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Honor Roll 350th Fighter Group 1943- 1945

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MACR#	Date	Serial	A/C Type	Pilot	Service #	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Details/ Commets
.	19 Aug 42	.	.	Unknown	.	346FS	350FG	8AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	28 Sep 42	.	.	Sund, Lowell C. "Bud"	.	.	81FG	.	.	Sailed on the Queen Mary for England My uncle, now 85 was a P-400 pilot in the 93rd FS (in think). To this day he doesn't talk much about it. But he flew from England to Morocco, across N. Africa, Sicily and Italy. He was also in the 350FG. Then transferred to the 81FG.
.	Oct 42	.	.	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Invasion of North Africa - Operation Torch. For this a 12th Air Force was formed in Britain, under the command of Major General James Doolittle. As part of this force a new US Fighter Group, 350th FG, which had been formed at Bushey Hall, Watford on 1 October under the command of Major R F Klocko, was transferred to Duxford (F-357) and arrived later that October. The Group comprised three Fighter Squadron, the 345th, 346th and 347th, with the American pilots largely coming from RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force units already serving in Britain. Because of the activity at Duxford, only the Group HQ and the 345th stayed at Duxford, the 346th being detached to Coltishall and the 347th to Snailwell. By January 1943 the Group was at full strength with Bell Airacobras (the P-400 model that the RAF had rejected) and between 3 January and 28 February some 75 tan-painted aircraft began the journey to North Africa to join the US 12th Air Force.
.	.	.	.	Thorsen, James	O-401549	347FS	350FG	8AF	.	In September or October of '42 he was transferred out of the 308FS, 31FG, in England along with forty or fifty others to the 350th Fighter group, equipped with P-39's. He was made C.0. of the 347th Fighter Squadron based at Snailwell and in March or April of '43, after having buzzed back and forth in southern England, they strapped long range tanks to their P39's and ferried them to Port Lyeauty, Morocco. Some of the pilots panicked on the trip and landed in neutral Portugal where their fighters were impounded and they were detained for six weeks before taking a ship to Africa to rejoin their unit.
.	.	.	The British serials of the Airacobras were AH570/AH739 (170 planes), AP264/AP384 (121 planes), BW100/BW183 (84 planes), and BX135/BX434 (300 planes). .52 P-400s were in Africa at end of Jan 1943, carrying out low-level strafing attacks with considerable success and low losses.	.	.	.	.	.	.	According to a Portuguese author, Maj. Gen. Mimoso e Carvalho, the landings at Portela de Sacavém (Lisbon) took place by the following order: on 27 December 1942 (5 planes from the 81st Fighter Group), on 15 January 1943 (2 aircraft from the 81st Fighter Group and 9 from the 350th Fighter Group), and finally, on 8 February 1943 (a single aircraft, from the 350th Fighter Group), landed at Lisbon's airport, although other places are known: one aircraft landed at Granja do Marquês (a military airfield) and another made it at S. Jacinto, a naval base. The total: 19 planes.
.	1 Oct 42	.	.	Canion, Joe H	.	345FS	350FG	.		He received his commission October 1, 1943, Class of 43-I, Gulf Coast Training Command, Foster Field, Victoria, Texas. After receiving commission, he flew P-39 at Thomasville, Georgia went overseas to 350th Fighter Group, 345th Fighter Squadron, in North Africa, then to Sardinia, on to Corsica, then to Pisa, Italy. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Presidential Unit Citation with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, European Theatre Operation Ribbon with 4 Battle Stars. He flew 114 ground support missions. He bailed out twice.
.	1 Oct 42	.	.	Gabor, Edward J	.	346FS	350FG	8AF	.	Was born on 28 March 1918 at Lake Wood, Ohio the son of Albert and Anna Gabor. After volunteering for the Army Air Corps, he graduated from pilot training and became a 2nd Lt. on 27 September 1941. He was assigned to the 52nd Fighter Group, flying P-39 Airacobras in the US and accompanied that Group to England in June 1942. On arrival there the 52nd Group was equipped with Spitfire Vs.. On 1 October 42, when the 350th Fighter Group was activated in England and equipped with P-39s, Ed Gabor was assigned to the 346th FS of the newly constituted 350th FG at RAF STATION COLTISHALL, England.
.	18 Oct 42	BX343	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Mutchler, J.T.	.	347FS	350FG	8AF	.	Take off accident, Snailwell, England
.	22 Oct 42	BX248	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Stearns, R.F.	.	347FS	350FG	8AF	.	Accident, Snailwell, England
.	23 Oct 42	BX418	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Urban, John A	O-438089	346FS	350FG	8AF	.	Landing accident, Buronwood, England (tangled with a ground truck and lost, plane destroyed, he walked away)
.	23 Oct 42	BX400	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Kelleher, Joseph R	.	346FS	350FG	8AF	.	Based at Coltishall, England , accident occurred at Wartch, England
.	Early Nov 42 before the 7th	.	.	Macdonald, Ronald Grant	USAAF# 0-885271 RAF # 605420	346FS	350FG	8AF	.	From England to his mother about his first crash landing. "Did I tell you about my prang the other day? My first - and very good for a beginner. I was unscathed so don't worry about it. In retrospect it even seems funny. Also there is a minor sort of distinction in such things. I am tempted to do it again." Ronald Grant Macdonald 605420 Flight Sergeant RAF went through British Refresher School in Imperial California then took the train to Halifax, shipped over to Scotland, then to 3PRC in Bournemouth,then 59th OTU.He flew Spitfires and Hurricanes and was in involved in the Dieppe Raid. Transferred to 346th Fighter Squadron of the 350th Fighter group then flew P-38s to North Africa in Jan 1943.
.	6 Nov 42	.	.	Greenway, Harley J	O-885374	346FS	350FG	8AF	DNB	HOMETOWN Kewanee, IL HONORED BY Hugh D. Dow, Squadron Comrade ACTIVITY DURING WWII SECOND LIEUTENANT, FIGHTER PILOT. SERVED AS AN AMERICAN VOLUNTEER IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1941-1942. COMPLETED OPERATIONAL TRAINING ON SPITFIRES. TRANSFERRED TO THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES IN LONDON, ENGLAND ON OCTOBER 1, 1942 AND JOINED THE NEWLY ACTIVATED 346TH SQUADRON, 350TH FIGHTER GROUP AT COLTISHALL AIRFIELD, NEAR THE CITY OF NORWICH. ON NOVEMBER 6, 1942 WHILE ON ONE OF HIS FIRST TRANSITION FLIGHTS IN A P-39 AIRACOBRA FIGHTER, THE ENGINE FAILED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE OFF AND HE WAS KILLED IN THE ENSUING CRASH LANDING. HE WAS THE FIRST OF THE 95 PILOTS OF THE 350TH FIGHTER GROUP LOST DURING THE WAR; 87 AMERICAN AND 8 BRAZILIAN.
.	10 Nov 42	BX250	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Jarvis, Melvin E (not confirmed)	.	.	350FG	8AF	.	Based at Ayr, Scotland , accident occured at Burtonwood, England Sta 590
.	23 Nov 42	EN867	Spitfire Vb	Kirschner, Charles M	O-885369	346FS	350FG	8AF	.	Plane destroyed, collision on runway with Beaufighter X7924 [X4682] Coltishall CE Coltishall, England , Prior service with RAF
.	8 Dec 42	BX204	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Nolte, Henry A (not confirmed)	might be a Ferry Unit	.	350FG	8AF	.	Accident AAF Sta 590, Burtonwood Air Base near Warrington, England
.	10 Dec 42	BX424	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Mehrhof, Clifford	.	345FS	350FG	8AF	.	Accident Duxford, England,
.	10 Dec 42	BX288	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Ground	.	345FS	350FG	8AF	.	Unknown accident, Duxford, England
.	18 Dec 42	AH597	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Martin, Paul S (not confirmed)	might be a Ferry Unit	.	350FG	8AF	.	Based at Hendon, England , Accident AAF Sta 590, Burtonwood Air Base near Warrington, England
.	21 Dec 42	AH609	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Drayton, Richard J (not confirmed)	might be a Ferry Unit		350FG	8AF	.	Plane destroyed. Accident AAF Sta 590, Burtonwood Air Base near Warrington, England
.	29 Dec 42	BX380	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Raup, Robert W	O-408334	345FS	350FG	8AF	.	Based at Duxford, England , accident occurred at Stapleford Tawney, England
.	30 Dec 42	.	Page 206, Bloody Biscay - The History of VGruppe/Kampfgeschwader 40 - Chris Goss - Crécy Publishing Ltd- 1997	.	.	.	350FG	12AF	.	On 30 December 1942, a P-39D of either 68th Observation Group or 81st Fighter Group was shot down by German fighters.17 Airacobras and a B-25 took off from Predannack on this day, one Airacobra failed to arrive in Gibraltar. Also on February 5, 1943, one P-39 of 350th Fighter Group shot down by German fighter near Bordeaux, when in route to North Africa, by a patrolling Ju-88 pilot of KG-40 who claimed the kill
	31 Dec 42	BX407	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Brown, Chandler Russell ended up with 52FG (not confirmed)	might be a Ferry Unit		350FG	12AF	.	Accident AAF Sta 590, Burtonwood Air Base in Warrington, England, Pilot had later service with 4FS, 52FG, 29 May 1943, Sebela, Tunisia
.	.	.	.	Little, Edwin R.	.	.	350FG	8AF	.	Don't have much information for you but, yes, Edwin R. Little did transfer from the 31st FG to the 350th in 1942. Group records indicate he served with the 347th sq between October and December and was involved in a Jeep accident that hospitalized him in England. Hope this will be of some help.

1943

MACR#	Date	Serial	A/C Type	Pilot	Service #	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Details/ Commets
.	2 Jan 43	BX417	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Sanford, Gerald E		347FS	350FG	12AF		Re-acquired by USAAF, slightly damaged by landing accident, Chelveston/Sta 105, England
.	3 Jan 43		The Group’s 75 pilots flew their P-39Ls (346 Sq) and P-39-400 (345 Sq and 347 Sq) fighters from RAF Stations Portreath and Predannack, on Land-Ends, England, to Port Lyautey, French Morocco, during the period 3 Jan to 28 Feb 1943. Sixty one arrived at the destination airfield.	.	.	.	350FG	12AF		.
.	.	.	The 350th Fighter Group in the Mediterranean Campaign - 2 November 1942-2 May 1945 - Schiffer Publications -1977	.	.	.	350FG	12AF	.	Remarks that 62 aircraft from 350th Fighter Group left early January from England to North Africa. (Port Lyautey). Of these, 49 arrived OK, 10 force landed in Portugal, 1 in Spain, and 2 were missing.
.	11 Jan 43	BX422	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Wallach, Henry C	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, slight damage taxiing accident, 346FS, 350FG, Oujad Apt, French Morocco
.	11 Jan 43	BX283	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Fuller, Edwin W	found with 122OS, 68OG, 8AF	.	.	.	.	Accident AAF Sta 590, Burtonwood Air Base in Warrington, England, he later served with 5FS, 52FG, 1944, Italy
	14 Jan 43	AP292	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF	Brown, Chandler Russell ended up with 52FG (not confirmed)	might be a Ferry Unit		350FG	12AF	.	Accident AAF Sta 590, Burtonwood Air Base in Warrington, England, Pilot had later service with 4FS, 52FG, 29 May 1943, Sebela, Tunisia
.	15 Jan 43		11, P-39, of the 350FG and 2, P-39 of the 81FG set out from England to North Africa encountering strong headwinds only 2, P-39 arrive, The 350FG, CO Lt Col Richard P Klocko and his wingman, the rest being interned in Portugal., 350FG lose 9, P-39's	.	.	.	350FG	12AF	.	Thirteen pilots were interned in ‘neutral’ countries. All were permitted to proceed (incognito, in civilian clothes) to Gibraltar, some three months later. (However the planes remained)
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-A, Serial initially assigned (300) and changed to 301 in October 43, Serial number of engine, 7189	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-B, serial 301, Serial number of engine, 7193	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-C, serial, 302, Serial number of engine, 8776	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-D, serial, 303, Serial number of engine 8883	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-E, serial, 304, Serial number of engine, 8742	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-F, serial, 305, Serial number of engine, 8803	.	.		.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-G, serial, 306, Serial number of engine, 8830	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-H, serial, 307, Serial number of engine, 4198	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-I, serial, 308, Serial number of engine, 8010	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-J, serial, 309, Serial number of engine, 4164	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-K, serial, 310, Serial number of engine, 8789	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Hydraulic, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.	..	Point of interest Engine serial #8823 belonged to P-400, BW149, In 1942, the British shipped 212 of their remaining Airacobra aircraft to the Soviet Union, while the rest were retained by the United States, where they became the P-400 in USAAF service. Interestingly, BW149 was apparently one of only six aircraft of the third block that were actually transferred to the USSR. The rest of that block was used by the USAAF.	.	.	.	.	.	.	Which MIGHT make the above one BW115
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-L, serial, 311, Serial number of engine, 8928	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Mechanical, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-M, serial, 312, Serial number of engine, 12162	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Mechanical, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-N, serial, 313, Serial number of engine, 12144	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Mechanical, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal, coded OK-O, serial, 314, Serial number of engine, 4220		.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 20 mm /Mechanical, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra, interned in Portugal, coded OK-P, serial, 315, Serial number of engine, 304-A	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 37 mm, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra, interned in Portugal, coded OK-Q, serial, 316, Serial number of engine, 13212	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 37 mm, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra, interned in Portugal, coded OK-R, serial, 317, Serial number of engine, 13216	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 37 mm, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	.		Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra, interned in Portugal, coded OK-S, serial, 318, Serial number of engine, 13233	.	.	.	.	8AF	.	Cannon armament, 37 mm, someone might be able to match engine serial with planes original USAAF serial and then to a 81FG or 350FG Pilot
.	15 Jan 43	42-4517	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Gompf, Jack	.	.	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-39 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport)
.	15 Jan 43	42-4495	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Sebring, Ralph William	O-885684	.	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-39 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport) Later Service with 48FS, 14th FG
.	15 Jan 43	BX306	P-400 interned in Portugal	Barr, Harry L. Jr	O-421583	345FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Prior service with 309th FS, 31st FG. Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa. From "The Memory is Still Fresh" about the 346th FS. Some of their planes landed in Portugal but refer to Spain. Harry Barr of the 345th FS wrote, "We landed at Lisbon without incident (flying P-400s) and each of us was met at the ramp by a jeep type vehicle with a mounted machine gun. The Portuguese Army officer who met my aircraft climbed up on the wing, opened the cockpit door, took the incendiary bomb we stowed above the door and said, 'Welcome to Portugal'. I made no attempt to detonate the incendiary nor did any of the others because we had been instructed in the brief we had been given in England to detonate it if we landed in Spain, but not if we landed in Portugal, which was neutral and somewhat sympathetic to the Allies." Harry Barr later describes Elvas, Portugal where they were interred. The town is just a few miles from the Spanish border. "There we met one American and several British internees who had arrived before us. The American was Captain (later Major) "Buddy" Strozier, (96FS, 82FG) a P-38 pilot, and he was the ranking US Army person there."
.	15 Jan 43	BX297	P-400 interned in Portugal	Bishop, John L (Ex RAF)	O-885276	345FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport) Later service with 4th Pursuit Squadron
.	15 Jan 43	AP273	P-400 interned in Portugal	Botvidson, Charles C (Ex RAF)	O-885285	345FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport)
.	15 Jan 43	BX369	P-400 interned in Portugal	Hazelrigg, Paul H (Ex RAF)	O-885268	345FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport)
.	15 Jan 43	BX292	P-400 interned in Portugal	Mc Mann, Stanley	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport)
.	15 Jan 43	BX412	P-400 interned in Portugal	Merhof, Clifford	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport)
.	15 Jan 43	BX434	P-400 interned in Portugal	Weismuller, Robert	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport)
	15 Jan 43	.	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra, must have been Klocko's wingman	Macdonald, Ronald Grant	USAAF# O-885271 RAF # 605420	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Flight to North Africa, 7 hours 25 min in a P-39L from Predannch to Craw Field.
	16 Jan 43	.	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Macdonald, Ronald Grant	0-885271	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	From Craw Field to Oujdia for 1 hour 20 min, Prior service with RAF
.	18 Jan 43	BX224	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Weaver, Donald E	O-426452	345FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Re-acquired by USAAF, Pilot killed plane destroyed in crash, La Seina, Oran. Transferred from the 52 FG, A few days after arriving in Africa from England, on a practice air ground gunnery strafing flight (P-400) , over the dry lake near Oran, Algeria, missed pull up and flew into the ground.
