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Wartime Aerial Victory Credits

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service #	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Comments
.	24 May 40	.	.	Schneider, Jack R	O-664255	2FS	52FG	.	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	23 Jun 40	.	.	Schneider, Jack R	O-664255	2FS	52FG	.	.	Claims 0.50 victory
Other source has date as 15 May	13 May 41	41-8005	Stearman PT-17	Slade, Jack Stuart		2PI	52PI		DNB	Pilot killed in uncontrollable spin, Oxford, Michigan, USA (JB website, wrecked 14 mi N of Pontiac, Michigan, USA, May 13, 1941) Hometown, Norphlet, AR, Honored by, Gerry S. Rivers, Sister, HE WAS KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH MAY, 1941 IN PONTIAC, MICHIGAN. STATIONED AT SELFRIDGE FIELD. ENTERED THE MILITARY IN 1939. RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE IN TEXAS.
.	.	.	Stearman PT-17	Long. Richard N	O-401192	.	52PI	.	.	State Side shot at by an irate local Farmer Flying from Camp Greyling Lt. Dick Long, was OK. Hometown: Fayette County, PA
.	26 Aug 41	39-159	Curtiss P-40	Birrell, William H		HQ	52PG		W/o	Force landed, fuel exhausted, plane destroyed, 1.5 mi S of Lake Orion, Michigan, USA, plane surveyed at Selfridge Sep 5, 1941
.	10 Sep 41	36-43	North American BT-9	Rivers, Robert W	O-432209	47SS	.	.	.	Ground loops on landing Randolph, Field, TX, later service with 4FS, 52FG
.	15 Sep 41	39-714	Republic YP-43 Lancer	Petersen, William B	O-421305	94PS	52PG		B/o	Pilot bailed out, mechanical failure, 5 mi N Packard Proving Ground, Macomb, Michigan, USA (pilot bailed out near Packard Proving Grounds, MI Sep 15, 1941 due to landing gear problems)
.	27 Sep 41	.	.	Gabor, Edward J.	.	.	52PG	.	.	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.
.	17 Oct 41	40-2973	Bell P-39C-BE Airacobra	Sutton, Howard W	.	4PS	52PG	.	.	Damaged force landing, engine failure,1/2 mi W of Selfridge Field, Michigan, USA
.	30 Oct 41	41-407	North American AT-6A-NA Texan	Sanborn, Berton S	O-430854	380SS	.	.	.	Cat 3 damage at Furness Field, AL while flying out of Craig Field, Selma, AL Later service with 2FS, 52FG
.	4 Nov 41	40-3031	Bell P-39D-BE Airacobra	Stone, Donald J,	O-427033	4PS	52PG	.	DNB	Pilot killed landing accident, plane destroyed 4PS , 52PG, Selfridge Field, Michigan, USA
.	5 Nov 41	40-333	Curtiss P-40	Rynerson, Glen M	.	2PS	52PG	.	B/o	Pilot bailed out, engine failure, plane destroyed, Utica, Michigan, USA (JB website, rebuilt as P-40G. Force landed Utica, MI Nov 5, 1941 and w/o.)
.	19 Nov 41	41-513	North American AT-6A-NA Texan	Bernard, Francis D	.	2PS	52PG	.	.	Damaged force landing fuel exhausted, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
.	21 Nov 41	40-337	Curtiss P-40	Jones, Paul K	.	2PS	52PG	.	.	Damaged belly landing, mechanical failure, Selfridge Field, Michigan, USA, rebuilt as P-40G Sep 1, 1941. To CL-26 at Craig Field Jun 20, 1943.
.	24 Nov 41	40-345	Curtiss P-40	Montgomery, Emery H	.	2PS	52PG	.	.	Damaged landing, mechanical failure, Selfridge Field, Michigan, USA, plane surveyed at Tyndall Field, Florida, USA, Mar 23, 1944
.	16 Dec 41	40-492	Curtiss P-40E	Rivara, Horacio C	.	2PS	52PG	.	W/o	Plane destroyed taking off, engine failure, Selfridge Field, Michigan, USA, plane later surveyed at Selfridge Field Jun 26, 1942
.	21 Dec 41	41-7095	Bell P-39D-BE Airacobra	Younger, Robert W	.	2PS	52PG	.	W/o	Plane destroyed force landing, mechanical failure,, , flying out of Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, Florida, USA, event happened at Thomasville Airport, Thomasville, Georgia, USA (force-landed and nosed over at Thomasville, GA Dec 21, 1941 and DBR)
.	21 Dec 41	41-6995	Bell P-39D-BE Airacobra	Wilczewski, Edward J	O-427077	.	ACFT	.	.	Force landed fuel exhausted Cat 3 damage. Based out of Fairfield Air Depot, Dayton, OH , happened at 5 mi N Athens, TN Plane later to CL-26 Feb 26, 1942
.	29 Dec 41	40-337	Curtiss P-40	York, William L	.	2PS	52PG	.	.	Damaged landing, 2PS, 52PG, Langley, Virginia, USA, rebuilt as P-40G Sep 1, 1941. To CL-26 at Craig Field Jun 20, 1943.
.	31 Dec 41	41-31458	Republic P-43A-1 Lancer	Marks, Mortimer D	.	5PS	52PG	.	.	Damaged landing, flying out of Selfridge Field, Michigan, USA, event happened at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, USA

1942

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service#	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Comments
.	5 Jan 42	40-608	Curtiss P-40E	Montgomery, Emery H	.	2PS	52PG	.	.	Incident at Calkins Arpt Spokane, WA. Plane later to CL-26 Jun 8, 1942
.	8 Feb 42	41-7161	Bell P-39F-1-BE Airacobra	Sanborn, Berton S	O-430854	2PS	52PG	.	.	Was injured when his a/c hit trees on landing he suffered burns .Selfridge Field, MI Plane wrecked at Selfridge Field, MI Feb 8, 1942 and demolished
.	Feb 42	.	Bell P-39	White, John S (Possibly Simon)	.	.	52PG	.	DNB	Also in February 42 in a P-39 on a training flight Lt. John S. White crashed and was killed (Thanks Alex Smart for sending this in)
Conflict with 21 Dec 42	19 Feb 42	40-3043	Bell P-39D-BE Airacobra	Wilczewski, Edward J	O-427077	5PS	52PG	.	DNB	Hometown: Cook County, IL. Was killed in a P-39 while with 5th Pursuit Sqdn when several a/c force landed. Based out of Florence AAF, SC , happened at Olinger, VA
.	13 Mar 42	40-3010	Bell P-39D-BE Airacobra Originally ordered as P-39C	Kasper, Robert G	O-417969	.	52PG		DNB	Hometown: Pope County, MN. Plane destroyed based out of Florence AAF, SC incident happened 2 Mi E, Scranton SC
.	28 Mar 42	38-25	Curtiss P-36A	Montgomery, Emery H	.	2PS	52PG	.	.	Plane destroyed at Fort Richardson, AK
.	3 May 42	42-14278	Curtiss P-40G	Vogtle, Alvin W Jr	O-387342	.	.	.	.	Incident at Morris Field, NC (Rebuilds of P-40. Serials reassigned from cancelled P-322 batch) Pilot has later service with 4FS, 52FG
.	22 May 42	P7686	Spitfire Mk IIa	Information only	.	2PS	52PG	8AF	.	24MU 24-11-40 19S 1-12-40 603S 6-12-40 FAC2 21-12-40 AST 152S 3-3-41 266S 5-7-41 1CRU 9-9-41 Cv Va M45 2USAAF 22-5-42 332S 8-11-42 61OTU 7-12-44 SOC 19-7-45
.	Jun 42	.	.	.	.	.	52PG	.	.	Two more pilots were killed in June of 1942 in training with 175 gallon tanks attached to their P-39's
.	5 Jun 42	W3942	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4PS	52PG	8AF	.	FF 11-9-41 43MU 13-9-41 71S 19-9-41 111S 5-6-42 4USAAF 13-9-42 CE ops 30-5-43
.	6 Jun 42	X4180	Spitfire Ia	Information only	.	2PS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 12-8-40 48MU 13-8-40 616S 26-8-40 FAC2 27-8-40 61OTU 28-6-41 1CRU 20-8-41 Cv Va M45 121S 7-12-41 403S 31-12-41 133S 6-2-42 2USAAF 6-6-42 FAAC 10-1-43 61OTU 28-2-44 Hit by R6720 while parked North Weald CE 12-8-44
.	7 Jun 42	W3815	Spitfire Vb	Information only		4PS	52PG	8AF	.	FF 22-8-41 8MU 24-8-41 611S 29-8-41 64S 14-11-41 GAL 21-3-42 FAC 5-4-42 ros 4USAAF 7-6-42 332S 8-11-42 FAAC 2-12-42 LMS 58OTU 23-3-45 SOC to 5388M 17-7-45
.	25 Jun 42	EP112	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2PS	52PG	8AF	.	33MU 7-6-42 111S 25-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 332S 8-11-42 FACB 10-6-43 288S 18-2-45 burst tyre on takeoff tip onto nose Church Fenton CE 22-2-45 SOC 28-2-45
.	.	.	.	Killworth, Thomas D	.	5FS	52FG	.	.	A memorial Mass for former Sheridan resident Thomas J. Killworth, 89, of Story and Arizona, will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Holy Name Catholic Church with the Rev. Ron Stolcis officiating. Mr. Killworth died Friday, July 15, 2005, after suffering multiple injuries in a three-vehicle accident June 28 in Washington state. At the time of his death, he was being cared for at Bethany at Pacific in Everett, Wash. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements are with Kane Funeral Home. Mr. Killworth was born June 16, 1916, in Glendive, Mont., to Logan and Candace (Murphy) Killworth. He spent his early years in Glendive and Sheridan. He graduated from Sheridan High School. He attended the University of Wyoming, seeking a degree in forestry, but World War II interrupted his studies. He joined the Army Air Force as a member of the Fifth Fighting Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group. After the war, he returned to help his father in Sawyers Grocery Store in Miles City, Mont. He married Georgia Shy. She died in 1988 after 41 years of marriage. He and his brother, Roger “Pat,” started Warehouse Market in Sheridan in 1968. Mr. Killworth was a longtime member of Kalif Shrine, Elks USA and the Lions Club. He married Shirley Peters Sanders in 2001. They divided their time between a winter home in Queen Valley, Ariz., and a summer home in Story. Mrs. Killworth died June 28 as a result of the accident. Mr. Killworth was also preceded in death by two brothers, Jack and Dave, and a sister, Kathleen. Survivors include two daughters, Vicki Zimmerman of Snohomish, Wash., and Konnie Herron of Show Low, Ariz.; his brother, Pat; and three granddaughters. Memorials may be made to Shriner's Children's Hospital or the donor's choice.
.	9 Jul 42	R7297	Spitfire Va	Information only	.	5FS	52PG	8AF	.	FF 9-4-41 38MU 11-4-41 54S 26-5-41 crashed 17-6-41 AST 41S 16-8-41 ASTH 22-8-41 81S 15-12-41 165S 27-4-42 FAAC 7-5-42 Scottish Aviation 5USAAF 9-7-42 HQ 12FC ATC 16-9-42 61OTU 2-6-44 SOC 19-3-45
.	25 Jul 42	EN766	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2PS	52PG	8AF	.	5MU 28-4-42 41S 11-6-42 FACA 25-7-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 RNDA 28-3-44 ASTE 4-6-44 64S 10-6-44 53OTU 17-7-44 577S 14-6-45 Bellylanded in error Woodvale 12-7-45 SOC 21-7-45
.	26 Jul 42	P7629	Spitfire Mk IIa	Williams, Donald H.	O-426488	4PS	52PG	8AF		Involved in a heavy landing. Plane details 45MU 13-11-40 611S 2-3-41 308S 26-5-41 AST 15-7-41 Cv V M45 52PurGrpUSAAF Shorts 7-8-41 61OTU 21-6-43 FAAC 3-2-44
.	26 Jul 42	EN826	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4PS	52PG	8AF	.	45MU 29-5-42 118S 1-7-42 306S 2-7-42 4S 52PurGrpUSAAF 306S 26-7-42 Missing from attack on St.Omer airfield 22-8-42 S/Ldr T Czerwinski killed
Other source gives date as 12 July 42.	28 Jul 42	EN848	Spitfire Vb	Gabriel, R.B.	.	4PS	52PG	8AF	.	Incident with another Spitfire R6623 in N. Ireland Pilot uninjured. Plane details 8MU 7-5-42 124S 2-6-42 4USAAF 52PurGrpUSAAF 12-7-42 struck R6623 landing CE 28-7-42 SOC 4-8-42 (EN848 was a Mk. Vb (Merlin 45) from a batch built April-Aug. 1942 and to 4FS July 12 1942 (from 124 Sqn. RAF ); the accident was a Category E and it was Struck Off Charge 4th August.)
Other source gives date as 12 July 42.	28 Jul 42	R6623	Spitfire Ia	Camp, Frank B	O-441829	4PS	52PG	8AF		Incident with another Spitfire EN848 in N. Ireland. Pilot uninjured. Plane details FF 22-5-40 12MU 26-5-40 19S 4-6-40 64S 5-8-40 41S 28-2-41 452S 24-4-41 313S 'RY-N' 23-8-41 ASTH 26-8-41 Cv Va M45 303S 5-12-41 81S 12-2-42 FAAC 31-3-42 ros 165S 12-4-42 52FG 15-7-42 collision with EN848 on landing CB 28-7-42 Shorts 61OTU 10-5-43 Collided with N3364 and crashed 1m W of Bellatyne Salop FACE 22-4-44 rtp 27-5-44 (R6623 was a very early Mk.I from the Aug. 1939 contract, serving in the BOB with 19 and 64 Sqns. It was converted to a Mk.Va ( Merlin 45 still with 8 guns) in Aug 1941; after an accident on 31 March 1942 (repaired on site) it went to the 4FS in July; after it's accident with EN848 it was repaired and sent to 61 OTU in 1943 but suffered yet another flying accident (Category E ) on 22 April 1944 and was Reduced To Produce on 27 May.)
.	1 Aug 42	P7447	Spitfire Mk IIa	Information only	.	2PS	52PG	8AF	.	8MU 29-9-40 66S 5-10-40 C2 ops 28-12-40 118S 12-4-41 AST 15-4-41 Cv Va M45 616S 25-6-41 412S 5-8-41 2USAAF 1-8-42 5FS, 52FG, USAAF 23-8-42 332S 8-11-42 349S 24-6-43 61OTU 1-8-43 SOC 19-7-45
.	1 Aug 42	P7662	Spitfire Mk IIa	Information only		2PS	52PG	8AF	.	9MU 20-11-40 91S 14-1-41 CAC ops 21-1-41 AST 501S 12-6-41 306S 15-10-41 2USAAF 1-8-43 5USAAF 22-8-43 FAAC 11-2-44 61OTU 18-3-44 FACB 7-4-44 ASTE 14-4-44
.	2 Aug 42	EN772	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 25-4-42 12MU 26-4-42 111S 4-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 crashed dbf Rowton Salop 17-1-43
.	2 Aug 42	BM523	Spitfire Vb	Feld, Sylvan	O-437064	4FS	52FG	8AF	Returned on Strength 12 Sep 42	37MU 16-4-42 133S 13-6-42 71S 29-6-42 111S Eglington 9-7-42 4USAAF 28-8-42 2FS, 52FG, USAAF FAAC 2-9-42 ros 4FS, 52FG, USAAF 12-9-42 332S 8-11-42 122S 21-5-43 66Wng USAAF 6-9-43 riw 6MU 16-2-44 443S 7-3-44 58OTU 30-3-44 57OTU 9GCF 16-7-44 12GCF 28-9-44 Eshott 28-9-44 57OTU 2-10-44 ASTH 14-6-45 PSOC 2-6-47
.	3 Aug 42	R7256	Spitfire Va	Information only		2FS	52PG	8AF	.	FF 5-4-41 38MU 8-4-41 54S 25-5-41 403S 4-8-41 AST 13-8-41 54S 25-8-41 AFDU 16-9-41 130S 21-10-41 R-RH 9-3-42 601S 7-4-42 2USAAF 3-8-42 5USAAF 22-8-42 FAAC 29-12-42 ros 61OTU 14-1-44
.	3 Aug 42	AA903	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 22-10-41 33MU 25-10-41 121S 3-11-41 AST 31-5-42 2USAAF 3-8-42 FACE 11-8-42 SOC 19-8-42
.	4 Aug 42	W3245	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 30-5-41 8MU 6-6-41 92S 24-6-41 CB ops 3-8-41 ros 222S 17-10-41 FACB 24-3-42 HAL 4USAAF 4-8-42 332S 8-11-42 416S 10-3-43 41S 23-3-43 ros 20-4-43 501S 19-7-43 485S 14-11-43 Scottish Aviation 4-3-44 1695Flt 15-10-44 ASTH 4-9-45 SOC
.	5 Aug 42	W3425	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 21-6-41 24MU 23-6-41 452S wheels up landing u/c jam metal swarf found in hydraulic system 20-8-41 damaged by Bf109 7-10-41 ros 129S 11-10-41 CB ops 18-12-41 Westland 232S 'EF-Z' 9-5-42 4USAAF 5-8-42 VASM 24-9-42 fuel syst mods 401S 6-12-42 91S 9-12-42 Shot down by Fw190 off Dungeness 24-3-43 F/O R G H Dehaas killed
.	5 Aug 42	W3931	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 30-8-41 45MU 1-9-41 234S 26-9-41 FACB 16-5-42 AST 4USAAF 5-8-42 VASM 11-7-43 fuel syst elev and rud mods wing stiff S Type pt MkIII IFF bomb carrier 501S 'SD-F' 23-10-43 CA ops 9-4-44 ros Armee de l'Air 19-1-46 GC2/18
.	5 Aug 42	BL641	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	6MU 6-1-42 91S 10-2-42 HAL 11-3-42 4USAAF 5-8-42 67GrpUSAAF 22-11-42 602S 4-3-44 118S CB ops 21-5-44 ASTH CE ops 26-9-44
.	6 Aug 42	P7287	Spitfire Mk IIa	Information only	.	2FS	52PG	8AF	.	9MU 13-7-40 266S 6-9-40 603S 17-10-40 65S 29-6-41 122S 31-9-41 FACE 24-10-41 ASTM Cv Va M45 28-1-42 2USAAF 6-8-42 Cunliffe-Owen 17-3-44 for Cv Seafire 39MU 3-5-44 761S Henstridge 6-44 Yeovilton store landed u/c retracted Cat X 1-9-44 (S/L AIR Jamieson RNZN) SOC Cat E 24-10-44
.	6 Aug 42	P7965	Spitfire Mk IIa	Information only	.	2FS	52PG	8AF	.	45MU 5-2-41 72S 24-4-41 74S 9-7-41 FACB 17-9-41 ASTH Cv Va M45 2USAAF 6-8-42 5USAAF 22-8-42 332S 8-11-42 ros 24-3-43 9MU 6-11-44 SOC 19-7-45
.	6 Aug 42	W3405	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 7-6-41 6MU 11-6-41 91S 19-6-41 GAL 26-5-42 4USAAF 6-8-42 332S 8-11-42 DeH 20-6-44 41OTU 10-2-45 FAAC 20-3-45 ros 58OTU 19-4-45 SOC 3-11-46
.	6 Aug 42	W3718	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 8-8-41 37MU 11-8-41 306S 3-9-41 303S 6-10-41 316S 9-1-42 4USAAF 6-8-42 66S 12-10-43 340S 'GW-T' 15-11-43 239S 16-2-44 26S 22-3-44 278S 27-9-44 53OTU 22-2-45 stalled on approach Hibaldstow crashed CE 26-4-45
.	6 Aug 42	W3431	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 30-6-41 38MU 1-7-41 72S 24-7-41 ros 3-10-41 403S 31-12-41 FAAC 30-3-42 ros Westland 5USAAF 6-8-42 6MU 11-11-43 M55M install VASM 23-2-44 fuel syst mods wing stiff MkIII IFF S Type pt bomb carrier CGS 3-10-44 R-R refurb to Portugal 22-9-47
.	6 Aug 42	W3632	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 15-7-41 6MU 21-7-41 603S 24-7-41 54S 20-9-41 124S 17-1-42 5USAAF 6-8-42 109Obs 28-2-43 VASM 12-3-43 mods 341S 16-6-43 340S FFS 26-7-43 1TEU 3-6-44 57OTU 17-8-44 FAAC 18-10-44 SOC 29-11-45
.	6 Aug 42	W3797	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 20-8-41 33MU 21-8-41 91S 29-8-41 CAC ops 10-1-42 5USAAF 6-8-42 air collision with W3505 crashed Chetwynd Salop CE 14-2-43
.	6 Aug 42	W3834	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 2-9-41 38MU 5-9-41 266S 'UO-P' 13-9-41 154S 23-2-42 FAAC 12-4-42 ASTE M45M install 5USAAF 6-8-42 421S 10-3-43 416S 23-5-43 401S 1-6-43 126S 10-8-43 HAL 12-11-43 1659CU 5-1-45 SOC 17-9-45
.	6 Aug 42	BM559	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	6MU 19-4-42 AAEE 30-4-42 hand and stab characteristics when recovering from dives. Steep turns to assess aeroelastically stresses. comparison trials with X4266 fitt DeH and Rotol props. trials with and without 6.5lb inertia weight in elev syst DeH prop superior to Rotol 5USAAF 6-9-42 AST 15-5-43 Cv Seafire Ib reserialled NX945
.	7 Aug 42	W3825	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 28-8-41 24MU 29-8-41 308S 4-9-41 ros 5-11-41 316S 13-12-41 CB ops 29-3-42 ASTE 2USAAF 7-8-42 65S 2-3-43 130S 31-3-43 349S 19-7-43 Scottish Aviation 27-10-43 Taxied into tractor Darley Moor 14-11-44 AST 14-11-44 CE SOC 8-1-45
.	7 Aug 42	R7196	Spitfire Ia	Beard, William A.	O-437998	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	Crash landed in Northern Ireland. Plane details FF 4-3-41 38MU 5-3-41 412S 7-7-41 145S 21-11-41 134S 19-12-41 133S 23-12-41 601S 14-4-42 1CRU 22-5-42 Cv Va M45 2USAAF 5-8-42 FAAC 9-8-42 ros HAL 14-8-42 61OTU 4-2-44 (R7196 was another Mk.I from the same contract ,converted to Va May 1942 (Merlin 45) it served with several RAF and Canadian squadrons ( and 133 "Eagle" ) then to the 2FS on 5 Aug.1942--just in time for an accident.Repaired on site it ended up with 61 OTU in 1944.)
