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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	Abernathy	Robert W	2nd Lt		O-767055		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group	350th Fighter Squadron	1944-11-02	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2	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
3	Abbott	Earl L	CPT		O-660088		USA			USAAF		328th Fighter Interceptor	1944-03-22									0.25 Luftwaffe destroyed				European Theatre. Source afhistory.af.mil
4	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)
5	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)
6	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)
7	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)
8	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)
9	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)
10	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)
11	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)
12	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)
13	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)
14	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
15	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)
16	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)
17	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)
18	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
19	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
20	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)
21	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)
22	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)
23	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)
24	Adams	W	Lieutenant							USAAF	Bomber Command	617Sqn	1945-04-05	Lancaster	I	PB415	KC-O		Woodhall Spa	1130	Ferry	Crash landed at Lossiemouth
25	Adams	W	Lieutenant							USAAF	Bomber Command	617Sqn	1945-05-16	Lancaster	I	PD139	YZ-L		Woodhall Spa	1148	Training	Hit ground near Oberg
26	Waite	John Robert	Corporal	Corporal	36404344	25th April 1922 in Albion, Michigan, USA	American	Weather Observer	AM PH	USAAF	15th Operational Weather Squadron.	21Sqn RAAF	1945-07-27	Liberator		A72-92	MJ:D		Squadron detachment on Morotai Island		Photographic Reconnaissance	See Archive report for details	KiA	Ambon War Cemetery, Kota Ambon, Indonesia, Collective grave 28.C.1-8			Read Archive Report
27	Murphy	John	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	13029727	20th February 1920 in Wanamie, Pennsylvania	American	Armament Gunner	AM	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	KiA	Repatriated and laid to rest in Joint Section 79, Grave 509, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri			Archive Report
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	Atkins	James Asa	Sergeant	Sergeant	35666456		American	Right Waist Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	544th Bombardment Squadron (H), 384th Bombardment Group (H)	1944-04-24	B-17 Shack Rabbit	G	43-31346	SU:Q		Grafton Underwood (Station #106) Airfield		Oberpfaffenhofen airfield (Mission #315), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag 17B				Archive Report
31	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
32	Bishop	Louis William	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-802239	1st June 1922 in Bensenville, Illinois	American	Pilot	DFC	USAAF 14th Air Force	US Army Air Force	25th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, 69th Composite Wing	1944-05-10	P-40 Warhawk	K	42-9753	Unknown		YunnuanYi Airfield, China		Bombing mission Hsenwi, Burma (Myanmar)	See Archive Report for details	PoW, Burma #5 (Moulmein & Rangoon Jail)				Archive Report
33	Blackwell	Jack Eugene ‘John’	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	39698014		American	Ball Turret Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	367th Bombardment Squadron (H), 306 Bombardment Group (H)	1944-06-17	B-17	G	42-38163	GY:N		Thurleigh (Station #111), Bedfordshire, England		Noyen-sur-Sarthe (Mission #418), France	See Archive report for details	Evader				Archive Report
34	Brown	Norman	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	16076494	28th February 1924 in El Dorado, Illinois	American	Nose Gunner	AM (Oak Leaf Cluster) PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	529th Bombardment Sqn (H), 380th Bombardment Group (H)	1945-06-12	B-24	M	44-42329	31 (NL)		Fenton Airfield, Australia		Saigon, French Indo-China (Vietnam)	See Archive report for details	KiA	Repatriated and finally laid to rest on the 2nd April 1950 at the Cottage Grove Cemetery, Saline County, Illinois			Archive Report
35	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
36	Force	Amos Laddie ‘Bing’	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-762089	15th August 1916 in Climax, Michigan	American	Bombardier	AM (OLC) PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	560th Bombardment Squadron (H), 388th Bombardment Group (H)	1944-07-19	B-17 Little Boy Blue	F	42-30851	No Sqn code issued during hostilities: H		Knettishall (Station #136), Suffolk, England		Schweinfurt (Mission #482), Germany	See Archive report for details	KoM	Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot F, Row 2, Grave 43.			Archive Report
37	Gilhousen	William Richard	Captain	Flight Lieutenant	O-667062	23rd January 1920 in Des Moines, Iowa	American	Pilot	DFC (OLC) AM PH	USAAF 10th Air Force	US Army Air Force	Fighter Section, 1st Air Commando Group	1944-05-15	P-51 Mustang	B	43-6872	Unknown		Hailakandi, India		Weather and Reconnaissance Mission	See Archive Report for details	PoW, Burma #5 (Moulmein & Rangoon Jail)/Murdered	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing			Archive Report
38	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
39	Kalbfleisch	Adolph Wilmont	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-748423		American	Co-Pilot		USAAF	8th Air Force	406th Bombardment Squadron (H), 801st Bombardment Group (H) (Provisional)	1944-04-05	B-24	D	42-72870	:H		Harrington (Station #179), Northamptonshire, England		Carpetbagger	See Archive report for details	Evader				Archive Report
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	Norrod	William B.	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	36406858		American	Tail Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	571st Bombardment Squadron (H), 390th Bombardment Group (H)	1944.06.05	B-17 Hap’s Hazard	G	42-97473	FC:O		Framlingham (Station #153), Suffolk, England		Abbeville (Mission #392), France	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4				Read Archive Report
42	Porter	Joseph Elmer	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	35566756		American	Dispatcher		USAAF	8th Air Force	406th Bombardment Squadron (H), 801st Bombardment Group (H) (Provisional)	1944-04-05	B-24	D	42-72870	:H		Harrington (Station #179), Northamptonshire, England		Carpetbagger	See Archive report for details	Evader				Archive Report
43	Redd	Charles Henry	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-669109		American	Navigator	DFC	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)				Archive Report
44	Simonic	Paul John	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-735674	4th May 1916 in Porterville, Tulare County, California	American	Co-Pilot	AM	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	KiA	Repatriated and laid to rest in Joint Section 79, Grave 509, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri			Archive Report
45	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
46	Tarasewicz	Joseph Bernard	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	12050655	20th February 1920 in Wanamie, Pennsylvania	American	Engineer Gunner	DFC AM (OLC)	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	KiA	Repatriated and laid to rest in Joint Section 79, Grave 509, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri			Archive Report
47	Winderl	Francis Clare	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	19019299		American	Radio Operator	AM PH	USAAF	10th Air Force	9th Bombardment Squadron (H), 7th Bombardment Group (H)	1943-12-01	B-24	J	42-73055	Unknown		Pandaveswar, India		Insein, Burma (Myanmar).	See Archive report for details	Killed as a PoW	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing.			Archive Report
48	Zizlavsky	Joseph Franklin	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-664863	10th July 1920 in Chicago, Illinois	American	Bombardier	DFC AM (OLC) 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
49	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)
50	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)