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4th Fighter Group 339th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Group Scouting Force 20th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 5th Emer Rescue Sqd 55th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 7th Photo Recon Group 56th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Group 495th FTG 78th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 496th FTG

The 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

Station:

Mount Farm 7 July 1943 to 22 March 1945
Chalgrove 22 March 1945 to EOW

Station Callsign Twistwrite

Mount Farm Skaterink
Chalgrove Buzzsaw

Group Callsign:

(Information Needed)

13th Photo Squadron Code: ES (post war) Callsign: Katex

14th Photo Squadron Code: QU (post war) Callsign: Glazing

22nd Photo Squadron Code: (Not Known) Callsign: Baylo

27th Photo Squadron Code: G2 (post war) Callsign: (Information Needed))

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Serial No	Type	Squad	Code	Pilot	Rank / Given Names	Markings	Comments	MACR
42-67120	F-5C	22PS	-120-
44-23501	P-38J	36BS	-				Droopsnoot used for gathering radio and radar intelligence (ELINT).
44-23515	P-38J	36BS	-				Droopsnoot used for gathering radio and radar intelligence (ELINT). Lost 24 October 1944 Capt. Fred B Brink Jr & Lt. Francis I Kunzie KIA
42-68273	F-5B		273-			We're Happy!
42-12682	F-5A	8W	-				Crash landed Russia 15 June 44 - Lt. Col. John R Hoover (8th Wing [provisional])
42-12768	F-5A	13PS	-				Lost 29 June 43 - Lt. John W Shaffer KIA	534
42-12769	F-5A	13PS	769-				Lost 16 May 43 - Telford S Byington POW	531
42-12770	F-5A	22PS	-
42-12773	F-5A	13PS	73-				Lost 29 June 43 - Lt. Robert C Kinsell POW	533
42-12775	F-5A	13PS	75-				Lost 4 April 43 - Jack R Campbell KIA	15
42-12776	F-5A	13PS	76-				Lost 13 April 43 - Raymond A Mazurak POW	532
42-12777	F-5A	13PS	-				Lost 11 June 43 - Lt. Hershel L Turner POW	530
42-12779	F-5A	13PS	79-				Lost 20 June 43 - Lt. Robert C Brogan KIA	17
42-12780	F-5A	13PS	80-				Lost 17 July 43 - Edward L Haight Jr KIA	33
42-12781	F-5A	22PS	-				Lost 24 July 1943. Lt. Thomas B O'Bannon (13 PS) killed in test flight due to mechanical failure. Crashed approx 6mi NNW of Warwick
42-12786	F-5A	22PS	86-			Eclipse
42-12920	F-5A	13PS	-
42-12969	F-5A	13PS	-
42-12979	F-5A	27PS	-
42-12981	F-5A	22PS	-				Lost 8 June 44 - Robert P Nelson KIA	5490
42-13077	F-5A	13PS	-				Lost 24 July 43 - Lt. Walter D Shade bailed out over UK
42-13078	F-5A	22PS	-
42-13099	F-5A	22PS	99-
42-13222	F-5A	22PS	-
42-13289	F-5A	14PS	289-			Zola
42-13303	F-5A	22PS	-
42-13311	F-5A	22PS	-
42-13313	F-5A	14PS	-
42-13315	F-5A	22PS	-
42-13316	F-5A	22PS	-
42-13319	F-5A	14PS	319-			Kay
42-13320	F-5A	22PS	-
42-13322	F-5A	22PS	-
42-13325	F-5A	22PS	-
42-67315	F-5B	13PS	-
42-67316	F-5B		-
42-67319	F-5B	13PS	-				Lost 12 August 44 Norris E Hartwell Jr POW	7627
42-67322	F-5B	22PS	-
42-67324	F-5B	13PS	-
42-67325	F-5B	27PS	-
42-67325	F-5B	Hq	-				Lost 12 April 44 - W/Cdr. Adrian Warburton KIA (RAF Liaison Officer)
42-67326	F-5B	13PS	-
42-67330	F-5B	27PS	-				Written off in crash-landing 5 Feb 44 - Lt. Donald A Farley uninjured.
42-67331	F-5B	27PS	-			Modification ("Eileen" on port nacelle)	Lost 25 September 44 Warren M McDonald KIA	9228
42-67332	F-5B	22PS	-
42-67336	F-5B	13PS	-				Lost 8 May 44 - Bernhard Proko POW	4564
42-67337	F-5B		-
42-67342	F-5B	27PS	-			Double Trouble ("Betty Jean" on starboard nacelle)	Lost 19 September 44 - Grover P Parker Evaded	9168
42-67345	F-5B	13PS	-				Lost 7 January 44 - Harvey M Wagner KIA	1856
42-67348	F-5B	13PS	-				Lost 8 May 44 - John R Leaser KIA	4540

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