.	19 Jan 43	BX385	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Davidson, Robert S	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, damaged taxiing accident, La Seina, Oran, Tunisia
.	22 Jan 43	41-6476	Republic P-47C-5-RE Thunderbolt	Cles, Leslie P	.	352FS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged in landing accident, Langley Field, VA, plane to reclamation at Shaw Field, SC Jul 11, 1945
.	5 Feb 43	42-4480	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Robb, Henry J	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged in mid air collision, Oujda , French Morocco
.	5 Feb 43	BX219	RAF P-400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, interned in Portugal	Wilson, Clyde H.	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Flew east to establish his position, encountered the coast of France and turned out to sea again, before heading south. While over Spain he decided he no longer had enough fuel to reach French Morocco and chose to crash land on a small Spanish airfield. After a couple of months the diplomats worked out the details and he was permitted to proceed to Gibraltar, under cover, and rejoined his Squadron in Africa Landed in the vicinity of Navia (Asturias). The aircraft was seriously damaged - almost beyond repair... - and was transferred to Cuatro Vientos. "Lt. Clyde "Slim" Wilson scared the pants off everyone by reporting in for duty. He was given up for dead. Enroute from England, he crash landed in Spain and was interned there. The American embassy obtained his release. From page 12 of the 347th book"
.	5 Feb 43	42-4518	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Kirschner, Charles M	O-885369	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Got lost in bad weather over the Bay of Biscay on Ferry flight from South England to North Africa. Ended up over Ireland attempting to return. Aircraft was salvaged by 12 Mar when it was handed over the border., near Wexford, location Campile, Prior service with RAF. Lt. Charles M. Kirschner, 346 Fighter Squadron, ex RCAF/RAF, did crash land on the southern part of Ireland, on 5 February 1943. He was part of a five ship P-39 flight that took off from RAF Station Predannack, on Lands End, with destination Port Lyautey, French Morocco, following a B-25. Out over the Bay of Biscay they ran into a severe line squall and the flight broke up while attempting to penetrate. Another pilot in the flight, The fifth pilot in the flight, Kirschner, decided to return to England when the flight broke up in the weather front. He found a hole to let down through over a green countryside but could not establish his position and after burning up most of his fuel crash landed in southern Ireland, not knowing till afterward that he had landed there instead of England. He was released a couple of days later at the border with Northern Ireland.
.	5 Feb 43	.	Completed the 5 Feb 1943 ferry of aircraft (2 out of 5)	Duket	.	HQ	350FG	12AF	.	Yes, Lt. Charles W. Kirschner, 346 Fighter Squadron, ex RCAF/RAF, did crash land on the southern part of Ireland, on 5 February 1943. He was part of a five ship P-39 flight that took off from RAF Station Predannack, on Lands End, with destination Port Lyautey, French Morocco, following a B-25. Out over the Bay of Biscay they ran into a severe line squall and the flight broke up while attempting to penetrate. Two of the pilots, Lt. Duket of Hq. 350 Gp and Lt. Tedford of 345 Sq. rejoined after penetrating the front and made it to destination. One 347 Sq. pilot, Lt. Clyde Wilson, flew east to establish his position, encountered the coast of France and turned out to sea again, before heading south. While over Spain he decided he no longer had enough fuel to reach French Morocco and chose to crash land on a small Spanish airfield. After a couple of months the diplomats worked out the details and he was permitted to proceed to Gibraltar, under cover, and rejoined his Squadron in Africa. Another pilot in the flight, Lt. Henry M. Nelson, apparently got through the front and continued south towards his destination. He was spotted by Lt. Hermann Horstmann who was patrolling over the Bay as a member of KG/40, in a fighter version of the Ju-88, looking for lone allied aircraft to intercept. It is assumed that Nelson was still flying near the deck at maximum range cruise speed—about 165 MPH—when he was intercepted from behind by Horstmann and was shot down and killed. (See Chris Goss’s “Bloody Biscay” for further details) The fifth pilot in the flight, Kirschner, decided to return to England when the flight broke up in the weather front. He found a hole to let down through over a green countryside but could not establish his position and after burning up most of his fuel crash landed in southern Ireland, not knowing till afterward that he had landed there instead of England. He was released a couple of days later at the border with Northern Ireland.
.	5 Feb 43	5 Feb 1943	.	Tedford, Paul W	O-430869	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Completed the 5 Feb 1943 ferry of aircraft (2 out of 5)
.	5 Feb 43	.	.	Nelson, Henry M.	O-437038	345FS	350FG	12AF	S/d	Entered the Service from: New Jersey, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Purple Heart, Lt. Henry M. Nelson, apparently got through the weather front and continued south towards his destination. He was spotted by Lt. Hermann Horstmann who was patrolling over the Bay as a member of KG/40, in a fighter version of the Ju-88, looking for lone allied aircraft to intercept. It is assumed that Nelson was still flying near the deck at maximum range cruise speed—about 165 MPH—when he was intercepted from behind by Horstmann and was shot down and killed. (See Chris Goss’s “Bloody Biscay” for further details)
.	8 Feb 43	AP310	P-400 interned in Portugal	Potter, Horace W	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport)
.	8 Feb 43	42-4527	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra, Interned Portugal	English, Robert L.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa. (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport) One more pilot, Capt. Robert L. English, made a precautionary landing at Lisbon on the 8th after loosing all electrical systems. These losses, combined with the major loss of 10 345 Sq. aircraft an pilots that landed at Lisbon on 15 January 43 when they ran short of fuel after dodging frontal storms, accounted for the fourteen (out of 75 aircraft) 350th Group losses during the move during the middle of winter, by many pilots with only 20 hours in the P-39, from England to Africa. The last flight by the Group’s pilots took place on 28 February 43. he had prior service with 31FG, assigned to the 350th FG. He was given command of the 346th Fighter Squadron ("The Checker Board Squadron") as a Captain on September 26, 1943, and continued in that capacity through December 27, 1943.
.	9 Feb 43	.	.	Sutton, Howard W	O-426442	.	350FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11, mission from Base Thelepte (2) in it he (McDonald) says, "Scattered light flak along the highway to Macknassy. Captain Robertson and I each got a gunpost there (also my cannon jammed). Sutton apparently hit in coolant radiator. Robertson and I lagged behind with him a few seconds. He waved and went down under control, some of the escort [12 Spitfires flying top cover] saw him put it down N.E. of town." Then in a letter to his mother on Feb 11, '43 "Do you have those snapshots I sent? Sutton was one of them, I believe. He got it the other day. From what we could see he apparently went in under control though, and is likely a prisoner. Thus you see not all hits are casualties."
.	9 Feb 43	AP269	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Mitchim, Kelly W	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, damaged in landing accident,Youks les Rains, Algeria
.	15 Feb 43	.	.	Dow, Hugh D	O-885303	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory, Bf-109 flown by Unteroffizier Karl Reinbacher of III/JG77
.	15 Feb 43	.	.	Hoover, Charles F	O-421706	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory
.	17 Feb 43	Possibly 42-4522	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Macdonald, Ronald Grant	USAAF# 0-885271 RAF # 605420	346FS	350FG	12AF	S/d	Original pilot, from RAF. Shot down by flak in Tunisia in February 43, walked out with 1st Armoured. Later Captain. Air medal, The compass card says Airplane type: P-39-L-1 Airplane No A.C. 43-24522 Swung by A. Kermgott(?) What is crazy is that the 3 in 43 is backwards like a Greek letter Sigma....so not sure of the accuracy of the info due to the writer. The compass number is 42-2970. There is also the writing "#279" written in open space near the top of the compass card, Prior service with RAF. ("Evacuation orders at Thelepte at 0330 with a dawn mission to land at a new base (Le Keuf). Shot down by German convoy on second pass at same. Got back acoss lines to Sebeita. Picked up by Major Chuck Miller P.M of 1st Armored Division then retreating westward. Destroyed Kite about 1700 hours and bivouacked in valley N.W. of Kasserine, got to Le Keuf at noon on the 18th. Major Miller stopped for lunch. Left Le Keuf next morning with the entire squadron by truck. Spent night at Youks Le Bains and caught C-47s for Oran. Mede Telergma and halted for night by weather. Got stinko at pub that evening and left at noon of the 21st for Oran arriving safely." Obviously he wrote the note later than the 17th but I take the 17th date to mean the day he was shot down since it corresponds with the attack. Reunion info says he landed in the desert, tried to take off again but couldn't taxi in the sand. The 1st Armored guys saw him and apparently the whole Afrika Corps coming after him. They helped him blow up the plane and get away before the Afrika Corps got there. He was wounded in this action, but did not like to talk about it. (Above information from his son Ron Jr)) He flew 61 missions with the 346th from the time he was shot down in mid February 43 until June of 1943 when he was shipped home with encephalitis and malaria.
.	17 Feb 43	.	.	Thibodeau, Eudo E.	O-426446	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from, Connecticut, Buried at: Plot H Row 11 Grave 13, North Africa American Cemetery. Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Purple Heart
.	22 Feb 43	42-4481	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Eames, Robert P	O-885300	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Badly damaged in belly landing,,, Youks les Bains, Algeria, , Prior service with RAF
.	24 Feb 43	.	.	Klocko, Richard. P	O-020608	HQ	350FG	12AF	POW	Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11), During 1942, he was assigned to command the 350th Fighter Group being formed in England. During February 1943, while on a special mission over enemy lines, dropping messages to isolated units, he was taken a prisoner of war. For this special mission, General Klocko received the Silver Star from the commanding general of the 1st Armored Division. He remained a prisoner of war in Germany until April 1945.
.	26 Feb 43	BX426	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Ground Crew	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, damaged in ground accident, Predannack/Sta 504-A, England
.	28 Feb 43	BX223	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Olson, Barton L	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, damaged in taxiing accident, La Seina , Algeria
	5 Mar 43	BX365	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Van Reed, Charles H	O-433429	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, damaged in taxiing accident, La Seina , Algeria See 13 Mar 1944, Pilot DNB, USA
	5 Mar 43	42-4724	Bell P-39M-1-BE Airacobra	Lind, Louis G	O-793641	109OS	6FW	8AF		Taxing accident Atcham / Station 342, England see 11 Apr 1944, KIA with 345FS. Plane was condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
.	6 Mar 43	AP270	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Bangerter, Harold E	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, Plane destroyed in belly landing, Orleansville, Algeria
.	21 Mar 43	BX397	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Anderson, Robert A	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, damaged belly landing, 345FS, 350FG, La Seina , Algeria
.	22 Mar 43	42-4494	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Ogilvie, Jack L	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Badly damaged in belly landing, Ain-el-Arba/ 1/2mi S, Algeria
.	23 Mar 43	42-4500	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Daniels, John O	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged in taxiing accident, La Senia
.	23 Mar 43	BX265	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Byrn, John B	O-666870	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, destroyed in belly landing, 347FS, 350FG, Orleansville, Algeria
	24 Mar 43	BX213	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Schluter, Charles C	O-885273	345FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Re-acquired by USAAF, Hometown: Dallas County, TX, Pilot killed plane destroyed in crash, La Senia/ 11mi E, Algeria, , Prior service with RAF
.	25 Mar 43	42-4556	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Newman, George A	O-426417	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Based at Warnier Field, Africa, incident happened in French Morocco, , badly damaged in take off accident due to engine failure.
.	26 Mar 43	AP325	RAF Bell P- 400 Airacobra, re-acquired by USAAF, belly landed, mechanical failure, 346FS, 350FG, La Senia Airfield, Algeria, 179 of the Airacobras sent to Britain were re-acquired by the USAAF and were sent to North Africa to join the Twelfth Air Force.	MacDonald, Ronald Grant	O-885271	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Ron Macdonald Flying Sgt. 59th OTU RAF (Hurris & Spits, Dieppe raid), Lt. with 346FS, 350FG, North Africa (P-39s). Shot down at Kasserine. Instructor with the 1053 BFTS Randolph, 2138 BU Craig, 2532BU Randolph, & 2543 BU Waco (AT-6s & B-25s)) He did fly on March 26 '43 but it was convoy patrol for 1:20 min in a P-400., , Prior service with RAF
.	26 Mar 43	AP284	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Klass, Lewis J, "Jo-Jo".	T-190420	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, slightly damaged in landing accident, Reliance Airfield, Algeria Pilot has later service with 526FS, 86FG claiming 2 victories on 26 Aug 43
.	2 Apr 43	BX325	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Stanage, Hughey G.	O-885415	347FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Entered the Service from: Arkansas, Buried at: Plot H Row 13 Grave 15, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia. Plane re-acquired by USAAF, Pilot killed plane destroyed in crash, Orleansville, Algeria, , Prior service with RAF
.	3 Apr 43	42-4559	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Dragoo, Allen C. Jr	O-666520	346FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Wichita County, TX, Pilot killed plane destroyed in crash landing, 346FS, 350FG, La Senia, Algeria
.	5 Apr 43	42-4516	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Tedford, Paul W	O-430869	345FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Coahoma County, MS, Pilot killed plane destroyed in crash, Ain Temouchent/ 7mi S, Algeria
.	7 Apr 43	BX276	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Nelson, Leonard L	O-666927	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, badly damaged in taxiing accident, La Senia, Algeria
.	11 Apr 43	BX272	RAF P-400 Airacobra	Cordova, John P	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Re-acquired by USAAF, damaged in taxiing accident, La Senia, Algeria Plane repaired only to have another repairable accident with 1FTS, Segura, Alfred D
	13 Apr 43			Kirby, Donald B.		347FS	350FG	12AF	S/d, Rtn	Tunisia
.	21 Apr 43	42-4508	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Dow, Hugh D	O- 885303	346FS	350FG	12AF		Damaged in landing accident, 346FS, 350FG, Warnier AD, Orleansville, Algeria, Pilot had prior service with RAF
	date unknown to me	42-4520	Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra	Dow, Hugh D	O- 885303	346FS	350FG	12AF		Coded "V" on the door. X-R over the front and on top of the exhaust stacks.Named Evelyn, North Africa,1943
Info only	.	42-18332	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Thomason, Kenneth W (Not confirmed correct pilot for this plane	.	.	350FG	12AF	.	Coded Z - number or letter unreadable on the nose, had the figure of a standing woman painted on the door of the plane
.	25 Apr 43	.	.	Howes, Frank L.	O-427541	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Michigan, Buried at: Plot G Row 3 Grave 10, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Purple Heart, Capt. Frank L. Howes and 1st Lt. Cornelius J. O'Connor, 347th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, were declared KIA. Twelve P-39s were on a fighter sweep out of La Sers airport, Tunisia at about 10,000 feet with USAAF Spitfires and P-38s flying overhead. When an enemy air attack occurred from above, the squadron leader called a break and took the flight down to the deck through a melee of fighters. When the flight reassembled, Howes and O'Connor were missing. Claims by Lt Ernst Wilhelm Reinert, 4/JG 77, 1302 hrs and Uffz Funke, 6/JG 77, 1310 hrs. Only claims for P-39s. The German clock did tend to run an hour ahead, especially over NW Europe so this would account for the difference between allied versus Axis timings
.	25 Apr 43	.	.	O'Connor, Cornelius J. (Ex RAF)	O-885277	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	See above He had prior service with RAF
.	27 Apr 43	BX175	P-400 interned in Portugal	Allen, William Raymond		346FS ?	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa. (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport)
.	27 Apr 43	AP292	P-400 interned in Portugal	Alexander, Richard L. "Dixie" Former RCAF and 4thFG Eagle	O-885165		350FG ?	12AF	Rtn	Landed his P-400 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa. (Portela Airport also known as Lisbon Airport) In April 1943 led a flight of P-39s headed for North Africa. Mechanical failure forced down seven planes in the flight, including Captain Alexander's, and the pilots were interned for several months in Portugal. Upon returning to active duty, he was posted to 2nd FS of the 52nd FG
.	27 Apr 43	42-4854	Bell P-39M-1-BE Airacobra some sources have as interned in Portugal	Atkins, Frank	.	.	350FG ?	12AF	Rtn	Serials 4849/4854 condemned overseas Aug 27, 1944 other source have Landed his P-39 at Aeroporto da Portela-Lisboa.
