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364th
FIGHTER GROUP
(Version provisoire - en construction)
262.5 victoires
383 Fighter Squadron
(76 vict)
Nom | Grade | Unité | Date | Ennemi | Avion d'arme | TOP | Nbr Vict |
ACOSTA ARGENT J JR | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 08-24-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
AYOUB LEE S | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 05-25-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
AYOUB LEE S | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 04-15-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
BARNES CHESTER A | Captain | 383FTR | 02-14-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
BAUGHN RICHARD M | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
BEAUMONT EDWARD C | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
BEAUMONT EDWARD C | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 08-24-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
BEAUMONT EDWARD C | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 11-02-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
BOYD WARREN D | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 09-28-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
CASAGRANDE MANUEL L | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 08-15-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
CEULEERS GEORGE F | Lt Colonel | 383FTR | 04-04-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
CEULEERS GEORGE F | Major | 383FTR | 03-08-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
CEULEERS GEORGE F | Major | 383FTR | 04-15-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
CEULEERS GEORGE F | Major | 383FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
CEULEERS GEORGE F | Major | 383FTR | 08-10-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
CEULEERS GEORGE F | Major | 383FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 4 |
CEULEERS GEORGE F | Major | 383FTR | 01-01-1945 | - | - | European | 2 |
CHESNEY HERBERT A | Captain | 383FTR | 08-15-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
CHLEVIN EDWARD | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 03-18-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
COATES MARK E | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
DAVIS RICHARD P | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
DWYER ROBERT H JR | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 08-15-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FARLEY ROBERT H | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
FIERY ELMER N JR | Captain | 383FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
FISHER DONALD C | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 04-19-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
FISHER DONALD C | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
GASTON JACK T | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 11-26-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
GILLILAND LEOWN A | Captain | 383FTR | 03-08-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
GOFF WALTER L | Captain | 383FTR | 04-17-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
GUY JOHN B | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 03-30-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
HALL THOMAS H JR | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 08-15-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
HALL THOMAS H JR | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 11-02-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HAMMETT CHARLES E | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HAMMETT CHARLES E | Captain | 383FTR | 04-19-1945 | - | - | European | 1.5 |
HATFIELD CLIVE | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 06-25-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HEALEY DANA F | F/O | 383FTR | 04-19-1945 | - | - | European | 1.5 |
HORMAN ELMER H | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 02-22-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
HORMAN ELMER H | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HUNTER JOHN C | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 03-18-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
HUNTER JOHN C | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
KORTENDICK EDWARD W | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 02-22-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
MACDERMOTT JAMES B | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 05-22-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
MCCOY GORDON A | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 08-15-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
NICHOLSON KENNETH F | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 05-22-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
NICHOLSON KENNETH F | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 05-25-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
ORNDORFF ROY W | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
ORNDORFF ROY W | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
ORNDORFF ROY W | Captain | 383FTR | 04-17-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
POTOCHNIK JOHN F | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 05-25-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
QUEAL RALPH W JR | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 04-19-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
SANDKAUT HENRY D | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
SMITH GEORGE E | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 11-26-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
SORRELLS FREDERICK L | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 01-01-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
VOSS CLYDE K | 1st Lt | 383FTR | 09-12-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
VOSS CLYDE K | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
VOSS CLYDE K | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 08-10-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
WICKER SAMUEL J | Captain | 383FTR | 05-22-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
WICKER SAMUEL J | Captain | 383FTR | 08-15-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
WICKER SAMUEL J | Major | 383FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 4 |
WILSON BRUCE B | Captain | 383FTR | 09-12-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
WOODSIDE JACKIE D | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
WOODSIDE JACKIE D | 2nd Lt | 383FTR | 01-01-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
384 Fighter Squadron
(89 vict)
Nom | Grade | Unité | Date | Ennemi | Avion d'arme | TOP | Nbr Vict |
ALLEN ROBERT K | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 2.5 |
BOWERS ELMER O | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 09-19-1944 | - | - | European | 1.5 |
BRISTOW WILLIAM E | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 06-25-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
BRISTOW WILLIAM E | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 09-11-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
CHAMPION WILLIAM N | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