.	7 Aug 42	P8585	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	6MU 10-6-41 74S 22-6-41 609S 10-9-41 603S 15-11-41 FA CB 28-1-42 Scottish Aviation 5USAAF 7-8-42 FAAC 20-8-42 ros Shorts 4-9-42 VASM 15-1-43 fuel syst mods 118S 22-7-43 64S 25-9-43 FACB 5-3-44 ros LMS 25-6-44 17FTS 15-10-44 5PAFU 14-7-45 force-landed crashed nr Manby CB 24-1-46 recat E SOC 31-1-46
.	7 Aug 42	AA756	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 7-10-41 8MU 317S 19-10-41 FA 31-1-42 AST SOC 9-2-42 scheduled rtp cancel M55MA install 5USAAF 7-9-42 132S 20-9-42 122S 21-5-43 234S 15-8-43 CAC ops 19-8-43 ASTE 64S 27-4-44 Reid Sigrist refurb to Portugal 14-1-48
.	9 Aug 42	AB257	Spitfire Vb	Scott, Edward M	O-427001	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 6-12-41 39MU 8-12-41 310S 29-12-41 CB ops 3-2-42 ASTH 4USAAF 9-8-42 Overshot landing at Kenley FACE 30-9-42
.	11 Aug 42	AA903	Spitfire Vb	.	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	W/o	FF 22-10-41 33MU 25-10-41 121S 3-11-41 AST 31-5-42 2USAAF 3-8-42 FACE 11-8-42 SOC 19-8-42
.	12 Aug 42	W3229	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 31-5-41 9MU 7-6-41 72S 8-7-41 HAL 7-8-41 306S 3-9-41 303S 6-10-41 CAC 17-2-42 AST 4USAAF 12-8-42 RNDA 23-2-44 Cunliffe-Owen 30-4-44 808S 6-44 to 7-44 RNAS Yeovilton 22-7-44 761S Henstridge 6-44 to 12-44 returned to RAF 12-6-45 to 5572M Armee de l'Air 16-3-46
.	12 Aug 42	W3328	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 16-6-41 6MU 19-6-41 611S 25-6-41 AST 14-7-41 315S 27-9-41 CB ops 6-1-42 VASM 11-6-42 fuel syst mods 4USAAF 12-8-42 332S 8-11-42 VASM 25-5-43 M50M cropped supercharger eng install RNAS 20-2-44 Cunliffe-Owen 12-5-44 761S Henstridge 1-45 Lee on Solent 24-4-45 33MU ]25-12-44] to 5571M Armee de l'Air 11-3-46
.	12 Aug 42	AA966	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 30-10-41 9MU 1-11-41 616S 15-11-41 FACB 26-1-42 VASM 11-6-42 fuel syst mods 4USAAF 12-8-42 332S 8-11-42 VASM 6-6-43 elev and rud mods RNDA 26-2-44 787S Wittering 4/22-1-44 Retd RAF at 39MU 5-5-44
.	12 Aug 42	W3939	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 5-9-41 9MU 7-9-41 501S 17-9-41 [59S 19-5-42 ?] AST 11-6-42 5USAAF 12-8-42 341S 5-3-43 340S 'GW-N' 23-3-43 FAAC 26-8-43 ros RNDA 20-2-44 Cunliffe-Owen 25-4-44 mods 759S Yeovilton 24-7-44 to 10-44 761S Henstridge 11-44 to 1-45 Controlled flapless landing overshot nosed up in soft ground Cat LX 26-11-44 (Mid RP Hypher) Retd RAF 12-6-45 sold scrap J.Dale
.	22 Aug 42	AA753	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	LFLRVb FF 30-9-41 92S 6-10-41 AST 8-1-42 403S 2-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 VASM 2-6-43 fuel syst mods wing stiff 402S 2-9-43 FAAC 26-11-43 ros 129S 16-2-44 DeH 10-7-44 1687Flt 30-11-44 Reid Sigrist refurb to Portugal 18-4-47
.	22 Aug 42	P8798	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	38MU 6-7-41 611S 28-7-41 1CRU 20-9-41 2USAAF 22-8-42 ASTE 21-10-42 61OTU 26-9-43 FACB 15-5-44 AST 25-5-44 Portsmouth Aviation 25-9-45 SOC 27-9-45
.	22 Aug 42	AA918	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 7-11-41 33MU 18-11-41 313S 29-1-42 412S 16-4-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 VASM 4-3-43 fuel syst mods 322S 7-7-43 FACB 6-1-44 ? ros 222S 1-1-44 VASM 15-3-44 Basta mods 83GSU 22-2-45 2TAF 5-7-45 BAFO Comm Wing 19-7-45 3BRU CE 12-9-45
.	22 Aug 42	AB907	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	6MU 20-8-41 71S 26-8-41 FAAC 14-1-42 AST 2USAAF 22-8-42 CE 18-6-43
.	22 Aug 42	AB970	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	45MU 31-8-41 266S 13-9-41 FACB 20-1-42 AST 2USAAF 22-8-42 67GrpUSAAF 4-4-43 345S 6-6-44 Engine cut dived into sea off Normandy beaches 8-6-44
.	22 Aug 42	AD422	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	45MU 16-10-41 310S 15-11-41 2USAAF 22-8-42 247Grp 22-3-44 269S 27-4-44 CE ber 15-3-46 SOC 28-3-46
.	22 Aug 42	AR404	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF		38MU 11-4-42 124S 9-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 crashed Thornton Abbey Lincs CE 24-10-42 AST 416S 22-4-43 FAAC 16-5-43 ros 313S 9-9-43 USAAF 9-11-43 Reid Sigrist refurb to Portugal 12-6-47
.	22 Aug 42	AR429	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	20-4-42 129S 9-6-42 FAA 30-7-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 501S 19-3-43 R-R 6-7-43 AST 25-10-43 RNDA 28-3-44 350S 16-6-44 57OTU 23-7-44 SOC 27-9-45
.	22 Aug 42	AR432	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	5MU 25-4-42 65S 2-6-42 FAA 25-7-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 327S 20-2-43 234S 5-9-43 DeH 23-11-43 41OTU 3-3-45 SOC 18-7-45
.	22 Aug 42	BL770	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	33MU 7-2-42 RAE 10-4-42 accident invest with W3248 41S 2-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 CAC 3-11-42 VASM 18-4-43 Cv Seafire Ib reserialled PA113
.	22 Aug 42	BL898	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	12MU 14-2-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 FAAC 11-3-43 ros HAL 16-6-44 M45MA install Reid Sigrist refurb to Portugal 23-1-48
.	22 Aug 42	EN722	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 25-4-42 12MU 26-4-42 111S 4-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 crashed dbf Rowton Salop 17-1-43
.	22 Aug 42	EN766	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52PG	8AF	.	5MU 28-4-42 41S 11-6-42 FACA 25-7-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 RNDA 28-3-44 ASTE 4-6-44 64S 10-6-44 53OTU 17-7-44 577S 14-6-45 Bellylanded in error Woodvale 12-7-45 SOC 21-7-45
.	22 Aug 42	EN862	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52PG	8AF	.	8MU 8-5-42 65S 11-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 26S 10-4-44 FAAC 11-8-44 41OTU 25-1-45 58OTU 22-3-45 to 5397M 5SoTT 28-8-47
.	22 Aug 42	EP112	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52PG	8AF	.	33MU 7-6-42 111S 25-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 332S 8-11-42 FACB 10-6-43 288S 18-2-45 burst tyre on takeoff tip onto nose Church Fenton CE 22-2-45 SOC 28-2-45
.	22 Aug 42	X4669	Spitfire Va	Information only	.	5FS	52PG	8AF	.	FF 9-5-41 38MU 11-5-41 64S 16-5-41 603S 21-5-41 81S 7-1-42 165S 12-4-42 FAAC 4-5-42 ros 167S 28-5-42 5USAAF 22-8-42 crashed Kings Nordley Salop 27-3-43
.	22 Aug 42	X4721	Spitfire Mk Ia	Information only	.	5FS	52PG	8AF	.	FF 9-11-40 39MU 13-11-40 53OTU 25-6-41 5USAAF 22-8-42 61OTU 27-3-44 SOC 8-5-46
.	22 Aug 42	X4821	Spitfire Mk Ia	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	8MU 27-11-40 61OTU 28-6-41 AST 27-7-41 Cv Va M45 130S 21-10-41 134S 25-12-41 421S 13-4-42 5USAAF 22-8-42 349S 3-7-43 61OTU 10-9-43 Collided with R6602 and crashed Isycoed Flint FACE 6-5-44
.	22 Aug 42	X4908	Spitfire Mk Ia	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 27-12-40 8MU 4-1-41 457S 22-6-41 130S 2-11-41 81S 16-2-42 165S 12-4-42 5USAAF 22-8-42 PPSM 6-1-43 Cv Va M45 61OTU 15-6-43 FACB 18-7-43 AST SOC 6-6-45. X4908 went on to HQ 12th fighter group at Bovingdon
.	22 Aug 42	P7662	Spitfire IIA	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	9MU 20-11-40 91S 14-1-41 CAC ops 21-1-41 AST 501S 12-6-41 306S 15-10-41 2USAAF 1-8-43 5USAAF 22-8-43 FAAC 11-2-44 61OTU 18-3-44 FACB 7-4-44 ASTE 14-4-44
.	22 Aug 42	P7965	Spitfire Mk IIa	Information only	.	5FS	52PG	8AF	.	45MU 5-2-41 72S 24-4-41 74S 9-7-41 FACB 17-9-41 ASTH Cv Va M45 2USAAF 6-8-42 5USAAF 22-8-42 332S 8-11-42 ros 24-3-43 9MU 6-11-44 SOC 19-7-45
.	22 Aug 42	P8095	Spitfire Mk IIa	Information only	.	5FS	52PG	8AF	.	39MU 11-3-41 65S 30-3-41 collision with Bf109 in combat CB 26-6-41 AST Cv Va M45 39MU 16-4-42 5USAAF 22-8-42 322S 8-11-42 61OTU 9-6-43 hit tree in fog Staffs CE 16-4-44
.	22 Aug 42	R7256	Spitfire Va	Information only	.	5FS	52PG	8AF	.	FF 5-4-41 38MU 8-4-41 54S 25-5-41 403S 4-8-41 AST 13-8-41 54S 25-8-41 AFDU 16-9-41 130S 21-10-41 R-RH 9-3-42 601S 7-4-42 2USAAF 3-8-42 5USAAF 22-8-42 FAAC 29-12-42 ros 61OTU 14-1-44
.	23 Aug 42	P7447	Spitfire IIA	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	v 8MU 29-9-40 66S 5-10-40 C2 ops 28-12-40 118S 12-4-41 AST 15-4-41 Cv Va M45 616S 25-6-41 412S 5-8-41 2USAAF 1-8-42 5USAAF 23-8-42 332S 8-11-42 349S 24-6-43 61OTU 1-8-43 SOC 19-7-45
.	24 Aug 42	41-38376	Bell P-39D-1-BE Airacobra	Nangle, John T.	O-791320	5FS	52FG	.	.	Incident at Sarasota AB, FL
.	27 Aug 42	AD353	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	12MU 12-10-41 313S 22-10-41 FACB 10-1-42 AST 4USAAF 27-8-42 82GrpUSAAF 18-11-42 Scottish Aviation 12-4-43 Shot down by own AA north of Caen 12-7-44 F/O P C Beloe killed
.	27 Aug 42	BM560	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 17-4-42 39MU 19-4-42 111S 2-6-42 4USAAF 27-8-42 332S 8-11-42 PPSM 10-3-43 VASM 12-7-43 fuel syst and rud mods wing stiff Missing presumed shot down by Fw190s nr Broglie 22-8-43 FH200.40 F/Sgt A H Hill RAAF killed
.	27 Aug 42	BM567	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 18-4-42 39MU 19-4-42 111S 3-6-42 4USAAF 27-8-42 332S 8-11-42 341S 5-3-43 Scottish Aviation 30-7-43 312S 20-10-43 443S 27-2-44 58OTU 30-3-44 Hit by AA839 on perimeter track Hibaldstow 21-5-44 GAAC 27-2-45 recat E SOC 5-4-45
.	27 Aug 42	BM588	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	LFLRVb FF 21-4-42 39MU 24-4-42 154S 'HT-F' 13-6-42 4USAAF 27-8-42 332S 8-11-42 Scottish Aviation VASM 27-6-43 fuel syst and elev mods S type pt MkIII IFF bomb carrier 316S 29-11-43 63S 1-5-44 FACB 14-7-44 58OTU 30-7-44 to 5524M SOC 4-7-50
.	27 Aug 42	EN894	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52PG	8AF	.	37MU 13-5-42 71S 3-6-42 4USAAF 27-8-42 313S 9-9-43 453S 17-10-43 239S 16-2-44 63S 13-3-44 53OTU 11-8-44 VAC 26-2-45 61OTU 17-5-45 695S 28-6-45 SOC 26-7-45
.	28 Aug 42	BM523	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	37MU 16-4-42 133S 13-6-42 71S 29-6-42 111S Eglington 9-7-42 4USAAF 28-8-42 2USAAF FAAC 2-9-42 ros 4USAAF 12-9-42 332S 8-11-42 122S 21-5-43 66Wng USAAF 6-9-43 riw 6MU 16-2-44 443S 7-3-44 58OTU 30-3-44 57OTU 9GCF 16-7-44 12GCF 28-9-44 Eshott 28-9-44 57OTU 2-10-44 ASTH 14-6-45 PSOC 2-6-47
.	28 Aug 42	P8585	Spitfire Vb	Steinbrenner, Eugene C	O-430865	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	Eglinton, Uk. 6MU 10-6-41 74S 22-6-41 609S 10-9-41 603S 15-11-41 FA CB 28-1-42 Scottish Aviation 5USAAF 7-8-42 FAAC 20-8-42 ros Shorts 4-9-42 VASM 15-1-43 fuel syst mods 118S 22-7-43 64S 25-9-43 FACB 5-3-44 ros LMS 25-6-44 17FTS 15-10-44 5PAFU 14-7-45 force-landed crashed nr Manby CB 24-1-46 recat E SOC 31-1-46
.	29 Aug 42	AA754	Spitfire Vb	Williamson, Hugh L	O-408881	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	Kenley Field, England, plane details FF 3-10-41 2US 129S Collided with Lysander V9797 2m S of Skegness Lincs 21-1-43
.	1 Sep 42	X4606	Spitfire Ia	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 5-10-40 38MU 7-10-40 92S 16-10-40 145S 22-1-41 118S 27-3-41 66S 9-4-41 501S 27-4-41 53OTU 24-5-41 2USAAF 1-9-42 AST 27-7-43 Cv Va M45 61OTU air collision with P7906 Lightwood Farm Salop CE SOC 8-8-44 FH510.15
.	2 Sep 42	BM523	Spitfire Vb	.	.	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	37MU 16-4-42 133S 13-6-42 71S 29-6-42 111S Eglington 9-7-42 4USAAF 28-8-42 2USAAF FAAC 2-9-42 ros 4USAAF 12-9-42 332S 8-11-42 122S 21-5-43 66Wng USAAF 6-9-43 riw 6MU 16-2-44 443S 7-3-44 58OTU 30-3-44 57OTU 9GCF 16-7-44 12GCF 28-9-44 Eshott 28-9-44 57OTU 2-10-44 ASTH 14-6-45 PSOC 2-6-47
.	2 Sep 42	EP492	Spitfire Vb	Information only left 13 Sep 42	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	38MU 19-7-42 501S 2-9-42 5USAAF 13-9-42 164S 21-9-42 341S 3-2-43 340S 23-3-43 FAAC 25-6-43 Scottish Aviation 82MU 27-9-43 Portugal 19-10-43
.	5 Sep 42	P8741	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	33MU 15-6-41 74S 5-7-41 501S 15-10-41 AST 14-5-42 5USAAF 5-9-42 501S 15-2-43 air collision with BL688 crashed Portaferry Co Down Ireland CE 12-4-43
.	5 Sep 42	W3713	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 1-8-41 12MU 6-8-41 41S 'EB-T' 11-8-41 ros 17-3-42 5USAAF 5-9-42 317S 4-2-43 HAL 17-5-43 VASM 23-7-43 fuel syst mods MkIII IFF 316S 'SZ-Z' 22-11-43 63S 1-5-44 FACA 8-7-44 ros 57OTU 1-2-45 struck tree night takeoff wheels up landing Boulmer CE 2-3-45 Scottish Aviation 15-3-45
.	7 Sep 42	W3766	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 14-8-41 8MU 18-8-41 609S 22-8-41 GAL 9-10-41 312S 29-1-42 AST 5-7-42 5USAAF 7-9-42 222S 21-1-43 64S 31-3-43 118S 25-9-43 Scottish Aviation 19-10-43 61OTU 2-8-44 SOC 11-5-45
.	7 Sep 42	AA756	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 7-10-41 8MU 317S 19-10-41 FA 31-1-42 AST SOC 9-2-42 scheduled rtp cancel M55MA install 5USAAF 7-9-42 132S 20-9-42 122S 21-5-43 234S 15-8-43 CAC ops 19-8-43 ASTE 64S 27-4-44 Reid Sigrist refurb to Portugal 14-1-48
.	8 Sep 42	W3129	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 25-4-41 8MU 26-4-41 91S 6-5-41 ros 13-11-41 DeH 1-5-42 FAAC 5-9-42 5USAAF 8-9-42 VASM 28-2-43 fuel syst mods 402S 20-8-43 FAAC 15-4-44 ros 402S 13-5-44 527S 15-7-44 Control lost in cloud dived into sea out 2m off Frinton CE 8-8-44
.	10 Sep 42	AB257	Spitfire Vb	Scott, Edward M	O-427001	4FS	52FG	8AF		Kenley Field, England. Plane details FF 6-12-41 39MU 8-12-41 310S 29-12-41 CB ops 3-2-42 ASTH 4USAAF 9-8-42 Overshot landing at Kenley FACE 30-9-42
.	10 Sep 42	AA750	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	FF 29-9-41 6MU 1-10-41 316S 11-10-41 [starbd wing det in flt crashed Fulham London 22-10-41] 306S 12-12-41 FACB 28-3-42 AST SOC CE 5-42 recat B 5USAAF 10-9-42 ASTH Cv Seafire Ib reserialled NX946 16-5-43 [history disputed]
.	10 Sep 42	P8741	Spitfire Vb	Montour, Gilbert E	O-435975	5FS	52FG	8AF		Eglinton, England. Plane details 33MU 15-6-41 74S 5-7-41 501S 15-10-41 AST 14-5-42 5USAAF 5-9-42 501S 15-2-43 air collision with BL688 crashed Portaferry Co Down Ireland CE 12-4-43
.	10 Sep 42	AB897	Spitfire Vb	Zientowski, George A		5FS	52FG	8AF		Eglinton, England, plane details 6MU 20-8-41 71S 26-8-41 SOC 20-10-41 71S 31-12-41 FAAC 2-4-42 ros 5USAAF 5-9-42 VASM 2-5-43 fuel syst mods wing stiff 317S 2-7-43 402S 12-10-43 air collision with AA880 21-3-44 Shot down by flak over Normandy 10-6-44
.	12 Sep 42	BM523	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	8AF	.	37MU 16-4-42 133S 13-6-42 71S 29-6-42 111S Eglington 9-7-42 4USAAF 28-8-42 2USAAF FAAC 2-9-42 ros 4USAAF 12-9-42 332S 8-11-42 122S 21-5-43 66Wng USAAF 6-9-43 riw 6MU 16-2-44 443S 7-3-44 58OTU 30-3-44 57OTU 9GCF 16-7-44 12GCF 28-9-44 Eshott 28-9-44 57OTU 2-10-44 ASTH 14-6-45 PSOC 2-6-47
	21 Sep 42	W3133	Spitfire Vb	Carey, John A	O-430701	5FS	52FG	8AF		FF 26-4-41 8MU 26-4-41 91S 9-5-41 MM 10-7-41 ASTH 9-4-42 65S 28-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 332S 8-11-42 FACB recat E 19-2-43, accident Goxhill, UK, Apo 637
	21 Sep 42	BL770	Spitfire Vb	Morgan, Walter L	O-437219	2FS	52FG	8AF	.	33MU 7-2-42 RAE 10-4-42 accident investigation with W3248 41S 2-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 CAC 3-11-42 VASM 18-4-43 Cv Seafire Ib reserialled PA113, accident Goxhill, UK
.	27 Sep 42.	BM582	Spitfire VcT	Keough, George T.	O-427440	5FS	52FG	8AF	KIA	Hit object in flight, Goxhill, UK, 37MU 26-4-42 154S 12-6-42 CE 24-10-42, Entered the Service from: Illinois, Buried at: Plot D Row 1 Grave 17, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
.	Oct 42	.	.	Weaver, Donald E	O-426452	.	52FG	8AF	Transfers	18 Jan 1943, 345FS, 350FG, 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.
