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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Jennings	Albert G	CPT				USA	Pilot		USAAF	366th Fighter Group	390th Fighter Squadron		P-47 Thunderbolt											B2-J Little Lady Shirley		Source: American Air Museum ETO (European Theatre)
2	Dade	Lucian A Jr 'Pete'	Major		O-432184		USA	Pilot	Air Medal with 13 oak leaf clusters (2 silver, 3 bronze) Army of Occupation Medal Distinguished Flying Cross European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal National Defense Service Medal Silver Star World War II Victory Medal	USAAF	56th Fighter Group	63rd Fighter Squadron		P-47 Thunderbolt				5	Boxted UK								Source:afhra.maxwell.af.mil. American Air Museum ETO (European Theatre) Pilots of the 56th Fighter Group celebrated 800 victories and the second anniversary of their arrival in England at a party on 6 January 1945 at Boxted air base. he first P-47Ms, delivered in December, 1944, were rushed to the 56th Fighter Group, the last Eighth Air Force fighter unit equipped with the P-47. The P-47Ms began arriving on January 3, 1945. The 61st Fighter Squadron quickly converted to the new Thunderbolt, and immediately began to experience the same kind of engine problems they had confronted with the P-47C in January 1943. Three crashes due to engine failure, one fatal, led to the P-47M being grounded in late February, putting the 56th out of business. Dave Schilling’s extended tour as Group CO ended on January 27, and new CO Colonel Lucian Dade – who had been one of the original pilots in the 56th and who had served as squadron commander, operations officer, and deputy group commander – had to deal with the engine problems. When war-weary P-51Bs arrived for conversion training, Dade was able to stave off the dread Mustang when the engineers discovered the engines had been incorrectly “pickled” for overseas delivery, and the electrical harnesses had been corroded by exposure to salt air. With each engine completely overhauled by March 24, 1945, the engine problems were over and the group as a whole was ready to re-commence operations. P-47Ms were not fitted with underwing racks at first, since they were strictly fighters; they did however used the wing racks in the final two weeks of the war when they were primarily attacking German airfields. With only a few weeks of war left, the 56th demonstrated that the P-47M was indeed a “hot rod” that turned the Thunderbolt into an air superiority fighter. The unit was chosen to test the new T-48 incendiary round, designed to explode the low grade/high flash point fuels the Germans were using, which resisted ignition by .50-caliber strikes. In April, the 56th flew a series of airfield strafing attacks using the T-48 round, ending with Dade leading 49 P-47Ms to Eggebek airdrome on April 13, 1945, where they found 150 to 200 aircraft parked on the main field and two nearby satellite strips. With the 62nd Fighter Squadron flying top cover at 15,000 feet and the 61st Fighter Squadron orbiting at 10,000 feet, the 63rd Fighter Squadron made the attack. After a pass to suppress ground fire, the squadron made 140 individual passes, claiming 44 destroyed. This was followed by the 61st who made 94 passes and claimed 25 destroyed, with the 62nd then making 105 and claiming 26. One P-47M 44-21134 of the 63rd FS, UN-P, Teacher’s Pet, flown by 1st Lt. William R. Hoffman, was shot down; Hoffman was killed when his parachute failed to open. The mission total was 339 passes, 95 aircraft destroyed, 95 damaged, and more than 78,000 rounds of ammunition expended. Top scorer was 2nd Lt. Randall Murphy of the 63rd FS, who was credited following review of his gun camera film with 10 destroyed. Another strafing mission on April 16, saw the group’s final combat loss when Capt. John W. Appel of the 62nd FS was shot down, though he successfully returned to Allied lines the next day. On April 21st the group flew its final combat mission. After the war he remained in what soon became the US Air Force. In the summer of 1950, Dade was an Operations Officer with the 2nd Air Division at Landsberg, Germany. He retired in 1969 as a Colonel.
