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57th
FIGHTER GROUP


(Version provisoire - en construction)
184 victoires

 

 

64 Fighter Squadron
(44.75 vict)

Nom Grade Unité Date Ennemi Avion d'arme TOP Nbr Vict
BARNES WILLIAM S 1st Lt 64FTR 12-08-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
BECK WILLIAM S 1st Lt 64FTR 10-25-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
BECK WILLIAM S 1st Lt 64FTR 01-11-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
BECK WILLIAM S 1st Lt 64FTR 03-13-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
BILBY GLADE B Captain 64FTR 10-25-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
BILBY GLADE B Captain 64FTR 10-28-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
BILBY GLADE B Major 64FTR 01-14-1943 - - Mediterranean 1.5
BRANDON GERALD M 1st Lt 64FTR 11-07-1942 - - Mediterranean 0.5
BYRNE ROBERT J 1st Lt 64FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 3
BYRNE ROBERT J 1st Lt 64FTR 04-26-1943 - - Mediterranean 2
CARLL PAUL L 1st Lt 64FTR 04-14-1944 - - Mediterranean 2
CROWELL GLENN L 2nd Lt 64FTR 01-14-1943 - - Mediterranean 0.5
EXON ARTHUR E 2nd Lt 64FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
JENKS WILLIAM E 2nd Lt 64FTR 11-03-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
LENIHAN JOHN J 1st Lt 64FTR 04-06-1944 - - Mediterranean 3
MERENA STEVEN C 2nd Lt 64FTR 11-04-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
MERENA STEVEN C 2nd Lt 64FTR 12-08-1942 - - Mediterranean 2
MERENA STEVEN C 2nd Lt 64FTR 12-14-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
MIDDLEDITCH LYMAN JR 1st Lt 64FTR 10-27-1942 - - Mediterranean 3
MOBBS GEORGE D 1st Lt 64FTR 10-13-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
MOBBS GEORGE D 1st Lt 64FTR 12-08-1942 - - Mediterranean 2
MOBBS GEORGE D Captain 64FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
MOUNT WILLIAM J 1st Lt 64FTR 10-09-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
NUDING WILLIAM F JR 2nd Lt 64FTR 06-11-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
NUDING WILLIAM F JR 2nd Lt 64FTR 07-31-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
NUDING WILLIAM F JR Captain 64FTR 03-23-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
OVERCASH ROBERT J 1st Lt 64FTR 12-10-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
OVERCASH ROBERT J 1st Lt 64FTR 04-26-1943 - - Mediterranean 2
OVERCASH ROBERT J 2nd Lt 64FTR 10-28-1942 - - Mediterranean 2
RYAN RICHARD E Captain 64FTR 11-11-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
RYERSON GORDON L 1st Lt 64FTR 10-30-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
SMITH ALAN H 1st Lt 64FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
TILLEY THOMAS M 1st Lt 64FTR 10-27-1942 - - Mediterranean 0.25
WHEELER CLERMONT E Major 64FTR 10-25-1942 - - Mediterranean 1

 

