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638.6
.A9
.T86
1944
��TO JACQUELINE COCHRAN
for her sincere and unswerving efforts toward
furthering the WASP program: for her many
and valiant battles to give us finer training,
better jobs, a chance to fly "the big ones;"
for setting our goal high as the clouds we fly
among.
TO MRS. DEATON
for being gay, charming, friendfy, firm: for
being our No. I trouble shooter: for making
our life at Avenger one of happy memories,
rich experiences, months well spent.
TO OUR INSTRUCTORS
for adding another line of worry, another grey
hair, that we might pass a check ride or a
50-3; for cheering us up or racking us backtrying to make us HP's: for being our palour friend--our "official worrier"
TO THE FIELD PERSONNEL
for the innumerable ways they have helped
soften the _bumps-the E.O.'s, for making our
worries their worries: the grim-faced, kindhearted check pilots: our congenial Weather
Department; the Link instructors who helped
us through many a trying moment; the "always willing to help" lads in the mail room:
our friends in need, the hospital staff: those
who kept us trim and fit, the P.T. Department;
tne Quartermaster Department; Operations:
the kitchen staff: the maintenance crews-
TO ALL OF YOU
W-9 says:
Thanks! It's been fun and a wonderful seven
months. We'll never forget them nor you.
�2563 AAF Base Unit
44-W-9
Avenger Field
Sweetwater, Texas
�n
a
•
Sunward I've dimbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split douds-and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of-wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along and _flu_ng
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue
~he~~p~:~/tf] wi• •we~::g~~~:w,th ~asy grace
IN
MEMORIUM
GLEANNA ROBERTS
MARSERY DAVIS
Anci, while with sHent. lifting mind_ I've frod
The high untresp7sed sfctit~ol. space.,
Put out my hand;
3 e face of God.
9'
�Lt. Col. Roy P. Ward
Commanding Officer
Mrs. Cliff Deaton.
Chief Establishment Officer
Major E. W. H1:1bbard
Army Director of Flying .
�Graduates
44-W-9
�SARAH (SADIE) ALLSHOUSE
Wilmerdirrg, Pennsylvania
"I got gum in my pants"
EVELYN {PINKY) BRIER
Tri-City Airport
San Bernardino, California
"My dacidy still loves me"
MARY (BALDY) BALDNER
207 Park Drive
Xenia, Ohio
"Oh boy, is this sexy!''
NORMA -A. BOSTON
Carthage, Illinois
"I think that's awful"
MARY (JO) BARDSLEY
Kewanna, Indiana
"But, I want to fly."
ANITA BRONKEN
Colfax, Wisconsin
"Oh crumb!"
ANNA C. BARON
Waterville, New York
"It isn't healthy."
ELIZABETH (BETTY) BRISCOE
Box 414
Frederick, Oklahoma
"It's very discabooberating!"
�MARY VIRGINIA EATHERTON
NADINE V. CANFIELD
Chapman, Kansas
"Glad to see you"
1306 S. Elwood Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma
"Dear George, guess what?"
MARJORIE CHRISTIANSEN
312 S. 3rd West Street
Provo, Utah
"Take me for instance-"
JEAN (JEEP) DOWNEY
591 Buena Vista Avenue
San Francisco, California
"Men bore me" (?)
D. DEANE (FERGIE) FERGUSON
ELIZABETH (DUSTY) DAVIS
Curles Neck Farm
Richmond, Virginia
"Hup two three fo' "
34 Nineteenth Street
Toledo, Ohio
"That I must see"
LILLIAN (DIXIE) DIXON
834 North Ponca Street
Norman, Oklahoma
"I'm all squirrelled up!"
DOROTHY (DOT) ESTEP
Snelling, Ca)ifornia
"Gef eager"
·
�JANE FOHL
ELAINE HARMON
I 041
635 E. 34th Street
Baltimore, Maryland
"She ripped and she snorted-"
Broad Avenue
Wilmington, California
"I do not snore"
MARGARET (MAGGIE) GEE
RUTH W. GROVES
2773 Acton Street
Berkeley, California
"Basically she's a good kid"
R~vena, New York .
"Nobody loves me"
MILDRED L. HOUSE
LILLIAN (JAY) GLEZEN
937 S. Hobart
Los Angeles, California
"Hey, wait for me"
Gilmer, Texas
''I'm a fixin' to-''
ANN G. GRIFFIN
BARBARA HERSHEY
Tiny Brook Road
Weatogue, Connecticut
"Wiggle ze hips"
306 S. 14th Street
Frecierick, Oklahoma
"I'm so cute"
�JULIA (JULE) LAMM
183 Tilghman
Allentown, Pennsylvania
"But I like to sleep"
MARILYN {JACKIE) HUGHES
65 Acacia Avenue
Reedley, California
"Hello girl"
MARIE (COOKIE) JACOBSON
2730 Carmel Street
Oakland, California
"Everything happens to me!"
KATHRYN {KAY) KLEINECKE
I 819 Homan Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas
"Frankie"
BETTY FERROL MARTIN
Box 355
Wetumka, Oklah;ma
"Well, Whataya know''
HELEN L. (CASEY) JOHNSON
Madison, Wisconsin
(Censored) .$*?!&
ALICE (LUCKY) KIERSTEAD
Hotel Gramercy Park
52 Gramercy Park North
New York City, New York
''That's for sure"
PHYLLIS A. LEE
2154 Russell Street
Berkeley, California
"Let's go eat"
�JOAN OLMSTEAD
143 Bay Shore Avenue
Long Beach, California
''Glad to hear it"
PHYLLIS McCARTY
1026 Holt Avenue
Los Angeles, California
"Gawd awful"
·
ELEANOR (MICKEY) McLERNON
209 Hubbard Avenue
San Antonio, Texas
"I've told you about 20 million
times"
VIOLET (VIE) NISLEY
5414 Victoria Avenue
Los Angeles, California
"We - - - I - I"
CATHERINE PARKER
81 o S. College Avenue
Bryan, Texas
k"
"Whoever took it, give it bac
WILMA MILLER
4637 East Eighth
Kansas City, Missouri
"Strictly from Misery"
GLORIA NELSON
Tokeland, Washington
"I thought I'd die"
MARJORIE OSBORNE
1524 Flett Avenue
Racine, Wisconsin
"I'm going up for a recheck now"
�PENELOPE (PENNY) PEIRCE
MARY REGALBUTO
26 East Wharton Road
Glenside, Pennsylvania
"Hello hungry, I'm Penny"
2105 Random Road
Cleveland, Ohio
"O Solo Mio!"
MARGARET PHILLIPS
327 W. Highland
Tracy, California
''I'll beat cha with a big fat stick"
VIRGINIA (GINNY) POTTHOFF
Bonny Doone Route, Box 4
Santa Cruz, California
"You tell 'em slaughter house"
~OSALIE (R. T.) PHILLIPS
SALLY REWEY
9200 Darnen Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
"I'm going burr-serk!"
933 S. Westmoreland
Los Angeles, California
'' It may not be a castle, but
it's our home"
DOROTHY PICTURE
60 I Avenue C, S. E.
Childress, Texas
"Now, wait a minute-"
BARBARA JEAN REIMER
4414 W. North Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"Let's scrub the floor"
�MARTHA (MARTY) SARAGER
FRANCES STROUD
Route 3, Box 672
Covington, Kentucky
"Is there something you feel you
should tell me?"
702 E. Coronado Road
Phoenix, Arizona
"It's out of this world"
MARY A. (PETER) SHOWERS
Shelbyville. Indiana
"It's Ghastly"
ESTHER STAHR ·
Eastland, Texas
"Tough, isn't it?''
(Not Pictur.ed)
GAYLE SNELL
1772 Rose Villa
Pasadena, California
"All right, who swiped it?"
MARY F. WOODWARD
336 S. Yorktown Avenue
Tulsa, Oklahoma
"I want my mommy"
BETTY STAGG
443 Crestview Road
Columbus, Ohio
'.'How's come?"
JANET WAYNE
6723 Constance Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
"What's your trouble?"
�0
·W-9 Washbacks"
(Not Pictured)
PAMELA CARR
Box 128
Balboa Island, California
AGNES A.- ATKEISON
Munday, Texas
ETHEL LYTCH
913 W. Church Street
Laurinburg, North Carolina
PATRICIA HOURAN
Ashburnham, Massachusetts
CATHERINE McGRATH
1500 Morada Place
Altadena, California
FRANCES GIMBLE
Tyler, Texas
JANIS GREGG
Britton, Michigan
ELIZABETH PHILLIPS
5953 Evanston Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana
GAIL SIGFORD
Route I, Box 782
Puyallup, Washington
�Primary
�Ta king life easy
Is that 2900' inciicated?
Hall admirerers
And I volunteered or
(Yes sir, no sir, don't scream sir)
Two on every field
What was that take off time
They're such big planes
W-9 is squadron E
Crankin' with Geer
Stage Door Canteen
�Dispatcher
,
Dispatched
Baseleg Briscoe
and Downwind Davis
Don't touch that board
Just call me
Ground Loop
Shanor and students
D stands for Davis
South by South West
Check rides don't make
me nervous
Kerly
Low man on a totem pole
Watch that torque
�PRJmA~Y
Evt~h!nq new and Urrif~inq
And wool a bk) oirp\ane Wtl were f\~in9
Rolled up zoot suits eand other pmnks
,Lt. nanoz and the Skzlrman cranks. ·
Regulation, aren't we
7
Au~I iarkls, a1ttkwaqoos -t1x ~e houses
Food in t'1<i OOljS, and thi \itl\e qre~ mousqs
Ham~mire? Hoolierwerf, and Bill ''Torquf' murrn4
San~ storms, fine .squalls and dust in a flurry.
7
Solo and friend
S. M. I.
Naughty Naughty
Mustn't show
Practically flattering
�Urban's Turbans
Time out for sun
It says here
The price they payed
--·vv
~,.
Just barely
We're not ciressing
I passed
It was worth it
Sitt in' on the front stoop
Zoot Suit
and Parachute
Lucky
�Transition
�"Gear down and
locked" Eatherton
"A loaf of Bread and
jug of Wine" Rewey
Must be Saturday!
Casey!
U2
Eager Beavers!
Could this be
Social Contact ? ? ?
They're smart too!
"6 Pillow•~ House_·
"It ain't my airplane, and I'm not your Mamma,
so why not solo you!"
The Million Dollar
Glamour Gal ! !
"W-9 Reporting, Sir
!"
Guess Who!
�T~J\NSIT\ON
Transition phase was ·p~fuJ hectic
We flw th( AT ond ro one wrecked it
The qeor and flaps ~nt up <lnd down
And on Saturda~s we ~nt to town.
"Randolph Shuffle"
Adiabatic Charts!
We were hot and both(ru\ and
-funned bad h,hit.s
Which Wtre usua\l ~ squelch«I b~ Captain Ziivitz
final\lj one day we flni5h~
·
But alas7 the dass had diminished.
D. N. I. F.?
10 Minutes -
Code; *!$?&
-
-
She Passed!
"All beds must be in by 06: 15!"
�Instruments
�InSTR.UffiEnT'5
Stzmdard rate turns and coont1n()tion
Fi~it19 th<l b<iom to 'the A~!lene station
Dits and dahs and a tw1I 19ht zone
Off
course, on cours~,somtlimes a c.one. ·
"But it's impossible to get lost"
Nice day -
~d merchant , Jimm~ Hwrd, and Green ·
· And instrudors wert: kind,.inskad of nxan
Wt did q<lt throu9 h, on~ iind oil .
Thm SU mmir was ovflr and it was fa 11.
outside
Have you "heard" the "Story"
An instrument Aid
· Instruments don't bother me,
bother me-
�0600:
Revielle
Five Minutes! Fall out! Flight 'Tenshun! Forw'd March!
0615:
Mess
Bolt cold eggs-No time to let your coffee cool-let it burn.
Gotta make my bed. Gotta sweep the floor. You have three
minutes before falling out for. 0700:
Link
Airspeed, Altimeter, needle and ball, beams, headings, Stay
awake! The instructor's cryin' again-Everything's off!
0800:
P. T.
Five minutes to run from link, change to gym clothes. Meet formation. The Sergeant: extenci to the right, extend to the le{t,
bend, stretch, jump, groan, rest. Jog around the gym three ·
times.
Dismissed.
0900:
Ground School
Five minute:; to bathe, dress.
Lectures, notes, engines, weather, navigation, Instruments.
"Now this gyro reacts hyar, hyar, and hyar."
"The level of free convection, as you can see
from this adiabatic chart ... "
"True bearing, true airspeed, check points"
11
"The secondary electrical system consists of ...
''Dit ciah di~ di+ - To L with it"
1200:
Mess
Hurry up W-t/, let's eat! It's been so long since breakfast:
1315:
Fall out! Don't forget your helmet, goggles, indelible pencil,
adhesive tape, knee boards, maps, logs, PIF, plotter, computer
(confuser). Sleeves up or down (must be uniform). Off we go into
the wild blue yonder ...
2000:
Mess
Drag it out W-9. Five minutes to get that zoot suit off, auxiliary
field dirt washed off, and meet mess formation. Hurry, the
schedule says.
2030:
Link -
2200:
Taps!
Code -
Important meeting!
Oh, my achin' back!
�Has Taps blown?
1ax; ! !
Miss H. P.
Our slap happy photographer
His "printing" is devine
Ain't \ove grand
Pair of Queens
-----X-C Hop
Men from Mars
San Antonio Roses
Wafch·
tng for Stork
�ADVAnCED
--
At last the d<1~ anne
we
had waikd for
I tl,,.-ew or.en its door
We <kcked our qroun~ speed ond .ETAS
And UJml qon£ on trips I tt>r 5'Nital relays.
And l-lnngar
UJe
Flying is tough
Rugged but right
90t our blues· and thoS£ awful 645
Gave "8 ,, a p.,r'UI , and did m~nial choris ·
Then came tlle time of g~t ~xpzdation
The lost
f<iw da~s b&,r~ 9mcluation!ll
Come on in the water's fine
Lucky dog
HANGAf\
Are we cleared
Some like it cold
.Some like it hot
*I
�G. I. Fashions
A happy foursome
"Genial Jackie"
The friendly
v
"eenes
And so into the night
What's wrong with this picture
1ne
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''\)ecte''
Pretty, aren't we?
Blue Zoot suits
��iune:
San Fernando Va\\ey
USED 1'0 FLY A1 AVENGER
~Now
au're ano!her new class coming oTT the line
you may thihk we really hale to see you leave,
To W-5 from W-q:
1 used to lly at Avenger, l l\ew planes by the score
I used to l\y at Avenger, but l don't lly there anymore,
A p\lot came up lor a check one day, l askeci him what 1-\e'd adore.
l\ut don't you worry cause we really won't grieve
.
'
\-le said, "Give me a spin" l spun him right in,
Cause you've gotten your wings,
And you're \eaving today
You'\\ be ta\<ing a trip,
Down
the o\dthe
airway
For you're
million doll•r pilots so they say,
And \ don't f\y there anymore.
Variations:
\-le said, "Give me a snap" l snapped it in hall-
zooT SUITS AND PARACHUTES
You've got to show them that you're really o'r.ay.
You'll be making new friends in the forty-eight.
From Mitchell Field to the Golden Gate.
You'\\ never settle down, but be on the roam
With on\y airport operations your home.
\-le said, "Give me a date" instead al an eight-
B9fore I was a member of the A.A.F.i.O.
I used to be a working gal in Wc.1shinoton, D. C.
My boss was unkind to me
He worked me night and day,
I always had the time for work
But never time for play.
'.
1h
Chorus:
I·
RUGGED
1ust called up L
BU"t RIGHT
Singing zoot suits and parachutes
rambf"
,o
tell
A
I eat
ing woman
you that I'm . '
And wings of silver hue
fhat':ii::•;;ause s~e~k;~~ngt_wo~~~::tldut right!
He'll ferry planes
'
Like his mamma used to do
ve got b. an. any d
e ,mes a d
runk ev
tall and h,g electric facent gal in town ay for my boa~d night.
''." a ranibli~ndsome ma~ !o keep me co~j" afford.
'
I 1ust call d g woman
o keep me
while I eat
Along
Ho-Ho-He up to tell ' a gambiing w warm while I j
Ferr . came
We m 0- Ruggeci b ru that I'm oman and
eep.
He y,nkg a p/aa pi/of
We'veay fbe brown-skt Rdight.
rugged but right' am I tight!
D as ea'
no,
A own in I me to
W • go +hos
nne las ·
·
~d I lik over's I go ridin
And v_e got the well-built cha:;~s, but what d
Th,nkin ; a sill ane.
g
I'd
you're lik!N that sank th:'sh~d that do,:'; de c?re,
Climb
g ,t no h Y fool
I'd l'k ea f,fteen . apoleon it'
ips of Engla d ,e air.
To . ed in th arm
kee p the "'·1
e cockpit
'
My ~:t~~.makle i;1l~~;:/nbt~rmi:,raonu'.nWaterloo~ , France, and Peru•
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So let' b s a ways b
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a son, put ethr, e feac{hh-ave
b
er h a seon.done,
From this fie\d they say you are qoing,
You should be glad to gel the h - - , out al here,
fh
astard . ow lo fl
You are going to a field where there's menfolk
A e moral f
'" the sk y,
And whiskey and brandy and beer.< •
s You ca o this st
y.
s ne
n pl .
ory
No more ulcers from eating ~\ the mess hall,
A . Ver tr
a,n/y
' ,n inch ust a • see,
No rnore coffee \00 octane,
He'// k" above pilot
No more meeting formations at daybreak,
And Pro
tss yo
Vour knee
• u and
Or holding down Slearmans in the rain.
A .nd h m1se t b cares ...
Like a/tthe a
.e true! you,
Oh, the \ine up to the iohn wi\\ be over,
e ·1 tn ev
p,
ofs
do! ery field
You will now ha'!e your share al privacy,
Oh, the laundry bags are hung. from the sky hooks,
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ihirty-si)( and four as they shou\d be.
So forewe\\, and to h .- - - with Avenger,
No more scrubbing the goddam f\oor,
Or reporting the curse to the sergeant,
You are free not to have it anymore.
I Wanna
suckle sm go back t
I used t ells so s o whar I
have I o think weet it d come fr
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days n you're _oh a life thars and I s,n.
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2563 AAF Base Unit : 44-W-9.
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United States. Army Air Forces. Base Unit, 2563rd.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
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Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX : U.S.A.A.F.
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<p>Next to last class to graduate. 44-W-10 was last before deactivation.</p>
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[1944-?]
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Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
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yearbooks
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Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)--Yearbooks.
World War, 1939-1945--Flight training--United States--Pictorial works.
World War, 1939-1945--Flight training--United States--Pictorial works.
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��318th A.A.F.F.T.D.
CLASS
·OF
43-W-4 and 43-W-5
AVENGER FIELD
SWEETWATER, TEXAS
�DEDICATION
To the men and women who have sacrificed
much, to give to us that we may be best fit for the
task before us, we extend our heartfelt gratitude.
The future deeds and flights we perform will reflect
their persistent diligence in this endeavor.
We hope some day to be the Women Pilots
of the Air Transport Command of this nation, having
utilized our skill to better perpetuate our democracy:
performed the small tasks, and overcome trials of
serving duty; knowing the pride in delivering a
plane to its destination, safely and in minimum time,
-that it may sooner fulfull its actual need.
Being mindful of dignity always , we give a
solemn promise to fly with precision, judgment, and
accuracy in this new responsibility . With this
privilige of executing such duty, we shall grow richer
in stature of wisdom with experience. We humbly
set about to occupy our niche with the hope that
we may be worthy of our task and that we may
keep faith with those who have put this tru st before
us.
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THE HISTORY OF AVENGER FIELD
Avenger Field grew from the modest Sweetwater Municipal Airport early in the
spring of 1942, for the purpose of training pilots who would fly airplanes to win the war.
Perched on a hillside, the municipal airport taught people to fly and carried
passengers even before "cubs" were invented.
Mr. Riley remembers landing
here around 1930 when there were only OX-Ss and Curtiss Robins on the field.
The first pilots to be trained at the new field were British airmen and U. S.
volunteers for the RCAF. Thi s was Briti sh Flying Training School No. 7 in the United
States and was under contract to Plosser-Prince who moved here from California to
direct the school. On June i 5th about I00 men started on a course that included
primary, basic and advanced training.
Before rhey arrived, Avenger Field got its name. Mr-s. Grace Faver won a prize
offered to the person in Sweetwater who thought of the best name by calling it
Avenger.
In August, the government decided to close the school as an RCAF school and
make it into an army primary training school. Along with this program was to be run
an Air Transport Command refresher course. Most of the men taking this course were
e.xperienced airline pilots , and they flew BTs. From here they went to twin-erigine
school an.:J then active service overseas. The school's capacity was to be 500 trainees
total.
Meanwhile, in another part of the country, Jacqueline Cochran was making plans
for a training program for women pilots who could fly airplanes to win the war.
The first available field for the school, in Houston, was far from what Miss Cochran had in mind. Although the flying facilities were good, a plant for a complete
program could not be developed here. So, in January, she and officials from the Gulf
Coast Tra ining Center began looking around.
From among the fields available through readjustment of AAF training programs,
Avenger Field was chosen,-because of its multiphaze training possibilities, its maintenance facilities, its compactness and its location in a nice community. The Houston
contractors, Aviation Enterprises, bought out Plosser-Prince , and the girls moved in .
. For_ a_bout a month, the last of the primary cadets were still around finishing up
t~e1r trarn1ng. Although all the girls flew from hangar 2, when the PTs flocked into the
airport. at the ~nd of a period, it was impossible to tell which were piloted by boys
and which by girls.
The boys left, more classes of girls arrived, the remaining Houston classes came
up to graduate here, and slowly the 318th AAFFTD, CFS-W, settled down to the
e:--eryday routine of 6 overlapping classes learning to fly primary, basic and advanced
airplanes.
And unti! the war is won, Avenger Field will continue to train pilots whose duty,
as Mrs. Faver s /wenger Field poem put it, will be ... "wrongs to avenge, that
fr~edom:~ flag n1ight wave, ... and . . . "on mighty wings, these heroes shall not
fad ...
MISS JACQUELINE COCHRAN
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�NOT PICTURED
CAPTAIN JACK P. MILLER
Ass'+. Air Corps Supervisor
1ST LT. ALVIN J. POKORNY
CAPTAIN ROBERT H. HUNT
Ass'+. Air Corps Supervisor
Air Inspector
I ST LT. JERRELL A. SH~HERD
1ST LT. JAMES R. BLACKBURN
Ass't. Air Corps Supervisor
Ass't. Air Corps Supervisor
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MAJOR ROBERT K. URBAN
Commanding Officer
I ST LT. GEORGE M. CREAMER
1ST LT. FIELDING CLAYTON
2ND LT. REX E. ARMSTRONG
Ass 't. Air Corps Supervisor
Ass't. Air Corps Supervisor
Ass 't. Air Corps Supervisor
�I ST LT. LLOYD F. ANDERSON
CAPTAIN KENT N. HUNT
Personnel Officer
Station Surgeon
NOT PICTURED
2ND LT. ALBERT L. H.A.RTING
D.S. AAFFTC
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I ST LT. JAMES A. AHLGRIMM
C ivilian Personnel
I ST LT. BURTON J. SOBOROFF
Ass' t. Surgeon
I ST LT. ALBERT S. WARREN
Ass' t. Surgeon
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Ph ysical Directo r
�MRS. CLIFFORD DEATON
Chief Establishment Officer
MISS JEAN FORSTER
Establishment Officer
MISS RUTH TOWNSEN
Establishment Officer
MISS EILEEN BRISTOL
Establishment Officer
MISS ARDELLE La BRAKE
Sec. to Mrs. Deaton
MISS HAZEL HAYES
Establishment Officer
�EARL McKAUGHAN
President
Aviation Enterprises
HENRY KRIEGEL
Vice-President
Aviation Enterprises
�INSTRUCTOR
By Alberta Head
When bloody war and urge,1t need for haste is gone,
And economic chaos holds us still ,
We shall not soon forget his shape along the street,
Or near the half-deserted hangars on the hill.
His shoulders, forward bent again st the weight of wind and 'chute
The lagging step to match his slow, insistent word,
The wisdom and the patience on his face,
The pride behind the stinging comment that we heard.
We shall remember well the scarf he wore
Of white silk stuff, the jaunty cap which set him quite apart,
His summer 's tan, his winter pinks,
The fleece-lined hood and other heavy trappings of his art.
But do not th ink he will be loathe to go-for look!
Beyond the steady gaze of his blue eyes
His heart is fastened on some lovely, distant dream,
Some fairer view than sandy Texas skies.
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Director of Flying
R. C. STOLZ
ADVANCE GROUPCOMMAl'JLER
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BASIC GROUP COMMANDER
S. A. RUMSEY
BASIC GROUP COMM ANDER
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Back Row: R. J. Korges, J. M. Miesch, C. E. Hatcher, R. R. Palmer, H. J. Goodwin,
L. W. George, J. J. Henry, N. E. Schaffer, Wm. Wade.
Front Row: W. R. Plew, R. F. Swanner, W. R. Ramsey, W. R. Deppe, J. C. Kruezmann.
BASIC GROUP COMMANDER
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BASIC GROUP COMMANDER
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Back Row: F. X. Duffy, K. V. Willingham, L. C. Young, M. G. Morscheck,
S. C. Ward, C. B. Green, G. C. Miller
Front Row: H. M. Johnson, R. C. Stolz, J. C. Pace, J. J. Tucker,
C. G. Atwood, G. B. Wanamaker.
�FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS
FLIGHT .INSTRUCTORS
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Back Row: G. M. Geurin, W. F. Moore, R. E. Torkelson, A. L. Ryan,
K. C. Eckley, _J . N. Jones, Z. G. Smith.
Front Row: P. I. LaRue, J. H. Hewitt, P. E. Ward, J. L. Heard
Back Row: 0. L. Birchfield, W. F. Fischler, C. A. Mayer, R. L. Schliep,
B. P. Bohlen, J. K. Craddock, G. R. Gruar, W. B. Hattmann.
Front Row: J: M. Brooks, D. J. Landry, J. F. Hosier, T. E. Givens,
W. J. Giltz, J. F. Van Rue
LINK INSTRUCTORS
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Back Row: W. S. Huston, I. D. Tate, J. R. Nelson, S. A. Rumsey, J. P. Hill,
T. W. Baker, E. E. Ives, H. W. Pinkard
Front Row: M. Lamouseaux, P. H. Bankson, R. F. Harris, D. E. Marsh, D. D. Clifford
Back t~wl: CGpl. C. Proffer, Sgt. R. S. Riley, Pfc. L. H. White, Pfc. C. W. Bowers,
g · . . Creech, T/Sgt. E. Hill; S/Sgt. Wright.
Front Row: Cpl. W. D. Swenson, Sgt. D. N. Gillon, Pfc. M. H. West,
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MacMillan, Sgt. C. Childress, Pfc. C. B. Willard
gt. · W. Lewis, S/Sgt. F. Parrott
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Director
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GROUND SCHOOL
Sack Row: M. R. Wormuth, V. A. Fagin, R. P. Shuffield, R. J. Patterson,
G. Gilligan, S. E. Smith, G. S. Cook
Front Row: R. Lehde, C. P. Morrisette, H. 0. Schwartz, B. Howell,
G. Hilliard, P. Tremier,J. L. Morrison, M.A. Krieger.
�CLASS OFFICERS 43-W-4
MARY WIGGINS
Group Commander
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Alice Lovejoy
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/VIRGINIA HARRIS
Mary Amanda Bowles
Ruth T. Underwood
Ruth E. FitzSimons
Group Adjutant
L ~ £dtto,e
Eolyne Yvette Nichols
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Helen Jean Trench Mary E. Trebing
Alice Jean May
Dorothea Johnson
Nancy Nesbit
Virginia Hill
Ann Baumgartner
JEAN LANDIS
Squadron Commander
EUNICE OATES
Flight Lieu t enant
Patricia Hanley
Lucille Friesen
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Flight Lieutenant
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�Cornelia V. Co\by
Oorothy R. Colburn
Bertha M. Clifford
r. \3Llchner
2453 l'-1. Central ParK Avenue
Chicago, 111·1no·1s
Fai1h
Ann C. Brennan
2922 Cleveland Heights B\vd.
laKeland, F\or·1da
I 7 I9 King Street
Jacksonville, Florida
I 354 S. W. I 8th Street
Miam·1, Flor·1da
417 West '(ande\\ B\vd.
Mary A. Bow\es
E:\ Paso, 1 exas
Burl·1ngame, Cal•1forn·1a
June L. E\\ington
Centerv·1\\e, Kansas
Gwendo\yne E.. Cowart
Vera K. Cook
Arrowhead Springs Hotel
San Bernardino, Cal•1fornia
Grace Clark
Virginia C\air
PaHi Mel. Canada
Portland, Oregon
32 I 5 Ped.ham Street
Yv"1ch·1ta Falls, 1 ex.as
2500 9th Street
\fl{1chita Falls, 1 exas
730 Bonaventure Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia
�Marce\\a J. Fatio
San Jose, California
Ooro-\hea M. Johnson
Anne M. Howe\\
Route I
F-od Oodge, Iowa
1hornson, Georg·1a
Owight B. Hi\dinger
\(·,owa, Kansas
Rosa Lea Fu\\wood
\0'2 S. \st Street
McAllen, 1 e)(as
Mary J. Far\ey
I 30 S. R. Fe
Aransas Pass, 1 e)(as
\(athb~n N. \(el\)'
bOb I:. 1 urner
Annabe\\e R. \(ekic
Cleveland, O hio
\lirgie L. Jowe\\
Fr ankston, 1 e)(as
Sett)' L. Heinrich
SI 61/2 1 eetsnorn
Margie E. Heckle
Virginia P. Harris
9'25 Gilmore Avenue
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Houston, 1 e)(as
1 ucurncari, New Me)(·, co
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Alice J. May
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Ooris M. Manuel
Lydia O. Lindner
2009 t: . \ 4tl-l Street
Brooklyn , New
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Martna Ya. Lawson
68- I 2 Dartmouth St .
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Macon , Georg·,a
Englewood, New Jer sej
]640 De Re·,rner Avenue
Bronx, New '< or , New Yor~
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Martna M. Lundy
Kat\,erine S. Lof,
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Constance £. Uewel\yn
280 I Hadzell Stree~
Evanston, lllino·1s
M"1ami, f\or·1da
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las Vegas, Nevada
Nancy E. Nesbit
I 049 East Uncoln Avenue
Pomona, Cal"rfornia
Eo\yne Y. Nicno\s
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Chi cago. \\\inois
Eunice S. Oates
Mt . Mor·1ah Road
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229 Atlanf1c Avenue
Long Beach, California
Cross Drive, Woodruff Place
\ndianapo\"1s, \ndiana
403 east Jefferson Street
Quincy, f\orida
Wi\\ie J. Peacock
703 Rosewood Avenue
Qu·,ncy, Florida
Mary Ann 1hie\ges
Betty L 1 ay\or
Auburn , Californ·1a
Mary J. Stephens
Mary M, Rosso
frances N. Rohrer
I 370 N. Mornings·,de Dr·,ve
Margaret H. Reeves
ihornaston, Georg·1a
Atlanta, Georgia
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Kalarnazoo, Michi-gan
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Detroit, Michigan
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Dansville, New York
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White P\ains, New YorK
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Newburqh, New York
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Lauretta Beaty
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3 I 6 North Avenue SI
Los Angeles , California
SO C\over Avenue
Er\anger, Kentucky
Bur'oank, California
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Borbara Wi\\is
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Mary E.. \:ng\e
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Nata\ie L. E\\is
AHa Corbett
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Milwaukee, w·,sconsin
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Seattle, Wa sl.ington
Portland, Oregon
830 B Avenue, N. E.
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658 ~ast 2.9tn Street
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Portland Oregon
Rosalie Louis Grohman
I 36 North Jefferson Avenue
Saginaw, Mich·1gan
Patricia L. Hanley
2806 t:. locust
M"1\waukee, Wisconsin
Mary claine Hines
Pilot Kno'o Road
Mendota, Minnesota
Jean Landis
Route I , Bo)(. 204
El Cayon, Cal"1torn·1a
Virginia Hi\\
6809 35 Avenue N. \Iv
Seattle, \Iv ashington
Maryalice l'Hornrnedieu
Monroe , Wisconsin
Catherine M. Houser
2840 Claudette Street
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Kittie L. Learning
7204 \Iv ayne Avenue
Upper 0ar'oy, Pennsylvan·,a
Jennie X. Hrestu
3006 N. E. Bryce
Portland. 12, Oregon
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Janice R. "Jan" 1 ate
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Oal\as, 1 exas
\sabe\ M. Steiner
I 78 Dana Avenue ·
Ju\ia S. Sapp
b \ 0 A. Avenue
Frances R. Sanderson
Palo Alto, Cal•,fornia
Lawton, O\<.\anorna
Spokane, Washington
Jeanne SenneH Robertson
4629 Arn'orose Avenue
Los Angeles, California
He\en J. Trench
Mary £. 1rebing
Louisv·,\le, Colorado
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\ SOO Sal',s'oury Avenue
He\en Wyatt Snapp
Dorothea G. Shu\tz
Davenport , Iowa
\-\e\en M. Schaefor
I I Forest Avenue
Cinc'lnnati, Ohio
2236 O'oservatory ?\ace, N. W.
Wash·,ngton, D. C.
Spencer Nortn Carolina
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New Brighton, Staten Island,
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�CLASS OFFICERS 43-W-5
RUTH LINDLEY
Group Adjutant
MARJORIE SANFORD
Group Commander
Barbara
Waite
Underwood
Ruth Thornason
\0\0 Avenue I
Brownwoo d '
Jane
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407 G\enwoo y k
New or
Syracuse,
MARIANNE BEARD
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Scotts UTI'
Squadron Commander
1 exas
E. HELEN DETTWEILER
Flight Lieutenant
MARY PARKER
Flight Lieutenant
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Y,o\e\ ·
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I 409 So. f~ a m- ,n
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A\rison C. Burns
Rui'hrnary "Bucky" Suck\ey
F. Virginia Acher
1 erre Haute, Indiana
Ru~h E. Anderson
S57 Cen+rnl Bldg.