3	Gurka						USA			USAAF	303rd Bomber Group	359th BomberSqn							Molesworth			Shot down by fighter over Hanover	PoW
4	Duncan	Glenn E	Lt Colonel		O-398671		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group			P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5	Cleveland	Clive Stewart	2nd Lt				USA	Pilot		USAAF	52nd Fighter Group	2nd FighterSqn		P-51 Mustang													Home: 17 Lawnlade St, Hammond Indiana. Hobby: sports
6	Sawicz	Tadeusz Władysław	Major	Sqd Ldr	P-0596		Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari 8359 DFC DFC (USA) Vlieger Kruis (Holland)	PAF	Fighter Command	303Sqn Polish 61st Fighter Squadron USAAF						4					Died 2011-10-19	Powązki Cemetery		Archiwum Mielnika	Battle of Britain. Born in Warsaw. Assignment to 1PL in Warsaw. In 1938, at the annual flight competition he had the best result in education. In the SEPTEMBER. 1939 campaign fought in 114 Esk. Myśl., part of the IV / 1 Division. On September 14, he did a great feat: alone. flew the route Młynów (Wołyń) - Warsaw with orders from Leader for the defense of Warsaw, General J. Rómmel and the head of the "Poznań" Army - general T. Kutrzeby, commander Polish troops at the Battle of Bzura. In Warsaw he landed at the Mokotow airport under heavy fire from German guns. On September 17, he flew to Romania leading the whole air group if fighters. Avoiding internment, he reached France through Yugoslavia and Italy. After training on French equipment, he was incorporated into Gr.Ch. III / 10. After the surrender of France, through Algiers, Casablanca, Gibraltar managed to get to Great Britain. -01.07. until October 31, 1940, he actively participated in the Battle of Britain. - 25.09.1942 Commander 315Sqn Polkish"Dębliński". Assigned to USAAF. After war settled in Canada. - (Toronto ON) ● General Bryg pil. Vlieger Cruis (Dutch DFC) - He died in Canada as the last of Polish pilots who participated in the Battle of Britain. The Urn with Ashes of General Sawicz was deposited on November 30, 2011 at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw Poland. Polish officers, who flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron USAAF, stand with Lieutenant-Colonel Frances S. Gabreski, CO of the 61st FS, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. Left to right they are: Squadron Leader Bolesław Michał Gładych, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Sawicz, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Flight Lieutenant Zbigniew Janicki, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Andersz and Flight Lieutenant Witold Lanowski.
7	Comstock	Harold E	Major		O-661288		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	63rd Fighter Squadron		P-47 Thunderbolt				5	Boxted UK								Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) Pilots of the 56th Fighter Group celebrated 800 victories and the second anniversary of their arrival in England at a party on 6 January 1945 at Boxted air base.
8	Gohsler	Harry R	1st Lt		O-824473		USA	Pilot		USAAF	356th Fighter Group	359th Fighter Squadron		P-47 Thunderbolt. (P-51 Mustang from Nov 1944)								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
9	Peterburs	Joseph Anthony	later Lt. Col				USA	Pilot	The Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross w/ 1 OLC Bronze Star w/ 1 OLC Purple Heart w/ 1 OLC Air Medal w/ 7 OLC POW Medal and 32 other medals and decorations.	USAAF	20th Fighter Group	55th Fighter Sqn		P-51 Mustang							B-17 Escort		Survived war				Flew in WW2, Korean War, Vietnam On his 49th mission, the Germans filled the sky with fighters. Peterburschased a German fighter he saw blow up a B-17 bomber. He closed in as it hit a second bomber. 'Just as he blew up the second, I came in from the rear,' Peterburs said. 'I saw smoke and fire on his left wing. He immediately rolled over and started to the deck. I just broke off the chase. He spotted an airfield full of enemy aircraft. 'I was by myself, 19 years old,' said Peterburs. “' made too many passes, and I destroyed at least five on the ground and set a hangar on fire.' On his last pass, Peterburs was hit and his engine started to overheat. He had 90 miles to reach the airbase, but his aircraft was losing altitude quickly. He debated bailing out when the aircraft fell to 1,000 feet, but then he saw a German Focke-Wulf 190 fighter coming at him. The 190 fired off rockets but missed, and Peterburs kept flying. At 500 feet, Peterburs was devising a belly landing, but he kept going. At 300 feet, the right side of the aircraft caught fire. Peterburs waited too long and had to bail from the left side, which guaranteed he would hit the aircraft’s tail on his exit. Peterburs landed in an open field with townspeople yelling and running toward him. Peterburs was sent to a POW camp for the night. He escaped with a small group. “There was very little security,” Peterburs said. “Basically, it was just going down to the fence at night.” After their midnight escape, the group walked for about five miles toward Berlin when they were stopped by a Russian tank unit. Through the Russian lieutenant’s English, the men learned the tank unit was headed to Wittenburg. Peterburs said he was given a rifle and