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Honor Roll 1st Fighter Group 1941- APR 45

Revised 24 Aug 2008

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1st Fighter Group WW2 - P-38 Missing In Action Research Special Thanks to Jim Graham for all his Research

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MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service #	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Location/ Comments
.	9 Apr 41	31-61	Douglas BT-2B, Trainer version of O-38	Eriksen, John G		27PF	1PF			From Bellevue, WA, Plane destroyed landing Selfridge Field, MI
.	11 Apr 41	38-115	Curtiss P-36A	Porter, James L		94PF	1PF			Cat 3 damage landing. Selfridge Field, MI
.	10 May 41	38-113	Curtiss P-36A	Taylor, James R		94PF	1PF			Forced landing fuel exhausted, Selfridge Field, MI. Cat 3 damage
.	6 Jun 41	39-716	Republic YP-43 Lancer	Prann, Bradley F		94PF	1PF			Cat 2 damage landing, Selfridge Field, MI. Plane scrapped Mar 27, 1945
.	16 Jun 41	39-711	Republic YP-43 Lancer	Vaughn, Harley C		94PF	1PF			Landing gear would not extend fully, pilot bailed out near Collins Airport, Alpena, MI
.	19 Jun 41	36-420	Seversky P-35	Malmstedt, Ronald M	O-416322	27PF	1PF			Hometown: Suffolk County, NY. Forced landing engine failure. Pilot flew a P-38 on Bolero to England later DNB with 345FS, 55FG, 2 Dec 1943
.	23 Jun 41	39-699	Lockheed YP-38 Lightning	Putnam, Guy L Jr	O-406050	27PF	1PF		DNB	Crashed, Atlanta, MI, USA, Hometown: Alameda, CA
.	25 Jun 41	36-416	Seversky P-35	Watson, Eugean M		27PF	1PF			Ground looped Cat 3 damage. Selfridge Field, MI
.	1 Jul 41	39-714	Lockheed YP-38 Lightning	Caldwell, Robert M.		27PF	1PF			Take off accident, engine failure, Selfridge Field, MI, USA
.	14-Jul-41	36-398	Seversky P-35	Costello, John S.	O-416274	27PS	1PG			Crashed on take off due to engine fire, 27PS, 1PG, Selfridge Field, MI
.	21-Jul-41	38-537	Lockheed C-40 USAAF version of Model 12 commercial airliner. Redesignated UC-40 in 1/1943.	Hubbell, Robert B		27PS	1PG			Cat 3 damage landing, Selfridge Field, MI
.	23-Jul-41	39-695	Lockheed YP-38 Lightning	Taylor, James R		27PS	1PG		DNB	Pilot killed in take off accident, While deployed to Alpina Michigan for a gunnery exercise, 11 May 1941, when the left engine burst into flames, causing the plane to crash into the pine trees. Lt. Taylor died from his injuries after the accident, Selfridge Field, MI, plane was written off Jul 23, 1941, Alpena, MI.
.	24-Jul-41	36-416	Seversky P-35	Mandros, William J.		27PS	1PG			Landing accident, Selfridge Field, MI,
.	03-Aug-41	40-756	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	Long, William K.	O-416315	27PS	1PG			Landing accident, plane was not a write off, (per History card Rec 7/22/41 Selfridge Fiield, MI. Wrecked, 8/3/41, Cleveland, Oh, failure of main auxiliary & emergency landing gear, repaired (2nd.Lt. Wm. K. Long) , thanks Terry T, ) 27PS, 1PG, Cleveland Airport, OH
.	11-Aug-41	41-6698	Republic P-43 Lancer	Northern, William L Jr	14034066	94PS	1PG			Landing accident resulting in a ground loop, 94th PS, Selfridge Field, MI , eventually plane went to CL-26 at Sheppard Field, TX Sep 20, 1943,
.	22-Aug-41	41-6718	Republic P-43 Lancer	O'Connell, Philip B	.	.	1PG	.	.	Ground looped taking off Cat 4 damage. Mitchel Field, NY Plane later converted to P-43D. To RAAF as A56-7. Missing 4/30/1943 in flight from Wagga. Aircraft found in Hursville hills 1958.
.	10-Sep-41	41-6705	Republic P-43 Lancer	Strozier, Buddy A	0-421347	71PS	1PG			Landing accident causing ground loop, 71PS, 1PG, Esler Field, LA , plane surveyed Dec 17, 1942
.	13-Sep-41	41-6692	Republic P-43 Lancer	Newman, William G	O-421294	71PS	1PG			Forced landing out of gas, 71Pursuit Squadron, Pursuit Group, near Crockett, TX, plane eventually converted to P-43D. To RAAF as A56-1. Damaged in taxi accident 3/25/1943. Back to 5th AAF 8/27/1943. To CL-26 at Desert Center AAF, CA Apr 13, 1944
.	19-Sep-41	40-767	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	Keith, Robert H	O-411708	27PS	1PG		DNB	Hometown: Dunn County, WI, Pilot killed in mid air collision, 27PS, 1PG, 10 mi NW of Natchitoches, LA
.	25-Sep-41	41-6707	Republic P-43 Lancer	McCluney, John H		71PS	1PG			Landing accident, 71Pursuit Squadron, 1Pursuit Group, Lake Charles AAB, LA , plane was converted to P-43D. To RAAF as A56-2. Back to 5th AF 9/2/1943. Salvaged Mar 4, 1944
.	15-Oct-41	40-781	Lockheed P-38D Lightning c/n 222-2252	Voss, Alfred	O-421360	94PS	1PG		DNB	Hometown: Kane County, IL, Richmond, MI, killed bailing out before crashing,
.	16-Oct-41	40-766	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	Costello, John S	O-416274	27PS	1PG		DBN	Hometown: Monroe County, NY, Pilot killed in a Forced Landing out of Gas due to weather, Beaufort, SC
.	16-Oct-41	40-2902	Republic P-43A Lancer	Wittliff, William W	O-421370	94PS	1PG			Landing accident causing ground loop, Selfridge Field, MI he later served with 97FS, 82FG
.	22-Oct-41	41-6699	Republic P-43 Lancer	McCluney, John H		71PS	1PG			Landing accident, 71Pursuit Squadron, 1Pursuit Group, Savannah AAB, GA , condemned at Chanute Feb 23, 1942
.	27-Oct-41	41-6706	Republic P-43 Lancer	Muldoon, Bernard R	O-421390	71PS	1PG			Forced landing due to engine failure, 71Pursuit Squadron, 1Pursuit Group, 10 mi NW of Savannah AAB, GA, plane went to to RFC May 15, 1945
.	05-Nov-41	40-763	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	Pringle, Wesley M	O-421310	27PS	1PG			Take off accident, 27PS, 1PG, McClellan Field, CA, plane condemned Mar 19, 1942
.	11-Nov-41	41-6704	Republic P-43 Lancer	Smedley, Arthur A, Jr	O-421342	71PS	1PG			Landing accident causing ground loop, 71Pursuit Squadron, 1Pursuit Group, Municipal Airport Spartanburg, SC, plane was surveyed Apr 9, 1942 , Pilot later went to HQ96FS, 82FG
.	16-Nov-41	39-715	Republic YP-43 Lancer	Thurston, Clarence E		94PS	1PG			Take off accident causing ground loop, 94PS, 1PG, Municipal Airport Spartanburg, SC , condemned Feb 23, 1942
.	16-Nov-41	41-6701	Republic P-43 Lancer	Workman, William B		94PS	1PG			Forced landing out of gas 94PS, 1PG, Conyers, GA, plane surveyed Apr 19, 1942
.	17-Nov-41	40-800	Lockheed P-38D Lightning	Rudder, Carl F	O-431466	94PS	1PG			Crashed belly landing out of gas, 94PS, 1PG, Woodruff, SC
.	25-Nov-41	41-6715	Republic P-43 Lancer	Stover, Glen R	O-421326	71PS	1PG			Landing accident causing ground loop 71Pursuit Squadron, 1Pursuit Group, Municipal Airport Spartanburg, SC, plane was condemned Feb 23, 1942
.	26-Nov-41	41-6694	Republic P-43 Lancer	Newman, William G	O-421294	71PS	1PG			Landing accident caused by mechanical failure,71Pursuit Squadron, 1Pursuit Group, Municipal Airport Spartanburg, SC, plane went to CL-26 at Biloxi, MS Apr 3, 1942
.	09-Dec-41	39-690	Lockheed YP-38 Lightning	Mendenall, Harold O.N	O-418138	94PS	1PG			Forced landing due to engine failure, 94PS, 1PG, Jonesboro, IN, eventually plane went to to Parks Air College, St Louis, MO Feb 26, 1942.
.	16-Dec-41	41-6709	Republic P-43 Lancer	Harris, Francis H	O-411633	71PS	1PG			Landing accident caused by mechanical failure, 71Pursuit Squadron, 1Pursuit Group, North Island NAS, CA, plane surveyed Oct 14, 1942
.	20-Dec-41	40-755	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	Prann, Bradley F	O-23027	27PS	1PG			taxiing accident, 27PS, 1PG, North Island NAS, CA, later crashed on takeoff at North Island, CA Mar 13, 1942. Pilot killed
.	20-Dec-41	40-780	Lockheed P-38D Lightning	Bridges, Benjamin H	O-383440	94PS	1PG			C/n 222-2251, take off accident, (see 12 Mar 42) , 94PS, 1PG, North Island NAS, CA,
.	21-Dec-41	40-770	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	Robertson, Foy, Jr,		94PS	1PG		DNB	C/n 222-2241, Pilot killed in mid air collision, 94PS, 1PG, 10 mi W San Diego, CA 94th squadron loses two pilots, Lt Foy Robertson, and Lt William Northern when their P-38s collide and crash into the Pacific ocean
.	21-Dec-41	40-805	Lockheed P-38 Lightning (RP-38D)	Northern, William L, Jr	14034066	94PS	1PG		DNB	HOMETOWN, Nashville, TN, Pilot killed in mid air collision, 94PS, 1PG, 10 mi W San Diego, CA, HONORED BY, Mrs. Sarah C. Fisher, KILLED IN TRAINING FIGHT DECEMBER 1941, MARCH AIR FIELD, RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA
.	25-Dec-41	40-746	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	Lauler, Stuart R		27PS	1PG			Taxing accident, 27PS, 1PG, North Island NAS, CA, eventually plane went to to CL-26 at Muroc AAB, CA Jul 27, 1943
.	28-Dec-41	41-6700	Republic P-43 Lancer	Scales, Allan B	O-421329	71PS	1PG		DNB	Hometown: Marion County, IN, Pilot killed in crash, , 71Pursuit Squadron, 1Pursuit Group, machine gun practice flight, Pacific Ocean off North Island NAS, CA, crashed W of North Island at sea Dec 28, 1941. Pilot killed
.	30-Dec-41	40-753	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	Rudder, Carl F.	O-431466	94PS	1PG			Take off accident due to engine fire, 94PS, 1PG, North Island NAS, CA

1942

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service #	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Location/ Comments
.	12-Mar-42	40-780	Lockheed P-38D Lightning	Lauck, James W.	O-431458	94FS	1FG		DNB	Hometown: Montgomery County, OH, c/n 222-2251, details unknown at this time
.	19-Mar-42	.	.	Scholzhauer, Lawrence		94FS	1FG		DNB	Details unknown to me
	1 Apr 42	41-2275	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Wells, Richard H	O-411745	71FS	1FG		Training	Incident happened at Muroc, CA , prior to his posting to the 1FG, plane later to CL-26 at Curtiss-Wright Tech Institute, CA Jun 29, 1942
	18 Apr 42	41-2324	Lockheed P-38F-LO Lightning	Moor, Richard D (Not confirmed)	O-431142	27FS	1FG		DNB	Hometown: Oklahoma County, OK. Hit tow target and crashed during air-to-air gunnery near NAAS Camp Kearney Apr 18, 1942. Pilot killed.
