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Old 12th February 2020, 00:25
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Re: 23rd Fighter Group losses

Hello Alex, just wondering if you want to have the full loss list (or as much as possible) for 23rd FG, or if you are interested only in MACR.

The book "Sharks over China" had 6 pages (281-286) listing men of 23rd FG who died during WWII. KIA, KIFA, killed by Japanese bombs.

Just for the beginning of 1943, before the loss you list on 8 April (that is also in the book)
43/01/12 P-40 (no serial) 16th FS 1st Lt L F "Chip" Myers KIFA en route to Yunnanyi
43/01/16 P-40 (no serial) 16th FS 2nd Lt George V Pyles KIA Yunnanyi
43/02/11 P-40K-1 (no serial) 75th FS Lt William T Cross KIA strafing troops Nan Sang bridge
43/03/19 P-40 (no serial) 74th FS Capt Raymond W Lucia KIA ground fire near Mangshih
43/03/29 P-40 (no serial) 74th FS 1st Lt Robert E Atkinson KIA strafing Chefang
43/04/01 P-40K-1 41-5567 75th FS Capt Burrall Barnum KIA dogfight Lingling

Other losses where pilot survived are given in the narrative.

Before 1943, 16 pilots died in 1942 (8 KIA, 8 KIFA).

You can also check the list of accidents in https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AFrptsMO.htm.
For the same period as above, I found three total losses, including the one on 8 April 1943:
430313 P-40K 42-9926 76FS 23FG 10 LAC 4 Vaughn, Clyde C CHI Kunming
430324 P-40K 42-9921 75FS 23FG 14 BOF 5 Grosvenor, William (NMI) Jr CHI Kunming
430408 P-40K 42-46248 74FS 23FG 10 KCRF 5 Mitchell, David M IND New Delhi
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