
The 20th Fighter Group
The Loco Busters
Code:
KI
Symbol:
Triangle
Callsign:
Towntalkto 22 April '44 then:
Code:
LC
Symbol:
Circle
Callsign:
Rebuke to 22 April '44 then:
Code:
MC
Symbol:
Square
Callsign:
Crownright to 22 April '44 then:Click HERE to go to unit gallery
Serial No ![]() | Type ![]() | Squad ![]() | Code | Pilot ![]() | Rank / Given Names ![]() | Markings ![]() | Comments ![]() | MACR |
| 44-14823 | P-51D | 77 | LC-F | Jones | Capt. Reps D | Miss Miami | ||
| 44-14824 | P-51D | 77 | LC-P | Slanker | Capt. Edward | The Butcher Boy | ||
| 44-14824 | P-51D | 77 | LC-P | Happy Helen | ||||
| 44-14843 | P-51D | 77 | LC-D | Montgomery | Col. Robert P | Gumpy | ||
| 44-14843 | P-51D | 77 | LC-G | Balls of Fire | ||||
| 44-14891 | P-51D | 77 | LC-O | Nichols | Maj. Merle B | Wilda | ||
| 44-14975 | P-51D | 77 | LC-K | Murrell | Lt. Robert E | Lost in this a/c 19 Feb 45 - KIA | 12498 | |
| 44-14996 | P-51D | 77 | LC-K | Hall | Capt. Glen R | Nancy | ||
| 44-15321 | P-51D | 77 | LC-S | Reynolds | Capt. Garth L | Snowball's Gesarium | ||
| 44-15321 | P-51D | 77 | LC-S | Miss D-meaner | Reassigned | |||
| 44-15326 | P-51D | 77 | MC-L | |||||
| 44-15328 | P-51D | 77 | LC-X | Kerns | Capt. Leo H | Hoya Boy | ||
| 44-15328 | P-51D | 77 | LC-X | ground looped 9 March 45 Albert B North - reassigned as LC-Xbar | ||||
| 44-15379 | P-51D | 77 | LC-N | Cowley | Lt. John C | Lt. Cowley injured bailing out of this a/c 5 April 1945 | ||
| 44-15605 | P-51D | 77 | LC-M | Larsen | Capt. Frederick | |||
| 44-15605 | P-51D | 77 | LC-M | Morris | Lt. Richard A | Mart's Cart | ||
| 44-72107 | P-51D | 77 | LC- | Seymour | Lt. James E | Jeanne | Reassignes | |
| 44-72107 | P-51D | 77 | LC-N | BJ Belle of the West | ||||
| 44-72219 | P-51D | 77 | LC-U | Papuzynski | Lt. Leonard W | Rose Glori | Named for his wife Rose. Nickname is combination of both asigned pilots' wives names. To 353 FG | |
| 44-72298 | P-51D | 77 | LC-Q | McLary | Maj. Maurice R | Murph | Lost 24 March 45 - Lt. Chester J Swierczyniski details unknown | 13436 |
| 44-72519 | P-51D | 77 | LC-D | Montgomery | Col. Robert P | Gumpy | ||
| 44-73157 | P-51D | 77 | LC-P | |||||
| 44-11354 | P-51K | 77 | LC-H | |||||
| 44-11554 | P-51K | 77 | LC-H | Simanonok | Lt. Joseph E | |||
| 44-11566 | P-51K | 77 | LC-Q | Fay | Capt. William C | Connecticut Yankee | a/c salvaged 21 March 45 | |
| 44-11673 | P-51K | 77 | LC-Z | Van Sickle | Lt. Frank L | Ditched in Channel 4 April 45 - Lt. John W Cudd Jr. bailed out safely | ||
| 44-72219 | P-51D | 77 | LC-U | Rege | Lt. Robert A | Rose Glori | ||
| 44-73156 | P-51D | 77 | LC-P | Dorey | Lt. Richard E | Busy Bea | a/c transferred to 355th FG as WR-B "Wolverine" | |
| 42-67477 | P-38J | 77 | LC- | Lost 31 December 1943 - Capt. Richard C Garrett crash-landed Northwood, Isle of Wight due to being out of gas | ||||
| 42-26676 | P-47D | 78 | MC-Z | w/w hack. | ||||
| 42-67043 | P-38H | 79 | MC- | |||||
| 42-67055 | P-38H | 79 | MC- | |||||