.	05-Apr-42	41-1990	Lockheed P-38E Lightning	Bridges, Benjamin H. Jr.	O-383440	27FS	1FG		DNB	Hometown: Leon County, FL, On a dive pattern one didn’t pull up. The pilot tried his chute but he hit the horizontal stabilizer., wrecked 1 mi N of Miles Field, CA Apr 5, 1942from Tallahassee, Florida, Army authorities today investigated the crash of a P-38 interceptor pursuit plane that carried an army air force pilot to his death when it went into a dive over the Del Rey hills. Home base Mines Field, California, now Los Angeles International Airport (other source has it as March Field, CA )
.	12 Apr 42	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	Lieutenant General Henry H "Hap" Arnold, Commanding General USAAF, sends air plans for Operation BOLERO, the build-up of US armed forces in the UK for an attack on Europe, to General George C Marshall, Chief of Staff US Army, in London. The plan calls for establishment of the 8th Air Force in the UK.
.	30-Apr-42	.	.	Lichtenberger, Walter	O-431460	94FS	1FG		DNB	Hometown: Macon County, IL
.	23-Jun-42	41-9020	Boeing B-17E Fortress	Tibbetts, Paul W.	O-361713		97BG			A Flight, call sign Steamer Red 45, listed as on detachment from 97FS, , he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, plane later on Apr 18, 1943 became target tug ship for 303rd BG as "Phyllis" aka "Tugboat Annie". Crash landed at Molesworth, England Jul 23, 1944
.	23-Jun-42	41-7561	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Stone, John N.	O-17765	HQSQ	1FG			A Flight, call sign Steamer Red 19, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
.	23-Jun-42	41-7596	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Garman, Ralph S.	O-21571	HQSQ	1FG			A Flight, call sign Steamer Red 20, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7577	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Calderbank, John J. B.	O-376072	HQSQ	1FG			A Flight, call sign Steamer Red 21, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
.	23-Jun-42	41-7592	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Glenn, Joseph A, Jr.	O-416297	HQ27	1FG			A Flight, call sign Steamer Red 22, listed on 27FS roster, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, plane later converted summer 1943 to 2-seater for use as personal aircraft of Col Cass Hough, CO of Air Technical Services at RAF Bovington. Enabled him to carry an assistant while visiting other facilities.
.	23-Jun-42	41-2578	Boeing B-17E Fortress	Beasley, Harold H.	O-379237		97BG			A Flight, call sign Steamer Blue 46, listed as on detachment from 97FS, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, 326th BS, 92nd BG, Butcher Shop, renamed Big Tin Bird when flying as service aircraft for 20th FG CO. Reformed Aug 6, 1945. Led the first B-17 raid in the European Theatre Aug 17, 1942.
.	23-Jun-42	41-7634	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Zahn, John O.	O-286998	HQSQ	1FG			A Flight, call sign Steamer Blue 23, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, lost 15 Oct 42, Longseth, Jack S, 94FS, Ibsley, England
.	23-Jun-42	41-7562	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Mathis, Peyton S., Jr.	O-421274	HQ71	1FG			A Flight, call sign Steamer Blue 24, listed on 71FS roster, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7585	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Smith, J. F.		HQSQ	1FG			A Flight, call sign Steamer Blue 25, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7621	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Prann., Bradley F.	O-23027	HQSQ	1FG			A Flight, call sign Steamer Blue 26, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-17544	Martin B-26B Marauder	Newbury, Edward S. E.	O-431150	27FS	1FG			Spare Flight, call sign Steamer 27, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, (not confirmed right serial number or plane)
.	23-Jun-42	41-2387	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Longseth, Jack S	O-427597	27FS	1FG			Spare Flight, call sign Steamer 28, c/n 222-5605, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, MIA Dec 11, 1942,
.	23-Jun-42	41-7559	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Newman, William G.	O-421294	71FS	1FG			Spare Flight, call sign Steamer 29, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
.	23-Jun-42	41-7575	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Kille, Kurl W.	O-430387	94FS	1FG			Spare Flight, call sign Steamer 30, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
1st P-38 in this lot of 3 c/n	23-Jun-42	41-7539	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Molzahn, Clifford D.	O-430569	94FS	1FG			Spare Flight, call sign Steamer 31, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-9114	Boeing B-17E Fortress	Ijams, John H.	O-436514		97BG			(on detachment from 97BG) replaced Hoffman who was to have been in 41-9107, 27FS, 1FG, A Flight, call sign Tarmac Red 45, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7601	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Weltman, John W.	O-22825	27FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tarmac Red 19, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
2nd P-38 in this lot of 3 c/n	23-Jun-42	41-7540	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Shahan, Elza E.	O-423963	27FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tarmac Red 20, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
1st P-38 in this lot of 3 c/n	23-Jun-42	41-7548	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Stemen, Rodger F.	O-423367	27FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tarmac Red 21, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
2nd of 2, P-38 in this c/n lot	23-Jun-42	41-7515	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Morrison, Marvis C.	O-431136	27FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tarmac Red 22, c/n 222-5641/5642, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
.	23-Jun-42	41-2629	Boeing B-17E Fortress	Aenchbecher, Arthur E.	O-431024		97BG			A Flight, call sign Tarmac Blue 46, listed as on detachment from 97BG, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
1 of 1, P-38 in this c/n lot	23-Jun-42	41-7535	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Owens, Joel A. Jr.	O-417714	27FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tarmac Blue 23, c/n 222-5662, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
.	23-Jun-42	41-7555	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Smith, Henry K.	O-431545	27FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tarmac Blue 24, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
2nd P-38 in this lot of 3 c/n	23-Jun-42	41-7549	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Mendenell, Harold O. N.	O-418138	27FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tarmac Blue 25, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7597	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning,	Pate, James F.	O-423957	27FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tarmac Blue 26, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-9175	Boeing B-17E Fortress	Lipsky, Clarence W.	O-430595		97BG			B Flight, call sign Tarmac Yellow 47, on detachment from 97BG, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
.	23-Jun-42	41-7594	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Welsh, Darrell, G.	O-417727	27FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tarmac Yellow 27, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
.	23-Jun-42	41-7590	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Ross, George L.	O-423962	27FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tarmac Yellow 28, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
.	23-Jun-42	41-7589	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Long, William K.	O-416315	27FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tarmac Yellow 29, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7619	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Hartman, Elmer	O-431198	27FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tarmac Yellow 30, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-9089	Boeing B-17E Fortress	Stark			97BG			Stark, replaced Ijams, John H. (detachment from 97BG) who replaced Hoffman who was to have been in 41-9107, 1FG, C Flight, call sign Limbo White 50
.	23-Jun-42	41-7576	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Morefield, Luther W. Jr.	O-421287	71FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Limbo White 39, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, Plane lost Beals, Donald S, 83S, 78FG, 26 Jan 43
1 of 1 in this c/n lot	23-Jun-42	41-7497	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Naismith, Robert E.	O-421291	71FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Limbo White 40, c/n 222-5624, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, condemned due to crash Feb 5, 1943
.	23-Jun-42	41-7591	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Stover, Glen R.	O-421326	71FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Limbo White 41, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
1 of 1 in this c/n lot	23-Jun-42	41-7531	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Rush, George A.	O-421324	71FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Limbo White 42, c/n 222-5658, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-9025	Boeing B-17E Fortress	Cronkite,			97BG			??(Walter?), 1FG, A Flight, call sign Tomcat Red 45, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, plane later 457th BG, salvaged Jun 2, 1945
.	23-Jun-42	41-7608	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Hubbard, Glen E	O-371849	94FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tomcat Red 19, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7599	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Murdock, Lewis C.	O-428411	94FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tomcat Red 20, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7602	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Umphrey, Everett F.	O-421357	94FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tomcat Red 21, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
3rd P-38 in this lot of 3 c/n	23-Jun-42	41-7550	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	McWherter, Richard W	O-431135	94FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tomcat Red 22, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-2628	Boeing B-17E Fortress, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,	Taylor, Thomas K.	O-431066		97BG			A Flight, call sign Tomcat Blue 46, on detachment from 97BG
.	23-Jun-42	41-7614	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Rimke, Clarence R.	O-421315	94FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tomcat Blue 23, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7613	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Roberts, Newell O.	O-421319	94FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tomcat Blue 24, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7604	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Oakley, Charles W.	O-421297	94FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tomcat Blue 25, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
1 of 1 in this c/n lot	23-Jun-42	41-7546	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Pennington, William S. L.	O-431156	94FS	1FG			A Flight, call sign Tomcat Blue 25, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, Plane later named Daisy Mae/Rum Head assigned to Lt. Joel A Qwens, 27FS, 1FG, Nouvion, Algeria December 1942, he flew it down to MTO from England,
.	23-Jun-42	41-9105	41-9105, Boeing B-17E Fortress	Staples, Johnson R.	O-430629		97BG			B Flight, call sign Tomcat Yellow 47 on detachment from 97BG, , he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, plane was abandoned in Greenland.
See below 15 Jul 42	23-Jun-42	41-7623	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Webb, "Spider", Dallas,	O-404103	94FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tomcat Yellow 27, force landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to BW-1, at the southern tip of Greenland
.	23-Jun-42	41-7584	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Starbuck, Donald	O-420658	94FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tomcat Yellow 28, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
See below 15 Jul 42	23-Jun-42	41-7630	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Smith, Harry L. Jr	O-420690	94FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tomcat Yellow 29, c/n 222-5757, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, force-landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to BW-1
See below 15 Jul 42	23-Jun-42	41-7583	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Wilson, Robert B.	O-421368	94FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tomcat Yellow 30, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, force-landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to BW-1
.	23-Jun-42	41-9101	41-9101, Boeing B-17E Fortress	Hanna			97BG			B Flight, call sign Tomcat Green 48 (on detachment from 97BG), he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, abandoned in Greenland.