.	27 Apr 43	41-6921	Bell P-39D-BE Airacobra, interned in Portugal,	Watkins. William A.	.	.	350FG ?	12AF	Rtn	Landed at the beach of Punta Umbría (Huelva province). This aircraft was seriously damaged due to the rough landing. After its removal from the beach, it was stored at the Cuatro Vientos airfield. plane apparently disintegrated during dive bombing practice 1.5 mi E of Arecibo AAF, Puerto Rico Feb 24, 1942. Pilot killed., Carter, Leonard W
.	?? May 43	.	.	Kirby, Donald B.	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Shot down by flak in Tunisia in May 43, walked out. Joined 350FG with the first group of replacement pilots. Returned to US in July 1943 for treatment of head injury suffered in Tunisian crash landing. Air medal.
.	4 May 43	42-18324	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	McKenzie, William H	O-662968	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged in crash landing, La Seina, Algeria
.	17 May 43	42-9213	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Combest, Ross T	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Badly damaged in belly landing, Warnier AD, Orleansville, Algeria
.	19 May 43	42-9688	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Davidson, Robert S	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Pilot bailed out due to structural failure, Maison Blanche, Algeria
.	19 May 43	42-9388	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	( Pacheco) Gilormini, Mihiel	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane numbered 88 on the door. Badly damaged in taxiing accident, Maison Blanche, Algeria He had prior service with RCAF and the RAF on 30 Nov 1943 he left the RAF and by Oct joined the 346FS. He was later transferred to the 345FS in Mar 1943, Plane numbered 88 on the door, also used by Pilot Louis G.Lind ,crew chief was Beckman
.	22 May 43	42-9380	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Pasho, Robert E	O-855274	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Badly damaged in landing accident, Maison Blanche, Algeria, Prior service with RAF
.	24 May 43	43-9343	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Simonton, Samuel W		347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Destroyed belly landing, Taher, Algeria
.	27 May 43	42-9186	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Dugan, Vincent J	O-433362	347FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Herkimer County, NY, Pilot killed, plane destroyed crash, Courbet, Algeria
.	3 Jun 43	BX187	P-400 interned in Portugal	Savoy, Richard	.	.	.	12AF	Rtn	Plane destroyed, engine failure crash landed his P-400 at Aljezur-Pegos Das Aguas
18	7 Jun 43	42-13045	Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning	Newman, George A. Jr.	O-426417	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Virginia, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. Location, Taber, Point Of Departure, Taher, Algeria
.	11 Jun 43	42-18393	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Kolstad, Robert F	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Badly damaged in belly landing, 345FS, 350FG, Maison Blanche, Algeria This plane was later assigned to Al Shepherd in Sardinia 1944, coded C on the door with Bugs Bunny leaning on the name MILLIE painted on the cowl
.	13 Jun 43	42-9678	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Hunter, Richard E.	O-794950	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory
13	13 Jun 43	42-9678	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Hunter, Richard E.	O-794950	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: New York, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. Location, 10 Mi. N. Of Pantellaria Is., Point Of Departure, A P O 525
.	13 Jun 43	.	.	Fowles, Charles V	O-394432	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory
.	13 Jun 43	42-9401	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Walcott, Salvador B "Bud" (Ex RCAF 603 Sqdn)	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Badly damaged belly landing, Monastir Fld, Tunisia. Source for following, Martin Glesson; Salvador B. Walcott. In early 1942 as a young newly-trained Sergeant pilot in the RCAF he was assigned to 603 Squadron RAF. They soon left for duty on Malta on board the aircraft carrier USS Wasp, Spitfire BP958 off the USS Wasp on 20 April 1942, According to a debriefing statement made out in November 1942 his Spitfire had engine trouble soon after take-off on 20 April 1942. He attempted to follow the others but fell behind. Later he flew close to a small yacht or boat and almost at once his engine began to issue black smoke. At this point he turned towards the African coast. He force-landed his Spitfire inland from the coastal town of Setif in Algeria, and was rendered unconscious for a time. Coming to he found himself surrounded by French troops and police. Later he was taken back to the wrecked Spitfire where a number of bullet holes were pointed out to him. He claimed to be an American ferry pilot to his captors. Walcott was sent to Lagouat prison camp in the Sahara. In July 1942 he escaped. Rearrested later in another town he was interrogated again and claimed to be a US ferry pilot once more. This did not work and he was returned to Lagouat, receiving 16 days confinement in the cells for his troubles. He was part of another failed escape attempt in October 1942 when one of his fellow would-be escapees was shot dead. After Operation Torch in November 1942 he and his colleagues were released and returned to the UK. He was interviewed by various agencies and none of the statements or interviews contain any hint of wrong doing on his part. Very soon after this Walcott left the RCAF and was commissioned in London into the USAAF as a 2/Lieutenant. In December 1942 he was assigned to the 346th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, then flying Bell P-39 Airacobras. He travelled by ship with the ground echelon back to North Africa to rejoin the rest of his unit, arriving in Algeria on 1 February 1943. From then until late December 1943 he flew many missions. Hugh Dow recalls him for his competence in carrying out his job. He showed no lack of courage and was if anything a risk taker according to Hugh, always "pushing out the envelope". Hugh believes his experiences during 1942 in North Africa caused him to mature and become more responsible. Walcott fell ill in late December 1943 and was returned to the USA. He recovered and stayed on in the USAAF/USAF postwar. Very little is known of his subsequent career. He had some time with 29 HQ Sqdn at Raleigh Durham AAF, NC He had reached the rank of Captain by 1946 and reputedly became a helicopter pilot. He died in 1962, killed in a helicopter crash. At the time of his death his home address was in Lenox, Massachusetts.
.	15 Jun 43	42-18317	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Rose, Henderson O	O-664252	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Destroyed in belly landing, 347FS, 350FG, Monastir AD, Tunisia
.	19 Jun 43	.	Lockheed P-38	McMaster, Kitt R Jr	O-433380	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory Ju-88
.	26 Jun 43	.	Lockheed P-38	Urban, John A	O-438089	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory, at 15:30 (JU88) Plane named Burbank Blunder, in the book " The Memory is Still Fresh" ( now out of print), in June 1943, Lt. John Urban used this P-38 to shoot down two JU-88's (on separate missions). The 350th began operations in England as part of the 8th AF but was transferred to the 12th AF for the Nov. '42 invasion of North Africa. The group was primarily flying P-39 's then, but each of the 3 squadrons was issued 2 P-38's for high altitude interception, I do not think the plane was assigned to any one pilot.
.	6 Jul 43	.	.	Ballard, Wesley T	O-433344	.	350FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Sherman County, TX, Capt. Roberson notes, "Good old Gus Ballard made a purchase. his engine quit at low altitude. He was trying to crash land when his engine seized up, the prop stopped and he went in. Sure too bad."
.	8 Jul 43	.	Lockheed P-38	Urban, John A	O-438089	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory Ju-88
.	9 Jul 43	.	Lockheed P-38	McMaster, Kitt R Jr	O-433380	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victory Me-109s
.	28 Jul 43	.	Lockheed P-38	Van Reed, Charles H	O-433429	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory, at 19:30 (JU88)
.	6 Aug 43	.	Possibly P-39 'X' Little Joe, Crew Chief S/Sgt Jose A. Pineda, plane has 1 victory credit painted on it	Smith, Kirby E	T-190459	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory JU-88
.	.	.	.	Pineda, Jose A SSgt, Crew Chief	19003081	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Ground personnel of the 54th were sent to Harding Field, Baton Rouge, LA where the 350th FG was being assembled and the 56th Squadron eventually evolved to become the 346th Fighter Squadron. While at Harding, Pineda distinguished himself as a star athlete - basically unbeatable in the mile run. According to The Memory Is Still Fresh: Recollections of Men of the 346th Fighter Squadron, S/Sgt Jose A. Pineda served with the unit from Oct '42 through June '45.
.	8 Aug 43	.	Lockheed P-38	Jones, Benjamin W	O-666945	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory Ju-88
.	20 Aug 43	.	.	Rose, Henderson O.	O-664252	347FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: St. Mary Parish, LA. Entered the Service from: Louisiana, Buried at: Plot B Row 1 Grave 16, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal, Crashed his P-39 thru a target while on a gunnery mission, died instantly
14569	21 Aug 43	42-9561	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Fose, Rudolph H.	T-190700	345FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Location, 1/2 Mile Off Coast At Air Taya, Algeria. Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Hometown: Wichita County, KS. Entered the Service from: Kanss, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal Plane possibly Kansas Tornado, R.H. Fose, “Joined 345th as a flying S/Sgt in Oran. Promoted to Flgt/Officer. Crashed to his death off Surcouf, Morroco during dive-bomb practise. Paperwork shows plane was to have gone to USSR.
.	.	42-18313	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Information only	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane assigned to Jack Ogilvie numbered 13 on the door, named Big D
14563	24 Aug 43	42-18331	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Byrn, John B "Buzzy"	O-666870	347FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Shelby County, TX. Location, At Sea 85 Miles N W Of Taher, Algeria. Point Of Departure, Taher, Algeria. Entered the Service from: Texas, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, while circling some aircrew in a dingy off the coast of Algeria, waiting for an Air Rescue launch or Walrus; he misjudged his altitude and dug a wingtip into the sea. As luck would have it, the aircrew turned out to be Luftwaffe
.	24 Aug 43	.	Bell P-39	Mills, Robert A	T-190427	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Crashed taking off escaped with cuts and bruises
Conflict on Claims as to which FG he was with evidence supports his service with 350FG only	26 Aug 43	.	Lockheed P-38	Klass, Lewis J, "Jo-Jo".	T-190420	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 kills and 1 prob.8-26-1943 at 9:25 prob. (ME-109), One Bf109 prob on 6 AUG 43 -- interesting combat. Klass was scrambled to intercept 2 possible bandits. Sighting them, he reported this to the controller and was told they were friendlies. Klass moved up to fly formation with them, until he noticed the German markings as they flew abreast. All three planes broke at once, and Jo-Jo was able to damage one. 8-26-1943 at 17:25 (2 ME-109's from Frank Olynyk claim book) (Pilot has later service with 526FS, 86FG claiming 2 victories on 26 Aug 43 ? Official Claims List)
.	28 Aug 43	.	Using the same Lockheed P-38, that had been used on all successful 347FS shoot downs, he victory rolls to a hasty pancake on landing	Jameson, George B. "Sailor" (Ex RAF)	O-885586	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory Me-109
.	31 Aug 43	42-49060	North American AT-6C-15-NT Texan	Vizcarra, Gilbert	O-692932	827	SEFTS	.	.	Cat 3 damage due to fire Eagle Pass AAF, TX He later flew with 345FS, 350FG
.	End of Aug Beginning of Sept 43	42-18354	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Hoover, Charles Edward	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	CO, assigned this plane, Called "The Shark" because it had the tiger shark mouth and eyes painted on the cowl and the 345th FS crest behind and above the mouth
.	7 Sep 43	.	Lockheed P-38	McMaster, Kitt R Jr	O-433380	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories Me-109s
.	16 Sep 43	.	.	Mills, Robert A	T-190427	347FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	From Palm Beach County, Florida, on his way to Reghaia, bailed out over land sustaining internal injuries, passed away a short time later in an Army Hospital, he was one of the original pilots that flew from England.
.	18 Sep 43	42-8808	Bell P-39N-3-BE	Gilbert Charles E II	O-800515	122LS	68RG	12AF	B/o	Bailed our receiving broken neck, 25mi SE, Constantine, Algeria. Joins the 347FS, December 1943, flying P-39; Flew 210 fighter missions... 224 hours; Re-equipped, P-47, June 1944; Flew 118 P-47 missions... 230 hours. Joined: 102nd Fighter Group, Massachusetts Air National Guard, Boston, August 1946, as Group Operations Officer; Commander, 102nd Fighter Group. . . November 1948 to December 1958.
.	21 Oct 43	.	.	Waterman, John S III	O-0433431	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory
Not confirmed 350FG	31 Oct 43	LB597	Hawker Hurricane	.	.	.	350FG ?	12AF	.	Hurricane on USAAF strength. Ninth production batch by Hawker Aircraft Limited, at Brooklands, and Langley. To contract 62305/39Vb. Powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin XX and 27 engines. Aircraft were delivered between the 18th April, 1943 and the 29th September, 1943. The average rate of production was 6-7 aircraft per day.
Not confirmed 350FG	31 Oct 43	LB560	Hawker Hurricane	.	.	.	350FG ?	12AF	.	Hurricane on USAAF strength
Not confirmed 350FG	12 Nov 43	LB595	Hawker Hurricane	.	.	.	350FG ?	12AF	.	Hurricane on USAAF strength
.	6 Dec 43	.	.	Marshall Marland O	O-885403	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	6 Dec 43	.	.	Nelson, Leonard L	O-666977	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 Dec 43	42-9358	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Jameson, George B. "Sailor" (Ex RAF)	O-885586	347FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Oconto County, WI. Entered the Service from: Wisconsin, Buried at: Plot B Row 18 Grave 20, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia., Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters Flew into a radio mast and crashed 2 miles out of Djidjelli, North Africa, He flew with the RAF before joining and helping to organize the 347FS. Plane coded ZZ on the cowl, it was assigned to Fred N Smith

1944

MACR#	Date	Serial	A/C Type	Pilot	Service #	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Details/ Commets
.	12 Jan 44	.	.	Allemand, Julius M.	O-666846	.	350FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Harris County, TX. Details unknown at this time
.	12 Jan 44	.	.	Anderson, Robert E.	O-666502	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: New Jersey, Buried at: Plot E Row 3 Grave 39, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal
	Unknown, possibly 23 Jan 44	KX857	2 Seater Hawker Hurricane IIC, featured the wing with the four Hispano cannon.	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Converted 2 seater, Air Britains RAF Aircraft KA100-KZ999 gives KX857 as one of a batch of 1455 Hurricane IIB, IIC, IID, and IVs delivered from Hawkers Kingston and Langley factorys between 11/1942 and 5/1943, noting that it went to the Middle East and that there was No Further Trace. That "no further trace' no doubt being it's movement to 345th where it is converted to a two seater. Photographed at Ghisonaccia, Corsica, in December 44, shortly after the ground crews arrived there from No. Africa. It was an aircraft assigned to an RAF Squadron that was one of the first allied combat units to arrive on Corsica after the Germans pulled out in September or early October 43. The eighth production batch by Hawker Aircraft Limited, at Brooklands, and Langley. To contract 62305/39/C/Va, powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin XX and 27 engines. The aircraft were delivered between the 20th November, 1942 and the 19th April, 1943. Average rate of production 7-8 aircraft per day.
2481	31 Jan 44	42-8965	Bell P-39N Airacobra	Judah, Roy N.	O-666949	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Oklahoma, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Roy N. Judah. Roy was wounded at Djidjelli, the village near Tahar, by falling AAA shrapnel while a bunch of pilots stood on the veranda of the small French beach resort Hotel on the edge of town, watching an air raid on the port area--one of the many locations where troops were gathering along the Algerian coast for the invasion of Sicily. I think this was the raid where two P-39s scrambled from Tahar flew right by the Hotel (where most of the officers in the area gathered to drink anything available [Not Much] and swap stories at the end of the day) firing at a Jerry bomber before it escaped into low clouds; the raid occurred just before dark. Judah was KIA in Jan 44 over Elba Island while strafing a port facility. Pulled up off the target, entered a thin layer of clouds, then plunged into the sea. Flight encountered flak, did not think cloud layer thick enough to be a problem for Judah. Location, Over Elba, Point Of Departure, Ghisonaccia, Corsica
.	15 Feb 44	.	.	Wells, Lee C	O-885486	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory
.	Taken on to strength in USAAF, 29 Feb 44	LB640	2 Seater Hawker Hurricane IIC	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	The Hurricane, LB640, which, it transpires, was being operated as a target-tug with the Bell P-39 Airacobra-equipped 346th Fighter Squadron (FS), 350th Fighter Group (FG), United States Army Air Force, at Cafliari in Sardinia in early 1944. During a lull in operations a member of the unit, Charlie Hickman, had the bright idea of converting LB640 into a two-seater, so that non-flying personnel could gain an impression of what it was like to fly in a fighter and ground crews and spare parts could be transported between bases at greater speed. The unit's crew chiefs and carpenters went to work on the Hurricane with sheet-metal saws to cut away one bulkhead and hacksaws to remove several wooden stringers, and mounted a second seat on the side tubing, The aeroplane was such a hit that two further Hurricanes were converted to two-seaters, flying with the 345th and 347th FSs, all three Hurricanes then flying transport and recreational flights for more than a year. The Hurricane operated by the 345th Sqdn was even used to recover a downed Airacobra pilot ( Vizcarra, Gilbert, O-692932, picked up (by Jack Ogilvie)) who had belly landed of his machine near the Strait of Conifacio, which separates Sardinia and Corsica, the Hurricane's wide and study undercarriage coming into its own as the aircraft landed on a secluded beach on the coast of Sardinia to effect a rescue. 4 Hurricanes were used by the 350th FG according to Hugh D. Dow, a former pilot of the 346th FS. He related that when LB640 became worn out they (the 346th FS) exchanged it for a new single-seater at an RAF depot. Don't know if this second example was converted to a two-seater. The Hurricanes were also used for many types of 'hack' duties. Hugh Dow was not certain if the 347th FS modified their example into a two-seater. Aircraft picked up at the RAF Depot at Setif Algeria
.	10 Mar 44	.	Lockheed P-38	McKenzie, William H	O-662968	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory Ju-88
.	13 Mar 44	42-68874	Bell P-63A-1-BE Kingcobra	Van Reed, Charles H	O-433429	.	ASTB	.	DNB	Hometown: Berks County, PA. Original pilot, from 31st Fighter Group. Van Reed was with 346FS, in Tunisia. Based at Dayton AAF, Vandalia, OH . Incident occurred at Troy, OH, USA Killed in a/c acdt.in US in 1944. Air medal with 4 clusters. One Kill.