Seattle, Wasri,ngton
Marianne \rene Beard
\ 7 I 4 t.. Geneva Place
Milwaukee, Wiscons·,n
2 I 7 W . Brookdale
F-ullerton, Cal"1forn·1a
west H·,g\.land Avenue
Redlards, California
729 Academy Street
\(alarnazoo, M"icl,·,gan
Janice C. Christensen
Ruth "Nic~ie" A. Carter
Cleveland, o\.·,o
Mar·,on V. Car\strorn
C owdrey, Colorado
Ooris V. Bristo\
q \ b South Hester
liydora J. Sochanek
O. Gayle Bevis
2924 Wabash
\(ansas City , t,.,i\',ssouri
326 Mars'nall Street
\:frz.abeth, New Jersey
Maryv·,\le, Missouri
729 Pac·,f,c Avenue
Waukegan, \\\"1no·,s
�He\en M. Oow\ing
Des Mo·1nes, Iowa
E. He\en Oettwei\er
Solange M. O'Hooghe
50q S. 1hird Street
Rockford, \\\"1no·1s
5517 Grove Street
LeoHa Cook
Willow & Sanders Roads
\rma C. C\eve\and
bO \:.ast Bellevue Place
Margaret L Cox
\ 408 North 2otn Street
Birmingham , Alabama
Cnevy Chase, Maryland
l'-loi-r\.brook, 111·,nois
Cnicago, ll\"1110·1s
E\eanor M. Oyer
Cnicago, Illi nois
S'y'\via A. Dahmes
Redwood \=-alls, \v\"1nnesota
£:\\en Y. Croxton
317 N . Cnurcn Street
CnorloHe, North Carol·,na
Ooro-\hy E. Ebersbach
2q06 Hawtnorne Road
i arnpa, f lor·,da
E\\en M. Endacott
SI 2 W. Arel.er
i ulsa, Oklanoma
Jeanne P. d' Amb\y
I 835 Delancey Street
Pni\adelphia , Pennsylvania
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Med·,na, Washington
frances G. Green
\801 M
Galveston, 1 etas
\rene E. Gregory
I 803 Shallcross Avenue
Wilmington, 0elaware
Monica L F\aherty
Brattle'ooro , Ye rrnont
E. Li\\ian Epsberg
Staten Island, N. Y., New York
Ruth E. Fitt.Sirnons
2 I 4 8th Avenue
La Grange, Illinois
E\i1.abeth M. Haas
0romore Road
Scarsdale, New Yark
Eugenie B. Garvin
Payne, Oh.10
He\en \rene Frernd
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4346 Pine Street
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�REMEMBER THE DAY
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When we first gazed open-mouthed at the sleek disdainful Fairchilds arrayed 1n
shining splendor on the line;
And how proud we were of the Army insignia , white star on blue circle; for ·the
first fime painted on planes "we" would fly;
And how unbelievable it all was. Army plares!
And cadet equipment,
the
real McCoy--same
helmets and goggles, same zootsuits (in the same
cadet sizes,) same A-2 jackets and grotesque winter
flying togs! (Yes, it was COLD in Texas once, remember?)
And remember the eagerly awaited and much
discussed solo flight, with silver wings stretched out
on either side, and the heart inside turring over
2000 rpm!
Remember the first army check and the accompanying chills, fever, and slight hysteria-when
neither mental nor muscular co-ordination was possible.
And the usual period of black despair and
desperate hope that followed.
And wasn't it funny how our Fairchilds shrank just the teeniest bit (not meaning
any disrespect) when we saw the BT's come rolling down the runway to their new home.
We who survived Primary know that it was the hardest pull of all.
Not only-the
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flying and· ground school, but adjustment to an entire new way of living; each day a
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schedule., and each schedule to be followed to the letter-a far cry from the carefree
existence most of us had led before.
Yes, Primary was the beginning.
Yes, that's it . . . you told yourself: to be a good pilot
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It used to rain in Sweetwater
"Time! Corporals, check
your attendance"
Strange Companion
Green Flag for coveralls, and red for dress, but when both appeared
it caused some distress
Most dress designers drape the garment, thereby creating a more pleasing effect .. •
but, alas ours were not even tailored. They were drooped ins+e·a d of draped.
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A chandelle variatton
Check Pilot
"My favorite instructor"
Waiting can be fun
Guess which way the wind is from-that's right.
ways out of the south
It's al-
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Airplanes rrwst fly _ _, acc,dcnts will hoppenl
but those cous~d by foolish, cord~ss, d,,.
obedient, cocky- or grandstand pilots con
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Oh, a long time ago, when each of us, with parachute in tow, first lumbered into
that big B T? Such a. lot of new gadgets confronted us: prop control, rudder trim, oil
!:>hutter, radio, to say nothing of a "new" altimeter setting system, and flaps for take.off.
Remember the first time you saw the " BT Cockpit Procedure; " the struggle of
'how' to change prop pitch, et cetera? That 45° entry was never long enough to acc-ommodate all its duties, and the day the tower was installed you had to stretch it
another five miles in order to have time for the radio procedure.
Ah, _yes, procedure
... there was a day when one Trainee called in,
" FF 81 from nine one on the ... on the ... oh, on
that leg." And the safety pilot on a buddy ridewho thought she was on interphone-after landing
said, " how 's that for dropping it in? "
Instrument rides! We'd often hear, "keep the
ball centered. A one-needle-width turn.
I said ...
keep that one needle-width. " And those stalls and
spins under the hood. What a feeling! After an hour
on in struments you'd come down talking to yourself
and answering your own questions.
Remember those cross-country trips-especially those when the weather closed
;n and stranded our BT's at Brady, Cisco, Stamford, Brownwood and even out on the
lone prairie of San Angelo?
We became well ecquainted with Texas and Texan~,
didn't we?
Then, there was the little item of night flying. It was quite a thrill, especially ihe
cross-country, even if we couldn't keep count of the beacons.
Night flying really
topped off our Basic training ... and some of us will remember it for one of the rat
races about four a.m. one morning.
All in all, BT's held a lot of 'firsts' for us ... our first radio, our first instrument
flying, our first night flying ... and we 're all very grateful to the in structors who
druggled through those seventy eventful hours with us.
�FF Eight One
"Five nine landing at 15:30"
Lynne
It takes practice but you can't
log this time
She soloed!
Every Friday Night
�"Lazy Mary, will you get up?"
Bay Orderly
''I'm an old cowhand "-ln one easy (?) lesson
Not a paid adv .
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Vanity, vanity ...
Our Mom ...
"This goes on, it seems forever "
. .. And her chow Ii ne
(Maybe I can absorb A & E just by proximiJ-y)
Jack-knife
Anne 's Ba shful
�Refueling ! ! !
With camera and bared sole
Ready to hitch a buddy ride in a BT
Now for a cross-country to Harpersville
They all do it
��REMEMBER THE DAY
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when we first tucked the wheels of the SIX up under our tummies ....
That same day we grew-figuratively-six feet taller and we began talking about
graduation as something that could happen to us.
And when that day was over, we couldn't wait til the next, arid the next, and the
next-when we could fly that big AT again. Secretly, we each felt that the SIX was
made with us alone in mind.
Of course we had that beam to bracket-hard enough in the SIX but all but
impossible in the SEVENTEEN-and that cone of silence to find somewhere in the mass
of radio waves over Abilene and Big Spring. And then there was that Link, that 1,~d
a mind of its own even though it was bolted down to the floor.
We began to relax and think about going home again, while we cross-contried
with a- co-pilot in that luxurious SEVENTEEN. And
as we plotted those trips, we had in the back of our
minds thjngs like-shall I get train or plane or bus
or pack-mule transportation home, what about all
my baggage, shall I send a graduation announcement to Aunt Hattie, maybe we'll have check rides
in both ships after all ...
We talked and talked and talked about bases.
We wanted to be able to choose ourselves which
one we'd be sent to, and yet they all sounded good.
And where did Jane and Mary and Betty want to
go? We'd gotten to know them pretty well after
six months.
And we began to see ourselves in action-girls who'd graduated before us
stopped in at Avenger on their way to California, Arizona and Flo~ida, flying everything from 65HP on up.
But we were a little sad too, rugged and tough as we'd become ·in our army life.
This training was something we'd wished for ·ever since we. first decided we'd be a pilot.
And we'd been through lots of silent battles during that training.
friends we wouldn't forget.
Artd we'd made
Somehow, those last days,. we began to walk aruond
and take a last look at all the old things.
And now we have our wings ... What they mean, is that we remembered what
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our hard-working instructors pounded into our heads, that we lost the attitude that
we were the only girl flyer at the airport, and that we were prepared to take on any
flying mission that was asked of us ... we are ready to help win the war.
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High Flight
Sweet Sue
Now let's begin with the stick in neutral position
Allah Allah
Little Words of Wisdom
Virgie Jo
Among my souvenirs
C ock pit procedure on an AT-6 and an AT-I 7.
Let' s hear you qo throuqh it, now.
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At high noon just try and keep th~ sun out of your eyes
Use in an EMERGENCY.
Fire extinguisher ...
and three helpers!
Well, its a long trek to the AT line ...
better wait for the driver
Recipe: Take one AT, a half dozen pilots
and bake in the sun until cross-country is done.
And so they were married .
Houston
Let's Go!
Night flying on instruments, by Day.
Waiting for the weather
�LAST BACKWARD GLANCE
The wishing well
Beyond far horizons
Let's see, do I have an
army ride today!
Eddie Duchin's Rival
Cover Girl
Seventeen
One more coke
They hang on his every word
Just follow the beam
�Now we have found our ways again
Up into blue imperial fields
To charge across saphiric plains
Through cloud swept vastnesses,
To race the sun across
This great free continent.
Once more we soar on wings of America
Into wind haunted silences
Through moonlight vaulted trancepts
And prismic pillared aisles of air.
Ours to fly into the bright wilderness
Of the lands on the edqe of the universe
From where the sun sends her red gold
At us and we feel it touch our faces.
Search for the door to our souls
Through our enchanted eyes.
And the wind ... we belong to him
If hearts can be bound and caught
With aery chains and held
By the song of the mystic traveler.
We are creatures of Heaven
When we invade even its outposts
On our flights., and we and our wings,
Though its slaves, can laugh
To find so sweet a bondage in Life.
If Death should become one with us
In that land of space and the wind,
Our rough wild wind
Would wind round some of us
And his touch would engulf
And possess us and hurl us
Like iuggernauts, down from the upper air.
Let love of flight and our laughter,
Like avenging thunder unfurled
Come tumbling down the heights we claim,
A challenge to those who come after
To cast their craft yet with us
Across the free skies that protect our land
In War and Peace, for cc-untry and with God.
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Color Guard
On Graduation Day
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���DEDICATED
To our comrades, who gave their lives so that
others might live in liberty a,nd peace, this book is
gratefully dedicated.
PREFACE
" History In The Sky " is the proud story of the 354th " Pioneer" Mustang Fighter Group.
Untried in combat and at a crucia l period in the aerial battle
of Europe they entered th.e conflict with a new aircraft . . . the
P-51 Mustang. By their indomitable spirit and gallant courage they
completed an enviable record in 18 months of combat operations.
To tell thi s saga of the ETO 's "top " fighter group would requ ire volumes. I can on ly hope to touch upon the high spots of
this outstand ing record of achievement.
The men of the " Pioneers" have added another glorious page
to the military history of the United States.
Editor,
Capt. Arthur F. Brown
*Anderson, Claude F.
*Bakalar, John E.
*Beerbower, Don M.
*Birkner, George H.
Black, Robert J.
Boes, Richard J.
*Boyden, William E.
*Bronsfon, Billy B.
*Brown, Rich,ard H.
Buckner, Fred C.
*Bush, William H.
*Campbell, James B.
*Carpenter, John D. Jr.
Carr, Jack H.
Cooper, Alfred C.
Cartright, John M., Jr.
*Daudert, Rudolph A.
Davis, Clifford H.
Davis, You,ng M. Jr.
Davy, Frank D.
*Dichter, Theodore
*Difilipe, Reynold J.
*Disiere, Alfred J. Jr.
Ditewig, Theodore E.
Dixon, Edward 8
*Dooley, Thomas·
Durkee, Alexander B.
Elrod, Willi.am T
**Erb, Russell W., .Jr.
Fisher, Joseph E., Jr.
Fox, Edward F.
Gray, Harold L.
* Gronbach, Alvin E.
*Gumm, Charles F., Jr.
Harbers, James D.
Hargis, William G.
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Harker, William F.
*Harris, Billie D.
Harrison, Robert B.
*Hart, Vincent J.
Herman, Kenneth J.
*Hill, Norw.an E.
Holcomb, Joseph R.
Holmberg, Phillip J.
*Huffman, Leon A. C.
*Hughes, Richard C.
*Hunt, Edward E.
*Jc,nes, Stewart J.
Kallas, Paul W.
*Kerley, James W.
*Kong, Wah K.
*Lamb, Billy J.
*Lind, Carl A.
*Litherlard, Joseph W., Jr.
*Logan, Nevatt G.
*Lordi, Harry L. Jr.
Lutomski, Fr,ank J.
Mares, Arthur V.
*Marshall, Earl H.
Mason, James D.
*Mayse, Norman B.
McDowell, Don
Moore, Charles W.
*Moran, Patrick E.
*Murger, Donald J.
Nall, John B., Jr.
New, George J.
*Oldham, Orville
*Park, Robert A.
*P.arkins, Robert M.
*Parsons, James J.
Pavelik, Frank J.
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Pearson, Ernest H.
*Perki,ns, William R.
Peterson, Richard
Phillips, Edward E.
*Pinkerton, Edwin H.
Porter, Robert K.
Postle, John W.
Price, Harold S.
Ramos, Rene J.
*Richards, Daniel L.
*Rody, John
Rushmore, Edward H.
*Ryan, Edward R.
Ryan, John P., Jr.
*Scarboro, James A.
*Schmidt, Harold B.
*Seaman, Owen M.
*Shavian, Marvin J.
Silva, Robert G.
*Simmons, William J.
Stayto.n Richard A.
*Stearns, Douglas E.
*Steiner, Walter H., Jr.
Stewad, Clarence H.
*Thayer, Melvin E.
*Turk, Jack B.
Tyler, Ralph J.
*Tyner, Mark 0.
*Vacirca, Francis J.
*Walbrecker, William J.
Walker, Calvin S.
Warner, Robert B.
*Weber, Frank E.
*Weldon, Russell R., Jr.
*Whalen, Charles F.
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By Capt. Frederic S. Burkhardt, Group Historian
For a Group which was destined to play such an exciting, record-shattering
and important part in great events to come, he hatching of the 354th Fighter
Group was sadly inauspicious. Its nest was at Hamilton Field in the lovely hills
just north of San Francisco Bay in California and the promising litt-le egg was laid
there on the 15th of November 1942. For eight days it was just an egg, nothing
more but, on the 23rd of the month, he shell cracked and a funny little something
which was to become so famous emerged and drew its first breath. There were
no wings, no feathers, in fact, nothing that gave much promise. In less allegorical
terms, the 354th Fighter Group existed on paper only from the 15th fo the 23rd
of November 1942 and, on ,the latter date, the first personnel was assigned to it,
the first assigned being one -Captain and three I st Lieutenants, all medics from
the 20th Fighter Group. On the next day four T/Sergeants and ;twenty-four privates
were assigned and joined from Hammer Fie!d. Our little bird was getting its
feathers fast.
On November 26.+h, Major Kenneth R. Martin was assigned and took over the
reins as the first Commanding Officer of the new Group with Major Wallace P.
Mace as his Executive Officer. The three Squadrons of which the Group was to
be made-the 353rd, 355.th and 356th (at first designated as the 343rd)-were
commanded by Major Owen M. Seaman, Captain George R. Bickell and Captain
Charles C. Johnsen, r;espectively. By the end of November the personnel of the
entire Group was comprised of nine officers and twenty-eight enlisted men. By
the end of December our little nest confoined thirty-four officers and five hundred
and forty-five enlisted men.
After moving to places such as, Tonopah, Nevada, Santa Rosa Army Air Base,
and Hayward, the Army Air Base at Portland, Oregon, the Group finally arrived
at Camp Kilmer,. New Jersey where, for ten days the 354th spent its time in repacking, acquiring still-needed equipment and in enjoying the social activities offered by New York City.
On t·he 20th of October 1943, the Group was marched to the siding at
Kilmer, loaded again on trains for a short ride, transferred to the ferry for a trip
across the Hudson to Manhattan where they went immediately aboard HMS
"Athlone Castle", and settled down to wrestle with the hardship and worries of
an ocean voyage aboard an army transport. The crossing was uneventful and the
weather was at no· time seriously bad nor the sea unusually rough; however the
boat was crowded and living conditions were not the mosJ, enjoyable in the experience of the men. The ship was one of a large convoy and the journey was not
too fast, land being sighted first on the last day of the month. The following
day, November I st, the ship dropped anchor in Liverpool Harbor but it was not
until noon en the 3rd that the boat moved from the roads into the dock, ~he
delay being caused by the thick fog which hung over the harbor. The night of
the 3rd was spent aboard ship at the dock and early the next morning the Group
disembarked, entraining immediately at the dockside station. At approximately IO 15
the train pulled out of the station and life in the ETO began for the 354th Fighter
Group.
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At 2015 hours that same day, personnel detrained at Newbury, Berkshire
and was transported by truck to ,+,heir first English base at Greenham Commons.
The Group was here for only a shori" time and, on the 13th of November, they
moved to a larger base at Boxted, near Colchester, Essexshire. Two days before
Par. I, Sec. VI, G. 0. No. 152, Hq. Ninth Air
Force, 2 June 1944
The 354th FIGHTER GROUP, XIX Tactical
Air Command, Ninth Air Force. For outstanding
performance of duty in action against the enemy
in i ne European Theater of Operations from 4 November I?43 to 15 May 1944. As the first fighter
group flying P-51 type aircraft to participate in
aeri~I operations in ~he European Theater of Operations, the 354th F1ghi-er G_roup was instrumental in the eminently successful development and execution ?f long-ran~~ pe_netr~t,on a_nd target support missions in the protection of heavy bombardmeni ~1rcraft part1c1p~ting 1n d~yl1ght assa~lts upon objectives deep in enemy territory. At a time
;'hen_ ,ong ran_ge d_ayl1ght bombing was facing its most crucial test, the remarkable innovation of using single-engine :ighters _in deep support of heavy bombardment type aircraft marked an im ortant drelopment in the histor~ of aerial warfare. Only twenty days after being assigned its co~bat
aircra +, a type new both to air and ground personnel: the 354+-h Fighter Group, with zealous enth_us~asm an~ offensive spirit, dispatched its first
n:11ss1on ~gains+. the enemy. In subsequent operations of increasing range and difficulty the Group
consist~ntly out-f]ew and out-fought the enemy
over h,s own territory. Many of the missions were
de_ep penetrations into enemy territory where, .despite hazardous weather conditions, formidable
a_nti-aircraft '.ire, and strong enemy fighter opposition, the valiant pilots of this group, though frequently out-numbered, destroyed a record number of ~nemy aircraft while providing vigilant and
aggressive support for the bombers. The brilliant
a~hievemen~ of the 354th Fighter Group constitutes an important contribution to the furtherance of the war effort, and is demonstrative of
that ~ggressive ~~amwork which is in keeping with
the highest traditions of the Army Air Forces.
�leaving Greenham Commons, the Group received its first comba,t airplanes, the
new and untried-in-combat P-51, B-1 s-the highly reputed Mustangs. Our pilots
were extremely happy to have this type plane assigned to them and after only one
day of trial they realized that they had THE airplane of the war to work with and,
out of respect for the honor accorded the Group in being chosen to pioneer this
new aircraft in combat in the European Theater, the Group adopted the name
of the PIONEER MUSTANG GROUP. Later on, when the exploits of its pilots
had made the name one to be reckoned with on the other side of the Channel,,
the word FAMOUS was affixed to this title.
Two days after arriving at Box.fed the Group celebrated its first anniversary
as a unit mainly in unpacking and getting settled. But there wasn't any time wasted
and final preparations for the great tasks to come were quickly completed so that,
on the Ist of December, 1943, just three hundred and eighty days after that unpromising little egg had been dropped in the nest af' Hamilton Field, California,
U. S. A., our grown-up bird first took to the air to prove its wings over enemy
territory from Boxted Airdrome, tssexshire, England. This introduction into combat operations was a comparatively short flight, by twenty-four of our aircraft,
over Belgium and the Pas de Calais section of France; it was led by Lieutenant'
Colonel Blakeslee, Executive Officer of the combat tested 4th Fighter Group, with
our Lieutenan.t Colonel Martin flying his wing. The planes took-off at 1429 hours
and were all back by 1549, the only excitement having been one flak hit on the
plane flown by Lieutenant Lane of the 356th Fighter Squadron, but already the
Group had established a record-it had flown its first combat mission just twenty
days after its first combat aircraft was assigned to it and just twenty-seven days
after arriving in the ETO.
The Group developed quickly into one of the outstanding Groups in its
theater of operations. In this short resume of the history of the unit, only passing
reference can be made to the highlights of its accomplishments and details will
have to be found in the more compiete history of the organization in the files of
the War Department or the Group it·self. Not only was the 354th the first group
to fly the Mustang in Europe but it was the firs,t fighter Group to be assigned to
the reorganized 9th Air Force which had just been brought to England from Africa.
Just before going to France the Group became part of ,t he XIX Tactical Air Command which was commanded by Brigadier (now Major) General Weyland and was
assigned to the I 00th Fighter Wing, commanded by Colonel (now Brigadier
General) Sanders. Before being assigned to XIX TAC, the Group was a unit of the
IX Fighter Command, headed by Brigadier (now Major) General Quesada. During
all its operations on the Continent itself the Group, along with its Wing and Command, worked hand-in-hand with General Patton's 3rd Army and the team of 3rd
Army and XIX TAC proved itself to be the greatest team of air-ground cooperation
ever to fight for the Stars and Stripes and, along with all the other lower echelon
units, the 354th Fighter Group contributed its share to the glory and accomplishments of this team.
The Pioneers remained at Boxted un.til the 17th of April 1944 and this was
the longest period it was to spend on one field until after hostilities ceased in the
ETO. It was during these first months of combat flying that the Group proved the
worth of the new Mustangs as long range fighters and escort planes. The heavy
bombers of the 8th Air Force were by t·his time making almost daily raids far into
.+he Reich attacking priority targets in the over-all strategic air plan which later
was to be credited by the Germans themselves the greatest single factor in their
final defeat. 6ut the farthest reaches of their a.Hacks could not be covered by
ONE MAN AIR FORCE
Congressional Medal of Honior
COLONEL JAMES H. HOWARD
February to April 1944
Former Fighting Tiger and Naval aviator
~ames H. Howard succeeded Martin as comman~
. ~r of the " Pioneers." Another St. Louisan, he
~oined the group and commanded the 356th
Hquadron and led the unit on many of its missions
e thhad 12 1
(2 aircraft to his credit when he left
ano er assignment.
fo;
Colonel Howard, A·,r Marshall, Leigh Mafl.ory,
G
en. Brereto n, an d G enera I Eisenhower.
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�the prctecting Thunderbolts, nor supported by the somehow inadequate Lightnings,
which were their only escort until t·he advent of the 354th with its long-range Mustangs. Thirteen days after their initial combat misson, on th 13th of. Decem~er
1945, the Pioneer Mustangs escorted Eighth Air Forces heavies on a raid to Kiel,
Germany, which, to date was t·he greatest daylight bombing re: :d of the war in
addition to being the first on which the bombers had enjoyed all-the-way escort
from Allied fighter planes (on a misison of this length) their stay in !he targe,t
area being covered by P-51 's of the 354th Fighter Group. From this day on
missions became larger and longer until, on the last day of the year, our planes
gave target and penetration support to heavies attacking objectives as far away
as Bordeaux, France. Thus was the Mustang proven.
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During January of 1944, Lieutenant Colonel Martin became Colonel ~artin
and Major Howard then commanding the 356th Fighter Squadron, earned himself
Hie Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic work on the mission of January
I I th when he, single-handed, warded off upwards of thirty enemy aircraft which
were aHempting to get through to the bombers. Major Howard claimed only
three of the enemy planes destroyed but members of the bomber crews who witnessed his "one-man blitz" swear he shot down at least six of the Krauts. Exactly
one month after Major Howard 's famous exploit, on February I Ith, Colonel Martin
was lost in a head-on collision with an enemy plane. His loss was deeply felt by
every member of the Group and it was with great relief that word was later received that he had landed safely though badly injured and was a German Prisoner
of War. When the war was almost over he made his escape and returned to spend
a few days with the Group at its first base in Germany. Major Howard took over
command of the 354th and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel,
both changes dating from the I I.th of February. On April 7th, Lieutenant Colonel
Howard became Colonel Howard, less than eleven months ago. A few days after
his promotion Colonel Howard was t·aken from the Group for a m:xe important job
at a higher headquarters and the Group was taken ove_r by Lieutenant ~olonel
Bickell, until that time Commanding Officer of the 355th Fighter Squadron, Lieutenant Colonel Mace had previously been transferred from the Group, which he h_ad
served as Depu,ty Commander since its activation, to higher Headquarters at which
time Lieutenant Colonel Bickell had become Group Deputy Commander then under
Lieutenant Colonel Howard.
In addition to the excitement cf participating in the great events of the war
while at· Boxted, there had been other excitements, mostly concerned with the frequent night raids by he Luftwaffte. The airfield there seemed to lie directly under
the path flown by the German bombers in their persistent attacks on London and
there were many. There were also many nights when personnel of the group spent
hours in the air raid shelters on the field. There were only a few bombs dropped
in the vicinity of the field but the sound of Jerry planes and the r~ar of _Ack-A_ck
defenses plus the occasional bombs dropped in Colchester or the 1mmed1ate vicinity of the field, served to make these nig_hts memorable.
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Operationally, during the Boxted period, the group had ,ts first m~ss1on over
Berlin. On the 3rd of March the bombers attacked targets at Oran1enburg, a
suburb of the great Reich capitol city and, on successive missions on the 4th,
6th and 8th, the targets were in Berlin itself and, on the 9th, once more at Oranienburg. On the 21st of February Captain Steph_ens, of the 355th Fighter . Squadron , brought home the I 00th claim for enemy aircraft, destroyed. Approximately,
this claim was dedicated to the workers of the North American Aviation Co., Inc.,
who made the planes we so proudly flew. On the I0th o'f April, the two hun-
dredth plane was c_laim~d des+-royed. On the eighth of February our pilots were
permitted, for the f1r~t time, to go down on the deck on their return from the day's
mission and straff suitable ground targets thus getting an early taste of the work
they were to do so often later on. On March 25th they flew their first divebombing mi:sion, attackin_g the marshalling yard at Creil, France The pace of the
war was rapidly accelerat1n_g and, on the 10th of April the group flew two missions
on the same day for the first time, one being a dive-bombing assignment to Hassel+, Belgium and the second bein_g an escort for medium bombers at+acking Namur,
Belgium. Our records made quite a to-do, on the 13th of April, over the fact
that the group had flown seven missions in the past six days!
On the 17th of April, the group moved lock, stock and barrel from Boxted
to what was termed an advance landing field at Lashendon, Kent about ten miles
southeast of Maidstone . This move was interpre1-ed as indicating that things were
app:oach_ing ? climax and that it probably would not be long before the longawa,ted invasion would get underway. However, the work which the group engaged in didn 't change much except that there were more and more attacks
against ground targets thrown into the schedule along with the long-range escorts,
and the scope and tempo. o_f operations continually stepped up. Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Teschner 1oined +·he group as Deputy Commander coming to us
from the 363rd Fighter Group.
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Taward ~he end ~f May practice alert~, special training plus secret meetings
of Sta~ Officers behin~ locked doors heightened the already growing feeling
that things. were fast taking shape. Earlier in the month Major George J. Bravos
and Captain Kenneth Fry had b~e_n assign_ed t~ the group from the Third Army
Headquarters to act. as Gro~nd L1a1son Officers in future operations. Enlisted men
from the Transportat1on Sections had been sent to special schools to learn i he latest
methods of waterproofing vehicles. Such little .things as these when added up all
po_inted !award an_ approaching climax. On the 26th of May Lt. Col. Bickell received his promotion to full Colonel just one day after the group was officially
placed on a six-hour alert stat·us.
The final t ip-off came on the third day of June when a small detail of came:~men were attached to the group and it was learned that they were there spec1f1cally to cover ,t he ~roup': activiti~s in the initial phases of D-Day events. The
next three days were filled wit~ the. wildest rumors. in the annals of the organization
so t~?t. when ,'.he news. of th~ invasion actually arrived it was almost an an;t-iclimax.
The P,?neers were d1sappo1nted not to be in the very first operations on D-Day,
but their turn ca~e soon when, af.ter an inactive morning and afternoon, on the
6th they w~re briefed after supper for their first invasion operation--an escort
cover for gliders a_n~ transports carrying paratroopers to the Chebourg Peninsula.
It was the ?6th m1ss1on for the group and take-off was just after 2100 hours on
+he 6th, wh,ch meant an afterdark homecoming; there was another mission scheduled for the next morning with a pre-dawn take-off.
Fr_om ~hen ~n things again went along as usual for some time, .t he actual
operations 1n which our planes took part being quite dull as compared with the
work the group had been doing up to this time. Everyone knew .t-hat it would
not 6 e long before we would be moving into France so it was no surprise when
on the 13th, the orders were received for the advance echelon to pull out th~
next morning. They had been gone less than forty-eight hours when the remaining
P,rsonnel were most startling introduced to the new terror of Germany's first
ecre~ ~eapon," the Y-1 or Flying Bomb.
This introduction took place at 2345 hours on the night of the 15th and the
�Distinguished Flying Cross
COLONEL GEORGE R. BICKELL
April 1944-July 1945
I
A veteran of Pearl Harbor and Midway, ~olonel Bickell who headed the 355th Squadron since
the early activation of ~he g_roup, to_ok over a_s
commander. He served in this capacity and directed the group with great skill for 15 months. He
hails from Nutley, N. J., and was 29 years of age.
period which was inaugurated a! that time was one which no one who went through
it will ever forget. It lasted unhl the rear echelon left England on the Ist of July.
By the third of July the entire group was moved to its first continental base
near Grand-camp-les-Baines on the Normandy Coast. During .t·hese fir3t days in
France, the enemy was only ten miles or so away from our strip and the days
and nights were filled with the sound and fury of war to an extent which our personnel never experienced before or afterwards. On the 4th of July General Eisenhower paid a visit to the group and with Major General Quesada as pilot, flew on
a short fighter sweep over the enemy-held territory around Cherbourg in the Mustang which the Group had converted into a two-seater. Other planes from the
group served as escort for .t he generals. From invasion time on, long-range
escort missions took a back seat in the operaiions of the 354th and the main type
of mission engaged in was the fighter sweep with or without bombs. Patrols, too,
especially in the Normandy days, were frequent assignments and there were all
sorts of other tasks as well. The biggest single job in which the group took part·
while based on the beachhead was the all-out effort which paved the way for the
break-through at St. Lo towards the end of July and in supporting the push which
this effort made possible.
Between the I I th and 13th of August the group moved from Normandy into
Brittany. At a former Luftwaffe base just north of Paimpont, the personnel spent
the lushest days of their career on the continer.t. Living and recreation amongst
the friendly and well stocked peasantry of Brittany, who welcomed us and ,t reated
us as their liberators, was gay and robust and, while our stay there was noi· overlong, everyone thoroughly enjoyed this period when the st-rain and work of war
was so well counterbalanced by a full and pleasant social life. Food was plentiful,
the calvados was potent, the girls were willing (even if they brought the whole
family along!), the scenery was picturesque and the enemy considerate enough not
tu bother us with even impotent visits. Our pilots spent their days ever Brest one
day and over eastern France the next. Before leaving Brittany the Group had a
big party ce!ebrating the 500ih enemy aircraft destroyed by our pilots. On September 9th the group flew its 500th mission since it had gone into combat on the
Ist of December 1943 and, when one realizes that the 96th mission had been flown
on the 6th of June, it is plain to see that the group had been extremely busy since
the war came to France.
The next move was a long one and was begun on the I 7th of September.
Most of the personnel made the trip by plane but a few, more fortunate, went by
truck or jeep. The new base was way east in the champagne country at Orconte,
a little village about halfway between Vitry-le-Francois and St. Dizier. Enrou+e to
the new station most of the men got their first glimpse of Paris, eiiher from the
air or ihe ground and each made a mental note to get back soon for closer inspection, which almost everyone did eventually. The new base was nothing like
the one in Brittany and life there was more primitive and less social than it had been
further west and for a long time, there was just nothing to do which would help
relieve the monotony of army life. The people here had not yet made up their
minds as to how friendly they dared be with the Americans. They had no surplus
food to share with their liberators and there was nothing on which to build a
social program. As soon as possible control was relaxed so that the men were
able to visit such interesting cities as Rei ms, Nancy, Troyes, and later Paris itself
~o that other interests and recreations could develop. Our operations continued
•n the relentless push of the enemy back into his own country and in decimating the
strength cf the wobbling Luftwaffe, and, gradually, our pilois flew more and more
�BROWNWOOD ACE
A GREAT "JOE"
Distinguished Service Cross
LT. COLONEL JACK T. BRADLEY
July 1945-January l 946
"Jackson," as this fighting Texan was known,
served as deputy commander of the group and
took over when Bickell returned to the States. To
him was passed the job of demobilizing most of
the older members of the unit. Bradley was one of
the top aces of the 9th and had 16 aircraft to his
credit.