.	1 Oct 42	.	.	Gabor, Edward J	.	.	52FG	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.
Crash date given as 24 Oct 1942 by Spitfire records	21 Oct 42	AR404	Spitfire Vb	Boughton, Edwin M	O-430776	2FS	52FG	12AF		Plane destroyed. Crashed, 2 miles South of Goxhill, England (he had 3 previous incidents in USA one in P-39F, 41-7275, 7 Apr 42 and two in AT-6A, 41-319, 22 Oct 1941and 41-353, 6 Oct 1941 while with 90SS. Spitfire details 38MU 11-4-42 124S 9-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 crashed Thornton Abbey Lincs CE 24-10-42 AST 416S 22-4-43 FAAC 16-5-43 ros 313S 9-9-43 USAAF 9-11-43 Reid Sigrist refurb to Portugal 12-6-47
.	21 Oct 42	W3264	Spitfire Vb	Lynn, Miles R Jr	.	5FS	52FG	8AF	.	Accident Goxhill, England. FF 31-5-41 6MU 2-6-41 92S 23-6-41 CB ops 25-6-41 ASTE 2-7-41 5USAAF 6-8-42 332 Service Sqdn 3-12-42 345S 26-6-44 Taxied into concrete cover of gun pit and u/c collapsed Shoreham CE 30-7-44
.	21 Oct 42	BM479	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	5MU 13-4-42 71S 2-6-42 111S 9-7-42 2USAAF 21-10-42 65S 2-3-43 130S 1-4-43 222MU 22-10-43 Pandorian 25-11-43 Portugal 8-12-43
.	24 Oct 42	AR404	Spitfire Vb	.	.	2FS	52FG	12AF		38MU 11-4-42 124S 9-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 crashed Thornton Abbey Lincs CE 24-10-42 AST 416S 22-4-43 FAAC 16-5-43 ros 313S 9-9-43 USAAF 9-11-43 Reid Sigrist refurb to Portugal 12-6-47
.	27 Oct 42	.	Must be an interesting story to these dates and his location of burial. See below for details of 52FG first combat casualty	Peabody, Hume Jr.	O-023733	5FS	52FG	12AF	DNB	Entered the Service from: Maryland, Tablets of the Missing at Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France. Throughout September and October of 1942, plans for the invasion of North Africa-Operation Torch-were being finalized. The 31st and 52nd Fighter Groups were both to participate, and were transferred to Twelfth Air Force, XII Fighter Command in October. Due to the range limitations of the Spitfires, the aircraft were to be left behind. New Spits were to be assembled from their crates at Gibraltar once the two groups arrived. On 21 and 23 October respectively, the 52 FG and 31 FG departed the United Kingdom by ship for Gibraltar and Algeria
.	7 Nov 42	.	.	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	^.	At about 1520 hours Doolittle arrived on the Gibraltar airdrome from the command post and ordered Col. John R. Hawkins to take his 31st Group fighters into Tafaraoui. The 31st had been scheduled for the Casablanca area, where the more strenuous resistance was anticipated, and was parked on the crowded airstrip in front of Col. Dixon M. Allison's 52d Group, which was to go into Oran.
.	8 Nov 42	.	.	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	^{Six of the 52d's aircraft had run out of gas on the way in from Gibraltar and came down in various places}
.	9 Nov 42	.	.	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	During the afternoon Doolittle arrived in a B-17 with Spitfire escort from the 52d Group.
.	10 Nov 42	.	.	Booth, Robert R	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	Interned French Morocco	RTU (Returned To Unit) on the 22nd February 1943.
.	10 Nov 42	.	.	MacGregor, Wallace F	O-430828	4FS	52FG	12AF	Interned French Morocco	RTU (Returned To Unit) on the 22nd February 1943.
.	10 Nov 42	.	.	Scott, Edward M	O-427001	4FS	52FG	12AF	Interned Spanish Morocco	Lt. Edward M. Scott was involved in a group who were interned in Spanish Morocco on the 10th November 1942 the were returned on the 22nd February 1943. The others were Trowbridge and Smithers, Booth and MacGregor. Capt Booth and Lt. Wallace MacGregor were interned in French Morocco the other three were interned in Spanish Morocco. When Allied forces landed in North Africa, the Spanish forces in Morocco found themselves once again on alert. Due to the navigational difficulties of the day, they found themselves repeatedly intercepting straying aircraft from both Allied and German forces. For instance, on the 8th of November they intercepted C-47s dropping paratroops on Morocco. On other occasions they intercepted Spitfire Vs from Gibraltar, and Dewoitine D.520s operated by the Vichy French out of Algeria.
.	10 Nov 42	.	.	Smithers, Edwin C	O-436018	4FS	52FG	12AF	Interned Spanish Morocco	RTU (Returned To Unit) on the 22nd February 1943.
.	10 Nov 42	.	.	Trowbridge, Lee M	O-410654	4FS	52FG	12AF	Interned Spanish Morocco	RTU (Returned To Unit) on the 22nd February 1943.
	22 Nov 42	AA877	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	FF 26-10-41 8MU 26-10-41 317S 12-11-41 332S 3-8-42 VASM 28-8-42 mods M46 install 334USAAF 22-11-42 AST 25-3-43 131S 3-7-43 CAC ops 12-7-43 ros 501S 6-1-44 1TEU 13-8-44 FAAC 2-3-45 ros 61OTU 29-3-45 SOC 17-5-45
.	26 Nov 42	EN981	Spitfire Vb	Duff, Omer R	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Plane destroyed Maison Blanche, Algeria, Apo 525 38MU 23-5-42 82MU 7-7-42 Gibraltar 29-9-42 Destroyed in air raid SOC 31-1-43
.	30 Nov 42	.	.	Coward, James S	O-416276	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	30 Nov 42	.	.	Warren, Harold R Jr	O-426451	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Dec 42	.	.	Vinson, Arnold E	O-418149	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	3 Dec 42	.	.	Vinson, Arnold E	O-418149	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.33 victory
.	4 Dec 42	.	.	Kari, Walter A	O-426395	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Became the 52 FG's first combat casualty, shot down over Tunisia on 4 December. Hometown: New London County, CT
.	4 Dec 42	.	.	Vinson, Arnold E	O-418149	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
Not confirmed 52FG	4 Dec 42	EP840	Spitfire VbT	Information Only	.	.	.	.	.	39MU 2-9-42 SS621 16-10-42 Gibraltar 1-11-42 FTR ops 4-12-42
Not confirmed 52FG	6 Dec 42	ER536	Spitfire Vb	Information Only	.	.	.	.	.	8MU 18-9-42 82MU 25-9-42 SS622 17-10-42 Gibraltar Algiers FTR ops 6-12-42
.	4 Dec 42 other sources have date as 6 Dec 42	.	.	Freel, Stephen	O-885240	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Norfolk County, MA. Lieutenant Stephen Freel was shot up by an attacking ME-109 over Tebourda, but managed to make it back to Bone, only to die when his aircraft crashed on landing.
.	6 Dec 42	.	.	Shuck, Jack M	O-430857	2FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. Lieutenant .Jack M. Shuck became a POW after going down over Tunis trailing smoke
Not confirmed	17 Dec 42 other source has 1943	ER488	Spitfire Vb	Information Only	.	.	.	.	.	Coded (Q a guess) (Yellow edged Star) V. Crashed in Algiers, 46MU 21/9/42, 215 MU 15/10/42. Then transported by the ship SS628 to Algiers. Failed to return from Ops 17/12/42"
Conflict with 19 Feb 42	21 Dec 42	41-6995	Bell P-39D-BE Airacobra	Wilczewski, Edward J	O-427077	5FS	52FG	12AF	Conflict on Date of Death	Force landing fuel exhausted. Plane to CL-26 Feb 26, 1942
.	25 Dec 42	.	.	Ludlow, John D E R	O-685182	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	25 Dec 42	.	.	Zendegui, Luis T	O-424325	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
Not confirmed	27 Dec 42	ER526	Spitfire Vb	Information Only not yet confirmed 52FG	.	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	46MU 19-9-42 215MU 13-10-42 SS628 17-10-42 Gibraltar 9-11-42 242S Hit by Spitfire on take-off Bone C2 27-12-42 recat C3 1-1-43 (2FS at Bone until 4 January 1943, when it moved to Biskra aerodrome.)
.	27 Dec 42	ER325	Spitfire Vb	Williams, Warren A	O-728340	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Incident at La Senia, Algeria .Cosford 9MU 18-9-42 82MU 9-10-42 SS626 20-10-42 Gibraltar 6-11-42 USAAF NWAfrica 1-10-43 Middle East 31-8-44 Ran off taxiway and tipped up Ramat David 22-10-45 SOC 15-11-45
.	29 Dec 42	.	.	Broughton, Edwin M	O-430776	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31 Dec 42	BX-407	P-400	Brown, Chandler R	.	.	Air Tpt	12AF	.	Accident AAF Sta 590, Burtonwood Air Base in Warrington, England, Pilot had later service with 4FS, 52FG, 29 May 1943, Sebela, Tunisia

1943

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service#	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Comments
.	2 Jan 43	.	.	Peck, James E	O-885951	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Jan 43	.	.	Pope, John F	O-415348	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Jan 43	.	Spitfire	Vinson, Arnold E	O-418149	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	3 Jan 43	ER538	Spitfire Vb	MacGregor, Wallace F	O-430828	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Maison Blanche, Algeria (CBAF, M46, 45MU 23-9-42, 222MU 11-10-42, SS626 20-10-42, Gibraltar 6-11-42, (6 Nov 42))
.	3 Jan 43	.	.	Garvey, James E	O-430804	4FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 Vanished that day in bad flying conditions along with mates Lt.R.W. Rivers and Alvin Vogtle.
.	3 Jan 43	.	.	Rivers, Robert W	O-432209	4FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	3 Jan 43	.	Spitfire	Vogtle, Alvin W Jr	O-387342	4FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 From Katie Kirtley in doing research about my late grandfather, Alvin W. Vogtle (nicknamed "Sammy from Alabamy"). He was in the 52nd Fighter Group, 4th Fighter Squadron, 12th AF. His Spitfire went down in North Africa in January 1943. He was captured and taken to Oflag 64, then Stalag Luft III, and finally Moosburg. He made escape attempts from all 3 camps, but finally made it out- to Switzerland- from Moosburg in March 1945.
Not confirmed 52FG	3 Jan 43	EP684	Spitfire Vb	Information Only	.	.	.	.	.	6MU 22-7-42 47MU 26-8-42 Atlantic City 8-9-42 Takoradi Middle East 22-10-42 FTR ops 3-1-43
.	4 Jan 43	EP990	Spitfire VbT	Kemp, John T Jr	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	W/o	Destroyed landing, Afriville, Algeria (CBAF, M46, 46MU 20-8-42, 222MU 20-9-42, SS621 16-10-42 Gibraltar 1-11-42 (1 Nov 42))
.	4 Jan 43	ER320	Spitfire VbT	Deaton, George C	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Orleansville, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, 9MU 13-9-42, 82MU 6-10-42, SS625 20-10-42, Gibraltar 6-11-42,(6 Nov 42))
.	6 Jan 43	.	.	Williams, Donald H.	O-426488	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Claims 1 victory. Entered the Service from: Connecticut, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart, lost at Bone Algeria. The 2 FS remained at Bone until 4 January 1943, when it moved to Biskra aerodrome. It was replaced by the 4 FS. Successful while at Bone, the 2 FS was credited with 10 1/3 victories, 3 1/3 of them by Captain Vinson. Meanwhile, the 5 FS had been moved to Maison Blanche to fly aerodrome patrols, harbor patrols, and transport escort. The 4 FS saw action at Bone as well, losing Captain Donald H. Williams on 6 January.
.	8 Jan 43	.	.	Levine, Robert	O-401188	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13 Jan 43	.	.	Bolle, Norman N V	O-430775	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	14 Jan 43	AP-292	P-400	Brown, Chandler R	.	.	Air Tpt	12AF	.	Landing Accident, Burtonwood/Sta 590, UK, Pilot had later service with 4FS, 52FG, 29 May 1943, Sebela, Tunisia
.	14 Jan 43	.	.	Fletcher, Moss K	O-885284	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11 Jan 43	BX-283	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
.	15 Jan 43	AB286	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	39MU 24-7-41 602S 30-7-41 316S 11-10-41 306S 12-12-41 FACB 1-5-42 GAL 4USAAF 15-1-43 Westland 340S 23-8-43 67GrpUSAAF 22-11-43 DeH 17-6-44 84GCF 5-4-45 Reid Sigrist refurb to Portugal 28-4-47
.	17 Jan 43	EN772	Spitfire Vb	.	.	2FS	52PG	12AF	.	FF 25-4-42 12MU 26-4-42 111S 4-6-42 2USAAF 22-8-42 crashed dbf Rowton Salop 17-1-43
.	19 Jan 43	EP841	Spitfire VbT	Odom, Edwin J	O-437220	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Severely damaged landing, 5FS, 52FG, 12AF, Telergma, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, 39MU 9-8-42 222MU 4-9-42, Gibraltar 27-9-42, plane later 328 Sqdn, Engine cut abandoned 20m E of Capraia 2-6-44 (2 Jun 44))
.	22 Jan 43	.	.	Cohn, Oscar H	O-885105	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	28 Jan 43	ER970	Spitfire Vb	Zientowski, George A	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Telergma, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, 39MU 6-12-42, 222MU 8-12-42, Hamble VI 20-12-42, arrived in Gibraltar 13-1-43, (13 Jan 43), Telergma, Algeria, (plane had been in MTO, (Mediterranean Theatre of Operations) for 15 days)
.	1 Feb 43	.	Spitfire	Beard, William A	O-437998	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	1 Feb 43	ER559	Spitfire Vb	Templeton, Jack D	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Severely damaged forced landing, Ain-Mazuella, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, 45MU 27-9-42, 222MU 11-10-42, SS626 20-10-42, Gibraltar 6-11-42, (6 Nov 42) North West Africa SOC (Stricken Off Charge, W/O, Written Off) 31-7-43 (31 Jul 43))
	2 Feb 43	ER324	Spitfire VbT	Morgan, Walter L	O-437219	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Severely damaged forced landing, Telergma, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, Cosford 9MU 16-9-42, 222MU 25-10-42, SS634 4-11-42, to Gibraltar 23-11-42, to North West Africa 28-2-43 (28 Feb 43))
.	3 Feb 43			Cabas, Victor N	O-885278	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	3 Feb 43	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	The day after arriving at Thelepte airfield in Tunisia, the US 52nd FG encountered Fw 190s of JG 2 while escorting P-39s. The ensuing combat resulted in the loss of Lt. Harold Pederson. A second Spitfire was shot up so badly that the wounded pilot, Lt. Hugh Williamson, had to bail out. 7 Spitfires were claimed by the Focke Wulfs including 4 for Lt. Kurt Buhligen of 4./JG 2 and 2 for Ofw. Kurt Goltzsch of 4./JG 2.
.	4 Feb 43	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	II./JG 2, The Gruppe’s run of success continued the next day as Gruppenkommandeur Rudorffer downed two Spitfire Vs of the 52nd FG in the Sbeitla-Fondouk area, and Bühligen downed another in the same combat.
.	4 Feb 43	.	.	Pederson, Harold L	O-885297	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	As heavy fighting continued along the Tunisian front, the 4 FS and 5 FS of the 52 FG were moved to Thelepte airfield in Tunisia on 3 February to relieve the 33rd Fighter Group (33 FG). The 33 FG was a P-40 unit that had been nearly decimated by the Luftwaffe. The day after relief arrived, the 52 FG encountered FW-190s while escorting P-39s. This resulted in the loss of Lieutenant Harold L. Pederson. A second Spit was shot up so bad that the-wounded pilot, Lieutenant Hugh L. Williamson, had to bail out . On February 4th, 12 Spitfires of the 4th FS escorting ground-strafing P-39s were hit by Kurt Buhligen and Erich Rudorffer of II/JG2, the two experten taking down 3 of the Spitfires for no losses. Claim was made 16:19 hours by Erich Rudorffer, Stab II./JG 2, 5 km SW Ousseltia: 1500 m / Spitfire of 52 FG, USAAF
.	4 Feb 43	.	.	Williamson, Hugh L.	O-408881	4FS	52FG	12AF	B/o	February 4th, 12 Spitfires of the 4th FS escorting ground-strafing P-39s were hit by Kurt Buhligen and Erich Rudorffer of II/JG2, the two experten taking down 3 of the Spitfires for no losses. Claim was made 16:22 hours by Erich Rudorffer, Stab II./JG 2, At 16:00 hours, 8 Fw 190s from JG 2 were scrambled from Kairouan airfield to intercept enemy aircraft flying recon over the Sbeitla and Fondouk areas. The Allied formation came from Thelepte airfield and consisted of 6 Spitfires from the US 4th FS / 52nd FG and 6 Spitfires from the US 5th FS / 52nd FG, escorting 5 P-39s. The Fw 190s were south of Ousseltia when air combat with the escorting Spitfires began. During the engagement, Oblt. Buhligen claimed 3 Spitfires destroyed, Oblt. Rudorffer claimed 2 Spitfires and Ofw. Goltzsch claimed one Spitfire. Either Oblt. Buhligen or Oblt. Rudorffer shot down Capt. Hugh Williamson, who baled out with a wounded leg. While he descended in his parachute, Lt. Harold Pederson flew protective circles around him but a II./JG 2 pilot latched onto his tail after circling 1 1/2 times and was shot down in flames. The 52nd FG lost at least one other Spitfire during this combat. Capt. Williamson claimed one German fighter probably destroyed and 2 damaged, but not one II./JG 2 machine was hit by enemy fire.
.	4 Feb 43	.	.	Unknown to me	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	February 4th, 12 Spitfires of the 4th FS escorting ground-strafing P-39s were hit by Kurt Buhligen and Erich Rudorffer of II/JG2, the two experten taking down 3 of the Spitfires for no losses.
	9 Feb 43	.	.	Sutton, Howard W.	O-426442	.	52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	13 Feb 43	ER120	Spitfire VbT	.	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Coded VF-D badly damaged by flak barely makes it back to base, plane is repaired and returned to service. 6MU 4-9-42 76MU 9-9-42 SS620 15-10-42 Gibraltar 1-11-42 5USAAF NWAfrica SOC 31-7-43
.	14 Feb 43	JG748	Spitfire Vc	Roberts, James C.	O-885218	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Pilot killed in crash, Entered the Service from: Texas, Buried at: Plot I Row 9 Grave 10, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, lost in crash Benimansour/ 6mi SSW, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, 38 Maintenance Unit 14-12-42, 76 Maintenance Unit 21-12-42, convoy SS117 4-1-43, arrived in Gibraltar 18-1-43 (18 Jan 43))
.	16 Feb 43	ER759	Spitfire VbT	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	(CBFA, M46, 39MU 10-10-42 47MU 15-10-42 Empire Day 22-10-42 Gibraltar 9-11-42 NWAfrica Overshot landing at Bone 16-2-43)
.	17 Feb 43	.	.	Newberry, Roger C.	O-438106	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Ohio, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. Oblt Kurt Bühligen, II./JG 2, shot down the Spitfire of Lt Roger C. Newberry of the 52nd FG over central Tunisia.
.	19 Feb 43	40-3043	Bell P-39D-BE Airacobra	Wilczewski, Edward J.	O-427077	5PS	52FG	12AF	DNB	Hometown: Cook County, IL. three miles west of Big Stone Gap, near Olinger, Virginia.
.	21 Feb 43	JG744	Spitfire Vc	Wolfe, Douglas C	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, Telergma, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, 38MU 14-12-42, 76MU 23-12-42, SS117 4-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43, Turkey 28-12-44 (28 Dec 44))
.	21 Feb 43	ES118	Spitfire Vc	Gebhart, Ernest J	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged taxiing, 5FS, 52FG, 12AF, Telergma, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, 38MU 8-11-42, 76MU 29-11-42, Hamble VI 20-12-42, Gibraltar 13-1-43, North West Africa 28-2-43, 111 Sqdn C3 ops 3-4-43 (3 Apr 43) [Engine overheated crash landed 3m S of Trani, Italy 25-10-43, (25 Oct 1943)]
.	23 Feb 43	.	.	Information on Base location	.	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	2FS, 52FG moved to Ain M'Lila, Algeria, 23 Feb 1943 and to Youks-les-Bains, Algeria, 8 Mar 1943
.	24 Feb 43	.	.	Donnan, Robert C	O-041601	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 Feb 43	.	.	Houston, William M	O-427736	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 Feb 43	.	.	MacGregor, Wallace F	O-430828	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	27 Feb 43	ES277	Spitfire Vc,	Bolle, Norman N V	O-430775	4FS	52FG	12AF	W/o	Destroyed landing, (CBAF, M46, 46MU 9-12-42, 222MU 15-12-42, Empire Tower 23-12-42, Gibraltar 13-1-43, North West Africa SOC 30-4-43 (30 April 1943)) On January 13, 1943, 1st Lt. Norman Bolle shot down 114-victory experte Leutnant Wilhelm Crinius of II/JG-2.
