The 20th Fighter Group reported 132 pilots Missing in Action during World War Two.
73 of these missing pilots were Killed in Action.
A further 11 pilots were killed during training flights.
73 of these missing pilots were Killed in Action.
A further 11 pilots were killed during training flights.
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1st Lt. Robert W. Ahern
Cincinnati, Ohio Air Medal and three Clusters DFC KIA 23rd April, 1944 
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Buried:
Plot B Row 23 Grave 33 Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France | ||
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2nd Lt. Denis J. Alison
Birmingham, Michigan Air Medal and Cluster KIA 1st November, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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2nd Lt. Arthur T. Altman
St. Paul, Minnesota KIA 5th January, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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1st Lt. Harry M. Anderson
Tacoma, Washington Air Medal and six Clusters DFC KIA 27th August, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England | ||
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2nd Lt. Neal J. Archer Jr.
Fort Benton, Montana KIA 14th January, 1944
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Buried:
Plot: C0036 Riverside Cemetery Fort Benton Chouteau County Montana, USA | ||
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Capt. Harry B. Baker
LeMoyne, Pennsylvania Air Medal and four Clusters DFC KIA 4th August, 1944 |
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Buried:
Plot: Section 34 Site 3902 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA |
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2nd Lt. David N. Baldock
Lynchburg, Virginia Killed on training flight, 23rd August 1945 |
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Buried:
Indian Hill United Methodist Oxford Furnace Campbell County Virginia, USA |
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1st Lt. M.F. Bench Jr.
Chillicothe, Missouri Air Medal and five Clusters DFC KIA 25th May, 1944
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Buried:
Plot A Row 19 Grave 13 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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2nd Lt. Peter A. Boele
Fresno, California Air Medal and Cluster KIA 25th May, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England | ||
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1st Lt. Richard T. Bond
Little Rock, Arkansas Air Medal and two Clusters DFC KIA 29th January, 1944
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Buried:
Plot: N, 260 Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe Santa Fe County New Mexico, USA | ||
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2nd Lt. Ival E. Butler
Owensville, Indiana Air Medal KIA 18th March, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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F/O Bennie R. Carbajal
East St. Louis, Illinois KIA 5th January, 1944
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Buried:
Plot A Row 9 Grave 12 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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1st Lt. Donald E. Chrissinger
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa Air Medal and three Clusters Killed on training flight, 18th November, 1944 |
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Buried:
Burge Cemetery New London Henry County Iowa, USA |
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2nd Lt. John J. Connor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Air Medal and three Clusters DFC KIA 8th May, 1944
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Buried:
Plot D Row 27 Grave 5 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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2nd Lt. Donald W. Cooper
Chicago, Illinois Air Medal and Cluster KIA 11th February, 1944
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Buried:
Plot A Row 49 Grave 14 Epinal American Cemetery Epinal, France | ||
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1st Lt. James H. Corbet
Dayton, Ohio Air Medal and three Clusters KIA 15th April, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England | ||
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2nd Lt. John W. Crago
Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania Killed in a flying accident, 31st December, 1943 |
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Buried:
Plot A Row 5 Grave 22 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England |
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1st Lt. David E. Cruickshank
Makaweli, Hawaii Air Medal and five Clusters DFC Killed on training flight, 17th September, 1944 |
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Buried:
Plot D Row 7 Grave 56 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England |
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Capt. Herbert W. Cumming
Weatherford, Texas KIA 7th November, 1943
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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1st Lt. Paul Denbo
South Gate, California Air Medal and three Clusters DFC KIA 12th August, 1944
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Buried:
Plot B Row 39 Grave 31 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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2nd Lt. Donald L. Durand
Stockton, California Air Medal KIA 4th February, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium | ||
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1st Lt. Irwin W. Fernandes
Ben Lomond, California Air Medal and three Clusters DFC and Cluster KIA 5th August, 1944
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Buried:
Plot A Row 41 Grave 12 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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2nd Lt. Robert S. Flynn
Delano, California Air Medal and Cluster KIA 29th January, 1944
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Buried:
Plot: N, 260 Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe Santa Fe County New Mexico, USA | ||
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2nd Lt. John R. Frazier
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Air Medal KIA 24th January, 1944
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Buried:
Allegheny Co. Memorial Park Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA | ||
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2nd Lt. Don D. Goble
Walla Walla, Washington Air Medal and Cluster KIA 3rd March, 1944
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Buried:
Plot H Row 1 Grave 60 Luxembourg American Cemetery Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | ||
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Capt. Lindol F. Graham
Ridgewood, New Jersey Air Medal and three Clusters DFC and Cluster KIA 18th March, 1944
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Buried:
Plot F Row 7 Grave 28 Lorraine American Cemetery St. Avold, France | ||
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F/O William M. Harper
Williamsport, Pennsylvania Air Medal KIA 29th January, 1944
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Buried:
Plot J Row 28 Grave 24 Lorraine American Cemetery St. Avold, France | ||
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2nd Lt. Fred M. Hartig Jr.
