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| Last Name | First | Rank | Home City | State | Notes | Victories | Fighter Squadron | Nose Art & Plane #'s | Notes | |
| Bennett | Gene | Lt. | Dumas Station | PA | 0.5 vics | 62nd | Hit by flak near Orbec in 42-76254 LM-P/ and evaded. | |||
| Blake | Gordon J. | Capt. | Wyoming | NJ | POW 1944 | 2 vics | 61st | PoWHit by FW190 East of Hanau on 18 November 1944 in 42-28623 HV-N.Crashed at Heerlen, Holland. | ||
| Boyle | Mark K. | Capt. | Provo | UT | Died 2003 | 1.5 vics | 62nd | Pilot of 42-75444 LM-Z "The Magnet" | ||
| Brainard | Wayne | Capt. | Kellog | ID | Kellog Evening News | no claims | 62nd | Muscular bearded man with sledge hammer | ||
| Brooks | Thor L. | Lt. | Beverly Hills | CA | Died 1982 | 62nd G.O. | Intelligence Officer | |||
| Brown | Lewis R. | Lt. | Salem | OR | POW 44 | 1 vic | 62nd | Flying Lt Butler's "West O' Rockies" when taken PoW | PoWHit by fighters in the Euskirchen-Bonn area on 23 December 1944 in 44-20615 LM-B | |
| Bryant | John Pope | Lt. | Glendale | CA | Died 1986 | 2 vics | 62nd | P-47C 41-6234 LM-A "Thumbs Up Doc" / "Sugar Baby" | Flew 78 missions assigned a/c P-47C 41-6234 LM-A and P-47D 42-75178 LM-A. | |
| Buzko | Thaddeus S. | Capt. | New York | NY | Living as of 1999 lists | 1 vic | 62nd | P-47D 42-75125 LM-E called "Hawkeye" & Flak Shack" | "62nd Wingman" | |
| Cabot Jr. | Samuel | Lt. | Beverly Farms | MA | Died Nov 9th, 1985 | 62nd G.O. | Statistics Officer | |||
| Carcione | Anthony R. | Lt. | Bethlehem | PA | KIA March 8, 1944 | 3.5 vics | 62nd | P-47C called "Terrible Tony" & 42-7937 "Triss" (woman) | KIA hit by fighters near Minden. | |
| Carwell | Jack L. | Lt. | Louisville | KY | Living as of 2007 | no claims | 62nd | |||
| Cook | Walter V. | Capt. | Cinncinati | OH | Died Jan 24th 1997 | 6 vics | 62nd | P-47C "Little Cookie and "Sad Sack" | "Sad Sack" | |
| Coronios | Harry | Lt. | Lowell | MA | KIA November 17, 1943 | 1 vic | 62nd | P-47D 42-7860 "Greek" | KiA Crashed in North Sea 15 miles east of Happisburgh in 42-8614 LM-D due to weather conditions | |
| Cotner | William R. | Tyler | TX | Living as of 1999 lists | HQ 33rd SG | Ground officer - Service Group serving 56th FG | ||||
| Craig | Horrace C. | Maj. | Summerfield | OH | 1 vic | 62nd | P-47 42-7870 LM-R "Pappy" | 200 combat hours | ||
| Dauphin | Ray | Capt. | Fountain | AL | Passed away | no claims | 62nd | P-47D 42-75160 LM-D "Saucey Shirley I, II, III + "Patti" | Saucey Shirley II | |
| Davis | Riegel W. | Capt. | Greenville | SC | Training Instrutrctor | 2 vics | 62nd | |||
| Durrance | Virgil H. | Col. | Pine Castle | FL | Died December 2, 2006 | 62nd G.O. | Adjutant Ground Officer | |||
| Eaves | John B. | Capt. | Edmond | OK | KIFA October 10, 1944 | 3.5 vics | 62nd | Old Man With Cane barefoot "Old Man Mose" | Killed in training accident. Suffered mechanical failure and hit an embankment at Little Bardfield whilst trying to land | |
| Edens | Billy G. | Col. | Cassville | MO | Living as of 2007 | 7 vics | 62nd | P-47D 42-75093 LM-F | POW Sept 10, 1944 - Awards - (WWII) SS, 3 DFCs, 4AMs - (Korea) DFC, 5AM's 3 Ground victories. | |
| Egan Jr. | Joseph L. | Capt. | New York | NY | KIA July 19, 1944 | 5 vics | 63rd | P-47C 41-6230/41-6584 "Holy Joe" (skull & crossbones) | KIA, Flak, NE of Nancy, France - CO of 63d FS from July 17 to 19, 1944 | |
