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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	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-Jul-43	43-2528	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Wilson, John H		94FS	1FG	12AF		Mateur #1
	20 Jul 43			Cronin, James W	O-733834	71FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11) Lost one of our new pilots. he left formation OK. but hasn't shown up
.	22-Jul-43	.	.	Hanton, John T	O-667072	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	27-Jul-43	42-12874	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Witley, John R,		27FS	1FG	12AF		Forced landing, Meteur #1. HV-4 "Beantown boys" mushed into camp area on one engine rookie pilot on test flight. It was Danny Kennedys ship. Took down one big tent with it.
321	02-Aug-43	41-12420	C-46, lost Aug 2, 1943. MACR 321. Condemned Aug 19, 1943, Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando				1FG	12AF		Not sure why this is in the 1st Fighter Group MARC list
315	02-Aug-43	41-38656	C-47, c/n 6039) to USAAF Dec 01, 1942 - North Africa Jan 15, 1943 - 10th AF, India Jan 26, 1943 - India China Wing ATC May 29, 1943. Lost Aug 2, 1943., Douglas C-47-DL				1FG	12AF		As above no idea why it is here
347	05-Aug-43	43-2378	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Herr, Harold A.		94FS	1FG	12AF		Victim of a malfunctioning compass, strayed far off course and bailed out off the coast of Sardinia. After three weeks in a dinghy a passing freighter finally picked him up. (Another source gives; B-17 bomber escort, to Catania, Sicily. We were bounced by enemy fighters and in the ensuing action Lt. Herr from the 94th was shot down. He bailed out, landed safely on the ground, but was captured. He was taken to Italy where he finally escaped and returned to the Group almost a year later)
.	06-Aug-43	42-13058	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Berens, Leslie L		71FS	1FG	12AF		Landing accident, Mateur #1
.	06-Aug-43		Lockheed P-38	Butler, Lawrence Augustus. Jr.	O-885322	71FS	1FG	12AF		LMQ, Lt's ship from the 71st, blew up the right engine after full throttle, and came in on fire. He made a dive for the field and dropped his wheels, came in about 180 M.P.H., tore off his wheels, and slid along far and fast, and the aircraft burned up. He had prior service with RCAF / RAF
316	07-Aug-43	41-5204	C-46, Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando				1FG	12AF		Again no idea why it is listed
.	09-Aug-43	.	.	Wennergren, William Jr	T-186612	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
352	10-Aug-43	42-13216	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Terry, Glenn E	O-740590	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Crashed and exploded on railroad tracks near Bova, Italy . Hometown: Tillamook County, OR, HONORED BY Mrs. Doane S. Colcord, Edwin Stastny, Cousin (About this time Lt. Terry who was flying in an adjoining flight went into his strafing run but never pulled out. We watched helplessly as his plane hit the tracks and exploded into a fireball. He had no chance to get out of it at that altitude and we surmised later that he must have taken a direct hit in the cockpit and was killed or rendered unconscious before crashing. There was no indication of his trying to pull up. Lt. Terry from Seaside, Oregon was a very popular member of my cadet class and an excellent pilot. He was red haired, freckle faced, and typified an All‑American boy. We felt particularly bad about his loss.)
348	10-Aug-43	42-13242	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Peters, Garvin A.	O-740544	71FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
372	10-Aug-43	42-13000	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Miller, Roger D.		71FS	1FG	12AF	POW?	Crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, went down near Ischia island,
.	.	.	Not sure if this action was 10, 11th or 12 Aug 43	.	.	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Rough mission escorting B-26's. Willey {backing}. first mission for some pilots. they broke formation when attacked by 109's 20 minute dog fight. other squads ran out. left Willey with 8 planes against 10 nazis 2 of our shot up and both pilots bailed out OK. One was Lt. Miller. [probably Lt. Roger Miller] {Santis} [probably Lt Alex Michael Sentes] got 2. Vial [probably Lt. Robert Viall] got 2. Willey = 1 and a damaged or probable.
350	10-Aug-43	43-2482	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Grieshaber, William W.	O-737774	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Escaped his aircraft which had caught fire from being hit and crashed off the coast on 10 August 1943, swam to the shore only to be discovered, searched, robbed and shot in cold blood by German soldiers. Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania, Buried at: Plot G Row 13 Grave 13, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf ClusterS
.	12 Aug 43	.	.	Sentes, Alex M	O-724003	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	12 Aug 43	.	.	Vaill, Robert E	O-732411	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13-Aug-43	42-13156	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Graham, Hillard H	O-667064	27FS	1FG	12AF		Taxiing accident, Mateur
.	13-Aug-43	.	.	Kienholz, Donald D	O-740456	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
539	14-Aug-43	41-12403	C-46				1FG	12AF		.
.	15-Aug-43	43-2440	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning,	Smith, Theo L	O-667112	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
424	15-Aug-43	43-2440	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning,	Smith, Theo L	O-667112	71FS	1FG	12AF		Hit his wing tip on water. cart wheeled. blew up.Location, 39°56'N, 15°21' E. Point Of Departure, Mateur, Tunisia
.also incorrectly claimed as MACR 424	17-Aug-43	.	See above for confusion over 43-2440	Simpson, Charles E		71FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	arrive at the airport of San Luis, Menorca, a Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning,The 15th August, 1943, a Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning, S/N 43-2440 arrived at San Luis airport, Menorca The airplane belonged to the 1st FG/71 FS & was piloted by Lt Charles Simpson, MACR 424.
408	20-Aug-43	43-2488	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Allan, Robert F.	T-000950	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Location, 15 Miles No. Of Naples. Point Of Departure, Mateur # 1 . On a return to the Naples area five of the group's P-38s escorting the B-26s to Caserta were lost. Entered the Service from: Massachusetts, Buried at: Plot H Row 6 Grave 13, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	20-Aug-43	.	.	Bower, James E	O-728963	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-Aug-43	.	.	Eickmann, Warren P	O-724722	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-Aug-43	.	.	Ferrin, Arden W	O-740390	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
422	20-Aug-43	43-2517	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning, (Numbered yellow 66, named "Kay" while flown by Hollingsworth, James M, 37FS, 14FG, June 1943)	Post, Harold F.	O-740551	27FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	Named Kay while assigned to James Holingsworth 37FS, 14FG, Youks-le-Bains Algeria early 1943, On a return to the Naples area five of the group's P-38s escorting the B-26s to Caserta were lost.
455	20-Aug-43	42-13425	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Sager, Philip A. Jr	O-733993	94FS	1FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Claims 2 victories. On a return to the Naples area five of the group's P-38s escorting the B-26s to Caserta were lost. Sager recovered in a German hospital and left behind to advancing American forces when the Germans evacuated
423	20-Aug-43	43-2125	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Sias, Roane T.	O-740574	94FS	1FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	On a return to the Naples area five of the group's P-38s escorting the B-26s to Caserta were lost, Roane Sias, of the 94th, shot down on 20 Aug 1943, returns 23rd or 25th of Mar 1944
.	20-Aug-43	.	.	Styer, Irvine M	T-186610	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
425	20-Aug-43	42-13372	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Webb, Adolphus M. Jr.	O-737910	27FS	1FG	1FG	MIA	On a return to the Naples area five of the group's P-38s escorting the B-26s to Caserta were lost.
.	21-Aug-43	42-12881	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Ground Crew			1FG	12AF		Ground accident destroyed by fire (71stFS), Mateur #1
.	21-Aug-43	.	.	Kienholz, Donald D	O-740456	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	21-Aug-43	.	.	Lee, Richard J	O-740472	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	21-Aug-43	.	.	Styer, Irvine M	T-186610	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	21-Aug-43	.	.	Tibble, Ralph B	O-737898	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23-Aug-43	.	.	Hoffman, Charles L	.	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Joins the 1FG at Mateur, his first combat mission was on 6 September 1943, we departed Mateur to escort our B-26s to bomb the enemy airfield and satellites at Grazzanise, Italy, north of Naples. Shortly after the bomb run, about 20 Me-109s, Macchi 200s, and Macchi 205s attacked the formation. The Group bagged three of the enemy and lost none. Lt Richard J. “Dick” Lee of the 94th Squadron got one of the victories. Rather than returning to Mateur, we landed at Dittaino, Sicily, which would be our temporary base for a while..
.	24 Aug 43	.	.	.	.	.	1FG	12AF	.	The 1st Fighter Group had been made a part of the 42nd Bombardment Wing of the Northwest African Strategic Air Force. The Wing also included the Martin B-26 “Marauders” of the 17th, 319th, and 320th Bomb Groups and the P-40s of the 325th Fighter Group.
.	25-Aug-43	.	.	Bower, James E	O-728963	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
480	25-Aug-43	43-2361	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Williams, Marcel J	O-740618	27FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Bailed out, mission to Foggia, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. Aug 25 cleared up the mystery of all the low altitude practice. Intelligence had determined that the Foggia area near the spur on the boot of Italy was the location of a large concentration of the German and Italian fighter opposition. It was decided to put all 3 fighter groups of P‑38's into one big strafing mission with the hope that we could deal a very serious blow to the enemy air capability by knocking them out on the ground. The previous night British bombers had dropped time delayed bombs on the airfield complex. It was theorized that that would keep them pretty busy on the ground at the time we would conduct the mass strafing. The time delays on the bombs were varied up to several hours duration. We were briefed on another important target. The Germans had somehow obtained a P-38, probably one that bellied in behind enemy lines. They had repaired it and were flying it in combat. It had approached a B-l7 bomber formation and had shot a B‑l7 down so it posed a threat to any allied aircraft over Italy. It had also caused the B‑l7 gunners to get highly nervous when any P-38 pointed its nose toward them. We were briefed to stay under 200' altitude for the entire 530 miles to avoid radar and to come in around the "spur" of the boot of Italy, line up, and make a straight ahead strafing run through the Foggia airfield complex. With the 3 groups involved there would be over l00 P‑38's crossing the area at once. We were cautioned not to vary our course, once approaching or over the target area. The congestion of so many P-38's raised a high risk of colliding with one another. One group of P-38's appeared like a sizeable force in the air. Three times that many seemed to fill the sky as we rendezvoused off the coast of Tunisia and headed out over the Mediterranean. The squadron and group leaders had to do some very precise navigation to assure getting everyone over the target. on one pass. Having to fly so low didn't help that because it limited the number of checkpoints one could spot on land. The reason for the prior strict secrecy was obvious because with us flying in at low altitude, had the enemy known, they could have been airborne, awaiting a duck-shoot. We stayed low over the water from N. Africa to Italy we flew around the southern tip of Italy and finally saw the spur. After a long wide sweeping turn we were lined up (line abreast) heading in with all our guns charged and ready. None of us knew for sure what our target might be. Hopefully it would be aircraft on the ground, but could be hangers, administration buildings, barracks, or ground equipment. As we entered the Foggia Airfield complex I spotted the tail and fuselage of an aircraft on the ground dead ahead. I gave it a long raking burst of gunfire before realizing my route had taken me directly over an airfield "boneyard", (where all the junked aircraft are kept). About the same time, out of the corner of my eye, I saw another P‑38 converging with my line of flight. He was apparently fixed on a target and would have collided with me had I not dropped down another l0 feet. I watched his props narrowly miss my canopy not being able to go any lower. Lt. Williams in the 71st Squadron was hit by ground fire and his plane burst into flames. He pulled up, bailed out, and lit in the middle of a runway on one of the airfields where he was immediately taken prisoner.
520	25-Aug-43	42-13433	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Viall, Robert E	O-732411	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Could not release his belly tanks, forced to leave the formation and never heard from again. Entered the Service from: California, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	26-Aug-43	.	.	Dibble, James P	O-733844	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	27-Aug-43	.	.	Niles, Harold P	O-732321	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
493	28-Aug-43	42-12951	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning, Lt Richard Catledge , (71 FS, POW, returned)	Catledge, Richard C.	O-740366	71FS	1FG	12AF	POW	While imprisoned Catledge met David Deisenroth from the 1st., Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. As a P-38 pilot during World War II, Catledge was shot down in a dogfight over the Bay of Naples, Italy, captured and imprisoned in northern Italy. He eventually escaped and spent nine months evading enemy forces before reaching friendly lines. Catledge, known around the Air Force as Thunderbird One, formed and led the original Thunderbirds team as a major in 1953.