Mai. Gen. Otto P. Weyland, 19 T. A. C.
�BRIEFING ROOM
often over the Reich itself. This was sort of a homecoming in a way, tor during
June, August and September there had been very few missions which got outside
of France. Taward the last half of November the Group was dealt what to them
considered a below-the-belt punch when higher head9uarters took away the Mustangs and substituted Thunderbolts in their place. This, coupled wiih the fact that
October and November had seen two floodings of .the Marne which inundated
,he field brought the mora:e of the eniire unit to its lowest point. The base at
Orconte was right on the banks of the famous Marne River and , when the long fall
rains set in, the river got out of hand and twice overflowed its banks, each flood
causing a relocation of the Group living and operational areas. The second flood
made the strip itself unserviceable and, pending a move to a new base further
east, our planes had to operaie from the large field at St. Dizier.
By the first of December the new field at Rosiere-en-Haye, about six miles
north of Toul on the Tcul-Metz highway, was ready to receive our planes and the
Group once more packed up and moved eastward. Here they settled down for
the winter and made themselves very comfortable indeed, becoming, in fact, a
part of the village life. The new base was a great improvement over the one
just left behind and, though existence never quite approached the peak of enjoyment reached in Brittany, the winter was passed 9uite comfortably. The Ardennes
break-through attempt by Von Rundstedt' s forces furnished a gcod deal of excitement both for those who stayed at the base and for the pilots who shared in the
negaiion of the threat by their work over Bastogne and other vital points in the
Battle of the Bulge. It put a crimp in the gala plans for Christmas Day but it
caused no material damage or discomfort to the Group other than operat-ional
losses and even the great New Year Day attempt by the Luftwaffe didn't include
a visit to our base. Besides participating in the Battle of the Bulge our pilots and
planes worked in support of the crossings of the Rhine, both by the American
and British armies, and flew deep into Germany to keep the weakening Luftwaffe
from making use of whatever power it still had left. In February a couple of days
were knocked out of the schedule i'o ce;ebrate the return of the Mustangs and
once more the Pioneer Mustang Group could fly without its fingers crossed.
The war was going well now and the final push seemed to be underway indicating that the end might come almost any day, so much so, in fact, that· the
members cf the Group wondered if we would see the end of the war while we
were still stationed in France. The answer came at .the beginning of April when
the unit was ordered to move into Germany. On ihe 8th of that month Headquarters was closed at Rosiere and opened at- the former Luftwaffe base at Ober
Ulm, five miles west of Mainz, Germany. The Jerries had carried out rather extensive demolitions before leaving this field but there was enough left there for our
organization to set up quii·e comfortable and efficiently and the short stay at this
stai'ion was not without its pleasures.
The happiest event to take place at this ,our first German base, was .t he return of our original Commanding Officer, Colonel Martin. Word had been received from higher headquarters that he had made his escape successfully and
would probably be able to return for a few days visit to the Group. His escape
march had been an eleven-day ordeal which had aggravated the leg he had injured
when he went down over enemy territory but, except for a limp, he was jusi· about
the same as we all remembered him. He stayed with us for several days, visited
with all the old-timers, gave a fine speech to all the members of the Group and
then left by plane on the first leg of the trip which would bring him back to his
family in the good old U. S. A.
As was sug9ested above, our stay at this base was short, several days less
At Boxted C-,l·onel Martin is shown "briefing" the pilots with the assistance of Ma jor
Burris.
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Sunset landing after a long day over Germa ny
�than a full month, but was quite pleasant. This was ·cur first stop in hostile territory and, though any forebodings proved unfounded, there was the added zest of
being bonafide conquerors at last to add in the excitment of everyday life. The
base itself was better equipped than any we had been at since leaving Boxted and
we had unlimited DP's to do +·he usual menial work around the station. The enemy
didn't threaten us any and operations were routine paiTols and fighter sweeps
which streched further and further eastward as the enemy withdrew for~her into
its homeland. Opposition was sporadic in the air and our pilots had to find most
of their targeb on the ground. The Russians were closing in from the east and
as Gene~al Patton's forces turned their main effort southward our planes too began flying more and more into Czechoslovakia and Austria. The final rout was rapidly developing and the end was expected almost every day, especially after the
American and Russian forces joined at the Elbe River. The death of our Commander-in-Chief, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was the only sad news item in a glorious
month of victory.
· Towards the end of April another quick move was complet·e d and the first
day of May saw our planes operating from another former Luftwaffe base just
east of Ansbach, about one hundred and fifty miles southeast of Mainz. This base
had really been a large insta:lation and there was scarcely any war damge in evidence. Everyone was billeted in roomy, comfortable barracks and served in cheerful, well-equipped mess halls, theaters and recreaiion buildings. The hangars were
large and efficient and the strip itself in good condition. Once again there was
plenty of outside help availbale to take care of most of the fatigue duties and
to offer the men a somewhat expanded social life. The war was almost over and
this was a happy period when many of our pilots who had been in German POW
camps were freed and found their way back to the Group where sentimental reunions of old buddies were an almost hourly occurance. Another indication of the
proximity of the Great Day were 1:,e incidents in which Luftwaffe pilots flew their
planes in to our base to surrender to the American forces. So certain was everyone that V-E Day was only a matier of the moment that the actual announcement
cf the cessation of hostilities, on the 7i··h of May, came as definite anti-climax.
However, the celebrations that night were none ihe less spontaneous and thorough.
A day to which every one had looked forward for so long simply could not be overlooked no matter how anti-climatic it might- be. The war was over and we were practically a peacet·ime army again.
Here, then, is what the Group had done since its first combat mission on the
first of December , 1943, until the end of hostilities in May 1945. Its planes had
flown 1,384 missions and 18,334 sorties in May 1945. Its planes had flown 1,384
missions and 18,334 sorties- 1,289 missions and 13,911 sorties having been flown
since D-Day June 6, 1944. From the first of December, 1943 until D-Day 95 missions and 4,423 sorties had been flown. The combat operations of the Group encompassed 17 months and 8 days and, with the exception of the period from ihe
26th of Nvember 1944 thru the 16th of February 1945 when our pilots flew P-47
Thunderbolts, the great Mustangs, or P-51 's, had been t·he tool with which the Group
carved its enviab:e record. During this period of combat· ops a total of 187 pilots
were killed, lost or otherwise missing in action. Nine of these men were killed in
non-combat flights, 42 were officially reported killed in action, 5 were still officially
listed as prisoners of war at the war 's end, 81 were known to have returned to duty
or to be safely back in the United States and 50, still unaccounted for, were officially listed as MIA. For claims of 957, 53, 428 against- enemy aircraft alone,
this was not a bad percentage.
The 354th Fighter Group, of all the fighter groups in the entire ETO had ihe
"Ike" and the Gen·erals look ov,er
their airpower shortly before the
invasion. Gen. Spaatz .and Gen.
Brereton walk with him.
Ge.neral "Hap" Arnold arrives in
~ormandy. Gen. Quesada 9reets
h,m upon la·nding at A-2.
���PLUS AN OAK LEAF CLUSTER
Must.ang attacks two formations of ME-I IO rocket ships
Generals Spaatz, Patton, Doolittle, Vande·nburg and Weyland
"The 354th Fighter Group. For extraordinary heroism in action against the
enemy on 25 August 1944. On this date the 354the Fighter Group achieved an
outstanding record in the destruction of large numbers of enemy aircraft-. During
the course of 6 separate fighter _sweeps a total of 83 aircraft were dispatched
against the enemy. Over Retha!, France, 14 P-51 aircraft from one of the
squadrons engaged 25 hostile fighters heading over the front lines. In a gallant
display of aggressiveness and aerial skill the pilots of this group took a toll of
IO enemy aircraft destroyed and 4 damaged, and forced t·he remainder to flee.
Meanwhile another squadron of the group attacked the airfield at Beauvais,
France, and, notwithstanding heavy opposition from ground fire, two hangars and
IO enemy aircraft dispersed on the field were completely destroyed. The third
squadron, consisting of 15 aircraft, encountered a formation of 30 hostile fighters.
In a battle which raged from deck level to 800 feet altitude the Mustang
piluts accounted for the destruction of 12 ME-109's, and I FW-190, and
the damaging of 2 FW-l 90's. In all, the pilots of the 354th Fighter
Group destroyed 51 and damaged 9 enemy aircraft on this date.
Although outnumbered in every instance of aerial combat the
pilots of the 354th Fighter Group attacked the enemy
with such ferocity and zeal that his aircraft were
shot down in great numbers or forced to withdraw. The intense zeal and fighting spirit
displayed by t·he pilots in aerial combat,
combined with the perseverance and
technical skill of the ground personnel, mark the 354th _i;ighter Group
as an organization of excepf'ional
esprit de corps, and reflect
the highest traditions of the
Army Air Forces."
�highest total of claims against enemy aircraft destroyed in the air with a total of
70 I E/ A destroyed in aerial combat, the closest rival being the 8th AF's 56th
Ftr. Gp. with 677 E/ A so destroyed. In the totals for claims of E/ A destroyed on
the ground and in the air, i'he 354th ranked third on the list, the 56th Ftr. Gp. with
I ,00Slh being first and the 4th Ftr. Gp. (also an 8th AF unit), with 1,002, being
second. But, in all fairness to the Pioneers, it must be pointed out t·haf the 56th
Ftr. Gp. had begun its operations in the ETO in April 1943 and the 4th Gp. even
earlier in March 1943 while the 355th Gp. also predated our introduction +o combat (in December 1943) by getting into the fight in September 1943[ So, as the
youngest of all these famous Groups, the 354th is especially proud if its outstanding record of achievement.
Besides its air record we are proud to list the following claims by our pilots
against ground targets. We cannot· claim the list as being complete for statistics
were not compiled from the very beginning of our operations; but what we do
have at hand show that the Group accomplished the following destructions at
least: 1,543 M/T destroyed and 691 damaged, 96 A/V destroyed and 54 damaged,
532 locomotives destroyed and 52 damaged, 1,465 railroad cars destroyed and
3,817 damaged, 26 bridges destroyed and 29 damaged, 75 gun emplacements
silenced and 37 damaged, 11 storage or ammo dumps destroyed and 4 damaged,
13 hangars destroyed and 24 damaged, 623 buildings destroyed and 21 I damaged,
230 railroad cuts made plus 15 probably made and 69 road cuts made and 7 probably made. In addition, they attacked and damaged or destroyed at least 19 marshalling yards and 9 airdromes. They were also claims of 34 horse-drawn vehicles
destroyed and 24 damaged and at least 287 enemy personnel known to be killed
or wounded.
March 1945 had been the biggest month for operations with 242 missions
and 2,567 sorties being flown and the 23rd of March 1945 was the greatest day
tor Group activities with 23 missions and 180 sorties being flown on that day alone.
August 25, 1944 was the biggest day for claims against enemy aircraft and our
pilots brought in claims of 51-1-8 on that day. The 353rd Squadron had the most
claims for one mission when, on the 12th of Sept. 1944, its pilots claimed 31-0-1.
Since the end of the war the Group has been assigned to the Occupational Air
Force and moved to another more permanent base at Herzogenaurach, Bavaria,
aboui' ten miles northwest of Nurnberg to sweat out the eventual return to civilian
life. The Group has been a great team whenever it has been needed and the
pride every member of the Group feels in his organization and in himself is based
on fact and on the record of the Group. It had the best planes and the best· equipment, surely but, what· is more important, it had the best pilots and the best mechanics and the best ground organization to back them up. It could be proud of its
newest private as well as its oldest officer and it could be proud of the I00th Fighter Wing, XIXi-h TAC and of every less intimate higher echelon cf command under
which it had served. One might conceivably sit around our day rooms and offices
for days at a stretch without hearing anything but bitching and griping, but that
is the surest sign of a healthy organization and it has never proven advisable to
question the loyalty of any man of the 354th Fighter Group. Whatever the Group
does in the fui·ure and no matter how many of our old-timers may go on to rosier
assignments or return to civilian life, the spirit of the men who made up and make
up the fighting "PIONEER MUSTANG GROUP" will carry on according to the
tradition which found root way back at Hamilton Field, Calif., in Mid-November
of 1942 and blossomed into full-fledged maturity from the Ist of December 1943
to the 7th of May 1945. Thct much has been tested and proven.
DEPUTY COMMANDERS
Lt. Col. Wallace Mace
Lt. Col. Charles Teschner
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T/Sgt. Jesse N. McAllister. Center Row: Cpl.
James C. MacNair, Cpl. Salvatore Lapone,
Pfc. Joseph F. Fra·nks. Front Row: M/Sgt.
Eugene W. Holma,n, Sgt. Jacob Galena, Cpl.
John A. Noyd
�MESSAGE CENTER
Message Center-L. to R.-!Cpl. John D.
Schwarh, Sgt. R,obert F. Buckmann, S/Sgt.
Gilbert W. Martinez, Sgt. Lawrence H. Duke,
Cpl. Alva B. Winchell, Cpl. Francis W. Zerkel, Cpl. Charles Pierce
�Col,onel Kenneth R. Martin
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Ass'+ S-2-Historia,n
These fellows C•ouldn't wait ...
Form9r RAF and Royal Canad1 n Air Force flyers with the group
Den Frye, Jerry Leach, B. G. enore, B. F. Durham, J. W. Edwards, T. L. Donohoo, J. D.
Dalglish, R. T. Stolzle, R. W. rocker, Donald Nee, R. L. Priser
�GROUP S-2 ARMAMENT
Group S-2-L. to R.-Cpl. Buster B. Philli ps,
T/ Sgt. Fred D. Greenlee, Cpl. Eugene G.
Lommasi, Cpl. Aaron S. Becker, Sgt. G eorge
W. McMurray
S-2 checks reports. Capt. Burkhardt, M.aj,or Burris ,and Lt. Jackson
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Foxhole Deluxe 1 Jacks-o.n 1 Murray,
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Lt. Cols. Dick Turner: Jack Bradley and Major Burris watch a Mission take off.
�GROUND LIAISON STAFF
MISSION CRITIQUE
Lt. Col. Carl P. Geisort
First "Ops" Officer plots a mission
Brooks .and Burris "take-off"
�GROUP "OPS."
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Madsen, 9th A. F. Cameraman
GROUP "OPS."
Capts. Carver, Baird, Maj. Brooks
and Lt. Posey Plot a Mission
Lt. Col. Bradley, Col. Bickell, Maj.
Ed Whitman, Operations Office
Group Ops. and S-2 Area, Kent,
England
Sgt. Filer checks them off while Ass'+. Sec.
War McCloy and Gen. look on
Sgt. Charles D Burns, S/Sgt. Joseph L.
Hrachorec, S/Sgt. Warren F. Filer, M/Sgt.
David J. Money
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Lt. W,,·tson
L. +.o R.--T /Sgt. William H. Earhart, Maj.
James M. Hughes, Lt. Arthur H. Norlin, T/Sgt. Bernard F. McCormick
�GROUP S-4
Master Sgt. Sawyer~ Supply
PIONEERS
"D-DAY"
ALL
AMERICANS
C~ockwise: S+.arting at 6 o'clock, Brueland, Frantz, Hunt, Turner, Stephens, Eagleston,
Bradley, Beerbower, Emmer, Good.night and O'Connor.
Capt. Bill Brennan and Arm.ame,n t Staff
TransportaHon-L. to R.-Sgt. Glenn L.
Smith, Cpl. Frederick J. Briant, S/Sgt. Samuel J. Cantley, S/Sgt. James Verdi, Pfc.
Varon D. Beane
Group Armament-S/Sgt. Joseph E. Dintici,
Capt. Wilfred J. Brennan, T/Sgt. Robert L.
Hand
�GROUP COMMUNICATIONS
Maj. Tom Davis
Left t•o right-Front Row: Pfc. James M. 'Dillon, Pvt. Hiram L. Barber. Back Row: Cpl.
Edward A. Oliver, Pvt. Eugene J. Outten
Roy C. Patt.on,
�PUBLIC RELATIONS
Dawn Pre-Flight
Like a Prima Donna She Is Phof.ogra phed From all Angles
Sunday at A-31 Gael
Capt. Arthur F. Brown
World Fahmed Correspondents
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S/Sgt. Edward E. Zack, Capt.
Brown, Sgt. Gillela,!'ld
M/Sgt. William Jones
Bob Hope reads
the Pioneer Press
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Interviews
Jerry
Sgt. Bill Neilson
"Takes Things Easy"
�SPECIAL ·sERVICE
Capt. John Boydsun
and Staff
At Nurnburg Stadium
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Konopka, Engineering Officer, Air Conditioned Hangar, W /0 Bill Tilton gets his
commission
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Chaplain Paul "Chappie" Miller
Chaplain Miller and Corporal Walter Webb
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Major Don Beerbower, Capt. Bob Meserve, Capt. Jim Edwards, Lt. Col. Bob
Stephens and Lt. Col. Jack Bradley when awarded the DFC.
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Talking it over at Mainz Barracks
�MEDICS
Major Gwen Start, Group Surgeon
GEN. "IKE'S" 4TH OF JULY FLIGHT
Major Fullenlove, former group
surgeon treats Maj. Bravos.
�Sgt. Richard L. Mile++, S/Sgt. Fred P.
Scharold, Sgt. James T. Fouche, Sgt. Demrie
H. Tripp, Sgt. Galen E. Brums
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Capt. Richard Sloan, 355th
Capt. Leonard Snydma.!l in 353rd section
Capt. Charles Shirley, DMD
Medics-Front Row, L. to R.-Cpl. Earl R.
Jones, Cpl. Edwarr P. Alexander, T/Sgt.
Hugh A. Gibson, Jr., Back Row: Cpl. Russell
MacIntyre, Pfc. Leslie L. McCarty
Lt. Walter Boruch
�FLYING CONTROL
A-2
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Capt. Elliot
A-98
Rosiere En Haye
Headcorn,
Kent, Eng.
�Ass't. Sec. War McCloy and party at
Flying Control
Capt. Elliot and Sgt. Jones
Foxhole Darkroom
CapL Burkhard Investigates
When the Doodle Bug hit.
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LIFE IN THE ROUGH
Back, left to Right: Sgt. George
Strunk, Sgt. Lyle Layman, Cpl.
Harold Mohn, Sgt. Carl Hallowell, Cpl. Randall Ward; Front row,
left to right: Sgt. James Mupo,
T/Sgt. Sylvester Kubalak, S/Sgt.
Harvey Van Erem, S/Sgt. Kenneth Fish.
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Left to right: Sgt. Sta·nley Keller,
M/Sgt. William A. Noonan, Sgt.
Eusebe Dallaire, Sgt. Lewis W.
Kimball, Sgt. Sylvester, P. K,obylenski.
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4th Group started operations March 1943
355th Group started operations Sept. 1943
354th Group st&rted operations Dec. I, 1943
�Leach, Durham, Tenore, Edwards, Stolzle, Dalglish, Cocker
Kong, Emmer, Beerbower, Bradley, Frantz, Cannon
���Heading Home
Frye, Priser, Nee and Donohoo
Bill Crocker
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The Flying Serg,eants Get Commissions
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�Gen. George "Blood a,!ld Guts" Patton Pays
A Pre-"D" Day Visit
Visit to Bastogne and the 4th Armored Unit
-Maj. Brueland, Capt. McIntire and Lt.
Overfield Get an Idea o-f Tactical Air power
�Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, Arnold and British and U. S. Admirals look things over.
Air Marshall Leigh Mallory
ai' Briefing Room
"Ike" congratulates Col. Howard
"Our One Man Air Force"
�King Peter of Jugoslavi,a pays
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�"Strikes" that made
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�SUNDAY
TEA DANCE
�Air Marshall Lord Trenchard
"Daddy" of the RAF
�NURNBURG SPORTSPLATZ
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Headquarter at Headcorn
Crossing to France
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�FIGHTER SQUADRON
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�THE RED ASS SQUADRON
On November 15, 1942, at Hamilton Field, California, the 356th Fighter
Squadron was created as a unit of the 354th Fighter Group. Captain Charles C .
Johnson, a veteran fighter pilot, who had but receni ly recovered from wounds
received in action at Port Moresby, was appointed Commanding Officer of ihe
unit while its birth was still in the paper stage. The formative weeks at Hamilton
Field were spent in a painfully slow, red-taped process of culling membership from
schools and organized fighter units from all over the country, and when, on the
20th of January, 1943, the entire Group was sent t-o a bombing and gunnery
range at Tonopah, Nevada , the 356th Squadron had barely attained fifty percent
of its required complement. As the remaining strength continued to dribble in,
a training program for pilots and enlisted men was put into effect under the capable supervision of Captain Johnson. For most of the men it was a period of
transition from theory to practice, and an introduction to the bonds of friendship
and acquaintanceship that were to be realized for several years to come. On
February 6th, the Squadron felt its first tragedy, in the loss of its Commanding
Officer, when Captain Johnson was killed while test-piloting a new P-39 iype
aircraft.
In the few weeks of his command he had won from the squadron a
respect and an admiration that were not to be diminished by time and that were
to be given t-o few men after him. His successor, Captain Richard D. Neece, assumed command shortly afterwards and continued tbe program of tra ining and
building the squadron.
The early, cold months of 1943 were spent on that desert training range,
and in the first week of March the squadron, now at full strength , was shipped to
Santa Rosa, California fo undertake a new phase of training. Lectures, demonstrations, hikes and bivouacs were doled to the men in large quantities, and their minds
and bodies were tempered to the conditions anticipated in actual warfare. It was
____..-a t this time and place, May 24th , at Santa Rosa, that Commanding Officers were
once again changed, and Captain Neece was replaced by Captain James H.
Howard.
James Howard 's fame had already preceded him from his days as a pi lot in
the U. S. Navy and, later, as a Squadron Leader of the American Vo lunteer Group
in Burma under General Chennault. The qualities, both persona l and military ,
which had accorded him this recognitiqn in his previous fields , resulted, from the
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�first days of his new command, in a steadying and consolidating influence upon
the men, who were still in moldable states of military life.
On June 3rd the squadron was moved again, and this time to Salem , Oregon,
where it was put through the entire combination of training phases it had experienced at the last two fields. But this time the outfit was separated from its parent
unit, and the policy of isolation was found to be favorable in several respects.
It forced the organization to become self-sufficient and independent of the need
of constant and close supervision, and it bred within the squadron the sense of individuality which was to become a marked factor in its eventual success as a fighter
unit. Three months at this field keyed the men to a raw-nerved pitch of eagerness and expectation, and in that ill-contained spirit they were moved to Camp
Kilmer, an East Coast Embarkation point, where they were examined, stenciled
and stamped for shipment overseas. The two weeks aboard H.M.S. Athlone Castle
will remain forever in the minds of the men as a symbol of the rigors of war, and
it was a beaten ,an exhausted squadron that set foot on a Liverpool dock in early
November 1943.
At Colchester, England, the 354th Group was the . first in the ETO to be presented with the P-51 Mustang which was to be its vehicle to fame, and from which
it derived its formal title of the Pioneer Mustang Group. From that place, also,
adual long-range combat missions to Germany were begun, and the Red Ass
Squadron, so christened in honor of what might be termed an industrial affliction
suffered by the pilots on the long-range missions, immediately began laying the
foundation for the enviable record it was to enjoy throughout the war. On January I Ith, James Howard, then a Major, 1 provoked further acclaim from an already
respectful world by engaging in a one-man attack on a group of thirty enemy aircraft that were jeopardizing +-he safety of a box of bombers under his protection.
The attack would have been phenomenally successful if he had succeeded only in
driving . the enemy aircraft from the vicinity, but he ensured for himself a place
in the legends of warfare by accounting for six of the planes before his ammunition
was exhausted and he was forced to retire from the attack. It was not long after
that spectacular achievement that the 356th was deprived of the honor and prestige of his direct command, for, on February 12th, Lt. Colonel Martin, the Commanding Officer of the Group, collided with an enemy aircraft and went down
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356th, was appointed Commanding Officer of the Squadron and very soon proved
himself a fitting substitute for the man whose place he had taken. Like his predesessor, Captain Turner's claim to the right to command a fighter unit was evinced
by his record of missions flown and enemy aircraft destroyed, for they stood as a
tribute and testimonial to his qualities of ability and leadership in combat. And,
also like Major Howard, his rule of the squadron was gentle but firm, and, most
valuable of all, just.
After about four mont·hs at Colchester, the group, which had remained intact
since leaving Salem, Oregon, moved about sixty miles southeast of London, near
a small town named Headcorn. All throughout the States, the accommondations
of each field had included wooden barracks, concrete runways, hangars and office
buildings. Colchester, likewise, had provided those conveniences, except in the
one instance of Nissen Huts being substituted for wooden barracks. So it was that
the field at Headcorn necessitated the initiation cf the group to foxholes, pyramidal
tents, grass runways and hardspot workshops. But the bivouac excursions undertaken
in the States had prepared the men, to some degree, to .those conditions, and,
within a week of the squadron's arrival, things were being run with their normal efficiency. At about that time, too, it was finally decided which Air Force the Group
was to serve under. For some time the reins had been changing hands between
the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces, and now it was announced that the Ninth was
going to keep them. So it was as a uni·t of the Nineteenth Tactical Air Command,
under the Ninth Air Force, that the Pioneer Mustang Group joyously greeted the
news of the invasion of France on June 6th 1944.
On June 14th, the first echelon of men left Headcorn, via a miscellany of vehicles, and proceeded to Portsmouth, the South England Marshalling Area, where
they were made ready to cross the English Channel. The crossing, made in LST's,
was rough enough to justify, in the minds of the men, the notorious reputation of
that body of water and the enormity of the Allied Naval forces engaged in the
work of invasion, was enough to awe the most; phlegmatic person. Landing was
made on Omaha Beach after a period of awaiting the caprices of tide and weather,
and immediately a short trek was made to A-2, field boast·ing a steel-mat runway, and
�situated about three miles inland near the town of Criqueville-en-Bassin. The
squadron move from England to France was made in three echelons, with the first
two going over by LST, and the last one by C-47; and it was not till July 3rd that
the entire squadron was once more assembled.
From the time this foot-hold was gained in enemy territory, the long-range
missions to Germany bec·ame interspersed with fighter patrol missions over more
immediate vicinities. That factor, combined with the advantage of long, early
summer days, considerably augmented the destrudive power of the P-51 on the
enemy, and the Red Ass Squadron justifiably daimed a reasonable share of the
credit for driving the Germans through France and towards the German border.
From Normandy to Brittany, to Marne, the Group followed the push through
France, and, with the advent of the year 1945, the success of the invasion had
long been assured and the final stage of the war in Europe was in sight.
It was while the Squadron was in the Province of Marne that the Germans
effected a surprise counter-attack in the area between Duren and Trier. It was
a short-lived hope for the Germans, for it is a matter of history that within six
weeks the push had not only been repulsed, and the bulge deflated, but that sector
of the enemy front had been driven back even beyond thir original position. And
again the Red Ass Squadron stood modestly in line for at least a crumb of the acclaim. From the first days of the counter-attack, the pilots had been relieved of
t·heir normal miss-ion routine and assigned in a protective and assisting capacity
to the 20th Corps Area of the Third Army in the vicinity of Trier. The record
chalked up by the squadron previous to that new assignment, although impressive
enough to justify commendation from the highest military office, became as a
mere bagatelle to the list of destruction which continued to come daily from the
Trier Area. When the onslaught was over, and the German line once more under
control, the reversion to normal combat flying was like a vacation to the pilots
and the rest of the squadron who had been straining at their maximum capacity
for weeks without relief.
It was not long after that period that the Third Army initiated the last phase
of the war by establishing a footing on the west bank of the Rhine River. The
Third Army was soon followed by other Allied Armies, and they, in turn, were
soon followed by the Pioneer Mustang Group. The Group could very well have
Lt. Norman Davis gets directions
Lt. Col. Richard E. Tumer, who succeeded How.3rd as C. 0. of the 356th. Tumer
had over 20 victories to his credit.
Lt. Walley Crum takes a bride
�356TH
COMMANDING
OFFICERS
Above: Major Frank O'Connor
Left: Major Arthur E. Sortore
Right: Major Earl G. Depner
"The Irish Ace" with over 16
�been in Germany several weeks before it actually was, but the delay in going thnre
was caused by the fact that, as fast as a field was selected for occupation by the
Group, it would become outdistanced by the front lines, and a new and closer
one would have to be picked. One was finally decided upon just outside Mainz,
and the squadron realized a two-year dream of occupying German territory. Living
and working conditions were slightly improved at that field, but the men had little
time to appreciate the difference, for, within three weeks they were moved again.
This time to Ansbach where accommodations as closely approximated those of a
country club as any Air Corps unit could hope to encounter. Three-story stone
buildings, rambling for acres and divided into large wings, provided commodious
'apartments' for the men; and, hangars, which expressed the final word in modernity, housed all the offices and workshops for the squadron. But the wallowing in
comfort was a minor pleasure to the joy which was daily experienced from the
sources of war news.
The end of the war was now computable in terms of days, or even hours; and,
when, on the 7th of May, announcement was made that hostilities had ceased, the
men went into a seige of celebration that w9uld have done credit to the expiration
of a ten years' war. But any doubt as to whether the squadron was entitled to such
a celebration could be assuaged by a glance at the record of accomplishment which
had been compiled during the two years and seven months of the squadron's organization. In that time, 560 combat missions had been flown for a total of 18,861
hours and 20 minutes, and 298 enemy aircraft had been destroyed, exclusive of a
staggering number of damaged and probably damaged. As against those figures
of achievement, the Squadron's losses amounted to 22 pilots, including those killed
in action, missing in action, and those killed in accidents other than in combat.
All in all, it was a glorious record by an exceptional squadron, and whatever its
fate was to be after the cessation of war in the European Theater, it would be to
its irrevocable credit that it had caused the Germans to regret the birth of the Red
Ass Squadron.
Grace Mo·ore with Lt. Tillery
Capt. Bob Good.night destroys a plane and
knocks out a gun battery
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Cpl. Robert W. Rhebie, Cpl. Ezequiel Marchelar, Sgt. Robert Briedelman, Sgt. Jim·
Horton
S/Sgt. Thomas E. Banning, Capt. Edwin C.
Lee, Ist Sgt. John C. Cottingham, Sgt. Edward T. English, Cpl. James E. Fletcher, S/Sgt. Horace G. Moulder, Sgt. Jack E. Wimer
Kitchen-S/Sgt. Clinton J. McKe,ngie, Sgt.
William L. Phillips, Sgt. Joseph Bratke, Sgt.
Jim C. Fitzgerald, Sgt. Alvin Walters, Sgt.
John Mc'Coffey, Pfc. William H. Murray,
Pfc. Warren H. Jones, Pfc. Juan Heranandze, Pfc. Frank Massey, Cpl. Elmer Fletchner, Cpl. Roy A. Winkleman, Pfc. Harold
Frisco, Pfc. John McGill, Cpl. Porforelo
Vega
�356TH INTELLIGENCE
Capt. Albert D. Fowler
Capt. Gabriel Bernstein
Li. Robert Crane
�356TH TECH AND
SQUADRON SUPPLY
Tech & Squadron Supply-L to R: S/Sgt.
Lester A. Condy, S/Sgt. Gerald F. Brophy,
Cpl. Charles R. Law, Pfc. Clarence Wates,
Cpl. Harry A. Kluzcznik, Sgt. Richard A.
Shelly, Sgt. Kenneth M. Scoggins.
Lt. William Tilton
MEDICS
Artist's co,ncepti,on of an air battle
Fighter bombers strike
Lt. Thomas B. Westbrook, Jr.,
Ned Davis
~edics-L-R: Pfc. Hany A. Teder, Capt.
Richard N. O'Dell, S/Sgt. Charles R. Wanager, Seated: Cpl. Robert Seltman
�356TH COMMUNICATIONS
C-Flight 'Comm.-Stooping, L to R; S/Sgt. Lowell
S. Woodsen, Sgt. Robert N. Valdez, Standing:
Sgt. Gene Salvatore, Cpl. Jack Taylor, M/Sgt. H.
· H. Weber.
Capt. Rex Shaw
D Flight Comm. Stooping; S/Sgt. Robert E.
Priddy, S/Sgt. Ch.arles L. Mall•ory; Standing:
Cpl. James R. Baughn, Sgt. Bev.an G. Lewis,
Sgt. Austi,n O'Donnell.
�A-FHght-Comm-l to R: Stooping: S/Sgt.
J. P. O'Neill, T/Sgt. Ray E. Topp, Sgt. Pete
Ur,one, Standing: . Pfc. Leonard . Zanio, Sgt.
James E. Thompson, Cpl. Earl Clauer
B Flight-Comm-l to R; Sgt. W. M. Bugg,
S/Sgt. Thomas A. Childress, Sgt. Joe A.
. Finelli, Sgt. Stig B. Olse·n
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356TH ORDNANCE
AND TRANSPORTATION
Transportati-on-L to R; Cpl. Thomas B.
Moore, Cpl. Edgar C. Watts, Pfc. Walter
R. Johnson
Capt. James 'Castonguay
Lt. Marti,n F. Raubfogel
Armament-Sta,nding: Sgt. Thomas Zink, Cpl.
Peter Wilson, Pfc. Joseph Ferrari, Pfc. Chester C.
Golhowski, Sgt. Earl M. Schaubel, S/Sgt. Robert
W. Walker. Sitting: Cpl. Bernard Ciamtiner, Sgt.
Thomas H. Walters, Cpl. John F. McMulle·n, Cpl.
Douglas J. T,aylor.
Transportation-L to R: Sgt. Frank G. Hades+, Cpl. Edgar C. Watts, Lt. Col. Richard
E. Turner, Capt. James B. Castonguay, Cpl.
Thomas 8. Moore, $/Sgt. James 0. Beauchamp, Sgt. Milford E. 'Coffin, Pfc. Doran
W. Pearson, Cpl. John J. Doris, Pfc. Alvin
V. Edwards, Pfc. Walter R. Johnson, Cpl.
Fr.ank V. Villareal
Armament-Standing: Cpl. Jenewon P.