told to hop on. The Americans fought with the Russians for the next three days. Peterburs finally got his break when an American patrol noticed his flight suit among the Russian tank crew camped out near the Elbe River. Peterburs was reluctantly turned over to the Americans and began his journey home. Once he was back in the U.S., Peterburs married his girlfriend, Josephine, for whom he had nicknamed the Mustang P-51 that helped him destroy so many enemy aircraft on his 49th combat mission. Unlikely Reunion Peterburs left the war behind as a memory — until the late 1990s. That’s when he received a letter from a German man who was just a boy when he watched Peterburs fall into the German farmland. The man tracked down Peterburs from a piece of the downed aircraft that he saved. In 2005, Peterburs was surprised when again he received a letter from the man — this time telling him he had found the German pilot whom he had been chasing through the sky that April day in 1945. And it wasn’t just any pilot — it was Walter Schuck, a top German pilot with 206 confirmed aerial victories. Schuck claimed four American B-17s just before Peterburs shot him down. The men met for the second time, this time on friendlier terms, when Schuck traveled to the U.S. in 2005. 'Both of us reconciled the relationship by recognizing that we were each doing our job,' Peterburs said.
10	Satterlee	Dean Herbert	Lt.Col				USA	Pilot		USAAF	Fighter Command	71Sqn							AF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire		Patrol	See archive report for further details	Survived the war	Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. Plot 2. Grave 1674			Born on the 09th July 1916 in Sacramento, California, USA. Joined 72 Squadron on the 10th December 1940. Retired as a Lt.Col and passed away on the 12th February 1996 in Corvallis, Oregon, age 79. Buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. Plot 2. Grave 1674. Son of Ivan Claude Satterlee (died 05th June 1970, age 70) and Olive Stella Satterlee (née Shier - died 11th April 1927, age 48. Husband of Floris Chapman Satterlee (née Snyder - died 18th March 2002, age 82) He married on the 30th July 1940, father of Dee Mardelle Satterlee (later Giles - died 16th February 2008, age 64), California, United States.	Archive loss report
11	Aggers	William R	F/O		T00000972		USA	Pilot		USAAF		61st Fighter										0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed
12	Bitter	Frederick	2nd Lt			431 W. Wayne St., Butler, PA	USA	Pilot	Air medal and 7 oak leaf clusters	USAAF	14th Fighter Group, 12 Air Force	5th Fighter Wing		P-38 Lightning				1									Completed his allotted fifty combat missions over enemy territory and is a member of the first American fighter group to see action in the North African invasion. He has to his credit 1 x Me109 probably destroyed and 1 x Me109 damaged.
13	Galiga	John W	1st Lt		O-693126		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron		P-51 Mustang								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
14	McDonald	Norman	Lt Colonel				USA	Pilot	Air Medal with 11 oak leaf clusters (2 silver, 1 bronze) , Air Medal with 13 oak leaf clusters (2 silver, 3 bronze), American Campaign Medal, American Defense Meda,l DFC (USA) with 1 oak leaf cluster, World War II Victory Medal, DFC (British), European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 silver star and 1 bronze star	USAAF	328th Fighter Group	318th FighterSqn						11									CO. Two of the Squadrons of the 52nd Fighter Group flew Spitfires with RAF Fighter Command in August and early September 1942 from northern Ireland. After these preparatory missions, the Group joined the Twelfth and then Fifteenth Air Force in the Mediterranean theater, supporting successive army operations in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy. The Group also escorted bombers flying strategic and interdictory missions over occupied central Europe. 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 victim. He was an ace with 11 victories and flew with 325th Fighter Group 318th Fighter Squadron McDonald's IL2 BN P-51D 15 Air Force 325th Fighter Group 318th FighterSqn in Italy V0A. Checkertail Clan of the 15th Air Force based in Italy 1944 with USAAF serial number 44-15480 and coded 59 and named 'Shu-Shu'
15	Rogers	John R	2nd Lt		O-831476		USA	Pilot		USAAF	479th Fighter Group	435th Fighter Squadron		P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
16	Gillis	Mailon A	1st Lt		O-745352		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	356th Fighter Squadron: Red Asses		P-51 Mustang								2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
17	Duncan	Glenn E	Lt Colonel		O-398671		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group			P-51 Mustang				19.5									Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
18	Goldstein	George Godfrey	1st Lt		O-659294		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron		P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
19	Gilmore	Chester R Jr	1st Lt		O-692674		USA	Pilot		USAAF	358th Fighter Group	368th Fighter Squadron		P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
20										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.