65 Fighter Squadron
(47.75 vict)

Nom Grade Unité Date Ennemi Avion d'arme TOP Nbr Vict
ANDRUS IVAN I 1st Lt 65FTR 01-29-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
BARKER HENRY H JR 1st Lt 65FTR 06-06-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
CLARK THOMAS W Captain 65FTR 10-26-1942 - - Mediterranean 2
CLARK THOMAS W Captain 65FTR 01-13-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
CLARK THOMAS W Captain 65FTR 02-26-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
COSTANZO CHARLES F 2nd Lt 65FTR 01-11-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
FRONING ALFRED C 1st Lt 65FTR 06-07-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
FRONING ALFRED C 1st Lt 65FTR 12-16-1943 - - Mediterranean 2
FRONING ALFRED C 2nd Lt 65FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 2
FRONING ALFRED C 2nd Lt 65FTR 04-30-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
HADNOT JAMES W 2nd Lt 65FTR 06-12-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
HARE JAMES C 1st Lt 65FTR 07-07-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
HERTZBERG FRANK E 2nd Lt 65FTR 11-11-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
HUNZIKER RICHARD O 2nd Lt 65FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
HUNZIKER RICHARD O Captain 65FTR 01-12-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
JACQUA ARNOLD D 1st Lt 65FTR 12-08-1942 - - Mediterranean 2
KIMBALL RICHARD W 2nd Lt 65FTR 10-31-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
LANCASTER STANLEY P 1st Lt 65FTR 11-01-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
MANDA FRANCIS S 2nd Lt 65FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
METCALF ROBERT L 1st Lt 65FTR 10-26-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
MIHOLICH PHILIP M 1st Lt 65FTR 01-12-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
MITCHELL DELBERT V 1st Lt 65FTR 11-07-1942 - - Mediterranean 0.5
MONAHAN HAROLD T 1st Lt 65FTR 12-16-1943 - - Mediterranean 2
MUSGRAVE CLARENCE F 1st Lt 65FTR 11-08-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
REED WALTER H 1st Lt 65FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
SNEED MARSHAL Captain 65FTR 01-20-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
STANFORD HARRY H 1st Lt 65FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 3
SWARTZ WALTER M JR 2nd Lt 65FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
TAYLOR WILLIAM E * 1st Lt 65FTR 10-27-1942 - - Mediterranean 0.25
THOMAS GORDON F Major 65FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
WEAVER EDWIN R 1st Lt 65FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 2
WHITTAKER ROY E 1st Lt 65FTR 10-26-1942 - - Mediterranean 2
WHITTAKER ROY E 1st Lt 65FTR 10-27-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
WHITTAKER ROY E Captain 65FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 4
WYMOND GILBERT O JR 1st Lt 65FTR 10-27-1942 - - Mediterranean 2
WYMOND GILBERT O JR 1st Lt 65FTR 01-13-1943 - - Mediterranean 1

 