CHAMPION WILLIAM N | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 08-15-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
DALE JACK D | Lt Colonel | 384FTR | 08-15-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
DUDERSTADT ERNEST H | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
DUDERSTADT ERNEST H | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 3 |
FARNSWORTH EVERETT W | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
FARNSWORTH EVERETT W | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 11-30-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FARNSWORTH EVERETT W | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-05-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FAULKNER ROBERT S | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FAULKNER ROBERT S | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
FLYNT WILLIAM F | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 12-05-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
FLYNT WILLIAM F | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FORD JOHN C | Captain | 384FTR | 03-08-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FORD JOHN C | Captain | 384FTR | 03-29-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FORD JOHN C | Captain | 384FTR | 06-25-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
FOWLE JAMES M | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 11-02-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FOWLE JAMES M | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 11-26-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FOWLE JAMES M | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 4 |
FOWLE JAMES M | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
GAWIENOWSKI JOHN J | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
GAWIENOWSKI JOHN J | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 08-24-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
GRIMSHAW JOHN L | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HESS WILLIAM P | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 3 |
HEYMAN RICHARD M | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 05-08-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HUNT ROBERT S JR | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 06-25-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
JAMES HAROLD M | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
JOHNSON JACK V | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 11-26-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
JOHNSON LOUIS A | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 08-10-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
JOHNSON LOUIS A | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 08-15-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
KERCHER VICTOR L | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 06-25-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
KORECKY JAMES R | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 06-25-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
KOZLOSKI FRANK T | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
LEFTWICH DANIEL L | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-05-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
LEFTWICH DANIEL L | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
LEFTWICH DANIEL L | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
LEO CARL H | Captain | 384FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
LOWELL JOHN H | Captain | 384FTR | 03-06-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
LOWELL JOHN H | Captain | 384FTR | 03-08-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
LOWELL JOHN H | Lt Colonel | 384FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
LOWELL JOHN H | Lt Colonel | 384FTR | 12-05-1944 | - | - | European | 3 |
LOWELL JOHN H | Lt Colonel | 384FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
MILLER EARL H | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
MILLER EARL H | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
NELSON JAMES F | F/O | 384FTR | 02-23-1945 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
PARSLEY ADRIAN D | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 05-08-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
PICK DOUGLAS J | Captain | 384FTR | 08-10-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
PICK DOUGLAS J | Captain | 384FTR | 02-23-1945 | - | - | European | 2.5 |
PICK DOUGLAS J | Captain | 384FTR | 04-10-1945 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
PRICE STERLING J | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
RANDOLPH WILLIAM E | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
RANDOLPH WILLIAM E | F/O | 384FTR | 09-19-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
SCHROEDER GEORGE Z | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
SCHWARTZ HARRY C | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 02-23-1945 | - | - | European | 2 |
SCHWARTZ HARRY C | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 04-10-1945 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
SHEPARD ERNEST B | Captain | 384FTR | 10-12-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
SOEHL JOHN E | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 02-25-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
SPRADLIN ROY M | Captain | 384FTR | 05-08-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
STEINBACHER JOHN R | Captain | 384FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
STEVENS RICHARD W | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 11-08-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
STEVENS RICHARD W | Captain | 384FTR | 02-23-1945 | - | - | European | 2 |
STIEFVATER RICHARD L | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 09-19-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
STIEFVATER RICHARD L | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 10-12-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
STUCKRATH JOHN M | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 06-25-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
STUCKRATH JOHN M | Captain | 384FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
VISCONTI LAWRENCE | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
WARD BRUCE C | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 09-19-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
WELCH FRED S | 2nd Lt | 384FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
WELLS TRENT H JR | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
WELLS TRENT H JR | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
WILSON JOHN E JR | 1st Lt | 384FTR | 08-09-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
385 Fighter Squadron
(88.5 vict)
Nom | Grade | Unité | Date | Ennemi | Avion d'arme | TOP | Nbr Vict |
ALLINDER THOMAS L | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
BANKEY ERNEST E JR | Captain | 385FTR | 11-26-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
BARRIE JACK T | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
BLOODGOOD DONALD L | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
BOX NORMAN L | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
