oliver	O-762243	49FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged in take off accident, Triolo, Italy
.	08-Sep-44		.				14FG	15AF		Getting plenty of ships again P-38L and several J’s. That was from the eighth AF in England.
.	14-Sep-44	42-104041	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Anderson, Robert D		48FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed belly landing, Foggia/ 3mi SE , Italy
.	18-Sep-44	44-24112	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Reiman, George V	O-823381	48FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: New York County, NY, Pilot killed, plane destroyed in crash, Celone/ 5mi SE, Italy
.	21-Sep-44	43-28475	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Evans, Robert B		48FS	14FG	15AF		Crashed engine failure, plane destroyed, Triolo, Italy
8749	21-Sep-44	43-28719	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hanson, Gerald W	T-124888	37FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Yugoslavia. Location, 45°10'N-18°50'E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Middle East Theatre. Transit Camp and Hospital (Dulag 127) Zemun Slavonia 45-20
.	29-Sep-44	42-104111	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Baird, George W Jr,	O-823240	49FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed landing, Triolo, Italy
L-3C correct	04-Oct-44	43-1852	Aeronca L-3C Grasshopper	Leonard, Charles S	O-816887	37FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged forced landing, engine failure, San Severo/ 1mi NE , Italy, (to Army Ground Forces Mar 22, 1943)
.	06-Oct-44	43-28822	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Jerasonek, Anthony		37FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed taxiing, Triolo, Italy
9030	06-Oct-44	43-28359	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Milton, William	O-769893		14FG	15AF	POW	Location, 40° 35' N-22° 55' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy He is listed as POW 18 Nov 1944. European Theatre: Germany. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
9033	06-Oct-44	43-28540	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Bro, Lloyd A.	O-762235	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, 40° 32' N 22° 55' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. On a strafing mission, He was hit by flak and bailed out over the Gulf of Salonika., Salonica/Sades A/D, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
9046	06-Oct-44	44-23153	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Schmidt, Richard A	O-825150	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Maine, Buried at: Plot D Row 10 Grave 31, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. Location, One Quarter Mile S W Of Salonika, Greece, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
9032	06-Oct-44	44-24131	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning,	Mac Arthur, David W	O-714466	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, 40° 32' N 22° 55' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. On a strafing mission, He was hit by flak and bailed out over the Gulf of Salonika., Salonica/Sades A/D,. Middle East Theatre: Greece. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
9031	06-Oct-44	44-24191	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Jones, John A Jr	O-760325	37FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, 40° 35' N-22° 55' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	07-Oct-44	44-24075	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Vandetta, Delvin W		37FS	14FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Lecce, Italy
.	08-Oct-44	42-104252	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Weber, Joseph F		49FS	14FG	15AF		Crashed due to weather, plane destroyed, Triolo/15mi SE , Italy
.	13-Oct-44	44-24216	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Ragusa, Paul J		49FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed belly landing, Triolo/ 2 1/2mi SW, Italy
9083	13-Oct-44	42-67717	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Groom, Robert C.	O-697557	48FS	14FG	15AF		Location, 49° 22' N-17° 22' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Escort to Blechammer, on return strafed the train 100 miles South of target, hit by flak, managed to reach 7000 ft heading for Yu, fuel exhausted, crash ,anded didn't destroy plane, rescued. by chetniks, Pribinic, Yugoslavia
9194	14-Oct-44	43-28452	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning,	Alston, Leo	O-710868	37FS ?	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Sebastian County, AR. Location, 47° 07'N-18° 08'E., Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
.	14-Oct-44	42-67954	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Mellstrom, Carl S.	O-770355	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Minnesota, Pilot killed, Buried at: Plot F Row 15 Grave 12, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, plane destroyed in crash, 49FS, 14FG, Salsola/ 1mi NW , Italy