Studdlefield, S/Sgt. Joseph D. Sharpe, Pfc.
Arthur C. Frederick, Sgt. Robert E. Smith,
S/Sgt. D,onald L. Whiteman. Seco,nd Row;
Cpl. Victor J. Roman, Pfc. James F. Hammill, Cpl. James R. Miller. Sitting; Cpl. Elmer E. Woods, Cpl. Patrick J. Conolav, Cpl.
Charles W. Reynolds.
�Capt. Verlin E. Chambers
Frank, Dick and English "bitters"
Sgt• Stokes shackles a bomb while Gen. Patton looks on
Armament-Standing: Sgt. William S. Cody, Cpl.
Richard E. Musgrove, Pfc. Phil Burinescu, Cpl. Eli
Mabailoric, Sgt. Thomas J. Tracy. Second Row:
Cpl. Carl D. Mc'Clophey, Sgt. Kenneth F. Smith,
S/Sgt. Hermidas J. Carborneau, Cpl. Douglas C.
Johnso.n. Sitting: Cpl. John V. Wolqe, Sgt. Kester 'C. Johnson, Pfc. Kenneth E. Fortner, Cpl. Arthur J. O'Neill
Armament-Back Row: Sgt. Howard W.
Lawrence, Cpl. George S. Carter, Pfc. Arvel
H. Legg, Cpl. Harry A. Staples, S/Sgt. Willie T. Sikes. Front Row: Sgt. John F. Van
Aken, Cpl. Stuart C. Warrell, Cpl. William
J. Godfrey, Cpl. Carl W. Ward.
�356TH ENGINEERING
Engineering-S/Sgt. Richard D. Le·onard,
S/Sgt. George Ward, Cpl. Wilbur Mathe,ny,
Sgt. Robert C. Owen, T/Sgt. James A. McCauley, S/Sgt. Harres D. Holmgren, Cpl.
Louis L. Kimmo·ns, Pfc. Gerald Gray, S/Sgt.
John C. Wood, S/Sgt. Morris P. Trice, S/Sgt. Melvin C. Hotvet, S/Sgt. Joseph Pehola, S/Sgt. Curtis J. Thompson, Sgt. Huntz
Le Blanc, S/Sgt. Robert E. Donnellan
Engineering-S/Sgt. William Thacker, S/Sgt.
George Bar.nes, Sgt. Marvin Thurmond, Sgt.
Howard Branch, T/Sgt. Fr.ederick Edwards,
Cpl. John Miller, S/Sgt. William F. Miller,
S/Sgt. C linton H. Thompson, S/Sgt. Benjamin Luttrell, S/Sgt. Jules J. Landry, Sgt.
Grover Rocklin, S/Sgt. Ralph Lowe, S/Sgt.
Louis Na gell, S/Sgt. Fred E. Tucker, S/Sgt.
George H. Rooney, Sgt. James Horton
Capt. Ber,nard Ginsberg
Engineering B Flight-S/Sgt. Carl Stopyes,
S/Sgt. James Staken, S/Sgt. Ver.non H. Nelson, S/Sgt. Hugh Whe-eler, T/Sgt. Edgar
Arnold, S/Sgt. William Wilson, Cpl. Nelson
McLoud, Cpl. Horace Whitman, Sgt. Clifford Thurston, S/Sgt. K. L. Wood, S/Sgt.
Volie P. Miller, Sgt. George Anto·ne, S/Sgt.
James R. Gimblitt, Sgt. Kenneth Windscheffel.
•
Engineering-S/Sgt. Er,n est R. Wirkkala, S/Sgt. Pat
Strickland, S/Sgt. John Szczep.aneak, S/Sgt. Stephen Godowitch, Sgt. Robert Rehbeen, Sgt. Max
Gaben, Pfc. Herma·n Doll, S/Sgt. Leroy Stokes,
Cpl. Robert D. Blake, Sgt. Roland Kaiser
Engineering-S/Sgt. Carl Stopyes, S/Sgt.
Hugh Wheeler, S/Sgt. James Stoken, Sgt.
Clifford Thurston, S/Sgt. Vernon H. Nels,on,
Cpl. Horace Whitman, S/Sgt. Joseph Oberhofer, T/Sgt. Edgar Arnold, S/Sgt. Kenneth
L. Wood, S/Sgt. James R. Gimlet+, S/Sgt.
William Wilson, S/Sgt. Volie P. Miller, Sgt.
Kenneth Windscheffel, Sgt. George Antone
�"Welcome Home" Tommy Miller
Lt. Robert Weldon
�Aldrich, McIntire, Sharman, Blumenthal
Lt. Don Nee former RAF pilot
Glick puts the finishing touch on U1c1C
ner's portrait. Cpl. Keilthey looks on
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Lt. Joe Litherland and Maj. Sortore
Redfern, Jackson, (standing) Weldon
Horse play
�GOING HOME!!
Rear: Jackson, Shoup, Gillis
Front: Gerber, Perkins, and Edwards
Off to the Planes
�KRAUTS FLY IN
TO SURRENDER
BEFORE V-E DAY
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�Lt. William L. Chapman
Lt. Thomas S. Bittle
Lt. Kenneth Austin
Capt. Jerry Connors
Lt. George Hall
Lt. Charles Simonson
Lt. Edward F. Bickford
Lt. Vaughn R. Boland
Lt. Arthur 0. FeUand
F/0 George L. Houck, Jr.
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�Lt. Robert M. Halferty
Lt. John A. Jungwirth
Lt. Clarence Evans
Lt. Robert L. Shoup
Major Earl Depner
Lt. Vantreese
Lt. Robert D. Welden
Maj~r Harry Fisk
Lt. W.alter S. Crum
Jack A. Gibson
�Lt. John Fergus,on
Lt. Fred J. Warner
Lt. Homer R. Mitchell
Capt. Robert "Pop" L. Young
Lt. "Bart" G. Tenore
U. Vernon G. Reece
Lt. Walter K. Pe,!'ldergrass
Lt. Leonard E. Jackson
Li'. Richard J. Boes
Lt. Max A. D,avison
�Lt. Walter B. Williams
Lt. Joseph W. Litherland, Jr.
Capt. M'ailon A. Gillis
Capt. Verlin E. Chambers
Major Frank G. O'Con,nor
Lt. Andrew Kovacik, Jr.
Lt. Willie J. Laughridge, Jr.
Lt. R. E. Green
Capt. Floyd Brandt
Lt. Lawrence R. Blumenthal
�Capt. Robert C.
Lt. Howard B. Smith
Lester
Lt. James D. Ke.nnison
Lt. Alvin L. Vick
Capt. Robert J. Klopotek
Lt. Keith R. Aldrich
Major George M. L:1mb
Capt. William J. Greene
Lt. Robert R. Biglow
Capt. Jack A. Warner
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Capt. John R~berbon
Capt. Lonnie 0. Kelly
Lt. A. B. Styrsky
U. R. W. Sterli.ng
Capt. Hoyt M.
Watrfin
Lt. Mack Tyner
�Lt. W. L. Turner
Lt. Lewis N, S'ingleter¥
Lt. Raymond Berrier
Lt. William H. Bush
Lt. Carl P. Boozer
Left to Right-Standing: Lamb, Carver, Sterling, Brennen, Marvel, Rickert, Brandt,
O'Conor, Turner. Sitting: Shaw, Cols+rup,
Flowers, Ginsburg, Montijo, Smith
Lt. James E. Carl
Lt. Kermit Coleman
Lt. Cecil E. Buchannan
Capt. Clyde D. Sharman, Jr.
�Lt. Donald V. Kuhn
Lt. Richard W. Ullrich
Raymond W. Sprenger
Lt. Frank W. Gear
Lt. Robert B. Harrison
Lt. Billie J. Irvin
Lt. Phillip J. Holmberg
Lt. Thayer
Lt. Ralph D. Holmes
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Lt. James E. Carl
Lt. Thomas B. Westbrook
Lt. Raymond A. Berries
Capt. John J. Baird
Richard W. Tillery
Lt. Russell R. Weldon
Lt. Herbert M. Holtz
Lt. Clarence H. Stewart
Lt. Michael Kornuta
�Lt. Arthur 0. Felland
Lt. William R. Perkins
Lt. Walter P. Jones
Lt. Norman E. Davis
Major Marion Fuchs
Lt. Ralph C. Butler
Capt. Earl C. Brushwood
Lt. Bates
�December 1943
No.
Da te
Type
Fighter Sweep
2
5
11
4
13
5
16
6
20
Support for
1st Div.
Support for Ist
half I st Div.
Support and
cover
Penetration Support
and Cover
Penetration Support
and Cover
General Area
Support
Area Patrol & W ithdrawal support
Target Support
7
22
8
24
9
30
10
31
Target & Withdrawa l support
No.
Dale
Type
11
4
12
5
--
Battle
Damage
Knocke Area 0-0---0
Losses
Remarks
None
Amiens Area 0-0---0
None
I st Combat Missionheavy flak
I st Escort for Heavies
Emden
0-0-0
plane
pilot
plane
pilot
None
I st appcsif ion driven off
None
No opposition
Target
Kiel
0-1-0
Bremen
1-0-1
Bremen-Wilhelmshauen
Munster
4-2-4
0-0-0
Special In0-0-0
stallations
Lvdwigshauen 1-0-1
Bordeau-St. -2-0-0
De'Angely-La
Rochelle
I st Combat scored a
possible on ME- I I0
I st Victory in battle
with I09s-J U-88s
3 planes Opposition from rocket
3 pilots
Carrying ME-11 O's
None
No opposition
2 planes Heavy opposition2 pilots battle at 25,000 ft.
None
Longest fighter
mission to date
January 1944
Capt. Richard
w.
Asbury
Norman L. Tompkins
Capt. Thomas Whelan
13
14
11
15
14
16
24
17
29
18
30
No.
Date
Target & withdrawal
Target & withdrawal
Target & withdrawel
Target & with
drawal
Area Patrol
Penetration-Target
Withdrawal support
Penetration-Target
Withdrawal support
Penetration-Target
Withdrawal support
Target
Kie l
Battle
Damage
1-1- 3
1-0-0
Lt. Nall lost
Kiel
18-0- 5
Nil
Biggest kill to date
Ludwigshaf- 0-0- 0
en
Osherle- 15-B- 16
ben & Halberstadt
Special
1-0- 0
Ins7allations
0-1- 2
Frankfurt
Nil
I. G. Farbien
Chemical Works
2nd big day Howard
got six possibles
Lt. Nevatt Logan lost
Frankfu rt
5-1- 4
Brunswick
5-2-10
Losses
Nil
Remarks
I plane
I pilot
2 planes Capt. Priser lost
2 pilots & Capt. Gi ltner
0-0-0 Gumm attacks eight
109's got 2-1-1
0-0-0 Bradley, Eagleston,
Howard, Dalglish &
Turner victors
February 1944
Fighter SweepTarget support &
19
20
21
Type
4
5
withdrawal
Penetration -Area
& withdrawal sup· port
Close support &
area support
Target
Wilhelm-
Battle
Damage
0-0- 0
shaven
Losses
Remarks
I plane
I pilot
Lt, Kline down in
channel
Frankfurt
0-0- 0
Nil
No opposition
Romilly Air
Field S. E.
1-0-
Nil
Little opposition
Nil
No action
Ist· time straffing . Lts.
Turk, Radoiits, Krebs
lost to enemy aircraft
Lt. Monger & Barris
lost. Eagleston parachuted to safety.
Col. Martin & Lt.
McDonald down.
Gumm, Bradley, Turner & Beerbower aces.
Lt. Mattie 2 planes.
Paris
22
6
Penetration-Area
Orleans-Bricy
Nancy/Bricy 0-0- 0
& withdrawal
23
8
Frankfurt
0-0- I
4 planes
4 pilots
Penetration &
withdrawal Support
Brunswick
8-1-18
3 planes
2 pilots
Penetration, Target
Frankfurt
14-0-10
2 planes
2 pilots
Liepzig
16-2- 6
Nil
Brunswick
10-2- 7
2
2
I
I
Penetration-Area
& withdrawal
24
10
25
II
& withdrawal
Capt. George L. Recagno
Lt. Mark Baldwi,n
Capt. Lester A. Butler
26
20
27
21
28
22
29
24
30
25
Bomber support to
over, and withdrowal from target
Penetration Target
Withdrawal support
Penetration Target
Support
Penetration Target
withdrawal
Penetration Target
Oschersle- 13-1- 7
ben-Holberstadt
Schweinfurt 0-0-lh
Furth
7-0- 3
Brunswick
0-0- 0
planes
pilots
pilot
plane
Nil
Nil
withdrawal
31
29
Penetration Target
Withdrawal
plane
pilot
Lt. Mattie missing
Lt. McDowell got 3
Lt. Kong missing
Brooks, O 'Connor 2
Krauts
Capt. "Ace" Stephens shared ME-410
Lt. O'Connor-Ace
Lt. Gumm's 8th
Lt. Lone missing
Lasko cracked up
�No.
Date
32
2
33
34
4
6
35
36
37
9
38
16
39
18
40
20
41
22
42
23
43
24
44
45
26
27
Type
Area Patrol Beaumont, St. Andres,
Conches & Evreut
Penetration support
Target area support
Penetration and
withdrawal
Penetration
& withdrawal
Penetration ,3rea
with support
Penetration &
general area
Penetration target
& area support
Penetration target
with support
Penetration target
with support
Penetration target
& withdrawal
T/G and Fighter
sweep with support
Fighter-Bomber
Withdrawal support
Target
Battle
Damage
Chartres Air 0-0--0
Field
Losses
Orainienburg 2-0-0
Orainienburg 0--0--0
I plane
Went to outskirts of
I pilot
Berlin White cost
2 planes Lts. Si lvia & Fox miss2 pilots ing 20 miles Ea st Berl in
I plane
Lt. Donnell missing
I pilot
Nil
Lt. O 'Connor, 2
Lt. Fr-antz, I FW-190
Nil
No opposition
Augsburg
I 2-0--3
I plane
Augsburg
6-0-2
Berlin
1-0-0
Berlin
8-0--2
Berlin
1-0-1
Frankfurt
0--0--0
Basdorf
0--0--0
Brunswick
5-0--2
Schweinfurt
0--0--0
Creil, France
Biarritz area 2-0-0
Nil
Ren,arks
Blockade air
opposition
field-no
Capt. Beerbower leading ace 8½;
T/ Sgt. & Simmons obtained
pilot
I plane Lt. Ricci missing
I pilot
Nil
Scrubbed-no opposition
3 pilots
Aney, Dietwig and
3 planes Kenyon missing
3 planes Lts. McIntosh, Dau3 pilots
bert & Scarboro missing
planes Heavy flak
2 pilots
Nil
No opposition
Nil
Lts. Goodnight, Tencre ,
Davis, Y. M. & Lamb,
G. M. sh ared in destruction of 2 flying
ships on the ground.
Date
46
Type
Penetration
support
Fighter-sweep
47
48
Penetration
support
49
9
Withdrawa l
50
10
Dive- Bomber
51
10
P/ T withdrawal
support
52
11
P/T support
W ithdrawal
53
12
54
13
P/T support
withdrawal
P/T Withdrawal
support
55
15
Fighter Sweep
56
18
Withdrawal
support
57
19
Dive-Bombing
Target
Battle
Damage
2-0- 2
Ludwigshaven
French Air 6-1- 4
Fields Chateaux Roux &
Bourges
Brunswick 21-1-16
Gdynia & I 0--0-- O
Marien burg
Hasselt,
0--0- 0
Belg.
Nam ur
5-1- 2
Cottbus & 4-4-1 2
Sarou, Germany
Liepzig,
1-0- 0
Germany
Schwienfurt 14-1- 8
Rostock Ar- 0--0- 0
ea Rugen,
Germany
Rarhenow & 0--0-- 0
Brandenborg
Berlin, Ger.
Namur
0--0-- 0
Losses
Ni l
plane
pilot
4 pl anes
4 pilots
Nil
Nil
Nil
2 planes
2 pilots
67
68
Dive bombing
strafing
Dive bombing
69
Dive bombing
70
2
Dive bombing
71
4
Penetration T/ S
withdrawal B- I 7s
Penetration
Penetration support to heavies
T/G & withdrawal
for heavies
Dive bombing
72
73
27
Dive-Bombin g
65
29
Penetration target
66
30
Pene tration
Lyon
0-0-
O
0-0-0
4-0--1
None
I pilot
I plane
None
M E-109 destroyedlight opposition
Nothing " but Flak '
Lt. David Henley MIA
W /0 support
81
20
82
20
Escort to heavies
short range
8 plane Reconphoto mission
83
21
84
22
Dive bombing
85
23
Medium range
escort to heavies
86
24
87
25
68
26
Long range escort
to heavies
Lona ranqe escort
to heavies
Short range escort
to heavies
89
27
Medium range escort to heavies
90
28
Escort-Target
withdrawal
Capt. Turner led
group first time
91
29
92
30
93
31
Penetration-Target
withdrawal
Long range escort
for heavies
Medium Range
escort for heavies
Leipzig ,
Germany
Rotenberg,
Germany
Luzeuil,
France
No comment
No comment
Lts. Cartwright, Davis,
Campbell & T/Sgt.
Johns missin g
Raging aerial battle
I981/i-28-132 total
score
200th plane shared
Capt. Bradley & Lt.
Hunt hunt ace
Lk Darwe:I & Brown
missing
2081f2-33-147
2 planes
2 pilots
Lt. Frantz became an
ace Lts. Ha ll & Planck
missing
Capt. Bradley led
group first time.
Escort to mediums
short range
Florennes,
2-0-0
Belgium
Mahon,
3-0-0
France
Saarbruck11-0-4
en, Ger.
Zeit &
9-0-1
Bohlen Liepzeg, Ger.
Politz
9-0-1
I
I
I
I
2
3
pilot
plane
pilot
plane
pilots
planes
Nil
3 pilots
3 planes
Nil
Hudson , Kalla s. Can~n MIA
No opposition
Date
Type
Ftr. Bombing sweep
95
4
Dive bomb ing
96
6
Escort to gliders &
C -47s INVASION
Good results- no
opposition
O ldest airdrome in
France
Caught Krauts with
pants down
Lts. Shoup & Pe rkins
got ME-109 and 210
I00th plane, Lt.
Dehon lost
Lts. Varney & Shoup
MIA
pilot
plane
None
Li. Posey MIA,
Frantz three I09 's
Ca pt. Edwards lea
six pilots
None
None
Caught Krauts on
ground
No opposition
None
Led by Eag :eston
None
No opposition
None
No opposition
None
No opposition
I pilot
I plane
None
No opposition
No opposition
None
No oppos;tion
None
No opposition
2 planes
2 pilots
Nil
No opposition
64
Charleroi, R. 0--0- 0
R. yards
Creil,
0--0-- 0
France
Berlin
6-1- 4
None
19
Nil
27
1-0-0
80
Escort to heavies
short range
Penetration, T/G
withdrawal support
Remarks
94
63
Bombed trains carrying chemicals
Biarritz,
2-0-3
Toulouse,
France
Berlin
A- 0-0--1
G-11-0-7
Reims,
0-0-0
France
Tirlemont
0-0-0
(airfields),
France
Abbeville
0-0-0
(airfield)
France
Tours
0--0-0
(airfields)
France
Bourg es
0-0-0
(airfields)
France
Berlin,
0-0-0
Germany
Mulhouse,
0-0-0
France
Chartres
0-0--0
(airfields)
France
Konz-Kar0-0-0
thau s, Ger.
R. R. marshalling yards
Milgde 191/i-0-5
burg
Lt. Carr MIA. Lt. Simmons bailed out
Lts. Regis, Hendrickson & Lilly MIA
No opposition
0-0- 0
None
15
2 planes
2 pilots
3 planes
3 pilots
Nil
Brunswick
0--0-0
79
18-5-31
26
Hangars, runways,
planes ground
Penetraiion & T/G
support
Intruder
Mannheim
62
None
13
No.
25
3-0-0
78
Lt. Col. Bickell led
61
None
12
Nil
Penetration
target support
Fighter sweep
Withdrawal support
Penetrai ion target
withdrawal support
Dive-Bombing
0-0-0
77
4-1- 0
24
None
11
Nil
Nil
60
Berlin
Berlin
Losses
Remarks
Battle
Damage
0--0-0
76
0--0-- 0
0-0-- 0
Dive-Bombing
Fighter sweep
Namur R.
R. Yards
Orly-Airfields on outski rts south
of Paris
Gilze-Rifen,
Belgium Airfield
Monceausur. Sambre
Charleroi,
Be lgium
Be rlin
10
Namur
Nannover
area
Munich
23
23
Target
75
Capt. Stephens led
group first time
No opposition
No opposition
58
59
Type
9
Nil
Nil
Date
74
April 1944
No.
May 1944
No.
Capt. Emmer 31f2
planes
Lts. Pipes-McDowe ll
MIA
Col. Teschner led
0-0-0
None
0-0-0
None
No opposition
0--0--0
None
No opposition
June 1944
Target
Battle
Damage
Compaigne- 0-0-0
Soissons(France) La on
Vierzon1-0-0
Mormagne
R. R. Yards,
France
Cherbourg _ 0--0-0
Peninsula,
Normandy,
France
Losses
I pi!ot
I plane
None
None
Remarks
Straffing of ro:ling
stock yards Lt. Arnold
bailed out
Capt. Stephens led
355 and 356
Col. Bickell led grouo
on two first night missions in support of the
invasion-rain.
�FIGHTER SQUADRON
"PUGNACIOUS PUP
PoJ.ANO
Major Gilbert Talbot
3
5
5
PIONEER FIRSTS
First to fly the long range P-51 B in combat December I, 1943
First long-distance escort Kiel, December 13-950 miles
Lt. Charles Gumm gets first Kraut, December 16
December 3 Ist I I00 miles to borders of Spa in
First Mustangs to strafe, Frankfurt, February 8, 1944
First fighters over Berlin March 3 went to Polish border
P-51 s first dive bombing, Creil, France , March 26th
First P-51 plane kill August 25th, Beauvais, France
First in aerial victories 70 I, first in victories for length of operations-in combat 956 in 18 months
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First to fly the long range P-51 B in combat December I, 1943
First long-distance escort Kiel, December 13-950 miles
Lt. Charles Gumm gets first Kraut, December 16
December 31st I I00 miles to borders ot" Spain
First Mustangs to strafe, Frankfurt, February 8, 1944
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lTA/..Y
First fighters over Berlin March 3 went to Polish border
P-51 s first dive bombing, Creil, France, March 26th
First P-51 plane kill August 25th, Beauvais, France
First in aerial victories 701, first in victories for length of operations-in combat 956 in 18 months
SPAIN
�FIGHTER\
"PUGNACJ
They Hit Berlin by Day
SOMm
of the American air•
n who took part in
the day raid on Berlin on
>-
Saturday discuss their expert·
ences during the attack. They
n w the P 61 Mustan fighters
which escorted the fort·
resses during thll attack.
�16 Januar-Y 1944
subject,
J,\i ssion to Qesc hersleben, 11 J anuarY 19,.4
To,
,-,,, jor clam-- s H- Hows rd, Squadron commander.
ln the full knowlede,e that words cannot be round
wl.i ch ,,;_ 11 aoeouatel y exnress our feelings, 1 wish to conve Y
on h half of our C,rou?, the heartfelt ap•reciation ,hich ,<e
feel as a result cf the
courage and neroism
vo>' diS"1aved on the recent Qeschersleben mJssion -
unbeli■vable
your un"recdented acti on in flying your P-51
alone nd unaided into a swarm of ;er•an fie,hter planes,
estis>ated bet,-•een ,0 and 1,c, in an effort to protect o> r
in the t•r•et ar•••
a feat oeservinl of the
com,"endation and praise , The fact that the odds "ere over»hel •in•lv a,,;nst vou, and that you had no hOne of receiVin• a,-ist•nc• in yonr uneoual st<u•sle, did not deter you
in vour determinatinO to ens••e the enem''. As one officer
so a-tlV nut it, "lt ,.--s a case of one 1one smerican takCng
fortr■s•••
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~n t,he entire
.
T-, < Lup;t''";:,..ffc
,n•,nificent
fish• whicl• vou put un in the
ensuinS, struggle ,,as on• which ha'• elicited the praise and
admir,,tcon of every one of the fortress fliers w\-.0 witnessed
your act ions, l'.en>bers of this ",rouo , returning from the
6,erotion ,
ladsh in tbair descrintions of t he•• you
,,hot do•-n enemY ulanes and , in oorticular, spoke in slowing
terms of the attem"ts you made to protect the Con>bat s:ing
w■r•
3.q,:=tinst enernY
att-ackS•
Coming,
as it did, when our formation was neeri01'
the tar<et, and at a time when v•e vitallY noeded protection ,
vour lo Ya ltY in enga~inf, ,: .e oµpos ; tion ea s all the more
"raise,,wrthV• ,,e realized we wece in for teouble when we
s·•W the Ge,,;..n, a 9nroachin< at a time
yours w, s
onl v smeri can fi v>.ter airers ft in our Vicini t" . the in val uabie assistance von renrlered in •'"·' in< off their attacks ,
. was for this reas6n do, blY aporeciatcd bY every man in the
v•h■n
th■
o,·oun ,ho ,ent on the mission ,
·
1 versonallY feel that your exploits tb•t daY
c iden c• l the sniri t of t• ,m wor ,, • ·hi Ch is the si' ,e oua non
of successful militar• o•>erotions , It is onlY throush the
anolication of this niinciple , thot victo ry aoainst the
In ours
closin<
, let me assure you that should ':'OU ever
~xis will be
•
cave occasion to dsit this station, your welcome ,.,ill be a
,•acm one , There is not a .,an in our sr ou' ,M hasn't suns
--our nnise since r.earinS about vour •allant act< ns,
Si.,cerel.Y,
t SiPped) Harold
'.,,J. Bov~man
colonel, \ir corps
com andin~ Officer
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355TH FIGHTER SQUADRON LOG
By Ist Lt. Donald F. Snow
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When he was given the assignment of organlZlng and training fighter-pilots
and men for combat, the nucleus of the 355th Fighter Squadron, at Hamilton
Field, California, Captain George R. Bickell was· looking toward the Land of the
Rising Sun . . . He hoped that through his leadership, his pilots would make a
name for themselves in smashing back at the Jap. This month of November, 1942
was less than a year after the Pearl Harbor disaster . . . Captain Bickell had seen
that holocaust and had flown P-40 aircraft off Navy carriers during i'he Battle of
Midway. But there was another Big League shaping up in the skies of Europe in
which he was to play a major role. "Uncle George", Commanding Officer of the
355th Squadron , was slaied to eventually be Grcup Commander of the Pioneer
Mustangs, not only in the latter days of the Air Battle over Germany, but as the
Pioneers supported the Army in the invasion of France. He would stand before
this Group on May 7, 1945 to announce to his men the Victory in Europe.
Organization at Hamilton Field was completed by the middle of January 1943.
An advanced dei·ail of officers. and men were sent to the Tonopah, Nevada, Bombing and Gunnery Range fer training in P-39 Airacobra aircraft. Second Lt. Bowers
Espy, Squadron Adjutant, established a working adminisirative system, and basic
training program for the enlisted men of the squadron. During this transition period, in the lonely, barren, desert country, new friendships sprang up; the new
Squadron insignia, the · "Pugnicious Pup, " stamped an individuality of intrinsic value
into i he growing 'esprit de corps ' of the 355th Squadron.
On the first of March, wii h gunnery training completed, the officers and men
of the 355th Squadron, new better acquainted, moved on to another station. The
new set-up at Hayward Army Airdrome, Hayward, California developed within the
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outfit a rich personality. The 355th was to continue as a very separate and distinct entity ... for awhile ... on its own. It was an unique opportunity to operate
80 miles apart from the parent Group and affiliated squadrons at Santa Rosa,
Calif. At Hayward the Squadron attained the Group 's highest training efficiency
record, proving that the almost laissez-faire policy of Group was actually an incentive t-o the men of the 355th Squadron. Americanly, freedom was appreciated
. . . obvious by the outstandingly superior work accomplished at Hayward.
By the first of June our personnel, ready for final training, moved to Portland,
Oregon Army Air Base. Many new pi:cts were joined to train for combat. By intense work, loyaliy and cooperation in every depar~ment an impressive and highly
commendable record was attained by the Pugnacious Pups as they readied themselves
for the big job ahead. Flights were being made to all points in Oregon and some
missions even took the pilots out to sea. We were a part of the defense set-up
in the Northwesi, being on the alert for possible attacks by units of Emperor Hirohito's dishonorable fleet. On the 18th of August the Squadron moved to Troutdale, Oregon, for maneuvers to simulate combat conditions. W;+h this experience,
the junior pilots had completed the last course in the training program qualifying
ihem for combat.
September was the mcnth of parties and goodbyes. Wondering, speculating
as to whether crossing the Atlantic or the Pacific was in the offing. On October
6th we deparied from Portland, Oregon, by train, making our way across the
United States to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
On October 20th, after being refitted at Kilmer, we wa lked up the gangplank
into the liner Aihlone Castle. We were headed for England . . . a large number
of merchant ships made up convoy . . . we were protected by men-of-war. Everyone was glad io see Liverpool. After two weeks at sea . . . in crowded, uncomfortable quarters . . . stepping on solid earth was quite a satisfaction.
Greenham Commons was the first stop, affording a slight orientation to life
CapT. William King
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in England before we journeyed to Colchesier, in East Anglia, the site of one permanent station, Boxted Airdrome.
Scarcely two weeks after getting settled in the cold, damp Nissen huts at
Boxted, the pilcts of our Squadron had completed transition training with a newi·ype fighter, the P-5 I B.
Our first mission was flown on the first of December. Led by Lt. Col. Don
Blakeslee of the 4th Fighter Group , the Group flew over St. Omer airdrome in
France. The 355th Squadrcn line-up, headed by Major Bickell, included Lts. M.
G. Long, " Deacon " Talbot, '' Bob " Stephens, "Cousin" Lasko, " Peter" Nacy,
Crocker, Dieterich and Pate.
On December 13, just a month after the first pilots had checked out in the
Mustang fighter, we made history by escorting bombers all the way to Kiel, Germany. On lhe 16th of December, near Bremen, Germany, Lt. Charles F. Gumm
shot down the first enemy plane to be destroyed by the P-5 I B Mustang.
In the first month of 1944, our pilots were probing even more deeply into
Krautland, with missions being flown to Frankfurt, Brunswick, and i·he HalberstadtOschersleben area. Lt. "Red" Emerscn 's plane got very badly shot-up over Kiel.
" Red" brought it back safely, although the Mustang leaked like a sieve. A piece
of shrapnel had made an ugly gash on his neck; his parachute harness had been
severed by another hunk of steel. Dazed and weakened by loss of blood, Emerson
flew his plane across ihe North Sea to England, landing his craft without the aid
of brakes, in extremely poor visibility.
By the end of February "Uncle" Gecrge Bickell's "Bulldogs" had gained confidence in combat experience. Some of our friends had not returned from the long
missions into Germany. March first marked another tragedy which clouded our
spirits. Lt. Gumm first ace of our Group was killed at the little Village of Nayland, not far from our field. He experienced engine trouble while on a training
flight . ' ~While avoiding crashing into the town, his aircraft struck a tree, was thrown
out of control and destroyed.
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The first super-long distance escort missions to Berlin, five and more hours at
a shetch, were very tiring for our pilots. They soon toughened to the long grinds,
however, and managed to keep their nightly dates in Colchester, at the "Red Lion"
and the "George."
On April I 0th, Captain "Bob" Stephens was elected to be our new Commanding Officer. Lt. Col. George Bickell was promoted to Assistant Group Commander. We were preparing fer a move to Southern England . . . to an advanced
landing strip. The invasion of France was imminent and, as we were the most experienced Fighter Group in the Ninth Air Force . . . the Tactical Air Force . . .
we were sure to be given an important part in supporting the invasion.
The lull before the storm . . . spent at Lashenden Advanced Landing Strip
near Headcorn, Kent . . . was enjoyable in most respects. Of course there were
times when we were restricted to the post . . . but we had plenty of work to do
and clubs and sports to keep our minds occupied. When we did get off the base,
Maidstone and the surrounding villages afforded much social material.
The "storm" broke on the' night _?f June St-h. The "gen" on the invasion
of France . . . out part in the landings was given to us in a briefing. Our pilots
took off that night and escorted the first C-47's and .+heir gliders to the Utah
beach section of the proposed landings. After the ice was broken our pilots were
flying very long hours . . . the maintenance crews were right in there pitching
every minute. We were carrying bombs to hit marshalling yards, bridges, convoys destroying the enemy's supply lines.
Our advance party had left for France and were to land on Omaha Beach
on June 17th. The night before our first landings a strange phenomenon occurred
back at Lashenden . . . our rear eschelon was startled and amazed by the appearance of the V-1 flying bomb. Ack-ack crews went berserk (trying to knock down
the strange weapons) . . . seriously menacing the "health " of the Base in their
wild firings. Then, too, the bombs came over our area, headed for London, on
all too numerous "trolley lines". Three of our pilots went up to chase them one
night. "Joe" Powers took off at 1,845 and destroyed 2 and ½ buzz-bombs before
landing at 2330 ... dusk ... (one of his victories was destroyed over the field ...
creating quite a thrill for the men . . . making them dash for their fox-holes_.)
The 355th Squadron area was all set up for operation at A-2, near Cr1queville, Normandy, long before the rear eschelon arrived. The boys really s~~at~d
to arrange dispersal and living areas for efficient operation. What a terrific inspiration we had now! Everyone felt part of the machine . . . a cog in the machinery of the largest and strongest invasion force the world has ever seen. The esprit de corps of the '' Pugnacious Pups " was at its very highest ebb, at A-2, morale
problems were completely absent. Our pilots were flying constantly . . . taking
advantage of the excellent weather to smash all German communications that
appeared in their gunsights. Some really terrific aerial combat with Jerry aircraft occurred at frequent intervals. Much of the flying at A-2 was pairol work,
however.