BURKHARD HAROLD D | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 05-24-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
CROMBIE WILLIAM S JR | Captain | 385FTR | 10-12-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
CROMBIE WILLIAM S JR | Captain | 385FTR | 11-02-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
CROMBIE WILLIAM S JR | Captain | 385FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
CROMBIE WILLIAM S JR | Captain | 385FTR | 01-01-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
EDWARDS ROBERT F | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
ERFKAMP WILLARD G | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 10-07-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
ERFKAMP WILLARD G | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
EUBANKS JACK O | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 08-15-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FARRELL EVERETT N | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 11-02-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FARRELL EVERETT N | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FARRELL EVERETT N | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
FARRELL THOMAS P | Captain | 385FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
FARRELL THOMAS P | Captain | 385FTR | 12-05-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
FARRELL THOMAS P | Captain | 385FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
HARGROVE JASPER E | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 11-02-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HARGROVE JASPER E | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 01-01-1945 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
HEAD HAYDEN W | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
HEAD HAYDEN W | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HEAD HAYDEN W | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HEAD HAYDEN W | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 01-01-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
HILL COWAN S | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 05-21-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
HILL COWAN S | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 05-24-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
HILL COWAN S | Captain | 385FTR | 09-14-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
HOGAN CLIFFORD S JR | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HOUSHOLDER WILLIAM T | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 09-23-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
HOUSHOLDER WILLIAM T | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 11-02-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
IZOR EDWARD F | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 09-28-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
IZOR EDWARD F | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 05-21-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
IZOR EDWARD F | Captain | 385FTR | 11-02-1944 | - | - | European | 3 |
JAMISON GILBERT L | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 09-11-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
JAMISON GILBERT L | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 09-13-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
JAMISON GILBERT L | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 10-12-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
JAMISON GILBERT L | Captain | 385FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 3 |
JONES ALMA R | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 10-12-1944 | - | - | European | 3 |
JONES GRANT L | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 08-24-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
LETT SIM L JR | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
LETT SIM L JR | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 12-23-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
MCCORMICK ARTHUR B JR | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 11-02-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
MCCUBBIN JAMES L | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 12-02-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
MCCUBBIN JAMES L | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 12-05-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
MCCUBBIN JAMES L | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 01-01-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
MCKIBBEN ROBERT M | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
MCKIBBEN ROBERT M | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 11-21-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
MONAHAN JOHN D | Major | 385FTR | 11-26-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
MURPHY EUGENE | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
MURPHY EUGENE | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 02-25-1945 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
NEECE RICHARD D JR | Lt Colonel | 385FTR | 09-28-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
O'CONNELL WILLIAM P | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 03-08-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
PASCOE JAMES J | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 09-11-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
PASCOE JAMES J | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 09-19-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
PASCOE JAMES J | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 11-02-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
PASCOE JAMES J | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 05-24-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
RADLEY FRANCIS X | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 01-01-1945 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
RULAND JAMES W | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 04-04-1945 | - | - | European | 1 |
SAGAR WILLIAM S JR | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 12-27-1944 | - | - | European | 1.5 |
SCOTT RICHARD M | Captain | 385FTR | 03-15-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
SCOTT ROY C JR | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 05-24-1940 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
SMART CURTIS L | F/O | 385FTR | 12-31-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
SQUILLARIO RAYMOND E | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 09-08-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
STAPLETON CARL W | Major | 385FTR | 12-05-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
TALLMAN JOHN C | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 03-15-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
TAYLOR ELMER A | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 08-24-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
TAYLOR ELMER A | Captain | 385FTR | 10-07-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
TRYBUSZEWSKI ALFRED J | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 09-11-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
TURNER JAMES D | 2nd Lt | 385FTR | 03-15-1944 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