.	28-Aug-43	.	.	Dibble, James P	O-733844	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	28-Aug-43	.	.	Hurst, John D	O-732256	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	28-Aug-43	.	.	Laird, Lester H	O-737804	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
500	28-Aug-43	42-13014	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Phillips, Marion E	O-740548	94FS	1FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	The group escorted B-26s to Aversa and encountered 25-30 enemy aircraft, he turned up the next day
494	28-Aug-43	43-2554	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Rudnick, Basil S.	O-733990	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	The group escorted B-26s to Aversa and encountered 25-30 enemy aircraft, one of the aircraft, piloted by Rudnick, went straight down into the ground.
.	28-Aug-43	.	.	Smythe, Raymond E	O-0734015	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
501	28-Aug-43	43-2327	Lockheed P-38G-13-LO Lightning	Warren, Mathew	O-740465	71FS	1FG	12AF	POW	The group escorted B-26s to Aversa and encountered 25-30 enemy aircraft,
498	28-Aug-43	42-13423	42-15014? (42-13423 Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning)	Winegar, Russell	O-740520	71FS	1FG	12AF	POW	The group escorted B-26s to Aversa and encountered 25-30 enemy aircraft,
483	29-Aug-43	43-2477	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Graham, Hilliard H	O-667064	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Colorado, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
.	29-Aug-43	43-2415	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Messmore, Frederick B	O-463865	71FS	1FG	12AF		Landing accident, Mateur #1
528	30-Aug-43	43-2364	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning,	Cram, John G.	O-667044	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	An escort mission protecting B-26s to their target at Aversa marshalling yards.The group ended up with 13 pilots not returning from the mission, and one wounded. Entered the Service from: Nebraska, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Carthage, Tunisia
497	30-Aug-43	42-12919	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Deisenroth, Donald B	T-000010	71FS	1FG	12AF	POW	POW-Med, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	30-Aug-43	.	.	Hanton, John T	O-667072	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	30-Aug-43	.	.	Hurst, John D	O-732256	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	30-Aug-43		Lockheed P-38	Husby, John		27FS	1FG	12AF	WIA
.	30-Aug-43	.	.	McIntosh, Frank J	O-730563	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
499	30-Aug-43	42-13465	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Morrison, Walter	O-74051?	71FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Italy
522	30-Aug-43	43-2510	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Parlett, David O	O-740538	94FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	Captured, escaped and returned to the squadron in the summer of 1944.
521	30-Aug-43	42-13412	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Peck, Ralph E.	O-740541	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Indiana, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia
496	30-Aug-43	43-2524	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Randol, Clifford E.	O-423960	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	An escort mission protecting B-26s to their target at Aversa marshalling yards.The group ended up with 13 pilots not returning from the mission, and one wounded. Entered the Service from: Missouri, Died: 30-Aug-43, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
.	30-Aug-43	.	.	Reynolds, Larry O	O-740558	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
524	30-Aug-43	42-13061	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Rigney, Harold D.	O-796195	94FS	1FG	12AF	POW	Captured, escaped and returned to the squadron in the summer of 1944. Rigney flew in a rear position and noticed a stray P-38 that flew in behind him. The P-38 fired and hit Rigney forcing him to bail out. A captured P-38 flown by a German was the culprit. Burned and bruised, Lt Parlett bailed out into the water where he was picked up and taken prisoner. He shared the same prison with Lt Catledge who was captured two days previously.
.	30-Aug-44	.	.	Schreffler, Charles E	O-734000	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	30-Aug-43		.	Southgard, Clarence			1FG	12AF		Eventually returned
.	30-Aug-43	.	.	Stuber, Stanley E	O-740587	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
498	30-Aug-43	42-13423	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning, NOT confirmed as the right plane for this pilot	Turrentine, Ralph F.	O-798376	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Presumed killed in a mid-air collision with German fighters, Entered the Service from: Florida, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
.	30-Aug-43	.	.	Vrilakas, Robert A	O-740604	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory, he was a pilot member of the 1st Ftr. Gp, , 94th Ftr. Sqdn. from July 1943 to May 1944
.	30-Aug-43		Lockheed P-38	Vrilakas, Robert A "Smokey"	O-740604	94FS	1FG	12AF		Badly shot up do not know if it was repaired or not, landed in Sicily, pilot returned to the Sqdn next day at Mateur
495	30-Aug-43	42-12935	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,	Warmker, Harry D.	O-740610	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	An escort mission protecting B-26s to their target at Aversa marshalling yards.The group ended up with 13 pilots not returning from the mission, and one wounded. Entered the Service from: Illinois, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
552	30-Aug-43	42-13227	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Weinberg, Jerome N	O-737913	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: California, Died: 30-Aug-43, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters
551	30-Aug-43	42-13003	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Willey, John S.	O-730693	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Iowa, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, , Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
523	30-Aug-43	42-13258	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Woodard, Charles (Chas) A.	O-667131	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Minnesota, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia
.	03-Sep-43	.	.	Schranz, Walter J	O-736381	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	04-Sep-43	.	.	Hardy, Frances			1FG	12AF		Transferred to 14FG
.	04-Sep-43	42-13048	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Launderville, John W		71FS	1FG	12AF		Landing accident, APO 520, Got a new ship from 14th bellied in 130 hrs on it. getting it in shape
.	06-Sep- 43	.	.	Fisher, Rodney W	O-733858	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	06-Sep- 43	.	.	Hloucal, Otto A	O-729339	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	06-Sep- 43	.	.	Lee, Richard J	O-740472	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	08-Sep-43	43-2441	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Maron, Francis J		27FS	1FG	12AF		Take off accident due to engine fire, APO 520
693	09-Sep-43	42-13411	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning,.	Dibble, James P.	O-733844	94FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	A four ship flight from the 94th operating for a brief time out of Dittaino, Sicily, strafed German reinforcements in a valley. Heavy antiaircraft fire hit two of the aircraft heavy enough to bring them down. James Dibble, the flight lead ended up killed
698	09-Sep-43	43-2155	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Wojcik, Stanley	0-803508	94FS	1FG	12AF	POW	(Graduated in Class 43-E, on his first mission) Bailed out with severe burns around his face and eyes., AKRON, OHIO -- Stanley W. Wojcik, 87 years, of Akron, died November 8, 2007. A native of Glassport, Pa. and an area resident over 60 years. Stanley retired from Goodyear Aerospace after 42 years service as an Engineer. A veteran of the Army/AirCorp, during World War II, as a P-38 pilot, Stan was a POW. He was a member of 1st. Fighter Group Assn., M.A.P.S. and St Francis DeSales Catholic Church.
.	09-Sep-43	42-13156	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Eickman, Warren P		27FS	1FG	12AF		Take off accident, Mateur#1
.	09-Sep-43	42-13136	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Messmore, Frederick B	O-463865	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Coded V, , Pilot killed flew into Mt Edna based at Mateur #1
.	10-Sep-43	.	.	Berens, Leslie L	O-730344	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
None	10-Sep-43	.		Stuber, Stanley E		71FS	1FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Bailed out after being attacked returned to the squadron. HONORED BY Mr. Harold Stuber, Brother, P38 PILOT; EUROPEAN THEATRE, SHOT DOWN OVER ITALY, PARACHUTED TO SAFETY.
None	10-Sep-43	.	P-38 Coded LM-4	Boyd, Joseph B		71FS	1FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Bailed out after being attacked returned to the squadron. He was in water 18 hrs with Mae West. got out of plane 45 {degree} below water. returned 14 Sep 43 (One of the 18, “shanghaied” into the 1st Fighter Group on 23 August)
.	10-Sep-43	43-2375	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Gerry, Frank J Jr	O-800512	27FS	1FG	12AF		Crash unknown reason, In one case one of the pilots in another squadron attempted to join up on what he thought were the lights of his flight leader. The lights were ground lights and he hit the surface at around 250 to 300 m.p.h. leaving pieces of P-38 scattered over a wide area. Miraculously he survived with just the cockpit remaining but no serious damage to himself. Catania, Sicily
.	10-Sep- 43	.	.	Fisher, Rodney W	O-733858	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 3 victories
692	11-Sep-43	43-2363	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Phillips, Marion E.	O-740548	71FS	1FG	12AF	MIA	Lost on an early morning mission over the ocean in intense Salerno operations Catania, Sicily The other incident was a loss of one our pilots (Lt. Phillips) and was never resolved at to what happened. He simply disappeared on a night training flight. At first it was thought most likely that he had crashed into Mt. Etna, but after finding no evidence of that it was believed he may have experienced vertigo and crashed somewhere in the water offshore.
1152	15-Sep-43	41-12309	Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando, 125 Trans. Group				1FG	12AF		Downed between Cheungkeung and Chabua, India,
.	15-Sep-43	43-2103	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Jacobson, William L		94FS	1FG	12AF		Take off accident, Dittaino, Italy later incident 24 May 44
.	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	.	.	.	.	71FS	1FG	12AF		Lost 3 ships LMV LMM LM-5 one by A.A. and the other two mid air crash after the bomb explosion.
976	03-Oct-43	42-13175	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Conner, James G.	O-803342	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Location, 41°31'N, 13°33'E, Point Of Departure, Mateur, Tunisia. Lost during dive bombing mission, Lts Hobart Vincent and James Conner collided in mid-air, Entered the Service from: Minnesota, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
977	03-Oct-43	42-12911	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Vincent, Hobart S.	O-732413	71FS	1FG		KIA	Location, 41°31'N, 13°33'E, Point Of Departure, Mateur, Tunisia. Lost during dive bombing mission, Lts Hobart Vincent and James Conner collided in mid-air, Entered the Service from: Missouri, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
992	03-Oct-43	42-12890	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Parrish, Ralph F	O-743490	71FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Location, 40°48' N 13°26' E, Point Of Departure, Mateur, Tunisia. Lost during dive bombing mission AA fire
.	07-Oct- 43	.	.	Williams, Russell E	O-803507	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	09-Oct-43	42-13182	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Mimms, Louie		94FS	1FG	12AF		Landing accident, location not given (possibly Mersa Watruh)
.	10-Oct-43	42-12615	Lockheed P-38F-5-LO Lightning	Muffitt, Jack P	O-805099	94FS	1FG	12AF		Crashed belly landing, location not given
.	10-Oct-43	42-13059	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Kastnwer, Paul J		94FS	1FG	12AF		Crashed belly landing, location not given
.	15-Oct-43	42-13012	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Sokol, Nicholas		27FS	1FG	12AF		Taxiing accident, Mateur #1
989	21-Oct-43	42-13243	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Downing, Junior H	O-803357	71FS	1FG	12AF	MIA, Rtn	Location, 42°28'N, 11°45'E, Point Of Departure, Mateur, Tunisia. Evaded and returned), escorted B-26s to targets in Italy when they were jumped by about fifteen enemy aircraft
.	21-Oct-43	.	.	Duff, Willard R	T-185037	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	21-Oct-43	.	.	Gresham, Emmet B	O-799164	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	21-Oct-43	.	.	Hanton, John T	O-667072	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	21-Oct-43	.	.	Kienholz, Donald D	O-740456	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
991	21-Oct-43 another source has this as 23 Oct 43	42-13431	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Lion, John R	O-740479	71FS	1FG	12AF	MIA, Rtn	Location, 42°28'N, 11°45'E., Point Of Departure, Mateur, Tunisia. Later returned, escorted B-26s to targets in Italy when they were jumped by about fifteen enemy aircraft
.	21-Oct-43	.	.	McQuown, Herbert W	O-730565	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory He flew a P-38 Lightning fighter in 50 combat missions over Tunisia, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and the island of Pantelleria, in the Mediterranean Sea halfway between Tunisia and Sicily. During this action, McQuown was credited with destroying three German fighter aircraft, two probable, and one possible kill, as well as damaging three other planes. His P-38 was nicknamed "The Earthquaker" after a then-popular character, Earthquake McGoon, in the Li'l Abner comic strip.