.	19 Mar 44	.	.	Atwater, Charnley K.	O-437216	346FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Bristol County, MA. Entered the Service from: Massachusetts, Buried at: Plot E Row 12 Grave 34, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy,
.	2 Apr 44	.	Information only	.		347FS	350FG	12AF	.	It was 2 April before I./JG 2 fought again, Lemke (now a Leutnant) and Wirtgen claiming a P-39 and a Spitfire respectively, at 13.37 and 13.38 hours. Eight P-39s of the 347th Fighter Squadron, 350th FG, Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force, were bombing buildings north of Montalto di Castro when their four top cover aircraft were bounced by a Schwarm of Fw 190s. Lieutenant Harber was flying one of the escorting P-39s:
3994	4 Apr 44	42-8971	Bell P-39N Airacobra	Harber, Milton	O-810652	347FS	350FG	12AF	DOW	Plane coded R, on the nose. Hometown: Bexar County, TX, Location, Not Known, Point Of Departure, Ghisonaccia, Corsica, On 4 April, 1944, 2nd Lt. Milton Harber and wingman 2nd Lt. Robert T. Boyd, flying P-39s, disappeared while on a weather reconnaissance flight from Corsica to Italy on the deck. The return route would take the flight near Elba Island. Later learned that both crashed on Elba Island. It was reported that a few nights later someone heard on Axis radio, "We have letters belonging to a Lt. Boyd who flew a P-39". Both KIA.
4108	4 Apr 44	42-8979	Bell P-39N Airacobra	Boyd, Robert T.	O-810623	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: New York, Buried at: Plot H Row 9 Grave 4, Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Point Of Departure, Ghisonaccia, Corsica
.	6 Apr 44	.	.	Dougherty, Lowell E	O-805587	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory, near Leghorn, Italy
.	6 Apr 44	.	.	Dow, Hugh D	O-885303	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory, BF 109, near Leghorn, Italy
.	6 Apr 44	.	.	Rudisill, Paul B	O-1702910	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1victory, near Leghorn, Italy
.	6 Apr 44	.	.	Levy, James K	O-793640	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory, near Leghorn, Italy
.	7 Apr 44	.	.	Craver, Posten F. Jr	O-754598	.	350FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Hall County, TX,
3993	9 Apr 44	44-3056	Bell P-39Q-20-BE Airacobra	McKenzie, William H	O-662968	347FS	350FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Denver County, CO, FOD (date of FOD, 10 April 1945) Location, 25-30 Miles East Of Base, Point Of Departure, Ghisonaccia, Corsica
.	11 Apr 44	42-18400	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Craig, Thomas A.	O-754074	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Pottawatomie County, KS. Entered the Service from: Kansas, Buried at: Plot F Row 1 Grave 35, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Purple Heart. When returning from an operational mission over Italy on 11 April, 1944 the P-39 piloted by Lt. Thomas A. Craig collided in mid-air with another P-39 flown by Lt. Charles D. Robbins, and crashed near Alghero Air Base when one wing came off, killing Lt. Craig. Lt. Robbins managed a successful crash landing and escaped with minor injuries.
.	11 Apr 44	.	.	Robbins, Charles D.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Lt. Thomas A. Craig collided in mid-air with another P-39 flown by Lt. Charles D. Robbins
.	11 Apr 44	.	Bell P-39	Lind, Louis G.	Prior Service O-793641	109OS 345FS	6FW 350FG	8AF 12AF	Atcham/Sta 342 KIA	Hometown: Johnson County, IN. Entered the Service from: Indiana, Buried at: Plot E Row 7 Grave 35, Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. While skip bombing a train. Box cars dropped their sides to reveal AA. killed while bombing the Montalto di Castro bridge from 400 feet with 4-second delay-fused bombs. His P-39 exploded in the air near the target. It is unknown whether the aircraft was hit by enemy machine gun fire or was caught in the blast of a bomb dropped by another P-39.
4097	13 Apr 44	42-18370	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Fowler, Fred G.	O-808250	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: North Carolina, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Purple Heart. Location, 15 Mi S Of Base, 5 Mi Off, Point Of Departure, Ghisonaccia, Corsica
5369	20 Apr 44	42-18382	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Maddera, James T Jr	O-793645		350FG	12AF	POW	From Georgia. Location, 1 1/2 Miles N W Of Leghorn, Point Of Departure, Ghisonaccia, Corsica, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11.
4315	23 Apr 44	42-76394	Republic P-47D-20-RE Thunderbolt	Gonnam, Jesse W	O-665552	.	350FG	12AF	POW	Location, Achmer/Bramsche A/D., Point Of Departure, A A F Sta F-157. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Info only	.	42-9355	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Wells, Lee C	O-885486	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Pilot (CO), McGill-Crew chief , Plane named Geetie on the cowl, Door number 55, there was also a door number 82 named Geetie II serial 44-3182, Bell P-39Q-20-BE Airacobra, (bellied in, date unknown at this time)
Info only	.	42-9360	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane named Rita door numbered 36, This is the first time and maybe the only time that a door number did not match the last two digits of the serial #
Info only	.	42-9385	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane named Georgianna coded x on the door
Info only		42-9398	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane named Daytona Beach numbered 98 on the door, has Devilhawk crest on right side of plane, not on left (Other source have this serial as destroyed crash landing in California 30 March 1943 with 23TRS, 76TRG, 3AF, Spencer, Thurmond R)
Info only	.	42-9399	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	Miller, Earl (Dutch)	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane named Eloise on the cowl (nose) numbered 99 on the door
Info only	.	42-9673	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra		.	347FS	350FG			Plane coded P on the cowl, Ghisonaccia, Corsica, early-to-mid 1944. The plane in the background is "Texas Tornado", assigned to pilot Hugh McCall and crew chief Henry Embry
.	23 Apr 44	.	Bell P-39	Poitras, L. W	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	His P-39 stalled at altitude and spun in near Oristano, Sardinia. He had joined the squadron only five days before and was on his first scramble to intercept an enemy aircraft
.	28 Apr 44	42-18363	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Vizcarra, Gilbert	O-692932	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Coded 63 named Leonore VI force belly landed with engine failure
.	.	42-18385	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Information only	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Numbered 85 on the door
.	9 May 44	.	.	Vizcarra, Gilbert	O-692932	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Pilot forced landed with a hole in a fuel line.
.	16 May 44	.	.	Vizcarra, Gilbert	O-692932	345FS	350FG	12AF		Pilot He had flown from Alghero to Ghisonaccia, Borgo, Ghisonaccia, Solenzar. He was up for 1hr, 25min on a courier run, the force landing was in Corsica next to a bomber field. I think this is the one where the seal of the supercharger blew and the plane ended up looking like a night fighter, covered with oil.
.	6 June 44	.	.	Burgess, Charles H	O-689197	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
6169	10 Jun 44	44-2454	Bell P-39Q-15-BE Airacobra	Levy, James Kaplan	O-793640	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	HONORED BY James Levy Hutzler, Nephew, Was on a reconnaissance flight at Elba Island to report on harbor defences at Port Ferraio for a planned Allied (French) invasion, then enroute. While crossing the bay at high speed on the deck, he crashed within 200 yards of shore, probably due to AA. KIA. Location, Porto Ferraio, Elba, Point Of Departure, Aghione, Corsica.
.	19 Jun 44	.	.	Carpenter, Elbert R.	O-816814	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Dickenson County, VA. Entered the Service from: Virginia, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Purple Heart
14572	27 Jun 44	44-3126	Bell P-39Q-20-BE Airacobra	Lent, Flamer S.	O-695124	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: New York, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy. Location, 5 Miles S Capri. Point Of Departure, Pomigliano, Italy
.	Unknown	44-3182	Bell P-39Q-20-BE Airacobra	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Unknown ( to me) incident broke its back, named Geetie II numbered 82
.	Unknown	42-9355	Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF		Named Geetie numbered 55
.	16 Jul 44	44-3123	Bell P-39Q-20-BE Airacobra	Bauman, A		346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Crashed on take off, Cecina AF, Italy
.	26 Jul 44	.	.	Canion, Joe H	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	B/o	(Med Sea - Pomigliano) two ship flight on counter recon mission, on th edeckk, over Gulf of Gaeta; North of Naples when engine quit. Zoomed up to 900 feet. and bailed out. Banged elbow on exhaust pipes on exit from P-39. Landed in 4 ft. swells, got into dinghy. Ater 45 minutes, "Wimpy" dropped 10 man raft. Two hours later, picked up by ASR. Pilot Okay.
14556	12 Aug 44	42-28376	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Diemer, John E.	O-754603	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	Aug 44	.	.	Hendon, James H. "Skull"		346FS	350FG	12AF	.	2nd Lt. James H. "Skull" Hendon, in August 44, apparently undershot the runway on landing while on a cross country flight from Alghero to Elmas, in Sardinia, hitting a drainage ditch. Extent of damage, unknown. He rotated to the United States in September, 1944. Now deceased.
.	18 Aug 44	.	.	Burgess, Charles H.	O-689197	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	2nd Lt. Charles H. Burgess was involved in an aircraft accident on August 18, 1944, at Alghero, Sardinia. He was unable to get one main gear of his P-47 to come down. After circling the field for two hours, he made a safe belly landing. Reportedly, the tremendous audience that had gathered on the field, and on top of hangars, buildings, trucks and flagpoles was totally exhausted by the long wait. Burgess rotated to the United States December, 1944 after completing over 100 combat missions. Now deceased.
.	25 Aug 44	.	This is the date given by NARA see 25 Sept 44	Mc Call, Hugh E	O2056026	347FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	26 Aug 44	.	Bell P-39Q-15-BE Airacobra	Raup, Robert W	O-408334	347FS	350FG	12AF	DOI	Raup came from the 345th FS to take command of the Red Asses in June of 1944, and was the first to drop bombs from a P-39 over enemy territory in the MTO. He was married in July 1944 to a nurse he had met on the boat to N. Africa. It is Major Raup who ordered the distinctive large red "A" to be painted on the tails of 347th P-47's. He also had his personal jeep painted with the name "Red Ass Commander". Sadly, on August 20th, 1944, his aircraft nosed over on take off for dusk patrol, hit the ground, broke into 5 parts and exploded. He walked from the wreckage trying to beat out the flames on his uniform with his hands. Enlisted men Egon Anderson, Harold Andres and Archie McIntosh rushed to his aid, putting out the remaining flames with their hands in the face of smoke, fire and exploding ammunition, for which they were awarded the Soldier's Medal. Sadly, Major Raup, constantly attended to by his new wife, died of his injuries days later
.	27 Aug 44	42 28344	Republic P-47 D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Vizcarra, Gilbert	O-692932	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Coded 5D5, named Little Vic II, Crew Chief: Rex Meyher, Later: Joseph "Red" Lenahan Bases: Tarquinia, Italy 27/Aug/44 Cecinia, Italy (runway cut out in forest for detachment) 2/Sep/44 Tarquinia, Italy 9/Sept/44 Pisa, Italy 8/Dec44 to 29/Dec/44.
.	28 Aug 44	42-18363	Bell P-39N-1-BE Airacobra	Vizcarra, Gilbert	O-692932	345FS	350FG	12AF		Pilot scrambled in plane numbered 63, named Lenore IV forced belly landing
8753	5 Sep 44	42-28355	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt,	Hardin, William E.	O-816099	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #545 Hometown: Floyd County, GA. Location, Vehicle Workshops At L-918481 Bologna, Point Of Departure, Tarquinia, Italy
8782	5 Sep 44	42-28559	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Calhoun, Earl Jr	O-692657	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #545 Hometown: Tulsa County, OK, Location, Vehicle Workshops At L-918481 Bologna, Point Of Departure, Tarquinia, Italy
8944	16 Sep 44	42-28322	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Buser, Robert E	O-754062	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #563 Hometown: Sedgwick County, KS. Location, Two (2) Miles S E Of Pontremoli At P-750377, Point Of Departure, Tarquinia
9038	22 Sep 44	42-27264	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt,	Clifton, Leecroy	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	MIA/Rtn	Squadron mission 574 ? Location, P-980862, 10 Mi. West Of Parma, Point Of Departure, Tarquinia, Italy. Rescued by Partisans He is flying on 23 Sept mission #575 and on 25 Sept mission #581
8961	25 Sep 44	42-28329	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	McCall, Hugh E. This is the date given in his personal account link above	O2056026	347FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Location, K-5820 2 Miles N W Of Piacenza, Italy, Point Of Departure, Tarquinia, Italy. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12, Piacenza, On early morning bomb/reccy mission. Dive bombed rail marshaling yard at Fidenzo. Turned south on Milan-Piacenza line looking for targets. Flight flew directly over gun batteries. Hit by a stream of MG rounds, then by three 20 mm, bathing aircraft in oil and fuel and setting it on fire. Pulled up a 1000 feet, bailed out at 2500 feet. Aircraft landed south and McCall north of Po River. Captured immediately. Sent to Germany as a POW.
10022	1 Oct 44	42-86717	Douglas A-20G-20-DO Havoc	.	.	.	350FG	12AF	.	.
9035 also numbered 9036	1 Oct 44	42-28332	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Alexander, Shuford M	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #79 See 6 Oct 44. Al was with the 346 Sq. from April 44. Was shot down on 1 Oct 44 while on a flak suppression mission for B-25s. A real hair raiser from the get go. Tried to bail, got hung up on the armor plate behind the pilot seat, crawled back in, lost control in the process, snap-rolled below a 1000 feet (as reported by other flight members in the Missing Aircrew Report) while without harness or chute, except for the one strung out along the fuselage trying to pull him out; recovered, belly landed. Escaped for two months with partisans, captured at Massa, at the end on the German line, on the coast 25 miles north of Pisa while trying to return to Allied side. Interrogated by the Gestapo, sent north by train guarded by these goons. Escaped from a box car, made contact again with Partisans, returned again to cross the mountains near Massa in the middle of winter, on 14 Feb 45.
9310	4 Oct 44	42-28314	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt (not confirmed)	Ellis, Don A.	O-681629	347FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Squadron Mission number 73. Page 2 Location, L782263 15 Mi S S W Of Bologna, Point Of Departure, Tarquinia, Italy, A/C caught fire after hit by heavy ground flak.. Pilot pulled-up for altitude and bailed out after which the plane exploded. Pilot badly burned and injured during bail out, Freising Hospital (Serves Stalag 7-A) Moosburg Bavaria 48-11, Stalag - VII
9308	4 Oct 44	44-19612	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Shannon, Grover H	O-697230	347FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Squadron Mission number 73. Page 2 Location, L7826 15 Mi S S W Of Bologna, Point Of Departure, Tarquinia, Italy. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12,
.	6 Oct 44	.	Source: World War II Zone Forums	.	.	.	350FG	12AF	.	The First Brazilian Fighter Group consisting of four squadrons arrived at the Italian port of Livorno on the 6th October 1944.
9035 also numbered 9036	6 Oct 44	43-25097	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Alexander, Shuford M		346FS	350FG	12AF		Plane thought to be from 332FG. Location, Kalamaki Airdrome, Greece, Point Of Departure, Ramitelli Air Fld, Italy.
.	7 Oct 44	.	.	Canion, Joe H	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	B/o	(Italy - Tarquinia) On climb out of weather as #3. Flipped upside down into spin by prop wash of #2 when latter unexpectedly moved from left to right wing during a left turn. Bailed out at 1500 ft. over Valentano, landed near a/c. Bombs not armed, pilot Okay.
