363rd Fighter Squadron

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363rd FS Commanders

Captain Stuart R Lauler – 8 Jan 1943

Captain Clay R Davis – 20 May 1943

1st Lt Wesley S Mink – 13 Jul 1943

Major Donald W Graham – 27 Sep 1943

Captain Joe H Giltner Jr – Nov 1943

Major Montgomery H Throop Jr – 25 Jan 1944

Major Edwin W Hiro – Jun 1944

Lt Col Guernsey I Carlisle – 20 Sep 1944

Major Donald C McGee – Jan 1945

Major Donald H Bochkay – Feb 1945

363rd Fighter Squadron

363rd FS Orderly Room

Lt Col Guernsey Carlisle, P-51K "Texan" 44-11672, B6-W,

Captain De Nigris 363rd FS Intelligence Officer

Lt Joe Pierce and Crew Chief Woods

Lt Pascoe

Captain Hershel Pascoe, P-51D "Desert Rat" 44-13714, B6-B

Captain Peters

Captain Charles "Daddy Rabbit" Peters. 363rd FS with his crew and his P-51D

P-51D "Little Shrimp" 44-63621. B6-V flown by Major Robert Foy

Captain William "OBee" OBrien, Ace with 6 victories, Original 363rd FS member. With his P-39 "Billy's Bitch"

Captain "OBee" O'Brien

Major Montgomery Throop, 363rd FS Commander

Captain Eddie Simpson

Captain Kit Carson presents Lt Eddie Simpson with his P-51B "Flying Panther." Children from his home town of Orange, NJ, raised money to fund the aircraft.

P-51K "Frisco Kid" 44-11373, B6-U, flown by Lt John Casey

P-51D "Jeesil Peesil Mommy" flown by Lt Frank Gailer

P-51B " 7 up High" 43-6564, B5-J, flown by Captain Ernest Tiede

P-51D "Cherokee Kid" 44-14414, B6-G, flown by Lt Henry Franklin

363rd FS pilots in from of P-51B Old Crow. (L-R standing) Jim Sloan, John Stern, Keehn Landis and Robert Fifield. Kneeling unknown (R) Norbert Fisher

Captain Joe Pierce 363rd FS Ace with 7 Victories. KIA 21 May 1944

Rare color shot of P-51D "The Count" 44-14977, B6-Y, flown by Lt Carroll Ofsthun

Captain Don Bochkay

P-51D "'Ol Flak Joe" 44-14532, B6-0, Lt Bill Fricker

P-51B "$Blackpool Bat" 43=24842, B6-E, flown by Lt George George

Lt Bill Overstreet. Flew in Bud's flight many missions. Bill inherited Bud's P-51B Old Crow when Bud finished his first combat tour and changed it to Berlin Express.