See below 15 Jul 42	23-Jun-42	41-7626	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Wilson, Robert B.	O-421368	94FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tomcat Green 31, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, force-landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to BW-1
See below 15 Jul 42	23-Jun-42	41-7560	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	McManus, Joseph Brad	O-431466	94FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tomcat Green 32, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, force-landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to BW-1
See below 15 Jul 42	23-Jun-42	41-7616	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Rudder, Carl F	O-431466	94FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tomcat Green 33, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, force-landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to BW-1
.	23-Jun-42	41-7582	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Lentz, J. C. Harrison	O-421230	94FS	1FG			B Flight, call sign Tomcat Green 34, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, returned to base, plane later coded UN-Q
.	23-Jun-42	41-9121	Boeing B-17E Fortress	Bennet			97BG			C Flight, call sign Tomcat Black 49 on detachment from 97BG, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7627	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Harmon, J..(Jim) Amos	O-412851	94FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Tomcat Black 35, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7558	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Widen, Norman L.	O-432977	94FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Tomcat Black 36, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7607	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Pringle, Wesley M	O-421310	94FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Tomcat Black 37, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7587	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Ilfrey, Jack Milton	O-421223	94FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Tomcat Black 38, c/n 222-5714, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-9021	Boeing B-17E Fortress	Smart			97BG			C Flight, call sign Tomcat White 50 on detachment from 97BG, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
.	23-Jun-42	41-7624	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Williams, Robert E.	O-421367	94FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Tomcat White 39, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
.	23-Jun-42	41-7628	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Kille, Jack C.	O-427141	94FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Tomcat White 40, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero,
.	23-Jun-42	41-7618	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Sutcliffe, George W.	O-421??8	94FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Tomcat White 41, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero, lost 11 Oct 42, Lt. William S.L. Pennington, 94FS
.	23-Jun-42	41-7556	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Neale, Robert D. Jr.	O-431391	94FS	1FG			C Flight, call sign Tomcat White 42, he was assigned to it for Operation Bolero
	23-Jun-42	41-7631	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Kelsey, Benjamin			14FG			Call sign Shoe Black 7, (c/n 222-5687, 94th FS) force-landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to Narsarsuaq Fjord (61.10'N 45.25'W) in Southwestern Greenland and code-named Bluie West One (BW-1)
	9-Jul 42		First group of P-38 arrive in Goxhill, England			71FS	1FG			First of the planes. 2 of ours. Lt. Smith, JF and Mathis, Payton Five of HDQ's came in also.
.	15-Jul-42	41-7616	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Rudder, Carl F.	O-431466	94FS	1FG			Call sign Tomcat Green 33, B Flight, force-landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to BW-1
.	15-Jul-42	41-7623	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Webb, "Spider", Dallas	O-404103	94FS	1FG			Call sign Tomcat Yellow 27., B Flight, force landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to BW-1, at the southern tip of Greenland
.	15-Jul-42	41-7626	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Wilson, Robert B.	O-421368	94FS	1FG			Call sign Tomcat Green 31, B Fligh, (94th FS) force-landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to BW-1
.	15-Jul-42	41-7630	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Smith, Harry L, Jr.	O-420690	94FS	1FG			Call sign Tomcat Yellow 29, B Flight, The last P-38 to touch down now known as "Glacier Girl" , c/n 222-5757, (94th FS) force-landed on Greenland icecap Jul 15, 1942 while en-route to BW-1., was only 62 days out of the factory door when it took its sled ride on June 15, 1942, and had only 72 hours of flight time logged. Recovered from Greenland ice cap in 1992. Restored and made first flight Oct 26, 2002
.	26-Jul 42	.	More planes arrive in Goxhill, England	.	.	71FS	1FG	.	.	.
	05-Aug-42	41-34412	North American AT-6D-NT Texan	Eiland, John D JR			1FG			To US Navy as SNJ-5, accident, Goxhill, UK
	09-Aug-42	41-7635	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Kille, Jack C	O-427141	94FS	1FG			Accident, Kirton-In-Linsey, England. Crashed at Kirton-in-Lindsey, England Aug 9, 1942. Condemned in England Oct 31, 1944
.	12-Aug-42	41-7592	Possibly, 41-7592, Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning, as it was the plane he flew over in during Operation Bolero, call sign at that time was Steamer Red 22 with HQ SQ. this plane was converted summer 1943 to 2-seater for use as personal aircraft of Col Cass Hough, CO of Air Technical Services at RAF Bovington. Enabled him to carry an assistant while visiting other facilities.	Glenn, Joseph A, Jr.	O-416297	HQ27	1FG	8AF		On 12 August 1942, became the first American pilot to arrive at Duxford when he flew a Lockheed P-38 Lightening in from Goxhill on tactical trials. He turned out to be the harbinger of things to come because by September 1942 Duxford had been selected as one of the RAF bases to be handed over to the USAAF, in the form of the US 8th Air Force.
.	14-Aug-42	Possibly 41-7601	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Weltman, John W	O-022825	27FS	1FG	8AF	.	History of the 1st FG Volume II copied from microfilm # B0036 reports; As Weltman closed in and fired, they traded shot for shot. Within a few minutes the Lightning received hits in the Armament assembly putting all four guns out of Commission. Then an engine was shot out. By this time the other P-38, flown by Lt. Elsa E. Shahan, and the P-40, had finally located the German air monster. Weltman turned back to the airdrome in his crippled plane, while Shahan and the other pilot pressed home the attack.
.	14-Aug-42	Possibly 41-7540	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Shahan, Elza E	O-423963	27FS	1FG	8AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory with 2nd Lieutenant Joseph Shaffer of the 33rd Squadron, 8th FG, operating out of Iceland shot down a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor over the Atlantic. Shahan in his P-38F downed the Condor; Shaffer, flying a P-40C, had already set an engine on fire. This was the first Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed by the USAAF. Shahan had planned on diving beneath his target, but with the roar of a thunderclap, it blew up practically in his face. It was too late to turn, and he flew on through the bits of flying wreckage. His lightning was well scarred up by the debris, but otherwise it was in shape to continue on to the United Kingdom. Lt. Shahan was awarded the Silver Star. He was the first AAF pilot to receive it.
.	19-Aug-42	41-7604	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Oakley, Charles W	O-421297	94FS	1FG	8AF	DNB	Flew this aircraft in Operation Bolero, call sign at that time was Tomcat Blue 25, plane had structural failure and Pilot lost Kirton, England other source has dove into ground near Thirsk, England Aug 19, 1942
.	19-Aug-42	41-7617	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	McCord, Robert R	O-428442	71FS	1FG	8AF		Crashed on landing at Goxhill, England
.	2-Sept-42	41-7588	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning (not confirmed)	Wells, Richard H	O-411745	71FS	1FG	8AF	.	We have "RICK" painted on the tail boom of the plane for Capt. Wells nick name. Some have "Mad Dash" "Tex" "Texas Terror" "Florida Flash" "The Virgin" "8" Ball. others have ace of spades. skull + cross bones painted on them.
.	3- Sept-42	.		.	.	71FS	1FG	8AF		Rumor that some men may be transferred to 14th Group. They need experienced men badly
.	6-Sept-43	.	.	Settergren		71FS	1FG	8AF		They are picking 10 fellows and are going to commission them I guess. Settergren is one.
.	07-Sep-42	41-7611	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Harris, Francis N. "Bucky"	O-411633	71FS	1FG	8AF		Became one of the first men to live after bailing out of a "38" after his engine burned out, aircraft stalled. Other source has crashed during attempted forced landing at Avon, Tyrell, England Sep 7, 1942
	10-Sep-42	41-7568	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Schoenfeldt, Verl	O-421333	71FS	1FG	8AF		Accident, Ibsley, England
.	13-Sep-42	.	.	Moutier, John	O-421289	71FS	1FG	8AF	.	Saw the P-38 give its best performance in a fight with a Mustang and a Hurricane today. The 38 Jake Moutier. [Lt John Moutier] would drop his flaps and cut sharp corners by goosing one engine + throttling the other back. He whipped around surprisingly fast.
.	19-Sep-42	41-7588	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning (not confirmed)	Wells, Richard H	O-411745	71FS	1FG	8AF	.	Got new squadron letters put on side of planes LM and (?) LMS Still don't know what we'll do with em.
.	02-Oct-42	.	.	Young, William H.	O-431186	71FS	1FG	8AF	KIA	As the Group conducted an escort mission to Meaulte, France, (71st FS) pilot from Andrews County, Texas was shot down and killed over a German airfield in occupied France, becoming the squadron's first combat casualty in WW II (shot down on by Unteroffizer Stoller, 2nd Staffel -2./JG26- three kilometers west of Coquelles, France near Calais at 1625hrs -- information courtesy of Belgian historian Luc Vervoort).
	10-Oct-42	41-7602	41-7602, Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning,	Umphrey, Everett F	O-421357	94FS	1FG	8AF		Accident, Ibsley, England Z428
.	11-Oct-42	41-7618	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Pennington, William S.L	O-431156	94FS	1FG	8AF	KIFA	Hit the ground during a practice run over an anti-aircraft position at Ibsley and killed, along with a British soldier in a generator shack that was struck in the crash
.	15-Oct-42	41-7634	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Longseth, Jack S	O-427597	94FS	1FG	8AF		Details unknown at this time, Ibsley, England
	5 Nov 42	41-2296	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Whalen, William W		94FS	1FG		Training	Incident happened at Orange Co Aprt, CA , prior to his posting to 1FG, plane later surveyed at Santa Maria AAF, CA Mar 7, 1944
.	08-Nov-42	W-8959	Miles Master	Salz, Warren Roger	O-727779	71FS	1FG	8AF	DNB	Hometown: San Francisco, CA, unknown details at this time, Ibsley, England
.	12-Nov-42		.				1FG			For Operation TORCH, the air echelon of P-38s start from England toward North Africa with an interim stop at Gibraltar.
	12-Nov-42	41-7587	41-7587, Lockheed P-38F Lightning, c/n 222-5714, he had been assigned to it for Operation Bolero, and apparently continued to fly it., coded UNO, named Happy Jacks Go Buggy on the nose and Texas Terror on the tail boom	Ilfrey, Jack Milton	O-421223	94FS	1FG	12AF		Lost one of his auxiliary fuel tanks and decided to land in Lisbon, Portugal to get more fuel. Instead, they were going to intern him. He escaped while showing how to rev up the engines blowing his Pilot/ Guard off the wing and taking off causing an International ruckus.
	12-Nov-42	42-12738	Lockheed P-38G-1-LO Lightning	Harmon, J.(Jim) Amos	O-412851	94FS	1FG	12AF		Landed a few minutes later promptly interned. He had to be smuggled out of Portugal after a four month stay, c/n 222-7172, coded OK-T 300 while interned by Portugal, Serial initially assigned (335) and changed to 300 in October 43
.	13-Nov-42		The 1FG and all 3 squadrons arrive in MTO, under the leadership of Col. John N Stone,	Stone, John N	O-17765	HQ	1FG	12AF
.	15-Nov-42	.	Other source has this happening on 12 Nov 1942	Chenoweth, Robert N.	O-426557	27FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Alameda, CA. Was killed when his P-38, on a ferry flight from the UK to North Africa, crashed into a mountain at Ortigueira, Corunna, Spain, on November 15, 1942
.	22-Nov-42	BX-195	P-400	Rhodes, Cecil	O-726682	.	1FG	12AF	DNB	This machine flew with the 1st Fighter Group based at Goxhill. On the 22nd November 1942 BX195 was apparently on a cross-country navigation exercise, but as it flew over the small Yorkshire market town of Settle, a few of the more observant onlookers realised that something was wrong with this unusual aircraft. Black smoke was seen emitting from the exhausts on the aircraft's side and the powerful roar of the engine was reduced to a spluttering cough as it passed from view heading towards the higher ground around the town. It is clear that Lieutenant Cecil Rhodes in the cockpit was guiding his stricken aircraft clear of the houses below, perhaps looking for a suitable area to make a forced landing. But the direction he was heading led to rugged and rocky fells rising before him and soon after clearing the town he elected to bale out. Unfortunately he had left it too late and his parachute barely opened before he hit the ground and was killed instantly, his aircraft diving into the ground only a few hundred yards away.
