THE CATTERPILLAR CLUB
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| NAME/RANK/FS | TYPE A/C | DATE | PLACE | ALTITUDE (ft.) | 1st. Lt. Thomas F. Hetherington, Grp.HQ | P-38 | 30 Dec. 1943 | England | 18,000 |
| Lt. Col. Mark E. Hubbard, Grp.HQ | P-38 | 18 March,1944 | S. Germany | 1,000 |
| Col. Robert P. Montgomery, Grp.HQ | P-38 | 11 February, 1944 | N. France | 300 |
| Lt. Col. Cy Wilson, Grp.HQ | P-51 | 27 August, 1944 | North Sea | 300 |
| 1st. Lt. Lee W. Anderson, 55th. | P-51 | 10 August, 1944 | N. France | 2,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Charles F. Bain, 55th. | P-51 | 25 August, 1944 | Baltic Sea | 300 |
| 1st. Lt. Harry E. Bisher, 55th. | P-38 | 5 March, 1944 | Antwerp | 10,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Robert C. Brown, 55th. | P-51 | 7 October, 1944 | Stettin | 20,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. John F. Dyer, 55th. | P-38 | 18 April, 1944 | England | 18,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Robert H. French, 55th. | P-38 | 5 January, 1944 | N. Germany | 15,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Royal D. Frey, 55th. | P-38 | 10 February, 1944 | W. Germany | 4,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Everett E. Geiger, 55th. | P-38 | 24 February, 1944 | Holland | 10,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Adam L. Hunt, 55th. | P-38 | 14 July, 1944 | N. France | 1,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Raymond J. Kensik, 55th. | P-51 | 13 January, 1945 | England | ------ |
| 2nd. Lt. Alphonso H. Kent, Jr, 55th. | P-51 | 27 August, 1944 | North Sea | 6,000 |
| 1st. Lt. John E. Klink, 55th. | P-38 | 16 July, 1944 | North Sea | 1,000 |
| Capt. Joseph T. McKeon, 55th. | P-51 | 7 October, 1944 | Stettin | 20,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Edward G. Pfiffer, 55th. | P-38 | 4 March, 1944 | W. Germany | 8,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Eugene Planchek, Jr., 55th. | P-51 | 17 January, 1945 | W. Germany | 7,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Joseph A. Peterburs, 55th. | P-51 | 10 April, 1945 | Berlin Area | 300 |
| 2nd. Lt. Allen D. Singleton, Jr., 55th. | P-38 | 18 March, 1944 | North Sea | 1,000 |
| Capt. Willis B. Taylor, 55th. | P-38 | 19 October, 1944 | W. Germany | 18,000 |
| Capt. Richard M. Tracy, 55th. | P-51 | 10 April, 1945 | Berlin Area | 300 |
| 1st. Lt. Louis Adams, 77th. | P-51 | 17 October, 1944 | England | 5,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Alvin S. Clark, 77th. | P-51 | 12 August, 1944 | N. France | 5,000 |
| Capt. William K. Cook, 77th. | P-38 | 22 May, 1944 | Kiel Area | 18,000 |
| 1st. Lt. John C. Cowley, 77th. | P-51 | 5 April, 1945 | Belgium | 2,000 |
| 1st. Lt. John W, Cudd, 77th. | P-51 | 4 April, 1945 | North Sea | 2,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Edward W. Doering, 77th. | P-51 | 27 August, 1944 | North Sea | 7,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Charles W. Dungin, 77th. | P-38 | 13 July, 1944 | Thames Estuary | 5,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Charles W. Dungin, 77th. | P-51 | 7 October, 1944 | Baltic Sea | 8,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Hal W. Everett, 77th. | P-38 | 13 May, 1944 | N. of Kiel | 1,000 |
| Capt. Eugene Fleming, 77th. | P-38 | 18 November, 1943 | England | 20,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Jack Gard, 77th. | P-51 | 1 December, 1943 | W. Germany | 5,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Kenneth M. Geiger, 77th. | P-51 | 28 September, 1944 | C. Germany | 500 |
| 1st. Lt. Albert L. Gese, 77th. | P-38 | 12 June, 1944 | Normandy | 20,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. James C. Hart, 77th. | P-38 | 24 January, 1944 | Liege, Belgium | 25,000 |
| Capt. James M. Morris, 77th. | P-38 | 7 July, 1944 | C. Germany | 18,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Benjamin N. Rader, 77th | P-38 | 12 June, 1944 | English Channel | 2,000 |
| Capt. Donald A. Reihmer, 77th. | P-51 | 4 August, 1944 | Baltic Sea | 700 |
| 2nd. Lt. Chester J. Swierczynski, 77th. | P-51 | 24 March, 1945 | W. Germany | 1,000 |
| Capt. Terrance M. Williams, 77th. | P-38 | 12 June, 1944 | Holland | 1,500 |
| 1st. Lt. John L. Armstrong, 79th. | P-51 | 28 August, 1944 | W. Germany | 2,500 |
| 1st. Lt. Lynn P. Bishop, 79th. | P-51 | 25 April, 1945 | W. Germany | 5,000 |
| F/O Markrel L. Byrd, 79th. | P-38 | 5 February, 1944 | N. France | 5,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Richard L. Crawford, 79th. | P-51 | 23 July,1945 | England | 10,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. John F. Esau, 79th. | P-38 | 8 April, 1944 | C. Germany | 500 |
| 1st. Lt. Mack D. Fall, 79th. | P-38 | 30 January, 1944 | Germany | 8,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Albert R. Fogg, 79th. | P-38 | 30 April, 1944 | France | 500 |
| F/O Joseph L. Hamilton, 79th. | P-38 | 4 January, 1944 | N. France | 2,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Thomas A. Hanzo, 79th. | P-38 | 11 February, 1944 | E. France | 1,000 |
| Capt. Jack M. Ilfrey, 79th. | P-38 | 13 June, 1944 | Normandy | 1,200 |
| 1st. Lt. Kenneth Kautz, Jr., 79th. | P-51 | 26 October, 1944 | Holland | 18,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Robert B. Moss, 79th. | P-38 | 29 January, 1944 | C. Germany | 20,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Melvin H Orr, 79th. | P-38 | 11 February, 1944 | C. Germany | ----- |
| Capt. Robert L. Pubentz, 79th. | P-51 | 18 December, 1944 | France | 6,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Willima H. Rierson, 79th. | P-38 | 8 February, 1944 | W. Germany | 5,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Vicent Rudnick, 79th. | P-51 | 6 May, 1945 | England | 3,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Myron R. Sands, 79th. | P-38 | 11 February, 1944 | E. France | ----- |
| 1st. Lt. Earl O. Smith, Jr., 79th. | P-38 | 17 June, 1944 | N. France | 10,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Leonard S. Smutko, 79th. | P-38 | 11 February, 1944 | W. Germany | ----- |
| 1st. Lt. Robert L. Wells, 79th. | P-38 | 16 March, 1944 | England | 28,000 |
| 1st. Lt. Woodrow W. Wells, 79th. | P-51 | 27 July,1944 | England | 1,000 |
| 2nd. Lt. Leonard M. Wright, Jr., 79th. | P-51 | 24 February, 1945 | W. Germany | 500 |
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