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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Adams	George W	CPT		O-661263					USAAF		23rd Fighter	1944-12-26									1 Luftwaffe destroyed				European Theatre
2	Abernathy	Robert W	Captain		O-767055		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group	350th Fighter Squadron	1945-04-10	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3	Abernathy	Robert W	Captain		O-767055		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group	350th Fighter Squadron	1945-04-10	P-51 Mustang				5								Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
4	Abraham	Clayton S.	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-751078	8th June 1921	American	Pilot	AM (Oak Leaf Cluster) PH	USAAF	9th Air Force	573rd Bomber Squadron (391st Bombardment Group (M))	1944-12-23	B-26	C	42-107747	T6:T		Roye-Amy (Station A-73), France		Railroad Viaduct, Ahrweiler, Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold Plot B, Row 20, Grave 25			Archive Report
5	Accardi	Thomas Edward	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-557596		American	Co-Pilot		USAAF	8th Air Force	338th Bombardment Squadron (H), 96th Bombardment Group (H)	1944.11.30	B-17	G	44-8109	BX:R		Snetterton Heath (Station #138), Norfolk, England		Lützkendorf oil installation (Mission #731), Germany	See archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang				Read Archive Report
6	Ackley	John W	1st Lt		O-757940		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group	430th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-17	P-38 Lightning								2 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7	Ackley	John W	1st Lt		O-757940		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group	430th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-18	P-38 Lightning								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
8	Acosta	Money J Jr	2nd Lt		O-763018		USA	Pilot		USAAF	364th Fighter Group	383rd Fighter Squadron	1944-08-24	P-38 Lightning (P-51 Mustang mid 1944)								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
9	Adamina	Robert E	Captain		O-421091		USA	Pilot		USAAF	78th Fighter Group	82nd Fighter Squadron	1943-05-14	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
10	Adams	W	Lieutenant							USAAF	Bomber Command	617Sqn	1945-04-05	Lancaster	I	PB415	KC-O		Woodhall Spa	1130	Ferry	Crash landed at Lossiemouth
11	Adams	W	Lieutenant							USAAF	Bomber Command	617Sqn	1945-05-16	Lancaster	I	PD139	YZ-L		Woodhall Spa	1148	Training	Hit ground near Oberg
12	Adams	W	Flying Officer							USAAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-07-24	Lancaster	III	PA992	LE-Y		East Kirkby	2139	Stuttgart	Crashed near Tramont-Emz {Meurthe-et-Moselle}	Evader
13	Adams	Fletcher Eugene	Captain	Flight Lieutenant	O-740324	2nd August 1921	American	Pilot	DFC (Oak Leaf Cluster) AM (Silver and 4 Oak Leaf Clusters) PH	USAAF 8th Air Force	US Army Air Force	362nd Fighter Squadron (357th Fighter Group)	1944-05-30	P-51 Mustang	B	43-12468 'Southern Belle'	G4:L	9 confirmed kills. (x4 Bf-109 (x2 in one sortie)), x3 Me-110 (all in one sortie), x1 Fw-190, x1 shared Bf-109, x1 shared Me-410)	Leiston (Station #373), Suffolk, England		Bomber escort (Mission #380) to Bernburg, Germany	See Archive Report for details	Murdered	Repatriated in 1949 and buried at the Bethsaida Cemetery, Ida, Louisiana			Archive Report
14	Abernathy	Robert W	1st Lt		O-767055		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group	350th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-24	P-51 Mustang								2 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
15	Adams	William A.	Sergeant		33833061	1925	American	Nose Turret		USAAF	8th Air Force	854th Bomber Squadron (491st Bombardment Group (H))	1944-08-24	B-24 Wham Bam! Thank You, Ma'm	J	42-110107	6X:N		North Pickenham (Station #143), Norfolk, England		Hannover-Langenhagen Airfield	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia now Poland				Archive Report
16	Adams	Fletcher Eugene	2nd Lt		O-740324		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-02-22	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
17	Adams	Fletcher Eugene	2nd Lt		O-740324		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-03-18	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
18	Adams	Fletcher Eugene	1st Lt		O-740324		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-04-11	P-51 Mustang								2 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
19	Adams	Fletcher Eugene	1st Lt		O-740324		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-04-24	P-51 Mustang								3 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
20	Adams	Fletcher Eugene	Captain		O-740324		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-05-19	P-51 Mustang								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