.	28 Feb 43	JG835	Spitfire Vc	McDuff, Omer R	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, Telergma, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, 6MU 31-12-42, 82MU 14-1-43, sailed on Merchant Prince 18-1-43, arrived Gibraltar 6-2-43, SOC 31-7-43, (31 July 1943))
.	28 Feb 43	JG873	Spitfire Vc	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Plane coded WD-V, 39MU 21-12-42 76MU 30-12-42 SS117 4-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43 NWAfrica 28-2-43. RAF fitters running a test on an overhauled Rolls Royce Merlin engine installed in a Supermarine Spitfire Mark VC (possibly JG873) undergoing repair at No.144 Maintenance Unit, Maison Blanche, Algeria. The aircraft still bears the markings of the 4th Fighter Squadron/52nd Fighter Group, 12th USAAF, with whom it formerly operated.
.	28 Feb 43	ER653	Spitfire VbT	Information only	.	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	38MU 6-10-42 76MU 15-10-42 SS626 20-10-42 Gibraltar 6-11-42 NWAfrica 28-2-43 12/52USAAF Missing from tactical recce nr Rome 27-1-44 [10-1-44]
.	4 Mar 43	.	Spitfire	Beard, William A	O-437998	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	11 Mar 43	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	II./JG 2, Lt Rudorffer (2) and Bühligen (1) again claimed to have destroyed Spitfires, this time the victims came from the 52nd FG
.	11 Mar 43	.	.	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	Claim was made 13:12hours by Erich Rudorffer, Stab II./JG 2, Ousseltia at 20 m / Spitfire of 52 FG, USAAF
.	11 Mar 43	.	.	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	Claim was made 13:13hours by Erich Rudorffer, Stab II./JG 2, Ousseltia at 20 m / Spitfire of 52 FG, USAAF
.	20 Mar 43	.	.	Barber	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	Lieutenant was forced to crash-land because of several ME-109s
.	21 Mar 43	EP872	Spitfire Vb	Booth, Robert R	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged take off accident, (CBAF, M46, 12MU 21-8-42, 82MU 2-9-42, SS620 15-10-42, Gibraltar 1-11-42 North African ASC 31-10-43, SOC 8-3-44, (8 April 1944))
.	21 Mar 43	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	The US 31st FG escorted A-20s to Kairouan and encountered 17 Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers with Bf 109 escorts. The temptation was too great and the 309th FS went after them. The result was 4 Stukas shot down and 4 damaged and one Bf 109 damaged. One Spitfire, flown by Lt. Langberg, was lost. He bailed out, was captured by Italian troops but then was released and returned on the 23rd. The US 52nd FG lost one Spitfire that day also. Three pilots from II./JG 51 and Oblt. Siegfreid Freytag from Stab II./JG 77 claimed 4 Spitfires.
.	21 Mar 43	ES364	Spitfire Vb	Trowbridge, Lee M	O-410654	4FS	52FG	12AF	W/o	Destroyed in take off accident, (CBAF, M46, 12MU 10-12-42, 222MU 27-12-42, Skeldergate 10-1-43, Gibraltar 6-2-43, North West Africa 28-2-43, SOC 28-4-45 (18 April 1945)
.	22 Mar 43	.	.	Armstrong, Robert E Jr	O-436488	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory The US 52nd FG was very successful near Mazzouna against Bf 109s, Fw 190s and Ju 88s. the group downed 5 Bf 109s, 2 Fw 190s and 2 Ju 88s, losing only one Spitfire to a crash landing from flak damage. The US 31st FG also lost one to a crash-landing.
.	22 Mar 43	.	.	Cabas, Victor N	O-885278	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22 Mar 43	ES276	Spitfire Vb	Feld, Sylvan "Sid"	O-437064	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory, Plane coded WD-D, his first aerial victory, plane details, 46MU 25-11-42 222MU 7-12-42 Hamble VI 20-12-42 Gibraltar 13-1-43 USAAF 31-10-43 Middle East 31-1-45 SOC 9-5-46
.	22 Mar 43	.	.	Harvey John D	O-885169	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22 Mar 43	.	.	McDonald, Norman L	O-430835	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	22 Mar 43	.	.	Vandeventer, Cowell	O-885257	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	22 Mar 43	.	Spitfire	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	W/o	Lost one Spit to a crash landing from flak damage
.	23 Mar 43	.	The 52FG lost 2 Spitfires in combat and 1 with unknown cause on a reconnaissance mission near Y-6560 (GSGS 4175, Sheet N.I. 32 N.E.)	Bolle, Norman N. V	O-430775	4FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 On January 13, 1943, 1st Lt. Norman Bolle shot down 114-victory experte Leutnant Wilhelm Crinius of II/JG-2.
.	23 Mar 43	.	.	Fletcher, Moss K	O-885284	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23 Mar 43	.	.	Williamson, Hugh L	O-408881	4FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11, Strasen of Stab/JG 77shot down Williamson, who bailed out, his plane crashing near kilometre stone No. 82 on the Gabes-Gafsa road
.	23 Mar 43	.	.	Sweetland, Theodore R.	O-431177	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory. Müncheberg, Kommodore of JG 77, was killed on 23 March 1943 over Tunisia in combat with USAAF Spitfire fighters from the 52nd Fighter Group when, after shooting down one, he was in collision with a second. He crashed to his death in Bf 109 G-6 (W.Nr. 16381). His position at JG 77 was taken by Oblt. Johannes Steinhoff from II./JG 51.
.	23 Mar 43	.	Went down with his attacker, Maj. Muencheberg of Stab/JG 77	Sweetland, Theodore R.	O-431177	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: California, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Silver Star, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
.	23 Mar 43	.	.	Vinson, Arnold E	O-418149	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23 Mar 43	.	.	Zendegui, Luis T	O-424325	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 Mar 43	ES360	Spitfire Vc	Smithers, Edwin C	O-436018	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged during take off, Youks Les Bains, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, 39MU 15-12-42, 76MU 21-12-42, sailed on Bluff VII 4-1-43, arrived Gibraltar 18-1-43, (18 Jan 1943))
.	24 Mar 43	.	.	Williams, Warren A	O-728340	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory Lt. Ferdinand Jahn of 9./JG 77 was killed in action against the Allies.( Claiming unit unconfirmed information only) He had destroyed a total of 8 enemy aircraft during his war career.
.	27 Mar 43	X4669	Spitfire Va	.	.	5FS	52PG	12AF	.	FF 9-5-41 38MU 11-5-41 64S 16-5-41 603S 21-5-41 81S 7-1-42 165S 12-4-42 FAAC 4-5-42 ros 167S 28-5-42 5USAAF 22-8-42 crashed Kings Nordley Salop 27-3-43
.	30 Mar 43	.	.	Donnan, Robert C	O-041601	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	30 Mar 43	.	.	Markley, Donald W	O-885419	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	1 Apr 43	.	.	Butler, James Edward (S/Sgt)	39082793	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
..	1 Apr 43	.	.	Boughton, Edwin M.	O-430776	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA ?	From New York.
.	1 Apr 43	.	.	Feld, Sylvan "Sid"	O-437064	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	1 Apr 43	.	.	Harvey John D	O-885169	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	1 Apr 43	.	.	Markley, Donald W	O-885419	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	1 Apr 43	.	.	McDonald, Norman L	O-430835	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	1 Apr 43	.	.	Sanborn, Bert S	O-430854	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	1 Apr 43	.	.	Williams, George V	O-418151	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	3 Apr 43	.	.	Butler, James Edward (S/Sgt)	39082793	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories-Stuka, 13 Stukas near El Guettar were attacked by Spitfires of the US 52d FG.
.	3 Apr 43	.	.	McDonald, Norman L	O-430835	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 3 victories-Stuka
.	3 Apr 43	.	.	Pope, John F	O-415348	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories-Stuka
.	3 Apr 43	.	.	Simpson, Jerome C	O-430858	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories-Stuka
.	3 Apr 43	JK171	Spitfire	Vinson, Arnold E	O-418149	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory-Stuka
.	3 Apr 43	JK171	Spitfire	Vinson, Arnold E.	O-418149	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	12MU 24-1-43 222MU 4-2-43 SS657 19-2-43 Gibraltar 9-3-43 NWAfrica 31-3-43 12/52USAAF lost in Med 3-4-43. Entered the Service from: Mississippi, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Silver Star, Air Medal "One squadron relieved another squadron on station. We were patrolling all daylight hours - you talk about a waste of time and flying hours, this was it! But Vinson, his squadron was to replace another squadron, and at the appointed time, the squadron that was to leave the patrol didn't see the replacements, which was Vinson and his squadron. So because of fuel, they left at the appointed time, but Vinson wasn't there. Well, what Vinson had done was delay his takeoff 5 minutes intentionally, and maintained low-level flight across there to El Guettar, and lo, and behold, he caught 13 Stukas doing their business! They shot down, to the best of my knowledge, 12 of those Stukas and lost one Spitfire. Now, unfortunately, that one lone Spitfire was Arnold Vinson. During April 1943, Captains Norman MacDonald and Arthur Vinson of the 52nd FG became the first USAAF Spitfire aces, though Vinson was lost immediately after shooting down his 7th victory.
.	3 Apr 43	.	.	Williams, George V	O-418151	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	4 Apr 43	.	.	Blythe, John K	O-727392	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	4 Apr 43	.	.	Camp, Frank B	O-441829	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	4 Apr 43	.	.	East, Richard Ives	O-792111	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: New Jersey, Buried at: Plot E Row 9 Grave 9, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	4 Apr 43	.	.	Fox, Philip J	O-885213	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	4 Apr 43	.	.	MacGregor, Wallace F	O-430828	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	5 Apr 43	.	.	Carey, John A	O-430701	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	6 Apr 43	.	Intense ground fire claims 4 out of 6 Spitfires lost from the 52FG on this day	.	.	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	2FS, 52FG moved to Ain M'Lila, Algeria, 23 Feb 1943, and to Youks-les-Bains, Algeria, 8 Mar 1943
.	6 Apr 43	.	.	Unknown	.	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Possibly QP-T, J or I
.	6 Apr 43	.	.	Unknown	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	.
.	6 Apr 43	.	.	Unknown	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	.
.	6 Apr 43	.	.	White, John S Jr	O-726608	.	52FG	12AF	POW/KIA	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape
Not confirmed	6 Apr 43	ER530	Spitfire Vb	.	.	.	.	.	.	46MU 19-9-42 215MU 15-10-42 SS628 25-10-42 Gibraltar 9-11-42 NWAfrica 28-2-43 Shot down by Bf109s nr Mateur 6-4-43
.	6 Apr 43	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	JG 77 suffered 3 losses in the afternoon, one northwest of Fatnassa in air combat and 2 in belly-landings near to La Cesare due to unknown reasons. Fw. Herbert Kittler of 7./JG 77 was killed in action shortly after gaining his 11th victory, a Spitfire. Oblt. Georg Seckel of 7./JG 77 claimed another Spitfire shortly after Fw. Kittler's.
.	6 Apr 43	.	.	Montour, Gilbert E	O-435975	5FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	8 Apr 43	.	.	Feld, Sylvan "Sid"	O-437064	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Apr 43	.	.	Butler, James Edward (S/Sgt)	39082793	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1.50 victories
.	9 Apr 43	.	.	Cabas, Victor N	O-885278	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1.50 victories
.	9 Apr 43	.	.	Feld, Sylvan "Sid"	O-437064	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Apr 43	.	.	Ohr, Fred F	O-725780	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory, Ju-88 North of Kairouan
.	9 Apr 43	.	.	Trowbridge, Lee M	O-410654	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Apr 43	.	.	Zendegui, Luis T	O-424325	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10 Apr 43	.	.	Helton, Leonard V	O-727456	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11 Apr 43	JK192	Spitfire Vc	Goldstein, Warren	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Sbeitla #2, Tunisia, (CBAF, M46, 46MU 1-2-43, 82MU 6-2-43, arrived Gibraltar 7-3-43, sent to North West Africa 31-3-43, SOC 31-7-43, (31 July 1943))
.	16 Apr 44	JG750	Spitfire Vc	Fox, Philip J	O-885213	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged during ground collision, Gedina #3, Tunisia, (CBAF, M46, 38MU 15-12-42, 222MU 30-12-42, Skeldergate 10-1-43, Gibraltar 6-2-43, NWAfrica 28-2-43, SOC 28-4-45 (28 April 1945))
.	16 Apr 43	JG921	Spitfire Vc	Blais, Maurice R. Jr	O-441825	4FS other sources have him in 5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Rhode Island, Buried at: Plot I Row 3 Grave 11, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, Gedina #3, Tunisia. Pilot killed, plane destroyed taxiing, Gedina #3, Tunisia, from Tom Ivies book "Spitfires And Yellow Tail Mustangs". "The downside of April 16th occurred when Lt. Maurice Blais, was killed while taking off from Le Sers airfield. As Blais was heading down the strip, his Spitfire became stuck in a gravel bank made by a grader. A cloud of dust covered him, and Lt Philip J Fox, O-885213 not seeing him, proceeded on his take-off. His wing hit the cockpit of Lt. Blais' aircraft knocking him unconscious, and Lt,.Blais died on the way to the hospital. (CBAF, M46, 45MU 4-12-42, 9MU 6-12-42, SS653 19-1-43, Gibraltar 6-2-43, North West Africa 28-2-43 (28 Feb 1943))
.	18 Apr 43	ES261	Spitfire Vc	Caras, Victor N	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged belly landing, engine failure, Gedina #3, Tunisia, (CBAF, M46, 38MU 28-11-42, 82MU 6-12-42, Bluff V 16-12-42, arrived Gibraltar 13-1-43, sent to North West Africa, SOC 31-7-43, (31 July 1943))
.	18 Apr 43	.	.	Feld, Sylvan "Sid"	O-437064	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	19 Apr 43			Cabas, Victor N	O-885278	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victories
.	19 Apr 43	.	.	Feld, Sylvan "Sid"	O-437064	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	19 Apr 43	.	.	Langburg, Maurice K.	O-025219	.	52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	19 Apr 43	.	.	Levine, Robert	O-401188	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	19 Apr 43	.	.	Smithers, Edwin C.	O-436018	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: New Jersey, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	20 Apr 43	.	.	Camp, Frank B	O-441829	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	20 Apr 43	.	.	Fletcher, Moss K	O-885284	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	20 Apr 43	.	.	Harvey, John D.	O-885169	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Illinois, Buried at: Plot H Row 7 Grave 7 North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
.	20 Apr 43	.	.	Higgins, William F	O-665409		52FG	12AF	POW	Oflag 64 or 21B Schubin (Moved to Usedom) Poland, Altburgund 53-17
.	20 Apr 43	.	.	Levine, Robert	O-401188	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20 Apr 43	.	.	Simpson, Jerome C	O-430858	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	20 Apr 43	.	.	Williamson, Letcher S	T-186076		52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	23 Apr 43	EN145	Spitfire IX	Trowbridge, Lee M	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, Gedina #3, Tunisia, (3706, CHA, M61, FF 5-12-42, 39MU 6-12-42, 47MU 14-12-42, Empire Tower 23-12-42, Gibraltar 13-1-43, shipped to North West Africa 28-2-43.Sent from Mediterranean Army Air Force 26-4-45 to Italian Air Force 26-6-47 as MM4116 [c/n 6S.240837]
.	25 Apr 43	.	.	McDonald, Norman L	O-430835	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	8 May 43	EP783	Spitfire Vb	Alenius, Albert A	O-665496	4FS	52FG	12AF	DNB	Pilot killed in crash, 4FS, 52FG, 12AF, Gendim AD/La Sebela, Tunisia, (CBAF, M46, 12MU 1-8-42, 222MU 6-9-42, Gibraltar 27-9-42 (27 Sep 1942)
.	8 May 43	.	.	Carey, John A	O-430701	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1.50 victories
.	23 May 43	.	.	Fawcett, John	.	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	On 23 May, we found them at La Sebala, a dusty stubble hayfield beside the Bizerte road about 10-krn north of Tunis. There we lived in Limey tents in an olive grove beside the field. Upon arrival, Mike Encinias, Jack Schneider, Bruce Kellam and I were assigned to the 2nd Squadron. This was it! I was in a combat outfit and ready to give 'em hell! The field had just been vacated by a Luftwaffe fighter squadron two weeks earlier and there were several German aircraft lying about, which gave me my first glimpse of the Fw-190, Ju-52, Stuka dive bomber and others. The next day Sgt. Pilot Confer, a quiet mustachioed veteran of the Tunisian Campaign, checked me out in the Mk. V, and Capt. Louie Zendegui led us on our first combat practice mission down around Medjez El Bab and Kairouan where we got our initial indoctrination in the loose, six-ship box, weaving RAF combat formation. In the next two months we spent many hours in this manner up over the Tunisian plains sharpening our combat tactics. Our group had been transferred into the Coastal Command, so we spent the summer patrolling merchant convoys, covering minesweepers, scrambling after high-flying enemy reconnaissance aircraft, searching for downed air crews far out over the water, and gunnery practice.
.	26 May 43	EP795	Spitfire Vb	Joy, William R	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, La Sebela, Tunisia, (CBAF, M46, 12MU 1-8-42, 82MU 2-9-42, SS621 16-10-42, Gibraltar 1-11-42, North West Africa USAAF 31-7-43, (31 July 1943), Middle East 31-1-45, CE 26-4-45 SOC
.	29 May 43	JG780	Spitfire Vc	Brown, Chandler R	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, 4FS, 52FG, 12AF, La Sebela, Tunisia, (CBAF, M46, 38MU 21-12-42 222MU 31-12-42 SS117 4-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43 NWAfrica USAAF 31-7-43 Armee de l'Air 14-2-46)
15757, page 404	Unknown to me	.	.	Anderson, Dale F	O-667022	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Polk County, IA
.	30 May 43	W3942	Spitfire Vb	.	.	4PS	52PG	12AF	.	FF 11-9-41 43MU 13-9-41 71S 19-9-41 111S 5-6-42 4USAAF 13-9-42 CE ops 30-5-43
.	31 May 43	EF570	Spitfire Vc	Information only	.	4FS	52PG	12AF	.	Plane coded WD-Q, plane details 6MU 1-3-43 82MU 12-3-43 Fort McLeod 21-3-43 Casablanca 6-4-43 NAfrica 31-5-43 Malta 1-6-43 Middle East 1-7-43 SOC 26-4-45
.	31 May 43	JG930	Spitfire Vc	Litchfield, Thompson D	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	W/o	Destroyed taking off, 5FS, 52FG, 12AF, La Sebela, Tunisia, CBAF, M46, 9MU 21-12-42 222MU 7-1-43 SS653 19-1-43 Gibraltar 6-2-43 NWAfrica 28-2-43 (28 Feb 43))
	Late May 43	EN354	Spitfire IX	Plane information only	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Coded WD-W, named Doris JuneII ? , FF 13-1-43 R-RH Cv IX 12MU 29-1-43 47MU 9-2-43 Fort Hudson 20-2-43 Gibraltar 7-3-43 NWAfrica 31-3-43 SOC 15-3-45, Stricken Off Charge 15 May 1945, 4FS, 52FG
.	2 Jun 43	EN521	Spitfire IX	Rollag, Stanley A	O-795642	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Severely damaged belly landing, 5FS, 52FG, 12AF, La Sebela, Tunisia, (3986, R-R, M63, FF 8-2-43 R-RH Cv IX, 9MU 13-2-43, 47MU 25-2-43, Wanderer 12-3-43, Gibraltar 24-3-43, NWAfrica 30-4-43 72Sqdn, 1435Sqdn 'V-V' 1 SAAF, SOC 30-9-43 bboc for Royal Egyptian Air Force 21-6-45
.	Jun 43	EN354	Spitfire IX	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Plane coded WD-W, based at La Sebala, Tunisia. Plane details FF 29-1-43 39MU 2-2-43 47MU 9-2-43 Llan 13-3-43 Gibraltar 24-3-43 NWAfrica 31-5-43 USAAF 31-7-43 ASTH 28-2-45 Westland 19-7-45 33MU 31-8-45 SAAF 14-5-49
.	3 June 43	.	Spitfire IX	Feld, Sylvan	O-437064	4FS	52FG	12AF	#8	Claims 1 victory, 1 FW 190 Destroyed 20 miles NE of Cape Bon. While on patrol 20 miles NE of Cape Bon at 18,000 feet going West at 17:15 hours with Lt. Brown, we sighted 14 FW 190’s at 13,000 feet just West of us going toward Sicily. They were flying three 4 ship, line abreast elements with two ships lagging on the right. As we passed over them we attacked from above and behind in a dive out of the sun, the two ships on the extreme right. The ship I attacked evidently never saw me as he took no evasive action. I opened fire at directly astern at 200 yards and closed to 100 yards, noting cannon and m/g strikes on the fuselage and behind the cockpit. The e/a pulled up slightly, staggered and went into a tight spiralling dive emitting heavy black smoke. We broke right and made a climb almost to the stalling point above the other e/a. I could only follow his dive for about 2000 feet and saw the e/a in a tight spiral and smoking badly. The left element started to break towards us and then dove to the NE for Sicily, when they spotted us above them. The rest of the formation dove for the deck out of formation and never broke towards us. I believe I must have killed the pilot as the e/a looked absolutely out of control when I last saw it before leaving for base. I claim one FW 190 destroyed.
