8th Air Force Fighter Group - Littlefriends.co.uk

The 78th Fighter Group

The Duxford Eagles

Station:

Duxford 3 April 1943 to 10 October 1945

Station Callsign:

Rutley

Group Callsign:

Greywall (A Group) to 22 April '44 then Phoenix
Bakehouse (B Group) to 22 April '44 then Slapstick
Boycott (C Group from 23 April '44
(No Squadron Callsigns in C Group)

82nd Fighter Squadron Littlefriends.co.uk

Code: MX Callsign: Stedman (A Group)
Churchtime (B Group)
to 22 April '44 then:
Surtax (A Group)
Rainbow (B Group)

83rd Fighter Squadron Littlefriends.co.uk

Code: HL Callsign: Lockyear (A Group)
Cleveland (B Group)
to 22 April '44 then:
Cargo (A Group)
Turquoise (B Group)

84th Fighter Squadron Littlefriends.co.uk

Code: WZ Callsign: Bayland (A Group)
Clinton (B Group) to 22 April '44 then:
Shampoo (A Group)
Spotlight (B Group)

Serial No	Type	Squad	Code	Pilot	Rank / Given Names	Markings	Comments	MACR
42-8530	P-47D	82	MX-E	DeWitt	Capt. Charles W		Reassigned from Wesson. Crashed on take off 22 March 44 in this a/c. Capt. DeWitt slightly injured.
44-11625	P-51K	83	HL-M	Gabriel	Lt. Watson R
44-11557	P-51K	83	HL-L	Euler	Lt. John E
44-19575	P-47D	84	WZ-W	Maxwell	Capt. Julius P
44-11669	P-51K	83	HL-F	Caulfield	Lt. Peter A		Recoded from HL-V
42-26456	P-47D	84	WZ-K	Grimes	Capt. Wilbur K
44-11763	P-51K	84	WZ-K	Grimes	Capt. Wilbur K		Reassigned to Slack after only one mission flown by Grimes.
44-15716	P-51D	82	MX-P	Dunham	Lt. Richard N
41-6077	P-47C	82	MX-
41-6179	P-47C	82	MX-E	Brower	Lt. Robert F		Crash landed 19 Aug 43 - Lt. Robert F Brower uninjured
41-6179	P-47C	82	MX-F
41-6188	P-47C	82	MX-U	Herrick	Lt. John		Lost in this a/c 26 Nov 43 - POW	1441
41-6198	P-47C	82	MX-D				Lost 14 May 43 - Capt. Robert E Adamina POW
41-6205	P-47C	84	WZ-G
41-6217	P-47C	82	MX-
41-6218	P-47C	82	MX-Z
41-6219	P-47C	82	MX-C
41-6220	P-47C	82	MX-I
41-6221	P-47C	83	HL-				From 56 FG
41-6223	P-47C	84	WZ-L
41-6228	P-47C	84	WZ-N
41-6240	P-47C	84	WZ-E				Lost 18 Oct 43 - Lt. Franklin B Resseguie Evaded	889
41-6241	P-47C	83	HL-W				Lost 15 April 43 - Lt. Leroy V Dodd KIFA
41-6243	P-47C	84	WZ-C				From WZ-K
41-6245	P-47C	84	WZ-M				To 495 FTG as VM-A (bar over A)
41-6255	P-47C	82	MX-Q				To 359th FG as CV-O
41-6262	P-47C	83	HL-E				Lost 5 Sept. 1943 - Lt. Willard D Hamilton bailed out near Melbourne
41-6269	P-47C	84	WZ-X
41-6269	P-47C	84	WZ-T
41-6270	P-47C	84	WZ-H
41-6280	P-47C	84	WZ-E
41-6318	P-47C	82	MX-K				Lost 16 May 43 - F/O Charles R Brown POW
41-6331	P-47C	83	HL-L	Leach	Lt. Major C		Lost in this a/c 5 Jan 44 KIA	1737
41-6332	P-47C	83	HL-				Lost 1 March 43 - Lt. Robert L Ronning KIMAC
41-6333	P-47C	84	WZ-F	Lentz	Lt. Norbert G
41-6333	P-47C	84	WZ-V
41-6335	P-47C	83	HL-A				Re-coded from HL-B Lost 22 Feb 44 - Lt. John H Johnson POW	2669
41-6341	P-47C	82	MX-Y	Graff	Lt. Warren E
41-6342	P-47C	82	MX-W
41-6353	P-47C	84	WZ-D				Lost 13 June 43 - Lt. Donald M Marshall POW
41-6363	P-47C	83	HL-K
41-6365	P-47C	82	MX-F
41-6366	P-47C	82	MX-B
41-6374	P-47C	83	HL-U	Powell	Lt. Everett W "Jake"		Lost in this a/c 4 March 44 POW	2973
41-6374	P-47C	83	HL-V
41-6377	P-47C	83	HL-U
41-6383	P-47C	84	WZ-S				Lost 20 May 43 - Lt. Richard A Murray KIA
41-6384	P-47C	82	MX-
41-6391	P-47C	82	MX-Y	Graff	Lt. Warren E		Shot down in this a/c 30 July 43 - Evaded	135
41-6395	P-47C	84	WZ-
41-6396	P-47C	82	MX-H
41-6396	P-47C	82	MX-B
41-6396	P-47C	82	MX-U
41-6399	P-47C	HQ	WZ-M				Lost 13 Apr 43 - Lt.Col. Joseph E Dickman bailed out. Returned.
41-6409	P-47C	84	WZ-W	Fleming	Capt. Edward F
41-6409	P-47C	84	WZ-H
41-6418	P-47C	82	MX-Z
41-6532	P-47C	84	WZ-X
41-6535	P-47C	82	MX-I	Webb	Lt. Calvin		Lost in this a/c 1 April 44 - KIA	3526
41-6535	P-47C	82	MX-K
41-6540	P-47C	83	HL-A				Lost 30 Dec 43 - F/O James C Eastwood KIA	1862
41-6580	P-47C	84	WZ-G
41-6628	P-47C	83	HL-R	Julian	Maj. William H "Bill"
41-6630	P-47C	82	MX-O
42-22463	P-47D	82	MX-J				Lost 29 Jan 44 - F/O Milton H Ramsey Evaded	2121
42-22467	P-47D	82	MX-Y	Neel	Lt. William F		Lost in this a/c 24 Jan 44 KIA	2113
42-22476	P-47D	82	MX-J				Crash landed 4 Jan 44 - Lt. Joseph A Scheibler
42-22518	P-47D	83	HL-O
42-22518	P-47D	84	WZ-U				To 355 FG as YF-Q
42-22539	P-47D	84	WZ-R
42-22755	P-47D	82	MX-D				Lost 11 Feb 44 - Lt. Donald R Morsch KIA	2295
42-22776	P-47D	83	HL-U	Dunaway	Lt. Kenneth P Jr.		Lost in this a/c 1 Sept 44 - POW	8546
42-22781	P-47D	83	HL-L				To 353 FG as YJ-P
42-25297	P-47D	84	WZ-D	Wood	Lt. Eugene W		Lost in this a/c 18 Sept 44 - KIA
42-25303	P-47D	84	WZ-J				Lost 10 Sept 44 - Lt. Paul H McKenny POW	8689

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