We left the "dust-bowl" in Normandy, three weeks after the break-through
at St. Lo, to set up camp at Gael Airdrome, a rather beat-up Jerry base, on Brittany. Brittany's welcome was the warmest our Squadron would experience in all
its traveling. There was good food to be had in Brittany, and beautiful girls to
"promenade" with soldiers on Sundays. The " Bulldog" Squadron had the best
location for camp at A-31. Weaiher was still ideal for camperouters. We were
close to our fight line ... on rather high ground.
Flights off A-3 I took our pilots io the outskiris of Paris to support General
Patton's Third Army in its drive on Paris. Brest was a hard nut to crack ... many
strafing missions and dive-bombing missions were aimed at weakening resistance
of the strongly held French pert.
The 355th Squadron made history on the 25th of August. In two terrific
aerial battles, 25 of our aircraft destroyed as many Jerry planes to set a theater
Lt. Bill Nacy and Bob Stephens
D-Day Checking Progress
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record for in-the-a ir kill s for cne squadron in one day. · Ma jor Stephens and Capt.
Emerson each led Squadron formations as the Jerries apparently browned-off at
Pation 's success in breaking through the Pari s defences sent up huge gaggles of
FW-l 90 's and Me - I 09 's. Capt. Emerson , Lt. King and Lt. Foye each cla imed three
Krauts destroyed in-t he-air: Capt. Long accounted for 2 and 112 enemy fighters;
Major Stephens , de stroyed two and Lt. Davis one and 112 Jerry planes.
On the 15th of September we moved from A-3 I to an airstrip called A-66 ,
o n the bank of the Marne River, near St. Dizier. Our Squadron erected its tents
among long rows of poplar trees between meadows in which cows a nd sheep
grazed. Be ing close to the river, our men took advantage of the cool waters of
the Marne ... swimming was popu:ar. Before long, weather soured up . .. missic ns
became infrequent. Our new C/O, Major Maurice G. Long started a few bui ld ing
projects to keep the men occupied . . . time was hanging a bit heavily, and thi s
lack of activity was somewhat of a let down.
Before we had been settled a month at our new lccation , the Marne River
threatened to engulf our living area so we were obliged to wa ll ow through the
mud to slightly higher ground.
On November 9th, the Marne River decided to flcod us out proper:y. Eve ryone
pii.::hed in to salvage equipment for a third location on the so-called airfield. Our
airstr ip was out of commission . . . the whole site was a sticky sea of mud. Some
operations, supporting the Third Army's drive into the Siegfried line defenses
were flown from A-64, St. Dizier, an airfield already crowded with every type of
combat plane imaginable. Trucks transpcrted men back and forth the eight miles
from the flight line.
Nasty rumors made their way into camp around the latter part of November .
The rumor became a reality. Our Squadron and the who ;e Group was to fly P-47
Thunderbolts. Spirits of both crew-men and pilots dropped to a low low. It was
quite a come-down at first to an outfit whose whole core had been formed around
Hendrickson, Phillips, Howard, L. E. Long, Buer
355th Officers on Parade
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the P-51 Mustang. We took this change-over in stride, however, and by the f'ime
we moved into our new tent-city at A-98, Rosieres, near Nancy, France our pilots
were well on the way to becoming expert· throttle-jockey's on the new "thunderbuckets." Armament had a tough job to accomplish in changing over to P-47s
but they soon had a smoothly running bomb-up and re-arming section. Our pilots
were right in the thick of the fight to throw the hatred Krauts back into Germany
during Rundsted's Ardennes offensive. Flying in poor visibili_ty, we pounded the att~cking columns with all the bombs and SO-caliber shells we could muster into the
air.
Major Lowell K. Brueland
It was extremely cold and windy at A-98, snow had fallen and :the airfield was
in the throes of winter when Christmas time came along. Jerry happened by on
many a night in December, straffing and bombjqg sporadically, indirectly causing
our fox-holes to become deeper each night.
Dances for officers and men were plenty and popular. Many romances resulted from our association with the friendly French native folk.
In February our Squadron defied "Ole Man Winter" to stage a show, variety
type, in which many of our Squadron personnel came forth with hidden talent.
This month was coldest of them all. Over a foot of snow lay about . . . icicles
hung from .t entropes and mess-hall buildings. It was bitingly chilling to make that
trip out to the little tar-paper covered building about 50 yards from the tent area.
Stoves were keeping tents and lineshacks warm. The pilo.t-s had an ex-circus tent
in which to keep their flying equipment . . . the mess-halls were the most civilized
of all the buildings. Our missions were taking us up north of Trier and along the
Moselle River, smashing at the retreating stubborn German armies. Direct cooperation with Armored Force and Infantry units gave the pilots first-hand views of
the current situation.
The pilots were living out at Saizerais, stacked two-deep in rooms of an old
Con-trail 3200 Feet Above A-98
Lt. Hoehn and Gen. Weyland
Capt. Powers and Gen. Weyland
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house in the nearby village. On the 17th of February, P-51 s came back with a
bang, making pilots and crewmen happy . . . even those who didn't work directly
with the plane felt the "old thrill " as the Mustangs screamed in for a peel-up.
Our C/O, Major "Deacon," Talbot, was happy to see the morale of his personnel
pick up 200%.
___ _On March 23, Major Talbot's formation covering the Rhine crossing at Germsheim, attacked and destroyed 7 of 15 plus Jerries who came info the area to attack the Third Army as it pushed over the river.
Soon after the first of April, we packed up again and headed for Airstrip
Y-64, at Mainz. Our Mustangs were flying deep into Germany 'clobbering' Krau.t
convoys, rail-movements, and airfields . 355th Mustangs attacked an airfield near
Czechoslovakia on the 15th of April, claiming 29 aircraft destroyed and 30 damaged . . . on-the-ground claims. Y-64 was ra.t her a novelty, being our first location on an ex-Jerry base in the Fatherland . Every other man had either a motorcycle, a motor-bike, an automobile or a bicycle. At times the roads looked like
speedways. Men were bunked in barracks and the officers of .t he Group all lived
together in one huge house.
Our last move before the end of the war took us to the luxurious living quarters at Ansbach . . . R-45 Airstrip . . . where .t he hangar space was large enough
fo park most of our aircraft indoors. By the first days of May we knew that the
so-called super-race had " had it." Our missions took us into Austria where the
last remants of transportation that Jerry could muster were being smashed. Some
of our pilots journeyed down to Friedberg , near Munich, where they found some
of our ex-pilots in a German prisoner of war camp. The liberated men told us
tales of the "goon-camps" and the forced marches in which they had participated.
On the night of May 7th, "Uncle" George Bickell, the man who had organized the 355th Squadron and trained it for the combat we were to experience in
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Orderly Room-Cpl. Morgan Brown, Sgt.
William R. Hall, Capt. Howell, Sgt. Werner
Knopp , Cpl. Howard E. Hines, Sgt. Cecil
Cummi,ngs.
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MEDICS
Medics-L. t•o R.-Williams, Capt. Sloan,
Carnivale
S-2 Section-Standing: Raymond Elste (p?rachute), William M. Cahill_ S-2, Eugen: Widdoes S-2. Kneeli·ng: Cornelius A. Watkins S-2,
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Europe, as our Group CO now announced Victory. i"n Europe. Our officers and men
celebrated the night gloriously and ingloriously ... but the war was terminated.
We moved to Herzongernaurach, Airstrip R-29, on May 18th, where we were
permanently assigned.
Under our new C/O, Major Lowell K. Brueland, a training program was initiated
for all personnel at R-29 ... many of our personnel attended the school at Group.
But one thought overshadowed all others in the mind of the average soldier. That
thought was to get home to the families and friends we had left behind. Th~ Jerry
aircraft that had been "scrounged were lots of fun to work on and fo fly. An
athletic program, shows and parties were diversions. But the winter ahead did
not appeal .to the average member of "Pugnacious Pup" Squadron. With the
ending of the war in the Pacific most of those dreams of being home for Christmas were to be realized. By the 22nd of September almost all of the original
members of our Squadron were on their way home . . . a mere cadre, composed
of "low-pointers" remained under the direction of a few faithful men who had
elected to complete some unfinished business.
Certainly none of us want to see another war, to say nothing of being an
active participant. But if any of us are so unfortunate as to be chosen to leave
r')me again ... to take care of another messy business such as this war has been ...
Vve all hope to be lucky enough to be assigned to another outfi.t like the 355th
Squadron, where we have met many good friends and experienced the best in
fellowship, teamwork, and spirit.
Pilot's
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Capt. Skowyonek Gets Decorated
Lt. Colonel Robert Stephens, drawn by Glick on "D" Day alert, Bob succeeded Bickell in command of the 355th. He accounted for 13 'h German planes.
At the 500th Victory Party
�355TH COMMUNICATIONS
Communications-Red Myett, Sam Sicilaino,
Robert Covell, Jee Psolar, John Muleahy,
Conley
Capt.
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Communications-Wendell, Charles, Wagner II Carlson, Mcleod, Dietz, Doughthery
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Communications-Mike WarhoHa, Jerry Cohen, Sam Rodgers, Delwin Baggett, Joh.n
Galwdy
Communications-L. to R.-Glen Sterling,
Walter Cerveny, Bob Earlenson, George
. Campbell
"B" Flight-L. to R.-Samuel Roger (Radio
Comm.), Walter Brose (Ass't. Crew Chief),
Richard Herman (Crew Chief), Robert Green
(Arm.)
�Major Lowell K. Brueland, Iowa Ace and DS'C winner who headed the 355th fo:r
several months. Brueland had over 17 victories to his credit.
�355TH ARMAMENT AND ORDNANCE
Armament-L. to R.-Charles Lynn, Norman
E. Pearch, James S. Raugh, Earnest Matolchi,
Arthur Hamer, William Grey, Ged Va,n Hare,
Harry Hodges, John Ferguson, Thomas F.
Van Yoast, Robert J. Green.
"C" Flight-Armament-Standing, L. to R.
-Marks R. Boucher, Robinson, Ladd. Kn.eel-
l~- Wi\\iam
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Lt. Paul L. Hendricksen
Armament-Red Bercheit, Joe Marrone,
John F. Roberts, Carl Cagley, Robert Emers,on, Cecil "Peaches" Joi·n.er, . Thomas F.
Schroeder, Bill Clifford, Ed Redmond, Frank
P. Lerda, Marvin Rogers
�Armament-Standing: L. to R.-Jim Warrender, Claretice "Okie" Clay, Billy J. McClure, "Firechief" Charley Brown, Joe M01nroe, Joe Roth, Buck Evans, Gaul. Kneeling:
David E. Kelly, Willis Windham, Leo Deshaies, John Courter, John Dreske, Marvin L.
Lippoff
"C" Aight-L. to R.-.JCharles F. Roberts
(Ass't. Crew Chief), Alfred Marks (Armament), Ford DeClaire (Crew .iChief), Capt.
Allen (Pilot)
Mulcahy, Brooks, Gampbell, a.nd stacks of belly tanks
Gen. "Ike" looks things over. Gen. Quesada, Air Marshalls Cunningham and Leigh
Mallory
"A" Flight-Sam Kerns (Eng.), Clinton 8.
Sterling (Comm.), Buck Evans (Arm.), James
F. Randall (Crew Chief), Glenn C. Bryan
(Comm.)
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Capi. Bruce Plath
�"A" Flighf line-Kline, Morrison, Seager,
Caruso, Muckey, King, Gemberling, Conti,
Sansing, Randall, Leonard
"C" Flight line-George Humrichouse, Rey
E. Roberts, Hudson, Burke, Joe Krenek, Elmer Bobbit, Brooks, De Claire, Van Cleve,
Charley Kellan, C. F. Roberts
"B" Flight Line-Rackosnick, Herman, Ellis,
Meisner, Hough, Solberger, Smith, Palumbo,
Bracalenta, Cavarya,n, Cappas, Westgrad
"Steve's Cozy Dive"
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"B" Flight-James H B h .
Green (Arm ) G
· rop Y, Jr., Robert J
Fred Bracal;n'ta (W;i~e~· Ellis (Crew Chief)
"C" Flight-Ronald W 8
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W. Babbit (Ass't j tt/•'
omm.), John M D. ' k o ert
{Arm.), El-
Covell
IKronek (Crew) Chi~f) res e (Arm.),H. Joe
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Shipman, 'to~'ster arp~nters and PaintersDegonia , L'1psky • M1norczyk • Clint , L'bb
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ner, Stevens, Kilish H'II ce, Hickerson, Gard' ' man 1 Lang , N'1pges
Otis Shipman (T h
orczyk (Tech S e~ . Supply), Frank M'
~upkply): Ber~ardup(ipy!k E(aTrl hE. Sheets (S~d~
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355th Officers.
�Mess Hall-Trommer, Schollart, Lindsay,
Klinglesmith, Capt. Howell, Richardson, Williams •~Chief," Sowers, Strain, Brassman,
Yezefski, Slolh, Mclendon, Bogel
Bob Hope and Troupe Dine
355th Mess-Henry Bogel, Wylie Mclendon,
Isadore Brossman (Mess Sgt.), Fredrick Trommer, Joe Richards0-n 1 Arthur Graham, Jung
Ming, Everett L. Strain, William Klinglesmith, Otis C. Sowers, Leonard J. Stolh, Raymond Gill, Joe Yezefski.
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P-.31 l1u~tan!,! Cornpl< tes .31 \1i
Brussel's Famous Statue
Lt. William J. Simmons
Lt. William E. Boyden, Jr.
Cpl. Henry Bogel, Sgt. Claude Williams, Sweepstake Winners
Lt. Charles F. Gumm, Jr.
Lt. Edward Ryan
USO Kisses
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Two Brothers, Kermit and Kenneth Coleman
Stephens, Cocker, Powers and "Doc" Start
Gross, Talbot, Cloke, a.nd Powers
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�Lt. Franklyn E. Hendrickson
Lt. Alton V. Brooks
Lt. Edward R. Reybein
Lt. Robert W. Burhite
Capt. "Gory" Gus Allen
T/Sgt. Donald Dempsey
Lt. Billie 0. Harris
Lt. George Hoehn
Lt. Col. Marshall Cloke
Lt. Sheftail B. Coleman, Jr.
�Lt. Joseph R. Holcomb
Lt. Richard McDonald
Lt. Theodore E. Ditewig
Major Maurice G. Long
Capt. Huston H. O'Hair
Lt. Ivan R. Henry
Lt. Loyce Forgoson
Capt. Bruno Peters
Lt. Caryl P. Bonnot+o
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Lt. Rupert Dowell
Lt. John W. Postle
Lt. John D. Carpenter
Lt. J. W. White
Major Maurice Long
F/0 Danny Richards
Capt. Bill Davis
Lt. Gordon Reeves
Lt. Seeling
�Capt. Robert B. Curlee
Lt. Rudolph A. Daubert
Lt. Robert C. Roberson
Lt. William Boyden
Capt. John Grey
Capt. Warren C. Littlefield
Lt. Charle$ Hawley
Major Gilbert Talbot
�Lt. Horace B. White
Lt. Loren E. Long
Lt. Edward Phillips
Capt. Glendon J. Buer
Capt. William E. Pitcher
Lt. Hammett
Capt. Virgil C. Dieterich
Lt. Burwell R. Hambrick
Ist Lt. Jos. M. Krebs, Jr.
Capt. Warren S. Emerson
�Lt. Ralph D. Van Cleave
Lt. Horace A. Stanley
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Lt. James B. Wilso,n
Lt. Francis R. Lill
Lt. Russell H. Kline
Lt. George Roberts
Capt. Willi.am B. King
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Lt. James · Hopkins
Lt. Merle L. Kuns
Lt. Charles Tiqhe
�Lt. James A. Pate
Capt. Clayton Gross, Jr.
Lt. Jack Turk
Lt. Howard Dirks
Lt. Earl W. Knier
Lt. George H. Birkner
Lt. Girard H. Kress
Capt. Robert F.I Foye
Lt. Frank J . Pavelich
Lt. Clarence Koerber
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Lt. Alvin E. Gronbach
Capt. Ted Skowronek
Lt. Robert M. Lamar
Lt. Ralph Delgado
Lt. Kenneth Coleman
Lt. Raymond P. Bain
Capt. Bradford Ashcraft
Lt. Silas Laing
�Capt. Charles J. Kilpatrick
Lt. Robert C. Smith
Capt. Andy Clark
Lt. Linwood D. Genung
Lt. Ralph Carnivale
Lt. Edwin "Yes t.Aan" Funk
Lt. Charles W. Moore
Lt. Ken Neidigh
Lt. Ralph Hasbrouck
Lt. "Bernie" Glover
Lt. Hugh S. McLeod
Lt. Dick Harrison
Lt. Robert E. Roberson
Lt. Harold W. "Patsy" Philpot
Lt. Kenneth Perkins
Lt. Robert W. Schrock
Lt. William F. Koerner
�Gross, F/L+~ Lanowski, Allen
Lt. Millard Hodges
Lt. Alexander B. Durkee
Lt. Richard F. Poole, Jr.
Buchner, Ti-ghe, Hasbrouck
Lt. F. A. "Gil" Gilbert
Lt. Thomas Heine
Lt. Benjami,n E. Kirts
Lt. Frances Lill
Lasko, Davis, Cocker
Lt. John "Tex" Hayes
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Sarnowski, Bob Youngren
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�353RD SQUADRON LOG
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Shooting the
Koenig, Major Felix
Lt. Charles Kennaw
The 353rd Fighter Squadron was activated at Hamilton Field, California, November I 5, 1942. The First Commanding Officer was Major Owen M. Seaman. By
December 7, 1942, the squadron had reached a tot a I strength of 3 officers and 29
enlisted men, among whom were I st L. William M. Schubert and 2nd Lt. B. M.
Thompson, the latter being assigned as squadron adjutant. Corporal Charles W.
Decker was selected to be acting First Sergeant and the squadron was getting under
way.
Almost daily groups of enlisted men were received in the squadron, with the
principal sources of personnel being Hammer Field, California, and Paine Field,
Washington. Organization Day as decided by a meeting of the squadron staff personnel, was set for December 7, 1943 and at the same date for each year following
as long as the squadron was in activation.
Seven officers and 189 enlisted men entrained at Hamilton Field on January
18, 1943 for Bombing and Gunnery School at Tonopah, Nevada. During this time
2nd Lts. Don M. Beerbower, Jack T. Bradley, James Canon and John Montijo, all
flying officers, joined the squadron. Lt. Bradley was appointed Operations Officer,
and the rest as Flight leaders. The squadron passed through it'S training period with
a remarkably low accident rate for which achievement they received a letter of
commendation. One incident of note occurred on May 30, 1943 while the squadron
was participating in gunnery practice, Ist Lt. D. M. Schultz found it necessary to
Culb-ertson,
Rawlings,
Eagleston,
Dalglish,
Overfield,
M/Sgt. Roy Asbury
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bail out of his ship. The par,achuting pilot landed atop the hospital which was to be
his home for several weeks. Accounts of his unique experience appeared in magazines
"Time" and "Newsweek," and later in the famous Ripley "Believe-It-Or-Not" column.
The squadron left the staging area at Camp Kilmer on October 20, 1943 at full
strength. It is possible that those who arranged for the transportation placed them
on the right ship. Embarkalion, however, was SNAFU in every respect. Landing in
England, the squadron finally found its dubious way to Boxted, the pilots having
previously checked out in P-51 s. Here much sweat and tears altered the face of the
base. Areas were cleaned up, fences erected, parking areas designated and roads
cleared of inches of mud.
One morning, without display, the squadron sent out its first combat mission.
Our squadron was led by Major Owen M. Seaman with Lts. Jack T. Bradley, Don M.
Beerbower, Wallace N. Emmer, Buford M. Eaves and James W. Kerley. The date was
December I, 1943. This group mission was led by Lt. Colonel Donald M. Blakeslee
and marked the first use of Muslangs by the USAAF Units in the ETO.
A "First" was recorded in this squadron when I st. Lt. Glenn T. Eagleston attacked an ME I I 0, killing the rear gunner and knocking out the right engine thereby earning the squadron's and t·he group's first claim as a probable. Another
" First" for Lt. Eagleston was recorded when he was the first pilot to "hit the silk."
His oil line had been shot away and he nursed his plane back over the channel as
far as England where he was forced to leave his ship.
Un December 16, 1943, Major Owen M. Seaman, the squadron C. 0., was
lost in the North s~., nnd was reolaced by Captain Robert L. Priser, transferred from
Eight members of the 353rd's champion softball team, I st row, left to right: Lt. M'c,ore
and Perry, Capt. Snydman. Back row: Lt.
Hendricks, F/O W. J. Mathews, Lt. Higgins
a,nd Kennaw and F/0 La Starza
Capt. Robert L. Priser Former RAF PHot a,nd 353rd
C. 0. B.efore He Became a POW
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the 355the Fighter Squadron. He was in turn succeeded by Captain Jack T. Bradley,
who assumed command of the squadron after Captain Priser was lost in combat over
the Brussels area.
Long planned, long expected, long awaited, a squadron party t-ook place on
February I 5, 1944, at Colchester's Red Lion Inn. With beer for the thirsty and
food for the hungry, with an orchestra for the athletic· and informality for the greater success of the affair, all present believed the party worth waiting for. Early in the
evening no women were to be found (plans for escorting WACS, ATS and civilian
girls having gone awry) and the pilots offered each of the first ten men to procure
women a bottle of Scotch. Ten prizes were awarded in a matter of minutes. Ten,
men looked at their partners, then at the bottles-and decided that, after all the
Scotch was worth it.
On February 21, 1944, 2nd Lt. Don McDowell emerged as the second Mustang
Pilot in this theater to claim three enemy aircraft in one day, his claim being two
ME-109s and one ME-1 IO destroyed. Briefly scanning the totals for the month of
February, the squadron participated in 13 missions, claimed 29 enemy aircraft destroyed, I probably and 16 damaged besides numerous ground targets, with the
loss of five pilots.
On March 4, Mustangs flew over Berlin and two days later went back again,
demonstrating the greater range and future possibilities of the P-51. Later the same
month we added another first to cur list when the squadron carried 500-pound
bombs on a dive-bombing mission. Moving to Lashenden, Kent, the fighter did less
escort work and carried bombs more and more.
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On the third m1ss1on in April, the squadron returned to happy hunting grounds
around Brunswick for a penetration support- show. In the midst of the four-hourlong mission, the bomber box to which our squadron was assigned was tapped by
75 plus enemy aircraft, giving the boys an opportunity of bringing back a large collection of assorted scalps. From this encounter the squadron claimed 12 enemy planes
destroyed, I probably destroyed and 9 damaged.
By June 30, 1944 all personnel had been moved to Strip 2, near Criqueville,
France. The squadron flew 33 dive-bombing missions to reach a new high. Rapidly
the squadron was reaching its place in the sun, consistently out-flying the enemy
over his own soil. An outstanding mission was accomplished on July 26 when Squadron
Leader Emmer lead a fighter sweep to the St. Lo area. They attacked 40 plus MEl 09s, odds five to one, spearheaded an intercepting maneuver to prevent them
from reaching the clouds. They destroyed 8 enemy aircraft with no losses. For his
leadership in this encounter, Captain Emmer was awarded the DSC.
From landing strip 31, at Gael, another memorable mission was accomplished
on September 12th, when Capt. Charles E. Brown led 16 ships on a fighter sweep in
the Frankfurt area. After straffing an airdrome near Limburg, destroying 7 JU-88s
and a FW-190 parked about- the field, they attacked a formation of 40 plus FW-190s
just north of Frankfurt. These enemy aircraft were supported by 20 plus ME-190s
flying top cover. Our ships returned from this mission in elements of two, some
landing at other fields. The final score was 32 aircraft destroyed, 8 of which were on
the ground.
A quick summary of the squadron's achievements on October 21, 1944, just
Hasek and Carr chalk up 300th
c,
Lt. Col. Jack T. Br.adley. 353rd C. 0. Depicted As He Dived Bombed Creil France,
This w.as the First Time P-51 s Were Used For Dive Bombing
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one year since embarking for the ETO, show that the outfit's total claims agains the
enemy were: 239 enemy aircraft destroyed, 14 probables and I 06 damaged. Add to
this untold and incalcuable numbers of enemy material on t-he ground and it substantiates the faith in the squadron by high army officials. The ratio between our
aircraft shot down and Jerries was ten to one.
It was during the month of October that Lt. Colonel Jack T. Bradley moved
up to Group; Captain Glenn T. Eagleston taking up his duties as Squadron Commander, while Captain James B. Dalglish became Operations Officer.
Just before moving from the dark pungent mud of A-66 to the lighter variety
at A-98, the 353rd lost its Mustangs and was assigned its first Thunderbolts. It
was with sad hearts, that the men parted from the slim, sleek Mustangs, bearing the
proud names of "My Buddy," " Margie Maru," "Angel's Playmate, and "Bonnie B,"
which meant something all the way to Kiel and Berlin, and even Poland.
The 353rd Fighter Squadron came to a new beginning, a new year with their
squadron letters "FT" painted on the bulging sides of the Republic work horses.
Pilots made transition flights and ground crews toyed with their new engines, while
technical talk flew around the area concerning power checks and water injection.
The end of it was that a combat mission took off, found some Jerries and shot down
nine of them. To the squadron there was nothing unusual about that but TAC
clapped its hands with delight-no Thunderbolt Squadron had ever reached that
score before.
Captain Kenneth H. Dahlberg established a unique record in that he destroyed four enemy aircraft in the air twice, on successive missions. Before he was
lost as Prisoner of War near Meckel, he had destroyed 15 enemy aircraft in aerial
Lt. James Burke and Crew
Joe Louis and 353rd Officers
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combat, had received the Air Medal with 15 Oak Leaf Clusters, the DFC with one
cluster, the Silver Star, as well as the Purple Heart.
Best news of the year came in the announcement of the return of the Mustangs to the Group. They were ferried in from England, 36 of them, circling the
field before making a series of low passes, flying in flights abreast over the squadron areas and down the runways. After an intensive week of shakedown inspections
and test hops, the Mustangs got off the bumpy runway in less than eight minutes
on their first mission.
Lts. Andrew J. Ritchey and Cary W. Salter participated in a more than routine
weather reconnaisance. On April 2, 1945 they observed two FW-l 90s preparing to
land at an airdrome near Erfurt, which they destroyed. Continuing on their original
mission they shot down other FW-l 90s with belly tanks (90 plus estimated), evidently
intent on bombing the roads and bridges which were jammed with Allied traffic
moving in pursuit of the Jerry. They fearlessly bounced the leading elements causing them to scatter. They had to break off their attack because of fuel shortage,
but not before they had vectored other groups to the vicinity. Their total claims
amounted to three FW-190s destroyed by Lt. Ritchey and one FW-190, one ME-109
destroyed and another FW-190 damaged by Lt. Salter.
In succeeding missions from advanced bases in Germany, the squadron continued to add to their reputation as the leading fighter squadron in the ETO, terminating the war with a box score as follows: 400 E/ A destroyed. 16 probables and
162 E/ A damaged. The Squadron has produced some 20 Aces, and shares proudly
its · Distinguished Unit Citation and Cluster thereto with the rest of the Pioneer
Mustang Group.
Lt. Otto Fehsenfeld
Major Dalglish and Lt. Salter
LAST FIGHTER MISSION FLOWN IN THE ETO
Left to right: Second Lieutenant Willie K.
Johnson, 1498 Orbig Avenue , Guntersville, Ala.;
Second Lieutenant Donald M. Cohen, 272 Linwood
Street, New Brit·ain , Conn.; Flight Officer Robert
T. Mankey, 800 W. Ferry Street, Buffalo, N. Y.;
Flight Officer William J. Matthews, Box 23, Rachel
W. Va.; Second Lieutenant Morman R. Reinecke ,
Severn, Md.; Second Lieutenant Robert H. Jones,
RFD 2, Mendon, Mich.; Sergeant Raymond Touchstone , Box 307, Broken Bow, Okla.; and on the
wing First Lieutenant Harry A. White , Clemson
Avenue, Columbia, S. Carolina; First Lieutenant
Henry S. Rudolph, Valley Force Military Academy,
Valley Forge, Penn.; First Lieutenant John J. Han gen, 821 Ferguson Avenue, Dayton, Ohio.
�Dalglish, Dahlberg and Thompson
Overfeeld and Seduert watch them return
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�353RD ARMAMENT
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TRANSPORTATION
Armament-Back R·ow: Cpl. Walter D. Ferrebee, Sgt. George R. Thomas, Sgt. Donald
S. Bj•orkman, Sgt. John Kaufman, T/Sgt.
Fred A. Turney. Front Row: M/Sgt. Williiam
R. Wakefield, Sgt. George A. Coppin, Cpl.
Julian J. Kowalczyk, S/Sgt. Joseph W. McCrann, T/Sgt. Howard K. Day.
�Armament-Front Row: Sgt • Wayne A.
Terry, Cpl. Donald Langran, Sgt. William
'Costelro, Cpl Robert Cole, Sgt. Norman R.
Kunkle. Front Row: Cpl. D-onald E. Johnson,
Cpl. Clayton E. Cote, Pfc. Francis Purkis, Sgt.
Hugh A. Burbon.
Transportation 353rd -Back Row: L. to R.,
Cpl. Waymond D. Perritt, Pvt. American V.
Marcus, Sgt. Donald D. Chadwick, Pvt. D,ale
A. Beck, Cpl. William Andrews. Fro,nt Row:
Pfc. George W. Hodges, Cpl. James Cherry,
Sgt. Charles H. Hart, Cpl. William G. Spencer.
Armament-Back Row: S/Sgt. Jeremiah Nu-gent, Sgt. Donald W. Jacks·co'l, Sgt. James
B. Vanderford, Sgt. John Ferrianola. Front
R,ow: S/Sgt. Emerson J. Covert, Cpl. George
Sfikas, Cpl. $.am J. Maglio, Sgt. John J.
Pallishusky, Pfc. Clyde Curtis.
Armament-Back Row: Sgt. Leslie C. Davis,
Sgt. Alexander Berdar, Cpl. Edward L. Gal1,oway, Sgt. Donald Chisholm. Fro,nt Row:
Pvt. Edward Condit, S/Sgt. James J. Chumas, Sgt. Anthony J. Ca,ppelano, S/Sgt.
Francis J. Lukumski.
Armament-Back Row: Sgt. Clinton P.
Paige, Cpl. Gail 0. Degn, Cpl. Jack Morris,
Pfc. James V. Menervino, S/Sgt. Clarence L.
Clark. Front Row: Cpl. Alik S. Tveraga, Cpl.
Lawrence A. Matteucci, Cpl. Gerald Sexton, Cpl. Demi.nick A. Maure.
Armament-Back Row: Cpl. Armand S.
Zulli, Sgt. Hugh A. Bourbon, Sgt. George A.
Coppin. Front Row: Sgt. William A. Costello,
_Cpl. Alik S. Tveraga, Cpl. Robert Cole.
�Lt. Willi.am "Bill" Higgins
Communicatio-ns
Armament-Back Row: Pvt. Edward Condit
Cpl. Joseph T. Ottaviano. Front Row: S/Sgt'.
Francis J. Lukumski, Sgt. Donald J. Chriholm,
Sgt. Alexander Berdar.
Medics-Pfc. Julius Pehl, Cpl. Linus W.
Whalen, Capt. Leonard Snydman, Cpl. Armand S. Zulli, S/Sgt. Otis K. McClintock.
Ord,nance-Back Row: T/Sgt. Howard K.
Day, Sgt. Leslie C. Davis, S/Sgt. J ,o seph W.
McCrann. Front Row: Cpl. Sam J. Maglio,
Cpl. Dominick A. Maure, Pfc. James V. Minervino.
Eagle, myself, M/Sgt. Wakefield, and four
flight Sgts.
Ordnance-Back Row: Sgt. John Ferrianolo,
Cpl. Lawrence A. Matteucci. Front Row: Cpl.
'Loyd E. Fout, Cpl. George Sfikas, Cpl. Edward l •ogel.
�353RD ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Communicatic,ns-Back Row: S/Sgt. Joseph
0. Hasbrouch, Cpl. George 0. Cishek, Pvt.
Roy E. Brannon, T/Sgt. Vernon F. Buell, T/Sgt. Charles Doran, Cpl. Philip E. DeCillis,
Sgt. Richard E. Funk. T/Sgt. R,obert F. Seger,
T/Sgt. Stanley Horsman, M/Sgt. Millard S.
Hale. Front Row: Sgt. William J. Ellzey, S/Sgt. Clarence E. Jones, S/Sgt. Daniel R.
Casale, Cpl. Grover C. McClellan, Sgt.
Doyle V. Cothron, Sgt. Alle,n Belleau, Cpl.
Gerald Hodapp, Pvt. Louie Rogers.
�Engineering-Back Row: T/Sgt. Dale A.
Sponsler, S/Sgt. Evett T. Bodge, S/Sgt.
Harry Phillips, Sgt. James A. Dow,nes, S/Sgt.
Ben C. Richards,on, S/Sgt. Samuel A. DiBenedetto, S/Sgt. Fred M. Stagnaro, S/Sgt.
Leon H. Panter. Front Row: S/Sgt. Robert D.
Reagan, S/Sgt. Russell T. Wilhelmi, Sgt.
Robert Robinson, S/Sgt. Albert H. Anderson, S/Sgt. Burtus R. Miller, S/Sgt. Alfred
W. Borst, M/Sgt. Claude Hickman.
Engineering-Back Row: Be,n C. Richardson,
S/Sgt. Fred N. Stagnaro, S/Sgt. Robert D.