.	4 Jun 43	JG952	Spitfire Vc	Rollag, Stanley A	O-795642	5FS	52FG	12AF	W/o	Destroyed force landing due to engine failure, La Sebela, Tunisia, (CBAF, M46, 12MU 4-1-43 82MU 14-1-43 Empire Tide 3-2-43 Gibraltar 16-2-43 NWAfrica 31-3-44 SOC 28-4-45 ( 28 April 1945))
.	6 Jun 43	.	Spitfire IX	Feld, Sylvan Combat Report	O-437064	4FS	52FG	12AF	#9	Scrambled 19:20 hours with H. L. Cook. Shot down one enemy a/c and damaged another one 15 20 miles South West of Pantelleria Island. Possibly Lt. Hans Nitzsche 6./JG 27, Bf 109 G-6/trop (18127) Yellow 5 + -. Lt, Sylvan " Sid" Feld of the 4th FS with nine victories in the Spitfire was the top scoring USAAF Spitfire Ace He scored 7 victories in the V and 2 victories in the IX, Spitfire. he later serves his 2nd tour with the 410FS, 373rdFG, shot down by flak 13 Aug 1944 over Europe, POW, DOW sustained in a bombing raid. Plane details 46MU 25-11-42 222MU 7-12-42 Hamble VI 20-12-42 Gibraltar 13-1-43 USAAF 31-10-43 Middle East 31-1-45 SOC 9-5-46
.	7 Jun 43	.	.	Aitken, John Jr	O-438002	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Jun 43	.	.	Aitken, John Jr	O-438002	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	9 Jun 43	ER759	Spitfire VbT	Markley, Donald W.	O-885419	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: California, Buried at: Plot E Row 13 Grave 6, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.Pilot killed in crash, 4FS, 52FG, 12AF, La Sebela, Tunisia, (CBFA, M46, 39MU 10-10-42 47MU 15-10-42 Empire Day 22-10-42 Gibraltar 9-11-42 NWAfrica Overshot landing at Bone 16-2-43)
.	11 Jun 43	.	.	Armstrong, Robert E Jr	O-436488	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	12 Jun 43	.	.	Armstrong, Robert E Jr	O-436488	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	12 Jun 43	.	.	Burnett, Robert L III	O-792955	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	12 Jun 43	.	.	Tyler, James O	O-727587	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	19 Jun 43	.	.	Empey, Donald A., Technical Sergeant	6915324	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Wisconsin, Buried at: Plot A Row 20 Grave 6, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia
.	On or about 24 Jun 43	.	.	West, Graham W (CO)	.	HQ	52FG	12AF		CO Col. Graham West. A grass fire started on the field near our dispersal area and Col. West led several of us in trying to extinguish the flames with jackets, brooms, jerry cans of water and whatever came to hand. The fire spread under a wrecked Ju52 transport; in minutes one of its engines exploded, scattering burning magnesium all around and critically injuring Col. West. His leg was amputated and he was hospitalized home.
.	1 Jul 43	.	.	Carey, John A	O-430701	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories, 2- FW 190 Destroyed 50 miles NE of Cape Bon
.	1 Jul 43	.	.	Gottlieb, Irwin	O-667095	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory, 1- Fw 190 Destroyed 20 miles NE of Bizerte
.	1 Jul 43	.	.	O'Connor, Charles T Jr	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory, 1- Me 109 Destroyed 50 miles NE of Cape Bon
.	5 Jul 43	.	.	Confer, Robert L (S/Sgt)	13021749	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory, shared with McMillan, 1 Me 109 destroyed 30 miles NNE of Cape Bon
.	5 Jul 43	.	.	MacMillan, David W	O-428514	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory, shared with Confer, 1 Me 109 destroyed 30 miles NNE of Cape Bon
.	8 Jul 43	.	.	Armstrong, Robert E Jr	O-436488	4FS	52FG	12AF	S/d	1-Ju 88 destroyed Shot down by return fire
.	12 Jul 43	.	.	Gottlieb, Irwin	O-667095	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory, 1- Me 109 F Destroyed 14 miles E of Bizerte Uffz Franz Schmidt, 3/JG77 Bf109G, baled POW
.	19 Jul 43	.	.	Bailey, George L.	O-663457	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia One afternoon a pilot from one of the other squadrons had an engine failure on takeoff, spun into the olive grove about 100-yds from our tents and was killed. Then our squadron lost a pilot on 19 July when George Bailey was killed as his plane hit the water while practicing shadow gunnery in the Gulf of Tunis. Shadow gunnery was good practice in deflection shooting, but it was a dangerous form of training due to the difficulty in judging your height off the water. A memorial service for George was held under the olive trees a couple of mornings later, but it left me troubled and determined not to attend any more such gatherings.
.	On or about 30 July 43	.	Spitfire	Schneider, Jack	O-664265	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	The airdrome at Palermo, Sicily, was secured by Patton's Army the first week in August and orders came for us to move. Unfortunately, at that time we had more pilots than airplanes, so four of our pilots including myself had to go with the ground echelon riding a Navy LST all the way. We were to depart from La Goulette Harbor. At the last minute before boarding we were joined by a late arrival. Jack Schneider, while flying to Sicily, had an engine failure and parachuted into the sea. He was picked out of the drink by a Royal Air Force Walrus amphibian and brought back in time to join us on our boat ride.
.	31 Jul 43	ES353	Spitfire Vc	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	SOC	Coded VF-C, Assigned to Mc Cabe, Jerome S. In June 1943 McCabe returned to England. That November he was reassigned to the Forty-eighth Fighter Group, located at Ibsley, in the southern part of the country, as a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot, and flew a number of missions over occupied Europe escorting B-24, B-25, and B-26 bombers.. 6MU 9-12-42 76MU 15-12-42 Hamble VII 30-12-42 Gibraltar 18-1-43 NWAfrica SOC 31-7-43
.	31 Jul 43	ER120	Spitfire Vb	Information only		5FS	52FG	12AF	SOC	Coded VF-D, 6MU 4-9-42 76MU 9-9-42 SS620 15-10-42 Gibraltar 1-11-42 5USAAF NWAfrica SOC 31-7-43 Of interest the VF is painted over the American Flag identifier, Lt William Empey carried the centre control panel from this plane back to the USA
.	31 Jul 43	ER570	Spitfire Vb	Information only	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Coded WD-Q. Assigned to Pilot - Maj. Robert Levin. La Sebada, Tunisia, June 1943. 45MU 25-9-42 215MU 11-10-42 SS628 17-10-42 Gibraltar 9-11-42 NWAfrica USAAF 31-7-43 Swung on landing and overturned Lydda CE 14-6-45 [15-1-45]
.	Aug 43	.	.	MacMillian, David W	O-428514	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	He served with the 52nd from April 1943 thru Aug 1943 when he was transferred to the 31st. where he served until April 1944. He flew mostly spits 5 and 9's and some P-51 mustangs with the 31st. One personal spit he was assigned was an MK-5, QP-U. Others were (WZ-N, 309FS, 31FG) and QP-M. He also flew over 100 missions in Korea in P-51s and Sabres. After retiring from the Air Force he continued to fly and moved on to helicopters.
.	1 Aug 43	.	.	English, Norman E	O-666904	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	1 Aug 43	.	.	McDonald, Norman L	O-430835	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	1 Aug 43	P7672	Spitfire Mk IIa	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	9MU 20-11-40 91S 14-1-41 CAC ops 21-1-41 AST 501S 12-6-41 306S 15-10-41 2USAAF 1-8-43 5USAAF 22-8-43 FAAC 11-2-44 61OTU 18-3-44 FACB 7-4-44 ASTE 14-4-44
.	6 Aug 43	.	.	Helton, Leonard V	O-727456	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory, Me 109G destroyed 40 miles NE of Palermo Airdrome, Sicily
.	5 Sep 43	.	.	Dougherty	.		52FG	12AF	W/o	On 5 September, 1943 Lieutenant Dougherty was attempting to takeoff, but couldn't get airborne for some reason. When he was almost out of runway and still on the ground, he cut the engine and aborted. The Spitfire promptly shot through a gate to the base, startling the RAF gate guards, and stopped in a soft field. Although Dougherty wasn't hurt, his aircraft was totaled.
.	On or about 20 Sept 43	.	.	Fawcett, John	.	2FS/ 309FS	52FG/ 31FG	12AF	Transferred	In September, my best friend, Dave MacMillan, and I were transferred as pilot replacements to 309th Squadron of 31st Fighter Group which had just moved into the Salerno beachhead. After getting over the pain of leaving all our friends in 2nd Squadron we were greatly pleased with this move and the chance to get out of the Coastal Command. The 31st FG was part of Twelfth Air Support Command and engaged in bomber escort and close tactical support of the ground forces and thus always located right up close to the lines. We joined them at Montecorvino Airdrome within the beachhead perimeter which had been secured a week or so earlier. Mac and I soon realized that here too was a great collection of characters, all Americans, some of whom had come to us from the RAF when they found they could fly Spitfires under their own flag.
.	7 Sep 43	.	.	Walton	.		52FG	12AF	W/o	A second Spit was lost when two days later Lieutenant Walton lacked power to complete his takeoff. He elected to collapse his wheels and, with the aircraft on its belly, crashed into a stone wall. Only slightly injured, his aircraft was also a total loss
.	1 Oct 43	EF679	Spitfire Vc	Information Only	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	39MU 26-5-43 47MU 6-6-43 SS707 10-6-43 Casablanca 29-6-43 NWAfrica 12/52USAAF 1-10-43 lost in Italy 24-1-44, MACR 2202
.	13 Oct 43	.	.	Holmberg, Ferdinand W.	O-670915	5FS	52FG	12AF	DNB	For the month of October, 1943 the 52 FG didn't fly any combat sorties, mostly due to bad weather. What little flying they did, however, cost the group three pilots, the first casualties they'd had in months. The first lost was Lieutenant Ferdinand W. Holzberg, who crashed for an unknown reason. An eye-witness said the aircraft was in a steep dive as it came through the clouds, did not recover, and hit the ground. Entered the Service from: Washington, Buried at: Plot C Row 12 Grave 21, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
.	19 Oct 43	.	.	Monks, Donald K.	O-800023	5FS	52FG	12AF	DNB	Lieutenant Donald K. Monks was lost on a training formation flight when he was caught in the prop-wash of another aircraft and collided with Lieutenant Atkins. Atkins was able to land his aircraft, but Monks' aircraft went out of control and spun into the ground. Lt. Atkins also with the 5th was injured.
.	20 Oct 43	.	.	Scott, Edward M	O-427001	4FS	52FG	12AF	DNB	The third loss was on another practice mission. When Captain Edward M. Scott's aircraft developed a glycol leak, he returned to base. Coming in for a forced landing, he hit a telephone line and pole and his aircraft cart wheeled and burned
.	25 Oct 43	.	.	Aubertin, Leo E., Sergeant	19055156	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Entered the Service from: Montana, Buried at: Plot E Row 11 Grave 18, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
.	4 Nov 43	.	.	Grey, Frank O Jr	O-810647	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	30 Nov 43	EF647	Spitfire Vc	Information only	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	VAWD 12-4-43 wts and CG load of Westland prod aircraft 6MU 14-4-43 82MU 26-4-43 Fort Jersey 11-5-43 Casablanca 30-5-43 Malta 1-8-43 NAfrica 30-10-43 12/52USAAF 30-11-43 lost France 9-2-44
.	7 Dec 43	.	.	Tyler, James O	O-727587	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
1596	19 Dec 43	MH605	SPITFIRE	Helton, Leonard Virgil	O-727456	4FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Location, So. Piacenza, Italy, Point Of Departure, Calvi, Corsica. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. On the 19 December, 1943, 3 Spitfires of the 4FS, 52FG, on a mission over Northern Italy from Corsica ran short of fuel and had to crash land in enemy territory at Borgotaro, Italy. Three other Spitfires reached Corsica with their tanks virtually empty. MH605 coded WD-D was one of them it was only slightly damaged during its belly landing. Coded WD-D, Borgotaro, Italy, Vc, CBAF, M63, 9MU 29-8-43 47MU 10-9-43 Ocean Rider 23-9-43 Casablanca 10-10-43 NAfricanASC 31-10-43 12/52USAAF 31-11-43 lost over Italy 19-12-43 [1SAAF Swung on landing into soft sand and overturned Ravenna 22-4-45]
.	19 Dec 43	Wrong serial NH605	SPITFIRE, LFIX, see comments	.	.	.	52FG ?	12AF	.	CBAF, M66 engine, 6MU 8-6-44 341S 29-6-44 USAAF CAC ops N Italy Borgataro 5-8-44 VAO 29MU 6-2-45 Med AAF 23-3-45This one was probably confused with MH605, which did in fact belly land at Borgotaro, Italy,
1597	19 Dec 43	EF691	Spitfire VcT	Ennis, Jerome	O-792699	4FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Location, So. Piacenza, Italy, Point Of Departure, Calvi, Corsica. North African Theatre: Italy. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. Plane details 8MU 7-6-43 222MU 18-6-43 Fort Vercheres 1-7-43 Casablanca 14-7-43 USAAF 31-12-43 lost over Italy, SOC 29-2-44. Also mentioned in this report Ottaway Bethard Cornwell, Henry Eglinton Montgomery, Chandler Russell Brown
1598 has plane coded as Lz-820	19 Dec 43	LZ820	SPITFIRE	Massey, John Whittle	O-800573	4FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Location, So. Piacenza. Italy, Point Of Departure, Calvi, Corsica. North African Theatre: Italy. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. Coded WD-E, 4FS, 52FG, Boragato, Italy, Vc, 4FS, 52FG, Boragato Italy, CBAF, M50, 9MU 5-4-43 82MU 15-4-43 Empire Barrie 2-5-43 Casablanca 17-5-43 12/52USAAF wheels up landing Borgataro Italy 19-12-43 SOC 29-2-44
.	21 Dec 43	.	.	English, Norman E.	O-666904	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Colorado, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
1696	29 Dec 43	EP774	SPITFIRE Vb Not confirmed as the right plane for this pilot.	Gottlieb, Irwin	O-792394	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: New York, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters. CBAF, M46, 9MU 21-8-42 82MU 4-9-42 SS620 15-10-42 Gibraltar 1-11-42 NWAfrica 28-2-43 USAAF 31-11-43 SOC 29-2-44
1697	29 Dec 43	MA335	SPITFIRE Vc, Not confirmed as the right plane for this pilot.	Hine, Robert W	O-792120	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Ohio, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.CBAF, M50, 9MU 27-4-43 222MU 6-5-43 Fort Steele 16-5-43 Casablanca 30-5-43 NWAfrica 30-6-43 12/52USAAF 1-10-43 lost in Med 29-12-43 SOC 29-2-44
.	31 Dec 43	JK160	Spitfire Vc	Information only	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	38MU 29-1-43 222MU 10-2-43 Fort Hudson 20-2-43 Gibraltar 7-3-43 NWAfrica 31-3-43 12/52USAAF 31-12-43 lost France 9-2-44. MACR 2484

1944

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service#	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Comments
.	6 Jan 44	.	.	Boney, Elmer G	O-665380	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	6 Jan 44	.	.	Kruse, Lawrence H.	O-737143	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Illinois, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	7 Jan 44	.	.	Trowbridge, Lee M	O-410654	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
1799 Mentioned in 1797 (79thFG)	10 Jan 44	ER653	SPITFIRE, VbT	.	.	.	52FG	12AF		CBAF, M46, 38MU 6-10-42 76MU 15-10-42 SS626 20-10-42 Gibraltar 6-11-42 NWAfrica 28-2-43 12/52USAAF Missing from tactical recce nr Rome 27-1-44 [10-1-44]
.	11 Jan 44	JK729	Spitfire Vc	Johnson, Arthur G Jr	.	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged landing, Bone Les Salines AF, Algeria, (CBAF, M46, 33MU 27-2-43, 82MU 7-3-43, Fort Livingstone 20-3-43, Gibraltar 12-4-43. NWAfrica 30-4-43. No Further Trace)
.	12 Jan 44	JK381	Spitfire VcT	Watts, Thomas E	O-2268559	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Damaged during ground loop, Calvi, Corsica (CBFA, M46, 6MU 7-3-43, 47MU 14-3-43, Orient City 13-4-43, Casablanca 25-4-43, SEAC 25-9-44, MedAAF 27-10-44, Turkey 30-11-44)
1955	13 Jan 44	JK255	Spitfire Vc	Myers, John Derlin	T-187614	2FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15. CBAF, M46, 46MU 27-1-43 215MU 15-2-43 Essex Trader 10-4-43 Casablanca 25-4-43 NWAfrica 31-5-43 12/52USAAF 31-8-43 lost in Med 13-1-44
.	13 Jan 44	.	.	Nangle, John T.	O-791320	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Rhode Island, Buried at: Plot F Row 4 Grave 35, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Silver Star, Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. This is from the book Spitfires & Yellow Tail Mustangs. Lt. Nangle was still over Corsica when his Spitfire MK9 prop ran away shortly after take off forcing him to bail out . He landed in the sea but drowned before the Walrus rescue plane could get there. In the squadron diary it was stated that he was one of the best liked pilots in the 5th FS. There is a photo of him on page 43 in the book.
.	15 Jan 44	.	.	Canning, William B	O-665521	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	15 Jan 44	.	.	Gross, Norman C	O-730463	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	15 Jan 44	.	.	O'Connor, Charles T. J.	O-667095	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Nebraska, Buried at: Plot B Row 3 Grave 35, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy., Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
.	15 Jan 44	.	.	Storey, Raymond W	O-732345	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	21 Jan 44	.	.	Trowbridge, Lee M	O-410654	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23 Jan 44	.	.	Bickford, James W	O-884187	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories HE 111 KG26
.	23 Jan 44	.	.	Encinias, Mike	O-670860	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories KG26 battle on evening of 22nd, claimed on the 23rd
.	23 Jan 44	.	.	Leibel, Robert H	O-665832	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory KG26 battle on evening of 22nd, claimed on the 23rd
.	23 Jan 44	.	.	Johnson, Arthur G Jr "Johnnie"	O-700272	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory KG26 battle on evening of 22nd, claimed on the 23rd
.	24 Jan 44	.	.	Cleveland, Clyde S	O-736996	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 Jan 44	.	.	Schellhase, Harry O.	O-663572	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Texas, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
2202	24 Jan 44	AF-679 serial not listed more likely EF-679	Spitfire Vc	Cleveland, Clyde Stewart	O-736996	2FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Location, See Overlay on MACR, Point Of Departure, Borgo, Corsica, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. West, M50, 39MU 26-5-43 47MU 6-6-43 SS707 10-6-43 Casablanca 29-6-43 NWAfrica 12/52USAAF 1-10-43 lost in Italy 24-1-44
.	24 Jan 44	.	.	Watts, Thomas E.	O-2268559	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Arizona, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster. On Jan. 24, 1944, Hoover's twenty-second birthday, he lost his roommate and best friend. After being shot down near the coast of Calvi, Corsica, Tom Watts had successfully bailed out of his Spitfire. But high winds dragged his parachute into a reef of rocks offshore, and he drowned. It wasn't the first fatality for his band of men, but it hit Hoover the hardest.
2225	27 Jan 44	JK945	Spitfire Vc	Cornwell, Ottaway Bethard	O-665528	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA / FOD	Location, Grande Bastide A/D, Point Of Departure, Calvi, Corsica..15MU 20-3-43 76MU 1-4-43 SS680 11-4-43 Casablanca 25-4-43 Middle East 1-8-43 SOC 29-8-46
2226	27 Jan 44	JK-705	Spitfire Vc	Beedle, Howard Jr	O-885202	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA / FOD	Hometown: Menard County, TX. Location, Grande Bastide A/D, Point Of Departure, Calvi, Corsica. CBAF, M46, 33MU 27-2-43 82MU 12-3-43 Empire Prince 23-3-43 Casablanca 6-4-43 12/52USAAF 29-2-44 written off France 27-1-45 ? per USAAF records. 27 January was unusually cold but clear and the wind subsided and missions resumed. Eight Spitfires led by Maj. Houston, Commanding Officer of the 4th FS, flew an ill-fated recce mission to France. As the formation approached the German airfield at Grande Bastide, Cornwell's flight observed Me 109s taking off, and he and Lt. Harold Beedle dove to attack them. On their first pass they used their combined firepower to shoot down one of the Me 109s, but failed until too late to see Messerschmitts closing in on their tails. Cornwell and Beedle had left two Spitfires up high as top cover, and then dove to attack six Me 109s which were taking off. However, the attacking German fighters struck so quickly the top cover could not react. The Me 109s hit both Spitfires with fatal bursts and both of them were seen to hit the side of a nearby mountain and explode. As this took place three other Me 109s bounced the two Spitfires flown by Lts Kater and Lt John Carlton Burchfield and Kater's Spitfire was shot down and crashed in the water south of Grand Bastide. Burchfield returned home safely."