.	26-Nov-42	.	.	Muldoon, Bernard R	O-421390	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Taxied one of our 38's into a shell hole so that's 2 we've lost since we've been in Africa. One of the two was coded UN-G
.	29 Nov 42	.	.	Forsythe, Paul J	O-885303	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29 Nov 42	Possible 41-7587	Lockheed P-38F Lightning (coded UNO named Texas Terror (tail boom)/Happy Jacks Go Buggy (nose))	Ilfrey, Jack Milton	O-431223	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory, Messerschmitt Bf-110 near Gabes Airdrome, in Tunisia
	29 Nov 42	41-7498	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Roberts, Newell O	O-421319	94FS	1FG	12AF		Claims 0.50 victory. Messerschmitt Bf-110 near Gabes Airdrome, in Tunisia Coded UN-G, picture found here
.	29 Nov 42	.	.	Williams, Robert E	O-421367	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	30 Nov 42	.		Black, Hubert R	O-885346	27FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Milwaukee County, WI. Prior service with RCAF/RAF
.	30 Nov 42	Possible 41-7546	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Owens, Joel A Jr	O-417714	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory His plane was named Daisy Mae and Rumhead) Coded HVE he flew this plane from England to Africa
.	30 Nov 42	.	.	Pace, Lawrence B	O-429526	27FS	1FG	12AF	DOW	Hometown: Warren County, KY. Possible prior service with 63SS during Oct 1941 Died of Wounds 04-Dec-42
.	01-Dec-42	.	.	Butler, Lawrence A. Jr.	O-885322	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Buried at: Plot D Row 13 Grave 12, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, killed at Maison Blanche
.	02-Dec-42	Possible 41-7587	Lockheed P-38F Lightning (coded UNO named Texas Terror (tail boom)/Happy Jacks Go Buggy (nose))	Ilfrey, Jack Milton	O-431223	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories, two Messerschmitt Me-109s over Gabes Airdrome, Tunisia
	02-Dec-42		41-760?, P-38F-1-LO 1st FG 15AF 3 Dec 1942 War Loss, Source Terry T	Possibly/Longseth, Jack S	O-427597	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Shot down while tasked to strafe the airfield at Gabes, Tunisia., Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery ( Possible Hartmann Grasser, led II./JG 51 to North Africa. Over Tunisia, Grasser claimed 12 victories to raise his victory total to 103, Claimed P-38's at 6km S Tebourda and 30km W Tebourda )
.	02-Dec-42	.	.	Lovell, William A	O-885238	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Dec-42	.	.	McWherter, Richard W	O-431135	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Dec-42	Possible 41-7498	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Roberts, Newell O	O-421319	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories, Coded UNG later named "Bat Out Of Hell"
.	02-Dec-42			Williams, Robert E	O-421367	94FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Shot down by flak while tasked to strafe the airfield at Gabes, Tunisia.
.	03-Dec-42	41-7598	P-38F-1-LO 1st FG 15AF 3 Dec 1942 War Loss, Source Terry T	Possibly/Drysdale, William	O-416286	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	During an escort of B-17s to Bizerte, the 27th lost three aircraft in a dogfight with Me. 109s.over Bizerte, Buried at: Plot E Row 16 Grave 11, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
.	03-Dec-42	41-7596	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning, numbered 23 on the nose, Goxhill, England: 10 Jun 1942, Ibsley, England: 24 Aug 1942, Then off to North Africa & Tafaraoui, Algeria 13 Nov 1942., 2 Dec 42, 1FG, condemned enemy action	Hester, William K.	O-427335	27FS	1FG	12AF	WIA	During an escort of B-17s to Bizerte, the 27th lost three aircraft in a dogfight with Me. 109s.over Bizerte:, went to 49FS, 14FG KIA, 25 Aug 43
	03-Dec-42	41-7589	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Long, William K.	O-416315	27FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	During an escort of B-17s to Bizerte, the 27th lost three aircraft in a dogfight with Me. 109s.over Bizerte:
.	03-Dec-42	.	.	Meyer, Louis	O-885370	71FS	1FG	12AF		Another raid this morning by B-17's and 27th broke formation and lost 4 or 5 ships and got 3 109's 71st kept formation. 94th has 16 + victories. Lt. Moorhouse [Lt William Morhous?] crash landing. Myers engine conked on takeoff and came in. Crew chiefs left for Algiers by truck. We've lost 4 ships in Africa and none thru combat.
.	03-Dec-42	.	.	Morhouse, William	O-426408	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Crash landing
Not Confirmed		41-7624	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning				1FG	12AF		Nose number 5751, named, aileen
.	03-Dec-42	.	.	Runyon, Theodore H	O-417719	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	03-Dec-42		.	Sullivan, John A	O-424966	27FS	1FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Shot down, ship destroyed but he returned.
.	03-Dec-42	.	.	Wolford, John L	O-423980	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	04-Dec-42		This is his FOD date see 30 Nov 1942	Black, Hubert R	O-885346	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Over Bizerte From Wisconsin, Tablets of the Missing Carthage Cemetery, Awards Purple Heart, Air Medal
.	04-Dec-42		.	Everett, David R.	O-427317	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Shot down over Bizerte, Buried at: Plot E Row 13 Grave 4, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
.	04-Dec-42	Possible 41-7546	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Owens, Joel A Jr	O-417714	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory His plane was named Daisy Mae and Rumhead) Coded HVE he flew this plane from England to Africa
.	04-Dec-42		.	Pate, James F	O-423957	27FS	1FG	12AF	WIA	Managed to land in Algiers.
.	04-Dec-42		.	Pace, Lawrence B	O-429526	27FS	1FG	12AF	DOW	Died of wounds, shot down over Bizerte
	04-Dec-42	41-7588	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning (not confirmed) coded LM-S previously named Rick on tail boom	Russell, Roy C. Jr.	O-431529	71FS	1FG	12AF		Plane named Dot usually assigned to Lt Moutier. Lost our ship somewhere near Algiers LMS-588. got a canon shell thru cockpit canopy and dashboard. broke main hydraulic line and Lt. Russell brought her in on belly. 27 victories to the Group now. Col. Stone has left to go with Gen Doolittles staff and Maj. Garman take over as Lt. Col. Things may be quite diff. now may get chance for flight training.
.	04-Dec-42	.	.	Weltman, John W	O-022825	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	05-Dec-42		end of "64".	Smith / Owens						December 5, 1942 : Lt. Marcus Linn, 27FS, flew my ship again as spare. Lt. Smith came back so he flew 64 on through. Coming back, he ran out of gas and landed 5 miles out of Algiers . Capt. Owens attempted to fly it out and ran into a hole, breaking the nose strut. That’s the end of "64".
.	12-Dec-42	.	.	Hubbard, Glenn E	O-371949	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	12-Dec-42	41-2387	Possible Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning, MIA, 11 Dec 42, c/n 222-5605 not confirmed	Umphrey, Everett F.	O-421357	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. Major Hubbard and Capt Newell Roberts, both of the 94th, each credited with half a victory. Along with Lt. Umphrey (94th), they shot down an Italian Cant Z-1007 bomber over the Gulf of Tunis. Lt. Everet F. Umphrey was killed in action when he inexplicably continued in a gentle glide after the attack, made a belly landing in the water, and slowly sank into the sea with no effort to escape being witnessed
.	12-Dec-42	.	.	Roberts, Newell O	O-421319	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	14-Dec-42		.	Runyon, Theodore H	O-417719	27FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	Returns
.	17-Dec-42	.	.	Murdock, Lewis C	O-428411	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-Dec-42		.	Giles, Victor Galbraith	O-885306	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Was hit and killed. From New York, Tablets of the Missing Carthage Cemetery, Awards Purple Heart, Air Medal Prior service with RCAF/RAF
.	18-Dec-42		.	Sutcliffe, George W	O-421??8	94FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	Returned, was hit and downed. Suffering from burns, Sutcliffe made his way back via Algiers, and eventually completed all of his combat missions.
.	18-Dec-42		.	Widen, Norman L	O-432977	94FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Shot down by German ace Anton Hafner (with 200+ victories before dying in 1944), was taken prisoner, and was visited by Hafner briefly afterwards. Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	18-Dec-42		.	Jennings, Clark O.		94FS	1FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Shot down, but rescued by British Commandos.
.	18-Dec-42		.	Smith, Henry K	O-431545	27FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Shot down, declared a prisoner of war on 3 Jan 1943., Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	26-Dec-42	.	.	Ilfrey, Jack Milton	O-431223	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories, two Focke Wulf Fw-190s five miles west of Bizerte
.	26-Dec-42		.	Jones, Richard		94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Lt. Bühligen of 4./J.G. 2 claims two P-38s, Lt. Marx of 4./J.G. 2 claims a P-38, and Oblt. Tonne of 3./J.G. 53 shot down another P-38. One P-38 was claimed damaged. The 1st FG had escorted the 97th BG to Bizerta,
.	26-Dec-42	.	.	Murdock, Lewis C	O-428411	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	26-Dec-42		.	Sahl, Milton	O-885327	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Lt. Bühligen of 4./J.G. 2 claims two P-38s, Lt. Marx of 4./J.G. 2 claims a P-38, and Oblt. Tonne of 3./J.G. 53 shot down another P-38. One P-38 was claimed damaged. The 1st FG had escorted the 97th BG to Bizerta,
.	28-Dec-42	.	.	Scales, Allan B	O-421329	71FS	1FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Marion County, IN. Pror service with 65SS, AFS, during June 1941
.	28-Dec-42	.	.	Sgroi, Anthony	O-431540	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-Dec-42	.	.	Fell, Albert W		94FS	1FG	12AF		United Kingdom. A 94th ship came in with main wheels not locked. nose wheel + tail took all the load. nearly blew nose tire. plane is now just spare parts.