Reagan. Fr,o.nt Row: T/Sgt. David W. Btrnards, T/Sgt. John E. Buma·n, T/Sgt. George
L. White.
AW·ARDS
Engineering-Pvt. Thomas Dunn, Pfc. James
E. Davis, S/Sgt. Paul H. Daugherty, S/Sgt.
Jack J. Dowd, Pvt. Frank E. Cheney, S/Sgt.
John A. Szajna, T/Sgt. Fred 9. Campbell.
Front Row: S/Sgt. Juventino Lopez, Sgt.
Joseph Eichenlaub, S/Sgi. James W. Bush,
S/Sgt. William R. West, S/Sgt. Harold B.
Staugler, S/Sgt. Ray M. Smith.
Engineering-Back Row: S/Sgt. Everett T.
Bodge, S/Sgt. Russell T. Wilhelmi, S/Sgt.
Robert Stephens. Front Row: Sgt. James A.
Downes, S/Sgt. Leon H. Panter,_T/Sgt. Dale
A. Sponsler.
Engineering-Back Row: S/Sgt. Michael F.
Triventi, S/Sgt. Gokjo T. Spasojevich, S/Sgt.
George I. Chassey, Jr. Front Row: Sgt. Oscar P. Pool, S/Sgt. Roy H. Ohmer+, S/Sgt.
- Fred I. Osborne.
�Engineering-S/Sgt. Ray M'. Smith, Pvt.
Frank E. Che·ney S/Sgt. Juve,ntino Lo pez.
Front Row: S/Sgt. Robert R. Reagan, T/ Sgt.
David W. Bernards, T/Sgt. Fred C. Ca mpbell.
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Engineering-Back Row: S/Sgt. Daniel R. Gomez, S/Sgt. Gokgo T. Spasojevich, S/Sgt.
Samuel A. Stone, S/Sgt. Earl K. Osborne.
Front Row: Sgt. Kenneth L. Dorsey, S/Sgt.
Michael F. Triventi, S/Sgt. George I. Chassey,
Jr. S/Sgt. Roy H. Ohmert.
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Engineering-S/Sgt. Alfred W. Borst, S/Sgt.
J.ohn F. Dimm. Front Row: S/Sgt. Louis Vander Roest, S/Sgt. Charles Didio,n, M/Sgt.
Ellsworth P. Stoffel!.
Engineering-Back Row: Pvt. Thomas F.
Moore, S/Sgt. Howard Dooley, $/Sgt. Byron
A. Haley, S/Sgt. Charles Didion, S/Sgt. Reinold S. Joh,nson. Front Row: Cpl. Edwin R.
Lundquist, $/Sgt. John F. Dimm, Sgt. Wesley Bush, S/Sgt. Kenneth Spillman, M/Sgt.
Wayne A. Smith.
Engineering-Sgt. Everett M. Boyd, Cpl. Elmer Lewis, Cpl. Malcolm D. Little. Front Row.
Pvt. Alfred W. Burger, T/Sgt. Marion E.
Free Cpl. Louis Nemeth.
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Engineering-Sgt. Harry Jacobus, Sgt. Henry
Waisanen, Sgt. Wilbur E. Schanick. Front
Row: M/Sgt. Thomas A. McVeigh, Pvt.
Dallas A. Hughes, T/Sgt. John R. Jungblut.
�353RD SUPPLy
AND MESS
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Sgt.
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0. Gibson,
Supply-S/ J(eithley, Sgt. J t Raymond R.
Joseph T. M Hanson, S/Sg ·N Napoliello,
Pvt. James
Cpl. James
Baker.
Front R~w:
T Wilson,
Cpl. oiis K. Hune,
S/Sgt. Frank
Roth
T/Sgt. Harry ·
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Dokulil, Cp I· George
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Mess- Pfc. IWilliam
Edward J• Wieberg,
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Havnar, Cpc I Jay F. Md,n~s
McArthur,
Jes Borror: I~odaca, Sg\ t oyPat W. ProfPvt. Ben~•e
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�Lt. Carl Lind
Capt. Kenneth H. Dahlberg
Fehse,nfe/d
"Warren Jolly"
Lt. John Mattie
Lt. Ridley E. Donnell
�Lt. John G. Montijo, Jr.
Anders,on an d Richardson
�Lt. Frederick R. Canada
Lt. Albert G. Tenney
Capt. James Parsons
Lt. James W. Kerley
Capt. Edward E. Hunt
Lt. Lindell S. Perry
Major Don Beerbower
Lt. Nevatt G. Logan
Lt. Frankli,n Rose
Lt. Don McDowell
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Capt. Philip Cohen
Lt. Donald D. Am
Gen. "Ike" 1,nspects a B-26
Your War Orphan Contribufi.on of 72,000 Francs Is D.elivered
Major James Cannon
Lt. Warren H. Jolly
Capt. William Y. Anderson
�Lt. Rene J. Ramos
Lt. Charles Uhlenburg
Lt. Warren P. Christoph
Lt. John Chapman
Lt. Robert B. Warner
Lt. Frederick B. Deeds
Lt. William B. Deho.n
Lt. John P. Ryan,
' Lt. Theodore R. Herman
Capt. Charles W. Koen1g
Jr.
�Capt.
Lt. Thomas L. Donohoo, Jr.
Lt. Richard K. Eager
Lt. Jam·es S. Mathews, Jr.
Lt. Ch4rles
A,
James P. Keane
Olmstead
�Lt. Fre~ M. Fehsenfeld
Lt. R~~rt T. M&nkey
Capt. Theodore W. Sedvert
Lt. John J. Hangen
Lt. Albert G. Tenney
Lt. Loyd J. Ovenield
Lt. Lee C. Melvin
Capt. Richard H. Brown
Lt. Andrew J. Ritchey
Lt. Edward D. Urquart
�Lt. Kenneth R. Rimltnger
Lt. Melvin E. Thayer
Lt. James G. Burke
Lt. Norman R. Reinecke
Lt. Franklin Rose
Capt. Carl M. Fr.antz
Lt. Harry F. Moore
Lt. Harlow R. Eldred
Capt. Woodfin M. Sullivan
Lt. Walter H. Smith, Jr.
�Capt. Clifford H. Dean
Lt. Donald M. Cohen
Lt. Hayden H. Holton
Lt. Ira J. Bunting
Lt. Ger.ard La Starza
Lt. Earl H. Marshall
Capt. Harry C. Primrose
Lt. John B. Nall
Lt. Harvey H. Chapman
Capt. Robert Rey,nolds
�Lt. Willie K. J ohnson
Lt. Milton L. Riewe
Lt. John Candelaria
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Lt. Michael R. Jugan
Lt. J. E. Fisher, Jr.
Major James B. Dalglish
Lt. Robert R. Jones
Lt. Richard G. Hall
Lt. Fr.ederick Couch
Capt. Orrin D. Rawlings
�Lt. Russell C. Brown
Lt. Charles F. Read
Lt. Francis O'Connell
Lt. Calvin S. Walker
Lt. Edward H. Pinkerto,n
Lt. Fr.ank Eldred Weber
Lt. Theodore Herman
Lt. John Rody
Lt. Jack R. Mullen
�Lt. Billy B. Bronston
Lt. Robert R. Kegebein
Lt. Ge,o rge W. Hawkins, Jr.
Lt. Donald J. Mu.nger
Lt. Edward B. Dixon
Lt. Cary W. Salter
Lt. Lester J. Barger
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AND NINO MARTINI
PAY USA VISIT
Grace Moore and Ni,no Martini
Lt. Richard Peters-on
Lt. William Simmons and Bob Silva
Lt. Kenneth Wise
Capts. Hunt and Emerson
Grace Moor.e Sings
�SALUTE TO THE 472ND SERVICE GROUP
THE TEAM THAT HELPED
MAKE THE "PIONEERS"
UNBEATABLE
TRIBUTE OF APPRECIATION
Tearn B of the 326th Service Group joined the " Pioneer Mustangs" at Boxted
on November 19. The following d~y the 461st Air Service Squadron, the 1593rd
Ordnance Supply and Maintenance Co., the . 1176th Quartermaster Company, Detachment A of the I091 st Signal Company, Detachment A of the 2456th Quartermaster Truck Company and the Chemical Warfare Section, all components of
the unit, arrived and began to function.
So closely did Tearn B, which later became the 472nd Service Group, coordinate its activities and cooperate with the Group, one hardly knew they were two
separate units. The officers and men of the Service Group shared many of the same
experiences, the hardships and the tribulations of the " Pioneers."
These men performed their jobs so well in keeping the planes of the 354th in
combat that they were awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation. And in appreciation of their sterling efforts the pilots of the Pioneers dedicated their 500th plane
victory to these men.
Truly to them belongs a large share of the glory that was won by the 354th.
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-~IGH FLIGHT
"To Our Departed Comrades
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Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter silvered wings,
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds-and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of-wheeled and soared and sung
High in the sunlit silence hovering there,
I've chased the shouting wind along and flung
My eager craft through foot·less halls of air
Up, up the long ·deliri9us 1 burning flue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never ·lark or even eagle flewAnd while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
American volunteer RCAF killed
in action December I I, 1941
�CHURCHILL MAKES
A PRE "D" DAY TOUR
�"THE PROPOSITION"
"SIGHTSEERS''
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of 157 -Planes
ERLANGEN, Germafty, June 29-Top scoring honors ln aerial kills
for the ETO, if not the entire U. S. Army Air Force, went to the 91h
AF's 354th "Pioneer" P-51 Mustang group, commanded by Lt. Col. ,lat·k
T. Bradley, Brownwood, Texas, when they bagged 157 Nazi planes tn
aerial combat durtn1 the last 60 days of the war.
These victorle1 boosted the u n i t ' s • - - - - - - - - - - - alr ktlls to a record toll of 701 In 17 500 enemy 10ldlers killed. Thia wu
months of combat, plus 256 irround accomplished whfle giving direct air
kllls.
support to 3rd Army drive~.
The ratio of the 354th's victories
The "Pioneers" flew 27 ,052 so rt 1c,
against their losses in41cates a score more than 80 per cent ot them <;\nr-of more than 5 to 1 over their Nazi D-Day. They flew a record of l !\U
opponents. Last August 211 was the sorties on March 23 while supbiggest day ln the history of the porting the Rhine River crossing.
P-!U unit when they accounted tor
In addition, the 354th was the first
n enemy aircraft and br~ke tour to fty the long-range P-51 Mustang
11 .. hter records for the loss of two
in combat. escorting heavy bombers
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deep Into Germany. This unit has
men.
been awarded the Presidential Unit
Oil that day they became the tint Citation for "Its outstanding record..,
,roup to pass the 500 mark in less
Sixty seven aces were developed
than niae montbl of .oorDbat.
Final totals also show the 354th to In the 354th
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bave destroyed or damaged l,IOt
locomotlvu; 3,oM mWtana truckli
110 amM>red
1,282 raUroad
An honest endeavor to include the name, address and picture of every member of the "Pio.
neers" has been made. If yours was left out I'm
s·orry, but some squadrons did n,ot furnish complete
rosters ~nd some fellows k,e pt putting off havk19
their pictures taken.
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�Ackerly, Robert A., RFD 2, Middletown, New York
Adams, Woodrow W., 455 Linden Street, Reading, Pennsylvania
Ahnert. Walter M .. 118 Halstead Avenue, Port Chester, Connecticut
Alexander, Edward P., RFD 1, Deposit, New York
Alden, Lawrence M .. 4520 Alice Street, San Diego, California
Aldrich, Keith R., Ulysses, Nebraska
Allen, Gus W .. 33 E. 24th Street, San Angelo, Texas
Allen, Lawrence, Box 285, Cutler, Indiana
Andary, Anthony E., 314 Court Street, Sault St. Marie, Michigan
Anderson, Albert A., RFD 2, Lowellville, Ohio
Anderson. William Y., 7915 Vernon Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Andrews, William, 1118 North Franklin Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Anket, Henry, RFD 2, Edgerton, Minnesota
Antone, George H., 2308 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland, California
Antoville, Ira L., 100 E. 18th Street, Brooklyn, New York
Apple, Charles R., Route 3, Marlow, Oklahoma
Appell, Hayes L., 2043 Huntsford, Road, Jacksonville, Florida
Arnold. Edgar E .. Star Route, Pomeroy. Ohio
Arnold, John H., 263 Lovera Road, San Antonio, Texas
Arnold, Richard V., 932 Somerville Street, Manchester, New Hampshire
Arsdale, Kenneth L. Van, Box 11, Aurora, Colorado
Artz, Donald D.. 309 W. College Avenue, Jacksonville, Illinois
Asaro, Anthony S., 654 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Asbury. Richard W .. 2009 37th Street, Washington, D. C.
Asbury, Roy A., Route 3, Green Forest, Arkansas
Ashcraft. Bradford N .. 900 West 8th Street, Bonham, Texas
Ashcraft, Bradford N., 916 Maple Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Ashley, Rex 0., 719 Franke, Mitchell. Indiana
Auffert, Marvin F., 3615 Woodbridge Place, Cincinnati, Ohio
Austin. Kenneth C., c-0 Mrs. Richard H. Austin, Washington, Maine
Austin, Ray P., 15 Allen Road, Watertown, Massachusetts
Ayala, Gilberto, 217 Torey Street, New Brunswick. Texas
Baer, Harry R., 1225 Parkway Avenue. Salt Lake City, Utah
Baggett, Del, 800 Hawthoren Lane, Charlotte, North Carolina
Bain, Raymond P., 3320 West. Vt., Indianapolis, Indiana
Bailey, Baker H., Moundville, Alabama
Baird, John J., 1125 Main Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Bakalar. John E., 6326 Garfield, Avenue, Hammond. Indiana
Baker, Raymond B., Box 76, Roanoke, Virginia
Baldwin, Mark, Gillett, Wisconsin
Balk, Vilas D., Mon Dovi. Wisconsin
Banister, Benjamin C., Hartwell, Georgia
Banning, Thomas E., 563 Jefferson Street, Napa, California
Barker, Hiram L., Route I, Maysville, North Carolina
Barger. Lester J., Douglass, Kansas
Barnes, Lt. NA
Barnes, Billy L., Grayson Hotel, Sherman, Texas
Barnes, George T., 321 W. Houston Street, Sherman, Texas
Barricks, Aubrey H., Rustburg, Virginia
Barris, Albert W., 1222 Pines Street, Opportunity, Washington
Bates, Lloyd E., 540 N. Fulton Street, Wauseon, Ohio
Baughn, James R., 1346 W. 96th Street, Los Angeles, California
Baumann, Anthony K., 76-10 68th Avenue, Middle Village, Long Island, N. Y.
Bean, Frank M., 438 Murphy Street, Murphysboro, Illinois
Bean, Harold, 1626 Mills Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana
Beane, Vawn, Box 112 Elaine, Arkansas
Beauchamp, James 0., Jackson, Georgia
Beaver, Daniel S., Jr., 2073 Island Street, Rahway, New Jersey
Becker, Aaron S., 855 East 19th Street, Brooklyn, New York
Becker, Daniel. 805 Westbate, University City, Massachusetts
B€cker, Garhart A .. White River, South Dakota
Beckmann, Robert F., 34 Union Street, Montclair, New Jersey
Bedoka, William T., Route 4, Andarko, Oklahoma
Baerbower, Don M., Star Route, Hill City, Minnesota
Beidleman, Robert H.. 39 Main Street, Macungie. Pennsylvania
Belden, Josiah M., 340 Guttenburg Street, San Francisco, California
Belleau, Allen, Route 3, Box 96, Church Point, Louisiana
Benham, Harold L., 466 43rd Street, Oakland, California
Benner. William, Jr., 16 Rose Street, Woodridge, New Jersey
Bennett, George, Westford, New York
Berge, Robert D., Lindy Avenue, Claremont, New Hampshire
Berkowitz, Melvin. 2318 W. N. Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
Bernards, David W., 137 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
Bernstein, Gabriel M., 1340 Nelson Avenue, New York, New York
Berrier, Raymond S., Anthony, New Mexico
Berry, Johnnie A., Route I. Merkel. Texas
Besio, Clarence, Rensselaer Falls, New York
Bia-Ginoni, Paul F., 4746 W. Maypole Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Bickel. Carl G., 2400 Lexington Avenue, El Monte, California
Bickford, Edward F., 1015 Colusa Street, Vallejo. California
Bickell, George R., 5 Lansdown Place, Nutley, New Jersey
Bierer, Steven, 125 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn, New York
Biglow, Robert R., 1313 6th Street S. E., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bills, Ralph L., 49 Nicholas Avenue, Westfield, New York
Birkner, George H., 219 62nd Street, West New York, New Jersey
Bittle, Thomas S., Emmitsburg, Maryland
Blake, Robert D., Roule 4, Emery Road, Fulton, New York
Blackley. Demar, Heber City. Utah
Blackman, Marvin J., Batesville, Texm:
Bledsoe, Manuel J., Route 6, Box 306, Danville, Virginia
Blevins, James M., Route 3, Portsmouth, Ohio
Blue, Johnnie. Box 615, Plant City, Florida
Blumenschein, Carl W., 3003 Derry Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Blumenthal, Lawrence R., 5821 Priory Street, Garden City, California
Bobbitt, Elmer W .. RFD I, Eureka, Kansas
Badge, Everett T., Mt. Belknap Hotel, Laconia, New Hampshire
Boerbower, Don M., Hall City, Minnesota
Boes, Richard T., Grand Rapids, Michigan
Bogel, Henry, 12943 Caldwell Street, Detroit 12, Michigan
Boland. Vaughan R., 204 Rugby Avenue, Rochester, Long Island, New York.
Bonotto, Caryl P., 332 E. 117th Street, Chicago 60, Illinois
Booler, Carl P., Winter Haven, Florida
Borcon, Frank, 160 Erie Street, Elyria, Ohio
Boruch, Walter A., 2211 E. California, Bakersfield, California
Bouchard, Paul H., 108 Spruce Street, Berlin, New Hampshire
Boucher, Romeo W., 2971 Brown Avenue, Manchester, New Hampshire
Bourbon, Hugh A., 129 Oxford Street, Providence S, Rhode Island
Bowen, Jessie W .. Route 1, Box 658, Springfield, Missouri
Bowers, John R., Bowers Court, Anchorville, Michigan
Boxx, Cecil, Tr., 583 S. Hague Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
Boyd, Everett M., 114 East Marvin Avenue, Fredericktown, Missouri.
Boyden, William E., 16 Gerald Road, Boston, Massachusetts
Boydstun, John E.• Route 3, Box 181, Bakersfield, California
Boyt, Wesley E., Drumright, Oklahoma
Bracalente, Fred J., 1049 Rankin, Avenue, Lawrence Park, Pennsylvania
Bradley, Tack T., Dover Army Air Base, Dover, Delaware
Branch, Howard S .. RR 2, Alamo, Texas
'Brandt, Floyd G .• Route 2, Newberg, Oregon
Bratke, Joseph F., 2008 W. Armitage Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Brennan, Wilfred J., 814 W. Tijeras, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Briant, Frederick T.. RFD I, Millbrook, New Jersey
Brinton, Joseph W., 752 F. Street, Springfield, Oregon
Bronston, Billy B., 215 West 6th Street, Garnett, Kansas
Brooks, Alton V., Jr., 709 S. 58th Street, TacoID<I, Washington
Brooks, Robert J., 1800 N. Pold Street, Littllf Rock, Arkansas
Brooks, Travis R., 123 E. Sycamore Street, Blytheville, Arkansas
Brophy, Gerald F., Mansfield, Missouri .
Brophy, James H., 703 Hellen Road, Baltimore, Maryland
Brose, Walter A., 347 N. 3rd Street. Seward, Nebraska
Brossman, Isadore J., 1313 St. Lawrence Avenue, Bronx, New York
Brown, Arthur F., 10 Wellesley Park, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
Brown, Charles F., 1415 18th Street, Detroit, Michigan
Brown, Charles W .. Box 84, Northeast, Maryland
Brown, Harry D., 212 S. Alves, Henderson, Kentucky
Brown, John F., 106 S. 6th Street, Oregon, Illinois
Brown, Margan H., 6456 Ellsworth Street, Dallas, Texas
Brown, Ralph A., Route I. Lincolnton, North Carolina
Brown, Richar H., 114½ Washington Avenue, Covington, Virginia
Brown, Russel C., 2830 S. Gaffey Street, San Pedro, California
Brown, Russel S., 28 Stone Place, Lynn, Massachusetts
Brueland, Lowell K., Callender, Iowa
Bruns, Glaen E., 1205 5th Street, Rapid City, South Dakota
Brushwood, Earl C., 411 W. 60th Street, Savannah, Georgia
Bryan, Glenn C., RD I. Karnes City, Pennsylvania
Brzyski, Joseph, 1951 N. Dariem Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buchanan, Cecil E., 2317 Northwest Street, Portsmouth, Virginia
Buell, Vernon F., 518 West 4th Street, St. John, Kansas
Buer, Glendon J., 1667 W. 251st Street, Harbor City, California
Bugg, Walter M., 807 Penn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia
Bunting, Ira J., 45 West Elm Street, Albion, Illinois
Burbank, Robert J.,
Burchfield, A. E., 701 Langford Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee
Burgess, l.nthony J., 44 Johnson Street, Taunton, Massachusetts
Burke, James G., 3823 Federal Way, Ogden, Utah
Burke, Vernis Wm., 4433 South 37th Street, St. Louis 16, Missouri
Burkhardt, Frederick I., 712 Howard Street, Santa Rosa, California
Burhite, Robert W., 1311 Chase Street, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Bums, Charles D., 4973 Eliot Street, Denver, Colorado
Burris, Gordon J., 2529 Cleveland Avenue, Canton, Ohio
Burns, Leo T., Oscella, New York
Bush, Wesley E., 1114 Harker Street, Port Huron, Michigan
Bush, William H., Park City, Kent\lcky
Butch, Vincent, 123 Craven Street, Youngstown, Ohio
Butler, Ralph C., RFD I. Mullica Hill, New Jersey
Butler, Lester A., 732 McMillian Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama
Cagley, Earl C., Route 1, Byington, Tennessee
Cahill, William M., 2298 Arlington Avenue, Middleton, Ohio
Calabrese, Nicholas J., 270 1st Street, Jersey City. New Jersey
Campbell, Billy L., RFD 2, Troup, Texas
Compbell, Fred C., 3009 N. 15th Street. Terre Haute, Indiana
Campbell, George W., 153 Chestire Road, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Campbell, William G., 223 Cullen Str!!et, Whittler, California
Campbell, Lloyd T., 758 Kiley Avenue, Yuba City, California
Canada, Frederick R., 1903 5th Street, Port Arthur, Texas
Canada, F. R., 536 13th Street, Frandenton, Florida
Candelaria, John B., 413 W. Hazeldine, Albuquergue, New Mexico
Cannon, James, 146th AAFBU, Selfridge Field, Michigan
Cannon, T. W., 3647 Wayne Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee
Cantley, Samuel J., 522½ Ellinger Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Cappellano, Anthony J., 80 Water Street. Lawrence, Massachusetts
Carboneau, H. J., 107 Spring Street, Berlin, New York
Cardi!, Edward, RFD 2, Morris Plains, New Jersey
Carkevy, Arthur J., 921 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City 6, New Jersey
Carl, James E., 225 E. Wall Street, Joplin, Missouri
Carl, James E., RFD 2, Westville, Oklahoma
Carlson, Roy C., 11 Columbia Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Carlsson, Carl C., 1303 8th Avenue, Dodge City, Kansas
Carlsson, Carl C., 2089 Hillhurst Avenue, Hollywood, California
Camivale, Angelo, 435 Grahm Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Carnevale, Walter L., 226 Farmington Avenue, Cranston, Rhode Isl,:md
Carr, Bruce W., 8 Green Street, Union Springs, New York
Carr, Eunice R., 8 Green Street, Union Springs, New York
Carson, Joseph W., 888 Guerveno Street, San Francisco, California
Carter, George S., Ellisville, Mississippi
Caruse, Joseph J.. 327 Benton Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri
Casey, J.B., Box 284, Whiteflat, Texas
Casey, John L., 4337 Laclede, St. Louis, Missouri
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Castonguay, James B., 1628 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, Cahforma
Cavarzan, Dario P., C Camp No. 22. Weed, California
Caver, Leo E., Box 223, Branford, Florida
Cerveny, Walter J., 3682 E. 135th Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Chambers, Verlin B., 435 N. Lincoln Avenue, Pocatello, Idaho
Chamberlain, Franklin D., 1915 H Street. Bellingham, Washington
Chapman, John B., II, 2770 Observatory Road, Cincinnati, Ohio
Chapman, Harvey H., 2913 Noble Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
Chapman, W. M., 114 W. New Street, Shelton, Connecticut
�Chase. Francis A .• General Delivery. Pikeville, Tennessee
Chassey, George I., Jr., 373 South Street, Bredgewater, Massachusetts
Cheney, Frank E., Parks Air College, St. Louis, Missouri
Chesney, Joseph. c-o Packard Motors, United Artist's Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
Chester, Ernest P., Route 2, Bokchite, Oklahoma
Childress, Thomas A., New Canton, Virginia
Chiodo, Michael A., 2566 Mason Street, Omaha, Nebraska
Chocolas, Joseph G., 80 New Street, Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania
Christensen, Earl B., Jin Falls, Wisconsin
Christianson, Lyle. 712 South Sheridan. Tacoma. Washington
Christy, Dale R. , Route I. Berrien Springs, Michigan
Chuculate, Claude M ., 1306 Poplar Street, Duncan, Oklahoma
Chumas, James J., 313 Allison Street, N. W. Washington, D. C.
Cichek, George, Island Road, Ramsey, New Jersey
Cirantineo, Bernard, 2532 S. Parnell, Chicago, Illinois
Clark, Andrew R., 4843 Edmonton Street. Detroit, Michigan •
Clark, Clarence L., 565 Graham Road, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas
Clark, John J.. 1342 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Claver, Earl R., 203 N . 9th Street, Albia, Iowa
Clay, Clarence H., 3034 N. W. 19th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Clay, William C., England, Arkansas
Clifford, Bill B., 3221 E. 11th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Clint, James B., 1647 West 6th Street, Ashtabula, Ohio
Cloke, Marshall, 1955 Broadway, San Francisco, California
Coaster, Francis S., Ulby, Michigan
Cobbs, Richard W., 204 High Street, Blackstone, Virginia
Cocker, Lynn W ., 656 W. Woodlawn, Ferndale, Michigan
Cody, William S., 800 S. 12th Street, Newark, New Jersey
Coffin, Milfred E., Route 3, Box 92A, Centralia, Washington
Cohen, Donald M., 272 Linwood Street, New Britain, Connecticut
Cohen, Gerald, P., 309 Lowell Avenue, Providence 9, Rhode Island
Cohen, Philip D., 7513 Cornell Avenue, Chicago 49, Illinois
Colem::m, Kenneth, Winslow, Indiana
Coleman, Sheftall B., JOI East Park Avenue, Savannah, Georgia
Co!klesser, Claude, 600 Nicholson Street, N. W. Washington, D. C.
Collins, Robert N., 313 Ridge Avenue, Macon, Georgia
Conahan, Patrick J., 131 Shaw Avenue, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
Condy, Lester A., RFD '3, Big Springs, Nebraska
Conley, Edward P .. 711 N. Ridgeway Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Conn, Robert L., RR 7, Springfield, Missouri
Connors, Jeremian J., 191 Grampian Way, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Conti, Alvin G., 1909 Orchard Avenue, Arnold, Pennsylvania
Cooper, A. C., 221 E. Eddington, Flint, Michigan
Cook, William R., 1508 Willow Avenue, Topeka, Kansas
Coppin, George A., 4309 Howard Avenue, Sacramento 17, California
Cornwell, Ward, 2017 Linwood, Kansas City, Missouri
Cosgrove, Bernard J., Box 98, New Hampton, New York
Costello, William A., 98 Dallas Avenue, Hoxsie, Rhode Island
Cottingham, John C., 1200 Union Trust Building, Cincinnati, Ohio
Couch, Fred I., Jackson Spring Road, Macon, Georgia
Courter, John K., 135 Lyndale Avenue, Buffalo, New York
Cousins, James E., Salisbury Cove, Maine
Covell, Robert H., Hanover, New Hampshire
Cowan, George A., Church Street, Dearnriscotta, Maine
Cowen, Julius D., 415 N. W . 21st Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Craig, Clyde A ., Jr., 118 Lincoln Street, North Easton, Massachusetts
Crane, Robert, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Creadon, Frank A., 3153 W. 106th Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Cribbs, James H., 502 Pleasant Street, Davenport, Iowa
Crocker, William A., 2249 W. 61st Street, Seattle 7, Washington
Crockett, Robert W ., Route I. Box ISSA, Dos Palos, California
Crum, Walter S., 338 S. Vassar, Wichita, Kansas
Crum, Walter S .. 620 Bluemont, Manhattan, Kansas
Culbertson, Orner W., 3804 Pillsbury Avenue S., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cummings, Edward C., 2067 Broadbridge, Stratford, Connecticut
Cummings, Cecil F., Jr .. 909 W . Elm, Enid, Oklahoma
Cunningham, Harold D., 428 N. Green, Longview, Texas
Curlee, Robert B., Box 121. Luke Field, Arizona
Curtis, Cecil E., Box 204, Edna, Texas
Daglish, James B., 604 N. Gorge Street, Rome, New York
Dahlberger, Kenneth A., Telex Inc., 12 N. Wash. Ave., Minneapolis I. Minn.
Dahlberg, Kenneth H .. Gretna Avenue, St. Paul. Minn~sota
Dalylish, J. B., 604 North George Street, Rome, New York
Dallaire, Eusebe A., 916 S. Holly Street, Medford, Oregon
Daniels, George S., RFD 2, Elcajon, California
Dancsisen, Michael, 38 Willow Avenue, Wallington, New Jers-,y
Datz, Max C., 52 E. 52nd Street, Brooklyn, New York
Davis, Clifford H .. 4240 165th Street. Flushing, New York
Davis, James E., 145 Pecan Street, Belzeni, Mississippi
Davis, John T., 2447 Ohio Street, South Ga:e, California
Davis, Norman E., 6112 Washington Street. Indianapolis, Indiana
Davis, Robert E., 191-37 115th Avenqe, St. Albans, New York
Davis, Thomas R., 3133 Conn Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Davis, Wilburn L.. Library Lane. Bayville, Long Island. New York
Davis, Young M ., Box 215, Dundee, Florida
Day, Calvin W ., 3024 Porter Street, N. W . Washington, D. C.
Day, Howard K., 67 Lyman Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts
Dean, Clifford H., Avoca, Nebraska
Dearman, Carlton A., 6525 32 S. W., Seattle, Washington
Deeds, Frederick B.. Osceola. Nebraska
Dehon, William B.. 125 Michigan Avenue, Fort Myers, Florida
Delgado, Ralph, Jr., 545 W . 187th Street, New York City, New York
De Munnik, Theodore J., 3080 Coplin Street. Detroit, Michigan
Dendergrass, Walter K., 2820 2nd Ave nue, St. Pete, Florida
Dentict, Joseph E., 502 E. Water Street, Kittann ;ng, Pennsylvania
Donohoo, Thomas L., Jr., 1502 Butternut Sireet, Abilene, Texas
Depner, Earl G., 747 Elm Drive, Billings, Montana
Derosier, William F., 1498 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, New York
Desch, Vincent G., 221 Madison Street, Topeka, Kansas
Deshoies, Leo M ., JO Hamilton Street, Hartford 6, Connecticut
Devaney, John E., 1400 Madison, Kansns City, Missouri
Didion, Charles E., 234 Republic Street, Pittsburgh 11, Pennsylvania
Didriksen, Robert P., Lincoln, Montana
Dietrich, Virgil C., Box 404, Meade, Kansas
Di Leo, Herbert J., 51 George Street, Avenel, New Jersey
Dillon, James M., 1751 Newberg, Louisville, Kentucky
Dirnm. John F., RFD 4, Muncy. Pennsylvania
Dirks, Howard A., Harrisburg, South Dakota
Ditewig, Theodore E., 4228 N. Ridgeway Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Doenig, Charles W ., Oakland, California
Donnell, Ridgly E., Jr., Route 2, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Donnellan, Robert E., 21 S. Hobart Street, Brighton, Massachusetts
Donnell. Ridley E., Route 2, Hurfreesboro, Tennessee
Donohoo, Thomas L., 1502 Butternut Street, Abilene, Texas
Doran, Charles B., 723 Corby Street, South Bend, Indiana
Doris, John J.. 6020 Reimhart Street. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dorsey, Thomas H., 2712 Glendora Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dougherty, Edward E., 542 N. Foreman, Vinita, Oklahoma
Dougherty, Paul H., 99 Victoria Boulevard, Kenmore 17, New York
Doughman, Von D., 3544 4th Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Douglas, W. F., Box 41, McQueeney, Texas
Dowell. Rupert L., 710 East 11th Street, Hereford, Texas
Drawe, Walter T., Jr., 1125 Adele, Houston, Texas
Duke, Lawrence H., Route 7, Box 181, Charlotte, North Carolina
Dulin, Raymond E.. 556 Artie Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Dunn, Carl, Route 3, Charleston, Arkansas
Dunn, Thomas E., Route 2, Smethport, Pennsylvania
Dunning, Barton B., 14 N. Walnut Street, East Orange, New Jersey
Dunwoody, William D., 1511 Overing Stree t. Bronx New york
Duonavic, Frank, Edgewood Avenue, Trafford, Pennsylvama
Durham, Bernhard F., 702 Rockwell Street, Kewanee, Illinois
Durkee, Alexander B., RD I, Oneida, New York
Dutton, Eugene J., 2710 American Avenue, Long Beach, California
Dxon, Edward B., Wyoming, Delaware
Dyer, Vernelle W., Jr., 2688 W. Scarborough, Cleveland, Ohio
Dyjac, Adam J., RFD I, Robbinville, New Jersey
Eaves, Buford M ., 2820 N. W. 30th Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas
Eager, Richard K., 508 Eagel Bend Road, Clinton, Tennessee
Eagleston, Glenn T., 3133 Poplar Street, Alhambra, California
Earhart, William H., Box 571. Charlottesville, Virginia
Earls, Paul E., Route 7, Box 17. Springfield, Missouri
Earlandson, Robert L., 310 N. 9th Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Edgil, Kelvie D., Townley, Alabama
Edward, Dixon B., Wyoming, Delaware
Edwards, Alvin V., Route 2, Spring Hope, North Carolina
Edwards, Donald G., 820 E. 2nd Street, Belvidone, Illinois
Edwards, Frederick W ., 3500 Homan Avenue, Waco, Texas
Edwards, James W., 1199 E. El Camino Street, Sacramento, California
Egley, Ralph L., Jr., RD 1, Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Eichenlaut, Joseph G., 802 Biltmore, St. Genevieve, Missouri
Eldred, Harlow R., 1319 Glenlake Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Eller, James C., Trautman, North Carolina
Elling, Chas. W., Medford, Oklahoma
Elliot, Edward P., 1503 23rd Avenue, Meridan, Mississippi
Ellzey, William J., Varnado, Louisiana
Elrod, William T., Route I. Box 91, Jacksonville, Florida
Emmer, Wallace N., 6304 S. Rosebury Drive, St. Louis, Missouri
Emerson, Warren S., Neligh, Nebraska
Englemann, Herbert W ., 46 Marion Avenue, Grantwood, New Jersey
English. Edward T., 9515 Preston Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
Ernst, Charles W., 370 Marion Street, Brooklyn, New York
Espy, Bowers W., 199 James Street, Kingston, Pennsylvania
Evans, Buck, Route 2, Box 375, Memet, California
Evans, Clarence E., 3604 Jackson, El Paso, Texas
Evans, Ralph J., 557 E. 3rd Street, Newport, Kentucky
Fahsenfeld, Fred M ., 3074 N. Penn., Indianapolis, Indiana
Fechtner, Elmer J.• Route I, Frazee, Minnesota
Feenan, John A ., 4 Marlborough Street, Albany, New York
Fehsenfeld, Fred M ., 3074 N . Pennsylvania, Indianapolis. Indiana
Feigen, Albert J., 4226 N. Hazel Street, Chicago, Illinois
Felland, Arthur, Joice, Iowa
Felland, Arthur 0., Jopce, Iowa
Fenske, Fred, 3606 N. Springfield, Chicago, Illinois
Ferguson, John V., Box 322, Lonke, Arkansas
Ferguson, John, 213-03 35th Avenue, Bayside, New York .
