35th Fighter Group (35th FG)
Lockheed P-38 Lightning

39th Fighter Squadron "Cobra in the Clouds"
P-38F pilot Shifflet ditched October 14, 1942
P-38F pilot Sparks Nose 36  damaged December 27, 1942 written off
P-38F 42-12623 Nose 16  pilot Faurot MIA March 3, 1943, 1 missing
P-38F 42-12627  assigned to the 39th Fighter Squadron ultimate fate unknown
P-38F 42-12633  pilot Eason MIA March 3, 1943
P-38F 42-12640  assigned to the 39th Fighter Squadron ultimate fate unknown
P-38F "Thumper" 42-12644 Nose 15  ultimate fate unknown, not lost in combat or accident, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared
P-38F "Synchronized Sal" 42-12646  pilot Rowsey crashed December 4, 1942
P-38F 42-12647 Nose 34 force landed January 1944 displayed PNG Museum (NMAG)
P-38F 42-12649  pilot Cella ditched November 4, 1942
P-38F 42-12650  pilot Morgan force landed July 16, 1943
P-38F 42-12651  assigned to the 39th Fighter Squadron ultimate fate unknown
P-38F 42-12652 Nose 33 written off at Finschafen and buried, salvaged 1999 restoration by Westpac Restorations
P-38F 42-12653 Nose 27 ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared
P-38F "Regina I" 42-12654 Nose 30 written off June 11, 1943 likely scrapped
P-38F 42-12665  pilot Mangas MIA January 8, 1943
P-38F "The Japanese Sandman" 42-126?? Nose 26  ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared
P-38G 42-12715  pilot Shifflet MIA March 3, 1943, 1 missing
P-38G "Dumbo!" 42-12847 Nose 37  pilot Laing force landed September 2, 1944
P-38G 43-2200 Nose 33  ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared
P-38H 42-66517  pilot Larson ditched July 21, 1943
P-38H 42-66532  pilot Haigler MIA November 13, 1943
P-38H 42-66626  pilot Eubanks MIA October 19, 1943
P-38H 42-66803 Nose 33  written off June 1944 likely scrapped
P-38H "Mareelee II" 42-66851 Tail 23  pilot Sullivan force landed September 20, 1943
P-38H "Jandina" 42-668??  ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared
P-38H "Japanese Sandman II" 42-66905 Nose 33  pilot Dawson crashed December 4, 1943
P-38H 42-66911 Nose 37  pilot Quinones crashed November 7, 1943
P-38J 42-103987  pilot Lynch crashed March 8, 1944, 1 missing
P-38 pilot Steele  MIA July 16, 1943, 1 missing

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