Known Captured Aircraft
Type | Model | Serial number | Luftwaffe call sign* | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lockheed P-38 | L (F-5E) | 44-23725 | T9+MK | ex 354th Air Service Sq-Delivered intact by USAAF deserter Martin James Monti 13/10/1944 |
Lockheed P-38 | G | 43-2278 | T9+XB (duplicated) | 13th Air Force—accidentally landed at Capoterra Italy 12/061943. |
Supermarine Spitfire | LF.IX | MK698 | T9+EK | ex-No. 412 Squadron RCAF |
Supermarine Spitfire | PR.XI | possibly MB945 | T9+BB | ex 14th Photo Squadron/7th PRG USAAF |
North American NA-64 | Armée de l'Air No. 44 | DR+XD | ||
North American P-51 Mustang | B or C | T9+CK | ||
North American P-51 Mustang | B | 43-24825 | T9+HK | "Jerry" Ex 334th Fighter Squadron. captured 6 June 1944 |
Hawker Typhoon | Ia | EJ956 | T9+GK | Ex "SA-I" No. 486(NZ) Sqn. |
Hawker Typhoon | JP548 | T9+GK | Ex No. 174 Sqn. | |
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt | D | 42-22490 | T9+FK | ex 358th Fighter Sq/355th FG-captured 7/11/1943 |
Republic P-47 | D-16-RE | 42-75971 | 8+6 then T9+LK | ex 301st Fighter Sq/332nd FG-captured 29/5/1944 |
de Havilland Mosquito | B Mk IV | T9+XB (duplicated) | ||
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | F | 41-24585 | A3+AE | "Wulf Hound" from KG 200; ex 360 Bomb Sq/303rd BG captured 12/12/1942 |
Boeing B-17 | F | 42-30713 | "Phllis Marie" ex 568th Bomb Sq/390th Bomb Gp. Captured 8/3/1944 | |
Boeing B-17 | F | 42-30048 | A3+CE | "Flak Dancer" ex. 554th Bomb Sq/384th Bomb Gp. Captured 26/6/1943 |
Boeing B-17 | F | 42-5714 | DR+PB | "Old Faithful" ex 332nd Bomb Squadron. Captured 14/10/1943 |
Boeing B-17 | G | 42-39974 | "Punchboard" ex 731st Bomb Sq/452nd Bomb Gp. Captured 9/4/1944 | |
Bell P-39 Airacobra | GE+DV | |||
Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark III | 10+KH | |||
Consolidated B-24 Liberator | D | 41-23659 | I-RAIN | "Blond Bomber II" ex 343rd BS, 98th BG, USAAF 20/2/1943 |
Consolidated B-24 Liberator | G | 42-78106 | NF+FL | "Sky Pirate" ex 758th Bombardment Squadron USAF captured 9/6/1944 |
Consolidated B-24 Liberator | G | 42-78247 | CL+XZ | ex 765th BS, 461st BG, USAAF 4/10/1944 |
Consolidated B-24 Liberator | H | 41-28641 | A3+KB | ex 735th BS, 453rd BG, USAAF 4/2/1944 |
Consolidated B-24 Liberator | H | 42-52106 | "Sunshine" ex 719th BS, 449th BG, 47th BW, 15th AF, USAAF 29/2/1944 | |
Short Stirling | Mk.1 | N3705 | 6+8 | ex No. 7 Squadron RAF |
- Note: all-alphabetic codes were Stammkennzeichen form, individual to the aircraft; any codes containing one number somewhere to the left of the Balkenkreuz were combat wing-specific Geschwaderkennung codes.
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