Minneapolis, Minnesota Air Medal KIA 24th January, 1944 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Plot: C-25, 0, 14270 Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Hennepin County Minnesota, USA |
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2nd Lt. John S. Hascall
Marquette, Michigan KIA 29th November, 1943
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Buried:
Plot H Row 8 Grave 9 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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2nd Lt. Leland K. Henslee
Winters, Texas Air Medal KIA 18th April, 1944
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Buried:
Northview Cemetery Winters Runnels County Texas, USA | ||
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F/O Henry M. Higginbotham
Winston-Salem, North Carolina KIA 4th January, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England | ||
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2nd Lt. Owen T. Hillyard
Richmond, California KIA 19th July, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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2nd Lt. Hugh H. Jacobson
Caliente, Nevada Air Medal and Cluster KIA 12th June, 1944
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Buried:
Pine Valley Cemetery Pine Valley Washington County Utah, USA | ||
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2nd Lt. Merle P. Joseph
Alpine, New York Air Medal KIA 2nd December, 1944
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Buried:
Plot B Row 38 Grave 22 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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F/O Martin F. Kane
Cohoes, New York Killed on training flight, 8th January, 1944 |
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Buried:
St. Mary's Cemetery Waterford Saratoga County New York, USA |
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2nd Lt. Calvin Katz
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Air Medal KIA 6th December, 1944 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Kether Torah Cemetery Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA |
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2nd Lt. Jack W. Kennedy
Detroit, Michigan Air Medal KIA 2nd November, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium | ||
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1st Lt. Harry L. Knapp
Muskogee, Oklahoma Killed on training flight, 27th September, 1944 |
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Buried:
Plot: 5, 3024 Fort Gibson National Cemetery Fort Gibson Muskogee County Oklahoma, USA |
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2nd Lt. Bill Lane
Childress, Texas KIA 25th November, 1943 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Plot: Section O Site 20 San Antonio Bexar County Texas, USA |
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1st Lt. Ferdinand E. Lefevre
Detroit, Michigan Air Medal and six Clusters DFC KIA 28th April, 1944 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Plot D Row 28 Grave 12 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium |
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1st Lt. Jack D. Leon
Detroit, Michigan Air Medal and five Clusters DFC KIA 14th February, 1945
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Buried:
Section 22, Lot 104, North Half Space 1 Forest Lawn Memorial Park Detroit Michigan, USA | ||
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Maj. Paul A. Lobingier
Baldwin City, Kansas Air Medal KIA 16th June, 1944 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Prairie Ciry Cemetery Baldwin City Douglas County Kansas, USA |
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2nd Lt. Edward A. Loetscher
Ellington, Connecticut KIA 9th November, 1944
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Buried:
Plot K Row 10 Grave 6 Lorraine American Cemetery St. Avold, France | ||
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2nd Lt. John W. Lundin
Brooklyn, New York Air Medal and Cluster KIA 10th February, 1944
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Buried:
Plot D Row 15 Grave 5 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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Capt. Evan J. Machen
San Bernardino, California Air Medal and five Clusters DFC KIA 8th April, 1944 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Plot D Row 15 Grave 1 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium |
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2nd Lt. Robert Matyasz
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Air Medal KIA 16th March, 1944
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Buried:
Plot D Row 5 Grave 2 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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Maj. Donald H. McAuley
Los Gatos, California Air Medal and five clusters DFC KIA 23rd April, 1944
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Buried:
Plot B Row 21 Grave 8 Epinal American Cemetery Epinal, France | ||
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2nd Lt. Joseph O. Minton
Lufkin, Texas Air Medal and Cluster KIA 11th February, 1944
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Buried:
Plot: Section R Site 104 Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Bexar County Texas, USA | ||
