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THE 79TH. FIGHTER SQUADRON
| 44-14003 | MC-A | "Kentucky Kernel"/"Full Boost" | Delynn Anderson | See MC-G Below |
| 44-15752 | MC-A | "Miss(U)Louise" | Melbourne G. Ingelbrigsten | SALVAGED 1946 |
| 44-11219 | MC-A | ("Butch"? "The Virgin"?) | (Kenneth Schons?) | SALVAGED 1946 |
| 44-13660 | MC-B | "Jeanie"/"My Kath"/"Snuggle Bunny - Panty Waste(?)" | Capt.James Bradshaw,Robert Phipps, Lt. Skinner | SALVAGED 1945 |
| 43-25064 | MC-B | "Pretty Baby" | Jim Reichard | SALVAGED 1946 |
| 44-13846 | MC-C | "Lil' Bit"/"Soar LassieII" | Ralph D. Whitley/William A. Cameron | Lost 26 Feb.,45 R. Whitley/Belgium (POW) |
| 43-25025 | MC-C | "Sissy" | James Kirby | SALVAGED 1945 | 43-25029 | MC-D | N/A | Harold Horst | ONALS/ Harold Horst |
| 44-14844 | MC-E | ("Joyce") | (J.K. Taylor) | SALVAGED 1945 |
| 44-14365 | MC-E | "I Danny Boy" | Duane Kelso(?) | SALVAGED 1945 |
| MC-E | "Corky" | Thomas Daniel/ Barnard(?) | ||
| 44-13751 | MC-F | "Wanda's Worry" | Robert E. Campbell | Lost 10 Apr.,45 David Stewart (POW) |
| 44-13752 | MC-G | N/A | Jess Carpenter | SALVAGED 1945 |
| 44-14003 | MC-G (MC-A) | "Kentucky Kernel" / "Puddin'" | Delynn Anderson / Richard Gatterdam / John Hollis | SALVAGED 1945 |
| 44-72316 | MC-G | "Miss Martha" | N/A | To Switzerland as J-2037 |
| 44-14349 | MC-H | "Jeanie Marie" | Robert L. Pubentz | MIA |
| 44-11357 | MC-H | "TalentScout"(?) | Paul Denbo / Art W. Heiden, plt., T/Sgt. Max Pyles | MIA Allen L. Schaffer(?)** |
| 44-13620 | MC-H(?) | Art W. Heiden/Paul Denbo(?),plt., T/Sgt. Max Pyles | Downed 12 Aug., 44 Denbo KIA | |
| 44-13761 | MC-I | "Happy Jack's Go Buggy" | Jack Ilfrey (CO 79th.FS) | SALVAGED 1946 |
| 44-13855 | MC-J | "Osage Chief" | Harold D. Brinkley | SALVAGED 1944 |
| MC-J | "Nina Merle" | Dale N. Jones | ||
| MC-J | "Nina Merle II" | D. Jones | ||
| 44-72266 | MC-J | "Nina Merle III/ Nancy" | Dale N. Jones | SALVAGED 1945 |
| 44-13580 | MC-K | "Little Roue" | Cliff Kies | MIA Kenneth Kautz, Jr./Holland (POW) |
| 44-15431 | MC-K | "Bridgette's Bunion" | Robert E. Pollack | SALVAGED 1945 |
| MC-K | "Brown Eyes" | Richard P. Jurgens | ||
| 43-25054 | MC-L | "Hell's Belle" / "Beaverhead Filly" | Willard H. Lewis, Jr./Keith C. Price | SALVAGED 1945 |
| MC-L | "Bertie's Bet/ Shoot you're Faded" | Robert M. Scott | ||
| 44-15198 | MC-L | "EK&Jay Bee/ Suzanne" | John B. Lee | SALVAGED 1946 |
| 44-13876 | MC-M (MC-T) | "Baby, Baby III"/"Bob Cat IV" | Capt. J.H. Baldwin/Robert J. Meyer | SALVAGED 1945 |
| 44-72402 | MC-M | "Bob Cat V" | Robert J. Meyer | MISS/OPS |
| 44-13667 | MC-M | "Almy Too" | George Merriman | |
| 44-13541 | MC-N | "Nancy/ Olivia De" | John Randolph | MIA/Joseph T. McKeon/Germany | 44-11195 | MC-N | John Randolph | SALVAGED 1946 |
| 43-25043 | MC-O | SALVAGED 1945 | ||
| 43-25025 | MC-P | "Sissy" | James C. Kirby, Jr. | SALVAGED 1945 |
| 44-15049 | MC-P | "Miss (U) Louise" | Melbourne Ingebrightsen | SALVAGED 1946 |
| 44-13653 | MC-Q | "Carrie Bee" | Jess Yaryan | SALVAGED 1945 |
| MC-Q | "Polly" | |||
| 44-13535 | MC-R | "Black's Bird"/"Gentle Annie"/"Chatanooga Choo Choo" | Lt. Black, Harold J. Rau (20th. FG CO)/Edward Pogue | SALVAGED 1945 |
| MC-R | "Wilda" | Merle Nichols | ||
| 44-14337 | MC-R | "Gentle Annie" | Harold J. Rau (20th. FG CO) | SALVAGED 1945 |
| MC-R | "Wildaclif III" | Darrell A. Beschen | ||
| 44-13791 | MC-S | "Guardian Angel" | William W. Smith | MIA/ John Armstrong/Germany (POW) |
| 44-14238 | MC-S | Bob Reckeweg | SALVAGED 1944 | |
| 44-11347 | MC-S | Bradford(?) | SALVAGED 1946 | |
| 44-13667 | MC-T | "Sneebo"(?) | Donald A. Sass(?) | SALVAGED 1945 |
| 43-13873 | MC-U | "Georgia Boy" | Thomas Garner | SALVAGED 1945 |
| 43-25064 | MC-V | "Pretty Baby" | James N. Reichard | SALVAGED 1946 |
| 44-15484 | MC-V | SALVAGED 1946 | ||
| 43-12185 | MC-W | War weary Squadron Hack | ||
| 44-13661 | MC-W | "Panty Waste"(?) | Elmer Coughran | SALVAGED 1945 |
| 43-25056 | MC-X | SALVAGED 1945 | ||
| MC-X | "Bond Baby?" | War weary P-51B converted to two-seat configuration | ||
| 44-13720 | MC-X | "My Lucky Blonde"/"Mine 3 Express" | Vincent J. Rudnick | DESTROYED IN CRASH 1945 |
| 44-13753 | MC-Y | "Kitty & Bunny" | Russell W. BeBout / C. Hamme(?) | SALVAGED 1945 |
| MC-Y | "Janey Girl From Texas" | Walter E. Yarbrough | UNKNOWN | |
| 44-72383 | MC-Y | "Janey Girl II From Texas" | Walter E. Yarborough | To Switzerland as J-2026 |
| 44-13760 | MC-Z | "GlengaryGuy" | Glenn Webb | MIS/OPS |
79th.FS pilots and crewmen on a P-51 Mustang. August, 1944
77th.FS ROLLCALL
RETURN TO THE 20TH.FG
Many thanks to David G. Knight for his information on this list!