.	21-Oct-43	.	.	Shaw, Allen W Jr	O-734008	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
993	21-Oct-43	42-13017	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning c/n 222-7421/7500	Spaulding, Jesse E	T-001380	71FS	1FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Chelan County, WA. Location, 42°13' N 11°00' E, Point Of Departure, Mateur, Tunisia. Failed to return,, escorted B-26s to targets in Italy when they were jumped by about fifteen enemy aircraft
.	21-Oct-43	.	.	Wellner, Edward T	O-737914	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23-Oct-43	.	.	Chase, Allan C	O-667038	71FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23-Oct-43	.	.	Ferrin, Arden W	O-740390	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24-Oct-43	.	.	McQuown, Herbert W	O-730565	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
1642	24-Oct-43	42-13421	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Terry, Dwight E.	O-737896	27FS	1FG	12AF	KIA	Location, Lake Bracciano, Italy, Point Of Departure, Mateur No. One. The 27th engaged 20 enemy aircraft. Entered the Service from: Indiana, Buried at: Plot H Row 6 Grave 28, Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	24-Oct-43	.	.	Vondra, Eldon E	O-675957	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24-Oct-43	.	.	Wingrove, Marvin V	O-740621	27FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	09-Nov-43	.	.	Lee, Richard J	O-740472	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	09-Nov-43	42-13247	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	McGrath, Joseph P	O-750642	27FS	1FG	15AF		Landing accident, Ajaccio
1201	10-Nov-43, other source have this as 7 Nov 43	42-13254	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Binsley, Paul W.	T-190959	71FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Location, Unknown, Point Of Departure, Djedeida. Disappeared without explanation. Although a test flight, the loss of his horizon over the sea seemed the most probable cause. Entered the Service from: Ohio, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
1306	15-Nov-43	43-2184	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	McClure, James A.	O-748878	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 38°16' N, 22°56' E., Point Of Departure, Djedeida, Tunisia. "The group escorted the 24’s to Athens, Greece, staging twice, 1625 mile round trip. One pilot missing.", Entered the Service from: Washington, Buried at: Plot D Row 2 Grave 34, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Purple Heart,
.	15-Nov-43	.	.	Muffitt, Jack P	O-805099	94FS	1FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	21-Nov-43	.	.	Flynn, Walter (27th Squadron of the 1st Fighter Group in Tunisia, August 43, and a cadet of Class of 43 D, Craig, 30 43-D pilots graduated from Craig, flew 51 missions in P-38s with 1st Fighter Group in MTO and separated in Oct 45. Retired from military in 1980, having served 23 years in NY Army NG, last duty instrument instructor in helicopters. A1so had full time civilian occupation as a research lab tech for BASF Corp. Last flew in 93 when I gave up instructing in civilian aircraft)	.	27FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	71st B-26 escort to Fano, Italy on the Adriatic. 6 hours in the air with staging at Decimomannu, home at dark. Saw about 12-15 ME109’s. Had a small scrap but didn’t get a shot. The 27th was jumped by 4 who damaged two of ours and shot down one, Lt Flynn. We claim one 109 damaged. We were supposed to move today but it has been postponed again, this time until the 23rd C’est La Guerre! Flynn got back. Landed in Italy.
.	28-Nov-43	.	.	Boyd, Joseph B	T-6967106	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	28-Nov-43	.	.	Chase, Allan C	O-667038	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-Nov-43		.	Williams, Russell E.	O-803507	71FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Group moved to Monserato, Sardinia, he blew a tire on a dirt strip and tipped upside down. While delays to extricate, for fear of a fire, he choked on his helmet strap and died. Entered the Service from: Iowa, Buried at: Plot H Row 15 Grave 40, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters,
.	01-Dec-43	.	.	Ferrin, Arden W	O-740390	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
1638	01-Dec-43	42-13135	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Parker, George H	O-397993	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, 44°2'N, 10°02'E, Point Of Departure, Monserrato, Sardinia. Lt Parker & F/O Tanner collided, .Mission over Spezia, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	01-Dec-43	.	.	Reynolds, Larry O	O-740558	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
1640	01-Dec-43	42-12989	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Vondra, Eldon	O-675957	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Mission over Spezia. He tried to become a hero and instead lost everything, a Petdog pilot he was killed in a running 20 minute encounter with 15-20 enemy aircraft.
1791	01-Dec-43	42-13149	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Tanner, Edward E	T-186617	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, 44°2'N, 10°02'E, Point Of Departure, Monserrato, Sardinia. Lt Parker & F/O Tanner collided, .Mission over Spezia, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
None	03-Dec-43	41-7589	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightening	Long, William K (Plane not yet confirmed to this pilot)	O-416315	27FG	1FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Warren County, NY. C/n 222-5716. We where to escort Baker Twin Sixes to Guidonia, A/O NE of Rome but weather prevented. No E/A but some flak to the bombers.
None	04- Dec- 43	.	.	Black, Herbert R	O-885346	27FS	1FG	15AF	FOD	.
None	18- Dec- 43	.	.	Giles, Victor G	O-885306	94FS	1FG	15AF	FOD	Location Bizerte
1637	19-Dec-43	42-13172	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	McGrath, Joseph P.	O-750642	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: New York, Buried at: Plot A Row 6 Grave 16, Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart On a long mission over Stuttgart, Germany
.	20-Dec-43	.	Lockheed P-38	Brown, Charles H., All new men	T-185035	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	See above, Hometown: Allegan County, MI
.	20-Dec-43	.	Lockheed P-38	Harmer, Robert H Jr another source has this as Harmon ( Harman, James see 17 Apr 43) All new men	O-799173	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	See above, Hometown: Camden County, NJ
.	20-Dec-43	.	.	Kienholz, Donald D	O-740456	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-Dec-43	.	Lockheed P-38	Lipowicz, Elmer N, All new men	O-799200	94FS	1FG	15AF	DOW	See above, Hometown: Erie County, NY
.	20-Dec-43	.	Lockheed P-38	Mackle, Francis E.	O-750644	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Los Angeles, CA. Escorted the Forts to Athens where they really blasted the hell out of Eleusis Airdrome. Too bad there were not more fighters on the field. I hope to get good pictures. Coming home was not so good. The weather closed in on some and we have 15 unreported. Are sure most of them are ok. But one boy for sure hit a hill. Toll was greater than ever thought of. Four ships were lost and three pilots. The fourth one is in the hospital in a very serious condition. "The ceiling was very low and the visibility limited. Red Flight Leader had managed to get the squadron below the overcast and was being directed back to the base. They were flying very close to the ground because of the low ceiling. When Spacebar, the Group’s ground control, gave them a heading correction, the squadron had to make a turn. This turn brought them into an area where the slope of the terrain rose sharply. Lts Lipowicz and Harmer and F/O Charles H. Brown (all of the 94th) were flying lower than the others in the squadron and they struck the ground near Mottola almost simultaneously. Lt Francis E. Mackle of the 27th Squadron suffered the same fate in a separate, but similar, incident that day also. Harmer, Mackle, and Brown were killed instantly and Lipowicz died on the 23rd. Some Merry Christmas!"
None	26-Dec-43	.	.	Sahl, Milton A	O-885327	94FS	1FG	15AF	FOD	Location, Tunis North Africa. XII Bomber Command B-17s attack shipping and port facilities at Sfax. German Air Force fighters and heavy flak down two B-17s and two P-38s, but a flight of four P-38 pilots from the 1st Fighter Group's 94th Fighter Squadron down three of the GAF fighters. XII Bomber Command B-17s, escorted by P-40s, claim three Axis ships damaged while mounting a second attack against shipping and port facilities at Sfax. While conducting reconnaissance patrols, XII Fighter Command P-38s strafe three locomotives and a number of motor vehicles.
				Evans, Wallace B. Jr		71FS	1FG	15AF		Lynden passed away Nov. 14, 2004, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham. Known to his friends and family as Wally, he was born in Glendale, Calif., on July 21, 1924, to Doris and Wallace B. Evans. As a boy, he traveled with his parents and lived all over the United States, as well as in France and Haiti. After suffering the loss of his father in an airplane accident in Haiti, Mr. Evans settled in the Tacoma area, where he graduated from Stadium High School. He studied civil engineering at the University of Washington until he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in October 1942. He qualified as a fighter pilot on the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Prior to his assignment overseas, he married Lois Ann Schille of Seattle. He was assigned to the 71st Fighter Squadron, flying P-38's from his base in Foggia, Italy. He flew 22 missions over Europe After the war's end, Mr. Evans returned to the UW to complete his studies and graduated with a degree civil engineering in 1949. He worked as a civil engineer on Chief Joseph and Rocky Reach Dams on the Columbia River and Mayfield Dam, near Mossy Rock. His career then took him and his family to Northern California where he worked on various water diversion projects in Oroville and Auburn, California. Mr. Evans also took his family along with him on overseas construction projects in Venezuela, Thailand, Western Australia and Puerto Rico. He retired from the heavy construction business in 1986 and settled with his wife on South Whidbey Island where he lived until moving to Lynden in 2001.
.	26 Dec 43	44-83028	Lockheed YP-80A Shooting Star (cn 1007)	Shipped to Italy in late December 1944 for testing under combat conditions. Flown by Wright Field personnel and ended up with 1st FG in Apr 1945.	.	.	.	.	.	Two Lockheed YP-80A Shooting Star, jet fighters were shipped to the MTO under Project Extraversion on December 26, 1944, arriving in Italy in late December '44 / early January '45. They became the first, true jet planes to have flown in Italy (and the MTO), flown by Wright Field personnel who received general support from some of the units stationed in Italy, and ended up with the 1st FG, sometime in April 1945.
.	26 Dec 43	44-83029	Lockheed YP-80A Shooting Star (cn 1008)	Shipped to Italy in late December 1944 for testing under combat conditions. Flown by Wright Field personnel and ended up with 1st FG in Apr 1945.	.	.	.	.	.	One of the 1st FG pilots, Major Ed LaClare, logged two flights on the YP-80A. Mr. James Bertoglio, then a photographer with the 94th FS, who provided most of the pictures herein linked, clearly remembers one mission being flown "up north", i.e. toward the front line. Bertoglio also recalled the oddity of the aircraft being flown by both test and operational pilots, but being maintained exclusively by civilian personnel (Lockheed?). Is it only a coincidence that the 1st FG pilots began conversion on the YP-80A, only weeks after the appearance of the Luftwaffe’s jets over the Allied lines?