21	Miluck	Edward T	Flt Lt				USA	Pilot		RAF	Fighter	71Sqn (Eagle)													After transfer to USAAF		American volunteer Edward T Miluck discharged from the US Army Air Corps before WW II started. Arrived in the UK in September 1941, and was posted to join 121 Eagle Squadron RAF as a P/O on probation 6-41, later transferring into 71 Eagle Squadron RAF as a replacement pilot 21-9-41. Flying Spitfire Mk Vbs the squadron was engaged in escort and offensive fighter sweeps over the channel and northern France, taking part in the air cover over Dieppe. Volunteered for active service in the Far East 29-9-42, he made it as far as Durban, SA before being diverted to Nth Africa and 250 Sqn RAF where he flew Mk II Hurricanes and P-40 Kittyhawks as a Flt Lt. Involved in the Gazala debacle and then El Alamein through to the expulsion of axis forces from Nth Africa. Transferred to USAAF and promoted to Major. Returned to United States to train American airmen. Left USAAF 1946. Korean War, 1950-1952 Air Force Reserve.
22	Tribken	Charles 'Wally'	CPT (USA)		O-884150 (USA)		USA		MiD (UK). Air Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal Purple Heart World War II Victory Medal (USA)	RAFVR	Fighter	71Sqn (Eagle)		Spitifre									Killed in car crash		After transfer to USAAF		Erasmus High School graduated 1936. Colgate University. Joined RAFVR. Floyd Bennett Field pilot training. Pensacola Naval Flight School pilot training. shipped overseas to ETO. Operational training at OTU. Assigned to 71 Qsd (Eagle) RAF Jan 41 17-8-41 flew 71's 1st combat missions in Spitfire Mk IIa's. 10-41 mention in dispatches Low level dive bombing mission against railway Jct France.. Volunteered for Far East. As far as Durban Sth Africa. diverted to El Alamein Probably 250Sqn RAF early Jan 43 Xfer to USAAF as Lt. Stateside pilot instructor 8-2-43. Volunteered to return ETO early 44 as F/O 506th ighterSqn, 404th Fighter Group Promoted Capt. Killed in road accident, staff car went over cliff Toule France 44? 22-11-44 DNB.
23	Scott	Roy C Jr	1st Lt		O-750700		USA	Pilot		USAAF	364th Fighter Group	385th Fighter Squadron	1940-05-24	P-38 Lightning (P-51 Mustang mid 1944)								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
24	Gładych	Bolesław Kazimierz 'Killer Mike'	Kapitan	Flight Lieutenant	P-1392	17.05.1918 Warszawa	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari DFC Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)	PAF	Fighter	303Sqn Polish	1941-06-23	Spitfire	II	P8330					Escort	Crash landed near Ramsgate	Wounded. Died 12.07.2011 Marysville, WA, USA			Archiwum Polish Database	Polish officers, who flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron USAAF, stand with Lieutenant-Colonel Frances S. Gabreski, CO of the 61st FS, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. Left to right they are: Squadron Leader Bolesław Michał Gładych, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Sawicz, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Flight Lieutenant Zbigniew Janicki, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Andersz and Flight Lieutenant Witold Lanowski.