	14-Oct-44			Wilke, John M.		49FS	14FG	15AF		Crashed on landing. Pilot uninjured and returned to Bari, Italy by transport, Vis, Yugoslavia
.	22-Oct-44	43-28541	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Bates, Warren A		37FS	14FG	15AF		Pilot bailed out, mid air collision, plane destroyed, Triolo, Italy
.	22-Oct-44	42-104084	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Green, Harold E		48FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed belly landing, Triolo, Italy
.	22-Oct-44	42-68183	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Jerasonek, Anthony		37FS	14FG	15AF		Pilot bailed out, mid air collision, plane destroyed, Triolo, Italy
.	24-Oct-44			Wright , Max J	O-743389	48FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Deuel County, NE
.	25-Oct-44	44-24201	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Leonard, Charles S	O-816887	37FS	14FG	15AF		Plane destroyed taking off, Pescara, Italy
.	28-Oct-44	43-28786	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Sherman, Richard		37FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Triolo, Italy
9603	01-Nov-44	44-24143	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Trombley, Raymond G.	O-824789	48FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, 47°36' N - 16°40' E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Stationed North of Foggia, Italy, he caught a wing tip on a tree while strafing a large concentration of trains and locomotives in Hungary and cart wheeled in. He was burned horribly climbing out of the flaming wreckage. Hungarian soldiers captured him and lugged him in a horse drawn cart to a Catholic hospital in Kormand, Hungary, Stalag XIII-D, Nürnberg and Stalag VII-A
12533	05-Nov-44	42-104117	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Bach, Lawrence Vincent Jr	O-710673	37FS	14FG	15AF	Rtn	Location, North Of Vis, Yugoslavia, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
Information only	.	.	Witness to above	Mc Cullough, John R	.	.	14FG	15AF	.	FIRST LIEUTENANT. INDUCTED IN NOVEMBER 1941. SERVED AS A COMBAT ENGINEER, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI. COMMISSIONED IN MARCH 1944; JUNE 1944 FLEW IN ITALY ON P-38 UNTIL MAY 1945. DISCHARGED IN AUGUST 1945.
.	06-Nov-44	44-24136	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Gaughan, John E Jr		37FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Triolo, Italy
.	09-Nov-44	44-24044	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Brezas, Michael	0-813118	48FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, engine failure, Triolo, Italy, Triolo, Italy, later he becomes POW (date & details unknown to me as yet) and dies after the war on 2 May 1952
.	12-Nov-44	42-104115	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hurley, John M	O1540410	48FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Steuben County, IN, Pilot killed, plane badly damaged in crash, Triolo, Italy
.	15-Nov-44	.	.	Grumbles, Wilbur John	O-403856	.	14FG	15AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
9897	15-Nov-44	44-24073	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning				14FG	15AF		.
9895	15-Nov-44	44-24442	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning				14FG	15AF		.
9874	17-Nov-44	43-28539	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Karstetter, Wiliam B		48FS	14FG	15AF		Escort to Vienna, after target fuel exhausted, left formation and headed for Vis, at Lake Balaton feathered right engine, bailed out, 6 miles South of the city, rescued by partisans, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
.	18-Nov-44	.	.	Milton, William	O-769893		14FG	15AF	POW	European Theatre: Germany. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	18-Nov-44	44-24145	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Hubbard, Wayne G		48FS	14FG	15AF		damaged landing, Triolo, Italy
.	20-Nov-44	42-68078	, Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Leinicke, Wayne F		37FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Triolo, Italy
9992	22-Nov-44	44-24222	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning				14FG	15AF
10084	26-Nov-44	43-28778	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Garretson, William C	O-730446		14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Hennepin County, MN. Location, West Of Ostiglia, Italy, Point Of Departure, Vincenzo #11 Airdrome, Italy
.	26-Nov-44	.	.	Moenkhaus, Arthur E	O-821756	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	26-Nov-44	.	.	Taylor, Marvel M	O-739362	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	26-Nov-44	.	.	Teare, William K	O-729074	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	26-Nov-44	.	.	Therriault, Rene A	O-824778	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	26-Nov-44	.	.	Walters, Stanley W	O-824800	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	26-Nov-44	.	.	Zuzeck, Victor	O-818319	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