| 42-67067 | P-38H | 79 | MC-H | |||||
| 42-104086 | P-38J | 79 | MC-F | Franklin | Maj. R. C. | Strictly Stella's Baby | a/c to Heiden | |
| 42-104086 | P-38J | 79 | MC-H | Heiden | Lt. Arthur W | Lucky Lady | Reassigned frrom Franklin and code changed to "H". To 370 FG 9th AF | |
| 42-104095 | P-38J | 79 | MC-G | Gatterdam | Maj. Richard P | Puddin' | ||
| 42-104095 | P-38J | 79 | MC-Y | To 474 FG 9th AF as K6-Q | ||||
| 42-104289 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | McCarty | Lt. Benjamin F | Nan's Honey | Named for wife Nancy. Lost in this a/c 9 May 44 - POW | 4688 |
| 42-104308 | P-38J | 79 | MC-M | Meyer | Lt.Col. Robert J | Bob-Cat III | a/c to Lt. Smith | |
| 42-104308 | P-38J | 79 | MC-R | Rau | Col. Harold J | Gentle Annie | ||
| 42-104308 | P-38J | 79 | MC-R | Smith | Lt. Earl O Jr. | a/c from Meyer. Lost 17 June 44 - Lt. Emery K Ryan KIA | 6608 | |
| 42-67### | P-38J | 79 | MC-I | Hartig | Lt. Fred M Jr. | Sharon Thelma | Lost in this a/c 24 Jan 44 in North Sea - KIA | |
| 42-67### | P-38J | 79 | MC-R | Roark | Capt. Frank H Jr. | |||
| 42-67187 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | Lost 4 Jan 44 - F/O. Joseph L Hamilton POW | 1858 | |||
| 42-67188 | P-38J | 79 | MC-T | |||||
| 42-67190 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | |||||
| 42-67193 | P-38J | 79 | MC-X | |||||
| 42-67200 | P-38J | 79 | MC-K | Lost 10 Jan 44 due to force-landing - Lt. Mitchell P Snow | ||||
| 42-67206 | P-38J | 79 | MC-X | To 474 FG 9th AF | ||||
| 42-67251 | P-38J | 79 | MC-X | Lost 19 July 44 - Lt. Owen T Hillyard MIA - crashed into North Sea 8 miles off Westhoofd light due to mechanical problems. | 6787 | |||
| 42-67285 | P-38J | 79 | MC-J | Klatt | Lt. Quintus | |||
| 42-67298 | P-38J | 79 | MC-Q | Yaryan | Capt. Jess O | Carrie Bee | ||
| 42-67306 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | Lost 8 Feb 44 Lt. William H Rierson POW | 2144 | |||
| 42-67427 | P-38J | 79 | MC-H | Heiden | Lt. Arthur W | Recoded to Hbar | ||
| 42-67427 | P-38J | 79 | MC-H | Lost 23 April 44 crash-landed Podington on return from ops - Lt. Vernon Beesley | ||||
| 42-67448 | P-38J | 79 | MC-V | |||||
| 42-67471 | P-38J | 79 | MC-S | Smutko | Lt. Leonard S | To 77 FS | ||
| 42-67474 | P-38J | 79 | MC-A | Re-coded to MC-U | ||||
| 42-67474 | P-38J | 79 | MC-U | Lost 14 Jan 44 crash-landed on return from ops - Lt. Zell Wyman | ||||
| 42-67490 | P-38J | 79 | MC-F | Fall | Lt. M | |||
| 42-67491 | P-38J | 79 | MC-G | Gatterdam | Maj. Richard P | Puddin' | Re-coded to MC-H | |
| 42-67491 | P-38J | 79 | MC-H | From MC-G | ||||
| 42-67492 | P-38J | 79 | MC-E | Otis | Lt. Esburn D | Lost in this a/c 26 Jan 44 - Crashed in The Wash - KITA | ||
| 42-67497 | P-38J | 79 | MC-L | Graham | Capt. Lindol F "Lindy" | Susie | ||
| 42-67498 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | To 55 FS | ||||
| 42-67502 | P-38J | 79 | MC-H | Hanzo | Lt. Thomas A | To 474 FG 9th AF as K6-F | ||