.	29 Dec 42	.	Pilots loaned out to the 1st Fighter Group due to lack of 33rd Fighter Group planes	.	.	60FS	33FG	12AF	.	On the 29th of December five veteran pilots of the 60th FS and two of their new replacement pilots boarded a truck at Telergma, where they were stationed, for the long drive down to Biskra. They were being loaned out to the 1st Fighter Group. The veterans were 2nd Lts Harry E. Dowd, O-660120, (KIA , 3 March 1943, 27th FS, 1FG), William H. Martyn, George P. Means, Edwin (Ed) J. Moses and Virgil E. Radcliffe, ( got his wings on May 19th, 1942, heand nine of his 42-E classmates were assigned to the 60thFighter Squadron of the 33rd Fighter Group), Lts. Dowd, O-660120, and Radcliffe had been together since Primary Training. Ed Moses joined them at Randolph Field and they got their wings in the class of 42-E. Matuch, George Jr., O-659739, 60FS, 33FG, was one of the two new pilots that accompanied the five veterans from the 60 FS to the 1st Fighter Group. Three of those pilots from the class of 42-E were 2nd Lts Virgil Radcliffe,O-660197, Ed Moses and Harry Dowd. Other Lts. with this group were William Martin, George Means and Frank Matuch. Moses and Matuch would return to the 60th. Martin, Dowd and Means would be lost in combat. Virgil Radcliffe would finish his tour with the 27thFS, 1stFG, accounting for one Messerschmitt 109 on March 8th. Flying out of Biskra and Chateaudun-du-Rhumel he put the P-38 through its paces filling multiple roles as bomber escort, ground attack and dive bomber.
.	30-Dec-42	42-12717	Lockheed P-38G-1-LO Lightning	Moutier, John (Jake)	O-421289	71FS	1FG	12AF		Our new ship is LMV 42-12717 old one was 588

1943

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service #	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Location/ Comments
.	02-Jan-43	.	.	Glenn, Joseph A Jr	O-416297	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Jan-43	.	.	Mendenhall, Harold O N	O-418158	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
	02-Jan-43	42-12717	Lockheed P-38G-1-LO Lightning	Moutier, John (Jake)	O-421289	71FS	1FG	12AF		Coded LMV, Jake an old man with 400 hrs on 38's alone. A woman "Life" "photog" was here today. Painted "Jake" "Eileen" "Dot" on the plane.
.	02-Jan-43	.	.	Runyon, Theodore H	O-417719	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Jan-43	.	.	Smith, Henry K	O-431545	27FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Date of capture reported as 12 Jan 1943, European Theatre: Germany, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	02-Jan-43	.	.	Weil, Burton L	O-416365	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	07-Jan-43		.	.			1FG	12AF		January 7, 1943 : A P-38 taking off had a runaway prop. Went into a spin, crashed and burned up, killing the pilot and three Arabs who were working in a The Garden of Allah. More info, Had a fatal crash this P.M. A Lt. from a Bombing outfit took one of our 38's off and had to low pitch on prop and too much throttle. burned out left engine and it quit. tried to turn back but didn't trim ship and spun in on the turn. Supposed to have been checking out on it. Gas tanks exploded when she hit. may have killed 2 Arabs under it. 1260 rounds of ammunition. Otherwise day was uneventful.
	07-Jan-43			Lentz, J.C. Harrison (Bugs)		94FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Italian aircraft shot down Lt J.C. Harrison (Bugs) Lentz of the 94th who was subsequently captured and escaped from a sinking submarine. (No details found on capture)
.	11-Jan-43	41-7587	Possibly, 41-7587, Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Ilfrey, Jack Milton	O-421323	94FS	1FG	12AF		He damaged a Me-109 five miles north of Gabes Airdrome. C/n 222-5714, he had been assigned to it for Operation Bolero, and apparently continued to fly it., coded UNO, named Happy Jacks Go Buggy on the nose and Texas Terror/Mad Dash on the tail boom. Ten P-38s of the 1st. Fighter Group escorted B-17s on a raid in the Gabes area, southern Tunisia coast, but over OUED EL AKARIT, 16 miles northwest of Gabes, 12 Bf-109s and FW-190s jumped two P-38s for a claim of one (Bill Lovell) and one probable (me). OFW Schultz of 11/JG51 claimed one P-38 which he saw crash west of Gabes at 1700 and OFW Nielinger hit a second, but was not awarded a confirmed victory. Bill and I had been flying together since he had transferred from an RCAF flying for an RAF Squadron to our 94th.
.	11-Jan-43		Dear John III, condemned	Owens, Joel A. Jr.	O-417714	27FS	1FG	12AF		January 11, 1943 : Captain Owen flew my ship on a strafing mission. Came back on one. The right caught on fire when hit by flak. This is the end of Dear John the III. The third was usually being flown by Lt. Shahan.
.	11-Jan-43	41-7581	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Lovell, William Albert "Bill"	O-885238	94FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Beaver County, PA Bizerte, Tunisia, Had prior service with RCAF to RAF 263 Squadron. He had been flying Westland Whirlwinds Ten P-38s of the 1st. Fighter Group escorted B-17s on a raid in the Gabes area, southern Tunisia coast, but over OUED EL AKARIT, 16 miles northwest of Gabes, 12 Bf-109s and FW-190s jumped two P-38s for a claim of one (Bill Lovell) and one probable (me, Ilfrey, Jack M). OFW Schultz of 11/JG51 claimed one P-38 which he saw crash west of Gabes at 1700 and OFW Nielinger hit a second, but was not awarded a confirmed victory. Bill and I had been flying together since he had transferred from an RCAF flying for an RAF Squadron to our 94th.
.	11-Jan-43		FOD date (Finding Of Death) see 11 Jan 44	Wilson, William H	O-429207	94FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Bizerte, Tunisia,
.	12-Jan-43	.	.	Sears, Meldrum L	O-421334	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	12-Jan-43		.	Smith, Joseph R	O-421343	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, On a fighter sweep in the Gulf of Gabes, Lt Joseph Smith of the 71st bailed out after the Germans shot down his aircraft. He reportedly died by machine guns firing at his parachute.
.	13-Jan-43	42-12882	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning, Pilot killed in mid air collision, location Great Samford / 1mi S, England	Wells, Richard H.	O-411745	71FS	1FG	12AF	DNB	He had remained in England when the 1FG transferred to the MTO. Killed in mid air collision, location Great Samford / 1mi S, England. Buried at: Plot B Row 3 Grave 44
.	14-Jan-43			Meyer, Louis	O-885370	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Lt. Bühligen claimed a P-38F shot down, and other II./J.G. 2 pilots claimed two B-17s damaged. An Italian pilot also claimed a P-38. The opposition in this combat was the 71st FS/1st FG, which escorted the 301st BG to Sousse and Sfax. Two P-38s failed to return.
.	14-Jan-43	.	.	Rudell, Raymond L	O-022532	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	14-Jan-43		.	Runyon, Theodore H	O-417719	27FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Lt Theodore H. Runyon of the 27th bailed out while wounded west of Gabes, Tunisia, and captured. Lt. Bühligen claimed a P-38F shot down, and other II./J.G. 2 pilots claimed two B-17s damaged. An Italian pilot also claimed a P-38. The opposition in this combat was the 71st FS/1st FG, which escorted the 301st BG to Sousse and Sfax. Two P-38s failed to return.
.	14-Jan-43		.	Salts, Ivan, W.	O-414047	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Combined attack with the 27th against airfields at Sousse and Sfax. Lt. Bühligen claimed a P-38F shot down, and other II./J.G. 2 pilots claimed two B-17s damaged. An Italian pilot also claimed a P-38. The opposition in this combat was the 71st FS/1st FG, which escorted the 301st BG to Sousse and Sfax. Two P-38s failed to return.
.	15-Jan-43		.	McWherter, Richard W.	O-431135	94FS	1FG	12AF	DNB	Died during a taxiing-take off accident, caused by the zero visibility brought upon by the blowing dust of Biskra.
.	18 Jan 43	.	.	Welsh, Darrell G	O-417727	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18 Jan 43	.		Weil, Burton L	O-416365	27FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	18-Jan-43	.	.	Stevens, Robert L	O-412317	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-Jan-43	.	.	Sullivan, John A	O-423966	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	19-Jan-43		.	Gordon, Herbert W. Jr	O-729336	27FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Ohio County, WV
.	20-Jan-43 other source have date of 21-Jan -43	43-2092	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning, coded UNC, (94th FS) hit telephone pole during strafing, shearing port propeller which hit gun bay access panel and pole bent port wing back several degrees. Pilot flew the plane back to Biskra, Algeria and landed safely	Miller, Benton		94FS	1FG	12AF		The group participated in a fighter sweep over the Tripoli area, strafing truck traffic on the Gabes-Ben Gardane road. Benton Miller of the 94th directly encountered a telephone pole and had somehow managed to nurse his aircraft safely back to Biskra.
.	21-Jan-43	.	.	Eiland, John D Jr	O-411819	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22-Jan-43		.	Landers, Alden L	O-730538	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	During a strafing mission on vehicles on the Ben Gardane road., Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Purple Heart
.	22-Jan-43		.	Dunn, William J.	O-730415	71FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Los Angeles, CA, during a strafing mission on vehicles on the Ben Gardane road.
.	23-Jan-43	.	.	.	.	71FS	1FG	12AF		The 71st moved to Ain M'Lilla. This would prove to be a fairly brief excursion and the last time one of the squadrons would be located separately
.	28 Jan 43	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	Three P-38s were claimed by Fw. Horst Schlick of 1./JG 77, Oblt. Kurt Niederhagen of 3./JG 77 and Oblt. Kurt Buhligen of 4./JG 2. Major Heinz Bar's I./JG 77 was then transferred from Ben Gardane to Matmata..
.	28 Jan 43	.		.	.	71FS	1FG	12AF		Oblt. Bühligen of 4./J.G. 2 claimed a P-38 50 km south-west of Kairouan. Two others were claimed damaged. There were also Italian claims for two P-38s destroyed. The 71st FS/1st FG lost one pilot shot down, and another P-38 was damaged. Planes went escorting Fortresses from Biskra to Sfax. 18 B-25's 18 B-26's 20 - B-17's and about 16 - P-38's went. Lt. Newman got a 109. {Russ} got a common slug thru the cowling into the valve head cover thru a bulk head and rested in the bottom of the prop spinner. A very lucky shot. Lt. Sauer didn't even know he was fired on. Needs new valve head cover + piece of cowling. B-17's carry 9 - 500 lbs bombs out of this field. 97 direct hits today on Sfax,
.	28 Jan 43	.		.	.	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Oblt. Bühligen of 4./J.G. 2 claimed a P-38 50 km south-west of Kairouan. Two others were claimed damaged. There were also Italian claims for two P-38s destroyed. The 71st FS/1st FG lost one pilot shot down, and another P-38 was damaged.