.	31 Oct 44	.	Republic P-47D, 5-20MM hits and another Groups P-47 crashed into it on landing totally destroying it	Dailey, James B Jr	O-745077	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory Squadron mission #71, NE of Lonato and SE end of Lake Garda F-2268, Page 2
.	31 Oct 44	.	.	Tomlinson, Robert C	O-695219	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories Squadron mission #71, NE of Lonato and SE end of Lake Garda F-2268, Page 2
9665	31 Oct 44	42-28557	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Jerue, John P	0-810666	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #114. Page 2 Hometown: Ocean County, NJ, Numbered 7A7, Shot down by AA fire after a mission north of Po River. bombing of a railroad marshalling yard at Isola del Scala (L-6536) and mentions rail car concentrations at the Mantova M/Y, Attempted to crash land but died in the crash, the plane crashed in Canolo, near Correggio
14562	4 Nov 44	42-74984	Republic P-47D-10-RE Thunderbolt	Carlson, Zane Elwood	O-742843	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #75, Page 2 Hometown: Day County, SD, Carlson was flying out of Pisa, Italy, on a bombing mission in a P-47 Thunderbolt. After bombing missions, he looked for targets of opportunity on the way home. On his final mission, Capt. Carlson went down with his wingman to strafe a German truck convoy. On their first pass, they hit one truck and set it on fire, but on the second pass, Captain Zane Carlson was hit by a 20 mm. flak gun and was severely wounded. He tried to bail out, but was too low and his parachute didn't fully deploy. He was killed on impact
.	5 Nov 44	.	.	Forster, Bernell A.	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Clipped a telephone pole with his wing while strafing a truck load of tires, he was so intent on the run that he was too low, and whacked a telephone pole with his wing tip...said he made it back to base ok to his home base, Tarquinia, Italy
.	5 Nov 44	42-74958	Republic P-47D-6-RE Thunderbolt	McCargo, Forrest W	O-816769	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Cat 4 damage taxing accident Pisa, Italy
.	5 Nov 44	.	Republic P-47D-10-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #79 P-47D coming into pancake, collided with another groups P-47, being towed across the runway. Both P-47 destroyed, burned, Pilot OK.
.	6 Nov 44	42-28324	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #147, Cat II damage from flak
.	6 Nov 44	42-26782	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Cordeiro e Silva	BO-657	1BFS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak Nov 6, 1944 near Bologna.(L-875313). Pilot KIA., mission 21 flying with 347FS he was with 1BFS at the time
9980	7 Nov 44	42-27197	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Tarantino, Paul A.	O-687217	347FS ?	350FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: San Francisco, CA
.	7 Nov 44	42-26753	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Oldegard Olsen Sapucaia	BO-34	1BFS	350FG	12AF	KIFA	Numbered , #A2, Pilot killed, plane destroyed in training accident, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. W/o Nov 7, 1944 in training flight 10 mi N of Tarquinia. Pilot killed.
.	10 Nov 44	42-27068	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadon Mission #157 Cat II flak damage
.	10 Nov 44	42-28345	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadon Mission #157 Cat I flak damage
See MACR 12562, 27 Feb 45	10 Nov 44	44-19581	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadon Mission #157 Cat I flak damage Plane coded 6A6, named "CURLY MOHAMMED"
.	11 Nov 44	.	.	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #97, 1-P-47, pancaked at 1530 hours prop out
.	12 Nov 44	.	.	Mitchell	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	WIA	Squadron mission #98, page 2 engaged ME-109s wounded in thigh and under arm, pancakes in at base Pisa, Italy
.	12 Nov 44	.	.	Tomlinson	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #98, page 2 , pancakes in at base Pisa, Italy
9850	12 Nov 44	42-28346	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt (not confirmed)	Pape, Garwin C	O-692187	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #689 Flew into a Church steeple. Hometown: Travis County, TX
12318	12 Nov 44	42-28619	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Brazil, Carl Lee Jr	O-692653	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission corrected copy #165. Plane coded 6A7. Hometown: Hidalgo County, TX. Location, Q-6889 15-20 Miles Nw Florence, Point Of Departure, Tarquinia, Italy
.	12 Nov 44	42-28327	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission corrected copy #165. Cat I flak damage Plane coded 6D1
.	13 Nov 44	42-27004	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #168 Cat I flak damage Plane coded 6C1 by 4 Jan 1945
.	14 Nov 44	42-26768	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Ramos, Roberto P	BO-825	1BFS	350FG	12AF	KIA	#B5, Damaged landing, 1BFS, (Brazilian Fighter Squadron), 350FG, Tarquinia AD, Italy, operated by Brazilian 1st BPS in Italy. Shot down by flak 5 mi NW of Alexandria, Jan 21, 1945. Pilot KIA
.	16 Nov 44	44-19659	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Perdigão, (Partridge) Luiz Felipe Perdigão da Fonseca	BO-823	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Numbered , #C6, was involved in an accident with a C47 in which Rolland Rittmeister and Waldir Paulino Pequeno de Mello where killed, along with the C47 crew, the P-47 pilot bailed out
.	21 Nov 44	42-26827	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #26 Cat I flak damage
.	22 Nov 44	42-26947	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #31 Cat I damage hit by bomb blast Plane 6B4 - Buzzin Cuzzin'
.	2 Dec 44	44-19723				346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #68 Cat 1 damage from ammo car explosion Plane coded 6D4 named "Sky Queen / Kitten"
.	4 Dec 44	.	Source: World War II Zone Forums	.	.	.	350FG	12AF	.	On the 4th December 1944, the Brazilians, together with the 350th Fighter Group, moved to Pisa airfield, 124 miles to the North and very near the front, which allowed the group to take better advantage of the range of their aircraft.
.	Dec 44	42-26947	P47D27 Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt- 6B4 - Buzzin Cuzzin'	Sulzbach, Richard P.	O-1998866	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	This was the plane of Lt. Richard P. Sulzbach, arrived to the 350th FG on 31 October 1944 and assigned to the 346th FS. A very vivacious character, when he still was a Flight Officer (December 1944) he tried to buzz with one of the two surviving razorback P-47s of the unit, the 350th Gp. Officers quarters, in Nettuno Hotel, Pisa, facing the river Arno. While flying a few feet above the river, he encountered a cable (the one carrying comms between HQ of 5th Army and subordinate Commands). The cable cut off almost a meter of one wing, smashed bulletproof windscreen and the canopy, but Sulzbach managed to land back at Pisa. He was temporarily grounded and his promotion to Lt. delayed for 3 months...
.	5 Dec 44	42-28327	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #80, Rover Joe mission at M-066288 and M-084286. Cat I damage when caught in bomb blast. Plane coded 6D1.
10776	9 Dec 44	44-19583	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Mc Cargo, Forrest W	O-816769	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #89. Plane coded 604. Location, 44°34'N-11°05'E, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Entered the Service from: Texas Buried at: Plot F Row 8 Grave 22 Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Awards: Silver Star, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	11 Dec 44	.	1 P-47	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	Jumped by friendly Spitfires	Squadron mission #94, no damage done had to jettison GP demo bomb, 10 miles SW of Parma.
.	12 Dec 44	42-28299	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF		Squadron mission #96 Cat I damage due to flak. Plane coded 6B6 named "IRON MOUNTAIN"
10779	13 Dec 44	42-28914	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Redmon , William K. .Jr	O-722156	347FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Squadron Mission #222, Location, 1 Mile S W Of Piadena, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	.	44-20854	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Robertson, John	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Assigned to Lt Col John Robertson (serial not confirmed) plane later diverted to Brazil ADO 5 Mar 1945
.	.	44-20984	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Reams, Jack	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Coded 7C1, named The Reamer assigned to Jack Reams, condemned crash 20 Apr 1945, Stephen J. Verme. He picked up the plane brand new from Naples and had to slow time it around Pisa for 10 hours before it was ready for combat. Reams was leader of C Flight. His crew chief was William E. "Shorty" West from Washington state and Richard Gurney painted the artwork with some inspiration from the Dec. issue of Varga Calender Girls. (Reams was born in December.) (This information courtesy Bob "350th FG Remembered)
.	.	42-28348	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Coded 7C2, named Launa Lee
.	.	42-27260	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Coded 5D3, named Flak Happy
.	.	42-28324	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Kregloh, Edward	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Coded 6B2, named Lil Bea Assigned pilot was Capt. Ed Kregloh
.	13 Dec 44	42-26783	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Pamplona Pinto, Oswaldo	BO-62159	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged by flak, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak Feb 4, 1945 1.3 mi E of Castelfranco. Pilot bailed out and evaded.
.	14 Dec 44	42-26450	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Nero, Moura	BO-320	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane numbered Republic P-47D-25-RE 42-26450 Thunderbolt Pilot Ten Cel Av Nero Moura – CO of the 1ºGavCa 62 Combat Missions 1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça – FAB - Brazillian Air Force 350th Fighter Group – USAAF MTO – Pisa / Italy – 1944 / 1945 FAB# 4104, Hydraulic problems, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4104 Jun 1945. In 1987 was gate guardian at Gaurarapes AB, Brazil.
.	15 Dec 44	42-28327	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #104 Cat 1 damage due to flak
10774 both men recorded on same MACR	17 Dec 44	42-29025	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt, (not confirmed)	Johnson, Robert G	O-471467	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #764 Entered the Service from: Texas Buried at: Plot B Row 5 Grave 22 Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. Location, P-817072, Point Of Departure, Pisa
10774 both men recorded on same MACR	17 Dec 44	42-75755	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt	Lawson, Elwood W	O-774206	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #764 Entered the Service from: California Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. Location, P-817072, Point Of Departure, Pisa
.	18 Dec 44	42-28602	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #116 Cat I damage due to flak Plane is with 10th ADG by 10 Oct 45
.	18 Dec 44	42-27004	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #116 Cat I damage due to flak Plane coded 6C1
.	18 Dec 44	44-19593	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #117 Cat I damage due to flak Plane coded 6D3
10791also mentioned in 13565	21 Dec 44	42-28556	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Thompson, Thomas H	O-766779	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Texas Buried at: Plot H Row 5 Grave 2 Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Awards: Purple Heart. Hometown: Fannin County, TX. Location, F-0053 10 Mi S W Of Brescia, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	21 Dec 44	42-27267	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #774 Cat I flak damage
.	21 Dec 44	42-28551	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #774 Cat I flak damage
.	21 Dec 44	42-28564	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #774 Cat I flak damage named "MISS BEHAVIN'"
.	21 Dec 44	42-28319	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #774 Cat II Hit a tree
.	21 Dec 44	42-26840	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #126 Cat I damage due to flak
.	21 Dec 44	42-28345	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #126 Cat II damage due to flak
.	21 Dec 44	42-29017	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #127 Cat I damage due to flak Plane coded 6A7
10792	21 Dec 44	42-75737	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt	Mangino, Micheal L	O-762545	345FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Squadron mission #774 Location, Somewhere In Area Just South Of Brescia, Point Of Departure, Pisa. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12.
10793	21 Dec 44	44-19576	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Anderson, Wayne P	O-826356	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #774 Hometown: Box Elder County, UT. Location, Somewhere In Area Just South Of Brescia, Point Of Departure, Pisa. Wayne Anderson was KIA in Trenzano, not far from Castel Gonelle
.	21 Dec 44	.	Information only	Bryson, Don E.	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Entered the service on 3 November 1942 and received his discharge from duty on 29 November 1946. He was attached to the 347th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group. He participated in the Rome-Arno, African, Sicilian, Po Valley and North Appennine Campaigns and the invasion of Southern France. Don served as a Fighter Pilot. He received the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, the European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon, American Theatre Medal, WW II Victory Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. The Citation with the DFC reads in part, "For extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as pilot of a P47 type aircraft. On 21 December 1944, Lieutenant Bryson flew in a fighter-bomber attack upon enemy communication lines in Northern Italy. Flying through an almost solid overcast. Lieutenant Bryson sighted a concentration of rolling stock at Lonato. Immediately diving to minimum altitude, Lieutenant Bryson released his bombs with precision accuracy, destroying ten freight cars loaded with supplies and damaging the railroad tracks. Continuing in attack against other targets in the area in the face of strong enemy resistance, Lieutenant Bryson destroyed or damaged one locomotive, three oil tank cars, three motor transports, several gun emplacements and three enemy air craft breaking off and returning safely to base. On more than sixty-five combat missions his outstanding proficiency and steadfast devotion to duty have reflected great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States." Don was discharged from service with rank of Captain. Civilian Occupation: Owner of P&B Oil Co. in Grant, Iowa for 42 years. Don and his wife, Dorothy, live in Grant, Iowa.
.	22 Dec 44	.	Information only, P47D, numbered, 6B1, named HELLZAPOPPIN	Dailey, James B Jr	O-7450770	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Clear day and 34 sorties (6 missions) were made. There was little traffic and most of the damage was to rails and bridges. Lt. Jim Dailey was the leader of a three aircraft escort for 5 C 47s. After escorting them back behind the lines, the flight searched for targets of opportunity.Lt. Dailey and I were strafing an ammo dump on the shore of Lake Maggiore on the Italian Swiss border. We had a photo of the building and were shooting incendiary 50 calibers through the roof. We had set up a traffic pattern and made several runs. I was following Dailey on his run and when he was over the top of the building on his pullout, there was one hell of an explosion as that building blew sky high. It was amazing that the P 47 brought Dailey home. The cowling was battered in, oil all over, and a lot of damage to the engine from the explosion. I can still see fragments from the building falling back into the water of Lake Maggiore for what seemed like several minutes
	22 Dec 44	42-28591	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #130 Cat I damage due to flak Plane had prior service with 524FS, 27FG, 2 Aug 44, and later service with 345FS, 350FG, 31 Jan 45
	22 Dec 44	42-28326	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #130 Cat II damage , hit tree. Plane has later service with 86FS, 79FG, 14 July 45
	22 Dec 44	42-26840	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #131 Cat II damage caught in Ammo Dump explosion
	22 Dec 44	42-25447	Republic P-47D-21-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #133 Cat I damage flak
Conflict	23 Dec 44	44-19665	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Ismael da Motta Paes	BO-392	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	,#A6 Pilot bailed out, flak, (JB website has, to RAF as Thunderbolt II KJ164. SOC Mar 14, 1946)
14557, DOR 34-2, lists this plane as 42-26827	23 Dec 44	42-28827	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Diffendal, John	O-692139	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #134. Cat III, Plane coded 6D1. Entered the Service from: Illinois Buried at: Plot C Row 4 Grave 33 Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Awards: Silver Star, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
	25 Dec 44	44-20106	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #138 Cat I damage from Locomotive engine boiler explosion. Plane coded 6C5
10795	25 Dec 44	42-29017	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Ballard, Dempsey E	O-692638	346FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Squadron mission #139. Location, 45°35'N - 11°45'E, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
	26 Dec 44	42-29028	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #141 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6A1 named "The Ox"
	26 Dec 44	42-25447	Republic P-47D-21-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #144 Cat I damage flak
	26 Dec 44	42-28318	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #145 Cat I damage flak
	26 Dec 44	42-76339	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #145 Cat I damage flak Observations: 1 P-38 with yellow spinner in good condition under trees in SE dispersal at Somme Lombardo (still occupied by enemy forces)
10796	27 Dec 44	42-28321	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Hargrove, Dale H	O-722061	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #799 Hometown: Tarrant County, TX. Location, J-897890 Two (2) Miles East Of Gallarate, Point Of Departure, Pisa. 2nd Lt. Hargrove's first mission with the squadron was on 13/Dec/44. he was on his 9th mission with 345FS., shot down about 6 miles from Fagnano Olona, North Italy
.	27 Dec 44	42-27004	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #148 Cat I flak Plane coded 6C1
.	27 Dec 44	42-28299	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #148 Cat I flak Coded 6B6 named "IRON MOUNTAIN" Observations 1 P-38 with yellow spinner and 1 JU88 destroyed in SE dispersal Somma/Lombardo AD
.	27 Dec 44	44-19581	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #150 Cat 1 damage, small arms fire Plane coded 6A " named "Curly Mohammed"
14566	29 Dec 44	42-28344	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Baldwin, Eldon C	O-885266	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #815 Hometown: San Joaquin, CA. Pilot killed in action while attacking a target for "Rover Joe" on the front line near Torrito
10946	29 Dec 44	42-28333	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Phelan, John William	O-742888	346FS	350FG	12AF	MIA	Squadron mission #162. FOD. Location, 4401 N-1006 E, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy

1945

MACR#	Date	Serial	A/C Type	Pilot	Service #	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Details/ Commets
.	2 Jan 45	42-75629	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #183 Cat II damage flak Plane had service wit 319FS, 325FG named "Thunderbolt Lad" also saw service with 86FS, 79FG, 14 Jun 1945
.	2 Jan 45	.	.	Barnard, James F.	O-762209	347FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Entered the Service from: Texas Buried at: Plot A Row 8 Grave 19 Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy
.	2 Jan 45	42-26768	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	João Maurício Campos de Medeiros,	BO-391	1BFS	350FG	12AF	KIA	#B5, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak 5 mi NW of Alessandria Jan 21, 1945. Pilot KIA
.	3 Jan 45	42-28602	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #192 Cat I damage flak Plane later serves with 10th ADG 5 Oct 1945
14437	4 Jan 45	42-27004	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	McFadden, John J Jr	O-830274	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #195. Plane coded 6C1 Hometown: Rensselaer County, NY
.	7 Jan 45	44-19667	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Frederico Gustavo dos Santos	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Badly damaged when Pilot ditched the plane, 1BFS, 350FG, Lake Massaciuccoli, Italy
.	9 Jan 45	42-28345	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #202 Cat II damage flak
.	10 Jan 45	42-27276	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Wells, (Major) or Lt Fruit		345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #856 Cat II damage Wells landed safely with no controls or tail wheel both planes badly shot up by 40mm ground fire Plane named "Lurchin' Urchin" ?