10082	26-Nov-44	44-24078	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning				14FG	15AF
10083	26-Nov-44	44-24424	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning				14FG	15AF
.	26-Nov-44			Edwards, William H.	O-024708	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Ohio, Buried at: Plot D Row 4 Grave 14, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. On a strafing raid he was hit by flak and was last seen making a slight bank east of A/D (Air Drome), Seregelyes A/D, Hungary
.	26-Nov-44			Baird, George W. Jr.	O-823240	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Wisconsin, Buried at: Plot D Row 3 Grave 16, Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium, Awards, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, On a strafing raid was hit by flak and was last seen going down, Seregelyes A/D, Hungary
.	26-Nov-44			DeMartini, Eugene P.	O-801804	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	On a strafing raid he was hit by flak and was last seen making a slight bank east of A/D with Capt. Edwards. POW and returned after WWII., Seregelyes A/D, Hungary, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
	26-Nov-44			Goffena, Lawrence P	O-675757	49FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Shelby County, OH, Hit by flak, he was heard to say that six feet of his wing was shot off and that his cockpit was filling with fuel. He also added that he going to bailout, Seregelyes A/D, Hungary
.	02-Dec-44	.	.	Boatman, Beryl L	O-733800	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	02-Dec-44	.		McGowan, John F	O-769872	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	06-Dec-44	.	.	Bryant, Oliver	O-762243	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	16-Dec-44	44-23149	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Collins, Thomas G	O-770183	48FS	14FG	15AF		damaged landing, Triolo, Italy
.	17-Dec-44	.	.	Groom, Robert C	O-697557	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
10672	17-Dec-44	44-24064	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning,	Johnson, George T.	O-817958	49FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Location, 47 44 N 17 37 E., Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Hit by flak, Flying with blue force and was hit at 21,000 ft. at 1305 hrs by tracking flak encountered at Gyor. Orange flame and white smoke broke out immediately. Despite frequent call to bailout, pilot was not seen to leave stricken ship which was observed still spinning downward at 6000 ft. at 47o44’N. 17o37’E. About 4 mi. N. of Gyor., Ordertal & Bleckhammer Oil Plants, Germany, Pilot ok, source Mike Mucha, http://www.samoloty.ow.pl/amiap/, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	17-Dec-44	.	.	Michelsen, John E	O-769889	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
10608	17-Dec-44	42-68073	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Miles, David R.	O-821858		14FG	15AF	POW	Lt Miles, POW, source Mike Mucha, , plane also had service with 79FS, 20FG coded MC-C, http://www.samoloty.ow.pl/amiap/
10607	17-Dec-44	44-24666	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Rountree, Ernest V	O-769946	37FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Lt Rountree - POW, source Mike Mucha, http://www.samoloty.ow.pl/amiap/. Location, 4900 N-1730 E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
.	17-Dec-44	.	.	Nourie, Robert B	O-704372	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory During his distinguished Air Force career, he served two combat tours. The first as a young fighter pilot in 37th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group flying P-38s out of Italy during World War II. Almost 25 years later and grandfather, Bob flew another combat tour in Southeast Asia in the 360th Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron flying EC-47s based in Saigon, RVN.
.	17-Dec-44	.	.	Sirmon, Revis G	O-712046	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	17-Dec-44	.	.	Stimler, Walter J	O-769990	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	17-Dec-44	42-67786	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Weiglein, Lorenz Karl		37FS	14FG	15AF		Escort to Blechammer, on return left engine caught fire, feathered it but couldn't extinguish fire, ordered to bail out by CO. Landed 22 miles from town in the sea, picked by partisan steamer after 10 minutes. near Split ?, Yugoslavia, source Mike Mucha, http://www.samoloty.ow.pl/amiap/
.	24-Dec-44	.	.	Earnhart, Charles L	O-043101	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
11546	24-Dec-44	42-99065	Stinson L-5 Sentinel				14FG	15AF		.