| Ferguson Jr. | John W. | Capt. | Lynchburg | VA | Living as of 1999 lists | 1 vic | 62nd | |||
| Gallagher | Harold E. | Lt. | Chillocothe | OH | Died May 30th, 2004 | no claims | 62nd | |||
| Gill | Charles Leslie | Lt. | Palatka | FL | no claims | 62nd | Topless Hawaiin woman | |||
| Godfrey | Hillyar S. | Lt. | Gainsville | GA | KIA March 1, 1944 | no claims | 62nd | "Devil Baby" (Sexy woman with bare butt) | Killed 1 March 1944 with 27th Ferrying Group, 310th Ferrying Squadron in 42-76389. | |
| Harrison Jr. | Charles R. | Capt. | New Orleans | LA | KIA April 15, 1944 | 3 vics | 62nd | P-47D 42-75388 | KIA by FW190 west of Hamburg in 42-75388 LM-H and killed bailing out. | |
| Harter | Lloyd J. | Lt. | Hollywood | CA | 61st G.O. | Communications Officer | ||||
| Holtmeier | Herbert R. | Lt. | Riegesville | PA | no claims | 61st | "Careless Love" (sexy woman barley clothed) | |||
| Huger | Killian L. | New Orleans | LA | Died April 1979 | HQ 56th FG | Ground officer - Service Group serving 56th FG | ||||
| Icard | Joe W. | Lt. | Granite Falls | N.C. | MIA March 8, 1944 | 5 vics | 62nd | P-47D 42-75040 | KiA Hit by fighters near Diepholz in 42-75040 LM-I. Went MIA in aerial combat near Dummer-Steinhuder Lakes. Awards 2 DFCs, 4 Ams | |
| Jackson | Michael J. | Maj. | Plainfield | NJ | Died July 2007 | 8 vics | 62nd | Pilot of 44-19790 LM-J "Teddy" (Donald Duck) | ||
| Johnson | Ralph A. | Maj. | Pikeville | KY | Living as of 2008 | 2 vics | 62nd | P-47C 41-6239 LM-J "Kentucky Pud" | ||
| Johnson | Ralph A. | Maj. | Pikeville | KY | Living as of Feb 2008 | 2 vics | 62nd | P-47D 42-22481 LM-J "Kentucky Pud II" | ||
| Jones | James M. | Capt. | Columbia | LA | Died 1971 | 3 vics | 62nd | P-47D 42-7947 "Ah'm Available" (Available Jones ) | ||
| Keleher | David | Alberquerque | NM | Died 1965 | 63d G.O. | Intelligence Ground Officer | ||||
| Kelley | Wilbur Neill | Lt. | Tulsa | OK | KIA Feb 24, 1944 | no claims | 62nd | P-47D 42-75037 "Onny's Angel" | KiAHit by flak near Quackenbruck | |
| King | Herman | Capt. | Bradley | ME | Died Nov 11, 1989 | 1 vic | 62nd | |||
| Knafelz | Albert | Lt. | 1 vic | 62nd | P-47D 42-26298 LM-A "I Wanted Wings", "Stalag Luft III" | |||||
| Mason | Kenneth W. "Mike" | Compton | CA | 62nd G.O. | Intelligence Officer | |||||
| Maxfield | Edwin D. | Long Island | NY | Living as of 1999 lists | 62nd G.O. | 62nd Engineering Officer | ||||
| Maxfield | Edwin D. | Long Island | NY | Living as or 1999 lists | 62nd G.O. | 62nd Engineering Officer | ||||
| McClure | Wendell A. (McGee) | Lt. | 1.5 vics | 62nd | P-47D 42-76250 "Sneaky McGee" | Hit by fighters at Beauvais whilst attacking Grand Villers A/D France on 7 June 1944 in 42-26342 LM-S and taken POW | ||||
| McElhare | William W. | Lt. | Easton | PA | Died December 1988 | 2 vics | 62nd | PoW Hit by flak near Effern, Belgium on 18 September 1944 in 42-25905 LM-K (ex bomber pilot) | ||
| McMahon | Darrell E. | Lt. | Pittsburg | CA | 1.5 vics | 62nd | ||||
| Merrill | Huck | Capt. | Greenville | TX | Living as of 1999 lists | 2 vics | 62nd | |||
| Morrill | Stanley B. | 1st Lt. | Willamantic | CT | KIA March 29, 1944 | 9 vics | 62nd | P-47C 41-6387 "Fats/Btfplk"L & "Debt Collector" R | Morrill was killed attempting to rescue the pilot of a crashed B-24 when its bombs exploded near Boxted A/F. Awards SS, 3DFC's, 4 AM's | |