.	10 Jan 45	42-28315	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Wells, (Major) or Lt Fruit		345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #856 Cat II damage Wells landed safely with no controls or tail wheel both planes badly shot up by 40mm ground fire Plane named "WENDY" ?
11279	11 Jan 45	44-19592	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt,	Robertson, Alexander	O-688846	347FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Coded 7D4 named "Snotty Dotty". Location, 6 Miles S E Of Piacenza, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Stalag 3A and work camps (Also Oflag 3-6) Luckenwalde (was originally interrogation center) Brandenburg, Prussia 52-13
11280	12 Jan 45	44-20106	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Fahlberg, Ernest D	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Squadron mission #215. Plane coded 6C5. Rescued by Partisans. Location, K-0452 5 Miles N E Of Vigevano, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
Info Only	12 Jan 45	42-29300	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	King, Edwin L		347FS	350FG	12AF		Plane coded 7D3, Pisa Italy Plane came home covered in oil spray. after a strafing attack on railroad marshalling yard at Brescia, Italy, January 12, 1945. Engine received direct hit from German gun pit battery. Notes from Pisa Airfield Tower Log: " 10:00 hrs Midwood Black Leader called for emergency landing and said he didn't think he could make it. Gold Section led him on to final and tower operator talked him in from there...got down and on to taxiway". Engine and prop completely frozen upon touchdown. From 347th FS Daily Operations Report #364 of Jan. 12, 1945: a/c serial number was 42-29300. Flak damage assessed as Cat. II and no doubt required an engine change along with the clean up. Other info indicates it was coded 7D3 and assigned to Lt. Edward S. Rock, who was killed in this aircraft nine days later on Jan. 21, 1945. Bob, 350th FG Remembered
.	16 Jan 45	44-19581	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #220 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6A6 named "CURLY MOHAMMED"
.	17 Jan 45	42-28318	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #223 Cat II damage ammo dump explosion
.	18 Jan 45	42-26755	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Eustorgio, Alvaro O S	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged taking off, Pisa, Italy
.	.	42-28551	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Information only	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane assigned to Gilormini, Mihiel "Mike" ( prior service with RCAF) plane named "Gallo De Yauca", numbered 5A6
.	20 Jan 45	42-27068	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #231 Cat 1 damage flak Plane coded 6C3 named "BACH'S BOCHE-BUSTIN BASTARD" and "THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD"
.	20 Jan 45	42-28327	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #233 Cat I damage flak
.	21 Jan 45	42-29300	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Rock, Edward S.	O-719432	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Coded 7D3 and assigned to Lt. Edward S. Rock, Hometown: St Croix County, WI
.	22 Jan 45	42-29048	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #240 Cat II damage flak Plane coded 6D1 named "BACH'S BOCHE BUSTIN BASTARD"
.	22 Jan 45	44-19561	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #240 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6C7 named "CHICKENBONES"
.	22 Jan 45	42-74957	Republic P-47D-6-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #243 Cat I damage flak Plane also saw service with 317FS, 325FG, coded 17
.	22 Jan 45	42-28591	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #244 Cat 1 damage enemy small arms fire. Plane also saw service with 527FS, 27FG
11705	22 Jan 45	42-28574	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Dow, Hugh D	O-885303	347FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Plane named *Lillian coded 7A8, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11, , CO, 347FS, 350FG, On a flight out of Pisa, Italy was shot down by flak over Thiene airdrome near Vicenza, Dow was captured, brought to Verona and then, through the Brenner Pass by train reached Frankfurt-am-Main and then Nuremberg: There he was brought in a place known to most Allied pilots, and called "the Old Home Week". He was together with many other Allied pilots and crew and he met several other members of his unit previously shot down and captured. He was freed on 27 April, and hitch-hiked for 4 days and three nights to reach Central France. From there he managed to reach Pisa and his unit on 8 May 1945.
.	22 Jan 45	44-19666	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Aurélio Vieira Sampaio	BO-388	1BFS	350FG	12AF	KIA	#B6, shot down by flak
.	23 Jan 45	42-28324	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #246 Cat 1 damage flak
.	23 Jan 45	42-28961	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Wells, Lawrence W	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged taking off 347FS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy, Unfortunately, it got no further than the runway, that day. Lt. Larry Wells, who I flew several missions with, blew a tire on "Screaming Red Ass Commander" during take-off and when it ran off the runway it shed its landing gear and ended up on its belly.
.	25 Jan 45	42-28580	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Stringer, Robert L	O-774349	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #248. Hometown: Washington, DC. Entered the Service from: Washington, Buried at: Plot F Row 7 Grave 14. Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	27 Jan 45	42-75879	Republic P-47D-16-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #253 Cat I damage flak
.	29 Jan 45	44-19661	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Josino Maia de Assis	BO-377	1BFS	350FG	12AF	POW	#D2, pilot bailed out, flak
.	30 Jan 45	42-28324	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Crocker, Russell E	O-816815	346FS	350FG	12AF	WIA	Squadron mission #272 Plane assigned to Ed Kregloh's P-47 # 6B2 named 'Lil Bee'. Cat I damage small arms fire. He was awarded the Silver Star for this mission. The DOR and medal citation says he was hit with small arms fire, but it was actually from 20 mm flak as noted on the medical forms he also received the Purple Heart
.	31 Jan 45	42-28591	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Gilbert, Charles E, II	O-800515	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Pilot ground looped plane destroyed by fire, 346FS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy
.	2 Feb 45	42-75879	Republic P-47D-16-RE Thunderbolt	Gomez, Thomas E. "Pancho"	O-763162	346FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Squadron mission #279. Cat III, Mid Air Collision. Entered the Service from: Texas Buried at: Plot C Row 4 Grave 11 Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart, The plane of 2/Lt. Thomas E. Gomez collided from underneath (pilot killed) and Lt. Morrow was forced to bail out safely.
.	2 Feb 45	42-25447	Republic P-47D-21-RE Thunderbolt	Morrow		346FS	350FG	12AF	Pilot ok	Squadron mission #279. Cat III, Mid Air Collision. TENNESSEE RAMBLER/OPTIMAL SUE, There were two planes with this name, the first one being destroyed on 2 February 1945, during a dawn patrol protecting Pisa airfield in very bad weather. The plane of 2/Lt. Thomas E. Gomez collided from underneath (pilot killed) and Lt. Morrow was forced to bail out safely. (The second one was numbered 6C4)
	4 Feb 45	44-19709	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #284 Cat 1 damage flak
Source: World War II Zone Forums	4 Feb 45	42-26783	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Danilo, Marques Moura	BO-345	1BFS	350FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Numbered 2. Operated by Brazilian 1st FG, Shot down in flames whilst attacking trains to the Southwest of Treviso. Baling out, , 1.3 mi E of Castel Franco. . Lieutenant Danilo walked for twenty-four days, across enemy territory before joining the partisans and finally getting through the front lines to rejoin his comrades.
.	4 Feb 45	42-26759	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Joel Miranda	BO-221	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	#B1, Pilot bailed out, flak, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak Feb 4,1 945 3 km SE of Castel Franco. Pilot bailed out and rescued by partisans.
	5 Feb 45	42-29048	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #286 Cat 1 damage flak Plane coded 6D1 named "BACH'S BOCHE BUSTIN BASTARD"
	6 Feb 45	44-19606	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #288 Cat 1 damage flak Plane coded 6C6 named "SUGAR TIT"
	6 Feb 45	44-19723	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #291Cat 1 damage flak Plane coded 6D4 named "Sky Queen / Kitten"
	7 Feb 45	42-27068	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #294 Cat 1 damage flak Plane coded 6C3 named "BACH'S BOCHE-BUSTIN BASTARD" and "THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD"
.	7 Feb 45	42-26761	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Pereyron, Fernando S M	BO-001180	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	#C6, badly damaged taking off, 1BFS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Blew tire and exploded on takeoff from Pisa Feb 7, 1945. Pilot OK.
	8 Feb 45	44-19723	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #296 Cat 1 damage flak Plane coded 6D4 named "Sky Queen / Kitten" -
	8 Feb 45	42-26785	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #296 Cat 1 damage flak Plane coded 6D5 named "OH JOHNNIE"
	8 Feb 45	44-19593	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #297 Cat 1 damage flak Plane coded 6D3
	8 Feb 45	42-28602	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #300 Cat 1 damage. Hit trees while strafing Plane later serves with 10th ADG 5 Oct 1945
.	10 Feb 45	42-26775	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Brandini, Roberto	BO-431	1BFS	350FG	12AF	POW	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak 8 mi E of Ostiglia Feb 10, 1945., Pilot POW.
	10 Feb 45	42-29028	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #301 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6A1 named "The Ox"
	10 Feb 45	42-29308	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #301 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6C4 named "TENNESSEE RAMBLER / OPTIMAL SUE"
	10 Feb 45	44-19606	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #301 Cat II damage flak Plane coded 6C6 named "SUGAR TIT"
	10 Feb 45	44-19709	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #301 Cat II damage flak
	10 Feb 45	44-19723	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #304 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6D4 named "Sky Queen / Kitten"
	10 Feb 45	42-26785	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #304 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6D5 named "OH JOHNNIE"
12985	11 Feb 45	42-28550	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Clifton, Kenneth. E.	O-695155	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #967 Hometown: Wayne County, IN. Location, A/C Crashed In M/Y At Fano, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
12365	11 Feb 45	42-27299	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Ozimek, Edmund J.	O-773969	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #967 Entered the Service from: Illinois Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. Location, Forli-Rimini Sector, Point Of Departure, Pisa.
	13 Feb 45	42-28653	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #313 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6A8 named "Stardust"
	13 Feb 45	42-29048	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #315 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6D1 named "BACH'S BOCHE BUSTIN BASTARD"
.	15 Feb 45	42-26763	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Raymundo da Costa Canário	BO-71	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	#B3, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak Feb 15, 1945. Pilot bailed out over friendly territory.
	15 Feb 45	42-29048	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #321 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6D1 named "BACH'S BOCHE BUSTIN BASTARD"
.	17 Feb 45	42-26774	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Prates, Joao Milton	BO-511260	1BFS	350FG	12AF		#D3, damaged landing, 1BFS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Overshot runway during takeoff from Pisa Feb 17, 1945 and blew up in fire. Pilot OK.
	17 Feb 45	42-28324	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #323 Cat I damage flak
	17 Feb 45	42-26947	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #323 Cat I damage flak Plane named "BUZZIN CUZZIN"
	17 Feb 45	42-26840	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #323 Cat I damage flak
12364	17 Feb 45	44-20133	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Freeborn, Andrew W.	O-721926	347FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Location, G-4560 4 Miles West Of Mirano, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy, hit by flak near San Sacile, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11,
12566	21 Feb 45	44-19606	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Walling, Everett. L	O-766799	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #338. Hometown: Denver County, CO. Location, G-033627 Southwest Of Vicenza, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	23 Feb 45	42-28345	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #351 Cat II damage flak
.	23 Feb 45	.	.	Hosey, William E	T-127266	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #352 Claim 1 Fiat G-55 location G-3187
.	23 Feb 45	.	.	Young, James H	O-2057075	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 Feb 45	42-75823	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt	King, Edwin L	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged taxiing, 347FS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy
.	24 Feb 45	42-28319	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Stewart, James A	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, 345FS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy, plane later (350th FG) lost Apr 12, 1945. MACR 31796
.	25 Feb 45	42-28299	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Pilots on that mission Davis Dolan Clement	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #365 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6B6 named "Iron Moutain"
12757	26 Feb 45	42-28339	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Powers, John E.	O-754662	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Utah Buried at: Plot A Row 4 Grave 27 Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, Plane named The Virgin, coded 7A6, while assigned to Bernell A. Forster, also 7A6 "The Virgin", Capt. Fred Smith's assigned plane.
12563	27 Feb 45	42-29006	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Southard, James C.	O-2057041	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #45 Entered the Service from: Michigan, Buried at: Plot D Row 9 Grave 17, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Awards: Purple HeartLocation, X-562021, 10 Miles West Of Spittal, Austria, Point Of Departure, Pisa. Southard joined the 345th on 24/Nov/44 in Tarquinia. I have him listed as being shot down by AAA on a dive bomb mission against the rail marshaling yard at Spittal, Austria. Crashed on a Mountain side next to the target. (inexplicable that Southard was buried at Lorraine France, instead of Florence Italy.
12562 DOR lists plane as 44-19581	27 Feb 45	44-13582	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Asbury, Maurice L	O-692636	346FS	350FG	350FG	KIA	Squadron mission #382. Plane coded 6A6, named "CURLY MOHAMMED". Hometown: Tulsa County, OK. Location, F-463494 Northwest Of Villafranca, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Asbury joined the 346th on 10/Apr/44 in Elmas Sardinia. After Cratering the airfield at Ghetti, he sought targets of opportunity. While strafing an ammo bunker, a resulting explosion blew the tail off his P-47, sending his aircraft spinning into the ground.
.	28 Feb 45	44-19593	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	350FG		Squadron mission #385 Cat II damage flak Plane coded 6D3
.	2 Mar 45	42-99581	Stinson L-5B Sentinel	Tomlinson, Robert C	O-695219	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Crashed due to weather, 346FS, 350FG, Cannon Fld/20mi N Pistori, Italy
.	3 Mar 45	42-27293	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Hausner, Sigmund E.	O-709097	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
12894	3 Mar 45	42-27293	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Hausner, Sigmund E.	O-709097	347FS	350FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Returned to unit. Location, L - 8038 5 Mi S W Of Bologna, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	4 Mar 45	42-28653	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #406 Cat II flak damage Plane coded 6A8 named "Star Dust"
.	7 Mar 45	42-28602	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Peoples or Knight, Raymond L	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #414 Cat I flak damage
.	7 Mar 45	42-29304	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Peoples or Knight, Raymond L	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #414 Cat I flak damage
12919	7 Mar 45	44-20113	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Langston, Andrew. J.	T-126697	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Atchison County, MO. Location, P - 982929 7 Mi Nw Of Parma, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Hit the ground while strafing a German Staff car, 5 miles east-northeast from Parma.
.	7 Mar 45	42-26755	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Eustórgio de Oliveira e Silva, Álvaro	BO-826	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	#A3 FAB# 4105, damaged by flak, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialled FAB 4105 Jun 1945
.	7 Mar 45	42-26776	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Kopp, Theobaldo Antônio,	BO-307	1BFS	350FG	12AF	S/d	#A2 operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak 2 mi NE of Reggio Emilia Mar 7, 1945. Pilot bailed out and rescued by partisans. Attacking ammunition dumps near Suzzara when his plane was hit. he joined a partisan detachment for some months. He then joined the 77th brigade SAP, and his listed as member of Rolo Detachment, before being send in the mountains in the Febbio-Civago area. Kopp crashed near San Bernardino,10 km south of Po River.