.	31 Jan 43	.	.	Owens, Joel A Jr	O-417714	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	3-Feb-43	.	P-38 LM-X	Johnson		71FS	1FG	12AF		Plane took off early with B-25's over Gabes Got jumped by lot of 109's lost LMX Johnsons ship. LML had canopy blown off and holes in boom but got back to {Jelegma}{Jelargma} Ours got a 109 probable - didn't see him hit. Came back to Jalargma and went out with B-26's again got back to us after supper RT. engine pulls 65" and left only 40+". lost LMX shot down LML got back shot up. LMP ran into rock pile washed out
.	4 Feb 43	.	P-38 LM-H	Melbraaten, Harold	.	71FS	1FG	12AF	S/d	Britain flew our plane today got 2 - 109's. Wiseman got a 190 of Goerings yellow nose. LMW got back with LT. engine shot to hell and frags thru the canopy. hyd line shot out. belly landed on runway with a B-17 coming in the other way- damn close. L.M.H. with {Malbraten} [probably Lt. Harold Melbraaten] was shot down. showed up later Jake took plane up + tossed around a bit
.	4 Feb 43	.	.	Rimke, Clarence R	O-421315	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory, Ten P-38s of the US 1st FG escorted 18 B-17s followed by 10 additional P-38s escorting a flight of 24 B-24s. Four P-38s were lost in combat with Bf 109s. Oblt. Anton Hackl of II./JG 77 battled with the Lightnings and was shot down and badly wounded. He spent the next several months in hospital. Capt. Clarence Rimke of the US 94th FS / 1st FG claimed one Bf 109. Another flight of Lightnings hit an airfield west of Gabes.
.	4 Feb 43	.	.	Wiseman, Lee V	O-662711	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
1 of 1 in this c/n lot	05-Feb-43	41-7497	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning			71FS	1FG	12AF		Coded LM-W, c/n 222-5624, condemned due to crash Feb 5, 1943, had been flown to England by Naismith, Robert E., O-421291, 71FS, 1FG, C Flight, call sign Limbo White 40, Operation Bolero
.	06-Feb-43	.	.	Mathews, Willis E	O-729037	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	07-Feb-43	.	.	Roberts, Newell O	O-421319	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	7 Feb 43	.	.	Ross, George L	O-423962	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	7 Feb 43	.	.	.	.	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	We have 8 planes left. Told us Jerry was bringing gas in to Africa so we have to carry mask all the time now.
.	8 Feb 43	.	.	.	.	.	1FG	12AF	.	Pretty anxious days for us now. Group has only 24 planes left. Think we'll move together and so planes together. I'm afraid they'll split up this group Put men in new outfits to serve another 10 months overseas
.	09-Feb-43	.	.	Roberts, Newell O	O-421319	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory. The Allies sent 24 B-17s of the US 301st BG escorted by P-38s of the US 1st FG and 20 P-40s and Spitfire Vs to attack Axis targets. At 13:45 hours, 6 II./JG 2 pilots scrambled to intercept an incoming enemy aircraft. A formation of 4 P-39s of the US 81st FG was flying a recon mission north of Ousseltia and east of Kairouan, escorted by 9 P-40s of GC II/5. 10 minutes after take-off, the Fw 190s attacked the P-40s. During the combat, the P-40s formed a defensive circle. The Fw 190s barrelled into the circle and claimed shooting down at least 12 P-40s and 6 P-38s at no loss to themselves. Hptm. Erich Rudorffer of 6./JG 2 shot down 6 of the Warhawks. After breaking away from the fight, he spotted several P-38s strafing ground targets and he dove to attack them. Two P-38s were shot down by Hptm. Rudorffer, making a total of 8 kills in a span of 32 minutes. ....GC II/5 lost at least 3 P-40Fs in this combat and Adjudant Chef Verrier, Sgt. Chef Denaix and Sgt. Chef Borg did not return from the mission although no one was killed. In the engagement, Sgt. Chef Denaix was hit and forced landed 24 km east of Kasserine. The French pilots Hebrard, Moret and Denaix each claimed a Fw 190, but II./JG 2 had no losses.
.	9 Feb 43	42-12717	Lockheed P-38G-1-LO Lightning	.	.	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Coded LM-V, named "Jake" "Eileen" "Dot" on the plane. New pilot took our plane today. Started down the runway and the nose wheel began to shimmy he didn't put on the brakes for fear he might snap the strut. But she snapped off anyway and went down on her nose both props hitting. could have been our fault but no signs of low hydraulic {aral} and air pressure was right.
.	13-Feb-43	.	.	Dowd, Harry E	O-666120	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13-Feb-43	.	.	Pate, James E	O-423957	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13-Feb-43	.	.	Ross, George L	O-423962	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	15-Feb-43	.	.	Chambers, Thomas E	O-791970	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22-Feb-43		.	Rimke, Clarence R.	O-421315	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Two days after a hard drive by the Germans through Kasserine pass, the weather cleared enough for the 27th and 94th to strafe through the pass, encountering heavy anti-aircraft fire, from both friendly and enemy forces below, level with, and even above the P-38's low flight path. Of the 12 aircraft sent eight came back. Rimke and Chambers went down in the Pass and two more crash landed behind Allied lines north of Kasserine. Nearly every plane was hit.
.	23-Feb-43		.	Chambers, Thomas E.	O-791070	94FS	1FG	12AF	POW	MIA, 94FS, 1FG, 12AF, (became a POW). Pilots who were part of the Bolero operation are given Air Medals. Lt Elza E.Shahan, 0-423963, 27FS, 1FG, received Silver Star for victory over Iceland., Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	23 Feb 43	42-13003	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	.	.	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	As I was shaving I saw 7 new 38's come in. I beat it upon the line. saw the line chief and got a plane for our crew. P-38-G-10 LO 42-13003 which is nothing but an old P-38E taken back to the factory and brought up to date with bigger engines etc. Plane later lost Aug 30, 1943. MACR 551, Willey, John S.
.	25-Feb-43	.	.	Rudell, Raymond L	O-022532	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	25-Feb-43	.	.	Starbuck, Donald O	O-420658	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	25-Feb-43		.	Wilson, David E.	O-730695	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	North Africa, Hometown: San Francisco, CA
.	28-Feb-43	.	.	Murdock, Lewis C	O-428411	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	00/03/1943	41-7498	Lockheed P-38F Lightning	Hagenback, James J		94FS	1FG	12AF		Coded UN-G, named Bat Out Of Hell, c/n 222-5652, as it was 1 of 1 in this batch the number 7525 was painted starboard or right side on the nose, named by Hagenback, as he was now assigned to this plane
.	01-Mar-43	.	.	Wolford, John L	O-423980	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	03-Mar-43	.	.	Crane, Edwin R	O-728980	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	Mar 43	.	Information only	Arnold, Fredric	.	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Based at Chateau dun du Rommel, Algeria and Mateur, Tunisia March through July 1943. He completed 50 combat mission in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy; dive bombing, bomber escort, strafing, and the destruction of enemy shipping and aircraft. His call sign was Doorknob Five Two.
.	03-Mar-43		.	Dowd, Harry E.Jr.	O-660120	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	While on an escort mission to El Aouina, Buried at: Plot A Row 11 Grave 14, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, Ltn.Gerhard Opel, 2./JG 53, P-38, 15km nordöstlich Béja: 6500m, 16.10, 1st claim, source:; C.2031/II Anerk: Nr. 328, went down over Tunis as confirmed by a German solider who was first on the scene when the pilot hit the ground in his parachute. Dowd was also from the 27th FS and he and Martyn were tent mates. Both pilots were dead on the ground. Pilot had prior service with 60FS, 33FG.
.	03-Mar-43	.	.	Ilfrey, Jack Milton	O-431223	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory, Me-109 near El Aounia, Tunisia
.	03-Mar-43		.	Martyn, William H	O-659738	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	While on an escort mission to El Aouina, Buried at: Plot I Row 11 Grave 5, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, he was seen to bail out of his smoking P-38 in this area. No one in the squadron witnessed any attack on his plane, he and Dowd were tent mates. Both pilots were dead on the ground. Possibly Oblt. Wolfgang Tonne: 3./JG 53 P-38 £ 20 km. N. Medjes-el-Bab: 8.000 m. 16.05 Film C. 2031/II Anerk: Nr.476 Another possibility On March 3 1943 a formation of Allied planes was seen straying into Spanish airspace yet again, and Grupo 27's, alert plane was scrambled with Teniente Miguel Entrena Klett, flying He-112 (5.68). After climbing to 3500 m, he spotted the target aircraft and identified them as eleven Lockheed P-38s. He then positioned for an attack out of the sun (which was to the rear of the formation) and made a diving pass on the trail-end aircraft. Several hits were made with the 20 mm rounds (his MGs were later discovered to be unloaded), and the plane started trailing smoke and was forced down in Algeria.
.	08-Mar-43	.	.	Ilfrey, Jack Milton	O-431223	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	08-Mar- 43	.	.	Kennedy, Daniel	O-791120	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	08-Mar- 43	.	.	Miles, Joe D	O-420967	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	08-Mar- 43	.	.	Newbury, Edward S E	O-431150	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	08-Mar-43	.	.	Radcliffe, Virgil E.	O-660197	27FS	1FG	12AF		On March 8th while flying bomber escort for the 91st Bomb Squadron, Virgil scored his only aerial victory. On March 9th he submitted this Combat Claim. “I was flying a P-38 as Blue 3 with the 27th Fighter Squadron, escorting 20 B-17s to intercept an enemy convoy 40 miles east of Bizerte. At 1300 hours, over Tunis Harbor, at 16,00 feet I saw three ME 109s in front of us. They were going from right to left. I picked the lowest one and opened fire with machine guns from 250 yards to 150 yards. I saw hits in the engine and cockpit. The e/a started smoking. I turned left and while in the turn I saw the e/a continue on its original course, then burst into flames. He fell off to the right and went straight down burning”.
.	08-Mar-43	.	.	Reese, Augustus F	O-725358	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	08-Mar-43	.	.	Sutcliffe, George W	O-421348	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	08-Mar-43	.	.	Wolford, John L	O-423980	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	10-Mar-43	.	.	Boose, Robert I	O-791063	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1.50 victories. Thirty-six P-38s from the US 1st FG escorted bombers and were involved in combat with 15 Bf 109s. Hptm. Friedrich-Karl Muller of Stab I./JG 53 shot down a Lightning for his 108th victory and 3 minutes later Uffz. Alfred Scharl of 2./JG 53 also claimed a P-38. ....7 pilots, including Hptm. Hans-Jurgen Westphal and Fw. Emil Babenz, formerly of the disbanded 11./JG 26, were transferred to JG 53 with Fw. Babenz posted to 1./JG 53.
.	10-Mar-43	.	.	Mathews, Willis E	O-729037	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Mar-43	.	.	Miller, Benton E	O-730669	94FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	Claims 1 victory, Returned to complete his missions
.	10-Mar-43	.	.	Quinn, Donald M	O-791144	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	12 Mar 43	.	.	.	.	.	.	..		II/JG2, Ofw Kurt Goltzsch downed a P-38 of the 1st FG
.	13-Mar-43	.	.	Peterson, Carl E	O-729364	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	21-Mar-43	.	.	Boose, Robert I	O-791063	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	21-Mar-43	43-2073	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Fell, Albert W		94FS	1FG	12AF		Damaged in forced landing, 94FS , 1FG, Chateaudun du Rhumel , Algeria, previous incident on 12 Mar 43, Algeria and 29 Dec 42 in United Kingdom. A 94th ship came in with main wheels not locked. nose wheel + tail took all the load. nearly blew nose tire. plane is now just spare parts.