1944

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service #	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Location/ Comments
2029	03-Jan-44	42-12732	Lockheed P-38G-1-LO Lightning	Muffitt, Jack P	O-805099	94FS	1FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Cook County, IL. Location, 10 Miles Inland Coast Mele, Point Of Departure, Gioia, Italy. Crashed and was killed on an escort mission to Sofia, Bulgaria, Two runway crack-ups, one here, Monserato, Sardinia and one at Deceinomaro [?], Sardinia
.	6 Jan 44	.	.	Primm, Gerald C	O-746174	71FS	1FG	15AF	Survived	Cracked up at Foggia Main. He was up flying the next day
1693	07-Jan-44	43-2399	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Corbett, Horace S Jr "Jim"	O-727415	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Contra Costa, CA. Location, Approx, 40-50 Mi S/Target, Point Of Departure, Gioia Del Colle, Italy. Shot down and killed in action, over Austria
1821	07-Jan-44	42-13370	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Hanes, Horace A "Dude"	O-23480	71FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Location, Approx, 40-50 Mi S/Target, Point Of Departure, Gioia Del Colle, Italy. Returned, Maribor, Yugoslavia, Escort to W. Neustadt, shot down by Bf 109s, bailed out, South of the city, over Yugoslavia, He had been captured by the Germans and made an escape to Partisan hands. Returned by Partisans, to duty two and a half months later, Italy
2030	07-Jan-44	43-2507	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Griffis, James W.	O-730462	94FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, In Target Area, Point Of Departure, Gioia, Italy. Went down in flames south of the target area, surviving being shot-down and becoming POW., Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	07-Jan-44	.	.	Meredith, Raymond J.	O-749036	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	07-Jan-44		.	Meredith, Raymond J.	O-749036	94FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Flak	Lt., 1FG, Hit by flak, crash-landed, Yugoslavia. Returned by Partisans by 26 Jan 1943
2031	07-Jan-44	42-13403	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Devenney, Fred M. Jr	O-742977	94FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, In Target Area, Point Of Departure, Gioia, Italy Went down in flames south of the target area, surviving being shot-down and becoming POW., Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
1692	07-Jan-44	42-12887	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Owens, Reed C	O-659170	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, Approx, 50-60 Mi S/Target, Point Of Departure, Gioia Del Colle, Italy. Became a prisoner of Stalag Luft 1 after his bailout over Austria. European Theatre: Austria. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
1691	07-Jan-44	42-13044	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Rowe, Lee W	T-001378	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, Approx, 50-60 Mi S/Target, Point Of Departure, Gioia Del Colle, Italy. After being hit in the pilot's nacelle, went down, was captured, and became a POW. European Theatre: Austria. Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17
.	07-Jan-44	.	.	Schulze, Raymond L	O-740565	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	07-Jan-44	.	.	Stuber, Stanley E	O-740587	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	08-Jan-44	.	Base move	.	.	.	1FG	15AF	.	We are moving today to our new base at Foggia #5. It was the old German Foggia #3.. We need new ships and new personnel.
.	11-Jan-44	.	.	Maron, Francis J	O-740491	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11-Jan-44		FOD date (Finding Of Death) see 11 Jan 43	Lovell, William A	O-885238	94FS	1FG	15AF	FOD	Bizerte, Tunisia,Nationality: American. Rank: Sgt,F/S - 1st February 1942, P/O - 19th April 1942. Squadron: 263 Sqdn Whirlwind, P7062 HE-L. In: 9th October 1941 from 55 OTU. Out: 29th September 1942. First Op: 7th January 1942. Hours: 105.05+. Sorties: 92+. Nickname: Bill. Remarks: Born in Pennsylvania, he was discharged from the RCAF to join the USAAF to fly P-38 Lightning's with the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group in North Africa. Service number O-885238, he was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Clusters but he went missing in action on 11th February 1944 ( another error made due to FOD dates). He is commemorated on the tablet at the North African American Cemetery at Carthage, Tunisia.
.	11-Jan-44	.	.	Thiessen, Ralph A	O-740592	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11-Jan-44		FOD date (Finding Of Death) see 11 Jan 43	Wilson, William H	O-429207	94FS	1FG	15AF	FOD	Bizerte, Tunisia,
.	21-Jan-44	.	.	Baird, Hershel W	O-742824	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
1994	21-Jan-44	43-2546	Lockheed P-38G-15-LO Lightning	Fisher, David J	O-742993	27FS	1FG	15AF	FOD/KIA	Flew a mission to Marseilles, France, and encountered stiff resistance from Luftwaffe fighters.
.	21-Jan-44	.	.	Hallock, Benjamin Jr	O-803377	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	21-Jan-44	.	.	McIntosh, Robert L	O-802054	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24-Jan-44	.	.	Kienholz, Donald D	O-740456	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	27-Jan-44	.	.	Darnell, Daniel Jr	O-666886	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	27-Jan-44	.	.	Vrilakas, Robert A	O-740604	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	27-Jan-44	.	.	Wingrove, Marvin V	O-740621	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	30-Jan-44	.	.	Kienholz, Donald D	O-740456	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
2214	10-Feb-44	41-7544	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Collier, Thomas I	O-752105	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 10 Miles East Of Target., Point Of Departure, Foggia #3, Italy. 94th and 71st flew a dive bombing and strafing mission to Montero Tondo, Italy. Twelve P-38s dropped 24 500-pound bombs on railroad sheds and tracks. Lt. Thomas Collier, a 71st pilot, was caught in the bomb blast from the plane in front him, which blew off his tail section. Collier spun into the ground and was killed. Seventeen ships came in today from U.K. 28 more to come. Dive bomb mission to help out the beach head. We lost one man to our own bombs
.	Feb-44	42-13480	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning, code UN9, named "Billy Jo on the nose and "Barfly" on the tail boom			94FS	1FG	15AF		Plane identification
.	16-Feb-44	43-2166	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning	Sprengel, Earl P		27FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Foggia #3 , Italy
.	21-Feb 44	.	.	Newton, Dorr E Jr	O-023396	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
2566	24-Feb-44	42-67087	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	McKenzie, Burton E "Mac"	O-023289	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, 47°45' N, 14°45' E., Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3, Italy. Group flew fourteen fighters to Steyr, Germany, this time to accompany B-17s. Lt Col Burton McKenzie, Group Operations Officer, was shot down, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
2570	25-Feb-44	42-67043	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Gresham, Emmet B.	O-799164	71FS	1FG	15AF	MIA/Rtn	Son-in-law of LtGen Carl Spaatz, Group received many inquiries for updates on his whereabouts. He was seen crashing into Prvic Island. None saw a chute, but Gresham did successfully bail out, taken into custody of two unfriendly Yugoslav nationals, escaped, and returned to the Group on 9th or 12th Mar.
3162	25-Feb-44	42-66728	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Parsons, William G	O-746166	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	An escort mission from an attack on the Messerschmitt factory at Tegensburg
.	11-Mar-44	.	.	Brown, Merle B	O-680845	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11-Mar-44	.	.	Geyman, Raymond J	O-748958	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11-Mar-44	.	.	Lathrope, Franklin C	O-802042	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11-Mar-44	.	.	Lee, Richard J	O-740472	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	11-Mar-44	.	.	Miller, Armour C	O-790699	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
3357	18-Mar-44	42-67065	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Lindhurst, Harold F. "Lindy"	O-752134	27FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Hit a high tension line and was lost, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	18-Mar-44	.	.	Rafael, Thomas F	O-743371	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22-Mar-44	.	.	Simpson, Charles E	O-667111	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23 Mar 44	42-67080	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	McIntosh, Robert L	O-802054	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing
.	28-Mar-44	.	.	Delaney, Ronald C	O-1703105	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
3580	28-Mar-44	42-67035	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Hartwig, Kenneth E	O-750586	27FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Escort mission to northern Italy where the 27th got bounced by 25 fighters he was shot down., Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	28-Mar-44	.	.	Maloney, Thomas E	O-750645	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
3642	28-Mar-44	42-67067	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Rodolff, James	O-746183	27FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Escort mission to northern Italy where the 27th got bounced by 25 fighters he was shot down.Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
3641	29-Mar-44	42-67027	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Brown, Merle B.	O-680845		1FG	15AF	POW	Lost to enemy fighters during escort mission to Bolzano
.	29-Mar-44	.	.	Darnell, Daniel Jr	O-666886	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-Mar-44	.	.	Simpson, Charles E	O-667111	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-Mar-44	.	.	Spitler, Robert W	O-746209	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	30-Mar-44	.	.	Barlow, Harley T	O-742827	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	30-Mar-44	.	.	Harris, Robert D	O-742867	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	30-Mar-44	.	.	Hopkins, John L	T-001626	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	30-Mar-44	42-67058	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Pettus, Jack D		94FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Foggia #3
.	30-Mar-44	.	.	Primm, Gerald C	O-746174	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Apr-44	.	.	Alford, James S	O-384873	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Apr-44	.	.	Gerry, Frank J	O-800512	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Apr-44	.	.	Nicol, Fredrick D	O-743486	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Apr-44	.	.	Nolen, Cyril L	T-001327	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Apr-44	.	.	Quesseth, Cecil H	O-752144	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Apr-44	.	.	Prout, Thomas P Jr	O-749057	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Apr-44	.	.	Rafael, Thomas F	O-743371	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Apr-44	.	.	Thiessen, Ralph A	O-740592	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	03-Apr-44	.	.	Harry, Luther M	O-754503	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	03-Apr-44	42-104215	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Larson, William B		71FS	1FG	15AF	KIFA	Killed in crash, Cerignola/ nr, Italy
.	03-Apr-44	.	.	Miller, Armour C	O-790699	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	04-Apr-44	.	.	.	.	27FS	1FG	15AF		Brand new "J" bellied in
.	04-Apr-44	.	.	Tanner, Glen E	O-748880	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	06-Apr-44	42-67030	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Shepard, John J	O-374677	71FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged taxiing, Foggia #3, Italy
3700	06-Apr-44	42-67070	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Valley, Faye R	O-739368	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Yugoslovia
.	13-Apr-44	.	.	Barlow, Harley T	O-742827	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13-Apr-44	.	.	Furr, Richard H	O-742862	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13-Apr-44		.	Kim, John J.K.C.	O-758818	27FS	1FG	15AF	DOI	While shadowing B-17s to Gyor
.	13-Apr-44	.	.	Miller, Armour C	O-790699	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13-Apr-44	.	.	Schweikert, Jerome G	O-1703085	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	15-Apr-44	.	.	Furr, Richard H	O-742862	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	15-Apr-44	42-13416	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Geyman, Raymond J	O-748958	94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged belly landing, Foggia #3, Italy
.	15-Apr-44	.	.	Neil, John M	O-430017	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16-Apr-44	.	.	Gerry, Frank J	O-800512	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
4369	17-Apr-44	42-104103	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Harry, Luther M	O-754503	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Yugoslavia
4374	20-Apr-44	42-13460	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning named Barfly	Nolen, Cyril	T-001327	94FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Coded UN-9. Plane named Barfly, based at Salsola (Foggia Satellite 3), Plane had also been flown by Donald "Chick" Kienholz, who had flown in the same squadron of Nolen. Lt."Chick" Kienholz was an ace among the pilots of the 1st. FG, having the downing of four ME-109 and two FW-190 to his credit. Once he told his sons (he had) downed many more of them, but sometimes the gun camera didn't work, so he couldn't prove the downings. Incredibly his aircraft was "Barfly", exactly the same plane found under the sea near Francavilla . This P38 was the personal plane of Donald ."Chick" Kienholz for a number of missions before being flown by Nolen. Interesting to know is that it wasn't only named "Barfly"; actually on the left hand side of the engine cowling, just after Kienholz' six victories we can read "Billie-Joe" (the pilot's wife passed away after the war); and a phrase in Serbian language – (NASA SERBSKA SLOBODA)--, painted by his crew chief, John Michunovich, probably of Yugoslav-Serbian extraction, and on both tail booms close to the 94th SQ code (N9) the name "Barfly" again (‘Our Serbian Freedom’), MIA, Adriatic Sea ,POW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	21-Apr-44	42-67034	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Van Sice, Robert B	O-740600	94FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Foggia #3, Italy
.	22-Apr-44	.	.	Gerry, Frank J	O-800512	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22-Apr-44	.	.	Joye, James M	O-760326	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22-Apr-44	.	.	Lilly, James M	O-760471	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23-Apr-44	.	.	Howard, Charles W	O-678049	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23-Apr-44	.	.	Lawson, Francis R	O-669592	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23-Apr-44	.	.	Lathrope, Franklin C	O-802042	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23-Apr-44	.	.	Simpson, Charles E	O-667111	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23-Apr-44	.	.	Maloney, Thomas E	O-750645	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	29-Apr-44	.	.	George, Karl O	O-758794	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	29-Apr-44	42-104059	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hopkins, John L	T-001626	94FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed in landing accident, Foggia #3, Italy We have two boys missing. One boy when landing misjudged and flew into another on the ground. They were brand new J’s
.	29-Apr-44	42-104204	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Ground Crew		27FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed on the ground, Foggia #3, Italy We have two boys missing. One boy when landing misjudged and flew into another on the ground. They were brand new J’s
.	29-Apr-44	.	.	Lathrope, Franklin C	O-802042	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-Apr-44	.	.	Lau. Stanley W	O-758820	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-Apr-44	.	.	Osgood, Gerald C	O-801720	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-Apr-44	.	.	Petersen, Lester C	O-740545	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-Apr-44	.	.	Shaw, Allen W Jr	O-734008	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-Apr-44	.	.	Vachon, Paul E R	O-1690044	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	04-May-44	42-104071	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	King, John M		27FS	1FG	15AF	KIFA	Pilot killed in crash landing, Foggia #3, Italy
.	05-May-44	42-104406	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Morehead, Lyle E.	O-749043	71FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Foggia #3, Italy
None	07-May-44	.	.	Burke, James W	O-730371	27FS	1FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
.	10-May-44	.	.	Miller, Everett	O-760361	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-May-44	43-28252	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lathrope, Franklin C	O-802042	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	10-May-44	43-28252	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lathrope, Franklin C	O-802042	94FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Numbered 89, Escort to Wiener Neustadt, s/d by Bf 109s, also claimed two Bf 109, rescued, by partisans, Glina, Yugoslavia
.	10-May-44	.	.	Vansice, Robert B	O-740600	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
4761	12-May-44	42-104116	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Cooley, Richard	O-746047	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Lt. Amedeo Lugari took off in his Macchi MC-205, pursued the three p-38s, and shot down Lt. Cooley over the hills about 7 miles SW of Reggio (near the Vendina Stream)
4765	12-May-44	42-104223	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	McIntosh, Robert L	O-802054	27FS	1FG	15AF	MIA	Disappeared heading towards the Appennine mountains (south of Bologna), in strong thunderstorms. It is believed that they crashed in a forested mountain about 21 miles SW Reggio
4766	12-May-44	43-28347	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lilly, James M	O-760471	27FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Disappeared heading towards the Appennine mountains (south of Bologna), in strong thunderstorms. It is believed that they crashed in a forested mountain about 21 miles SW Reggio, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
5059	17-May-44	43-28762	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Schaper, Warren L.	O-795649	94FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Fell victim to anti-aircraft guns, he bailed out at a dangerous altitude of 50 feet only to be taken prisoner, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11, later returned
5062	17-May-44	42-104074	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Delaney, Ronald C	O-1703105	27FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Parachuted from his burning aircraft near Pianoro, Italy (returned)
5043	17-May-44	42-104247	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Pate, Franklin	O-760380	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Downed by flak, and crashed in flames near Reggio Emila Airdrome. He died two days after his crash in the Modena hospital.
