
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 |
| 42-75113 | P-47D | 368 | CV-O | Forehand | Maj. William C | Daisy Mae | Named from Al Capp cartoon strip. Lost in crash-landing East Wretham 31 Mar 44 - Capt. John B Hunter | |
| 44-13539 | P-51D | 368 | CV-O | Forehand | Maj. William C | |||
| 42-75085 | P-47D | 369 | IV-Q | Thomson | Maj. Robert C | |||
| 42-106841 | P-51B | 369 | IV-Q | Thomson | Maj. Robert C | Lost 12 June 44 - Lt. Leroy D Hess Jr. POW | 5596 | |
| 44-15242 | P-51D | 369 | IV-Q | Thomson | Maj. Robert C | a/c to Patton | ||
| 44-63817 | P-51D | 369 | IV-Q | Thomson | Maj. Robert C | Pard | To Sweden post-war as 26153 | |
| 44-72380 | P-51D | 369 | IV-K | Thomson | Maj. Robert C | To Sweden post-war as 26105 | ||
| 42-75068 | P-47D | 370 | CS-P | Wetmore | Maj. Raymond S | Daddy's Girl | Named for daughter Diane. Force landed this a/c Manston 24 Apr 44 | |
| 42-106894 | P-51B | 370 | CS-P | Wetmore | Maj. Raymond S | Daddy's Girl | Named for daughter Diane | |
| 44-14733 | P-51D | 370 | CS-L | Wetmore | Maj. Raymond S | Daddy's Girl | Named for daughter Diane | |
| 44-72154 | P-51D | 369 | IV-N | Cox | Maj. Ralph L "Slick" | To France post-war as R7-L | ||
| 44-11348 | P-51D | 370 | CS-P | Cox | Maj. Ralph L | Little Dixie | ||
| 44-14286 | P-51D | 369 | IV-D | Howard | Maj. James A | Lost in this a/c 8 Nov 44 - KIA | 10302 | |
| 42- | P-47D | 370 | CS-L | Doersch | Maj. George A "Pop" | Originally coded CR-L | ||
| 42-8558 | P-47D | 370 | CS-J | Doersch | Maj. George A "Pop" | Foce-landed this a/c 11 Apr 44 (not 42-8552) | ||
| 43-24810 | P-51B | 370 | CS-J | Doersch | Maj. George A "Pop" | Lost 11 July 44 - Lt. Bennie F White KIA | 6704 | |
| 44-12067 | P-51K | 368 | CV-R | Doersch | Maj. George A "Pop" | Ole' Goat | Crash landed by Doersch due to flak damage 9 April 45. | |
| 44-14313 | P-51D | 369 | IV-L | Hodges | Maj. Frederick S | Jeepers | a/c "sharkmouthed" | |
| 42-75158 | P-47D | 369 | IV-B | Pezda | Maj. Edwin F "Fox" | Fox | ||
| 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 | |
| 44-11635 | P-51K | 369 | IV-B | Pezda | Maj. Edwin F "Fox" | |||
| 42-75095 | P-47D | 368 | CV-N | Shaw | Maj. Clifton | Pappy Yokum | Named from Al Capp cartoon strip | |
| 44-13386 | P-51D | 368 | CV-N | Shaw | Maj. Clifton | A/c to Hawkinson | ||
| 42-106803 | P-51B | 369 | IV-A | Irvine | Maj. Chauncey S | |||
| 42-103898 | P-51C | 368 | CV-A | King | Maj. Benjamin H "Ben" | Matilda III | ||
| 44-13898 | P-51D | 368 | CV-A | King | Maj. Benjamin H "Ben" | Matilda IV | ||
| 42-8617 | P-47D | 368 | CV-M | Lemmens | Maj. Andrew T | Lucky Pearl | Named by cc for his wife. | |
| 42-103294 | P-51C | 370 | CS-C | Lemmens | Maj. Andrew T | Shrimp | Crash-landed 29 May 1944 at East Wretham | |
| 44-15521 | P-51D | 370 | CS-V | Lemmens | Maj. Andrew T | Screamin' Demon | Lost 9 July 45 - Lt. George Turinsky bailed out over UK | |
| 44-73102 | P-51D | 370 | CS-V | Lemmens | Maj. Andrew T | Screamin' Demon II | ||
| P-47D | 369 | IV-A | Swanson | Lt.Col. William H | ||||
| 42-106443 | P-51B | 369 | IV-Y | Swanson | Lt.Col. William H | Poison | To 355 FS 354 FG | |
| 44-13336 | P-51D | 369 | IV-Y | Swanson | Lt.Col. William H | Yankee Clipper | Lost 3 Oct 44 - Lt. Russell H Jenner KIA | 10243 |
| 44-14988 | P-51D | 369 | IV-E | Evans | Lt.Col. Roy W | Lost 9 Mar 45 - Lt. Arthur B Morris bailed safely. | ||
| 42-74645 | P-47D | 369 | IV-N | Cranfill | Lt.Col. Niven K | Deviless | ||
| 42-106848 | P-51B | 369 | IV-N | Cranfill | Lt.Col. Niven K | Deviless 2nd | Lost 12 June 44 - Lt. Robert L Pherson KIA | 5597 |
| 44-13390 | P-51D | 369 | IV-N | Cranfill | Lt.Col. Niven K | Deviless 3rd. | a/c to Bur | |
| 44-15100 | P-51D | 368 | CV-Q | Cranfill | Lt.Col. Niven K | Crash-landed this a/c 13 Jan 45 @ East Wretham | ||
| 44-15717 | P-51D | 368 | CV-Q | Cranfill | Lt.Col. Niven K | |||
| 44-14965 | P-51D | 368 | CV-N | Randolph | Lt.Col. John P | Nancy | ||
| 44-14965 | P-51D | 368 | CV-N | Randolph | Lt.Col. John P | Lady | Name changed from Nancy | |
| 42-76024 | P-47D | 370 | CS-A | Murphy | Lt.Col. John B | |||
| 42-8613 | P-47D | 370 | CS-A | Murphy | Lt.Col. John B | |||
| 42-106878 | P-51B | 370 | CS-A | Murphy | Lt.Col. John B | |||
| 44-13513 | P-51D | 370 | CS-A | Murphy | Lt.Col. John B | Crash-landed in this a/c @ East Wretham 24 July 44 - uninjured | ||
| 44-13966 | P-51D | 370 | CS-K | Murphy | Lt.Col. John B | a/c to York | ||
| 44-14127 | P-51D | 369 | IV-E | Parsons | Lt.Col. James W | Wild Will | Named for his 1st squ. Commander Maj. Wilbur G Miller 42 FS 54 FG. KIA in the Aleutians campaign. a/c to McIntosh & recoded to IV-E | |
| 44-15717 | P-51D | 368 | CV-Q | Parsons | Lt.Col. James W | Wild Will | a/c from Cranfill. See 44-14127 IV-E for name explanation. | |
| 44-72207 | P-51D | HQ | IV- | Wilson | Lt.Col. James V | Lost in this a/c 11 March 45 - POW | 13392 | |
| 44-72746 | P-51D | HQ | CV-U | Baccus | Lt.Col. Donald A "Don" |
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