66 Fighter Squadron
(61 vict)

Nom Grade Unité Date Ennemi Avion d'arme TOP Nbr Vict
ADAMS ROBERT M 1st Lt 66FTR 10-28-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
BELL JOE D 1st Lt 66FTR 10-31-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
BELL ROBERT M 1st Lt 66FTR 10-21-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
BENEDICT WILLIAM P 1st Lt 66FTR 10-21-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
BETTINGER STEPHEN L 2nd Lt 66FTR 07-01-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
BOULWARE THOMAS M 2nd Lt 66FTR 10-28-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
CAMPBELL WILLIAM B 1st Lt 66FTR 10-27-1942 - - Mediterranean 0.25
CAMPBELL WILLIAM B 1st Lt 66FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 4
CLARK WILLIAM C Lt Colonel 66FTR 01-14-1945 - - European 1
CLEAVELAND ARTHUR B 2nd Lt 66FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 5
CLEVELAND HOWARD W 2nd Lt 66FTR 07-01-1944 - - Mediterranean 2
CURL JAMES G Captain 66FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 3
DAVIS THOMAS D JR 2nd Lt 66FTR 07-01-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
EHNEY WILLIAM H 2nd Lt 66FTR 05-25-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
FLOOD EDWIN O 2nd Lt 66FTR 04-25-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
GILBERTSON JOHN T 1st Lt 66FTR 11-11-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
GILBERTSON JOHN T 1st Lt 66FTR 12-13-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
GILBERTSON JOHN T 1st Lt 66FTR 03-13-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
GILBERTSON JOHN T 1st Lt 66FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
HENSON WALTER H 1st Lt 66FTR 03-14-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
JOHNSON RICHARD L 2nd Lt 66FTR 07-01-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
KAISER ROBERT E 2nd Lt 66FTR 05-25-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
KRISS GEORGE 1st Lt 66FTR 05-25-1944 - - Mediterranean 2
KRISS GEORGE 2nd Lt 66FTR 10-21-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
LEAF CHARLES C 2nd Lt 66FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 2
LIVESEY WILLIAM F F/O 66FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 3.5
LLEWELLYN RAYMOND A Captain 66FTR 10-28-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
LLEWELLYN RAYMOND A Captain 66FTR 10-31-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
LONG GEORGE W Captain 66FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 2
LOONEY ROBERT 2nd Lt 66FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
MEACHAM GERARD S 1st Lt 66FTR 12-16-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
RAHN CLAUDE G 2nd Lt 66FTR 07-01-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
REYNOLDS JOSEPH F 1st Lt 66FTR 12-16-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
SANTRY JOHN W 2nd Lt 66FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 2
SHAW WARREN L 1st Lt 66FTR 10-21-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
SHAW WARREN L 1st Lt 66FTR 12-17-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
SMITH DONALD A 2nd Lt 66FTR 03-24-1944 - - Mediterranean 1
STEFANIK JOHN J 1st Lt 66FTR 11-07-1942 - - Mediterranean 0.5
STEFANIK JOHN J 1st Lt 66FTR 04-18-1943 - - Mediterranean 3
WILLIAMS THOMAS T 1st Lt 66FTR 03-13-1943 - - Mediterranean 1
WILLIAMS THOMAS T 2nd Lt 66FTR 11-04-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
WILLIAMS THOMAS T 2nd Lt 66FTR 12-13-1942 - - Mediterranean 1
YATES WILLIAM J Captain 66FTR 10-27-1942 - - Mediterranean 0.25
YATES WILLIAM J Captain 66FTR 11-07-1942 - - Mediterranean 0.5
ZIPSER ALBERT O 1st Lt 66FTR 11-04-1942 - - Mediterranean 1

 

 

Air Forced Assigned To :

9th AF (July '42 -Aug '43)
12th AF (Aug '43 - End WWII)

Stations Flown From :

Muqeibile, Palestine (July '42 - Sept '42)
Egypt (sept '42 - Nov '42)
Libya (Nov '42 - March '43
Tunisia (March '43 - June '43)
Malta (June '43 - July '43)
Sicily (July '43 - Sept '43)
Southern Italy (Sept '43)
Gioia Airfield, Italy (Sept '43 - Oct '43)
Foggia, Italy (Oct '43)
Amendola, Italy (Oct '43 - March '44)
Cercola, Italy (March '44)
Corsica, Italy (march '44 - Sept '44)
Ombrone Airfied, Italy ( Sept '44)
Grosseto, Italy (Sept '44 - April '45)
Villafranca di Verona (April '45)
Grosseto, Italy (April - End WWII)

Campaigns Flown in :

Air Combat EAME Theatre
Egypt-Libya
Tunisia
Sicily
Naples-Foggia
Rome-Arno
Southern France
North Apennines
Central Europe
Po Valley

Awards Won :

Distinguished Unit Citation: North Africa and Sicily, 24 Oct '42 - 17 Aug '43
Distinguished Unit Citation: Tunis and Cape Bon area 18 Aug '43
Distinguished Unit Citation: Italy 14 April '44

Victory Claims (in Air) :

Destroyed :184

Probable : 20

Damaged : 79

Aces were :

(scores in the group only- some scored victories while flying in other groups or squadrons)

HQ: Ø
64th FS

65th FS

66th FS
R.J. Byrne (6)
R.E. Whittaker (7)
A.B. Cleavland (5)
L. Middleditch (5)
A.C. Froning (6)
S.L. Bettinger (1)
R.J. Overcash (4)

R.J. Overcash (1)




Source :

STARS & BARS - Frank Olynyk - Grub Street Editions
http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/index.asp
http://www.web-birds.com/12th/57/57th.htm