5051	17-May-44	42-104328	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hammerstrom, Donald A	O-758991	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Fell victim to anti-aircraft guns
5050	17-May-44	43-28368	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Duff, Willard R	O-1703087	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Fell victim to anti-aircraft guns
4914	17-May-44	43-28758	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Morehead, Lyle E	O-749043	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Survived his bail out after his P-38 caught fire and flipped on its back, crashing near Bologna. Unfortunately, he was killed by a young fascist "black shirt" (later found guilty after the war by an allied War Criminal Court, and spent 20 years in jail for his crime).
.	18-May- 44	.	.	Ferguson, James R	O-1703086	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-May- 44	.	.	Hallock, Benjamin Jr	O-803377	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	18-May- 44	.	.	LaClare, Edward F	O-392284	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-May- 44	.	.	Launderville, John W	O-792720	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-May- 44	.	.	Lienau, Harold M	O-752133	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-May- 44	.	.	Maxfield, Raymond M	O-760429	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-May-44	.	.	Quesseth, Cecil H	O-752144	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-May-44	.	.	Tanner, Glen E	O-748880	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	18-May-44		Lockheed P-38	Williams, Frank		94FS	1FG	15AF	WIA	Wounded in action but safely bailed out and subsequently recovered
.	22-May-44	.	.	Miller, Armour C	O-790699	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 May 44	43-2103	Lockheed P-38F-15-LO Lightning			94FS	1FG	15AF		Italy
.	26-May-44	41-7619	Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning	Hines, William E Jr		27FS	1FG	15AF		Destroyed taking off, 27FS, 1FG, Manfredonia Bay, Italy
.	26-May-44	.	.	Hall, Jack C	O-732234	27FS	1FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Multnomah County, OR
None	28-May-44		Lockheed P-38	Berg, Robert E	O-762221	71FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Killed in an accident, Hometown: Contra Costa, CA
.	28-May-44	.	.	Maloney, Thomas E	O-750645	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-May-44	42-104060	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Dixon, Daniel W		71FS	1FG	15AF		Crash landed engine failure, Bernalda/ 7mi SW, Italy
.	29-May-44	.	.	Kirchhofer, Kenneth M	O-748997	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-May-44	.	.	Miller, Everett	O-760361	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29-May-44	.	.	Miller, Keith R	O-760482	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	30-May-44	42-13012	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Rendish, Robert E		71FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged ground accident, Foggia #3, Italy
.	30-May-44	42-67071	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning			71FS	1FG	15AF		Parked aircraft, badly damaged ground accident, Foggia #3, Italy
.	31-May-44	.	.	Cauglin, William H	O-758942	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31-May- 44	.	.	Lienau, Harold M	O-752133	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31-May-44	.	.	Maloney, Thomas E	O-750645	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5191	31-May-44	42-104142	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Rasmussen, Robert P.	O-760488	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Missing after another Ploesti mission. Ulrich became a prisoner of war but learned much later through the Swedish Red cross of Rasmussen's demise and the fact he was buried in Rumania
.	31-May-44	.	.	Sprengel, Earl P	O-1683571	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31-May-44	.	.	Tovrea, Philip E Jr	O-758893	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5779	31-May-44	42-104244	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Ulrich, Edward	O-758895	27FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Missing after another Ploesti mission.
.	03-Jun-44	42-104241	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Bridges, Robert M		71FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Foggia #3, (Sal Sola), Italy
.	03-Jun-44	42-67026	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Eliopoulis, John P	T-122220	27FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Foggia #3, Italy
5424	05-Jun-44	43-28628	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Maxfield, Raymond	O-760420	94FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	After the strafing of Reggio Emilia airdrome, he was hit by flak and plowed into a forested area near Bologna, Italy. He successfully evaded capture and returned to the 1 September 1944.
4377 upgraded to 5426	05-Jun-44	42-104080	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Perry, Warren E	O-760383	27FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Hit by A/A fire, crashed into a house at the east side of the Reggio Emilia airfield, and became a POW (the crash was witnessed by Mr. Sergio Govi, who said that "in the local newspaper the pilot was declared dead, but as ever newspaper was under control of the fascist propaganda").
.	06-Jun-44	.	.	Morehead, James B	O-413480	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	09-Jun-44	.	.	Geyman, Raymond J	O-748958	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jun-44	.	.	.	.	.	1FG	15AF	.	The great complex of air bases near Foggia, Italy, bustles with activity as the sun rises. Forty-six 82nd FG Lockheed P-38J Lightnings from the 95th, 96th and 97th Fighter Squadrons, each carrying a 1,000-pound bomb on the right wing shackle and a 310-gallon ferry drop tank on the left, shake the Foggia No. 11/Vincenzo airfield as they taxi for takeoff. Over the Adriatic, 48 1st Lighter Group P-38Js of the 27th, 71st and 94th FS flying escorts will join them. One after another over southern Italy, nearly 100 P-38s take wing and climb to altitude, Their target: Ploesti-the major oil refinery complex in Europe and more than 600 miles away across the Adriatic Sea and over the mountains of Yugoslavia. The mission: to dive-bomb the Romano-Americano oil refinery, which is the primary producer of high-grade aviation gasoline for the Luftwaffe. It will be recorded as the blackest day in the history of the American fighter forces in WW II.
.	10-Jun-44	.	.	Allen, John H	O-750509	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5637	10-Jun-44	43-28812	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Baker, Vernon C.	O-762204	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Shot down by Rumanian IAR 80, Romania
6036	10-Jun-44	43-28549	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Bischoff, August J. Jr..	O-409527	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Caught a wingtip while strafing and was killed, Gaesti
5665	10-Jun-44	43-28536	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Flack, Willie B.	O-746070	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Shot down by Rumanian IAR 80, Romania
6030	10-Jun-44	42-104009	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Geyman, Raymond J	O-748958	94FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Bucharest, Romania
.	10-Jun-44	.	.	Hatch, Herbert T B Jr "Stub"	O-760190	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 5 victories, American pilot Herbert "Stub" Hatch of the 71 Squadron, 1st FG tallied five kills in the melee, emptying his guns while wracking his P-38 thru the swirl of fighters. Meanwhile, the Romanian pilots had a field day. Within that brief timespan, the Romanians claimed 14 "Lightnings" of the 1st FG (by its records). The hardest-hit 71st Squadron was reduced to a single flight of four. Hatch was one of the few survivors of the 71st. By American accounts, the combat was in a shallow valley filled with more than 40 aircraft, with airplanes erratically trying to avoid each other, and many hitting the ground.
.	10-Jun-44	.	.	Heien, Chester H	O-762324	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5857	10-Jun-44	43-28741	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hisey, Ralph W., Jr.	O-759003	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Bucharest 1, Romania, Sub-Lagarule Timis, Timisul de Jos, Roumania 45-21; Or Largarule Prizoiniero #2, 13,14, 18 Timisul de Jos, Roumania 45-21
5634	10-Jun-44	43-28704	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hoenshell, Carl C	O-750592	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	On the way home when he and Lt Hatch were caught without ammunition, Yugoslavia Shot down by Lt. Hans Taubenberger S2 GA of the 6^th Staffel II JG 51 flying out of Radomir Bulgaria.
.	10-Jun-44	.	.	Huber, Richard M	O-758177	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5778	10-Jun-44	42-104072	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Jackson, Joseph H.	O-760321	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Shot down by Rumanian IAR 80, Ploesti
5776	10-Jun-44	43-28772	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Janci, Rudolph M. Jr	O-758815	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Soko Banja, Yugoslavia
5781	10-Jun-44	42-104058	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Johnson, George J. JR	O-76467	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Bucharest
6037	10-Jun-44	43-28807	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Joye, James.	O-760326	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Romania
5855	10-Jun-44	42-104330	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	McClellan, William D.	O-762547	27FS	1FG	15AF	WIA	Dive bombing mission to Ploesti, right engine damaged by a Bf 109 while strafing roads, also lost canopy, fuel exhausted, pilot bailed out from 8000ft, Grabovo, Yugoslavia, ended up in partisan custody until late June, Returned to Duty
.	10-Jun-44	.	.	Miller, Armour C	O-790699	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jun-44	.	.	Miller, Everett	O-760361	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 3 victories
6322	10-Jun-44	42-104110	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Noone, Harry	O-76032	27FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Gaesti, Romania
5642	10-Jun-44	42-104089	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Potter, William L	O-760386	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Shot down by Rumanian IAR 80, Romania
5762	10-Jun-44	43-28732	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Smith, Albert F.	O-750703	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Shot down by Rumanian IAR 80, Varasti, Romania
.	10-Jun-44	.	.	Tovrea, Philip E Jr	O-758893	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11-Jun-44	.	.	Barlow, Harley T	O-742827	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13-Jun-44	42-104270	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Dollarhide, Charles L		94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Foggia #3, Italy
6082	13-Jun-44	43-28764	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Kuske, Donald A	O-760469	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	B-24 escort mission on to Munich, Germany, pilot not found, assumed dead. Crash site located in 1950 near Reichsbach - Engersberg, Bavaria (Bayern).