2227	27 Jan 44	JK602	Spitfire VcT	Kater, Lyle Richard	O-737131	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA S/d	Location, Grande Bastide A/D, Point Of Departure, Calvi, Corsica. Entered the Service from: Missouri, Tablets of the Missing at Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart (Cornwell survived that encounter later to die 10 Apr 45 and still is listed as MIA. Same with Kater, Kater was killed that day of Grand Bastide, (Grande Bastide and is in S. France. Distance to the Med, approx. 12 miles) He is also listed as MIA. Would be interesting to know how far of the coast he went down) CBAF, M50, 33MU 14-2-43 52MU 3-3-43 SS680 11-4-43 Casablanca 25-4-43 NWAfrica 31-5-43 12/52USAAF 31-8-43 lost in France 27-1-44
.	27 Jan 44	ER653	Spitfire VbT	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	38MU 6-10-42 76MU 15-10-42 SS626 20-10-42 Gibraltar 6-11-42 NWAfrica 28-2-43 12/52USAAF Missing from tactical recce nr Rome 27-1-44 [10-1-44]
2216	29 Jan 44	LZ863	Spitfire Vc	Haskins, Marvin Roy	O1699309	2FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Location, 500 Yds Off Shere Elba, Point Of Departure, Borgo, Corsica, CBAF, M50, 12MU 27-4-43 215MU 5-5-43 Fort Jersey 11-5-43 Casablanca 30-5-43 NWAfrica 1-7-43 12/52USAAF 31-1-44 lost in Med 29-1-45 ? per USAAF records. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	6 Feb 44	.	.	Alexander, Richard L	O-885165	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	6 Feb 44	.	.	McCraw, Albert R	T-186529	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	6 Feb 44	.	.	Schneider, Jack R	O-664255	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	7 Feb 44	.	.	Adams, James A Jr	O-665495	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	7 Feb 44	.	.	Bishop, John L	O-885276	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	7 Feb 44	.	.	Burnett, Robert L III	O-792955	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
2394	7 Feb 44	EF693	Spitfire VcT	Canning, William B	O-665521	4FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Claims 1 victory. Location, 2 Miles S W Leano, Italy, Point Of Departure, Calvi, Corsica. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12, West, M50, 33MU 9-6-43 47MU 23-6-43 Fort Vercheres 1-7-43 Casablanca 14-7-43 NWAfrica USAAF 1-10-43 lost in Italy 7-2-44
.	9 Feb 44	.	Details of the losses	.	.	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	On 9 February, a new modified enemy fighter engaged some 4 FS members. A Spitfire 4-ship bombing a freighter in Nice harbor was attacked by four FW-190Ds that had an inline engine as opposed to the old radial-engine FW-190As. Two Spits were lost, Lieutenant Hoover bailing out.When six Spits were sent to search for Lieutenant Hoover, they were also attacked by the new FW-190Ds, which downed another Spit before one of them was destroyed.
2482	9 Feb 44	EF647	SPITFIRE Vc	Bishop, John L.	O-885276	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Location, 43°28' N - 07°16' E, Point Of Departure, Calvi, Corsica. Shot down by Siegried "Bamm" Lemke. West, M50, VAWD 12-4-43 wts and CG load of Westland prod aircraft 6MU 14-4-43 82MU 26-4-43 Fort Jersey 11-5-43 Casablanca 30-5-43 Malta 1-8-43 NAfrica 30-10-43 12/52USAAF 30-11-43 lost France 9-2-4 4
2483	9 Feb 44	MA883	Spitfire VcT	Hoover, Robert Anderson	T-186546	4FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Coded WD-R.. Location, 43°38' N - 07°29' E, Point Of Departure, Calvi, Corsica. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12, Plane code WD-R, shot down by Siegried "Bamm" Lemke. Assigned to the 52nd Fighter Group in Corsica, After three failed attempts to flee from his German captors, World War II fighter pilot and prisoner-of-war Bob Hoover was running out of escape options. When a staged fight among the other prisoners diverted the attention of the prison guards, the former Stalag Luft I resident hopped a barbwire fence and went looking for the refuge of Allied territory. While he didn’t quite make it to Allied land on foot, Hoover did manage to find an abandoned FW-190, which he cautiously flew to the then-recently-liberated Holland. 9MU 8-8-43 222MU 29-8-43 Cardinal Gibbons 3-9-43 Casablanca 20-9-43 NAfricanASC 31-10-43 USAAF 12th AF 31-12-43 [lost over France 9-2-44] Tipped up during engine run Gaudo 4-3-45
2484	9 Feb 44	JK160	Spitfire Vc,	Montgomery, James Howe	T-186434	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Location, 43°38' N - 07°29' E, Point Of Departure, Calvi, Corsica, shot down by Siegried "Bamm" Lemke. Factory CBAF, Engine M46, History 38MU 29-1-43 222MU 10-2-43 Fort Hudson 20-2-43 Gibraltar 7-3-43 NW Africa 31-3-43 12/52USAAF 31-12-43 lost France 9-2-44
.	14 Feb 44	.	.	Confer, Robert L	T-223057	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
	14 Feb 44		.	Roberts, James C.	O-885218	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Texas, Buried at: Plot I Row 9 Grave 10, North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia
2729	15 Feb 44	EF741	Spitfire Vc	Tower, Arthur Ralph	O-724855	2FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Mason County, MI. Location, Approx 42°21' N-11° 49' E, Point Of Departure, Borgo, Corsica. West, M55, 39MU 5-10-43 47MU 25-10-43 Montgomery City 15-11-43 Casablanca 29-11-43 12/52USAAF 29-2-44 lost in Italy 15-2-45
.	16 Feb 44	.	.	Confer, Robert L	T-223057	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	16 Feb 44	.	.	Encinias, Mike	O-670860	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	19 Feb 44	.	Details of the losses	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	During a big fighter sweep on the 19th over the Viterbo area, an engagement took place involving 24 Spitfires against approximately 45 ME-109s and FW-190s. The end result was eight enemy aircraft destroyed and four others damaged, but with a loss of six Spitfires and pilots
.	19 Feb 44	.	.	Alexander, Richard L	O-885165	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	19 Feb 44	.	.	Bickford, James W	O-884187	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	19 Feb 44	.	.	Bryan, William L. Jr.,	O-736975	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 ME-109
.	19 Feb 44	.	Spitfire	Curtis, Robert C	O-424716	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 ME-109
.	19 Feb 44	EF-700	Spitfire VcT	Everett, Franklin Allan	O-730426	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 ME-109
.	19 Feb 44	MA890	Spitfire, VcT	Gahagen, William Douglas	O-790649	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 ME-109
.	19 Feb 44	MH564	Spitfire LFIX	Roberts, William John	0-428852	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 ME-109
2688	19 Feb 44	EF-700	Spitfire VcT	Everett, Franklin Allan	O-730426	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Location, Vicinity 3 Mi E Tuscania Italy, Point Of Departure, Borgo, Corsica. 33MU 22-6-43 234S 12-7-43 222MU 23-8-43 Cardinal Gibbons 3-9-43 Casablanca 20-9-43 NWAfricanAF 31-10-43 USAAF 31-1-44 lost in Italy 19-2-44
2689	19 Feb 44	MA890	Spitfire, VcT	Gahagen, William Douglas	O-790649	5FS	52FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Dauphin County, PA. Location, Vicinity Viterbo A/D #2 Italy, Point Of Departure, Borgo, Corsica. CBAF, M55, 39MU 26-7-43 222MU 19-8-43 Gerrard Don 25-8-43 Casablanca 10-9-43 NAfricanASC 31-10-43 USAAF 31-1-44 written off Italy 19-2-44
2690	19 Feb 44	EF-746	Spitfire Vc	Liebl, Robert Henry	O-665832	2FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Location, [BLANK], Point Of Departure, Borgo, Corsica. Stalag 13D Nuremburg (Oflag 73) Bavaria 49-11. 39MU 12-10-43 82MU 21-10-43 Montgomery City 15-11-43 Casablanca 29-11-43 12/52USAAF, lost in Italy 19-2-44
2691	19 Feb 44	MH564	Spitfire LFIX	Roberts, William John	0-428852	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Franklin County, WA. Location, Vicinity Viterbo A/D #2 Italy, Point Of Departure, Borgo, Corsica. Plane details 33MU 24-8-43 47MU 2-9-43 Empire Grebe 15-9-43 Casablanca 29-9-43 NAfricanASC 31-10-43 SOC 28-4-45
2692	19 Feb 44	EF707	Spitfire VcT	Cooper, Sheldon H	0-670840	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Maricopa County, AZ. Location, Appr 3 Mi E Tuscania, Italy, Point Of Departure, Borgo, Corsica. 33MU 13-7-43 130S 24-7-43 82MU 18-8-43 Gerrard Don 25-8-43 Casablanca 10-9-43 NAfrica 30-11-43 USAAF 31-1-44 lost in Italy 19-2-44
2693	19 Feb 44	EF710	Spitfire VcT	Encinias, Mike	O-670860	2FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Location, See Overley on MACR, Point Of Departure, Borgo, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 Corsica. 33MU 17-7-43 82MU 27-7-43 SS732 5-8-43 Casablanca 18-8-43 NAfrica 30-11-43 USAAF 31-1-44 written off in Italy 19-2-44
.	1944	.	Spitfire	Curtis, Robert C	O-424716	2FS	52FG	12AF	B/o	Arrived in North Africa in 1943, moving to Sicily soon after, flying Spitfires with the 52nd Fighter Group. He scored his first air victory over an Me109 flying his Spitfire, and later survived a bail out when his fighter was badly damaged after a building he strafed exploded beneath him Moving across to the 15th Air Force, the 52nd Fighter Group re-equipped with the P-51 and Bob Curtis became a Squadron Commander. He added 13 more to his score flying the P-51, ending his war with 14 victories.
.	29 Feb 44	EF741	Spitfire Vc	Information only	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	39MU 5-10-43 47MU 25-10-43 Montgomery City 15-11-43 Casablanca 29-11-43 12/52USAAF 29-2-44 lost in Italy 15-2-45 ?
.	29 Feb 44	EF746	Spitfire Vc	Information only	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	39MU 12-10-43 82MU 21-10-43 Montgomery City 15-11-43 Casablanca 29-11-43 12/52USAAF 29-2-44 lost in Italy 19-2-45 ?
.	Mar 44	.	Details of the month	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	The 52 FG flew mostly B-25 and B-26 escort in March, plus some dive-bombing missions against factories, bridges, aircraft plants, and harbor- installations. After dropping their bombs, they would often strafe locomotives and any other targets of opportunity they could find. March was not a good month statistically. The group lost six Spits, claiming only one Ju-88 destroyed, one FW-190 damaged, and one Ju-88 damaged
.	3 Mar 44	.	.	Adams, James A Jr	O-438003	2FS	52FG	12AF	B/o	After escorting B-26s to Rome, he lost his engine at 5000ft on his way back to base. He bailed out and landed in water 20 miles southwest of Marinello. His Mae West inflated only on one side and when he tried to inflate his dingy it exploded. Lt Chuck Fuller, orbiting Adams, saw what happened and seperated his own dingy, and threw it down to Adams who was unable to retrieve it. After an hour and a half in the water Adams was picked up by an air-sea Walrus and returned to Borgo. This bailout was from a Spitfire. This information is from Spitfires And Yellow Tail Mustangs. Via AAF forum
.	8 Mar 44	.	.	Jones, Benjamin W.	O-666945	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Texas, Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
.	15 Mar 44	.	.	Moore, Robert M.	O1702891	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Maine, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
3176	17 Mar 44	EF751	Spitfire, Vc	Ritchings, Richard A	O-77130	5FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Plane coded VF-P. Location, 1 Mi E S E Collicchio, Italy. Point Of Departure. Borgo, Corsica. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. West, M55, 39MU 26-10-43 222MU 9-11-43 Fort George 4-12-43 Casablanca 22-12-43 12/56USAAF 29-2-44 lost in Italy 17-3-44
.	12 Mar 44	.	.	Fuller, Edwin W	O-664174	2FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	19 Mar 44	.	.	DeVoe, Charles E.	.	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Suffered wounds on the left side of his head near the eye and his Spitfire had many small shrapnel holes while there was a 20 mm shell hole through its starboard flap. On landing, the flap would not come down and the aircraft nosed over incurring further slight damage. He had prior service with 15FS, 53FG at Ft Myers AAF, FL
Mentioned on Pages 70, 71, 73 and -2100133574 MACR 15764	19 Mar 44	EE858	Spitfire, Vc	Steinbrenner, Eugene Charles	O-430865	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Hometown: Kings County, NY. Plane coded VF-E, 33MU 23-1-43 82MU 5-2-43 SS657 19-2-43 Gibraltar 9-3-43 NWAfrica 31-3-43 NAfricanASC 31-10-43 USAAF 29-3-44
3218	19 Mar 44	EF703	Spitfire, VcT	Boyd, Robert Cupe	O-736964	5FS	52FG	12AF	POW	Plane coded VF-Q, Location, Approx 5 Mi S Of Montalto D Castro, Italy. Point Of Departure, Borgo, Corsica. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. Plane details 39MU 28-6-43 234S 14-7-43 82MU Gerrard Don 25-8-43 Casablanca 10-9-43 NAfricanASC 31-10-43 USAAF 31-1-44 lost in Italy 19-3-44
.	22 Mar 44	.	.	St Germain, Glenn	O-885304	4FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: Maine, Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	31 Mar 44	.	.	Monson, Richard O.	O-689800	5FS	52FG	12AF	KIA	Entered the Service from: California, Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
.	April 1944	.	Details of the month	.	.	.	52FG	12AF	.	The 52 FG, transitioned to the P-51 Mustang, receiving their first airplanes on 14 April 1944. Two squadrons, the 2 FS and the 5 FS, became non-operational on the 17th to begin their conversion, while the 4 FS continued flying Spitfires for a few more days. On 20 April, they too were pulled off combat status, the same day the first operational combat mission was flown in the 52 FG's new P-51. The 52 FG became part of Fifteenth Air Force for long-range bomber escort.
..	2 Apr 44	.	.	Boughton, Edwin M.	O-430776	2FS	52FG	12AF	FOD ?	From New York.
4506 actually shot down 2 Apr 43	3 Apr 44	JK-171	Spitfire, Vc,	Vinson, Arnold Everett	O-418149	2FS	52FG	12AF	FOD	Hometown: Lawrence County, MS. CBAF, M46, 12MU 24-1-43 222MU 4-2-43 SS657 19-2-43 Gibraltar 9-3-43 NWAfrica 31-3-43 12/52USAAF lost in Med 3-4-43. Point Of Departure, Thelepte, Tunisia
.	14 Apr 44	.	.	Carey, John A	O-430701	5FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	20 Apr 44	.	.	Spitfire to P-51 transition also 12th to 15th AF	.	.	52FG	15AF	.	The 52 FG, also destined to transition to the P-51 Mustang, received their first airplanes on 14 April. Two squadrons, the 2 FS and the 5 FS, became non-operational on the 17th to begin their conversion, while the 4 FS continued flying Spitfires for a few more days. On 20 April, they too were pulled off combat status, the same day the first operational combat mission was flown in the 52 FG's new P-51. Like the 31 FG, the 52 FG became part of Fifteenth Air Force for long-range bomber escort.
.	21 Apr 44	.	.	.	.	.	52FG	15AF	.	On April 21st, 44, the French AF from Ajaccio took possesion of selected spitfires from the Americans (when they changed over to P-51s) and flew them back to Ajaccio.
.	May 44	.	.	Curtis, Richard	.		52FG	15AF	.	Second lieutenant Dick Curtis arrived in Italy in May 1944–twenty years old and part of a shipment of P-51 Mustang fighter pilots so desperately needed that they were rushed into combat with less than thirty hours of flight time in their new high-performance aircraft. Six of the twelve pilots assigned to the 52nd Fighter Group were shot down in the first two weeks. By his ninth mission, Curtis was the only one still flying.
.	9 May 44	42-106572	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Hoffman, James E Jr	O-810657	2FS	52FG	15AF	W/o	Destroyed take off accident, Agnione, Corsica
.	16 May 44	43-7024	North American P-51B-5 Mustang	Confer, Robert L	T-223057	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged taxiing, Madna AF, Italy ((52nd FG) lost Jun 11, 1944. MACR 5777)
.	16 May 44	42-106581	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Adams, James A Jr	O-438003	2FS	52FG	15AF	W/o	Plane destroyed landing, Madna AF, Italy
.	19 May 44	42-106575	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Harris, Joseph B	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	B/o	Bailed out, engine failure, Capraia Is/4mi SW, Adriatic Sea
.	23 May 44	42-106724	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Bruder, Matthew A	O-1533266	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged during take off, Madna AF, Italy, ((52nd FG) lost over Austria Jul 21, 1944. MACR 7149)
.	23 May 44	42-106568	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Robinett, Ronald C	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	W/o	Destroyed belly landing, Madna AF, Italy
.	24 May 44	.	.	Adams, James A Jr	O-665495	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2.50 victory
.	24 May 44	.	.	Alexander, Richard L	O-885165	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 May 44	.	.	Hoffman, James E Jr	O-810657	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1.50 victories
.	24 May 44	.	.	Lawler, John B	O-798313	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 May 44	43-24884	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Ney, Merle E	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged taking off, Madna AF, Italy
.	24 May 44	.	.	Schneider, Jack R	O-664255	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	24 May 44	.	.	Zoerb, Daniel J	O-798399	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	25 May 44	43-7043	North American P-51B-5 Mustang	Deckman, Robert	O-764601	4FS	52FG	15AF	W/o	Destroyed taking off, Madna AF, Italy
.	27 May 44	42-106578	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Crawford, Fred P	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged forced landing, engine failure, Madna AF, Italy
.	.	42-106760	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Information Only	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane coded VF-5
.	.	42-106715	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Information Only	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane named 'Hey Rube! II', coded QP-U
.	.	42-103357	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Information Only	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane coded OP-L, later lost with 67thFG MIA Dec 2, 1944. MACR 10554
Information Only	.	42-103579	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Curtis, Robert C	O-424716	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Assigned plane named "Julie" coded QP-C, plane condemned salvage from enemy action Jun 22, 1946
Information Only	.	42-103582	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Allen, Calvin Durand Jr	O-736931	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Assigned plane coded VF-Q with a C painted in an orange block just behind the cockpit, plane was condemned salvage Sep 7, 1945
Information Only	.	44-13264	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Curtis, Robert	O-424716	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Assigned plane named "Julie" coded QP-C. Flight Commanders in the 2FS, painted playing cards on their planes for identification, often an Ace. Curtis painted a Joker on his which he also used on 44-14164
Information Only	.	44-14164	North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang	Curtis, Robert	O-424716	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	See above
Information Only	.	44-13298	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Ohr, Fred F	O-725780	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Assigned plane named "Marie" coded QP-Q plane was lost over Austria Dec 8, 1944. MACR 10132
.	.	44-13428	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Information Only	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane named "Cathy II", coded QP-V
.	.	44-13441	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Information Only	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane named "Little Eva III", coded QP-E
.	.	44-63799	North American P-51D-20-NA Mustang	Information Only	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane named "Seneca Chief", coded WD-L
.	.	44-72777	North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang	Watson, Ralph J "Doc" Operations Officer	O-665529	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Assigned plane named "Doc Watson", coded VF-V, plane was recoded MX-F when he moved to the 5th FS, plane later (c/n 122-39236) to civil registry as N151D, plane has been restored and repainted in Doc Watson colors
.	29 May 44	.	.	Fuller, Edwin W	O-664174	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5407	29 May 44	43-6764	North American P-51B-5 Mustang	Gross, Norman C	O-730463	4FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Claims 2 victories. Location, Kirchberg, Austria, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy HOMETOWN Milford, IA, NORM FLEW SPITFIRES AND P-51 AIRCRAFT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE. HE WAS SHOT DOWN IN MAY 1944 AND HELD AS A POW IN GERMANY UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. HE WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, 7 AIR MEDALS AND THE POW MEDAL. HIS RANK WAS 1ST LIEUTENANT. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	29 May 44	43-24853	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Empey, James William	O-754606	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane named "Little Ambassador " coded VF-U.(52nd FG, 5th FS, Little Ambassador) with a D painted in an orange box just behind the canopy, crashed in lake in Switzerland Feb 22, 1945. MACR 12752)) In December 1943 Lt. Empey was sent to North Africa and assigned to the 5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group in Corsica, then flying Spitfires. The group exchanged is Spits for P-51s in March 1944. Empey scored all five of his aerial victories in 30 days of combat, from 29 May to 28 June 1944. On 29 May, he downed an Me-109 west of Weiner Neustadt, Germany, and on 11 June he shot down two more 109s over Sofia, Bulgaria. Two days later he was credited with a Ju-88 five miles northwest of Landshut, Germany, and he became an ace on 28 July with the destruction of an Me-109 southwest of Bucharest, Hungary. Upon completion of his combat tour he returned to the States to a P-40 training squadron and was released to the inactive reserve in August 1945.