| 42-67511 | P-38J | 79 | MC-R | Reihmer | Capt. Donald A | To 474 FG 9th AF | ||
| 42-67511 | P-38J | 79 | MC-E | |||||
| 42-67514 | P-38J | 79 | MC-Q | Yaryan | Capt. Jess O | Carrie Bee | ||
| 42-67515 | P-38J | 79 | MC-N | Nichols | Maj. Merle B | Wilda | To 474 FG 9th AF | |
| 42-67516 | P-38J | 79 | MC-L | Lewis | Lt. Willard H | Hells Belle | Lost 30 Jan 44 - Maj. Richard L Ott KIA | 2118 |
| 42-67521 | P-38J | 79 | MC-C | Cooper | Lt. Donald W | damaged in taxi accident 29 Jan 44 -pilot - Lt Cooper | ||
| 42-67646 | P-38J | 79 | MC-A | Anderson | Maj. Delynn E | Kentucky Kernel | Lost 30 Jan 44 - Lt. Mack D Fall POW | 2102 |
| 42-67651 | P-38J | 79 | MC-Z | |||||
| 42-67652 | P-38J | 79 | MC-M | Meyer | Lt.Col. Robert J | Bob-Cat | ||
| 42-67665 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | Lost 29 Jan 44 - F/O. William M Harper KIA | 2100 | |||
| 42-67669 | P-38J | 79 | MC-K | Byrd | F/O. Markrel L | |||
| 42-67672 | P-38J | 79 | MC-Y | To 474 FG 9th AF as K6-S | ||||
| 42-67680 | P-38J | 79 | MC-D | Moss | Lt. Robert B | Pee Bee | Lost in this a/c 29 Jan 44 - KIA | 2099 |
| 42-67681 | P-38J | 79 | MC-M | |||||
| 42-67708 | P-38J | 79 | MC-P | To 77 FS | ||||
| 42-67717 | P-38J | 79 | MC-I | To 77 FS | ||||
| 42-67718 | P-38J | 79 | MC-C | Cooper | Lt. Donald W | Lost in this a/c 11 Feb 44 - KIA | 2159 | |
| 42-67722 | P-38J | 79 | MC-R | Rau | Col. Harold J | Gentle Annie | Re-coded to MC-I | |
| 42-67722 | P-38J | 79 | MC-I | Lost 18 April 44 force landed - Lt. Drekel E Crites | ||||
| 42-67725 | P-38J | 79 | MC-U | LeFevre | Lt. Ferdinand E | To 77 FS | ||
| 42-67727 | P-38J | 79 | MC-L | |||||
| 42-67736 | P-38J | 79 | MC-J | Lost 4 March 44 crash-landed due to battle damage - Lt. Albert Fogg slight injury | ||||
| 42-67750 | P-38J | 79 | MC-A | |||||
| 42-67760 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | Lost 14 Jan 44 - Lt. Neal J Archer Jr. KIA | 1855 | |||
| 42-67821 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | Lost 11 Feb 44 - Lt. Leonard S Smutko POW | 2288 | |||
| 42-67832 | P-38j | 79 | MC-D | |||||
| 42-67848 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | Lost 11 Feb 44 - Lt. Melvin H Orr POW | 2290 | |||
| 42-67850 | P-38J | 79 | MC-S | Sands | Lt. Myron R | Lost in this a/c 11 Feb 44 - POW | 2293 | |
| 42-67854 | P-38J | 79 | MC-K | Byrd | F/O. Markrel L | Lost in this a/c 6 Feb 44 - POW | 2145 | |
| 42-67858 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | Lost 24 May 44 - Lt. Raymond E Huarte POW | 5285 | |||
| 42-67862 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | Lost 12 April 44 - Lt. James E Corbet KIA see also 42-67892 | ||||
| 42-67868 | P-38J | 79 | MC-N | Nichols | Maj. Merle B | Wilda / Mary Jo | Re-coded to MC-M | |
| 42-67868 | P-38J | 79 | MC-M | Re-coded from MC-N | ||||
| 42-67892 | P-38J | 79 | MC- | Denbo | Lt. Paul | Talent Scout | Lost 12 April 44 - Lt. James E Corbet KIA (see also 42-67862) | 3750 |
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