5780	13-Jun-44	42-104245	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Gerry, Frank J. Jr.	O-800512	27FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Crashed 1km west of Edenthal, 10 km S.E. of Dingelfing, and became a prisoner of war, target Landshut Germany. POW Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11).
6016	15-Jun-44	42-104221	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Crandall, Hugh G.	O-762266	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Multnomah County, OR. A/A at the Orange Plan de Dieu Airdrome in France. Location, Orange/Plan Co Diau A/D. Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3
6133 mentioned in 6124 page 3	15-Jun-44	43-28543	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Duggleby, Harold V.	O-758965	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Jasper County, IN. A/A at the Orange Plan de Dieu Airdrome in France. Second Lt. Hugh Crandall Jr. and 1st Lt. Harold V. Duggleby from the 94th Fighter Squadron were both brought down by anti-aircraft fire on strafing runs against the Orange-Plan de Dieu airfield. At about the same time, 1st Lt. Warren E. Semple from the 49th Fighter Squadron was shot down by a German pilot while strafing the neighboring Orange-Caritat airstrip.
.	15-Jun-44	.	.	Spitler, Robert W	O-746209	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16-Jun-44	.	.	Alford, James S	O-384873	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5819	16-Jun-44	42-104042	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Barnes, Samuel D."Dusty"	T-61449	94FS	1FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: New London County, CT. Shot down location, 10 Mi South Lake Balaton, Hungary. Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3
.	16-Jun-44	.	.	Heien, Chester H	O-762324	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16-Jun-44	.	.	Jamison, Joseph	O-750604	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	16-Jun-44	.	.	Kuykendall, Jim L	O-423077	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
6811	16-Jun-44	43-28665	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Loughmiller, George J. Jr	O-755977	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Shot down in the Lake Balaton area, Hungary. Location, S W Tip Of Lake Balaton, Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3
.	16-Jun-44	.	.	Miller, Armour C	O-790699	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16-Jun-44	.	.	Osgood, Gerald C	O-801720	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5817	16-Jun-44	43-28656	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Shepard, John J,	O-374677	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, Near Kapoly, Hungary 46°55'N - 17°58'E. Point Of Departure, Salsola, Italy. Mission to Vienna and Lt. Shepard [Lt. John Shepard, POW June 16, 1944] Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11, flying 3rd position got jumped from behind by one 190 blew up his wing tanks and he bailed out No 1 + 2 man each got one engine shot out by the same guy in same pass but Osgood [probably Lt. Gerald Osgood] got him when he pulled up. (blew up) Capt. Advey [Capt James Advey] in No 1 and Lt. Hatch in No 2 each came back on one engine
.	16-Jun-44	.	.	Smith, Phillip W Jr	O-379299	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16-Jun-44	.	.	Sprengel, Earl P	O-1683571	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16-Jun-44	.	.	Tovrea, Philip E Jr	O-758893	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
5818	16-Jun-44	43-28357	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Vitale, Thomas E	O-734038	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 20 Mi West Of Lake Balatan, Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3. Hometown: Berks County, PA. Shot down, location, 20 Mi West Of Lake Balatan, Hungary. Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3 (The information listed is incorrect as to the residence ( Berks County, Pa ) My uncle was born, raised and ultimately buried in 1949 in Meyersdale, Pa ( Somerset County Pa. ))
.	19-Jun-44	42-13232	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Kobiske, Marlyn E	O-825374	94FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Killed in an accident A newly trained Lt Maryln Kobiske from the 94th died when he crashed just a mile north of Salsola air base. This incident reflected the one in ten loss due to local accidents involving training, orientation or testing flight (Previous source had him with the 71stFS)
.	29-Jun-44	43-28820	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Eliopoulis, John P	T-122220	27FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Crashed near San Severo/ 20mi N , Italy. Hometown: Worcester County, MA
.	30-Jun-44	42-104217	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Yaryan, Robert H	O-762558	71FS	1FG	15AF		Crashed, Foggia #3 Sal Sola, Italy
.	30-Jun-44	43-28708	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Morehead, James B	O-749043	HQSQ	1FG	15AF		plane destroyed in crash landing, Foggia #3 Sal Sola, Italy
.	02-Jul-44	.	.	Tovrea, Philip E Jr	O-758893	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	03-Jul-44	42-104220	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Kline, Harold E	O-557306	71FS	1FG	15AF		Crash landed engine failure, Sal Sola, Italy
.	04-Jul-44	43-28633	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Heien, Chester H		94FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Bari, Italy
.	09-Jul-44	.	.	Huber, Richard M	O-758177	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	09-Jul-44	.	.	Olsen, Virgil O	O-762394	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jul-44	.	.	Armstrong, William D	O-758751	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jul-44	.	.	Eldred, George F Jr	O-680866	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jul-44	.	.	Hatch, Herbert B Jr	O-760190	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 5 victories
.	10-Jul-44	.	.	Hisey, Ralph W	O-759003	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jul-44	.	.	Hoenshell, Carl C	O-750592	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10-Jul-44	.	.	Janci, Rudolph M Jr	O-758815	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11-Jul-44	42-104406	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Humphrey, Walter J		71FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged landing, San Salvo/ 7mi E, Italy
.	13-Jul-44	42-104226	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Ground Crew		94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged on the ground, Sal Sola, Italy
6805	13-Jul-44	43-28783	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Eldred, George F Jr	O-680866	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, Lavariano L/G, Italy. Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3, Italy
6806	13-Jul-44	43-28790	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Wood , Thomas E	T-002165	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, Lavariano L/G, Italy. Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3, Italy
7192	13-Jul-44	44-23147	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Micheli, Howard	O-762384	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Location, 44°47' N 13°11'E. Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3
6804	13-Jul-44	44-23200	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lemons, Leo E	O-762367	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, Lavariano L/G, Italy. Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3, Italy
.	14-Jul-44	42-104243	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Morris, Charles H		94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged belly landing engine failure, Sal Sola, Italy
.	15-Jul-44	43-28410	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Nutter, Thomas A		27FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Sal Sola, Italy
.	16-Jul-44	.	.	Eldred, George F Jr	O-680866	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
7101	16-Jul-44	42-67857	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Hughes , Jack	O-762469	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIFA	Died in a mid air collision with a 82nd Fighter Group P-38 on an escort mission to Wiener-Neudorf, Austria. Lt. Charles Morris crash landed, uninjured, at Salsola. Lt Frank Holcomb trekked 400 miles back to home base with a badly broken right arm due to enemy flak
.	17-Jul-44	42-67037	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Hatch, Herbert B		71FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Sal Sola, Italy
.	18-Jul-44	.	.	Cauglin, William H	O-758942	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	18-Jul-44	.	.	Enyeart, Duane B	O-758784	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	18-Jul-44	.	.	Ewers, Joe E	O-762295	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-Jul-44	.	.	Janson, Paul T	O-758816	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	18-Jul-44	.	.	Johnson, William E	O-076251	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	18-Jul-44	.	.	Maloney, Thomas E	O-750645	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-Jul-44	.	.	Noonan, Anthony R	O-762392	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18-Jul-44	.	BT-13	Radcliffe, Virgil E.	O-660197	27FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	His last two missions were to the island of Pantelleria on June 7th and 9th. On his last mission he led four P-38s on a joint dive-bombing mission with the 94th FS. Before leaving North Africa on July 4th, 1944, he had accumulated 155.55 hours combat time in 52 missions. He would receive the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 6 clusters. It was reported that in all his flying time, his plane never received a single hit from enemy fire. Hometown: Macoupin County, IL. On July 18th, 1944, he was flying just such a training mission with 2nd Lt. Kouko K. Leino at the controls. The flight path was from Dale Mabry Field, Florida, to Americus, Georgia, and ending at Marianna Field (Florida). With the training mission completed at Marianna, Virgil apparently allowed his student to indulge in a little buzzing of some objects on the ground. This was in strict violation of Air Corp rules as the BT-13 they were in was notorious for crashes during stunt flying. Recently six flyers had been dismissed from the service for just such a violation. One pilot was sentenced to serve six months at hard labor because his violation resulted in a fatality. After the rigors of combat flying, a bit of fun in the BT must not have seemed in the least dangerous. The trainer made low passes over a radio beam station, farmhouse and grocery store. As the plane was struggling to regain altitude after the third pass it clipped a tree causing it to crash violently into the woods. Both student pilot and Virgil were lost.
.	18-Jul-44	.	.	Tovrea, Philip E Jr	O-758893	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-Jul-44	.	.	Arrowsmith, Richard K	O-745262	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-Jul-44	.	.	Bostwick, Robert O	O-762231	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-Jul-44	.	.	Fairhaurst, James A	O-817911	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-Jul-44	.	.	Huber, Richard M	O-758177	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-Jul-44	.	.	Lau. Stanley W	O-758820	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20-Jul-44	.	.	Smith, Phillip W Jr	O-379299	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22-Jul-44	43-28775	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Huber, Richard M	O-758177	27FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged in crash landing, Foggia/ 4mi E, Italy
.	23-Jul-44	44-23193	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Fisher, Harrison L		71FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed landing, Sal Sola, Italy
.	24-Jul-44	43-28422	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Chambers, Eugene M	O-762256	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Plane destroyed in crash, Lucera/ 2mi N, Italy
.	10-Jul-44	.	.	Jones, William R	O-762347	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	26-Jul-44	.	.	Lau. Stanley W	O-758820	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	28-Jul-44	42-67026	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Hoodecheck, Arthur Jr	O-762334	27FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed landing, Sal Sola, Italy
.	28-Jul-44	.	.	Huber, Richard M	O-758177	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
7009	28-Jul-44	43-28370	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Foor, Herbert L	O-826129	27FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Collided in mid-air with 43-28645, Ploesti, Rumania, later repatriated after the Russian army overran the Ploesti area in late August 1944
7008	28-Jul-44	43-28645	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Kuykendall, Jim L	O-423077	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Collided in mid-air with 43-28370, Ploesti, Rumania
.	30-Jul-44	.	.	Arnold, William A Jr	O-816977	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	03-Aug-44	43-28787	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Johnson, William E		27FS	1FG	15AF	KIFA	Crashed due to engine failure, Sal Sola/4mi SW , Italy
.	03-Aug-44	43-28770	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Middleton, Ernest F Jr		71FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taking off, Sal Sola, Italy
.	06-Aug-44	42-104119	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Alexander, Carl S		71FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Sal Sola, Italy
.	06-Aug-44	42-104101	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Kimball, Paul Jr	O-762354	71FS	1FG	15AF	later DOI	Plane destroyed taking off, Sal Sola, Italy
.	10 Aug 44	.	.	.	.	.	1FG	15AF	.	On Aug. 10, 1944, the 1st Fighter Group deployed from Foggia in Italy to Corsica.
.	13-Aug-44	43-28752	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Dixon, Daniel W		71FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed landing, Aghione, Corsica A late mission for both & 72 ships trying to land after dark. 2 crashes in the brush, one pilot got only a scratch & the other a broken jaw. Two crashes on the runway, no one hurt. God was riding co-pilot a lot tonight.
.	14-Aug-44	42-104406	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hoffman, Robert E		71FS	1FG	15AF		Plane badly damaged landing, Aghione, Corsica
.	14-Aug-44		See 6 Aug 44	Kimball, Paul Jr	O-762354	71FS	1FG	15AF	DOW	Lt Paul Kimball, Jr of the 71st died of injuries
.	15-Aug-44	.	.	Longworth, Robert A	O-1695491	71FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	15-Aug-44	43-28746	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning (Black 23)	Maloney, Thomas E	O-750645	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories, Bf-109
7690	16-Aug-44	43-28265	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Taylor, Robert D	O-704765	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Crashed in flames near St Maurice, France
8629	18-Aug-44	42-104124	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Kline, Harold E	O-557306	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Failed to return from a mission over France
7977	19-Aug-44	43-28816	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Erickson, Lauren S.	O-762461	27FS	1FG	15AF	MIA	The 27th and 94th strafed an ammunition laden train west of Avignon and headed for the invasion front. The resulting explosions from this mission crippled three aircraft.