.	29 May 44	.	.	Hanes, William F Jr	O-805037	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	29 May 44	.	.	Smith, Bradley	O-884184	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29 May 44	.	.	Tyler, James O	O-727587	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	30 May 44	.	.	Varnell, James Sullivan Jr "Sully"	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories His Crew Chief was Elmer Dalegrove, from Greenbay, Wisconsin, assistant Crew Chief was Charles Jones
5636	30 May 44	44-24816	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Alexander, Richard Lear "Dixie" Former RCAF and 4th FG Eagle	O-885165	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Plane named 'Chappie/Dixie Mk X' , coded QP-A. Location, 3 Miles E. Enns, Austria. Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. European Theatre: Austria. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. He had prior service in RAF 133 Sqdn, and 4thFG. Captain Alexander was shot down in May 1944 on a raid into Austria and spent a year as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III in Neurenberg and Mooseburg, Germany. After liberation he returned to service in the USAAF. He lost his right arm in an accident while on duty in Munich in January 1947 and was retired in 1948. Captain Alexander scored his first aerial victories with the 133 Squadron at Dieppe, downing a Dornier 217, a Focke-Wulf 190, and probably a Junkers 88. With the 12th and 52nd Groups, he destroyed a Fieschler Storche and a Messerschmidt Bf-109. With the 15th he destroyed another FW-190 and a Bf-109 on his last day of combat, when he was shot down. His final aerial tally: 6 kills, 1 probable, 2 damaged. Captain Alexander flew a total of 168 combat missions with the RAF and USAAF. He received the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, and Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters for his actions
.	31 May 44	.	.	Bellis, Carl C	O-2056218	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5425	31 May 44	42-106764	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Denham, Charles Ray	O-810633	5FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, N Of Bucharest, Roumania, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. Middle East Theatre: Rumania.
.	31 May 44	.	.	Fuller, Edwin W	O-664174	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
5635	31 May 44	43-24879	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Karle, John George	O-816116	5FS	52FG	15AF	B/o	Location, Babnjak, Yugoslavia, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. P-51, coded VF-G. Escort to Ploesti, unable to drop the tank when attacked by Bf 109, went into spin, recovered and headed home alone, fuel exhausted, pilot bailed out, Metkovic?, Yugoslavia
.	31 May 44	.	.	Kellam, Bruce R	O-664191	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31 May 44	.	.	Lawler, John B	O-798313	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31 May 44	.	.	Ohr, Fred F	O-725780	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31 May 44	.	.	Varnell, James S Jr	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	31 May 44	.	.	Zoerb, Daniel J	O-798399	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	1 Jun 44	42-105260	Curtiss P-40N-5-CU Warhawk	Putnam, Allen G,	.	26FS	52FG	14AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Nanning, Chinia
.	2 Jun 44	42-106753	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Burden, George R	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	W/o	Crashed taking off, plane destroyed, Madna AF, Italy
.	2 Jun 44	.	.	Bryan, William L. Jr.,	O-736975	2FS	52FG	15AF	S/d	Escort to Budapest, oxygen system and radio shot up by Bf 109, headed for Vis where 5 m E of the island engine caught fire, pilot bailed out, rescued by partisan boat after 45 minutes, Vis, Yugoslavia
.	2 Jun 44	.	.	Lawler, John B	O-798313	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	4 Jun 44	42-106604	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Fisher, Frederick E	O-816084	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Madna AF, Italy
.	9 Jun 44	.	.	Bullock, Fredrick E	O-730370	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	9 Jun 44	.	.	Burnett, Robert L III	O-792955	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	9 Jun 44	.	.	Deckman, Robert	O-754601	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Jun 44	.	.	Grey, Frank O Jr	O-810647	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Jun 44	.	.	Hanes, William F Jr	O-805037	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Jun 44	.	.	Hoffman, James E Jr	O-810657	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Jun 44	.	.	Lawler, John B	O-798313	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Jun 44	.	.	Varnell, James S Jr	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10 Jun 44	.	.	Varnell, James S Jr	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11 Jun 44	.	.	Allen, Calvin Durand Jr	O-736931	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11 Jun 44	.	.	Lampe, Richard C	O-737148	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11 Jun 44	.	.	Lawler, John B	O-798313	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11 Jun 44	.	.	Ohr, Fred F	O-725780	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11 Jun 44	.	.	Riddle, Dennis R	O-1168049	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
5777	11 Jun 44	43-7024	North American P-51B-5 Mustang	Riley, Joseph Festus	O-816764	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	From West Virginia. Location, Sofia, Bulgaria, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy
.	11 Jun 44	.	.	Schneider, Jack R	O-664255	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11 Jun 44	.	.	Zoerb, Daniel J	O-798399	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13 Jun 44	.	.	Adams, James A Jr	O-665495	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	13 Jun 44	.	.	Allen, Calvin Durand Jr	O-736931	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	13 Jun 44	.	.	Lawler, John B	O-798313	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	14 Jun 44	42-106612	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Floyd, John E Jr	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane destroyed landing, Madna AF, Italy
.	14 Jun 44	42-103439	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Fisher, Frederick E	O-816084	5FS	52FG	15AF	W/o	Plane destroyed landing, Madna AF, Italy, (condemned crash landing Jun 14, 1944.)
.	16 Jun 44	.	.	Clark, John S Jr	O-816977	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
5816	16 Jun 44	43-24871	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Crawford, Fred Roberts	O-754075	.	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, Budapest, Hungary, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. European Theatre: Hungary. Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	16 Jun 44	.	.	Lampe, Richard C	O-737148	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16 Jun 44	.	.	Lawler, John B	O-798313	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16 Jun 44	.	.	Ohr, Fred F	O-725780	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16 Jun 44	.	.	Pretzer, Willard C	O-814754	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16 Jun 44	.	.	Riddle, Dennis R	O-1168049	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	16 Jun 44	.	.	Schneider, Jack R	O-664255	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16 Jun 44	.	.	Varnell, James S Jr	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	16 Jun 44	.	.	Zoerb, Daniel J	O-798399	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1.50 victories
6072	23 Jun 44	43-24847	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Burwell Gilbert N	O-685971	4FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Oklahoma County, OK. Location, 12 Miles S W Of Ploesti, Roumania, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy
6075	23 Jun 44	42-103590	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Fisher, Frederick Edwin	O-816084	5FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Henrico County, VA. Location, Approximately 20 Miles West Of Kotor, Yugoslavia, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy
.	23 Jun 44	.	.	Goettleman, George J	O-793609	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory (The Fw 190F of 4./SG 2 and II./SG 10 took the hardest punishment. 4./SG 10 lost three pilots (including the Staffelkapitän and ground-attack veteran, Knights Cross holder Hauptmann Günther Müller, who was killed in the Fw 190 F-8 white 13 on his 900th combat sortie). 4./SG 10 recorded four Fw 190 F-8 shot down with two pilots killed and one wounded.)
.	23 Jun 44	.	.	Lampe, Richard C	O-737148	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23 Jun 44	.	.	McCampbell, Robert H	O-730559	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	23 Jun 44	.	.	Pretzer, Willard C	O-814754	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	23 Jun 44	.	.	Riddle, Dennis R	O-1168049	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
6074	23 Jun 44	43-24863	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Robinette, Ronald Gilbert	O-814762	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, 10 Miles N W Bucharest, Roumania, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. North African Theatre.
.	23 Jun 44	.	.	Tribbet, Frank H	O-730673	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	23 Jun 44	.	.	Tyler, James O	O-727587	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	23 Jun 44	.	.	Zoerb, Daniel J	O-798399	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	26 Jun 44	.	.	Bullock, Fredrick E	O-730370	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	26 Jun 44	.	.	Lampe, Richard C	O-737148	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	26 Jun 44	.	.	Tyler, James O	O-727587	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	26 Jun 44	.	.	Varnell, James S Jr	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	26 Jun 44	.	.	Zoerb, Daniel J	O-798399	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	27 Jun 44	.	.	Clark, John S Jr	O-816977	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	27 Jun 44	.	.	Grey, Frank O Jr	O-810647	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	27 Jun 44	.	.	Hoffman, James E Jr	O-810657	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	27 Jun 44	.	.	Varnell, James S Jr	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	29 Jun 44	42-106732	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Lundgaard, Linsley L	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged midair collision, Madna/ 10mi SW, Italy
.	30 Jun 44	42-106556	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Burden, George R	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Madna AF, Italy
.	30 Jun 44	.	.	Card, John H III	O-795198	.	52FG (Not confirmed)	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Norfolk County, MA
	winter 1944-45	44-13287	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Aircraft information	Plane assigned to William Parent	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Coded M, named Miss Ruth, on the port side of the cowlings, this aircraft was named Pendaja. assigned to William Parent, 4FS, 52FG, crew chief, F. Wiersma, Twin Lake, MI
6392	30 Jun 44	44-13487	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Kurtz, Merle Max	O-766369	.	52FG	15AF	POW	Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. European Theatre: Czechoslovakia. Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	2 Jul 44	.	.	Bryan, William L. Jr.,	O-736975	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	2 Jul 44	.	.	Blakeslee, Donald J M	O-885264	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Jul 44	.	.	Cowan, William R	O-665529	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Jul 44	.	.	Lampe, Richard C	O-737148	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1.50 victories
.	2 Jul 44	.	.	Riddle, Dennis R	O-1168049	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	2 Jul 44	.	.	Watson, Ralph J "Doc"	O-665529	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory, Pilot had prior service in 48FS, 14FG
.	4 Jul 44	.	.	Allen, Calvin Durand Jr	O-736931	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 4 victories
6890	4 Jul 44	44-13475	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang,	Chidester, Jack Duane	O-719261	4FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Wexford County, MI. Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy.
.	4 Jul 44	.	.	Evans, Richard N	O-681634	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	4 Jul 44	.	.	Peterson, Ralph W	O-667101	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	4 Jul 44	.	.	Smith, Arnold M	O-677147	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	5 Jul 44	.	.	Gassman, Ralph Q	O-410389	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	5 Jul 44	.	.	Hanes, William F Jr	O-805037	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	6 Jul 44	.	.	Botvidson, Charles C	O-885285	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	6 Jul 44	.	.	Cowan, William R	O-665529	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	6 Jul 44	.	.	Grey, Frank O Jr	O-810647	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
6514	7 Jul 44	42-103503	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Floyd, John E Jr	O-815299	5FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Tuscaloosa County, AL. Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy.
.	8 Jul 44	44-13507	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Fuller, Edwin W	O-664174	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Madna, Italy
6595	8 Jul 44	44-13472	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Grewe, Glenroy George	O-810648	.	52FG	15AF	POW	Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. European Theatre: Austria. Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12, Claim by Lt. Gernot Stein 6./JG 27 P-51 E of Neusiedler, 11.10 h
.	8 Jul 44	.	.	Botvidson, Charles	O-885285	2FS	52FG	15AF	B/o	Battle damaged, bailed out near the island, picked by partisans, Vis, Yugoslavia
.	8 Jul 44	42-106747	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Breibart, Herbert	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	W/o	Destroyed forced landing, engine failure, San Severo, Italy
.	8 Jul 44	.	.	Watson, Ralph J	O-665529	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory, Pilot had prior service in 48FS, 14FG
.	9 Jul 44	.	.	Clark, John S Jr	O-816977	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Jul 44	.	.	Hoffman, James E Jr	O-810657	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Jul 44	.	.	Ohr, Fred F	O-725780	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Jul 44	.	.	Varnell, James S Jr	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 3 victories
.	15 Jul 44	.	.	Mendonca, Elmer J	O-742506	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	15 Jul 44	.	.	Pretzer, Willard C	O-814754	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	16 Jul 44	.	.	Deckman, Robert	O-754601	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	16 Jul 44	.	.	Hanes, William F Jr	O-805037	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1.50 victories
6963	16 Jul 44	44-13474	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Hyde, Robert M	O-719349	4FS	52FG	15AF	POW/KIA	Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. Detaining power Germany, Died as Prisoner of War
7026	16 Jul 44	44-13273	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang,	Peterson, Ralph Wilbur	O-667101	4FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, 5 Miles S W Tovazsony Hungary, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. European Theatre: Hungary. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	16 Jul 44	.	.	Straut, Fredrick G	O-818041	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	18 Jul 44	.	.	Lawler, John B	O-798313	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	18 Jul 44	.	.	Parent, William C	O-559321	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
7149	21 Jul 44	42-106724	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Morrison, Bruce Lamont	O-659751	.	52FG	15AF	POW	Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. European Theatre: Austria.
.	25 Jul 44	.	.	Lawler, John B	O-798313	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	25 Jul 44	.	.	Pretzer, Willard C	O-814754	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	26 Jul 44	.	.	Varnell, James S Jr	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	27 Jul 44	.	.	Dangelmaier, Bruno W	O-815481	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	27 Jul 44	.	.	Ohr, Fred F	O-725780	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
7150	27 Jul 44	43-24389	Curtiss P-40N-25-CU Warhawk	Schneider, Jack Richard	O-664255	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Location, [BLANK], Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy
7307, possible captured plane?	31 Jul 44	43-24860	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Gubler, Edmund Vance	O-766367	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. Middle East Theatre: Rumania. While bombers were over their target, ( the Prehova Oil Refinery Bucharest, Rumania three Me-109s were seen at 26,000 feet three miles east of Bucharest. Lts. Dennis Riddle and Edmund Gubler went after one of the ME-109s. Riddle closed in on the enemy aircraft that went into the clouds with Riddle following him. Gubler skirted the cloud waiting for the enemy to appear. When the first aircraft broke out into the clear he opened fire and that was an unfortunate mistake. The bullets ripped into Riddles aircraft setting it ablaze, forcing Riddle to bail out. Gubler circled and watched as soon as Riddled landed he touched down and landed nearby. Both men squeezed themselves into the cockpit, but the soft earth prevented a take off. They were taken captive and liberated by the Russians in early Oct
.	31 Jul 44	.	.	Hoffman, James E Jr	O-810657	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
7191	31 Jul 44	42-106625	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Riddle, Dennis R	O-1168049	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. Listed as POW 18 Sep 44 Middle East Theatre: Rumania, Tsumori POW Camp, Osaka Honshu 34-135; Or Unstated camp, Roumania 45-21 While bombers were over their target, ( the Prehova Oil Refinery Bucharest, Rumania three Me-109s were seen at 26,000 feet three miles east of Bucharest. Lts. Dennis Riddle and Edmund Gubler went after one of the ME-109s. Riddle closed in on the enemy aircraft that went into the clouds with Riddle following him. Gubler skirted the cloud waiting for the enemy to appear. When the first aircraft broke out into the clear he opened fire and that was an unfortunate mistake. The bullets ripped into Riddles aircraft setting it ablaze, forcing Riddle to bail out. Gubler circled and watched as soon as Riddled landed he touched down and landed nearby. Both men squeezed themselves into the cockpit, but the soft earth prevented a take off. They were taken captive and liberated by the Russians in early Oct
.	1 Aug 44	43-24846	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Burden, George R,	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy ((52nd FG, 2nd FS) lost over Austria Nov 16, 1944. MACR 9936)
.	1 Aug 44	42-103508	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Hoffman, James E Jr	O-810657	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged during ground loop, Madna, Italy, plane later condemned crash Nov 4, 1944
.	2 Aug 44	44-13437	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Ohr, Fred F	O-725780	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy
.	3 Aug 44	42-11002	Curtiss P-40L-20-CU Warhawk	Frye, Roy T	O-689757	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Destroyed belly landing, engine failure, Madna/2mi NW , Italy
7319	3 Aug 44	43-24838	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Weaver, Clifford Eugene	O-824802	.	52FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Mercer County, PA. Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. HONORED BY, Henry Myers, Nephew
.	4 Aug 44	.	.	Frye, Roy T	O-689757	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
7464	4 Aug 44	44-24884	Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning	Heller, John David	O-758997	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Location, Rumania, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. HONORED BY, Roselie E. Heller & Children, FLEW 52 COMBAT MISSIONS IN P-51S (52ND FIGHTER GROUP, 5TH SQUADRON) AND P-38S (82ND FIGHTER GROUP, 97TH FIGHTER SQUADRON) IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS (ITALY). AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL WITH 6 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS AND AIR FORCE OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARD WITH 1 OAK LEAF CLUSTER (Interned by Russians later returned)
.	4 Aug 44	.	.	McCampbell, Robert H	O-730559	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
7297	4 Aug 44	44-13453	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	McCarthy, John Gerard	O-806718	4FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	From New York. Location, Rumania, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy
AAIR has it listed as 7467/ should be 9449	4 Aug 44	44-13433	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Schumacher, John Le Roy	O-668284	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Location, 4320 N-1350 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy (Interned by Russians later returned)
7197	4 Aug 44	44-13448	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Stewart, Francis Lloyd	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, Rumania, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy
.	4 Aug 44	.	.	Varnell, James S Jr	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	9 Aug 44	43-24780	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Burden, George R	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy
7301	9 Aug 44	43-25078	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Lownds, Norman	O-820643	.	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, Hungary, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. European Theatre: Hungary. Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	13 Aug 44	42-106656	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Ensko, Stephen W	O-824445	5FS	52FG	15AF	DNB	Pilot killed lost at sea, Termoli/ 15mi NW, Italy
.	20 Aug 44	43-25130	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Bennett, Claude I	O-821687	5FS	52FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Madna, Italy
.	20 Aug 44	42-106565	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Kelly, Charles N	O-715549	2FS	52FG	15AF	DNB	Hometown: Reno County, KS. Pilot killed in crash, Madna, Italy
.	.	.	.	.	.	.	52FG	15AF	.	"'I witnessed this [Mustang wing] loss on two occasions. One wing was lost directly over the airfield at Madna, Italy in the fall of 1944. The airplane and pilot went straight into the ground not far from the control tower. One other loss occurred there during an afternoon 'rat race.' Coincidentally we were discussing this wing loss with Johnny Typer, the civilian representative from NAA at the time. He was adamant that no-one could pull the wings off a P-51. No sooner had he made that remark than I heard behind me the dull thumps of two wings separating. He asked 'What's that?' and I answered that it had happened again. He asked how I knew, to which I replied, 'Once you've heard that sound, you'll never forget it.' We watched as the litter and tumbling wings fell slowly to the ground, long after the fuselage and pilot had crashed - an unforgettable sight and feeling." - Lt. William G. Coloney, 52nd FG, quoted in Mike Spick, Great Aircraft of WWII
.	22 Aug 44	.	.	Grey, Frank O Jr	O-810647	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22 Aug 44		.	Hoffman, James Edward Jr. "Shorty"	O-810657	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Dauphin County, PA
.	22 Aug 44	.	.	Mendonca, Elmer J	O-742506	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	22 Aug 44	.	.	Stinchcombe, Donald J	O-766757	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	23 Aug 44	.	.	Frye, Roy T	O-689757	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 Aug 44	.	.	Hanes, William F Jr	O-805037	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	24 Aug 44	.	.	Hudson, Charles T	O-820663	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	28 Aug 44	.	.	Deckman, Robert	O-754601	4FS	52FG	12AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	30 Aug 44	42-106562	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Bennett, Claude I	O-821687	5FS	52FG	15AF		Destroyed landing, Madna, Italy
	31 Aug 44			Frazier, Paul D	O-820652	4FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
.	31 Aug 44	.	.	Gassman, Ralph Q	O-410389	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31 Aug 44	.	.	Klerk, Jacob W	O-025750	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31 Aug 44	.	.	Nash, George J	O-705610	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
8627 has an 8628 in its report	31 Aug 44	42-103395	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Tomlinson, Frank Edward	O-562219	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, Reghin, Rumnia, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	31 Aug 44	.	.	Pretzer, Willard C	O-814754	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
Conflict See 2 Sep 44	31 Aug 44	43-6926	North American P-51B-5 Mustang	Swindell, James W	O-714518	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged midair collision, Madna/ 10mi NW, Italy(JB website has (52nd FG, 2nd FS) in midair collision over Italy with 43-7051 and crashed Aug 31, 1944)
8628	31 Aug 44	44-13295	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang				52FG	15AF
.	31 Aug 44	.	.	Zackmann, Hans M	O-815454	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	31 Aug 44	.	.	Schween, Robert D	O-665451	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
	1 Sep 44		North American P-51	Wilson, Charles E	O-714550	4FS	52FG	15AF		Crash landed in a meadow after strafing a locomotive, Wyatt P Exum successfully landed and picked him up returning to base with the canopy open
.	2 Sep 44	43-24892	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Toombs, Herbert E L Jr,	O-714527	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Pilot bailed out midair collision, Madna// 3mi E, Italy
Conflict with 31 Aug 44	2 Sep 44	43-7051	North American P-51B-5 Mustang	Hall, Benjamin I, III	O-703684	2FS	52FG	15AF	B/o	Pilot bailed out midair collision, , Madna// 3mi E, Italy (JB website has (52nd FG, 2nd FS) in midair collision over Italy with 43-6926 and crashed Aug 31, 1944) 1st Emergency Rescue Squadron, Two more fighter pilots from a P-51 and a P-47 were added to the Squadrons mounting total of rescues, making it now l63 saved. Lt Walter B. Milburn, Jr., and crew took off from Foggia at 1125, and at 1305 had made a landing in the Adriatic, Sea at 42⁰ 02’N-15⁰ 05”E where they took aboard a P-51 pilot who was in a dinghy. After a successful open-sea takeoff the P-51 pilot, 2nd Lt Benjamin I Hall III 0-703684, of the 2nd F.S., 52nd Fighter Group, was taken to his home base at Madna Field, Italy.
