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8th Pursuit Group (8th PG) / 8th Fighter Group (8th FG)
Bell P-39 Airacobra

35th Fighter Squadron "The Black Panthers"
P-39D 41-6802  pilot Wilde crashed May 12, 1942
P-39D 41-6930  pilot Anders force landed April 30, 1942
P-39D 41-6945  pilot Carpenter crashed May 13, 1942
P-39D 41-6970  pilot Ward force landed May 28, 1942 salvaged in 1968 to Port Moresby
P-39F 41-7200  pilot Hosford crashed June 1, 1942, remains recovered
P-39F 41-7126  piloted by Paul S. Miller crashed May 28, 1942 ultimate fate unknown
P-39F 41-7128  pilot Durand MIA April 30, 1942
P-39F 41-7153  pilot Hawkins MIA May 27, 1942
P-39F 41-7188  pilot Hawkins force landed May 8, 1942
P-39F 41-7194  pilot Plunkett crashed June 1, 1942 survived
P-39F 41-7207  pilot Chivers MIA May 4, 1942
P-39F 41-7210  pilot McGovern force landed April 26, 1942
P-39D "Papuan Panic" 41-38353  ultimate fate unknown
P-39D 41-38385  salvaged PNG
P-39F pilot Anders
 crashed May 28, 1942
P-39 pilot Gillen  crashed July 28, 1943

36th Fighter Squadron "The Flying Fiends"
P-39D 41-6909  pilot Lovett crashed May 3, 1942, pilot killed
P-39D 41-6956  pilot Schwimmer MIA May 4, 1942, 1 missing
P-39D 41-6971  pilot Armstrong MIA May 4, 1942, 1 missing
P-39D 41-6982  pilot Brown force landed April 30, 1942, pilot survived
P-39D 41-38339  pilot Brown MIA September 25, 1943, 1 missing
P-39F 41-7116  pilot Gholson crashed May 29, 1942, pilot survived
P-39F 41-7122  pilot Bland ditched May 17, 1942, pilot survived
P-39F 41-7162  pilot Hornsby force landed May 27, 1942, pilot survived
P-39F 41-7186  pilot Bevlock force landed April 30, 1942, pilot survived
P-39F 41-7190  pilot Exum force landed May 28, 1942, pilot survived
P-39F 41-7191  pilot Chapman MIA May 18, 1942, 1 missing
P-39F 41-7215  pilot Harvey force landed May 1, 1942 salvaged 1971 under restoration
P-39F pilot Love  force landed May 1, 1942, pilot killed
P-39F pilot Andres  crashed May 28, 1942, pilot survived
P-39Q 42-19959  pilot Melville MIA October 28, 1943 near Bulldog, 1 missing, resolved
P-39Q 42-19987  pilot Pitonyak crashed October 28, 1943, wreckage located, remains recovered and identified 2016, case resolved
P-39Q 42-20031  pilot Fenn MIA October 28, 1943, 1 missing
P-39Q 42-20339  abandoned Tadji Airfield recovered 1974 stored in the United States
P-39Q 42-20013  transfered November 1943 to 82nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (82nd TRS) ultimate fate unknown
P-39Q pilot Burley  crashed October 11, 1943, pilot killed

80th Fighter Squadron "The Headhunters"
P-39D 41-6951  pilot Faletta force landed May 1, 1942 recovered 1972 Beck Museum
P-39D 41-38515  ultimate fate unknown
P-39F 41-7213  ultimate fate unknown
P-39F 41-7216  pilot Yundt force landed May 1, 1942
P-39N 42-18807  pilot Wooley landing accident August 25, 1943

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