.	21-Mar-43	.	.	Mathews, Willis E	O-729037	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	22-Mar-43	.	.	Quinn, Donald M	O-791144	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22-Mar-43	.	.	Smith, James K	O-427189	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23-Mar-43	42-13135	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Jones, Raymond S		71FS	1FG	12AF		Crashed belly landing, plane later 1st FG, lost Dec 1, 1943. MACR 1638, Carrobort One new pilot - 19 yrs old. belly landed L-M-3 a new ship. didn't turn on Generator switch. forgot landing gear and belly in.
.	23-Mar-43	.	.	Mathews, Willis E	O-729037	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	23-Mar-43			Slater, Leslie V	O-730639	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Shot down and bailed out over the water. Lt. Newbury went back to help look for him. Think a torpedo boat picked him up.March 23, 1943 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	23-Mar-43	.	.	Welsh, Darrell G	O-417727	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23-Mar-43	.	.	Wolford, John L	O-423980	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	25-Mar-43	.	.	Eiland, John D Jr	O-411819	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	25-Mar-43		.	Lentz, J.C. Harrison	O-421230	94FS	1FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	A P-38 captured and flown by an Axis pilot shot down Lt J. C.Harrison "Harold" Lentz of the 94th. Lentz crash landed in a desert canyon in North Africa. After struggling to get out of the cockpit, constantly forgetting what had been attached between him and his aircraft, parachute, throat mic etc., friendly Arabs rescued him.
	01-Apr-43	42-13024	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning, badly damaged in landing accident, Chateaudun-du-Rhumel	Means, George P,	O-659739	71FS	1FG	12AF		Coded LM-N, washed out on landing. Lt. Means blew rt. tire pulled him into drain ditch. snapped nose gear and right wheel gear. prop hit. hi speed quite a mess.
.	4 Feb 43	.	.	Lowe, Donald C	O-730547	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	03-Apr-43	.	.	Means, George P,	O-659739	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIFA	71FS, 1FG, 12AF, didn't return from a weather scouting mission.( he flew into a Mountain in the overcast) His body was found with the wreckage of his aircraft the next day and he was buried. Entered the Service from: New Jersey, FOD, Finding of Death 3-Apr-43, Buried at: Plot C Row 8 Grave 4, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
.	05-Apr-43	.	.	Anderson, Robert B	O-732115	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	05-Apr-43	.	.	Bancroft, George	O-664367	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	05-Apr-43		.	Field, Donald E.	O-728985	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	While the 71st provided top cover and engaged enemy escort fighters, the 27th, along with the 82nd group jumped an enemy force of 50-75 Ju. 52s, six Ju-87 Stukas, 20 Me. 109s and four FW-190s. The combined Lightning unit destroyed 11 JU. 52s, two 109s and two Stukas. In the melee two 27th pilots were lost, Lt Donald Field (KIA) and Lt Donald Hilgert (KIA). (Lt Newbury, 27 FS, credited with downing 3 Ju-52s).Entered the Service from: Oregon, Died: 5-Apr-43, Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	05-Apr-43	.	.	Hilgert, Donald B.	O-729338	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
..	05-Apr-43		.	Hilgert, Donald B.	O-729338	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	While the 71st provided top cover and engaged enemy escort fighters, the 27th, along with the 82nd group jumped an enemy force of 50-75 Ju. 52s, six Ju-87 Stukas, 20 Me. 109s and four FW-190s. The combined Lightning unit destroyed 11 JU. 52s, two 109s and two Stukas. In the melee two 27th pilots were lost, Lt Donald Field (KIA) and Lt Donald Hilgert (KIA). (Lt Newbury, 27 FS, credited with downing 3 Ju-52s)Entered the Service from: Nebraska, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
.	05-Apr-43	.	.	Loder, Eldred E	O-729349	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories, In an effort to re-supply the Afrika Korps trapped in Tunis, the Luftwaffe tried to fly in supplies from Sicily and Southern Italy. 65 JU 52s were sent across the Med in one of the first large scale re-supply missions. The Junkers were escorted by only 2 Bf 109s from II./JG 27 and 3 Bf 110s from III./ZG 26. These were attacked near Cap Bon by 46 P-38s from the US 1st and 82d FG, divided into 2 formations. The Germans scrambled whatever they could to aid the hard pressed formation of transports but the whole reinforcement amounted to nothing more than 8 Bf 109s from II./JG 53. The German fighter pilots shot down 6 P-38s, but of course were so outnumbered that they were unable to cover the Ju 52s against the masses of Lightnings. No less than 14 Ju 52s were shot down. Elsewhere, P-38s accounted for another 15 German fighters. Combined efforts of NAAF fighters and bombers destroyed up to 200 Luftwaffe aircraft on 5 April, with many destroyed on the ground.
.	05-Apr-43	.	.	Mackay, John A	O-791129	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	05-Apr-43	.	.	Newbury, Edward S E	O-431150	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	05-Apr-43	.	.	Rush, George A	O-421324	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	05-Apr-43	.	.	Shaw, Edward D Jr	O-729066	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	05-Apr-43	.	.	Welsh, Darrell G	O-417727	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Ariano, Richard A	O-730329	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories .P-38s destroyed another 20 German transports and 8 escorting German and Italian fighters. Later that afternoon, B-25 medium bombers and their escorts downed 21 transports and 4 of the escorting fighters. Despite these serious losses, the Luftwaffe continued to fly these aerial convoys.
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Brittin, George F	O-730359	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Franke, Arthur C	O-732211	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Garrett, Leslie F	O-730447	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Jones, Raymond S	O-732211	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Miles, Joe D	O-420967	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	10 Apr 43	.	.	Moutier John L JR	O-421289	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Rivers, Walter J	O-730613	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 4 victories
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Ross, George L	O-423962	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Royer, William E jr	O-730617	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	10-Apr-43	.	.	Rush, George A	O-421324	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Sears, Meldrum L	O-421334	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 4 victories
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Sweet, Samuel F	O-729073	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Apr- 43	.	.	Wiseman, Lee V	O-662711	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	11 Apr 43	.	.	Sullivan, James	.	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Cracked up in Algiers. Both props ran away he hit runway at 160 M.P.H. went over the end and snapped nose strut damn good job to bring in P-38 with both engines out.
.	12 Apr 43	.	.	Bolton, Willard L	O-730354	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
	12 Apr 43			LaVelle, Francis J, T Sgt.	12080864	71FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Done for belly tank dropped on his canopy. Hometown, Chemung County, NY
.	12 Apr 43	.	.	Schneider, Edwin	O-730625	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	12 Apr 43	.	.	Sears, Meldrum L	O-421334	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	12-Apr- 43	.	.	Wiseman, Lee V	O-662711	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
	13 Apr 43			Cody, William E	O-423692		1FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	17-Apr-43		.	Anderson, Robert B	O-732115	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Kern, CA
.	17-Apr-43	.	.	Harman, James	O-412851	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
..	17-Apr-43		.	Harman, James	O-412851	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	While escorting B-17s Captain James Harman, the 94th Commanding O downed a Ju.88 but in turn hit and forced to parachute. His parachute had been strafed and subsequently killed along with Lt Robert Anderson with the 27th. Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Silver Star, Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	17-Apr-43	.	.	Lowe, Donald C	O-730547	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	17-Apr-43	.	.	Mathews, Willis E	O-729037	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	19-Apr-43	43-2099	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Whalen, William W		94FS	1FG	12AF		Badly damaged in landing accident, Chateaudun
.	19-Apr-43	42-12918	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Brophy, Edward G		94FS	1FG	12AF		Crashed belly landing, plane later (1st FG) lost Jun 24, 1943. MACR 53, John A. Hay ( 94th)
.	23 Apr 43	.	.	Bolton, Willard L	O-730354	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	26-Apr-43	.	.	Lowe, Donald C	O-730547	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	29-Apr-43	.	.	Shaw, Edward D Jr	O-729066	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-May-43		.	Clark, Vern R	O-730383	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Montana, Died: 2-May-43, Buried at: Plot D Row 2 Grave 6, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Purple Heart
.	03-May-43	43-2157	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Franke, Arthur C., Jr	O-732211	71FS	1FG	12AF		Landing accident, M'sila
.	03-May-43	43-2166	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Deisenroth, Donald B	T-000010	27FS	1FG	12AF		Taxiing accident, Setif / 20km S
.	06-May-43		.	Burke, James W	O-730371	27FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Los Angeles, CA, lost while escorting B-17s to Trapani, Sicily.
.	06-May-43		.	Bryson, Louis	O-730368	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Lost while escorting B-17s to Trapani, Sicily.
.	06-May- 43	.	.	Moutier, John L JR	O-421289	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	06-May- 43	.	.	Pate, James E	O-423957	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	09-May-43	.	.	Loder, Eldred E	O-729349	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-May-43		.	Burger, George	O-728970	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	While strafing a Sicilian airfield.
.	10-May-43	.	.	Newsome, Harry C	O-730578	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-May-43	.	.	Owens, Joel A Jr	O-417714	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	13-May-43	.	.	Lowe, Donald C	O-730547	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	14-May-43		.	Reese, Augustus F	O-725358	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Lubbock County, TX, On a dive-bomb/strafing mission in the Cagliari area of Southern Sardinia. Lt Augustus F. Reese of the 94th ended up caught up in a bomb blast and killed. A Shallowater Texas native, Reese AFB in Lubbock Texas was named in his honor
.	15-May-43	42-12881	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Ariano, Richard A		71FS	1FG	12AF		Landing accident, Chateaudun du Rhumel
.	18-May-43	.	.	Linn, Marcus C	O-865347	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-May-43	.	.	Butler, Gilbert E	O-363375	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	20-May-43	.	.	Sweet, Samuel F	O-729073	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	21-May-43	43-2365	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning,						MIA	Not confirmed as 1FG plane
.			.	Lowe, Donald C.	O-730547	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Was hit by anti-aircraft fire on a mission to Boca di Falco airfield near Palermo, Sicily. He ended up lost after being forced to bail out over the water, Entered the Service from: California, Died: 22-May-43, Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters
..	22-May-43		.	Britz, Robert C	O-730360	27FS	1FG	12AF	MIA/Rtn	Near Sardinia. Prior service with RCAF/RAF
.	25-May-43	.	.	Bennett, Stuart M.	O-791061	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
..	25-May-43		.	Bennett, Stuart M.	O-791061	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	3 missions by the 1st FG today. Five pilots ended up missing after another Bocca di Falco dive bombing attack, Entered the Service from: Massachusetts, Died: 25-May-43, Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters
.	25-May-43	.	.	Crane, Edwin R	O-728980	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	25-May-43		.	Freng, Alden E	O-732212	27FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Milwaukee County, WI. 3 missions by the 1st FG today. Five pilots ended up missing after another Bocca di Falco dive bombing attack,
.	25-May- 43	.	.	Fisher, Rodney W	O-733858	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
	25-May-43		.	Fisher, David J	O-742993	27FS	1FG	12AF	Rtn	Went into drink out of gas may be lost. 26 May 43 Fisher is back he made an emergency field. got a 109.