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1st Lt. Walter Mullins
Fort Worth, Texas Air Medal and four Clusters DFC Killed on training flight, 18th October 1944 |
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England |
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1st Lt. Robert E. Murrell
Highland Park, Michigan Air Medal and five Clusters KIA 19th February, 1945
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Buried:
White Chapel Memorial Cemetery Birmingham Michigan, USA | ||
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2nd Lt. Stephen J. Nelson
Kalamazoo, Michigan Air Medal KIA 1st August, 1944 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Plot E Row 6 Grave 6 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England |
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1st Lt. Julio Nuno
Los Angeles, California Air Medal and Cluster KIA 9th February, 1945
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Buried:
Plot: Liberty Section, Lot 1487, Space 3 Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale Los Angeles County California, USA | ||
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2nd Lt. Esburn D. Otis
Walla Walla, Washington Killed on training flight, 26th January 1944 |
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England |
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Maj. Richard L. Ott
New York, New York Air Medal and four Clusters DFC KIA 30th January, 1944
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Buried:
Plot C Row 22 Grave 12 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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2nd Lt. Phillip E. Pearson Jr.
Wichita Falls, Texas Air Medal and Cluster KIA 1st May, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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2nd Lt. Walter F. Perra
Ceres, California Air Medal and Cluster KIA 15th June, 1944
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Buried:
Plot B Row 17 Grave 24 Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France | ||
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2nd Lt. Kenneth L. Pettit
Newark, Ohio Air Medal and Cluster KIA 26th March, 1945 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Plot B Row 2 Grave 13 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England |
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Lt. John A. Pierson
Wakeeney, Kansas Air Medal and three Clusters KIA 22nd June, 1944
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Buried:
Wakeeney City Cemetery Wakeeney Trego County Kansas, USA | ||
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1st Lt. Russell G. Quinn
Harrisburg, Oregon Air Medal and four Clusters DFC KIA 13th June, 1944
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Buried:
Rest-Haven Memorial Park Eugene Lane County Oregon, USA | ||
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2nd Lt. Otto A. Quiring
Wenatachee, Washington Air Medal. KIA 24th February, 1944
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Buried:
Plot A Row 8 Grave 7 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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2nd Lt. Leonard L. Richter
Yoakum, Texas Air Medal and Cluster KIA 31st July, 1944 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Plot: Section 18 Oak Grove Cemetery Yoakum Lavaca County Texas, USA |
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2nd Lt. Ernest S. Riddle
Selma, Alabama KIA 4th July, 1944 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Masonic Cemetery Stamping Ground Scott County Kentucky, USA |
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2nd Lt. William D. Rollins
La Mesa, California Air Medal and Cluster KIA 10th August, 1944
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Buried:
Plot H Row 12 Grave 36 Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium | ||
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2nd Lt. Emery K. Ryan
Oakland, Nebraska KIA 17th June, 1944
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Buried:
Oakland Cemetery Oakland Burt County Nebraska, USA | ||
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2nd Lt. William G. Schultz
Holdenville, Oklahoma Air Medal and three Clusters KIA 1st May, 1944
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Buried:
Holdenville Cemetery, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma,USA | ||
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1st Lt. James C. Scott
Mantee, Mississippi Air Medal and three Clusters KIA 4th March, 1944
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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Capt. Jerome C. Serros
Orlando, Florida Air Medal and Four Clusters DFC and Cluster KIA 2nd November, 1944
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Buried:
Plot B, Row 41, Grave 2 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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F/O Allan L. Shaffer
Curwensville, Pennsylvania Air Medal and three Clusters KIA 15th March, 1945
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Buried:
Oak Hill Cemetery Curwensville Pennsylvania, USA | ||
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F/O Charles E. Sheffield Jr.