Ferrawolo, John, 931 Graphie Street, Penn 7, Pennsylvama
Ferrari, Joseph, 156 Mohawk Avenue, Norwood, Pennsylvania
Fiedler, Joseph M., 346 Boulevard Avenue, Dickson City, Pennsylvania
Filer, Warren F., 607 S. Russell Avenue, Champaign, Illinois
Fincher, Obie 0 ., 126 Woodward Avenue, S. E. Atlanta, Georgia
Finelli, Joseph, 104 Jackson Street, Brooklyn, New Nork
Fish, Kenneth R., Route 3, Viroqua, W isconsin
Fisher, Joseph, Jr., 1704 N. Liberty, Victoria, Texas
Fisk, Harry E., 910 Wellesly Street, Spokane, Washington
Fitzgerald, Jim C., San Saba, Texas
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Fletcher, James E., 401 E. Springfield Road, Springfield, Pennsylvania
Flinchum, James I.. Route 2, Willis, Virginia
Forguson, Loyce E., 309 W . 9th Street, Sanford. Florida
Forrest, James B., 135 Ravena! Street, Columbia, South Carolina
Forrebee, Walter D.. 458 Maryland Ave., McCoole, Md., P. 0 : Keyser, W . Va.
Fortner, Kenneth E., 2923 Barret Street, St. Louis, Missouri
Fouche, James T., 2116 Union Street, Brunswick, Georgia
Fouraker, Charles E., 1114 Cherry, Jacksonville 5, Florida
Fournier, Robert P., Chicago, Illinois
Fountain, Harold D., 6739 6th Avenue, Los Angeles, California
F'out, Loyd E., Box 225, North Lewisburg, Ohio
Fowers, Lenis W .. 706 E. Lewis Street, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fowler, Albert D., Georgetown University, Washington 7, D. C.
Fox. Edward F., 2024 Court Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Fox, Edward, Jr., Boie 763, Waco, Texas
Foye, Robert F., 179 Gambier Street, San Francisco, California
Frank, Joseph F., 118 E. Lyman, Topeka, Kansas
Franks, Ray Z., 1214 54th Street, Galveston, Texas
Frankel. Jack E., 12931 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio
Franklin, Joseph W .. 5_62 4th Avenue, New Krnsinaton, ~ennsylvania
Frantz, Carl M., National Pike, Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Frederick. Arthur C., 1131 Hereford Street, St. Louis, Missouri
Free, Marion E., RR!, Houston, Texas
Freeman, Shelby D., Route I. Hulbert, Oklahoma
French, Dale W., 2804 Pine Avenue, Matton, Illinois
Frisco, Harold J., 336 S. E. Clay Street, Portland, Oregon
Frischling, Stanley P., 2708 Avenue P, Brooklyn, New York
Frost, Harrison, 6116 Aktavnun Avenue, Seattle, Washington
Frye, Donald E., Fort Scott, Kansas
Frye, Donald E., 4104 Wilma Street, W ichita, Kansas
Fry, Kenneth L., 134 E. Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Fuchs, Marion J., General Delivery, Ruiodosa, New Mexico
Fullenlove, Thomas M., 110 El Verano Way. San Francisco, California
Fulsom, Raymond E., 9755 Hanover Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri
Gobin, Max C., 311 W. 23rd Street, Erie, Pennsylvania
Galena, Jacob, 32 Ames Street, Worcester, Massachusetts
Griffith, Robert B., Route I, Box 240, Wichita Falls, Texas
Galkowski, Chester C .. 1301d Howard Street, St. Louis, Missouri
Gallaway, Edward L., 413 E. 5th Street. Texarkana, Arkansas
Gallo, Anthony, 153 Withers Street, Brooklyn, New York
Gaul. George H., Sleighton Farms, RFD l, Glenn Mills, Pennsylvania
Galway, Frederick J., Whitefield Avenue, Pinehurst, Massachusetts
Gawson, Joseph, 405 Nichols Street, Utica, New York
Gear, Frank W., Box 362, Hollis, Oklahoma
Geis, Carl P., 2500 Fairground Road, Salem, Oregon
Gemberling, Warren W ., 416 E. Front Street, Bloomington, Illinois
Genung, Linwood D., 617 W. Union, Champaign, Illinois
Gerber, Donald E., 4204 S. E. Holgate Boulevard, Portland, Oregon
Gertney, Kenneth P., 4902 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Getty, Murrel C., King of Prussia, Tennessee
Gibson, Jack A,, 2101 Sycamore Avenue, Los Angeles, California
Gibson, Hugh A., Jr., 901 S. 41st Street, Omaha, Nebraska
Gies, Carl P., 2500 Fairground Road, Salem, Oregon
Ginsberg, Bernard R., Box 804, Roswell, New Mexico
Gilbert, Frederick A ., 80 St. Marks Place St. George, Staten Island, New York
Gilleland, Clement E., 1531 Cambia, S. Los Angeles, California
Gillis, Mailon A ., Pearsall, Texas
Gillis, Mailon A., 134 East F. Street. Ontario, California
Gillraiard, Riley C., Box 112, Davilla, Texas
Glouer, Berne A., 1625 Butternut, Abilene, Texas
Godfrey, William J., Donnelley, Idahc.>
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Godowitch, Stephen S., JOO Superior Street, Sharon, Pennsylvarua
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Gomez, Daniel R., c-o Mrs. Marie Ogle, 900 A. Buchanana St., San Francisco,
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Goodell, Merlin, Wheller, Wisconsin
Goodnight, Robert E., City Club, Carlin, Nevada
Goodwin, Arthur L., Chillicothe, Ohio
Goodwin, Clifford T., 1235 Stoneybrook Drive, S. E., Atlanta, Geirgia
Goodwin, Terrence E., 3509 Bryant Avenue, S. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Goodwin, Vernon M ., 56 S. 2nd Street San, Jose, California
Gorman, Kenneth E., 3815 Charnbeflayne Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
Goshorn, Frank M., 1527 N . Windsor, Glendale, California
Goss, William M., Jr., 1116 S. B. Street, San Mateo, California
Grande, Guy, Dr., 830 South Street, Roslindale, Massachusetts
Graves, Wayland E., 56 Spencer Avenue, Owego. New York
Gray, Gerald A., 722 6th Street, Grand Rapid, Michigan
Grey, John P., 824 10th Avenue S., Nampa, Idaho
Gray, Harold L., 1603 Cass Street, Niles, Michigan
Gray, William I .. Route 3, Lexington, Indiana
Grey, Harold L., 925 S. 35th Street, South Bend, Indiana
Green, Ralph E.• 1016 South 5th Street, Bozeman. ~ontan_a . .
Greene, William J., 16 Benedict Avenue, Lagley Field, Vrrg1rua
Greenhill, Cheste, Sophie, Kentucky
Greenwood, John F .. 674 E. 23rd Street, Paterson, New Jersey
Griessinger, Carl A ., 436 West 65th Place, Chicago, Illinois
Grimsley. Argus L., Jr., Fairmount, North Carolina
Gronback, Alvin E., Laverne, Iowa
Gross, Clayton K., 437 W. 20th Street, Spokane, Washington
Guskenberger, Henry C., 74 Broadway, Hicksville, New York
Gumm, Charles F., East 2523 Montgomery, Spokane, Washington
Hackreiter, George A., 757 Jay Street, Rochester, New York
Hasek, Ivan S., 23 Blackstone Avenue, Sioux City, Iowa
Hadesh, Frank G .. Blissfield, Michigan
Haff, Exra, Box 132½, Route 4, Visalirn, California
Halferty, Robert M., 4036 Cottage Avenue, Des Moines'. lo'Yl'.a
Hailey, William L., 8807 S. Cimarron, Los Angeles, Cahforma
Hall, George W., 316 E. 48th Street, Kansas City, Missouri .
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Hall, Richard G., 2222 S. Figureoa Street, Los An,geles,_ Cal_1forrua
Hall, Richard G., 1620 Wooster Street, Los Angeles, Califorrua
Hallowell, Carl H., Box 666, Pekin, Illinois
Hammett Ray M .. 6312 Bryan Parkway, Dallas, _Texas . .
Hammill, James F., 9150 Marquette Avenue, Chicago, lllin01s
Hand, R. L.. 159 2nd Avenue, Hightstown, New Jersey
Handley. George R., 1824 S. Barrett Avenue, Sed°:lia, Missouri
Hangen, John J., 329 Quitman Street, Dayton, Ohio
Hankerson, M. R., Hill City, Minnesota
Hanson, I. M ., Jr., 1543 23rd Avenue, San Francisco 22, California
Hanson. Marcus, 42 Cypress Street. Maplewood, New Jersey .
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Hanson, Ralph M., 3423½ Atlantic Street, Los Angeles 23, Cahforma
Harbors, James D., Ashton, Iowa
Hargis, William G., 209 W. Minnesota Avenue, Deland, Florida
Harke, William F., 561 East 471st Street, Newport, Kentucky
Harlow, Eldred R., 1319 Glendlake Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Harpine, Lester R., 374 E. Wolfe Street, Harrisonbur9. Virginia
Harrell, Daniel, Route 4, Box 193, Savannah, Georgia
Harris, Billie D., 705 Navajoe Street, Altus, Oklahoma . _ .
Harrison, Richard D., 313 Ramsey Avenue. Hopewell, Vng1ma
Harwood, -Donald J., 603 N. Dean Street, Bay City, Michigan
Hasbrouck, Ralph C., 166 Greenwood Avenue, East Orange, New Jersey
Hasek, Ivan S., 23 Blackstone Avenue, Sioux City. Iowa
Hatfield, Lee V., 2226 South Ewing, Dallas, Texas
Hattie John D., Beverdale, Pennsylvania
Hauck. John R., Port Washington. Wisconsin
Hawkins, George W ., Jr., 810 N. Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia
Hawley, Charles W ., 1024 E. 144th Street, Compton, California
Haydock, Richard, Yew York City, New York
Hayes, John B., Box 113, Kingsville, Texas
Heine, Thomas C., 10867 Mogul, Detroit, Michigan
Hellman, Leland D., Route 2, Box 269B, Hillsboro, Oregon
Henderson, Charles M ., 55 Glenbrook Road, Stamford, Connecticut
Henderson, Gene K., 525 Main Street, Conneaut, Ohio
Hendrickson, Franklyn E., 132-38 Springfield Blvd., Springfield, L. I., New York
Henley, David W ., 395 West 3rd, South Richfield, Washington
Henrikson, Paul L., 6157 Patterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Henry, Ivan R., 1621 Nowaby Street, Clinton, Oklahoma
Herman, Kenneth J., 1302 Forest Avenue, Waterloo, Iowa
Hermann, Theodore R., 2851 N. Linder Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Hernandez, Roy J., Nepoleonville, Louisiana
Hernandez, Juan A .. General Delivery, Granger, Texas
Hill, Harry E., 2815 N. Adams Street, Peoria 3, Illinois
Hine, Howard E., Jr., 32 Douglas Road, Belmont 78, Massachusetts
Hixon, William K., Jr., Box 18, Berin Center, Ohio
Hmbrick, B. R., Route I. Las Cruces, New Mexico
Hochreiter, George A., 457 Lyell Avenue, Rochester, New York
Hodapp. Gerald F., 1201 Staples, Kalamazoo 54, Michigan
Hodes, Stanley F., 68-37 Yellowstone Blvd., Forest Hills, Long Island, N. Y.
Hedgers, Millard U., 2312 E. 5th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Hoehn, George J., Wheatfield, Indiana
Holstein, Harold, New York City, New York
Hogeman, Fred F., 1324 Union Trust Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio
Hoirn, Thorston A., Route 1, Highland, Illinois
Holcomb, Joseph R., 804 Ross Lane Center Hill, Roanoke, Virginia
Holman, Eugene, 613 North Robinson, Harrson, Arkansas
Holmes, Ralph D., Merriebrooke Lane, Stamford, Connecticut
Holmgren, Harris D., Lafayette, Minnesota
Holten, H., 814 Lake Street, Keuanee, Illinois
Holtz, Herbert M., 210 5th N. E., Washington, D. C.
Horseman, Stanley W., JO Day Avenue, Brockton, Massachusetts
Horton, James E., Smyre Station, Gastonia, North Carolina
Hotvet, Melvin C., Route 2, Larchwood, Iowa
Houck, George L., Jr., 3743 South Street, Sacramento, California
Howard, James H., 20 Crestwood Drive, St. Louis, Missouri
Howell, Wentworth, 3711 W . Jackson, Pensacola, Florida
Howell, William B., 270 Forest Hill Drive, Asheville, North Carolina
Hrachovec, Joseph L., Hot Springs, South Dakota
Hresko, John, 363 E. Baltimore Boulevard, Flint, Michigan
Hudgens, Henry R., Minneapolis, Kansas
Hudson, Richard H., RFD 3, Troy, New York
Hughes, James M.. Canton, Georgia
Hughes, Richard C., 7513 California Avenue, Huntington Park, California
Hughes, Richard C., 4301 E. 3rd Street, Long Beach, California
Huff, Tecumseh, Norwood Street, Radford, Virginia
Humrickhouse, George W ., Box 321. Snoqualmie, Washington
Hunt, Edward E., 4230 Brigton Street, Los Angeles, California
Iannacone, Joseph J.. 568 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Irvin, Billie J., 928 S. 24th Avenue, Belwood, Illinois
Isakoolian, Ieron V., 3525 Ventura Avenue, Treano, California
Joblon, Harry. 156 Mt. Pleasant Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Johnson, Douglas R., 31 Sunset Terrace, West Hartford, Connecticut
Johnston, Eldon E., 2423 Manitou Street, Joplin, Missouri
Johnson, Lester G .. 4620 A. E. 59th Street, Maywood, California
Johnson, Raymond, Steubenville, Ohio
Johnson, Truman G., 419 Scisto Street, Urbano, Ohio
Johnson, Walter R .. 286 Guerro Street, San Francisco, California
Johnson, Willie K., 1498 Obrig Avenue, Gruntersville, Alabama
Jolly, Warren H., Box 313, Moncks, Corner, South Carolina
Jones, Earl R., D-401 Eloise, Eloise, Michigan
Jones, Richard A., W . Main Street Extd., Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Jones, Rober H., RFD 2, Mendon, Michigan
Jones, Walter P .. 2044 E. Market Street, Warren, Ohio
Jones, Warren H., 334 N. Pine Street, Orange, California
Jensby, Clarence R., 3910 W . Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois
Jeremiah, J. Connors, 191 Grampian Way, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Jennings, Stephen E., Jr., Clay City, Illinois
Jacobus, Harry, 1519 Pierce Street, Amarillo, Texas
Jackson, Donald W ., 106 High Street. Geneva, New York
Jackson, Fenno D., 318 Washington Street, Denver, Colorado
Jackson, Jesse C., 3719 Central Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee
Jackson, Leonard E., Hesperia, Michigan
Jackson, Robert C., Jr., Box 225, Lecompte, Louisiana
Janes, Harold D., 714 Popular Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Jarvis, Wilfred L., 543 South East Street. Holyoke, Massachusetts
Jaworski, Anthony P., 4422 Jacob Street, Wheeling, West Virginia
Jungblut, John R., Clermont, Iowa
Jungwirth, John A .. 315 Booth Street. Dubuque, Iowa
Kaiser, Roland L., 6241 Lawton Street, Roxborough, Philadelphia 8, Pa.
Kaiser, William E.. Box 133, Punta Gorda, Florida
Konopka, John, Bristol, Connecticut
Kappas, Nicholas A .• 911 Herald Avenue, Lancaster, California
Kaufman, Wm., S., 27 E. 4th Street, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Keane, James P .. Penllyn, Pennsylvania
Kegebein, Robert R., RFD I. Hamlet, Indiana
Kellar, Chas., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Kelley, Joseph H., 244 Bro! Street, Long Beach,_Calif?rnia .
Kelly, Lonnire D., 2420 E. 70th Street, Kansas City, Missoun
Keller, Stanley L., 4914 Cordelia Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
Kempf, Paul 0 ., 350a Iowa Street, St. Louis, Missouri
Kennison, James D., 8 Milton Street, Albany, New York
Kenny, John M., Springfield, Massachusetts
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Kenyon, James R., 14 Merriam Street, Walla Walla, Washington
Kessinger, Herbert L., Elizabeth, Indiana
Kestler, Leland P., New Boston, Texas
Kevacik. Andrew, Jr., 146 Market Street. Donora, Pennsylvania
Kilpatrick, Charles D.. 62 Carolina Avenue, N~wark, New Jersey
Kimball. Lewis W ., 139 Western Avenue, Frammgham, Massachusetts
Kimmons, Louis, Squadron C., Lowry Field. Denver, Colorado
King, James V., 907 West 17th Street, Los Angeles 15, California
�King. Layton C., Beardsley, Minnesota
King, William B., 1241 Princess Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia
Kindrick, V. D., Meadowview, Virginia
Kinnaman, Robert R., Vincennes, Indiana
Kinnon. George N., Jr., 3240 Roswell Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina
Kirts, .Benjamin E., 2938 South Main Street, Elkhart, Indiana
Klein. Richard H .• 3130 Brighton 6 Street, Brooklyn, New York
Kline, Daniel G., 12 E. Washington Street, Fleetwood, Pennesylvania
Kline, Russel H.,164 Providence Street, Waverly, New York
Klonowski, Anthony S., 5042 South Winchester Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Klopotek. Robert J.• Route 1, Custer, Wisconsin
Klucznik, Harry A., 2241 W. Armitage Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Kmiecik, Walter, 502 W . 7th Street, West Frankfurt, Illinois
Knier, Earl ., Hersehey Mill Farm, Malvern, Pennsylvania
Kobylenski, Sylvester P .• Holdingford, Minnesota
Koenig, Charles W .. 7817 Arthur Street, Oakland, California
Koerber, Ciarence G .• 3800 Gratiot Avenue, Port Huron, Michigan
Koerner, William F., 822 Tippecanoe Street, Lafayette, Indiana
Kong, Wah Kau, 1225 Pau Lane, Honolulu. Hawaii
Konopka, John CC East Road, Bristol, Connecticut
Kornuta, Micheal. 25 1st Avenue, Bedford, Ohio
Kowach, Joseph, 5642 Princton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Kozaczka, Felix, 46 Deane Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Kozlowski, Joseph T., 12 Sherman Street, Worcester, Massachusetts
Krebs. Joseph M .. 508 East Wilson Street. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Kress, Girard H., 117 Ross Street, Williamport. Pennsylvania
Kronek, Joe A., 1014 42nd Avenue, Minneapolis 13, Minnesota
Kunka, Michael D., 179 3rd Street, Passaic, New Jersey
Kubalak, Sylvester J.. 924 Elm Avenue. Superior. Wisconsin
Kuhn, Donald V., 3501 Stacey Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio
Kuns, Merle L., RR 2, Flora, Indiana
La Croix, Francis A., 90 East Center Street, Winooski, Vermont
Lafontaine, Emile J., 85 Lee Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Laksko, Charles W., Nemacolin, Pennsylvania
Laing, Silas M., Route 2, Front Royal, Louisiana
Lamar, Robert M.. 1109 Troup Street, Augusta, Georgia
Lamb, George M., Box 288, Magna, Utah
Lammers, James A., 1614 Settles, Big Spring, Texas
Landry, Jules J., 515 Bank Avenue, New Iberia, Louisiana
Lane, James M., Dillion, South Carolina
Langran, D. E., 109 South Winnetka Street, Dallas 11, Texas
Lapone, Sal. 109-28 197th Street, Hollis 12, New York
Lasco, Charles W., 142 Wood Avenue, Nemacelin, Pennsylvania
Lardner, Walter C., RFD 1, Box 40, Brandon, Wisconsin
Larson, Fredrick E., 139 Olmstead Street, Wampaun, Minnesota
Lastarza, Jerry. 359 Van West Avenue, Bronx, New York
Law, Charles R., Box 610, Moberly, Missouri
Lawrence, Howard W .• West Farmington, Ohio
Lawrence, Robert E., General Delivery, Santa Monica, California
Lawglridge, Willie J., Jr., 923 Falls Road, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Lawler, Jasper, P., Troy, North Carolina
Layman Lyle E., Box 40, Soperton. Wisconsin
Leach, Jerry Douglas, 714 N. Oak Street, Little Rock, Arkansas
Leathery. Chester F .. 929 Louque Place, New Orleans. Louisiana
LeBlanc Huntz H., 126 Duperier Avenue, New Iberia, Louisiana
Lee. Edwin C .. Monreoville. Alabama
Lefeaux, Charles A., 2736 Oscaola Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Lefenfeld, Harry, 570 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Legrand, John W., 239 Fairmount, Lowell, Massachusetts
Lehane, Harold J., 40 Spaulding Street. Amherst. Massachusetts
Leighton, Carl A., Jr., 459 South River Street, Wilkes Borre, Pennsylvania
Leonard, Richard D., Mannus Choice, Pennsylvania
Lester, Robert C., 1305 Green Street, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Lester, Robert C., 828 Elmey Avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Levan, Vernon A., RFD 2, Dixon, Illinois
Lewis, Bevan G., Poughquay, New York
Lewis, David L., Coming, Iowa
Lewis, Elmer, 1647 Elmore Street, Cincinnati, Ohio
Lill. Francis R., 682 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Lilly, Joseph A., 1676 Glenwood Road, Brooklyn, New York
Lind, Carl A., 1733 P. Street. Lincoln, Nebraska
Lipinski, Anthony, 12 East 112th Street, Chicago, Illinois
Litherland, Joseph W ., 2240 Long Street, Beaumont. Texas
Little, Malcolm D., 2369 5th Avenue, McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Littlefield. Warren C., Folkston, Georgia
Loebs, Gordon 0., New Castle, Wyoming
Logan. Grant N., 21 Beech Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Logan, Nevatt G., 21 Beech Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Loken. Ole, Route 1, Lodi, California
Lombardo, John L., 93 Coleman Terrace, Rochester, New York
Long, James R., Dale,-Texas
Long, Loren E., 201 E. College, La Cygne, Kansas
Long, Maurice G .. 835 ES. Long Bea~h. California
Lopez, Juventino, 1208 St. Maria Avenue, Laredo, Texas
Lordi, Harry L.. 4064 Bronx Boulevard, Bronx, New York
Louie, Willie W., 575 E. 9th Street, Salt Lake City 2, Utah
Love, James P., Baldwin Station, Chester. South Carolina
Loveridge, Clair W., RFD 2, Box 110, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Lowe, Ralph, 1807 Main Street, Little Rock, Arkansas
Ludlow James J., 203 14th Street, Jersey City, New Jersey
Lukuwskie, Francis, Shamokin Street, Trevorton, Pennsylvania
Luttrell, B. F., Box 161, Royse City, Texas
Mace, Wallace P. Dr., 226 South 3rd, East Salt Lake City, Utah
Macera, Anthony F., 2212 Marathone Street, Los Angeles, California
MacIntyre, Russell W., 523 3rd Avenue, Ottawa, Illinois
MacNair, James C., 1944 E. 13th Street, Tulsa 4, Oklahoma
Mahoney, Gerald T., 430 S. Pearl Street, Albany, New York
Mallory, Charles L.. Brewster, Kansas
Manek, Paul, Stockyards Station, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Mankey. Robert T., 739 Madison Avenue, San Diego, California
Manning, Robert E., 5030 Argus Drive, Los Angeles, California
._ Mannino, Frank B., 216 E. Midlothian Boulevard. Youngstown. Ohio
Mares, Arthur V., 1159 E. 3rd Street, Hastings, Minnesota
Marichalar, Ezequiel. 3600 Madera Street, El Paso, Texas
Marks, Jack A., 125 E. Front Street, Dover, Ohio
Marques, Joseph, 1018 W. Prinslon Avenue, Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Martin, Jack S .. 210 Mirmar Street, San Francisco, California
Martin, Kenneth R., 7500 E. 37th Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Martin, F. Raubfogel. Valley Forge Road. RD 2, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Martinez, Gilbert W., Box 22, Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Marza, Jerome C., 1933 W. 11th Street. Brooklyn, New York
Mason, James D., 1644 W. Alagama Street, Houston, Texas
Massa, Armando A., 730 Ridge Street, Newark, New Jersey
Massey, William T., 4914 Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois
Mathe, Edmund C., 849 Ridgewood Drive, Highland Parks, Illinois
Matheny, Wilbur G., 86 Koonta Avenue, Clendemins, West Virginia
Matrone, Joseph V.. 54 Isl Place, Brooklyn, New York
Matteucci, Lawrence, 317 N. 6th Street, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Matthews, James S .. Jr .. RFD 4, Rock Hill. South Carolina
Matthews, William J., Rachel. West Verginia
Mattie, John D.. Beaverdale, Pennsylvania
Mattix, Jack C., Route I. Nowata, Oklahoma
Maure, Dominick A., 935 Mason Street, Elkhart, Indiana
Mayse, Norman B., 2624 19th Street, Meridan, Mississippi
McKay, Lawrence R., 616 5th Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio
Meadows, G. M., Box 313, Louellen, Kentucky
Medaris, Paul E., 1111 19th Street, Knoxville, Tennessee
Mehal. Emil F., 14116 Mendota, Detroit, Michigan
Mendal. Joseph M., Jr., 1520 Madison Street, Oakland, California
Menking. W. A., 64 Walnut Street, Alice, Texas
Menking, Victor A .. 915 Chaneller Street, Alice, Texas
Meserve, Robert L., Route I. Sandpoint, Idaho
Meyler, Walter P .• 714 South 10th Street, Newark, New Jersey
Miholovich, Eli. Route 2, Pitcairn, Pennsylvania
Miller, Charles W., 635 L Street, Merced, California
Miller, Clayton L.. 708 Burlison, Carbondale. Illinois
Miller, Earl, Monticello, Kentucky
Miller, John J.• 235 Sunset, Longmont, Colorado
Miller, John S., 513 St. Clair Street, Menitowac, Wisconsin
Miller, Norman R., 3420 W. Alemanda, Denver, Colorado
Miller, Thomas F., 2633, N. E. Skidmore Street, Portland, Oregon
Miller, Volie P., 2376 Penn Street, Beaumont, Texas
Miller, Paul A., 107 North Cedar Street, Lititz. Pennsylvania
Mills. Thomas C., High Beach Street, Bryan, Ohio
Milousich, Anton C., Roule 1, Box 203, Aurora, Minnesota
Millett, Richard L., Route 1, Edniboro, Pennsylvania
Ming, Jung, 433 Bronx Park Avenue, Bronx 60, New York
Mitchell, Homer R., 14254 Crescent Drive, Detroit, Michigan
Mizejewski, Edward, W. Dickens Street, Brooklyn, New York
Moff. John C .. RD 1. Poland, Ohio
Mohn, Harold W., Mohrsville, Pennsylvania
Money, David J.. Fort Benton, Montana
Montgomery, James E., 1416 Capistrano Street, Glendale, California
Montgomery, John H., Jr., Box 725, Jayton, Texas
Montgomery, Joyce S., 123 S. Crysler, Independence, Missouri
Montijo, John G., 6151 Cerritos Avenue, Long Beach. California
Moore, Charles L., 418 Derrick Street, Jackson, Mississippi
Moore, Clarence L., Powersville, Missouri
Moore, Eugene C .. 219 Woolsen Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio
Moore, Harry F., General Delivery, Angola, Indiana
Moss, Henry, 1200 Le Clair, Swissdale, Tennessee
Moore, James C., Route 2, Rome, Georgia
Moore, Joseph S., 64 Newark Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Moore, Thomas B., 87 South Lee Street, Newcastle, Pennsylvania
Moran, Patrick E., 95-32 82nd Street, Ozone Park 22, New York
Morris, Jack, 21 4th Avenue, Long Branch, New Jersey
Morton, Lewis E., 727 North 4th Street, Rome, Georgia
Moss, Murphy C., Box 206, Erath, Louisiana
Moulder, Horace G., 1608 Fairfield Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana
Muir, Wallace B., Box 373, Fillmore, Utah
Mullen, George T., 35 Union Street, Norwich, Connecticut
Mundy, John V., 16 Jangood Place, Bristol Terrace, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Munger, Donald J.• 106 Stevenson Street, Montgomery, Alabama
Mupo, James E., 786 James Street, Hazelton, Pennsylvania
Murray, William H .• Route I, Sparks, Oklahoma
Musgrave, Richard E., 7238 Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Myers. Robert G., 1723 Second Street, Cuyahoga Falls·, Ohio
Myhand, Thomas, Jr., Jacksonville, Texas
McAllister, Jesse N., Route 2, Stamford, Texas
McCaffery, John T., 1009 Washington Street, Wilmington, Delaware
McCarthy, Leslie L.. 1218 Smith Street, Flint, Michigan
McCauley, James A., 1409 East Broadway, Long Beach, California
McClain, James C .. Thorsby, Alabama
McClintock, Otis K., 618 North Madison, Dallas 8, Texas
McCloskey, Carl D.. Poltersdale. Pennsylvania
McCleod, Hugh S., 10 Kinglsey Avenue, Rutland, Vermont
McClure, Billie J., 122 N. Central Ave., Box 401, c-0 McClure & Lentz. Lima, O.
McClure, Harry P., 409 East Main Street, Corbin, Kentucky
McCombs, Eugene F.. 35 Linden Street, Plymouth, North Carolina
McCormick, Bernard F., Huron, Ohio
McDonald, Jene A., RR 2, Box 277, Augusta. Michigan
McDonald, Richard, 93 Elm Street, Scituate, Massachusetts
McDowell, Don, 2324 South Highland, Los Angeles, California
McDowell, Don, 4826 Mascot Street, Los Angeles, California
McE<;1chron, Gordon T., 1431 West 101st Street, Los Angeles. California
McGill. John L., 14 South Delsea Drive, Glassboro, New Jersey
Mcinnis, Miles M., Hamilton, Texas
McIntire, Francis P., 410-4 Kearney Avenue, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
McIntosh, Robroy, Gold Creek, Montana
McIntosh, Rob Roy B., 2313 Oak Street, San Monica, California
McIntosh, Roy R., Santa Monica, California
McKenzie, Clinton J., Grantsville, Maryland
McKinney, Walter A., Route 3, Box 113, Santa Cruz. California
McKinney, Walter A., 411 North McC!ay Street, Santa Ana, California
Mclaurine, James L., Box 443, Round Rock, Texas
McLeod, Hugh S., 10 Kingsley Avenue, Rutland, Vermont
Mclernon, James M., 34 Cleveland Avenue, Saugus, Massachusetts
McLoud, Nelson, RFD 3, Huntsville, Arkansas
McMannis, Wallace W ., River Road. Dillon, Montana
McMullen, John F., 333 East Street, Boston, Massachusetts
McMurry, George W ., Route I. Hattisburg, Mississippi
Nacy, William P., Greenberry Road, Jefferson City, Missouri
Nagele, Louis W ., 220 East Robinson Street, Jackson, Michigan
Nall, John B., 804 Runnels Street, Big Spring, Texas
Napeliello, James J., 89 Wayne Street, Jersey City, New Jersey
Nates, Clarence L., White Oaks Road, Park Mill, Spartanburg, S. C.
