
The 359th Fighter Group
Code:
CV
Callsign:
Beesnest to 2 January '44 then
Code:
IV
Callsign:
Tiretread to 22 April '44 then:
Code:
CS (CR to mid-March 1944)
Callsign:
Wheeler to 22 April '44 then:Click HERE to go to unit gallery
Serial No ![]() | Type ![]() | Squad ![]() | Code | Pilot ![]() | Rank / Given Names ![]() | Markings ![]() | Comments ![]() | MACR |
| 43-24791 | P-51B | 370 | CS-P | |||||
| 43-24798 | P-51B | 369 | IV-T | Matthew | Capt. Harry L | Pistol Packin' Mama II | Reassigned to Holliday. | |
| 43-24799 | P-51B | 370 | CS-H | To 361 FG 376 FS | ||||
| 43-7155 | P-51B | 368 | CV-C | |||||
| 43-6581 | P-51B | 368 | CV-V | Keesey | Lt. John C | Tootser | ||
| 43-6620 | P-51B | 369 | IV-R | Ralston | Capt. Gilbert R Jr | Lost 11 June 44 - Ralston bailed out over Channel - returned | ||
| 43-6730 | P-51B | 369 | IV-R | To 354 FG 355 FS 9th AF | ||||
| 43-6757 | P-51B | 369 | IV-F | Booth | Lt. Robert J "Posty" | Oily Boid | ||
| 43-6757 | P-51B | 369 | IV-Z | Campbell | Lt. Robert W | re-coded to IV-F | ||
| 43-6826 | P-51B | 370 | CS-W | Lost 23 Feb 45 - Lt. Garland J McGregor KITA | ||||
| 43-6862 | P-51B | 370 | CS-U | McInnes | Capt. Robert L | To 4 FG 336 FS | ||
| 43-6876 | P-51B | 368 | CV-F | Rea | Lt. Frank Jr. | |||
| 43-6917 | P-51B | 368 | CV-J | Olson | Lt. Paul E | Marihelen | Lost 3 Oct 44 Crash-landed France - Lt. Donald W Chatfield returned | |
| 43-6995 | P-51B | 368 | CV-Q | Perkins | Capt. Earl P | Lost 21 July 44 - Capt. Chester R Gilmore bailed out over U.K. | ||
| 43-7013 | P-51B | 370 | CS-G | Ambrose | Capt. Vincent W | Baltimore Babe | a/c to Reese as CS-E | |
| 43-7013 | P-51B | 369 | IV- | taxi accident East Wretham 29 April 44 - Lt. Michael J Sullivan | ||||
| 43-7155 | P-51B | 368 | CV-C | Hunter | Capt. John B | To 354 FG 356 FS as AJ-H | ||
| P-47D | 369 | IV-H | Brundage | Lt. Lowell W | ||||
| 42-102996 | P-51C | 370 | CS-S | Tuchscherer | Lt. Daniel R | Lovin' Lulu II | ||
| 42-103197 | P-51C | 368 | CV-Y | Cavanaugh | Lt. Cornelius J | Sweet Jean Marie | Belly-landed Wattisham 3 Feb 45 - Lt. John W Herb | |
| 42-103197 | P-51C | 368 | CV-H | Hatter | Capt. Robert B | |||
| 42-103293 | P-51C | 370 | CS-O | Lost 1 May 1944 - Capt. Carey H Brown Jr. KITA | ||||
| 42-103295 | P-51C | 370 | CS-O | To 339 F/G | ||||
| 42-103318 | P-51C | 370 | CS-Z | Taxi accident (parked) 19 May 44 | ||||
| 42-103319 | P-51C | 370 | CS-R | Shupe | Lt. Joseph E | |||
| 42-103322 | P-51C | 368 | CV-A | Lost 17 June 44 - Lt. Wayne W Brown KIFA | ||||
| 42-103394 | P-51C | 370 | CS-B | To 339th FG | ||||
| 42-103602 | P-51C | 368 | CV- | Lane | Capt. Thomas S | |||
| 42-103604 | P-51C | 370 | CS-U | |||||
| 42-103762 | P-51C | 368 | CV-D | |||||
| 42-103785 | P-51C | 369 | IV-K | Kruger | Capt. Charles H | Nancy June 3rd. - Tojo Peach | a/c to Burt | |
| 42-103791 | P-51C | 370 | CS-Y | |||||
| 42-103793 | P-51C | 369 | IV-G | Cuzner | Lt. Harry F | Dimples II | Reassigned to Parsons | |