7963	19-Aug-44	43-28809	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Arrowsmith, Richard K	O-745262	94FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Crash landed not far from the target area near Toulouse he was sheltered by a French family for a week after evading for 3 days on his own. The French resistance eventually repatriated Arrowsmith through the German lines and into Corsica to rejoin his squadron.
.	19-Aug-44	.	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Gonring, Walter M.		94FS	1FG	15AF	.	The 27th and 94th strafed an ammunition laden train west of Avignon and headed for the invasion front. The resulting explosions from this mission crippled three aircraft. Crash landed at Cape Calvi, Corsica
7979	19-Aug-4	43-28537	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Maloney, Thomas E	O-750645	27FS	1FG	15AF	Rtn	A leading ace with eight victories, ditched his battle-damaged P-38 in the Ocean 5-6 miles off the French Coast., lost feet to land mine
7978	20-Aug-44	43-28637	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	St. John, Walter Oliver	O-766377	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Crashed in flames near Avignon, France, name is listed on the wall "Missing in action" in Draguignan American Cemetery. On Aug. 20th eight P-38’s of the 27th and 94th Squadrons took off to attack bridges and trucks near Nimes, France in support of our advancing troops. Four P-38’s of the 94th Squadron, led by Lt. Warren Campbell, flying Old Rusty, strafed a truck column and met intense, accurate antiaircraft fire. Two of the four were shot down; one pilot survived, but Lt. Walter Oliver St John’s parachute “candled” and he fell to his death.
7690	20-Aug-44	43-28265	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Taylor, Robert D. Jr	O-704765	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Crashed in flames near St Maurice, France. Hometown: Clark County, KY
.	21-Aug-44	43-28740	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Inge, Henry P	O-710705	71FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Mid air collision with 42-66733, Aghione/ 10mi E, Corsica, Hometown: Dallas County, TX. Two more men were killed this morning forming up after takeoff. No excuse for these things. other sources have this as 20 Aug 1944
.	21-Aug-44	42-66733	Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning	Rhodes, Gale L	36864512	71FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Mid air collision with 43-28740, Aghione/ 10mi E, Corsica, Hometown: Wayne County, MI. Two more men were killed this morning forming up after takeoff. No excuse for these things. other sources have this as 20 Aug 1944
9020 this one appears to be for the 41FS,35FG	22-Aug-44	42-22966	Republic P-47D-11-RA Thunderbolt	Borhman. Carl L	O-667638		.	.		(1st FG) lost Aug 22, 1944. MACR 9020. Location, 75 Miles N. W. Of Finsch, Point Of Departure, A P O 929
.	Aug-44		Lockheed P-38, 5 Lost 2 Killed				1FG	15AF		Five P-38s were lost and two pilots killed when one of the aircraft crashed on the runway and forced the other aircraft waiting to come down to run out of fuel while circling around
.	30-Aug-44	42-104132	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hawkins, John J		94FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed in take off crash, Foggia #3/ 1mi SE, Italy
.	30-Aug-44	42-13442	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Evenson, Arvid P	0-711974	94FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed take off crash, Sal Sola, Italy
8348	31-Aug-44	44-23196	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Dorris, Jesse Rae	O-769762	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	While flying cover for a B24 group going to Ploesti to pick up POWs, repatriated Allied airman from Popesti, Rumania outside of Bucharest
.	31-Aug-44	.	Explains above	.	.	.	1FG	15AF	.	The Group flew an unusually delightful mission to escort B-17s used to transport nearly 1,000 repatriated Allied airman from Popesti, Rumania (outside Bucharest) after the Russian army overran the area. The repatriated airmen included six pilots from the 1st: Lt Harry Noone (27th) , Edward Ulrich (27th), Herbert Foor (27th), Ralph Hisey (71st), and Raymond Geyman (94th). Lt Jesse Rae Dorris (71st) KIA during the mission.
.	01-Sep-44	43-28759	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	McHugh, Frank T	O-1692816	27FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed when ditched due to engine failure, Adriatic Sea
.	01-Sep-44	44-23184	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Kozerski, Chester M		94FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Sal Sola, Italy
8271	02-Sep-44	43-28663	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hoodecheck, Arthur, Jr	O-762334	71FS	1FG	15AF	MIA/Rtn	Near Belgrade, Yugoslavia (evaded and returned).
8272	02-Sep-44	43-28742	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Nixon, Vern D	O-815372	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Over Belgrade Yugoslavia
8329	02-Sep-44	42-104010	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Fittell, Robert D.	O-804139	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Yugoslavia
.	09-Sep-44	42-104160	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Collins, Donald D		27FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed in crash landing engine failure, Sal Sola/ 5mi N, Italy
.	09-Sep-44	42-13347	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Evenson, Arvid P	0-711974	94FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown, Dunn County ND, plane destroyed in crash, Sal Sola/ 4mi SW, Italy
.	09-Sep-44	42-104265	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lindberg, Donald I	O-770328	27FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed in landing accident, Sal Sola, Italy
8354	10-Sep-44	43-28410	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Ganley, William J.Jr	O-825615	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Near Vienna, Austria.
8350	12-Sep-44	43-28415	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Brindley, Leo M.	O-697190	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Missing in action near Munich, Germany
.	17-Sep-44	43-28276	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Dunne, Thomas M		71FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed in landing accident, Vis Is/Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia
.	19-Sep-44	44-24055	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Ground Crew		94FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged on the ground, Sal Sola, Italy
.	19-Sep-44	42-12570	Lockheed P-38F-5-LO Lightning	Hester, Robert A		94FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taking off, Sal Sola, Italy
.	20-Sep-44	43-28770	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lang, Roger A		71FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed landing,, Sal Sola, Italy
.	23-Sep-44	43-28747	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hutchins, Myron J		71FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed taking off, Sal Sola, Italy
.	03-Oct-44	44-24077	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Bruce, Robert F	O-815662	27FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Pilot killed, plane destroyed crash landing, Foggia/ 4mi SW, Italy, Hometown: Westchester County, NY
.	10-Oct-44	43-28382	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Shank, Raymond B Jr		27FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed crashed engine failure, Foggia/ 15mi NE, Italy
.	10-Oct-44	43-28251	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Prout, Thomas P Jr		27FS	1FG	15AF		plane destroyed belly landing, Bari, Italy
9074	11-Oct-44	43-28630	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lindberg, Donald I	O-770328	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Yugoslavia
.	12-Oct-44	44-23202	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Fisher, Harrison L		71FS	1FG	15AF		Plane destroyed belly landing, Sal Sola/ 1mi S, Italy
.	14-Oct-44	42-68129	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Newell, Thomas J		27FS	1FG	15AF		plane destroyed in crash landing, Lucera/ 5mi SW, Italy
.	14-Oct-44	43-28794	Lockheed P-38	Dale, Howard H	O-762273	94FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Following an escort mission to Bleckhammer, Germany, Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	15-Oct-44	44-24384	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Ground Crew		94FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Sal Sola, Italy
.	16-Oct-44	42-104406	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Steffani, Edward	O-708161	71FS	1FG	15AF		plane destroyed crashed, Foggia/ 15mi NE, Italy
9312	20-Oct-44	43-28379	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning named Golden Slipper, mid air collision with, 43-28777	Wisner, William O	O-708778	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Debris from midair collision hit his plane, Bolzano, Italy Mission Regensburg, Germany
9314	20-Oct-44	43-28777	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning, mid air collision with, 43-28379	Olson, Virgil O	O-762394	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Mid air crash with 43-28799 over the Sarn valley northeast of Bolzano, Italy, internment, at Stalag VII A during the period of October 1944 to about July 1945:, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
9313	20-Oct-44	43-28799	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Tweldt, Lowell S	O-806552	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Mid air crash with 43-28777 over the Sarn valley northeast of Bolzano
	20-Oct-44		Lockheed P-38	Elliott, Joseph R.	O-024767	71FS	1FG	15AF		Capt Elliot, in one of the two aircraft hit by ground fire, crash landed at Duress, Italy uninjured.
.	20-Oct-44	42-104222	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Johnson, Everet D	O-707698	27FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Bari, Italy
9330	23-Oct-44	43-28815	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Decker, Richard P	0-815661	71FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Germany, Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
.	25-Oct-44	42-68159	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Jurgensen, Robert V	O-675707	94FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Training accident during a local orientation flight engine failed, Benevento/ 10mi ENE , Italy
.	26-Oct-44	43-28386	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Matthews, Asa A	O-763282	27FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Grottaglie/ 20mi N, Italy, a collision with Louther?
.	26-Oct-44	42-104096	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Lowther, Edward K	O-766370	27FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Grottaglie/ 20mi N, Italy, a collision with Matthews? Hometown: Ritchie County, WV, HONORED BY Mrs. Julia Fisher, Sister
.	28-Oct-44	42-104249	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Hutchinson, James H. Jr	O-763209	94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Bari, Italy
.	31-Oct-44	42-66722	Lockheed P-38H-1-LO Lightning	Ground Crew		27FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged by a fire on the gorund, Sal Sola, Italy
.	03-Nov-44	.	.	Lawson, Francis R	O-669592	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	04-Nov-44	43-28391	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	LaManna, Richard F	O-825654	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Pilot killed in crash, Iesi/ 3mi W, Italy
9802	11-Nov-44	42-104248	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Jensen, Russell E.	O-826983	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Italy.
.	11-Nov-44	44-24185	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Hutchins, Myron J		71FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Sal Sola, Italy
.	11-Nov-44	42-104267	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Buttles, Gordon L		94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged take off accident engine failure, Sal Sola, Italy
9892	16-Nov-44	44-24429	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Johnson, Everet D	O-707698	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Lost over Yugoslavia.
9893	16-Nov-44	44-24407	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Steffani, Edward	O-708161	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Lost over Yugoslavia.
9970	21-Nov-44	44-24444	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Follett, John R	O-762304	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Lost in action over Yugoslavia
.	23-Nov-44	44-24184	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Leen, Robert E		94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Foggia #3 Sal Sola, Italy
.	23-Nov-44	43-28633	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Ford, William	O-770228	94FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Pilot killed in crash, Termoli/ 5mi NE, Adriatic Sea, Hometown: San Francisco, CA
.	23-Nov-44	44-24388	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Long, Allen F		94FS	1FG	15AF		Plane badly damaged in crash, 1FG,Triolo/ 2mi S
.	24-Nov-44	43-28819	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Maimone, Pietrino		27FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged in forced landing, 27FS, 1FG, Sal Sola/ 2mi NW, Italy
10079	26-Nov-44	44-24200	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Thomas, Guy J.Jr	O-732378	94FS	1FG	15AF	S/d DOI	Shot down by Me 262 (piloted by Rudolph Zinner)and spent time in a German hospital before dying from his wounds on December 4th.