.	8 Mar 45	42-75023	Republic P-47D-10-RE Thunderbolt	Young, James H	O-2057075	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged taxiing, 347FS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy
.	9 Mar 45	44-19593	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt		.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #424 Cat I flak damage Plane coded 6D3
.	10 Mar 45	42-75996	Republic P-47D-16-RE Thunderbolt	Edwards, Thomas M	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Crashed, engine failure, 347FS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy
.	11 Mar 45	44-19593	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Knight, Raymond L	O-2059313	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #430 Cat I damage flew into a cable Plane coded 6D3
12818	11 Mar 45	42-28315	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Martin, Lloyd F	O-773966	345FS	350FG	12AF	POW	Squadron mission #97 North African Theatre: Italy POW, 347FS, 350FG, shot down by flak, (350th FG) lost Mar 11, 1945. MACR 12818 Plane named "Wendy"
.	12 Mar 45	44-19723	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #433 Cat I damage damaged by bomb falling off aircraft on runway Plane coded 6D4 named "Sky Queen / Kitten"
.	12 Mar 45	42-75740	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt		.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #434 Cat III (destroyed) Pilot turned to avoid hitting aircraft on runway
.Possible error on serial in Accident report	12 Mar 45	42-75790	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt	James, John F	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Badly damaged landing, 346FS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy
.	12 Mar 45	42-75000	Republic P-47D-10-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #99 Cat II damage. Skidded on runway landing
.	12 Mar 45	42-75796	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt	Olney, Richard A	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission 100 Damaged taxiing, 345FS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy
.	13 Mar 45	43-14592	Fairchild UC-61A Forwarder	Blevins, Larry Jr	.	.	350FG	12AF	.	Ground accident, 350FG, Pisa AD, Italy
.	14 Mar 45	44-19561	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Clark	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #442 Cat II damage bombing ammo dump landed at Forli airdrome Plane coded 6D3
.	14 Mar 45	.	.	Bergeron, John E	O-552340	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Group mission #3 Combined 347 & 347 Claims 1victory
.	14 Mar 45	.	.	Miller, Walter B	T-127278	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Group mission #3 Combined 347 & 347 Claims 1victory
.	14 Mar 45	42-29028	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Ellis, R C	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Group mission #3 Combined 347 & 347 Cat I damage 20mm rounds from enemy aircraft Plane coded 6A1 named "The Ox"
.	14 Mar 45	42-29304	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Parrish	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Group mission #3 Combined 347 & 347 Cat I flak damage
13047	14 Mar 45	44-19664	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Tracy, Leon E.	O-766782	347FS	350FG	12AF	POW	He was on his 58th mission, 14 March 1945, to strafe and bomb Villairanca Airdrome. Flying Major Ballard's plane.
.	15 Mar 45	42-28327	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Diderich	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #448 Cat I flak damage Plane coded 6D1
.	15 Mar 45	42-28653	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Knight, Raymond L	O-2059313	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #450 Cat I flak damage Plane coded 6A8 named "Star Dust"
.	19 Mar 45	42-29038	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Reece	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #465 Cat I flak damage Plane coded 6A1, plane also served with 86FS, 79FG named "Smokey City"
.	19 Mar 45	42-27069	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Peoples	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #465 Cat II flak damage Plane coded 6C3 Plane had prior service with 316FS, 324FG
.	19 Mar 45	44-20978	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #468 Cat II flak damage Plane coded 603, named "TORRID TESSIE / PHILADELPHIA FILLY"
13275	19 Mar 45	42-74991	Republic P-47D-10-RE Thunderbolt	Morrison,, Walter F. ,	O1998911	.	350FG	12AF	POW	Plane got shot in the rear auxiliary tank by 20 MM flak on the outskirts of Sanguinetto, Italy, pulling off a strafing run on an empty boxcar 19 March 1945, Stalag 13-B, 347FS, 350FG, plane shot down over Sanguinetto, Italy
Possible 42-26185 (HD130, RAF) SOC 11 Jun 45	21 Mar 45	42-26155	Republic P-47D-22-RE Thunderbolt	Tuggle	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #480 Cat II flak damage Plane coded 6D8 This plane had crashed while with GC II/3, 2 Jan 1945
.	23 Mar 45	42-26840	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Tilbrook	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #489 Cat II flak damage Plane coded 6B1
13379	24 Mar 45	44-33074	Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt,	Matthews, Albert M.	O-763281	345FS	350FG	12AF		Squadron mission #162 Rescued by Partisans. Location, Believed To Be Between Mantova And Reggio, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	25 Mar 45	43-25653	Republic P-47D-21-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #500 Cat I flak damage Plane coded 6A7, named "JACKSON'S BRAT"
13450	25 Mar 45	44-20979	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Schilender, Andrew. R	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	MIA	Squadron mission #501 Returned to unit
.	25 Mar 45	42-28653	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Crocker, Russell E	O-816815	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane coded 6A8, named Stardust was wingman to Andy Schindler when Andy was shot down and became a POW
.	25 Mar 45	44-33102	Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt	Belcher or Ellis R C	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission 502 Cat II damage flak
.	25 Mar 45	42-25653	Republic P-47D-22-RE Thunderbolt	Belcher or Ellis R C	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission 502 Cat II damage flak
.	25 Mar 45	44-21025	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Hubbard, Norman K	O-925897	347FS	350FG	12AF		Damaged belly landing, 347FS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy, plane later, Newark AMC to Ordnance Department 18 Feb 1947
.	26 Mar 45	42-26766	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Othon Correia Netto	BO-613	1BFS	350FG	12AF	POW	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak Mar 26, 1945 1 mi W of Codroipo, near Udine, Italy. Pilot POW. A copy of this aircraft is preserved in the Brazilian AF Museum.
.	29 Mar 45	42-26762	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Alberto Martins Torres	BO-384	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	#C1, FAB4110, damaged by flak, Re-serialed FAB 4110 Jun 1945
.	29 Mar 45	44-20978	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Gilbert, Charles E II	O-800515	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission 508 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 603 named "TORRID TESSIE / PHILADELPHIA FILLY"
13452	30 Mar 45	42-26947	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Parish, Glen L	02059821	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #519 Hometown: Yakima County, WA. Numbered 6B4, named "Buzzin Cuzzin'", while assigned to Richard P. Sulzbach, "Buzzin Cuzzin'" however, was destroyed on 30 March 1944 with 1/Lt. Glenn L. Parish flying it and killed during strafing, when a huge explosion of his target (an ammo dump) engulfed the plane, destroying it.
.	31 Mar 45	42-27068	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Dow, Glenn A (Brother to 347FS CO Hugh Dow)	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	WIA	Squadron mission #519 Cat II damage flak, Pilot lightly wounded. Plane coded 6C3 named "BACH'S BOCHE-BUSTIN BASTARD" and "THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD" 20MM round thru the floor taking out the left rudder pedal and exiting out the canopy scatter shrapnel in his legs
.	1 Apr 44	44-21054	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt, to Newark AMC Ordnance Department 2 Mar 1947 (not confirmed)	Sulzbach, Richard P.	O-1998866	346FS	350FG	12AF		Squadron mission #14 On 1 April 1945 was flying one of the brand new P-47 (s/n 44-21054 named "Buzzin Cuzzin") which the 346th FS had received on late March and adorned with a new, rushed, version of his nickname. The initial fate wasn't favourable to the new mount, as Sulzbach, while trying to attack several trucks hidden in a wood near Lake Garda, didn't pull up in time and crashed against a bunch of trees... the strength of the Jug saved his life, since his plane, notwithstanding a completely bent nose and deep gashes along all wing leading edges, managed to saw his way through the trees and bring the pilot back to Pisa.
.	1 Apr 44	.	.	Whiteman, Harold J	.	346FS	22TAC	12AF	On Attachment	He was assigned to XXII Tac Ops for 12AF at HQ in Florence, Italy. He flew with the 350th Fighter Group on at least 17 occasions with the 346FS. He was leading the element at the time of the above mishap
.	2 Apr 45	.	.	Blakeney Horace W	O-715448	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #27 Claims 0.5 victory
.	2 Apr 45	.	.	Brooks, Darwin G	O-715463	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #27 Claims 0.5 victory
.	2 Apr 45	.	.	Barton, Howard L	O-770087	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #24 Claims 1victory
.	2 Apr 45	.	.	Eddy, Charles C	O-774068	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #24 Claims 1victory
.	2 Apr 45	.	.	Gilbert, Charles E II	O-800515	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #24 Claims 2 victories
.	2 Apr 45	.	.	Pickerel, Joseph F	.	.	350FG	12AF		Pickerel was one of very few American pilots who had a dogfight AGAINST a P-47. Pickerel was engaged by a captured Jug on April 2, 1945.
.	2 Apr 45	.	.	Sulzbach, Richard P	O-1998866	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #24 Claims 2 victories
.	2 Apr 45	.	.	Hecenkamp, Frank W	O-810654	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	2 Apr 45	.	.	Olsen, Edward M	O-930120	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
13636	3 Apr 45	42-28342	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Hubbard, Norman K.	O-925897	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Wisconsin, Buried at: Plot E Row 14 Grave 19, Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. This was one of several 'double losses' suffered during strafing or dive bombing attacks. Shortly before his death, Smith had been overheard calling for his Flight Leader, Lt Norman K. Hubbard, to bail out! Hubbard was KIA, with Smith being the only eye witness. His call to Hubbard constituting the only information we have on what happened to him.
13635	3 Apr 45	42-28961	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Smith, Wayne H	O-720953	347FS	350FG	12AF	MIA	Entered the Service from: Minnesota, Buried at: Plot C Row 7 Grave 24, Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. 1st Lt. Wayne H. Smith , O-720953, (347 Sq.) went down with 42-28961 (re- named Betty Jean at the time (had been named Screaming Red Ass)) on 3 Apr 45 following a dive bombing mission to Colorno. Statements in the report by the pilots Joseph Pickerel and Delbert Wylder indicate that Smith's parachute got caught on the tail when he tried to bail out.
.	4 Apr 45	42-75629	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt	Tillbrook	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #51 Cat I flak damage Plane also served with 319FS, 325FG and 85FS, 79FG
.	5 Apr 45	42-29308	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Davis	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #65 Cat I flak damage Plane now coded 6B7 from 6C4
.	6 Apr 45	42-29028	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Easterwood	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #86 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6A1 named "The Ox"
.	6 Apr 45	42-28326	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Peoples	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #86 Cat II damage flak Plane coded 6A2, Plane had service with 86FS, 79FG as well
.	6 Apr 45	44-19723	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Elliott	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #86 Cat II damage flak Plane coded 6D4, named "Sky Queen / Kitten"
.	8 Apr 45	42-29048	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Rodgers	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #110 Cat I damage small arms fire Plane coded 6D1
Conflict with 20 Apr 45	9 Apr 45	42-26784	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Armando de Souza Coelho	BO-572	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	#A1, pilot bailed out, flak, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak Apr 9, 1945 1.2 mi W of Mandriolo. Pilot bailed out over friendly territory.
13683	9 Apr 45	42-28360	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Stewart, James A	.	345FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Pilot killed in take off crash, Pisa, Italy
13744	10 Apr 45	42-27068	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Beck, James M	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Squadron mission #133 Returned to unit. Location, G-5606, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	10 Apr 45	42-28595	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Brown, Richard J Jr	.	347FS	350FG	12AF		Damaged landing, Pisa, Italy
	10 Apr 45		This is a FOD date see 9 Apr 1944	Mc Kenzie William H	O-662968	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Colorado Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
.	11 Apr 45	42-29308	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt, (not confirmed)	Wylder, Delbert E., , was born on 5 Oct 1923 at Morrison, Illinois, and died on 14 Dec 2004 at Rio Rancho, a suburb of Albuquerque, New Mexico.	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Numbered 7D3, had been named Kay's Baby Shoes, while assigned to Wayne H. Smith, Wylder renamed it MISTRESS MARY, The plane was the only one in the squadron with a razor prop. "Kay's Baby Shoes" was the name of the plane when Smith was the pilot. After he was shot down, D3 became my airplane. It originally had been Rock's plane, so I was the third pilot to have that plane. The propeller referred to was a Curtis Electric Paddle blade 13 ft. diameter, or the Curtis 12 ft. 2 in. diameter, I think probably the latter. Most planes in the outfit had Hamilton Hydromantic propellers, with 13 ft. 7/8 in. diameter. The planes last mission was on April 30, 1945
.	12 Apr 45	42-28324	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Adams	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #164 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6B2
.	12 Apr 45	42-28602	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Kowalski	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #168 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 6A8
13796	12 Apr 45	42-28319	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Sumner, William W.	O-2057048	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #170 Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. Location, H-1584 20 Mi E Of Mouth Of Po River, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	13 Apr 45	42-74957	Republic P-47D-6-RE Thunderbolt	Ramsey	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #185 Cat II damage flak. Plane coded 6C9 Plane also had service with 317FS, 325FG
.	13 Apr 45	44-20339	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Frederico Gustavo dos Santos	BO-92	1BFS	350FG	12AF	KIA	#D3, presumably went to Brazilian AF, as in 1987 was in Brazilian AF Museum, Rio de Janeiro. This must not be the original, since 20339 was hit by blast of own bomb Apr 13, 1945 3 mi W of Spilimbergo near Pordenone, Italy. Pilot KIA.
.	13 Apr 45	42-29265	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Poucinha, Jorge Maia	BO-181	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, 1BFS, 350FGPisa, Italy, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4117 Jun 1945.
13808	15 Apr 45	43-25653	Republic P-47D-21-RA Thunderbolt	Miller, Walter R.	T-127278	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #230 Plane coded 6A7, named "JACKSON'S BRAT" Hometown: Queens County, NY. Location, L-621469, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	16 Apr 45	44-21059	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Brown, Richard J Jr	.	347FS	350FG	12AF		Damaged taking off, engine failure, 347FS, 350FG, Pisa AD, Italy
13811	16 Apr 45	42-75000	Republic P-47D-10-RE Thunderbolt	Poeton, Richard R.	O-767048	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #257 Hometown: Essex County, MA. Was flying P-47 ser # 42-75000 when his aircraft was shot down by flak on April 16, 1945 near Vergato, Italy. Poeton was from Lynnfield, Massachusetts, and rests in Willow Cemetery in that town. Location, 15 Miles North Of Vergato, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
13806	18 Apr 45	44-21061	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Middleton, Kimber M	O-774257	345FS	350FG	12AF	MIA	Squadon mission #314 Crashed, 345FS, 350FG, Pontedera/ 9mi NW , Italy, (350th FG) MIA Apr 18, 1945. MACR 13806., collided with 42-29008. Location, On Mountain 5 Miles W Of Buti, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
13812	18 Apr 45	42-75758	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt	Gorski, Norbert. J	O-710096	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #328 Hometown: Harris County, TX. Location, L-841533, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
13805	18 Apr 45	42-29008	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Clayton, Robert H	O-2057555	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadon mission #314 Hometown: Balitmore City Cty, MD, Pilot killed in crash, 345FS, 350FG, Pontedera/ 9mi NW , Italy, collided with 44-21061. Location, On Mountain 5 Miles W Of Buti, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
14073	19 Apr 45	44-20981	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Pickerel, Joseph F	.	.	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Returned to unit. Location, L-6742. 3 Mi Wsw Of Monte S. Pietro, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
13804	19 Apr 45	44-21009	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Palmer, Burwell S.	O-721509	345FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Squadron mission #359 Returned to unit. Location, 5 Miles West Of Gaibola, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
13998	19 Apr 45	44-21005	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Wilkinson, Thomas Jr	O-710805	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #341 Pilot killed in crash, 346FS, 350FG, Pontedera/ 7mi NW , Italy, plane condemned crash 19 Apr 1945 Location, Q 2264, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	19 Apr 45	42-29014	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Stuart, Wordlaw R Jr,	.	347FS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, 347FS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy
.	20 Apr 45	44-20984	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Verme, Stephen J.	O-2057701	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Coded 7C1, named The Reamer assigned to Jack Reams, condemned crash 20 Apr 1945, Pilot killed in the plane while on a strafing run near the village of Pederobba two days before the war ended in Italy. Pulled up into a church steeple.