| 42-103793 | P-51C | 368 | CV- | Lost 2 Mar 45 - Lt. Merle G Aunspaugh KIFA | ||||
| 42-103797 | P-51C | 369 | IV-E | Suttle | Lt. Ferris C Jr. | Darlin' Earline | Lost 10 Aug 44 - Lt. Lawrence A Bearden KIFA | |
| 42-103893 | P-51C | 370 | CS-E | |||||
| 42-103898 | P-51C | 368 | CV-A | King | Maj. Benjamin H "Ben" | Matilda III | ||
| 42-103966 | P-51C | 370 | CS-K | York | Capt. Robert M "Rudy" | |||
| 43-24948 | P-51C | 370 | CS-J | |||||
| 43-24948 | P-51C | 370 | CS-S | |||||
| 42-106929 | P-51D | 368 | CV-B | Lubien | Lt. James J | You've had it Chum | ||
| 44-14234 | P-51D | 369 | IV-O | Porter | Lt. Roger W | Jenny F | ||
| 44-14733 | P-51D | 370 | CS-L | Ruggles | Lt. James J | Ruggie's Ruthie | Reassigned from Wetmore | |
| 44- | P-51D | 370 | CS- | Shouse | Lt. Russell E | Little Butch | ||
| 44-72179 | P-51D | 370 | CS-B | Surowiec | Capt. Eugene L | Pudgy | ||
| 44-14987 | P-51D | 370 | CS-C | Tilton | Lt. Elbert W | Lovable Ann | ||
| 44- | P-51D | 368 | CV-E | Gruffie | ||||
| 44-72166 | P-51D | 369 | IV-T | Millis | Lt. Tracy E | Stevie | Named for his wife Elizabeth | |
| 44-11159 | P-51D | 368 | CV-C | Barth | Lt. Merle B | California Cowboy | ||
| 44-11210 | P-51D | 370 | CS-P | Take-off crash 22 Oct 44 Lt. James H O'Shea | ||||
| 44-11222 | P-51D | 368 | CV-I | Cook | Lt. Emory C | Sweet Sue | a/c to Rea | |
| 44-11222 | P-51D | 368 | CV-I | Rea | Lt. Frank Jr. | Evelyn | Bellied -in this a/c East Wretham 17 March 45 | |
| 44-11223 | P-51D | 368 | CV-O | Irish | ||||
| 44-11236 | P-51D | 368 | CV-B | Daniels | Lt. Richard H | Landing accident East Wretham 21 Jan 45 - Lt. Henry L Thompson | ||
| 44-11283 | P-51D | 369 | IV-X | |||||
| 44-11348 | P-51D | 370 | CS-P | Cox | Maj. Ralph L | Little Dixie | ||
| 44-11350 | P-51D | 369 | IV-Y | Collins | Capt. William F | |||
| 44-13301 | P-51D | 369 | IV-B | Pezda | Maj. Edwin F "Fox" | Swami | Crash-landed 11 Sept 44 @ LG. B-61 - Lt. Thomas J Klem returned | |
| 44-13390 | P-51D | 369 | IV-N | Bur | Lt. Thomas G | Big Noise From Winnetka | a/c from Cranfill | |
| 44-13390 | P-51D | 369 | IV-N | Cranfill | Lt.Col. Niven K | Deviless 3rd. | a/c to Bur | |
| 44-13394 | P-51D | 370 | CS-B | Oakley | Lt. Robert G | Betty Jane II | ||
| 44-13404 | P-51D | 368 | CV-Z | Tacon | Col. Avelin P Jr. | a/c to Barnett | ||
| 44-13513 | P-51D | 370 | CS-A | Murphy | Lt.Col. John B | Crash-landed in this a/c @ East Wretham 24 July 44 - uninjured | ||
| 44-13520 | P-51D | 369 | IV-R | Ralston | Capt. Gilbert R Jr. | Crash-landed 10 Nov 44 @ East Wretham - Lt. Robert D Erwin uninjured | ||
| 44-13520 | P-51D | 369 | IV-U | |||||
| 44-13539 | P-51D | 368 | CV-O | Forehand | Maj. William C | |||
| 44-13539 | P-51D | 368 | CV-O | McDonald | Lt. James H | Sadie / Mona | ||
| 44-13545 | P-51D | 368 | CV-Q | |||||