25	Wolfe	Roland Lorenzen	Pilot Officer		102518		American	Pilot		RAF	Fighter	133 (Eagle) Sqn	1941-11-30	Spitfire	IIa	P8074	MD:?		RAF Eglington	10:30	Convoy Patrol	Suffered engine failure and baled out, landing in Eire, 13 miles from his base	Interned				Entered WW II through the RCAF into the RAF, flying with the 133 [Eagle] Squadron, while flying a Spitfire on a convoy patrol, Suffered engine failure and baled out, landing in Eire, 13 miles from his base, was picked up by the Irish army and interned in Eire as they were a neutral. Sent to a camp Nr Dublin. He tried multiple escapes each time being returned to internment due to political pressures and finally on his eighth try, with the US in the war and the political situation much changed, he succeeded. He escaped to England via Belfast. There he joined the USAAF and was assigned to the 82nd FS, 78th FG, 8AF in 3-44 with whom he remained till 9-9-44. He was flight commander for C-flight in 1944.
26	Fetrow	Gene Bailet	2nd Lt		O-885734		USA	Pilot		USAAF	4th Fighter Group	335th Fighter Squadron: Chiefs	1941-12-31	Spitfire	Vb							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) Born August 27, 1918 in Torrance, California. He attended Chaffey High School, Ontario, Calif. and worked for Douglas Aircraft, Santa Monica, Calif. as an Inspector for the A-20 final assembly line and experimental department. .Volunteered for service in the Royal Air Force in the early part of 1941. He received flight training at Polaris Flight Academy, Glendale, California. which was also known as Cal-Aero under the command of Major Mosley. On his 56th mission while escorting light attack bombers on the Dieppe Commando Raid he was shot down by a Fw190 with an incredible full-deflection shot ! Fortunately he was able to bailout of the burning plane and landed in the Dieppe Harbour where he was rescued by the returning commandos. In the latter part of 1942 the 121 Eagle Squadron transferred into the USAAF as the 335th FS of the 4th FG, Eighth Air Force. The Group was equipped with P-47D Razor-Back. This was the first group to put the P-47 Thunderbolt into operation. Assigned to Rome Field as a test pilot upon return to the ZI. Elevated to Chief Test Pilot. Left the USAAF after the war with the rank of Major. In the construction business in Ontario, California. Co-owner/operator of a firm that built heavy-duty dumping trailers.
27	Schreiber	Leroy A	Captain		O-401242		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1942-02-22	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
28	Stephen	Raymond Thomas	Warrant Officer		944044	1920		Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1942-04-25	Stirling	I	W7514	LS-B		Wyton	2150	Rostock	Claimed by Hptm Gunther Radusch Stab II/NJG3 - 6km West of Tinglev North of Flensburg (Auster?) at 0105. It is also reported that the night-fighter crew were obliged to force-land at Bylderup-Bov and although they escaped injury, their Me110 (Werk No.2276) was wrecked.	PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow Died after being struck by lightning on 29.7.44	Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Plot 6 Row A Grave 6.			Airwar over Denmark Son of Alfred John Watson Stephen and Mary Craighead Stephen, of Ripponden, Yorkshire Poem for Ray Stephen by John R Kyler USAAF From Ex-POW, Joe O'Donnell: 'The RAF fellow was hit by lightning outside the barracks I was in at Stalag Luft IV, between barracks 2 and 3 in B Lager. We called where they slept the DOG HUTS, you could not stand up and there were 10 POW's to a hut. On 29 July 1944, lightning struck at the front of the hut, travelled through four men and killed the last - he was the ground.'