VANN JAMES F | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 09-13-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
VISCONTE ROMILDO | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 09-23-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
VISCONTE ROMILDO | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 10-12-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
VISCONTE ROMILDO | Captain | 385FTR | 11-26-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
VISCONTE ROMILDO | Captain | 385FTR | 12-02-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
WARNER CLARENCE B | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 03-08-1944 | - | - | European | 1 |
WHITE RICHARD E | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 02-25-1945 | - | - | European | 0.5 |
WILSON WILLIAM F | 1st Lt | 385FTR | 09-11-1944 | - | - | European | 3 |
WILSON WILLIAM F | Captain | 385FTR | 12-05-1944 | - | - | European | 2 |
THE 364th FIGHTER GROUP The 364th Fighter Group had one of the best records in the E.T.O. despite the fact that they were activated late and arrived in England after most of the fighter groups were there. The Group flew combat missions from 2 March 1944 to 6 May 1945. During that time 455 enemy planes were destroyed, 24 were probably destroyed, and 282 were damaged. The Group was activated 1 June 1943 and General Order #14 was issued at March Field, California 8 June 1943. The Group was organized at Army Airdrome, Glendale, California and assigned to the Los Angeles Air Defense Wing lV Fighter Command 10 June 1942 The 383rd Fighter Squadron trained at Oxnard, CA Air Base under the command of Captain Robert B. Wilson. The 384th Fighter Squadron trained at Ontario, CA Air Base under the Command of Captain John H. Lowell. The 385th Squadron trained at the Santa Maria, CA Air Base under the command of Captain Richard D. Neece Jr. The 364th Fighter Group Headquarters was at the Ontario Air Base. Major Frederick C. Grambo became the Group Commander 12 June 1943. By 27 December 1943 the squadrons moved to Santa Maria for final staging. Group Headquarters had preceded them on 7 December 1943. On 29 December the POM inspectors started inspecting the squadrons. Because the units had been so well trained the inspection was finished in two days. On 13 January 1944 the big question, of whether the 364th was going to the Pacific or the Atlantic War Theater, was answered when orders were received stating that the Group would move to Camp Shanks, New York via troop train on the 14th. The Group arrived at Camp Shanks on 19 January 1944. Overseas physicals started within a day or so after arrival. On 30 January 1944 Captain Robert Wilson, Commanding Officer of the 383rd, was found to have a spot on lung and was not allowed to go overseas, His Executive Officer, Captain Joseph B. McManus replaced him as the 383rd C.O. On 1 February 1944 the Group was loaded on the luxury liner, Queen Elizabeth, and started the journey to England the next day. On 8 February the "Queen" arrived at Glasgow, Scotland and the next day was sent to Honington Air Base near Bury St. Edmunds. The base was a former Royal Air Force Base. The rest of February was spent receiving aircraft and testing them, setting up equipment and getting organized, Both pilots and ground crews were sent to other bases to enhance their skills. During this period Lt. Col. Grambo and Captain McManus went to the 20th Fighter Group for mission orientation. McManus completed three successful flights but Col. Grambo was shot down over Holland on his second mission and lost his life. He never had the opportunity to lead the 364th on a mission. Lt. Col. Roy W. Osborn left the 352nd Fighter Group to take command of the 364th On 2 March 1944 the Group flew its first mission supplying withdrawal for bombers returning from Germany. The first four missions were led by Major Mark Shipman, C.O. of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group. Col. Osborn led mission No.5 and Shipman No. 6 and then returned to the 55th. On mission 5 on the way out, seven Me-109's attacked the bombers. Captain John Lowell shot down two of the enemy and Lt. Sam Phillips damaged one, These were the first victories for the 364th. Lt. Larry Ferguson was lost when a P-38 was seen going down with a parachutist nearby. Though several books and articles have been written saying that the P-38 did not have the range to fly to Berlin, several of the 364th's early missions were to the Berlin area. On July 1944 some P-51's appeared at Honington. Pilots were instructed to check out in them when they had spare time. By 1 August 1944 the 364th had become a P-51 Group.. The difference between the P-38 and the P-51 is shown in the ratio between enemy planes destroyed versus 364th pilots lost. The P-38 was flown approximately five months and had a ratio 1.3. The P-51 was flown approximately nine months and had a ratio of 5.0. It is interesting that in the 67th Fighter Wing the 364th was the last Group to become active, yet finished second in planes destroyed. The Group destroyed 261 planes in the air, had 24 probables and 106 damaged. On the ground 194 planes were destroyed and 282 damaged. Records on train cars, engines, buildings, flak towers, troops etc., were not available. The pilots earned: Air Medals 1586
Col. J. Bradley McManus and Col. John Lowell both served a short period as Commanding Officer of the Group while Col. Roy Osborn was in the Zone of Interior. In January 1945 Col. Eugene Roberts replaced Col. Osborn and served until the Group returned to the States and was deactivated. The 364th left England on 4 November 1945 on the Queen Mary. Landing in New York, the men were sent to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Most of the men were sent to bases around the country for discharge, Others were given furloughs. On 10 November 1945 the 364th Fighter Group was deactivated. Aces were : (scores in the group only- some scored victories while flying in other groups) Air Force Assigned to : 8th AF (Jan. '44 - end WWII) Honington, England (Feb '44 - end WWII) Air Offensive, Europe Distinguished Unit Citation: Frankfurt, Germany,
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383rd FS
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384th FS
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385th FS
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Maj. Ernest Bankey (7½)
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Lt/Col. George F. Ceuleers (10½)
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Capt. James M. Fowle (8)
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Captain Gilbert L. Jamison (7)
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Major Samuel Wicker (7)
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Lt/Col John Lowell (7½)
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Capt. James J Pascoe (5½)
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Maj. Ernest Bankey (1)
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Lt. William F. Wilson (5)
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Maj. Ernest Bankey (1)
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Source :
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