.	25-May-43		.	Hall, Jack C	O-732234	27FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	3 missions by the 1st FG today. Five pilots ended up missing after another Bocca di Falco dive bombing attack,
.	25-May-43	.	.	Holden, Warren A	O-730494	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	25-May-43	.	.	Mackay, John A	O-791129	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	25-May-43	.	.	McIntosh, Frank J	O-730563	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	25-May-43		.	Rayburn, Max		94FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	Went missing on a separate mission from the others and was wounded in action. "Planes on mission over Sicily got jumped on by twice number. Frankie got 2 + probable. Lt Rayburn received serious wounds to the right arm and landed near a hospital in Tunis where he received medical treatment and some helpful advice.
	25-May-43		.	Stentz, David S	O-413033	HQ27	1FG	12AF	KIA	XO, 3 missions by the 1st FG today. Five pilots ended up missing after another Bocca di Falco dive bombing attack,
.	25-May-43	.	.	Sweet, Samuel F	O-729073	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	30-May- 43	.	.	Gregg, Lee O	O-732229	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31-May-43	.	.	Kennedy, Daniel	O-791120	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
	31-May-43			Loder, Eldred E.	O-729349	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: KansasDied: 31-May-43, Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
.	31-May-43			Elkin, George	O-732197	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Dallas County, TX
.	01-Jun-43	.	.	Radcliffe, Virgil E.	O-660197	27FS	1FG	12AF		In June he flew a little different type of escort mission escorting a British transport plane, a York, on an observation flight over the Tunisian battlefields. The passengers on this plane were Prime Minister Churchill, General Marshall, General Eisenhower and Sir Anthony Eden. Lt Frank McIntosh remembered the missions as, “Six of us, all 27th pilots, Rush, of group, was a former 27th type. Radcliffe, Bancroft, Holden, Purvis and myself escorted a York (converted Lancaster) from Chateau Dun Cour base to El Aouina, now Tunis airport. We stayed in Tunis, the Capital Hotel, overnight. The next day, June 2nd, at 2:00 pm we flew to Grambalia. The big shots motored there. Churchill & Eden spoke to the R.A.F. personnel there (Spitfire unit) I forget the details, but I believe both the York, 6 P-38s and 12, 31st Gp. Spits visited another R.A.F. base enroute to Algiers. We spent the night in Algiers and flew home June 3rd. When we landed at Algiers the York pilot called on the radio to invite us to have a drink with ‘Them’ on the York. Our excitement faded when we boarded the York for our drink but realized the dignitaries had departed earlier.
	05-Jun-43		P-38s attacked Capoterra A/F in Sardiania.	Shaw, Edward D., Jr	O-729066	27FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	05-Jun- 43	.	.	Franke, Arthur C	O-732211	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	05-Jun-43		.	Franke, Arthur C. Jr	O-732211	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Illinois, Died: 5-Jun-43, Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, See 3 May 43 for a previous entry
.	08-Jun-43	.	.	Rush, George A	O-421324	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	09-Jun-43	.	.	Britz, Robert C	O-730380	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	09-Jun-43	42-5045	Noorduyn YC-64 Norseman	Carter, Arthur C		HQ71	1FG	12AF		Ground loop take off accident, 71HqS, Newfoundland Apt, east coast of Canada,
.	09-Jun-43	.	.	Kennedy, Daniel	O-791120	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	09-Jun-43	.	.	Miller, Benton E	O-730669	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13-Jun-43	42-13251	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Kiper, Ralph L		94FS	1FG	12AF		Landing accident, Chateau-du-Rhumel
.	18-Jun-43	.	.	Brown, Charles W	O-728967	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24-Jun-43	.	.	Butler, Gilbert E	O-363375	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	30-May- 43	.	.	Melbratten, Harold E	O-662656	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
19	18-Jun-43	42-12923	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Britz, Robert C	O-730360	27FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	Gulf of Orosei on the east coast of Sardinia, Italy , Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia. Location, Gulf Of Orosei. Point Of Departure, A P O 520
.	20-Jun-43	.	.	Brown, Charles W	O-728967	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	20-Jun-43	.	.	Conn, David M	O-732171	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
312	20-Jun-43	42-13443	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Cronin , James W.	O-733834	94FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Escorted B-26 Marauders to Castelvetrano in Sicily, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
311	20-Jun-43	42-13147	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Esser, Edward O	O-733855	94FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Escorted B-26 Marauders to Castelvetrano in Sicily, eventually returned to duty
.	20-Jun-43	.	.	Gilliam. Howard A	O-730453	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-Jun-43	.	.	Kohn, Fredric L	O-732274	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
310	20-Jun-43	42-13138	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Thompson, Leon		27FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	Escorted B-26 Marauders to Castelvetrano in Sicily
.	21-Jun-43	43-2409	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Beeson, Henry R		71FS	1FG	12AF		Crashed on take off due to engine fire, St Donat
.	24-Jun-43	.	.	Bower, James E	O-728963	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24-Jun-43	.	.	Brown, Charles W	O-728967	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
56	24-Jun-43	42-12910	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Conn, David M.	O-732171	27FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Lake County, FL. Dive bombing in Sardinia Location, Chilivani, Point Of Departure, Chateaudun Du Rhuml
53	24-Jun-43	42-12918	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Hay, John A.	O-737780	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Location, 50 Miles West Of Oranis Lane, Point Of Departure, Chateau Dun Rhumel. Dive bombing in Sardinia , Tablets of the Missing at Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
.	24-Jun-43	.	.	Newsome, Harry C	O-730578	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
105	24-Jun-43	42-13246	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Nielson, Thorman R	O-732320	27FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Location, Chilivani, Point Of Departure, Chateaudun Du Rhuml. Dive bombing in Sardinia, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	25-Jun-43	.	.	Wellensiek, Otto H	O-431581	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	27-Jun-43	42-12998	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Wiseman, Lee V		71FS	1FG	12AF	Survived	Landing accident, 71FS, 1FG, St Donat/8mi N, 15 planes came in. K. Cleaver leading in LM-L flew down in his piggyback. Lt. Wiseman had engine catch fire. belly tanks dropped and bellied in. don't know if alive or not. Went swimming at Bizerte. Is a ghost city no one living there. Is a bombed mess docks etc. Lt. Wiseman got out of crash OK. mad cause broke his goggles + lost his toilet kit.
.	6 Jul 43	.	.	.	.	.	1FG	12AF		4 of our ships went down at Malta. one with one engine out.
73	10-Jul-43	43-2495	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning,	Kuba, Robert J.	O-729024	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Location, Piazzo Armerina, Sicily, Point Of Departure, Mateur No. One.(The base was on a dry lake about 15 miles east of the Port of Biserte. ) Seen to crash into an enemy tank during OPERATION HUSKEY began with eight separate strafing and dive bombing missions to eastern, southeastern and central Sicily., Entered the Service from: Ohio, Died: 10-Jul-43, Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
111	10-Jul-43	42-13192	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Gilliam, Howard A.,Jr	O-730453	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Location, 5 Miles W. Of Caltanissetta, Point Of Departure, Mateur # 1. During OPERATION HUSKEY which began with eight separate strafing and dive bombing missions to eastern, southeastern and central Sicily., Entered the Service from: Mississippi, Died: 10-Jul-43, Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
101	11-Jul-43	42-13219	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning, collided in mid air over Sicily with 43-2452	Chapman, Ernest A		71FS	1FG,	12AF	MIA/Rtn	Location, Lake Lentini, Sicily, Point Of Departure, Mateur, Tunisia. Returned to his unit on the 16th after evasion, 2 missions today = Willy B-26 came in shot up split in half at landing after blowing a tire. lost 2 ships. LM 6 + 7 ran into each other very low. Diamond + Chapman Chapman an older pilot Diamond a new one. He luckily bailed out at 500' behind Jerry lines in Sicily. slept days walked nights ate berries Arnold probably put AKA, Kohn in the cockpit of another pilot, Lt. Chapman, who was in Hank Schneider's flight and had a mid-air collision with Lt. Diamond over Sicily on 11 July 1943. Diamond was killed but Chapman survived and was captured by the Germans. In a scenario eerily similar to that of The Sicilian Connection Chapman escaped, got through the lines to the British where he hopped a C-47 back to the 71st, An account of this is contained in The ist Fighter Group in World War Two (written by John Mullins and published by Phalanx). The account came from Robert Viall's loose-leaf notebook diary. Vial was a tent mate of Chapman's and says in his account that `If no one had told me beforehand I would have believed I was seeing a ghost walk into our tent. It was Chapman all right but he was very thin and worn from his fatiguing experience.,."
109	11-Jul-43	43-2452	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning, collided in mid air over Sicily with 42-13219	Diamond, David M.	O-730402	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Location, Lake Lentini, Sicily, Point Of Departure, Mateur, Tunisia. Entered the Service from: Arkansas, Died: 11-Jul-43, Buried at: Plot D Row 15 Grave 26, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart 2 missions today = Willy B-26 came in shot up split in half at landing after blowing a tire. lost 2 ships. LM 6 + 7 ran into each other very low. Diamond + Chapman Chapman an older pilot Diamond a new one
110	11-Jul-43	43-2404	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Johnson, Dee A.	O-730509	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Location, About 6 Mi. Off Coast Bianco, Sicily, Point Of Departure, Mateur. Managed to keep his plane flying for awhile until he plunged into the sea, Entered the Service from: Utah, Died: 11-Jul-43, Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
112	11-Jul-43	43-2550	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning, Was coded HV-V, near Gerbini Sicily.	Brown, Charlie W	O-728967	27FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	Location, Gerbini, Sicily, Point Of Departure, Mateur No. One. Bailed out over the target area when he was hit by anti-aircraft fire, resulting in a bizarre encounter with Italian troops, and eventually returned to his unit on 25 August 1943, 0-728967, 421 East Street, Reno Nevada, parachuted from his burning P-38 Lightning on 11 July 1943 near Gerbini Sicily. He returned to his Squadron on 2 September 1943.
.	15 Jul 43	42-13003	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Maglio, Frank	.	71FS	1FG	12AF		Willy flew 1st and Maglio [Lt Frank Maglio] flew last. Maglio made his first mission in our ship and got shot up. this was his last and he did OK. A real buzz job when he got back. Sullivan . [probably Lt James Sullivan] Hansen [probably Lt Robin Hansen] {Ruiers}. [Lt Walter Rivers?] Britain. [Lt George Britton?] Ariano. [probably Lt Richard Ariano] {Staiger} [Lt John Staiger?] have 50 missions and about 180 hrs. and will go home soon.
338	15-Jul-43	43-2122	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Holcombe, Robert J.	O-730493	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Struck Robert W. Boggess, Jr., cutting both tail booms and both drove straight into the ground near Catania, Sicily, Entered the Service from: Texas, Died: 15-Jul-43, Buried at: Plot E Row 3 Grave 8, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters
337	15-Jul-43	43-2450	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Boggess, Robert W., Jr	O-730005	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Jack Hanton (94th FS) noticed Lt. Robert J. Holcomb flying erratically. Suddenly Holcomb struck , Robert W. Boggess, Jr, cutting both tail booms and both drove straight into the ground, Hometown: Dallas County, TX
.	17-Jul-43	.	.	Brophy, Edward G	O-728966</