| Moseley | Mark L. | Capt. | Atlanta | GA | Died July 30, 1952 | 6.5 vics | 62nd | P-47D 42-25522 "Slyvia" | Died in 1952 of an unknown illness. Awards 3 DFCs, 4 Ams | |
| Mudge | Richard H. | Capt. | Died September 1978 | 1 vic | 61st | P-47C 41-6311 / P-47D 42-8691 | PoW Hit by flak 15 April 1944 south of Eggebeck in 42-8691 HV-X | |||
| Murray | Steve | Lt. | Oakland | CA | no claims | 62nd | ||||
| Nolan | Francis A. | Capt. | Sterling | CO | Died July 23, 1989 | 2 vics | 62nd | |||
| Nordquist | Dean | Council Bluffs | ID | no claims | 62nd | Was a wingman of Fred Christensen | ||||
| O'Neill Jr. | Eugene | Capt. | Long Island | NY | Died 1998 | 4.5 vics | 62nd | P-47C 41-6347 LM-O "Lil'l Abner""Jessie-O" | ||
| Parsons | Townsend S. | Capt. | Richmond | VA | no claims | 62nd | P-47D 42-28806 "Barbara Bee" | |||
| Perkins | William R. | Capt. | Norfork | VA | " Wingman 44'" | no claims | 62nd | |||
| Pierce | Jack W. | Lt. | Melbourne | AU | 1.5 vics | 62nd | ||||
| Poryell | Jack | n/a | Our mystery man???? | |||||||
| Quirk | Mike | Capt. | Washington | D.C. | Died Jan 5, 2006 | 11 vics | 62nd | Donald Duck with bomb strapped on | PoW Hit by flak at Seligenstadt A/D on 10 September 1944 in 42-27382 LM-K | |
| Quirk | Michael J. | Capt. | Washington | D.C. | Died Jan 5, 2006 | 11 vics | 62nd | PoW Hit by flak at Seligenstadt A/D on 10 September 1944 in 42-27382 LM-K | ||
| Reeder | Caleb | Lt. | Miami | FL | Died April 7, 1960 | 1 vic | 62nd | PoW Hit by flak at Foeckinghausen, near Hannover on 8 March 1944 in 42-74623 LM-O | ||
| Schreiber | Leroy A. | Maj. | Plymouth | MA | KIA April 15, 1944 | 12 vics | 62nd | CO of 62nd FS from Feb 9 - April 15, 1944. Killed by flak, Flensburg A/D, P-47D-21. Awards DSC, 5DFC's, 4 Ams. Ground Victories 2 | ||
| Sheridan | Dayton C. | Lt. | Knoxville | TN | Living as of 1999 lists | 1 vic | 62nd | P-47D 42-75276 "Niger Haid" (African w/ bone thru nose) | ||
| Sloan | Seymour | Newark | NJ | Died June 22,1987 | 62nd G.O. | Comunications Officer | ||||
| Tichenor | Doc | South Orange | NJ | Died August 7, 1998 | 62nd | Flight Surgeon known as "Doc" | ||||
| Valenta | Irvin E. | Lt. | Sweet Home | TX | KIA March 4, 1944 | 2 vics | 62nd | P-47D 42-7942 LM-U "Pokey" / P-47C 41-6253 "Li'l Val" | KiALast seen spinning down over North Sea 20 miles north of The Hague | |
| Walker | Joseph P. | Lt. | Huntsville | AL | Died May 25, 1990 | 62nd | "Margaret D" / "Miss Box" P-47D 42-8676 LM-V | Also flew "Little Eva" | ||
| Watson | Joseph "Jae" P. | Morven | NC | Died Sept 29, 1996 | 62nd G.O. | Check out the 62FS patch he is wearing | Armament Ground Officer | |||
| Williamson | Felix D. | Maj. | Cordele | GA | KIFA January 24,1947 | 13 vics | 62nd | P-47D 42-22541 LM-M "Willie" | CO of 62nd FS from Jan 26 - May 8,1945. Was killed in a collision in a P-80 Shooting Star while with the 12th Recon Sqn. Awards DSC, 4DFCs, 11AMs | |
| Goldstein | George C | Lt. | unsigned photo | P-47 "You Know What" 41-6242 LM-L | Became a POW on December 5, 1943 flying "You Know What" | |||||
| Taylor | Robert B. | Lt. | unsigned photo | P-47C "Taylor Maid" | ||||||
| Westfall | Russell B. | Capt. | unsigned photo | "Anamosa II" 42-26466 | ||||||
| Morrill | Byron | unsigned photo | "Annie M." | |||||||