Conflict with 9 Apr 45	20 Apr 45	42-26784	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Ramos, Roberto Pessoa	BO-825	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	#A1, Badly damaged taking off, 1BFS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy (from JB website, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak Apr 9, 1945 1.2 mi W of Mandriolo. Pilot, Armando de Souza Coelho, BO-572, bailed out over friendly territory)
14014	20 Apr 45	42-28299	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Thompson, Robert G.		346FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Squadron mission #361 Plane coded 6B6 named "IRON MOUNTAIN". Pilot returned to unit, Location, L 565415, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	20 Apr 45	44-21001	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Sulzbach, Richard P.	O-1998866	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #360 Cat I flak damage Plane was condemned salvage from enemy action 19 Oct 1945
14075	20 Apr 45	42-29048	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Ellis, Rodger C.	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	MIA	Squadron mission #360 Location, L761555, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy (Addison Bachman's assigned ship was 6D1 Bachs Boche Bustin Bastard, but had the serial number 42-29048)
14007	20 Apr 45	44-33078	Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt	Fisher, Gene M	O-695163	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #372 Hometown: Shelby County, IL. Location, L 631588, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	21 Apr 45	44-20978	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Gilbert, Charles E III	O-800515	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #377 Cat I damage flak Plane coded 603 named "TORRID TESSIE / PHILADELPHIA FILLY"
14001	21 Apr 45	44-19723	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Sulzbach, Richard P.	O-1998866	346FS	350FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Squadron mission #379 Plane coded 6D4 named "Sky Queen / Kitten". Sulzbach was shot over the front line and crash landed, where he came under enemy fire. In a daring rescue by two American Infantry men who dashed out in a Jeep and picked him up, on the run, he escaped unharmed. Sulzbach had lucked out again. He was one of 36 of the 100/120 Thunderbolts (and pilots) assigned to the Group who were shot down or crashed on combat missions during the last month of the war. Twenty two of these thirty six pilots were KIA.
.	21 Apr 45	42-26764	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Ramos, Roberto Pessoa	BO-825	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. W/o when blew tire during take off at Pisa Apr 21, 1945. Pilot OK.
.	22 Apr 45	42-26770	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Domin, Martin S.	O-763115	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #410 Cat II flak damage forced to belly in at Forli airdrome Plane coded 6C2
14015	22 Apr 45	42-28564	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Greggerson, Richard J	O-2059767	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #398 Hometown: Union County, IN. Location, Near Pegognaga, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
14072	22 Apr 45	42-29001	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Boettcher, Roy E	O-715450	345FS	350FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	Squadron mission #419 Location, South Of Parma, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Returned to unit
14005	22 Apr 45	44-19593	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Bachman. Addison. A.	O-762443	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #427 Plane coded 6D3. Hometown: Throckmorton County, TX, Location, L-488595, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. P47D, numbered 6D3, (not known if it was the Lovely Lucy II though. Might have been another 6D3) - probably hit by enemy fire - apparently misjudged his height and "mushed" on the ground, exploding in a ball of fire. The action took place at 16.30hrs in Sassuolo area.
.	22 Apr 45	42-28318	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Knight, Raymond L	O-2059313	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #429 Cat II flak damage . Plane coded 6A4
.	22 Apr 45	42-28326	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Webber	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #429 Cat I flak damage . Plane coded 6A2 Lost with 86FS, 79FG, 14 Jul 45
14062	22 Apr 45	44-33099	Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt	Perryman, Charles R.	O-2059826	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #403 Hometown: Smith County, TX. Location, Near San Benedetto, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
14063	22 Apr 45	44-33553	Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt	McCleskey, Royce L.	T-127231	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #403 Hometown: Eastland County, TX. Location, Near San Benedetto, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	22 Apr 45	42-28986	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Lara, Leon R A	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, 1BFS, 350FG, Pisa, Italy, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialled FAB 4116 Jun 1946
.	22 Apr 45	44-21054	Possibly 44-21054, Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt, to Newark AMC Ordnance Department 2 Mar 1947 (not confirmed)	Sulzbach, Richard P, see 21 Apr 45, 44-19723	O-1998866	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Sulzbach's P-47 was hit during one of the many missions against the retreating German troops in the final push of the Allied troops on the Padana plains. He managed to crash-land safely along the Via Emilia and was rescued by an advancing section of the 88th US Division. The war ended a week later.
.	22 Apr 45	42-26773	Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt	Coelho, Armendo de S	BO-485	1BFS	350FG	12AF	POW	#D6, Plane named Arlette assigned to Pilot 1º Ten Av José Carlos de Miranda Corrêa – Information Officer 9 Combat Missions 1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça – FAB - Brazillian Air Force 350th Fighter Group – USAAF MTO – Tarquinia / Italy November / December 1944 operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Shot down by flak 9 mi SE of Reggio Emilia Apr 22, 1945. Pilot POW., 1° GAVCA (Brazil), Hit by AA fire near Sassuolo, was rescued by the Germans, who saved him, because Italian fascist had attempted to murder him. Taken to Reggio Emilia hospital where he was repatriated by the advancing allied troops a few days later.
14006	23 Apr 45	42-27321	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Marshall, William S	O-763277	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #465 Location, F-7705, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	23 Apr 45	44-19709	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Kowalski	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #447 Cat I flak damage. Plane coded 6A5
.	23 Apr 45	42-26785	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Ellis C H	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #447 Cat II flak damage. Plane coded 6D5 named "OH JOHNNIE"
14003	23 Apr 45	42-29028	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	Domin, Martin S.	O-763115	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #450 Plane coded 6A1 named "The Ox". Hometown: Fayette County, PA. Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania, Buried at: Plot D Row 3 Grave 32, Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Silver Star, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. Location, L 862978, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy
.	.	.	Republic P-47D	Domin, Martin S.	O-763115	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	6A2 was assigned to 1st Lt. Martin S. Domin, and was named ' Wave of Destruction'. Lt. Domin was KIA on April 23 1945, while flying another plane, as he was strafing a convoy his plane was hit, he bailed out but was killed by ground fire, this caused quite an uproar with the men of the 350th.
.	.	44-21093	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by 1st Brazilian FG in Italy, later FAB 4125
.	24 Apr 45	42-28318	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Chote, Jack B	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Crash landing, Pisa, Italy Plane coded 6A4
14088	25 Apr 45	42-26785	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	Knight, Raymond L	O-2059313	346FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Squadron mission #523 Hometown: Harris County, TX, Location, L 171210, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy, numbered 6D5, named OH JONNIE, Raymond Knight O-2059313 enlisted in the Air Corps at Houston. Oct. 12. 1942. He took flying training at Stamford, Sherman and Foster Fields, Texas, being commissioned as a pilot in May 1944. He served at Matagorda and Abilene. Texas, until going to the Mediterranean Theater in Italy in November 1944, being assigned to the 350th Fighter Group's 346th Squadron. From December 1944, until his death, Apr. 25, 1945, he flew 82 combat missions in 180 hours of combat time, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and six Air Medals, in addition, to the coveted Medal of Honor for two heroic days of flying in his Thunderbolt fighter in the northern Po Valley area, He led a flight to attack the Begamo airdrome. He was accompanied by Lt. Roger E. Clement and Lt. William T. Rogers, Jr. Each of the pilots got a Ju-88 on the ground. Lt. Raymond L Knight O-2059313 caught his Ju-88 being towed down a taxi strip. His P-47 got shot up badly en route home he lost his life when caught by the treacherous air conditions in the Apennine Mountains, where he crashed.
14017	25 Apr 45	44-33089	Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt	Bade, Ronald O	O-710635	345FS	350FG	12AF	Rtn	Squadron mission #524 Location, K-732054 South Of Roveleto, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Was providing air support for the final Allied advance when his P-47 was hit by AAA. He crash landed south of Piacenzia, near the front lines, but in enemy territory. He was hidden by civilians until Allied troops arrived. He returned to the squadron the next day.
	26 Apr 45	44-21022	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Dornelles, Luiz Lopes	BO-363	1BFS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Plane diverted to Brazil ADO 18 Apr 1945
.	26 Apr 45	44-33097	Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt	Rocha, Fernando Correa	BO-001150	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	FAB 4128, damaged by flak
.	26 Apr 45	42-75796	Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt	Andersen, Howard W		345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Belly landed engine failure, Leghorn/ 5mi NW , Germany
14089	27 Apr 45	44-20978	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	St. Onge, Homer J		346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #573 Location, F-0753, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Numbered 603 named named "Torrid Tessie" on port side and "Philadelphia Filly" on the starboard side, while assigned to CO of 346th FS, Maj. Charles E. Gilbert II, O-800515 (346FS, 350th FG) lost Apr 27, 1945. MACR 14089
14158 Conflict	28 Apr 45	42-28303	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Bagley, Grant W	O-820445	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Location, Last Sighted 30 Mi Wsw Of Bologna, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Entered the Service from: Utah, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, (JB website has, (201st FS, Mexican AF) crash landed near Laoag, Philippines May 21, 1945)
.	29 Apr 45	42-28324	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt	Tilbrook	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #600 Cat II flak damage Plane coded 6B2
14157 Conflict	30 Apr 45	44-20984	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Verme, Stephen J.	O2057701	347FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Suffolk County, NY. Location, G-3598, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. , JB website has condemned crash 20 Apr 1945
.	30 Apr 45	44-20338	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	Renato Goulart Pereira	BO-424	1BFS	350FG	12AF	S/d Rtn	#C6, pilot bailed out, flak, Pilot returned to Group
14087	1 May 45	42-26833	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt, numbered 5A5, named * RAPIN' RAVIN' *, 345FS, 350FG	Gabor, Edward G. HONORED BY Ms. Irene Lotze, Sister	O-427715	345FS	350FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Cuyahoga County, OH, Location, C-8033 Vic. Of Gorizia, Italy, Point Of Departure, Pisa, Italy. Maj. Gabor, together with his wingman 1/Lt. Frank Judia was assigned to fly an armed reconnaissance in the Udine area. Their armament consisted of six 4.5mm rocket launchers and some 3,000 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition, each. A second section composed of four P-47s of 345th FS (Lts. Poteet, Price, Fisher and Olney) had the task to attack and bomb the airfield of Osoppo, N. of Udine. Take off occurred at 09.25 hrs and by 10.15 hrs the Thunderbolts were reaching the target area. At the same time, on the ground, there was much confusion, with the Germans having just blown up the runway and the taxi-ways and preparing to join the rest of the Germans and Cossack columns retreating to north on the n.13 highway. The four P-47 attacked the airfield and the retreating columns, but were surprised to encounter strong a/a fire, one pilot even reporting a four 20mm unit opening fire from a railway car. They reported the strong opposition to the two P-47s of Gabor and Judia, to warn them, but Gabor continued towards the area and decided to attack the long line of lorries and trucks on the highway. After a first strafing pass, Gabor decided to effect a second one: only the P-47 of Lt. Judia emerged from that pass. The P-47D-27RE "Rapin Ravin" s.n. 42-26833 of Maj Gabor, as reported by several eyewitnesses accounts (there were many partisans in the area and even three of their lorries, following the retreating troops had been hit by the P-47s!), was hit squarely by a long burst of heavy machine-gun fire when he was only some 150ft high... he begun immediately to loose height and started a roll, until his port wing hit the ground and the plane cartwheeled at full speed, initially breaking in two before being completely destroyed. Maj Gabor died in the crash.
.	1 May 45	42-74957	Republic P-47D-6-RE Thunderbolt	Pilots that mission Sulzbach Abbott Floyd Jennings	.	346FS	350FG	12AF	.	Squadron mission #650 Cat II damage landing Plane also served with 317FS, 325FG coded 17
14574	6 May 45	44-19600	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Ashbaugh, Billy B	O-2063776	345FS	350FG	12AF	.	Hometown: Hamilton County, OH
.	20 May 45	41-12872	North American B-25C Mitchell	Spinola, Oscar (NMI) Jr	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, 1BFS, 350FG, Eleusis AAF, Athens, Greece, given to 1st Brazilian Fighter Group in Italy in 1944. Operated as squadron hack, and returned to USAAF after the war.
Date &	Details	44-21093	Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Unknown at this time, , operated by 1st Brazilian FG in Italy, Re-serialed FAB 4125
Date &	Details	44-32669	Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Unknown at this time, to Brazilian AF, ending up as gate guard. Delivered to Chino, CA Jul 1988
Date &	Details	44-33093	Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Unknown at this time, operated by 1st Brazilian FG in Italy
Date &	Details	44-33090	Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Unknown at this time, FAB 4128, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy.
.	2 Jun 45	42-26788	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Lost Jun 2, 1945 in landing at Naples in an unauthorized flight by an American pilot.
,	,	42-28348	Republic P-47D-26-RA Thunderbolt, numbered, 7C2, named, "Luana Lee"? not sure on the name" 347FS, 350FG	Woodbury, Robert C. HONORED BY Virginia Terry Tutt Guerrant	.	347FS	350FG	12AF		possible connection FORT WORTH -- Robert C. "Pete" Woodbury, 76, retired, died Tuesday in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Arlington Heights U.M.C. Burial: Howard Family Cemetery in Benbrook, Texas. Robert Woodbury was born July 26, 1920, in Fort Worth to Richard L. and Olivia Lenig Woodbury. He was a graduate of Arlington Heights High School class of 1938. He attended North Texas Agricultural College, now UTA. He was a charter member of Arlington Heights United Methodist Church. He was a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces, and served from 1943 to 1946. While in the military, he served as a pilot flying P-47 missions over Italy and Germany. He retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. after 32 years. Memorials: Arlington Heights U.M.C. or to a charity of choice. Survivors: Wife, Jean Woodbury of Fort Worth; son and daughter-in-law, Paul and D.K. Woodbury of Fort Worth; daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Ron McKeel of Fort Worth; sister and brother-in-law, Jane and Coit Yancey of Fort Worth; brothers and sister-in-law, John Woodbury of Fort Worth and Ben and Johnnie Woodbury of Odessa; sisters-in-law, Verda Woodbury of Mansfield and Scott Woodbury of Menlo Park; and granddaughters, Shelby Carter, Shanna Woodbury, and Stephanie and Nikole McKeel.
.	Jun 45	42-26755	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4105 Jun 1945,
.	Jun 45	42-26756	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4106 Jun 1945
.	Jun 45	42-26757	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brasilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4107 Jun 19
.	Jun 45	42-26758	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4108 Jun 1945
.	Jun 45	42-26760	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4109 Jun 1945. Now at Museum de Aeronautica da Fundacau Santus-Dumont, Sao Paulo, Brazil
.	Jun 45	42-26762	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt5	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Numbered C1, operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4110 Jun 194
.	Jun 45	42-26772	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4111 Jun 1945
.	Jun 45	42-26778	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4112 Jun 1945
.	Jun 45	42-26779	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt		.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4113 Jun 1945
.	Jun 45	42-26786	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane numbered D4, named "Poderoso" (Powerfull) Green Flight – Jambock Verde 1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça – FAB - Brazillian Air Force 350th Fighter Group – USAAF MTO – Pisa / Italy – 1944 / 1945 Re-serialed FAB 4114 Jun 1945
.	Jun 45	42-26780	Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4115 Jun 1945
.	Jun 45	42-28986	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4116 Jun 1945
.	Jun 45	42-29265	Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt	.	.	1BFS	350FG	12AF	.	Plane numbered "B5" Yellow Flight – Jambock Yellow, 1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça – FAB - Brazillian Air Force 350th Fighter Group – USAAF MTO – Pisa / Italy April / May 1945 Operated by Brazilian 1st FG in Italy. Re-serialed FAB 4117 Jun 1945.
.	.		Source: World War II Zone Forums	.	.	.	350FG	12AF	.	Of the 48 pilots of the Brazilian Unit who carried out war missions, there was a total of 22 losses; five being killed by anti-aircraft fire, eight had their planes shot down and baled out over enemy territory, and six had to give up flying operations on medical orders. Three others died in flying accidents
.	.		Source: World War II Zone Forums	.	.	.	350FG	12AF	.	The 1st Brazilian Fighter Group accomplished 445 missions, making 2,546 flights and 5,465 hours flight on active service. It destroyed 1,304 motor vehicles, 13 railway wagons, 8 armoured cars, 25 railway and highway bridges and 31 fuel and munitions depots.
.	5 Jun 45	44-19600	Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt	Ashbaugh, Billy B	02063776	345FS	350FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Hamilton County, OH, Pilot killed in crash, 345FS, 350FG, Leghorn/ 10mi SW , Germany Pilot killed on a post-war training flight over the Mediterranean Sea off Leghorn
.	.	.	.	.	.	.	350FG	12AF		The Group lost 95 pilots, KIA or killed in flying accidents, eight of these being Brazilian pilots. Twenty two pilots became POWs, 5 of whom were Brazilians. Another 25 pilots were downed on offensive missions but either evaded capture in enemy territory, or, bailed out over or crashed landed on, allied territory; five of these being Brazilian pilots. At least 16 pilots were wounded in action but managed to land at home base or on another allied airfield. Three of these were Brazilian pilots. Thirteen pilots were interned in ‘neutral’ countries. All were permitted to proceed (incognito, in civilian clothes) to Gibraltar, some three months later. Approximately one third of all the American pilots who served in the Group fell into one of the above categories. Approximately 44 percent of the Brazilian pilots who flew missions fell into one of the above categories. However, the Group’s pilots were able to return and land with flak damaged aircraft on almost seven hundred occasions.