21	Adams	Fletcher Eugene	Captain		O-740324		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-05-27	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) During an escort to Ludwigshaven on 27 May, the 364th Fighter Squadron jumped a large formation of Bf 109s about 20 miles southwest of Strasbourg. “I was leading Blue Flight with Lt. (Thomas) Harris flying my No. 3 when we went down on a Bf 109 that was diving away,” said Major John Storch. “Lt. Harris’ element was in position when we went down followed by our Green Flight.” Lt. Leroy A. Ruder was the number three man in Green Flight. “As my flight leader was getting into position to fire on one of the enemy aircraft, I observed a Bf 109 trying to get into position to attack him,” Ruder reported. “I immediately broke into the enemy aircraft and at the same time expected my wingman (Lt. Cyril Conklin) to break with me. I do not know where he went. I had my hands full with the 109 I was fighting and since my radio was out could not ask my wingman for his position.” Conklin scored two kills in the fight but fell victim to a Bf 109 and wound up as a POW. “When the dogfight was finished I had my No. 2 and Green Flights 1 and 2 and a 352nd group plane with me,” said Storch. “I started spiraling for altitude and the bombers, which were out of sight. I called Lt. Harris and finally got him, and he said he was OK and hunting for me. I told him my position as nearly as possible, my altitude and course, and a stayed in the area for approximately 15 minutes.” Harris may have collided with Dean Post; he became a POW, while Post was killed when his Mustang crashed. Despite the losses, the toll the squadron exacted on the enemy was impressive. In addition to Conklin’s kills, Storch scored two and a half victories, Harris and Lt. Morris Stanley two each, and Ruder, Lts. Paul Fairweather, Robert Shaw and Mark Stepleton one each. The 362nd was climbing behind the lead box of bombers. “Between five and six enemy aircraft came down through the bombers and turned left to the same heading that we had,” said Lt. Fletcher Adams. “We started to chase them. One went to the left, with Capt. (John) England following and I saw pieces fall off that aircraft as Capt. England shot at him. The second one went to the right with Capt. (Calvert) Williams shooting at him. There were pieces coming off him. The two directly in front of us started a gentle turn to the left. The one in the inside tightened his turn and I told Lt. (Gilbert) O’Brien to get him.” This plane made two 360-degree turns to the left, said O’Brien. “I shot a 90-degree deflection shot. Not seeing any hits, he rolled out square in front of me. I had a little excess speed and came right in behind him. I began to overshoot and saw his canopy come off. I slid right up beside him with my flaps down. He bailed out as I was alongside of him at about 12,000 feet. His chest was covered in blood and he hit the rudder. I did not see his chute open.” Meanwhile, the second Fw 190 continued in a gentle turn with Adams in pursuit. Adams fired, scoring hits. “At about 10,000 feet, he seemed to be trying an outside loop, so I rolled out, and when I lifted my wing I saw an explosion on the ground and a parachute in the neighborhood of the crash.” In addition to these victories, Lts. Herschel Hill, John Pugh and Alden Smith also brought down enemy planes.
22	Adams	Fletcher Eugene	Captain		O-740324		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-05-30	P-51 Mustang								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
23	Adams	Fletcher Eugene	Captain		O-740324		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-05-30	P-51 Mustang				9					Murdered			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
24	Adams	George W	Captain		O-661263		USA	Pilot		USAAF	36th Fighter Group	23rd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-26	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
25	Adams	Louis W Jr	1st Lt		O-756431		USA	Pilot		USAAF	20th Fighter Group	77th Fighter Squadron	1944-07-07	P-38 Lightning								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
26	Chew	Lin Foon ‘Jack’	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	18120798		American	Tail Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	534th Bombardment Squadron (H), 381st Bombardment Group (H)	1943-08-17	B-17	F	42-3227	GD:G		Ridgewell (Station #167), Essex, England		Schweinfurt (Mission #84), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW Stalag 17B				Archive Report
27	Abbott	Earl L	CPT		O-660088		USA			USAAF		328th Fighter Interceptor	1944-03-22									0.25 Luftwaffe destroyed				European Theatre. Source afhistory.af.mil
28							USA			USAAF	9th Air Force		1942-12-04	Consolidated B-24 Liberator												For the first time in WW2, the USAAF bombs Italy. Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the 9th Air Force attack the port of Naples. The cruiser 'Muzio Attendolo' is sunk. The cruisers 'Raimondo Monteccucoli' and 'Eugenio di Savoia', as well as 4 destroyers are damaged.
29										USAAF	303rd Bombardment Group	359th Bombardment Squadron		Either B-17F-25-BO (S/N 42-24565) 'Idaho Potato Peeler' or B-17F-40-BO (S/N 42-5243) 'FDR's Potato Peeler Kids' of the 303rd Bomb Group, 359th Bomb Squadron (BN-P). (U.S. Air Force photo)		#42-5243 named 'FDR's Potato Peeler'	BN P									Crossing the Brittany coast at Porsguen, in 1943, after having carried out its mission in Brest. 42-5243 aircraft will be lost 1943-05-14. 42-24565 will be lost November 5, 1943, shot down by the Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-6 of the Uffz Hand Ahrend of 2./JG 3, above Holland. Among the crew, 1 killed and 9 prisoners.