Nava, Miguel, 4276 South Hoover Street, Los Angeles, California
Nee, Don D., 302 West Los Nielos, Whittier, California
Nee, Donald D., 302 West Los Nistos, Whittier, California
Neidigh, Kenneth E., 218 West Wilson, Salina, Kansas
Neilson, William R., Yark Road, Ringoes, New Jersey
Nelsen, Frederick H., 1849 Hayes Street, San Francisco. California
Nelson, Howard A., North Main Street, Alexis, Illinois
Nelson, Paigge J., 251 Water Street, Newark, New Jersey
Nelson, Vernon H., 401 South Duluth Avenue, Thief River Falls, Minnesota
New, George J.• 105 East Campbell Street, Blairsville, Pennsylvania
Nipges, Glenn, RFD 1, Lynden, Washington
Nace, Sandy J., Roule 4, Vancouver, Washington
Noonan, William A., 1225 South 61st Court, Chicago, Illinois
Norton, Frank E .. Box 101, Burlington, Colorado
Norton, Jack L.. Prescott, Michigan
Norvell, Lem A., 3623 South Utica Street. Tulsa, Oklahoma
Now, Jack R., 2020 Porter Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa
Noyd, John A., 810 ½ Broad Street. Endicott. New York
Nygard, Arthur V., 741 Maryland, St. Paul. Minnesota
Oakes, Aaron, Box 53, Obion, Tennessee
Oberhofer, Joe, 115 South 6th Street, Miles City, Montana
O 'Connell, Francis J., 30 Stimorugh Street. Girard, Ohio
O 'Connor, Frank Q., 2355 Polk Street, San Francisco, California
O'Connor, Frank Q .. c-o E. L. Bruce Co., 1016 1st Street, South Seattle, Wash.
O'Connor, William E., 76 Britton Road, Rochester, New York
O 'Dell, Richard N .. M.D., 2335 3rd Avenue, Nitro, West Virginia
O'Donnell, Austin, 541 South Whelling, Tulsa, Oklahoma
O'Grady, Thomas L., 51 South Oraton Parkway, East Orange, New Jersey
O'Hair, Huston H., 662 Vanness, Los Angeles, California
O 'Hara, David B., 6925 Bishop Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ohnert, Roy E., 2019 H. Street, Galveston, Texas
Oliver, Edward A., 1537 7th Avenue, Watervlie t, New York
Olmstead, Charles A., 13620 Burt Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Olmsteaq. Charles A., 537 Newport Street, Detroit, Michigan
Olmsted, Charles A ., 357 Newport Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Olson, Stig B., Almont Terrace, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
O'Neill, Arthur J., 70 River Avenue, Patchogue, New York
O'Neil, Joseph P., 142 Prospect Street, Jersey City. Ney Jersey
Osborne, Earl K., Roule 1, Miami, Oklahoma
Osborne, Fred I., Tuspaw. Oklahoma
Ott, Joseph T., 1013 Virginia Avenue, Bronx 60, New York
Overfield, Loyd J., 108 Olive Street. Leavenworth, Kansas
Owen, Arthur W ., 1336 North Van Ress. Fresno, California
Owen, Robert C., Leslie. Arkansas
Praffin, Pat W., 225 7th Street, Venice, California
Pressnall, Hugh E., 135 Arthur Avenue, S. E. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Price, Harold S., c-0 Phillips Petroleum Company, Trent, Texas
Priddy, Robert E .• Route 12, Richmond, Virginia
Primrose Harry Clay, 5100 Roland Avenue, Baltimore,_Maryland
Priser, Robert L., 56 East Congress Street, Tuscon, Anzona
Pritchett, Thomas J., 3700 Bryant Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Prosise, Allan B., 303 West Glendale Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia
Przyborski. Mike C., Route 2, Brenham, Texas .
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Pokitka, George J., 5212 Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illmo1s
Pomeroy, Lynn A., Jr., Box 149, Selbyville Delaware
Pool, Oscar P .• 114 Hospital Street, Nacogdoches, Texas
Poole, Richard F., Jr., RFD 2, Rose Hill, North Carolina
Porter, Robert K., Jr., Roule 1, Sherman, Texas
Posey, Eldon E., Seymour, Tennessee
Postle, John W., 58 North Chase Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
Pound, Harold L., 330 East Mississippi Street, Denver, C~lorado
Powers, Lewis W .. 706 South 3rd, Albuquerque. New Mexico .
Planck, Robert L., Ross Planck, Jennie Planck, Waynesville, Ohio
Plath, Bruce B., 1318 4th Avenue South, Moorhead, Minnesota
Pleuthner, Dick, 393 Sirin Avenue, Buffalo, New York.
Piatt, Jacob I., 347 Bellflower Street N. W .• Canton. Ohio
Pierce, Charles, 1230 East Fremont Avenue, Bronx, New Y_ork
Pinkerton, Edwin H., RFD I, Box 309, Santa Paula, C<;1hfomia.
Pipes, Glenn H., Roule 1, Box 139c, South Jacksonv11le, Flonda
Pitcher, William E.. East 1227 I Ith Street. Spokane, Washington
Phillips, Buster B., 13 Roane Street, Widen, We_st ~irginia
Phillips, Edward E., 82 Battle Hill Avenue, Spnngheld, New Jersey
Phillips, William J., 806 Park Avenue, Albany, New York
Philpot, Harold W ., Box D. Newberry, Flprida
Pearson, Doran W ., Route 2, Buttes, Tennessee
Pearson, Ernest H., 254 Fluvanna Avenue, Jamestown, New Y~rk
Pehala, Joseph J., 225 Hanover Street, Warrior Run, Pennsylvania
Pehl, Julius, Box 22, Nenlo, Washington
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Pendergrass, Walter K., 2820 2nd Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Flonda
Perkins, Kenneth M., 718 Pontiac Avenue, Croston, Rhode_Island .
Perkins, William R., 143 Youell Avenue S. E., Grand Rapids. _Michigan
Perone, Pasquale J., 140 Stillwater Avenue, Stamford, Connecticut
Perritt, Waymon D., Route 2, Hanono, Florida
Perry Lendell J. , 412 Colorado Avenue, Chicakasha, Oklahoma
Pesola, Arvid T., 19459 Buffalo Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Pesselemyer, Harry L., 124 West 8th Street, Ho1:1ston'. Texas
Pessmall. Hugo E., 135 Athru Avenue, Minneapolis. Minnesota
Pestotnik, Gerald L.• Boone Iowa, Venice, Florida . .
Peters, Bruno, 521 Woodcrest Drive, Royal Oak, Mich1~an
Peterson. Gus E., 4627 Genesee, Kansas City, Missouri
Peterson, Richard, 119 Winnebago, Oshkosh, Wisconsm
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Page, Garland N., Jr., 421 Palmetto Street, West Palm Beach, Flonda
Pallishusky, 406 Pancoast Place, Chester, Pennsylvania
-P almer, Henry C .. c-o 122 North D. Street, Monmouth, Illinois
-Pane, Walter L., Titusville, New Jersey
Panter, Leon H., 406 North Lincoln Street, Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Park, Robert A ., Route I, Manson, r;orth Carolina
Parkins Robert M ., 720 North 9th Street, Independence, Kansas
Parnell, Edward V., Jr., 900 Main Street. Hattiesburg. Mississippi
Parris, Albert W ., 1222 West Pines, Opportunity, Washington
Parson, James J., 6533 10th N. W., Seattle, Washington
Pate, James A., 515 South Glasgow Drive, Dallas, Texas
Patton, David L., Roule 3, Sulphur Springs, Texas
Patton, Roy C .. 146 South College Street, Halls, Tennessee
Pavelick, Frank J., 1915-24 Avenue South, Seattle, Washington
Pawlowski, Stanley A., 27 Willow Street, Lackawanna, New York
Payne, Richard Manning. 1727 N. E. Aspen Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Quesada, Jose G., 418 West Oak, Uvalde, Texas
Radoji!z, Tony T.. 2821 Queen City Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio
Radrigues, Manuel R., 1231 7th Street, Monterey, California
Rakosnik, Stanley C .. Pawnee City, Nebraska
Ramer, Mrs. Bradley, 329 Church Street, Lockport. New York
Ramer, Robert J., 329 Church Street. Lockport. New York
Rawlings, Orrin D., 7408 South Stewart, Chicago, Illinois
Rawson, Claude H .. 1409 Pen . Avenue, Coeur'd Alene, Idaho
Read, Bradford C., Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Read, Charles F., 1917 Joseph Street, New Orleans 15, Louisiana
Reagan, Robert D., RFD 3, Box 113, Barberton, Ohio
Reasons, Huron C., 930 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
Recagno, George L., Box 693, Lakeport, California
Redfern, Albert G .. 2469 S. W . 20th Street, Miami, Florida
Redington, Thomas R., 633 73rd Street, Brooklyn. New York
Redmond, Edward H., 1203 North Monted Street, Kent, Ohio
Redoing, Melvin, Box 233, Osakia, Minnesota
Reece, Vernon G., 402 Clifton Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky
Reed, Mortimer A., 295 Ambassador Drive, Rochester, New York
Reeves, Gordon E., 1908 West Nobhill Street, Salem, Oregon
Reeves, Johnie C., General Delivery, Tipton, Oklahoma
Regis, Edward R., Main Street, Rimersburg, Pennsylvania
Rehbein, Robert W ., c-o Post Engineers, Camp Cook, California
Reinecke, Richard, Quarterfield, Severn, Maryland
Reybein, Edward R., 2428 Colorado Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Reynolds, Charles W., Box 413, Lumberport, West Virginia
Reynolds, Robert, 601 Delaney Park Drive, Orlando, Florida
Ricci, Albert J., 30 High Street, Kenne, New Hampshire
Ricci, Edward R., 317 Winchester Street, Keane, New Hampshire
Richardson, Ben C., 212 South Pennsylvania Street, Shawnee, Oklahoma
Richardson, Joe, 620 Linden Street, Hayward, California
Ridley, Wilfred G., 9019 13th Avenue, Seattle, Washington
Riesel. David I., 2055 Cruger Avenue, Bronx. New York, New York
Riewe, Milton L., Box 182, Hamilton, Texas
Rimlinger, Kenneth R .. 308 Summit Street, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Ritchey, Albert J.• Route 1, Box 137, Boynton, Oklahoma
Ritchey, Andrew J.. General Delivery. BRAAF, Boca Raton, Florida
Ritchey, Howard E., 402 West 3rd Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Roberson, Robert E., Route 4. Box 170. Bakersfield, California
Roberts, George G., 27 North Woods Road, Manhasset, New York
Roberts. Roy E.. Roule 1. Box 114. Beeville, Texas
Roberts, James J., Jr., 315 Vine South, Tyler, Texas
Robertson. Chester W., Box 112, Martha, Oklahoma
Rockling, Grover B., 3206 Madison Road, Cincinnati, Ohio
Rodrigius, Manuel R., 1231 7th Street, Montereif, California
Rodrigues, Robert L., 1235 Rush Street, San Francisco, California
Rody, John, 801 West 141st Street, New York City, New York
Roger, Sam, Boswell, Pennsylvania
Rogers, Felix M., 1768 Beacon Street, Brooklyn, New York
Roland, John W ., 144 South 34th W. Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Romano. Victor J., 1701 Clarendon Avenue, Bessemer, Alabama
Rooney, George H., 1115 Highland Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana
Rose, Franklin, Jr., 239 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California
Rose, Joseph A ., 327 Cedarville Street, Pittsburgh 24. Pennsylvania
Rosengarten, Irwin H., 84 Gorden Street, Allston, Massachusetts
Ross. Irving, 1718 East 15th Street. Brooklyn. New York
Rosser, James D., Roule 2, Marlow, Oklahoma
Rossiter, F. P., 1011 East Park Avenue, Savannah. Georgia
Roth, Harry G., 3778 Atkinson Avenue, Detroit 6, Michigan
Ruby, Amauel D., Box 563, Angleton, Texas
Rudlph, Henry S., Howe, Indiana
Rudolph, Henry S., Valley Forge Military Academy, Valley Forge, Pa.
Rumsey, Forrest W., Route I. DeRidder, Louisiana
Rundall, John R., 9147 88th Road. Woodhaven, Long Island. New York
Rushmore, Edward H., 320 East 72nd Street, New York City, New York
Ryan, Clyde W., 923 2nd Street, Reading, Ohio
Ryan, Edward R., 3690 Jasmine Avenue, Los Angeles, California
Ryan, William K.. 20 Cottage Street. New Haven. Connecticut
Sahrman, Clyde D., 1245 Willow Branch Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida
Salter. Cary W ., Macon, Mississippi
Salvatore, Eugene, 129 West 98th Street, New York. New York
Sanchez, Joseph E., Jr .. 8 Tower Place, Darbury, Connecticut
Sawyer, Thomas E., Primos, Delaware County. Pennsylvania
Sayre, Robert L.. Vincennes, Indiana
Scoggins, Kenneth M., Box SOI, Ft. Worth, Texas
Scoggins, Kenneth M., Roule I. Gunter, Texas
Schanick, Wilburn E., Roule 9, Box 325, Houston, Texas
Scharfer, Robert R .. Danes Street, Blue Point, Long Island, New York
Scharold, Fred P., 5517 Larkershim Boulevard, A. N .. Hollywood, California
Schaubel. Earl M.. 722 Ardmore, Grand Rapids 7, Michigan
Schiblin, Fritz F., 915 North Failing Street, Portland, Oregon
Schrock, Robert W ., 2120 Macauley Street, Saginaw, Michigan
Schultz, Arthur G., Route 5, Saqinaw, Michigmi
Schwartz. John D., 4126 North Whipple Street, Chicago, 1llinois
Sconce, Paul W., Route 3, Webers Falls, Oklahoma
Sedvert. Theodore W ., 533 North Bradley Street, Indianopolis, Indiana
Seeling, Silvaire A .. 1007 Joliet Street, New Orleans, Lousiana
Segar, Robert F .. 2222 Lakeshore Drive, Shebeygan, Wisconsin
Seltmann, Robert L., Nekoma, Kansas
�Sfikas, George, 1549 Lehlgh Street, Easton, Pennsylvania
Sharman, Clyde D., 1245 Willow Branch Avenue, Jacksonville, florida
Sharpe, Joseph D., 131 East Water Street, Coaldale, Pennsylvania
Shavland, Marvin J., 1392 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, New York
Shaw, Rex V., 934 Buchanan Street, Topeka, Kansas
Shein, Arthur, 716 Blade Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Shelley, Richard A .. Box 57. Megargel. Texas
Shelton, Walter B., 2040 36th Street, Sacramento, California
Shepherd, Byron James, 641 Ogden Avenue, Toledo 9, Ohio
Shielk, Thomas, 652 Bolivar Road, Cleveland, Ohio
Shields, Zita C., 1061 East Broadway, Apartment 7, Long Beach 2, Calif.
Shirley, Thomas, Dr., Fresno, California
Sholar, James T. , Route 2, Joaquin, Texas
Shoup, Robert L., 3936 Delaware Drive, Port Arthur, Texas
Shull, Chauncey, E., Jr., 530 South Wayne Street, Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Siegle, Louis, 203 Ward Street, New Haven, Connecticut
Sikes, Willie T., Route 2, Chauncey, Georgia
Silva, Robert C., 1522 Lincoln Avenue, Almeda, California
Simblett, James R., 5 Woodland Place, Great Neck, New York
Simon, Willard S., 1415 Cabrillo Street, San Francisco 18, California
Simmons, William J., 1640 Westerly Terrace, Los Angeles, California
Simonson, Charles, 115-41 115th Street, Ozone Park 16, New York
Simpkins, Clarence W ., 5 Wayne Street, Montgomery, Alabama
Sisk. George, 735 Mace Avenue, New York, New York
Skewronek, Tadeusz, 13408 Brandon Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Skeynoy, Leo F .. 192 Wyndham Street. Providence, Rhode Island
Sloan, Richard H., SOI Montgomery Street, Marielt, Ohio
Slatin, Bernie, c-o Slotin & Company, Inc., 101 W . Broad St., Savannah, Ga.
Smiley, Dale, 417 West 5th Street, Rochester, Indiana
Smith, Edward H., 3405 West I 17th Street, Cleveland, Ohlo
Smith, Floyd. Yale, Illinois
Smith, Glenn L., Box 116, Hopkinton, Iowa
Smith, Howard B., Roy, Utah
Smith, Kenneth F., 3607 Ashland Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee
Smith, Robert C., 3708 Darloano Drive, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Smith, Ray M., Box 33, Springport, Indiana
Smith, Walter H., Langdon Road, Alstead, New Hampshire
Smrski. Gabriel M.. RFD I. Box 3. South Kent. Connecticut
Snow, Donald F., 36 Worcester Street, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Snow, Fred, 320 South 7th Street, Escanaba, Michigan
Snyder, Elmo, 95 Main Street, Binghamton, New York
Snyder, Milo T., 1391 Moore Street, Akron, Ohio
Sollberger, Fred G., 1311 Springfield Street. East Peoria 8, Illinois
Sortore, Arthur E., Abondale Estates, Georgia
Sowananoske, Joseph R., 7402 Ottawa Road, Cleveland, Ohio
Sponsler, Dale, 209 Raymond Building, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Sprenger, Raymond W., Donnellson, Iowa
Sprouse, Melvin H., 49 Main Street, Petaluma, California
Stackhouse, William S., Box 233, Beloit, Ohio
Stair. Paul L., 3013 Ashlyn Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Stakem, James B., Midland, Maryland
Stakton, Warren W ., 447 Arvin Street, Bakersfield, California
Stanfill, Danny E., 522 Palencia Place, Lakeland, Florida
Stanford, Albert A., Oconee Heights, Milledgeville, Geo1gia
Stanley. Horace A .. 3165 Magnolia. Beaumont, Texas
Staples, Harry A., 320 East Owens Street, Salem, Oregon
Starkweather, Robert E., 75 Unger Avenue, Buffalo, New York
Start, Gwyn H., 1641 Sylavania Avenue, Toledo, Ohio
Staugler, Harold B., Fort Recovery, Ohio
Stayton, Richard A., Turlock. California
Stearns, Douglas E., 830 Adams Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Steiner, Walter H., Jr., Plymouth, California
Stephens, Robert H., 2735 West 35th Avenue, Denver 11, Colorado
Stephens, James E., 820 West 4th Street, Joplin, Missouri
Stephens, Roy C., Box 332, Pasadena, Texas
Stern, Alfred E., 64 Bradford Road, Scarsdale, New York
Sterling. Robert W .. Cuyaguga. Ohio
Stevens, Chester M ., 22 South Park Avenue, Waukegan, Illinois
Stewart, Clarence H., Wadley, Georgia
Stiefvaler, Walter, 12635 Kercheveal Street. Detroit, Michigan
Stinson, Rex W., Middlothian, Texas
Stockton, W . W., 2615 Sunset Avenue, Bakersfield, California
Stokes, Leroy J., 117 East Wasington Street, Ottawa, Illinois
Stolzle. Robert T .. Route 1, Box 159, Iowa, Louisiana
Stone, Murry, Route I, Cusseta, Georgia
Stone, Samuel A., 1053 Vance Avenue, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia
Stopyra, Carl 0 ., 2444 North Russett Street, Portland, Oregon
Strait, Lowell K., Oneanla, New York
Stratton. Virgil, Route I. Lillie, Louisiana
Strickland, Pat N., 110 3rd Street, Macon, Georgia
Stringham, Robert L., Grayson Street, Springfield Gardens, New Yark
Strunk, George M ., Lake & Price Avenue, Glendora, New Jersey
Stryrsky, Alfred B., 1540 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois
Stubblefield, Jenerson P .. New Tazewell. Tennessee
Sturdivant, William C., Tillatoba, Mississippi
Styrasky, Alfred B., 1540 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois
Sudduth, James G., Marshall, Virginia
Sullivan, Woodfin M., Box 444, Frestproof, florida
Sultenfuss, Udo C .. 1507 South Main Street. Del Rio, Texas
Suroy, Irving, 43-09 47th Avenue, Sunnyside, Long Island, New York
Sutart. Lee 0 .. Jr., 315 Palo Pinto, Weatherford, Texas
Swanson, Harold B., Box 30, Crescent, Oklahoma
Szajna, John L., 816 North Paulina Street, Chicago 2_2. Illinois _
Szczepaniak, John J., 3326 West Pershing Road. Chicago, Illmo1s
Tadeusz, Skowronek, 13468 Brandon Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Talbot, Gilbert F., Route I. Box 178. Rogue River, Oregon
Tamborello, ~nthony J., 1972 West Lamgr, Houston, Texas
Tate, Cecil D., Ewing, Missouri
Taylor, Douglas J., Box 40, Bayonne, New Jersey
Taylor, Jack W., Route 4, Kent, Ohio
Tebbetts, Albert E., 21 Cleveland Avenue. Woborn, Massachusetts
Tenny, Albert Gilbert, 2029 Conn'. Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C.
Tenore. Bartholomew, Box 127, Willis, Michigan
Tenore, Bartholomew, Bronxville, New York
Teschner, Charles G., Vincennes, Indiana
Thacker, William H., Nelson, Georgia
Thayer, Melvin E., 378 North Main Street, Randolph, Massichusetts
Thayon, El J., 23832 Donald Avenue, East Detroit, Michigan
Thomas, George R., 2404 North Wall Street, Spokane 12, Washington
Thomas, Varney S., RFD 1. Spanish Fork, Utah
Thompson, George H., Route 3, Mexico, Missouri
Thompson, Glen E., Route I. Superior, Nebraska
Thompson, Clenton H., Hatfield, Missouri
Thompson, Harriman C., 2709 North Ontario Avenue, Burbank, California
Thompson, Hugh M., Chestnut Avenue, East Meadow, Hempstead, L. I., N. Y.
Thompson, James E., 2110 Barton Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
Thomson, Curtis J., 341 Center Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
Thornton, Dorrell H., 1609 Washington 12, Denver, Colorado
Thurmond, Marvin A., RFD 3, Sherman, Texas
Thurston, Clifton P., Box 827, Sidney, Nebraska
Tighe, Charles J., 1036 West 54th Street, Los Angeles, California
Tillery, Richard W., 2311 Woodbine Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee
Tommasi, Eugene G., Main Street, Box F., Slovan, Pennsylvania
Tompkins, Norman, Berkshire, New York
Tompkins, Norman L., 359 West Palmer Avenue, Glendale, California
Topp, Ray E., 806 East Callendar Street, Livingston, Montana
Touchstone, Raymond G., Box 307, Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Tracy, Thomas J., 537 Bloomfield Street, Hoboken, New Jersey
Travis, R. Brooks, 123 Sycamore, Blytheville, Arkansas
Trice, Morris P., 703 South Green Street, Thomaston, Georgia
Tripp, Dennie H., Tunas, Missouri
Triventi, Michel F., 104 Cedar Street, Norwood, Massachusetts
Troxwell, Frank J.. 222 ½ North 13th Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Troy, Burton C .. RR I. Orth, Texas
Turchin, Benjamin, 1873 Andrews Avenue, Bronx, New York
Tucker, Harry A., Box 285, Coulee City, Washington
Tucker, Fred E., 3604 Beverly Drive, Dallas, Texas
Turk, Jack B., 908 Meadowmers Street, Springfield, Missouri
Turner, John A ., 1718 South 8th Street, Tacoma 6, Washington
Turner, Richard E., 8024 Cannon Street, University City 5, Missouri
Turner, Wilham L., 10615 Crockett Street, Roscoe, California
Tyner, Mack 0., Harpeville, Mississippi
Urbanus, Ralph A., Sherman, Texas
Uhlenburg, Charles L., Werford, Pennsylvania
Ullrich, Richard W., 125 West Hudson Street, Westmont, Illinois
Urone, Pete, 918 Eldorado Street, Pueblo, Colorado
Urguhart, Edwin D., ' 76 Glenn Avenue, Edgewood, Rhode Island
Vick, Alvin L. , 153 Campbell Street, Swannano Avenue, North Carolina
Villareal, Frcnk V., 3744 Pennsylvania, East Chicago, Illinois
Verdi, James, Box 133, Helper, Utah
Vega, Porfirio F., General Delivery, Ajo, Arizona
Valdez, Robert N., 321 G. 5th Street, Walsenburg, Colorado
Van Aken, John f ., RFD 2, Cranbury, New Jersey
Van Cleane, Ralph D., 1811 Meade, North Bend, Oregon
Van Den Brock, James J., Napoleon, Ohio
Vanek, Theodore V., Route 4, Schulenburg, Texas
Van Erem, Harvey G., Buchannan, North Dakota
Van Gundy, John B., 412. North 14th Street, San Jose, California
Van Hare, George, Jr., 200 MacDougal Street, Brooklyn 33, New York
Vantreese, Francis, 416 West 7th Street, Dallas 8, Texas
Van Voasf. Thomas, 363 Wood Street, Bristol, Rhode Island
Varney, Thomas S., Spanish Fork, Utah
Wau, Kou King, 1225 Pan Lane, Honolulu, T. H.
Watters, Thomas H., 309 Kearney Avenue, Kearney, New Jersey
Watts, Austin L., Raleigh, Tennessee
Watts, Edgar C., 521 Cerrillas Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ward, Carl W., 64 South Bennett Avenue, Jackson, Ohio
Ward, George W ., 321 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska
Ward, Randal R., 719 East Magnolia Street, Valdosta, Georgia
Ward. William E.. Stamford Street. Eugaula. Alabama
Ward Woodr,ow P., 2829 West 41st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Warden, James R., 146 Helena Street, San Antonio, Texas
Warner, Frederick J., 1146 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago , Illinois
Warner, Jack A., Box 56, Cut Bank, Montana
Warner, Robert B., Elm Street, Kennbunkport, Maine
Warren, Hoyt M., Alexander City, Alabama
Wanager, Charles R. , 456 Stuart Avenue, Decatur, lllinois
Wanton, William B., 5435 Beacon Street, St. Louis, Missouri
Walbrecker, William J., 125 Milford Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
Walcher, Hugh X., 880 Marion Street, Denver, Colorado
Walker, Calvin S., 3649 South 96th Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois
Walker. Robert W., Auson, Maine
Walker, Thomas H., 4041 34th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wakefield, William R., 1353 Massachusetts Avenue, S. E. Washington, D. C.
Waisanen, Henry, RFD 2, West Paris, Maine
Waggoner, William c-o North American Aviation, Englewood, California
Wagner, James C., 107 Mt. Hood, Dallas. Texas
Wagner, Paul E., 2125 West 17th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Weather, Jack A., Route I. Council Hill, Oklahoma
Webb, Walter, Box 1091. Weyland, Kentucky
Weber, Frank E., 3205 Evergreen Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
Weber, Harvey H., 419 South 5th Street. Springfield, Illinois
Wein, Eddie S., 418 South Mame! Street, Los Angeles, California
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Weiss, Richard N., c-o Dolores Shear, 2059 Market St., San F:ancisco, Calif.
Weldon, Robert D., Lewistown, Montana
Weldon, Robert T., 707 Spring, Lewistown, Montana
Weldon, Russell D. , Jr., c-o Allix Clinic, Lewistown, Montana
Welty, Marion E., Stratford Avenue, Wadworth, Ohio
West. Clark 0., 385 16th Avenue, Columbus. Ohio
Westbrook, Thomas B., 829 North 17th Street, Waco, Texas
Westgard, William R., 1018½ West First Street, Duluth 6, Minnesota
Wetter, Paul C., 90a Larson Street, Armstrong, Iowa
Weyer, Frank W ., Almont, Michigan
White, Bradford E., 216 Jeremie Avenue, Baldwin Park, California
White, Harry A., Clemson Avenue, Columbia, South Carolina
White, Horace B., 3611 Norriswood Street, Memphis, Tennessee
Whlte, James William, Route 4, Box 120, Greenwood, South Carolina
Whitlock, Roger S., 40 West Elm Street, Greenwich, Connecticut
Whitman, Donald L.. Route 4, Montrose, Colorado
Whitman, Edward B., Green Spring Valley, Garrison, Maryland
Whitman, Horace C., Winslow, Indiana
Whitney, 76 Old Upton Road, Grafton, Massachusetts
Wheeler, Hugh F., 1600 N. E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Wheland, Thomas H., East Avenue. Hackettstown, New Jersey
Whalen, Charles F., 1016 South 4th Street, Terre Haute, Indiana
W ialund, Ernest J., 1230 Paxton Street, Toledo, Ohio
Widdoes, Eugene W., RD 2, Kennett Swuan, Pennsylvania
Wienfurter, Robert L., General Delivery, Perry, Florida
Wiglesworth, John D., 7803 Rugby Avenue, Birmingham 6. Alabama
Wilholme, Rusell, 913 Parkland Street, Flint, Michigan
Williams, Baker B., 130 North Tracy Street, Charleston, South Carolina
Williams, Harry L., RFD 1, Trenton, Kentucky
Williams, Jerry H., Samaria, Idaho
Williams, LeRoy H., 1738 West 8th Street, Brooklyn 23. New York
Williams, Walter B., Box 269, Picayune, Mississipi
Wilson, Charles 0., Star Route I. South Bend, Washington
Wilson, Donald E., RR 1, Carmel. Indiana
Wilson, James B., 906 Wueen Street, Columbia, South Carolina
Wilson, Peter, Elizabeth, Rosele Park, New Jersey
Wilson, Vernon E., RFD 3, Elk City, Kansas
Wilson, William W ., 1005 Washington Avenue, South Gate, California
Wilson, Woodrow S., 001 Maple Street, Du Bois, Pennsylvania
Wimer, Jack E., 1015 Croton Avenue, New Cas1le, Pennsylvania
Winchell, Alva B., 3007 Lafayette Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska
Windham, Willis, RFD 3, Reynolds, Georgia
Windscheffle, Kenneth M., 421 Benson Street, Medford, Oregon
Winkleman, Roy A., Route I. Payson, Oklahoma
Wirkkala, Ernest R., Roseburg, Washington
Wissink, Douglas, Route I. Cedar Grove, Wisconsin
Wise, Kenneth, Rose Polytechnic Institution, Terre Haute, Indiana
Witzel. Werber!, Route 2, Cardington, Ohio
Wolge, John V., 2 Vernon Place, Yonkers, New York
Wolters, Alvin P., 6116 Delongpre Avenue, Hollywood, California
Wong, Harry Y. C., 905 Collage Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
Wood, John C., 321 Augusta Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia
Wood, John E., Worsham, Virginia
Wood, Kenneth L., 59 Washington Street, Denver, Colorado
Wood, Lawrence A .. 630 West 64th Street, Chicoga 21, Illinois
Woods, Elmer E., 46 Park Place, Branford, Connecticut
Woodson, Lowell S., Route 1, Box 138a, Galt, California
Worden, Fred W ., 1809 Shell Avenue, Venice, California
Worrell, Stewart C., 5922-49 Avenue, S. W. Seattle 6, Washington
Wright, Reginald V., 678 East State Street, Ontario, California
Yearlow, Harry, 633 Cumberland Road, N. E. Aalanla, Georgia
Young, Robert L., 12 India Street, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Y ounggren, Robert H., Hallock, Minnesota
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Yurik, Frank E., 34 East Manhattan Boulevard, Toledo, Ohio
Zajc, Edward. 683 Onderdonk Avenue, Ridgewood, Long Island, New York
Zaneo, Leonard L., 4529 18th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Zerko]. Francis W ., 2613 A. Palm Street, St. Louis, Missouri
Zdyrko. John, 87 !st Place, Brooklyn, New York
Zink, Thomas, RFD Webster Street, Andover, Massachusetts
Zulli, Armond, 3117 North Bartlett Avenue, Milwaukee 11. Wisconsin
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Title
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Monographs Collection
Description
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<p>The <strong>Monographs Collection</strong> features digitized monographs (books) held by The Museum of Flight's Harl V. Brackin Memorial Library.</p>
<p>Please note that materials on TMOF: Digital Collections are presented as historical objects and are unaltered and uncensored. Some items in this particular collection contain derogatory content, such as pejorative language or depictions of racial stereotypes. See our <a href="https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/disclaimers-policies">Disclaimers and Policies</a> page for more information.</p>
Source
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<a href="http://t95019.eos-intl.net/T95019/OPAC/Index.aspx">The Museum of Flight Library Catalog</a>
Rights Holder
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The Museum of Flight Library Collection
Rights
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Published works have been digitized under fair use. Material may be protected by copyright law. Responsibility for obtaining permission rests exclusively with the user.
Bibliographic Citation
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Monographs Collection/The Museum of Flight Library Collection
Identifier
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Monographs Collection
Text
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Call Number
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D790.252 354th .H477 1946
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Identifier
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LMON_text_041A
LMON_text_041B
Bibliographic Citation
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Monographs Collection/The Museum of Flight Library Collection
Title
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History in the sky : 354th Pioneer Mustang Fighter Group.
Alternative Title
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354th Pioneer Mustang Fighter Group
Contributor
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United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 354th.
Brown, Arthur F.
Publisher
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[San Angelo : s.n.]
Description
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<p>Cover title.</p><p>Edited by Arthur F. Brown.</p><p>Includes roster, 4 p. at end.</p>
Date
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[1946?]
Subject
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World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations--Europe.
Mustang (Fighter planes)
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 354th--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States--354th Fighter Group.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations--Western Europe.
Format
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yearbooks
books
Source
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Monographs Collection
Extent
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1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some color), maps, ports. ; 27 cm.
Rights
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No copyright - United States
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Title
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Subseries F - Education, 1930-1938
Description
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Education, 1930-1938
Identifier
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2017-10-26, Series II, Subseries F
Text
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Identifier
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Title
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Ye Yeare Booke, 1930 [Cover and title page]
Bibliographic Citation
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The William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers/The Museum of Flight
Creator
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Montclair Academy (Montclair, N.J.)
Description
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<p>Pages from the Montclair Academy yearbook, titled "Ye Yeare Booke," 1930. Selected pages focus on William H. Cook, Jr. and his school activities. Includes his senior class photograph and class portrait, a list of student horoscopes, group portraits of the orchestra and student newspaper staff (both of which Cook was a member of), and line-a-day headlines that mention Cook.</p>
Format
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yearbooks
Subject
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Cook, William Hough, Jr., 1913-2012
Montclair Academy (Montclair, N.J.)
Students
Date
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1930
Coverage
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Montclair (N.J.)
New Jersey
Source
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The William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers (2017-10-26), Box 17, Folder 3
Rights
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In copyright