| 44-13592 | P-51D | 369 | IV-C | Burton | Capt. Herbert C | Force-landed 17 Oct 44 @ LG.A-92 St. Trond. - Lt. Rene L Burtner Jr. | ||
| 44-13592 | P-51D | 368 | CV-C | To 369 FS | ||||
| 44-13598 | P-51D | 368 | CV-A | Lost 1 Aug 44 - Lt. Cornelius J Cavanaugh bailed safely | ||||
| 44-13602 | P-51D | 368 | CV-G | Lane | Capt. Thomas S | Lost in this a/c 13 July 44 - bailed out over channel & drowned. | ||
| 44-13604 | P-51D | 370 | CS-U | Hipsher | Capt. Charles W | a/c to Tuchsherer | ||
| 44-13604 | P-51D | 370 | CS-H | Ramser | Capt.Galen E | Zombie II | a/c from Tuchsherer | |
| 44-13604 | P-51D | 370 | CS-U | Tuchscherer | Lt. Daniel R | Lovin' Lulu III | a/c to Ramser | |
| 44-13604 | P-51D | 368 | CV-U | Involved in MAC 13 July 45 - Lt. John T Marron | ||||
| 44-13606 | P-51D | 369 | IV-I | Crenshaw | Capt. Claude J | Louisiana Heat Wave | Lost 24 Oct 44 - Crash-landed A-89 Le Coulet (Banana) - Capt. Robert W Davison | |
| 44-13633 | P-51D | 370 | CS-R | Ambrose | Lt. Vincent W | Baltimore Babe | Reassigned to McAlister | |
| 44-13645 | P-51D | 370 | CS-M | Vos | Lt. Benjamin J Jr. | |||
| 44-13669 | P-51D | 368 | CV-I | Bach | Capt. Glenn C Jr. | Pegelin (L&R) | a/c to Bartlett | |
| 44-13688 | P-51D | 369 | IV- | To 352 F/G | ||||
| 44-13692 | P-51D | 369 | IV-C | Crash-landed East Wretham 24 July 44 - Lt. Edward J Thorne | ||||
| 44-13721 | P-51D | 368 | CV-W | Lost in take -off crash 27 Aug 44 @ East Wretham Lt. David B Archibald uninjured | ||||
| 44-13740 | P-51D | 368 | CV-A | McCormack | Lt. James W | Little Audrey | ||
| 44-13762 | P-51D | 368 | CV-D | Fogg | Capt. Howard L | Moose Nose | a/c to Gordon | |
| 44-13762 | P-51D | 368 | CV-D | Gordon | Lt. John T | Cookie | Lost 23 July 45 - F/O John H Klug Jr KITA at East Wretham | |
| 44-13762 | P-51D | 368 | CV-D | Kelsey | Capt. Joseph P | a/c to Fogg | ||
| 44-13789 | P-51D | 369 | IV-F | |||||
| 44-13893 | P-51D | 370 | CS-E | Smith | Capt. Thomas P | Caroline | ||
| 44-13898 | P-51D | 368 | CV-A | King | Maj. Benjamin H "Ben" | Matilda IV | ||
| 44-13914 | P-51D | 369 | IV-I | Recoded to IV-Y | ||||
| 44-13914 | P-51D | 369 | IV-Y | Magee | Capt. Raymond E | Landing accident in this a/c East Wretham 1 Jan 45 | ||
| 44-13943 | P-51D | 368 | CV-Q | Crash-landed East Wretham 12 Sept. 44 Lt. David B Archibald | ||||
| 44-13966 | P-51D | 370 | CS-K | Murphy | Lt.Col. John B | a/c to York | ||
| 44-13966 | P-51D | 370 | CS-K | York | Capt. Robert M "Rudy" | Crash-landed 9 Oct 44 @ East Wretham - Lt. Benjamin D Schwartz Jr. | ||
| 44-13966 | P-51D | 370 | CS-M | Re-coded to CS-K | ||||
| 44-13994 | P-51D | 370 | CS-B | To 20 FG 55 FS | ||||
| 44-13996 | P-51D | 370 | CS-K | Shouse | Lt. Russell E | Little Butch | To 352 F/G | |
| 44-14122 | P-51D | 369 | IV-G | Gaines | Capt. Robert S Jr. | Delectable Diane | ||
| 44-14038 | P-51D | 370 | CS-G | Ambrose | Capt. Vincent W | Baltimore Babe | a/c to McAlister |
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