.	28-Dec-44	42-104121	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Wilson, James C Jr		37FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged landing, Triolo, Italy

1945

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service#	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Comments
10914	04-Jan-45	44-25037	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Wightman, George D	O-725393	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Contra Costa, CA. Location, 4546 N - 1145 E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
.	04-Jan-45	44-25007	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Turner, Charles W		37FS	14FG	15AF		damaged belly landing, Triolo, Italy
.	09-Jan-45	43-28692	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Vittitow, Linley G		48FS	14FG	15AF		plane badly damaged belly landing due to engine failure, Triolo, Italy
.	11-Jan-45	43-28682	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Logan, James A	O-770331	37FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Pawnee County, KS , Pilot killed, plane destroyed due to engine failure, San Severo/ 3miles W, Italy
.	11-Jan-45	43-28343	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Engle, Fred H		37FS	14FG	15AF		Pilot bailed out, plane on fire, Sterparone/ 1mile E, Italy
.	16-Jan-44		FOD date see MACR 1796	La Rue, Elmer H.	O-737150	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Illinois, Buried at: Plot D Row 1 Grave 8, Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	16-Jan-45	44-24391	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Petty, Frank R		48FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged taxiing, Triolo, Italy
11834	20-Jan-45	44-24056	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Anderson, William F	O-820636		14FG	15AF	POW	Near Gleisdorf-Albersdorf, Austria., Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
11389	20-Jan-45	44-24638	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Cook, Glen A	O-770185	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Location, Gleisdorf, Austria, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G, Italy
11747	21-Jan-45	44-24195	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Walters, Stanley William	O-824800	48FS	14FG	15AF	POW	Sent to SL 3 the moved to another camp, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	21-Jan-45	44-24218	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	McHarg, Robert C		37FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged in forced landing due to mechanical failure, Triolo, Italy
.	21-Jan-45	43-28263	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Laughlin, Charles O		37FS	14FG	15AF		Badly damaged belly landing, Triolo, Italy
11815	31-Jan-45	43-28429	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning				14FG	15AF		Lost over Austria
12138	08-Feb-45	44-25038	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning				14FG	15AF		.
.	08-Feb-45	.	.	Bach, Lawrence Vincent Jr	O-710673	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 2 victories
.	09-Feb-45	42-104273	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Taylor, Marvel M Jr	O-739362	48FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged in crash, Adriatic Sea/2mi E
12487	16-Feb-45	42-104139	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning, Not confirmed right plane for this Pilot	Farrar, Frederick G.	T-002945	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, California, Buried at: Plot K Row 18 Grave 28, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Awards, Purple Heart. Location, (4838n-1230e), Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
12458	19-Feb-45	44-24123	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Wilson, Daniel S.	O-770058	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 4708n - 1541 E. Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Entered the Service from, Iowa, Buried at: Plot D Row 5 Grave 7, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, , lost over Austria Feb 19, 1945. MACR 12458. Also listed as being condemned Dec 15, 1944
.	22-Feb-45	44-25705	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Archer, Harold L		48FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged force landing, engine failure, Triolo/ 2 1/2mi SW, Italy, he went on to work at Watertown, Nevada, also known as Groom Lake or Area 51
.	24-Feb-45			Stephens, Leon B.		49FS	14FG	15AF		Crashed, Escorting B-24s to Verona, Italy. Made his way back to the base after spending two days Yugoslavia.