29	Marsh	Thomas	Sergeant		411504		Australia			RAAF		13 Bomber Squadron (USAAF)	1942-05-23													RAAF Honour Roll
30	Gibson	John Arthur	Sergeant		405549		Australia			RAAF		13 Bomber Squadron (USAAF)	1942-05-23													RAAF Honour Roll
31	Murphy	Louis E.	Corporal	Corporal	11013602	8th October 1915 in Portland, Maine	American	Lower Gunner		USAAF	5th Air Force	13th Bombardment Squadron (L), 3rd Bombardment Group (L)	1942-05-23	B-25	C	41-12462	Unknown		14 Mile Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea		Lae Airfield, New Britain	See Archive report for details	Returned					Archive Report
32	Reed	Durward Raymond ‘Ray’	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-431512	22nd January 1919 in Montgomery, Kentucky	American	2nd Pilot	AM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	13th Bombardment Squadron (L), 3rd Bombardment Group (L)	1942-05-23	B-25	C	41-12462	Unknown		14 Mile Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea		Lae Airfield, New Britain	See Archive report for details	PoW/MiA	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing				Archive Report
33	Wilkins	Danforth Earl	Sergeant	Sergeant	14006575	6th January 1921 in McGehee, Arkansas	American	Engineer	AM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	13th Bombardment Squadron (L), 3rd Bombardment Group (L)	1942-05-23	B-25	C	41-12462	Unknown		14 Mile Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea		Lae Airfield, New Britain	See Archive report for details	PoW/MiA	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing				Archive Report
34	Bengel	George H.	Tech Sergeant	Flight Sergeant	6705073	11th September 1907 in Augusta, Kentucky	American	Bombardier	DSC AM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	13th Bombardment Squadron (L), 3rd Bombardment Group (L)	1942-05-23	B-25	C	41-12462	Unknown		14 Mile Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea		Lae Airfield, New Britain	See Archive report for details	PoW/MiA	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing				Archive Report
35	Keel	Henry Arthur	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-404018	25th March 1917 in Dickenson, Virginia	American	Pilot	SSM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	13th Bombardment Squadron (L), 3rd Bombardment Group (L)	1942-05-23	B-25	C	41-12462	Unknown		14 Mile Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea		Lae Airfield, New Britain	See Archive report for details	PoW/MiA	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing				Archive Report
36	Hughes	Marvin Crawford	2nd Lieutenant	Pliot Officer	O-434899	4th September 1919 in Baird, Texas	American	Navigator	SSM SM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	408th Bombardment Squadron (H), 22nd Bombardment Group (H)	1942-05-24	B-26 Imogene VII		40-1474	H		7 Mile Drome (Jackson Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea		Bombing mission against Rabaul, New Britain	See Archive report for details	Rescued					Archive Report
37	Swan	Jack B.	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	6976748	6th February 1920 in Elmira, Chemung, New York	American	Photographer	SSM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	408th Bombardment Squadron (H), 22nd Bombardment Group (H)	1942-05-24	B-26 Imogene VII		40-1474	H		7 Mile Drome (Jackson Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea		Bombing mission against Rabaul, New Britain	See Archive report for details	Died	Honolulu Cemetery (Punchbowl), Section P, Grave 621				Archive Report
38	Massie	Harold Lloyd	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-421276	1920 in Toledo, Cumberland County, Illinois	American	Pilot	SSM SM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	408th Bombardment Squadron (H), 22nd Bombardment Group (H)	1942-05-24	B-26 Imogene VII		40-1474	H		7 Mile Drome (Jackson Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea		Bombing mission against Rabaul, New Britain	See Archive report for details	PoW/MiA	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing				Archive Report
39	Wallace	Eugene Dye ‘Gene’	2nd Lieutenant	Pliot Officer	O-431910	17th July 1919 in Toppenish, Washington	American	Co-Pilot	SSM SM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	408th Bombardment Squadron (H), 22nd Bombardment Group (H)	1942-05-24	B-26 Imogene VII		40-1474	H		7 Mile Drome (Jackson Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea		Bombing mission against Rabaul, New Britain	See Archive report for details	Rescued					Archive Report
