363rd Fighter Squadron
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.
P-51D, "Berlin Express (L) Artwork - Winged Mustang (R)" B6-0, 44-24823, Lt Bill Overstreet
P-51D "Mountaineer" 44-63168. B6-C, flown by Lt Paul Bowles
P-51D "Little Joe" 44-72256, B6-B
P-51D "Little Joe" 44-72256, B6-B, Lt Joe Cannon
Major Ed Hiro 363rd FS Squadron Commander
P-51B "Horse's Itch"
Major Ed Hiro 363rd FS Squadron Commander, Ace with 5 Victories, KIA 18 Seep 44
P-51D "Horse's Itch" 44-13518, B6-D, Major Hiro lost in this aircraft 19 September 1944
Lt Alan Abner, P-51D "Daisy Mae" 44-14519, B6-R
P-51D "Big Beautiful Doll" 44-13923, B6-0 flown by Col. John Landers
P-51D "Tender Terror" 44-63755, B6-W, Lt Ralph Mann
P-51K "Late Arrival" 44-11643, B6-G