.	Mar 45	.	.	Nickle, Maurice	.	48FS	14FG	15AF	.	Maurice Nickle came to the Italian theater close to wars end. He was stationed in San Severo, Italy a few miles northwest of Foggia near the Adriatic Sea from March to September, 1945. He flew ground support missions in the P-38 against German targets as well as bomber escort into Austria and Southern Germany
12516	01-Mar-45	44-23187	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Clifgard, Fred C	O-767121	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Los Angeles, CA, Lightning' from 14.FG occasionally attacked trains north of Vienna on this day, two Lightning' attacked train hidden by a railway station in Pouzdrany ( a village 30 kilometres south of Brno ) around 11.20 hours. One Lightning P-38L 44-23187 ("17") caught high voltage wires and exploded immediately, south of Brno, Czechoslovakia. Location, Approx, 10 Miles Se Of Auspits, Austria, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G, Italy
.	05-Mar-45	44-24423	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Younghans, Robert J		37FS	14FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Triolo, Italy
13005	10-Mar-45	43-28547	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Sinclair, Herschel T.	O-773836	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 4220 N 1504 E. Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Entered the Service from, Illinois. Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart Escort for B-24s to target area Verona/Parona RR. Enroute to target he was forced to bailout of his burning plane while flying over the Adriatic Sea. His chute was seen to open but his whereabouts was not determined after he hit the water and he was lost sight of.Adriatic Sea/ Triolo/ 50mi NW, Italy
13004	12-Mar-45	44-24428	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Pask, Charles E. Jr.	O-821766	37FS	14FG	15AF	FOD	Entered the Service from, Ohio, Buried at: Plot K Row 25 Grave 16, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Awards, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart Location, Near Judenburg, Austria, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
12995	14-Mar-45	44-24189	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Cornell, Clark		48FS	14FG	15AF		Numbered 9, Hit by AA fire while attacking RR bridge, pilot bailed out 2 miles SE of , Ptuj, Yugoslavia, rescued by partisans Location, Approx, 5 Miles S W Of Ptuj, Yugo, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G, Italy
13067	18-Mar-45	44-25041	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Meidinger, John C.	O-743471	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, North Dakota, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. Location, Varazdin, Yugoslavis, Point Of Departure, Triolo L/G, Italy
13072	18-Mar-45	44-25053	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Small, Richard M.	O-773840	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 4638 N 1640 E, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Entered the Service from, Illinois, Buried at: Plot D Row 8 Grave 17, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart. Mission was dive bombing and strafing target at Varazdin, Yugoslavia. He was hit by flak and bailed out in the vicinity of Strosy, Austria. His chute opened just as he hit the ground.
.	20-Mar-45	43-28380	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Tamamian, Arthur		49FS	14FG	15AF	DNB	Killed while on a test hop. The plane crashed near Nico, Italy.
.	22-Mar-45	.	.	Hochstetler, George E	O-767234	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	22-Mar-45	.	.	Swimley, Malcolm B	O-748836	49FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
.	30-Mar-45	.	.	Collins, Thomas G	O-770183	48FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
13478	31-Mar-45	44-25012	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Grffith, Hugh A. Jr		48FS	14FG	15AF		Escort to Linz, right engine hit by small arms fire while attacking train at St. Polten, tried to reach Zadar airdrome but other engined cut, crash-landed, rescued by locals and partisans, Prijedor, Yugoslavia
13476	02-Apr-45	44-25786	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Brezas, Michael	O-813118	48FS	14FG	15AF		Location, Vicinity Of Magyarlad, Hungary. Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Numbered 181 on tail, Remains noted 1989 in Yugoslavian National Aviation Museum, Belgrade. Emergency landing at Sombor a/d after battle damage over Austria; the aircraft taken by Yugoslavia Air Force, Sombor, Yugoslavia
13643	04-Apr-45	44-25761	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Randle, Bill		49FS	14FG	15AF		Location, Hohenlinden, Germany. Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Provided escort for a photo recon. Aircraft to Munich, Germany. Lt. Randle was shot down by a Me-262, a German jet propelled aircraft. He parachuted safely and landed in enemy territory, Munich, Germany
.	08-Apr-45		.	Zimmermann, Richard	O-684597	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from:, Illinois, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
.	08-Apr-45	44-25032	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Stephens, Leon B Jr		49FS	14FG	15AF		damaged taxiing, Triolo Landing Field, Italy
.	10-Apr-45		FOD date see 27-Jan-44 for details	Riley, James G. Jr.	O-800593	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, New York, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
13979	11-Apr-45	44-24418	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Hoover, Harold D	O-442147	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, California, Buried at: Plot D Row 43 Grave 14, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart. Location, N. Of Passau, Germany, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
.	11-Apr-45	.	.	Morris, Harry R Jr	O-531464	37FS	14FG	15AF		Claims 1 victory
13980	11-Apr-45	44-25720	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Whitehead, Robert W	O-770049	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Location, N. Of Strakonice, Czechoslovakia, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Hometown: Lake County, IN, killed in a dogfight on April 11, 1945 south-east of Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia. 1/Lt Whitehead with his flight of the 37th Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, 15th USAAF, had destroyed a couple of locomotives and railroad cars in the area when he encountered a pair of FW 190s returning to the base from a fighter-bomber mission in Austria or Moravia. The winner was subsequently shot down by 1/Lt Whitehead's wingman 1/Lt Harry R Morris Jr.