40	Wolenski	Stanley A.	Sergeant	Sergeant	6909325	8th December 1919 in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania	American	Engineer	SSM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	408th Bombardment Squadron (H), 22nd Bombardment Group (H)	1942-05-24	B-26 Imogene VII		40-1474	H		7 Mile Drome (Jackson Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea		Bombing mission against Rabaul, New Britain	See Archive report for details	MiA	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing				Archive Report
41	King	Arthur Christere ‘Art’	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-432982	3rd December 1914 in New York City, New York	American	Bombardier	SSM SM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	408th Bombardment Squadron (H), 22nd Bombardment Group (H)	1942-05-24	B-26 Imogene VII		40-1474	H		7 Mile Drome (Jackson Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea		Bombing mission against Rabaul, New Britain	See Archive report for details	PoW/MiA	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing				Archive Report
42	Bordner	Dale Edwin	Private 1st Class	Aircraftman 1st Class	15017025	13th November 1919 in Chillicothe, Ohio	American	Radio Operator	SSM SM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	408th Bombardment Squadron (H), 22nd Bombardment Group (H)	1942-05-24	B-26 Imogene VII		40-1474	H		7 Mile Drome (Jackson Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea		Bombing mission against Rabaul, New Britain	See Archive report for details	Rescued					Archive Report
43	Dukes	Joseph Charles	Corporal	Corporal	33129192	26th January 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	American	Gunner	SSM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	408th Bombardment Squadron (H), 22nd Bombardment Group (H)	1942-05-24	B-26 Imogene VII		40-1474	H		7 Mile Drome (Jackson Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea		Bombing mission against Rabaul, New Britain	See Archive report for details	MiA	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing				Archive Report
44	Friday	Arthur Ian	Sergeant		408805		Australia			RAAF		13 Bomber Squadron (USAAF)	1942-05-25													RAAF Honour Roll
45	Bailey	Lloyd Maxwell	Sergeant		405710		Australia			RAAF		3RD Bombardment GP USAAF	1942-05-25													RAAF Honour Roll
46	Malok	Albert Louis ‘Al’	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	6942456	10th August 1916 in in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	American	Engineer	SSM PH	USAAF	10th Air Force	88th Reconnaissance Squadron (H), 7th Bombardment Group (H)	1942-06-04	B-17	E	Unknown	Unknown		Dum Dum airport, India		Irrawaddy River, Burma (Myanmar)	See Archive report for details	PoW, Burma #5 (Moulmein & Rangoon Jail)/ DED/ MiA	Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery				Read Archive Report
47	Cummings	Harold Benjamin ‘Hal’	Sergeant	Sergeant	6970825	27th June 1921 in Lafayette, Louisiana	American	Radio Operator	SSM PH	USAAF	10th Air Force	88th Reconnaissance Squadron (H), 7th Bombardment Group (H)	1942-06-04	B-17	E	Unknown	Unknown		Dum Dum airport, India		Irrawaddy River, Burma (Myanmar)	See Archive report for details	PoW, Burma #5 (Moulmein & Rangoon Jail)/ DED/ MiA	Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery				Read Archive Report
48	Gonsalves	Elias E. ‘Eli’	Sergeant	Sergeant	6570123	25th November 1918 in California	American	Tail Gunner	SSM PH	USAAF	10th Air Force	88th Reconnaissance Squadron (H), 7th Bombardment Group (H)	1942-06-04	B-17	E	Unknown	Unknown		Dum Dum airport, India		Irrawaddy River, Burma (Myanmar)	See Archive report for details	PoW, Burma #5 (Moulmein & Rangoon Jail)/ DED/ MiA	Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery				Read Archive Report
49	Horner	Kenneth Foster ‘Jack’	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-435393	19th December 1918 in New Orleans, Louisiana	American	Navigator	SSM	USAAF	10th Air Force	88th Reconnaissance Squadron (H), 7th Bombardment Group (H)	1942-06-04	B-17	E	Unknown	Unknown		Dum Dum airport, India		Irrawaddy River, Burma (Myanmar)	See Archive report for details	PoW, Burma #5 (Moulmein & Rangoon Jail)					Read Archive Report
50	Radcliff	Smith William ‘Smittie’	Private 1st Class		20735198	3rd December 1919 in Dexter, Kansas	American	Waist Gunner	SSM	USAAF	10th Air Force	88th Reconnaissance Squadron (H), 7th Bombardment Group (H)	1942-06-04	B-17	E	Unknown	Unknown		Dum Dum airport, India		Irrawaddy River, Burma (Myanmar)	See Archive report for details	PoW, Burma #5 (Moulmein & Rangoon Jail)					Read Archive Report