Victoria, Virginia Air Medal KIA 3rd January, 1945
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium | ||||
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1st Lt. Horace B. Smith
Altoona, Pennsylvania Air Medal and Cluster KIA 25th February, 1945
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Buried:
Plot D Row 20 Grave 19 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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1st Lt. Mark F. Smith
Nebraska City, Nebraska Air Medal and two Clusters Killed on training flight, 6th March 1945 |
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Buried:
Wyuka Cemetery Nebraska City Otoe County Nebraska, USA |
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1st Lt. Mitchell P. Snow
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania Air Medal and three Clusters DFC KIA 8th April, 1944 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Plot D Row 12 Grave 4 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium |
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1st Lt. Raymond H. Soleau
Monroe, Michigan Air Medal and two Clusters KIA 25th February, 1945
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Buried:
Plot D Row 3 Grave 42 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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2nd Lt. Stanley P. Spencer
Galesburg, Illinois Air Medal and Cluster KIA 14th June, 1944
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Buried:
Williamsfield Cemetery Williamsfield Knox County Illinois, USA | ||
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1st Lt. Sidney G. Stitzer
Fennimore, Wisconsin Air Medal and two clusters KIA 20th February , 1945
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Buried:
Prairie Cemetery Fennimore Wisconsin, USA | ||
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1st Lt. Jack Taylor
Huntington Park, California Air Medal and Cluster KIA 10th February, 1944 MACR Unavailable |
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Buried:
Plot C Row 5 Grave 60 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England |
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1st Lt. Lauren J. Taylor
Boone, Idaho Air Medal and three Clusters Killed on training flight, 25th March, 1944 |
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Buried:
Plot B Row 3 Grave 50 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England |
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2nd Lt. William R. Taylor
Litchfield, Connecticut Killed on training flight, 17th September, 1944 |
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Buried:
Plot G Row 5 Grave 156 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England |
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1st Lt. Robert L. Thomas Jr.
Lomita Park, California MIA 30th November, 1943 Died in POW Camp 17th February, 1944.
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Buried:
Plot: Section H Site 1602-B Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno San Mateo County California, USA | ||
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2nd Lt. Everett T. Urbanski
Brooklyn, New York Air Medal KIA 10th December, 1944
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Buried:
Plot B Row 32 Grave 28 Lorraine American Cemetery St. Avold, France | ||
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2nd Lt. Richard L. Van Woert
Palo Alto, California Air Medal and two Clusters KIA 2nd November, 1944
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Buried:
Plot: Section O Site 1010 Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno San Mateo County California, USA | ||
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1st Lt. Walker L. Whiteside
Claremont, California Air Medal and three Clusters DFC and Cluster KIA 6th August, 1944
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Buried:
Plot B Row 32 Grave 6 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | ||
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Maj. John C. Wilkins
Portland, Oregon KIA 7th November, 1943
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Missing in Action:
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England | ||
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2nd Lt. John R. Wilson
Madison College, Tennessee Air Medal and Cluster KIA 9th November, 1944
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Buried:
Plot K Row 15 Grave 22 Lorraine American Cemetery St. Avold, France | ||
Cambridge American Cemetery, Madingley (photo from Malcolm Osborn)
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten (photo from Richard Arseneault, American Battle Monuments Commission)