13982	11-Apr-45	44-26027	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Therriault, Rene A	O-824778	48FS	14FG	15AF		Location, Vicinity Of Lusci Palanki, Yugoslavia, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
.	14 Apr 45	44-26015	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Burke, John R		49FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged belly landing, Triolo, Italy
.	17-Aug-45		Possible FOD date for 16th Aug 44	Townsend, Charles C.	O-746225	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, New York, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	20-Apr-45	44-24221	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Shrader, Lyle E	O-770445	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIFA	Pilot killed, plane badly damaged in take off accident, Triolo, Italy
.	20-Aug-45		.	Strader, Leroy C.	O-753754	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Wisconsin, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters
.	20-Apr-45	42-67412	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Allen, John R		37FS	14FG	15AF		Plane damaged in forced landing, Lesina/ 1 1/2miles E, Italy
14021	21-Apr-45	44-25010	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Lambert, Richard K (Not confirmed)			14FG	15AF		Location, 10 Miles S. K ?. Of Munich, Germany, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
14027	22-Apr-45	44-24038	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Gnewikow, Milo E		48FS	14FG	15AF	POW/Rtn	Location, 10 Miles N E Of Venice, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Escaped after 1 week of captivity and returned to hus Unit. Location, 10 Miles N E Of Venice, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
14025	22-Apr-45	44-25717	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Mc Intire, Charles R	O-401442	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Cameron County, TX. Location, Ficarolo, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy
14036	23-Apr-45	44-26077	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Summares, Anthony N		49FS	14FG	15AF		Location, 6 Miles South Of Verona, Italy, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Mission was an armed reconnaissance over Verona - Budia, Italy. He was hit by flak and bailed out six miles south of Verona, Italy. He was seen to wave after hitting the ground, Verona, Italy
.	17-May-45	44-24435	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Zwanzig, Samuel A		49FS	14FG	15AF		damaged taxiing, Triolo, Italy
	21 May 45	44-25013	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Kummer, Frederick J,		37FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged crash landing with engine on failure, Italy
.	29-May-45	42-68054	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Wheeler, Harold W		37FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged belly landing, Triolo, Italy
.	09-Jul-45		.	Mitchell, Henry D.	O-763294	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Arkansas, Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France, Awards, Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	20-Jul-45	44-24197	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Black, Elmer E Jr		48FS	14FG	15AF		badly damaged landing, Triolo, Italy
.	26 Jul 45	44-25715	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	O'Brien, Emmett M		48FS	14FG	15AF	KIFA	Pilot killed, plane badly damaged in crash, San Severo/ 9mi SE, Italy
	12-Sep-45		.	Wells, Lawrence D.	O-750741	48FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Kansas, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
.	17-Sep-45		FOD date see 20-Jan-44 MACR 1990	Duff, Arthur V.	O-668218	49FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, New York, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
.	07-Nov-45		.	Barker, Forrest H.	O-427116	37FS	14FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Oklahoma, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters

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