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THE 79TH. FIGHTER SQUADRON


USAAF Serial #
Code
Aircraft Name
Pilot, Ground Crew
Remarks
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
44-13791MC-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.
79th.FS pilots and crewmen on a P-51 Mustang. August, 1944

55th.FS ROLLCALL
77th.FS ROLLCALL
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Many thanks to David G. Knight for his information on this list!

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