.	27-Nov-44	42-104073	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Stensland, Erling A	O-769986	27FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Pilot killed in crash, Foggia/ 2mi NE, Italy, Hometown: Whitcomb County, WA
.	27-Nov-44	.	.	Roberts, Newell O	O-421319	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	04-Dec-44	44-24199	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Talansky, Lewis C		27FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Foggia #3 Sal Sola, Italy
.	04-Dec-44	42-104261	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Demkovich, Joseph		27FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Foggia #3 Sal Sola, Italy
	6 Dec 44 other source has date a 2 Dec 44		Lockheed P-38	Driggs, Louis L		94FS	1FG	15AF	Rtn	Mission to Brux, developed a leak, headed back 15 min before target, bailed out in a bad weather due to sickness and loss of orientation, landed within a 100 yards off Dalmatian island, Adriatic, Yugoslavia
10216	6 Dec 44	44-24214	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Sykes, Richard T.	O-1692872	94FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Shot down and bailed out near Russian lines south of Budapest, eventually returning to his unit
.	23-Dec-44	44-24187	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Manley, James G		71FS	1FG	15AF		Crashed, Lucera, Italy
.	23-Dec-44	44-24380	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Henderson, Vernon	O-756569	71FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Pilot killed in crash, Lucera, Italy, Hometown: Delaware County, PA
.	23-Dec-44		Lockheed P-38.	Kainrad, Anthony W.	O-827661	94FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Killed in an accident. Hometown: Portage County, OH
.	25 Dec 44	.	Information Only	Erberhardt, Al	.	.	1FG	15AF		Crew Chief John Michunovich, plane named "Liberty Belle"
.	26-Dec-44	42-104216	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Greene, Marvin W		71FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Lucera, Italy
.	26-Dec-44	42-29790	Boeing B-17F-70-BO Fortress	La Clare, Edward F		94FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Sal Sola, Italy
.	27-Dec-44	43-28481	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Kohlman, Warren C Jr		71FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Lucera, Italy

1945

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service #	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Location/ Comments
.	04-Jan-45	44-25052	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Fehrenbach, Jack R		94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged belly landing engine on fire, 94FS, 1FG, Lucera, Italy
.	05-Jan-45	42-67977	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Gillen, Rolla G	O-756537	94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Lucera, Italy
.	05-Jan-45	44-25016	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Skelpsa, Vincent A		94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Lucera, Italy
15795	16-Jan-45		Lockheed P-38	Broderick, John M.	O-026311	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIFA	Escort mission for heads of state involved in the Yalta Conference, killed when he crashed into a mountain near Ancona, Italy, Hometown: Morton County, ND
	16-Jan-45		Lockheed P-38	McCloskey, Fred C	O-763694	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Escort mission for heads of state involved in the Yalta Conference, Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA
.	20-Jan-45	43-28650	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning,	Taylor, Lavon O	O-77002	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIFA
.	21-Jan-45		Lockheed P-38	Graffam, Thomas R.	T-002621	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Shot down on his first or second mission by anti-aircraft gunfire, plane went down in the Adriatic he died swimming with his chute
11538	21-Jan-45	42-67898	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning	Carrethers, Robert E.	O-758941	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Italy
11748	21-Jan-45	44-25039	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Hutchinson, James H., Jr	O-763209	94FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Prague, Czech, hit by flak. (returned from the crash) European Theatre: Czechoslovakia
.	22-Jan-45	.	See MACR 1994 dated 21 Jan 1944	Fischer, David J	O-742993	27FS	1FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Erie County, OH.
.	01-Feb-45	44-24207	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Terry, Maurice C		27FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Luga Field, Malta
.	12-Feb-45	42-104216	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Kilpatric, Othel A Jr		27FS	1FG	15AF	KIFA	Pilot killed in crash, 27FS, 1FG, Caserta, Italy
.	15-Feb-45	44-24186	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Loveless, Jack I		27FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Tripolitania, El Adem, Tunisia
.	15-Feb-45	43-28448	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning other sources have this as 16 Feb 45	Casey, Guy Jr		27FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged take off accident mechanical failure, Tripolitania, El Adem, Tunisia, When Casey was taking off from the aerodrome at Tobruk with Joe Demkovitch on his right wing, his right engine exploded just as he left the ground. Casey’s reflexes must have been excellent that morning; in a fraction of a second he closed both throttle levers preventing a flip-over. Joe narrowly missed him as he suddenly overtook him. Casey “belly’d in” the smoking plane, left the cockpit quickly with his parachute and life raft To the amazement of the ambulance crew that picked him up, and the 27th’s ground crews, Capt.Casey had the guts and temerity to jump right in Lt.Begley’s “warmed-up” plane, take-off and catch up with his flight; then lead them in carrying out their escort of the President’s task force as planned.
.	17 Feb 45	.	.	Dougherty, William E.	.	94FS	1FG	15AF	.	A few days later Lt. William Dougherty of the 94th would have a similar engine failure while taking off on the wing of Cpt. Lyle Baker. In Dougherty’s case the left engine exploded before he was airborne and the right engine took him across the runway behind Baker, narrowly missing his tail. There were a pair of toggle switches that controlled the position of the oil cooler shutter flaps which determined the amount of air going thru the cooler and consequently the oil temperature. The new L Model had a thermostatically control position “up” so we generally flipped the switches up and left them there. The older models only had the manual control toggles— up to open, down to close, they would always spring back to neutral or horizontal. In the normal progression from J model to L model there was no problem; however when the pilot transitioned back from L to J , look out !! In the heat of the moment prior to take-off, the pilot’s eyes and mind are focused on dozens of other higher priorities. In a J if he forgets to look at the oil flaps’ position he was in for trouble. If the oil shutter flaps are not wide open at take off, the length of time to get a heavily loaded P-38 J off the ground, using full power, can be enough to “cook” the lubrication out of the oil and blow up an engine from the resultant piston seizure. The engine stops immediately and usually catches fire——always an unnerving experience when sitting in the middle of hundreds of gallons of 110 octane volatile aviation gasoline.
.	01-Mar-45	44-24144	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Moore, Richard D	.	71FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged take off accident mechanical failure
12520	01-Mar-45	42-104222	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	McHugh, Frank T	O-1692816	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Location, 48°25' N. 15°35 E. Point Of Departure. Salsola, Italy. Near Vienna, Austria
12713	04-Mar-45	43-28739	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Thaxton, Charles W.	O-396487	HQSQ	1FG	15AF	MIA	Location, 45°30' N, 16° 20' E. Point Of Departure, Salsola, Italy. Mission to Hungary (sheltered by Yugoslav partisans, returned Apr 45 to command group)
12921	09-Mar-45	44-25014	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Felsinger, John D.	O-805016	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, Knittelfeld, 3 Miles From Bridge. Point Of Departure, Foggia # 3. From Buffalo, NY., died flying too low over a bomb blast on a bridge over the Mur River, Knittlefeld, Austria
.	16-Mar-45	44-24070	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Clark, Stuart W		71FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Lesina, Italy
13064	18-Mar-45	43-28481	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Dostal, Steven	O-711965	71FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	A/A; strafing locomotives; crash landed, evaded Varazdin, Yugoslavia, missing in action, returns
13063	18-Mar-45	44-24398	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Ash, Paul B.	O-393627	27FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, 46°19' N; 16°20' E. Point Of Departure, Lesina, Italy. Middle East Theatre: Yugoslavia, Reserve Lazaret 11A-17A Vienna Austria 48-16
.	18-Mar-45	44-23182	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Mortensen, Roy M		94FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Lesina, Italy
.	18-Mar-45	44-24447	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Jones, Roger R		94FS	1FG	15AF		Damaged taxiing, Lesina, Italy
.	19-Mar-45	44-24390	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Schorg, Weldon W		94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged crashed, engine failure, Lesina, Italy
13257	25-Mar-45	44-24387	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Tappan, J. H	O-763780	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 49° 30' N, 11° 33' E. Point Of Departure, Lesina, Italy. Crashed near Pommelsbrunn
13480	31-Mar-45	44-24382	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Agan, Arthur C.	O-22381	HQSQ	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, 3 Mi E. Of The Middle Lake Neusiedler. Point Of Departure, Lesina. Between Linz, Austria- Vienna, Italy
.	31-Mar-45	.	.	Barr, Richard E	O-801475	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
13482	31-Mar-45	44-24183	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Coury, Edgar P.	O-821459	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 48°10' N, 15°10' E. Point Of Departure, Lesina, Italy. Shot down A/A, Linz, Austria
13481	31-Mar-45	44-24420	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Crawford, Norman W.	O-763086	71FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Location, 47°48'N, 16°20'E. Point Of Departure, Lesina Air Base, Italy. Pecs, Hungary last seen heading into the Russian lines. Picked up by Russians, returned late April
13479	31-Mar-45	44-24654	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Gillen, Rolla G	O-756537	94FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 3 Mi E. Of The Middle Lake Neusiedler, Point Of Departure, Lesina. From Granbury, TX., lost between Linz, Austria- Vienna, Italy
13484	31-Mar-45	44-24053	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Hendrix, Kary B. Jr	O-763188	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 48°18' N , 14°28' E. Point Of Departure, Lesina, Italy. Linz, Austria
.	31-Mar-45	.	.	Kilpatrick, Othel A Jr	O-763640	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	02-Apr-45	.	.	Lyons, Samuel H	O-773727	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
13647	05-Apr-45	42-104405	Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning	Isbell, Gerald G.	O-755353	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Location, Unknown. Last Sighted Taking Off. Point Of Departure, Lesina A/D, Italy
13797	15-Apr-45	44-25698	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Brickly, Edward G.	O-773552	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 48° 38' N, 13° 14' E. Point Of Departure, Lesina, Italy. Hit by flak, and was killed in ensuing crash.
.	31-Mar-45	.	.	Danielson, Warren E	O-766446	27FS	1FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
13800	15-Apr-45	44-25734	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Elliot, Joseph R.	O-024767	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA/FOD	Location, 48°10' N, 11°45'E. Point Of Departure, Lesina A/D, Italy. The 71st leader, also hit by anti aircraft fire, crashed at Feldkirchen east of Munich, Germany
13799	15-Apr-45	44-24132	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Lindley, Everett S.	O-815726	94FS	1FG	15AF	POW	Location, 48°23n 12°21'E. Point Of Departure, Lesina, Italy. Mission leader, European Theatre: Germany
13802	15-Apr-45	44-24190	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	McGrew (George P or George W)	O-928308	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 48°16'N, 11°48'E. Point Of Departure, Lesina A/D, Italy. Hit by flak, killed in ensuing crash.
13801	15-Apr-45	44-24632	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Trout, Chester E.	O-421145	27FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 48° 35'N, 13° 26' E. Point Of Departure, Lesina, Italy. 27th leader, hit by flak just west of Passau and crashed in flames
.	22-Apr-45	44-24139	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Waddell, William F		27FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged landing, Lesina, Italy
14034	23-Apr-45	44-24202	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Knapp, Clarence	O-815719	71FS	1FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 45°23'N, 11°07'E. Point Of Departure, Lesina A/D, Italy. Hit in the left wing at an altitude of only 50 feet, burst into flames, flipped over and dove into the ground
14032	23-Apr-45	44-24379	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Hurst, John D. "Pappy"	O-732256	27FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Location, 45° 27' N, 11° 59' E. Point Of Departure, Lesina, Italy. Flight leader, struck by flak, successfully bailed out.
14033	23-Apr-45	44-24383	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Reynolds, Larry O.	O-740558	27FS	1FG	15AF	S/d Rtn	Location, 45° 08'N, 12° 07' E. Point Of Departure, Lesina, Italy. Squadron leader, struck by flak, successfully bailed out.
.	26-Apr-45	44-24447	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Jackson, James B		94FS	1FG	15AF		Badly damaged in taking off, Lesina/ 2 1/2mi N, Italy
.	28-Apr-45	44-24185	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Davis, Harley L		94FS	1FG	15AF		Crashed, Verona Lake/ 1/2mi N, Adriatic Sea
.	19-Jul-45		Lockheed P-38	Kennedy, Daniel	0-791120	27FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	While flying a training mission, had the name BeanTown Boys on his assigned P-38 while in Africa. He was test flying on one engine and when he restarted that engine the plane flipped over on it's back and crashed on a golf course. near Bedford, Mass.
.	26-Jul-45	44-25760	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	McGinnis, George A		27FS	1FG	15AF	DNB	Polesella/ 7mi E, Italy, During a navigational training flight he died in a 1500 ft dive into the Po River.
.	13-Sep-45	44-25754	Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning	Griffis, Donald L		71FS	1FG	15AF		Crashed engine failure, Lesina/ 10mi NW, Italy

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