30	Evans	Lawrence Brooks	Sergeant		37254370	26th November 1915 in Alabama	American	Tail Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	360th Bomber Squadron (303rd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-12-30	B-17 Woman’s Home Companion	G	42-39795	PU-E		Molesworth (Station #107), Cambridgeshire, England		I.G. Farben Chemical Works at Ludwigshafen (Mission #169), Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Repatriated and interred at the Union Cemetery, Woodville, Jackson County, Alabama			Archive Report
31	Janish	Daniel Andrew	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	17181243		American	Waist Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	571st Bombardment Squadron (H), 390th Bombardment Group (H)	1944.12.04	B-17	G	44-8319	FC:L		Framlingham (Station #153), Suffolk, England		Giessen (Mission #736), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Dulag Luft 12 Groß-Tychow Pomerania				Read Archive Report
32	Stretton	William C	Technical Sergeant	Sergeant	39293032		American	Engineer	AM PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	325th Bomber Squadron (92nd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-10-03	B-17	G	43-38445	NV:Q		Podington (Station #109), Bedfordshire, England		Nürnberg, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia				Archive Report
33	Aageberg	James B	1st Lt		O-813104		USA	Pilot		USAAF	366th Fighter Group	390th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-17	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
34	Aal	Olger I	2nd Lt		O-762186		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group	350th Fighter Squadron	1944-08-04	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
35	Angell	Robert Fiske	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-407635	13th August 1919 at White Sulphur Springs, Montana	American	Pilot	AM PH	USAAF 10th Air Force	US Army Air Force	530th Fighter Squadron, 311st Fighter Group	1943-11-28	P-51 Mustang	A	43-6040	Unknown		Kurmitola, India		Fighter protection, Burma (Myanmar)	See Archive Report for details	PoW, Burma #5 (Moulmein & Rangoon Jail)/Murdered	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing			Archive Report
36	Baker	Burdette Horning	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-1698884	15th March 1921 in Woodhull, New York	American	Pilot	DFC PH	USAAF 10th Air Force	US Army Air Force	491st Bombardment Squadron (M), 341st Bombardment Group (M)	1943-12-20	B-25	D	41-30367	Unknown		Chakulia, India		Bombing, Monywa, Burma (Myanmar)	See Archive Report for details	PoW, Burma #5 (Moulmein & Rangoon Jail)/Murdered	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing			Archive Report
37	Abbott	Earl L	CPT		O-660088		USA			USAAF		328th Fighter Interceptor	1944-03-22									0.25 Luftwaffe destroyed				European Theatre. Source
38	Abbott	George W.	Staff Sergeant		39167527	1916	American	Engineer/Gunner		USAAF	15th Air Force	440th Bomber Squadron (319th Bombardment Group (M))	1943-12-19	B-26 Miss Eveready	C	41-34881	B/N 77		Decimomannu airfield, Sardinia		Marshalling yards at Foligno, Italy	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag 17B Krems-Gneixendorf, near Krems Austria				Archive Report
39	Abbott	Earl Leroy	Major	Squadron Leader	O-660088		USA	Pilot	Silver Star DFC(2 OLC) AM(8 OLC, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze) PH	USAAF	352nd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force	328th Fighter Squadron	1945-01-24	P-51 Mustang	D	44-14710 Flossie III		4	RAF Bodney		Failed to Return Fighter sweep Aachen	Assigned to 89FS, 80FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 322FS, 326FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. MACR 12319.	KIA	Cambridge American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing	1st Lt Earl L Abbott of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group poses with his P-47D 42-8435 'Sandra Lee'.	European Theatre
40										USAAF USAAF 9th Air Force	344th Bombardment Group	497th Bombardment Squadron	1945-02-23	Martin Marauder	B-26G-11-MA	43-34565					Attack on enemy comms centre Erkelenz Germany					Enveloped in flames after enemy flak scored a direct hit on left engine. All 8 crew killed	MACR 12649
41	Abbott	Earl L	Captain		O-660088		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-03-22	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.25 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
42	Abbott	Earl L	Captain		O-660088		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-04-29	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
43	Abbott	Earl L	Captain		O-660088		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-29	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
44	Abbott	Earl L	Major		O-660088		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-11-02	P-51 Mustang								2 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
45	Abbott	Earl L	Major		O-660088		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-11-21	P-51 Mustang								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
46	Abbott	Earl L	Major		O-660088		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-11-21	P-51 Mustang				4.75								Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
47	Abdallah	Edward A	2nd Lt		O-745255		USA	Pilot		USAAF	362nd Fighter Group	379th Fighter Squadron	1944-02-25	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.33 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
48	Abel	Luther J	2nd Lt		O-686799		USA	Pilot		USAAF	78th Fighter Group	84th Fighter Squadron	1944-03-30	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.33 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
49	Abel	Luther J	1st Lt		O-686799		USA	Pilot		USAAF	78th Fighter Group	84th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-10	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
50	Abernathy	Robert W	2nd Lt		O-767055		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group	350th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-23	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)