8623 incorrectly listed as 8624 in AAIR Database	3 Sep 44	44-13281	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Hargrave, Lloyd C (MACR has Lloyd O)	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Mission to strafe communications in Belgrade area, hit by small arms fire, glycol leak into cockpit, engine ceased, bailed out and landed N of town, rescued, by chetniks, Zeleznik, Yugoslavia
8625 ?	3 Sep 44			Cowan, William R	O-665529	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	From Pennsylvania, Yugoslavia
8624	3 Sep 44	43-25080	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Fulks, Robert D.	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Mission to strafe rail transport in YU, hit by small arms fire while attacking 6 locomotives, crash landed, 3 miles South of town, rescued by peasants, transferred to chetniks. Lapovo, Yugoslavia. Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy
8626	3 Sep 44	43-25151	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Randerson, Joe Mullins	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Mission to strafe communications south of Zajecar, engine collided on pulling over hillside, engine burst in flames, crash landed in a river bed, rescued by chetniks, Zajecar, Yugoslavia. Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy
8355	7 Sep 44	42-106605	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Timmer, Harold N	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	B/o	Pilot bailed out mechanical failure, Bartolomeo/ S, Italy. Location, Madna, Italy, Point Of Departure, Madna, Italy
.	12 Sep 44	43-25083	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Ney, Merle E	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged belly landing, Madna, Italy
Conflict	13 Sep 44	42-103401	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Coloney, William G	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy, (JB website has condemned AAA Sep 2, 1944)
.	14 Sep 44	42-103563	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Guiou, William R	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy, plane later condemned salvage Sep 22 ,1944
.	15 Sep 44	42-106719	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Gray, Donald U	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Crashed, engine failure, 5FS, 52FG, 15AF, Madna/5mi N-1mi off shore , Italy
.	16 Sep 44	43-24859	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Evans, Carl V	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, 5FS, 52FG, 15AF, Madna, Italy
.	17 Sept 44	.	Events on the OSS Operation to supply Freedom Fighters and pick up and return downed airmen.	.	.	.	52FG	15AF	.	P-51B/C which landed at the airport Tri Duby in Slovakia in 1944 during OSS operations there. One was piloted by Lt. Watkins and carried the name "Swamp Angel" and another one by pilot Smith, who (as published) was injured during landing.(2nd Lt. Ethan Allan Smith ...[whose] engine stalled over the airfield . He came down in a dead stick landing and hit the ground smoothly, but struck a dirt revetment. " He broke his nose and the plane was a total loss. He was sent to a hospital for a week. (After which he was flown back on one of the transport planes)
8631	17 Sep 44	43-6583	North American P-51B-5 Mustang	Smith, Ethan A	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Coded WD-L named Pat's Pet / Meg X, Tri Duby, Slovkia, During mission, fulfilling escort and cover of the two B-17s evacuating downed airmen from Slovakia, engine malfunction forced 2/Lt. Smith to crash land his Mustang at Tri Duby airfield. Pilot was slightly wounded, transported for one week into Zvolen hospital. In two weeks RTD. http://www.airwarsk.sk/smith.html
.	17 Sep 44	43-25101	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Watkins, Alexander F	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Coded (E) named "Swamp Angel", During mission, fulfilling escort and cover of the two B-17s evacuating downed airmen from Slovakia, engine malfunction caused 2Lt. Watkins to emergency land his Mustang at Tri Duby airfield. Pilot was unharmed and and returned immediately on board of one of B-17s back to Italy. Tri Duby airfield, Slovkia, http://www.airwarsk.sk/watkins.html
.	21 Sep 44	43-24818	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	McCloskey, C L	O-1692884	5FS	52FG	15AF	W/o	Plane named 'Little Joe' coded VF-B. Destroyed landing, Madna, Italy. Plane was usually assigned to Lt Joe Blackburn
.	24 Sep 44	44-14380	North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang	Heller, John D	O-758997	5FS	52FG	15AF	B/o	Pilot bailed out, engine failure, San Severo/ 8mi N, Italy
.	6 Oct 44	42-103400	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Information only	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Coded VF-S, named Hazel II assigned to Johnson while with the 5FS, 52FG, it was involved in an incident on 15 Aug 44 with 301FS, 332FG piloted by Stanley L Harris. the plane was lost on 6 Oct 44 while with 332FG, MACR 8979.
.	12 Oct 44	.	.	Wiley, James R	O-395711	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	12 Oct 44	.	.	Wilson, Charles E	O-714550	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	11 Oct 44	43-25109	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Ground Crew	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	W/o	Ground crew accident destroyed by fire, Madna, Italy
9075	13 Oct 44	43-7072	North American P-51B-5 Mustang	Pretzer, Willard Charles	O-814754	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, Kradov, Czechoslovakia, Point Of Departuree, Madna Airfield, Italy. Coded QP-H, named * Allegheny Avalanche*, cooler malfunction. crashed near Borinka, Slovakia, plane recovered in late 1980s. (Source; Peter Kassak), Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11), http://www.airwarsk.sk/pretzer.html
9063	14 Oct 44	42-106816	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang,	Leary, Thomas Conway	O-713579	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, 4639 N-1821 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. Repatriated 1 May 1945
9141	14 Oct 44	42-103351	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Mann, Raymond Henry	O-714483	5FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Elkhart County, IN. Location, 4702 N-1954 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield , Italy
.	23 Oct 44	42-103492	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Harrison, Robert E	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Pescara, Italy, plane later condemned salvage Sep 7, 1945
9449 also listed as 7467 4 Sep 44	23 Oct 44	44-13433	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Schumacher, John Le Roy	O-668284	.	52FG	15AF	.	Location, 4320 N-1350 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy
.	.	44-13431	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang, coded QP-E,	Varnell, James	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF		Assigned to Varnell, James
.	23 Oct 44	43-24780	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Beard, John G Jr	O-437998	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Pescara, Italy
.	29 Oct 44	44-13469	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Mabe, Robert E	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	W/o	Plane coded VF-B. Destroyed taking off, Madna, Italy
9601	1 Nov 44	43-25112	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Carson, Clarence Edward	O-824415	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Rock County, WI. Location, 4422 N 0235 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy
.	1 Nov 44	.	.	Chaskin, Barnett	O-745236	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
9602	1 Nov 44	44-14227	North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang	Mc Craw, Albert Ray	T-186529 then O-1702886	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Harris County, TX. Location, 4422 N 0235 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy
.	4 Nov 44	42-103508	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Bushwar, Oscar M	O-715468	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Slightly damaged taxiing, Madna, Italy
.	4 Nov 44	44-13442	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Ground Crew	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane named "Little Eva", coded WD-Z. Damaged taxiing, Madna, Italy
.	5 Nov 44	.	.	Callahan, James D	O-821838	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	5 Nov 44	.	.	McDonald, Norman L	O-430835	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
9682	5 Nov 44	42-103570	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Hudson, Horace Seymour Jr	O-716147	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Travis County, TX. Location, 4610 N - 1700 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy
.	5 Nov 44	.	.	Schween, Robert D	O-665451	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	6 Nov 44	.	.	Information	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	From the "Dumb But Lucky" book, by Richard Curtis, November 6th, 1944, Gassman almost bought it. I was flying wing to Deckman on this my, twenty-fourth mission, escorting B-24s over Moosbierbaum, Austria, oil refineries north of Vienna Suddenly ME-109s bounced the bombers from out of the sun. returning fire, one of the bombers missed the Jerries, but hit two of our boys from the 4th, Gassman and Farnkopf, the bullets piercing Farns radio just inches behind his head. Two others from the 4th, Carson and Dean, found their formation on the return flight so tight that their wings collided. Fortunately the damage was minor, and landed safely.
9799	11 Nov 44	44-13496	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Dzurnak, Edward J	O-710680	4FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Plane named Josephine II, went down into the Adriatic on the mission to Brux
9800	11 Nov 44	44-13485	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Callahan, James D	O-821838	4FS	52FG	15AF	FOD	Plane, coded WD-H, named Miss Rogers, went down into the Adriatic on the mission to Brux. Location, 4411 N-1441 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy
9801	11 Nov 44	44-13263	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Farnkopf, .John W. (Farny)	O-715508	4FS	52FG	15AF	FOD	Originally assigned to Bob Mc Campbell, Plane coded WD-D, named, Jo-Baby,LT .John W. (Farny) Farnkopf , Wingman for Major Wiley and MIA, (brought down by flak), on return from mission to Brux, Czech.11/11/44. John was lost over Amstetten Austria on the mission return. Even the Major erred in his mission report, he had John shot down over Klagenfurt. John was found 10 years later near Amstetten where the group encountered a heavy flak barrage. The MACR report amended upon the finding of the LT's remains and plane near Aschbach Austria, near Amstetten. remains found 12/8/53
.	13 Nov 44	44-13298	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Keyser, Paul C	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane damaged landing, coded QP-Q, named Marie,, Madna, Italy, usually assigned to Freddie J. Ohr, 52nd fighter Group, 2nd Fighter Squadron, 15th A.F., Madna, Italy, May 1944, lost over Austria Dec 8, 1944. MACR 10132)
9936	16 Nov 44	43-24846	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Dumais, Roland W	O-715494	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Lost over Austria, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
9871	19 Nov 44	44-14472	North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang	.	.	.	52FG	15AF	.	.
.	19 Nov 44	.	.	Bishop, Cleo M	O-025529	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
.	19 Nov 44	.	.	Bourg, Haden Joseph	T-125479	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Oflag 2E Neubrandenburg West Prussia 53-13
9872	19 Nov 44	43-25133	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	.	.	.	52FG	15AF	.	.
9873	19 Nov 44	42-103597	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	.	.		52FG	15AF	.	.
.	25 Nov 44	42-106628	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	McCorvis, Archie E	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy
.	25 Nov 44	43-25068	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Hoover, Thomas E	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy
.	27 Nov 44	44-14471	North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang	Tranquillo, Vincent	O-714530	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged midair collision, Termoli/ 10mi W, Italy
.	4 Dec 44	44-15396	North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang	Evanchak, Bernard W	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged belly landing, San Severo, Italy
.	4 Dec 44	44-14510	North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang	Ward, Felix J	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged taking off, engine failure, San Severo, Italy
.	5 Dec 44	44-15425	North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang	Swindell, James W	O-714518	2FS	52FG	15AF	DNB	Pilot killed due to Structural Failure, during a test flight Lesina/ 3mi S, Italy
.	8 Dec 44	44-14446	North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang	DeForest, William E	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Madna, Italy
10132	8 Dec 44	44-13298	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Keyser, Paul Carrol	O-817966	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Location, 4730 N 1300 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy. Plane coded QP-Q, nicknamed "Marie", assigned pilot Freddie Ohr, lost over Austria
.	9 Dec 44	.	.	Burdick, Greg	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	B/o	Rescued by Walrus, returned by ship
.	15 Dec 44	44-10945	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Hall, Benjamin I, III	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy
.	15 Dec 44	44-15471	North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang	Stickney, Norman V	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Madna, Italy
10606	17 Dec 44	43-25122	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Salvatore, Giordano	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Mechanical failure Crashed at 2.30pm, Prnjavor, Yugoslavia Location, Blechhummer. Germany, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy
.	19 Dec 44	42-106750	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Spicer, Laurence S	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane, yellow tailed, coded VF, numbered 5, damaged when force landed, engine failure, 5FS, 52FG, 15AF, Casa Montenero/ 2mi SW, Italy (Source for code and name, Christopher Shores, USAAF Fighter Units in MTO,1941-1945 ISBN 0 85045 244 9, picture pg 23)
10921	27 Dec 44	44-15536	North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang,	Adams, Daniel E	O-715424	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	From Nebraska. Location, 4817 N 1212 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy

1945

MACR#	Date	Serial#	A/C Type	Pilot	Service#	Sqdn	Group	AF	Status	Comments
.	9 Jan 45	42-106732	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Keeler, Leslie G	O-719365	5FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Pilot killed in crash, Faeto, Italy
11839	31 Jan 45	44-13509	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Whitaker, Bernell A	O-822309	.	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, 4720n 1650e. Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy. POW European Theatre: Germany. Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
.	1 Feb 45	.	.	.	.	.	52FG	15AF	.	February 1945 had turned out to be the busiest month in some time for the 52nd FG and it's strafing attacks had inflicted quite a bit of damage to the enemy. It flew 42 missions of various types and operated on 23 days. The list of destroyed tactical targets included locomotives and rail cars, rail stations barracks, radar installations and aircraft.
12070	5 Feb 45	42-106628	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Bennett, Claude Irving	O-821687	5FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, 4550 N 1220 E. Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
.	7 Feb 45	43-24780	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Westphal, Paul H	O-2057708	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy
12080	7 Feb 45	44-15696	North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang	McKinsey, Herbert Lee	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	B/o	Location, 4651 N 1450 E. Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy. Also mentioned in this report is Starmer, Billy Howard
.	7 Feb 45	43-25068	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	James, Leonard W	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Madna, Italy
.	8 Feb 45	44-13421	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Sobczak, Arnold H	O-719447	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane was assigned to Lt. Ted Bullock and coded WD-A) severely damaged landing, Madna, Italy "Dumb But Lucky" quotes. " Suddenly I spotted a plane stall out about 15 feet above the runway and drop like a rock, bounce, then--it's engine catching- head straight for us in the tower. Crowded in with me were some dozen others. There was no way, even one of us could have descended the twenty five steps to the ground in time. On the radio I was bleating, go around again, go around again. Inside was Sobszak, a pilot from the 4th. Seeing he was going to hit us, he dug his left wing into the runway, turned two cartwheels, dug the nose into the ground, and flipped over on his back, just 20 ft short of the tower, there to disappear in his canopy under the mud. Sob emerged with nothing more than a minor cut above the eye. This happened Feb. 8th 1945. Also this was his second accident within a week. The other mention was flying wing man for the author on March 23, 45.
16394 hidden in 15693 page 406	12 Feb 45	.	.	Mains, Clarence Edward	O-816825	5FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Attended Findley, Harris, and Jackson Elementary Schools · Married · Entered military service 3 July 1941 in San Luis Obispo, CA · Missing In Action 12 February 1945 over Italy · The VFW Post on Tallmadge Ave. is named after Clarence's uncle who was killed in World War I. Moved to Hollywood, CA with his parents and sister in 1937. · Awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart · Listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Nettuno, Italy · Twenty-three years old at the time of his death
.	15 Feb 45	44-13274	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Payson, Eliot B	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Lesina, Italy
12459	22 Feb 45	44-15483	North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang	Bryant, Melvin H	O-715465	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Location, 4835 N 0950 E, Point Of Departure, Madus Airfield, Italy. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
12460	22 Feb 45	44-13437	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Borosky, Edward Francis	O-821587	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Cuyahoga County, OH. Location, 4835 N 0940 E, Point Of Departure, Media Aitfield, Italy
12752	22 Feb 45	43-24853	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang.	Rhodes, Robert F.	OB059835	5FS	52FG	15AF	POW	European Theatre: Austria. Plane, coded VF-U, (52nd FG, 5th FS, Little Ambassador) crashed in lake in Switzerland Feb 22, 1945. MACR 12752. Wet arrival of the third P-51B in Switzerland on 22nd February 1945, an Italy-based example received by courtesy of the 52nd FG, to end up in Switzerland; another interesting bird, but unfortunately bent and battered - mere scrap. Location, 47 25n 09 45e, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy
	25 Feb 45	44-14461	North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang	Wynne, Robert L	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged taking off, Madna, Italy
.	28 Feb 45	42-106714	North American P-51B-10-NA Mustang	Bucher, Bruce B	O-2056895	5FS	52FG	15AF	DNB	Pilot killed in crash, Serracapriola/ 2mi S, Italy
.	1 Mar 45	.	.	Meyers, John J	O-665217	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	1 Mar 45	43-25079	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Mills, Raymond S	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy
.	1 Mar 44	.	.	Watkins, Thomas M	O-714546	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Mar 44	.	.	Burton, Charles M	O-711943	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Mar 45	.	.	Bray, Andrew B	O-824393	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Mar 44	.	.	Palczewski, Edmund	O-688840	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Mar 44	.	.	Sobczak, Arnold H	O-719447	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Mar 45	.	.	Sullivan, Henry J	O-714513	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	2 Mar 45	.	.	Zackmann, Hans M	O-815454	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	12 Mar 45	44-13489	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Sobczak, Arnold H	O-719447	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane, coded WD-V, named "Miss Dottie" severely damaged taking off, Madna, Italy, plane later 13489 (4th FG, "Suzy") shot down by ground fire during strafing attack on airfield near Munich Apr 9, 1945. Pilot killed
.	15 Mar 45	42-103582	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Sanders, Donald W	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Plane, coded VF-Q, damaged belly landing, Madna, Italy, condemned salvage Sep 7, 1945.
.	15 Mar 45	44-13468	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Dyche, Ernest A Jr	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged belly landing, Madna, Italy
.	17 Mar 45	44-10945	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Peterson, Jack M	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Damaged landing, Madna, Italy
13065	19 Mar 45	44-15649	North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang	Nippert, Boyd H	O-720915	2FS	52FG	15AF	POW	Detaining power Germany, Stalag Luft 3, later marched to Mooseburg, north of Munich, Germany, strafing mission on the 19th of March, from Munich to Augsberg to Ingolstadt, The C.O. Major Curl, and Lt. Heider were killed and Lt. Nippert bailed out and became a POW. Emerson notes in his log that his flight was high cover. Nippet was liberated on Sunday morning, April 29, 1945. Plane coded OP-9, named Henry J, assigned to Sullivan, North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang, The mission on March 19th was my ninth, and my third strafing mission. We had split up into elements of two to hunt for targets and I was flying Lt. Norman V. Stickney’s wing in (Henry J.) Sullivan’s P-51 D. My Plane was hit while strafing two flak cars at the back end of the train Location, 4845 N 1122 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy
13066	19 Mar 45	44-14474	North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang	Curl, James G, CO	O-420832	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Plane coded QP-C, Location, 4843 N 1112 E, Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy
.	19 Mar 45	.	.	Heider, Donald P (Not confirmed)	O2059772	2FS	52FG	15AF	KIA	Hometown: Kings County, NY. Lt. Heider, 2FS, 52FG, 15AF , KIA
.	Unknown date	43-25117	North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang	Emerson	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Assigned to Emerson, coded QP-2, named Sit
.	19 Mar 45	44-63546	North American P-51D-20-NA Mustang	Brewer, Paul M Jr,	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	C/n 122-31272, severely damaged landing, Madna, Italy
.	26 Mar 45	.	.	Bushwar, Oscar M	O-715468	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	26 Mar 45	44-13434	North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang	Gaisser, Arthur M	.	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Madna, Italy
.	26 Mar 45	.	.	Meyers, John J	O-665217	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
.	26 Mar 45	.	.	Toombs, Herbert E L Jr	O-714527	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	26 Mar 45	.	.	Westphal, Paul H	O-2057708	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 0.50 victory
.	2 Apr 45	.	.	McDonald, Norman L	O-430835	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 2 victories
13646	5th?or 6th? Apr 45	44-11237	North American P-51D-5-NT Mustang	Mills, Raymond Samuel		2FS	52FG	15AF		Strafing mission to Munich, lost consciousness over Ljubljana, plane stalled and went into spin, bailed out, captured by domobrans, Skarucna,Yugoslavia. Location, 6 Mi S W Of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. Point Of Departure, Madna Airfield, Italy
.	9 Apr 45	.	.	Varnell, James Sullins Jr, 'Sully'	O-798378	2FS	52FG	15AF	DNB	James Sullins Jr, 'Sully', Varnell, 2FS, 52FG, 15AF, Ploesti, he is mentioned in 5636, 43-24816, report 30 May 1944
.	10 Apr 45	44-15116	North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang	Mason, Donald K	.	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Madna, Italy
.	10 Apr 45	.	.	McDonald, Norman L	O-430835	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	10 Apr 45	.	.	Cornwall, Ottaway Bethard	O-665528	4FS	52FG	15AF	FOD	Hometown: Harris County, TX
.	11 Apr 45	.	.	Hall, Benjamin I III	O-708684	2FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	16 Apr 45	.	.	Chaskin, Barnett	O-745236	4FS	52FG	15AF	.	Claims 1 victory
.	29 Apr 45	44-14481	North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang	Tranquillo, Vincent	O-714530	5FS	52FG	15AF	.	Severely damaged landing, Piagiolino, Italy
.	4 May 45	43-24859	North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang	Angle, George A	.	5FS	52FG	15AF	B/o	Pilot bailed out plane on fire, Castel Frentano/ 3mi E, Italy
Conflict	5 May 45	42-103401	North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang	Bauman, Joseph F		5FS	52FG	15AF	B/o	Pilot bailed out plane on fire, Castel Frentano/ 1mi E, Italy (JB webpage has condemned AAA Sep 2, 1944)
.	11 Jul 45	44-63561	North American P-51D-20-NA Mustang	Heiserman, Robert G		5FS	52FG	15AF		Damaged landing, Lesina, Italy

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