Overseas Deployment
of Air Cadre,
308th Bomb Group
OPS Order #57,
Shipment 0528A, Feb 15 1943
The following named officers and enlisted men were ordered to proceed in aircraft as indicated from Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida to a location provided to the Commander enroute. Of course,
those aircraft were B-24Ds and that location ended up being China with assignment to the 14th Air
Force. When known to us, the nicknames of the aircraft are in parentheses following the tailnumber
and squadron assignment.
373rd Bomb Squadron
- 41-24218, (Daisy Mae)
- Leroy D. Cunningham, Capt, Pilot
Francis E. Holliday, 2Lt, Copilot
Maynard P. Johnson, 2Lt, Bombardier James M. Everly, 2Lt, Navigator
John M. Davis, TSgt, Engineer
Vincent Pizzoferranto, TSgt, Radio
Michael B. Ludwig, SSgt, Asst Engineer
William F. McCavick, Sgt, Asst Radio
Eldred W. Stafney, SSgt, Gunner
Hazen. H. Bedke, 1Lt, Passenger
- 41-24124, (Big Dick)
- Dana M. Hill, 2lt, Pilot
Leonard G. Willer, 2Lt, Copilot
Glen C. Thompson, 2Lt, Bombardier
Leon R. Wright, 2Lt, Navigator
Alfred T. Hill, SSgt, Engineer
Glenn A. Roberts, SSgt, Radio
Frederick D. Day, Sgt, Asst Engineer
Joe (NMI) Duran, Sgt, Asst Radio
Edward S. Hilaski, SSgt, Gunner
Paul J. O'brien, Capt, Passenger
- 41-24125, (Hell's Angel)
- Burdette A. Pearson, 1Lt, Pilot
William A. Rutledge, 2Lt,
Copilot
Max H Nichols, 2Lt, Bombardier
Charles S. Drake, 2Lt, Navigator
Robert W. Faust, SSgt, Engineer
Kenneth H. Pershke, SSgt, Radio
Wilbur H. Willis, SSgt, Asst Engineer
Carl R. Foss, Sgt, Asst Radio
Sidney C. Spencer, Sgt, Gunner
William L. Wilson, Capt, Passenger
- 41-24129, (Temptation)
- George (NMI) Varga, 1Lt, Pilot
Donald B. Smith, 2Lt,
Copilot Richard G. Warren, 2Lt, Bombardier Russel J. Purner,
2Lt, Navigator Nicholas Volanski, TSgt, Engineer Donald M.
Slemmons, Sgt, Radio Robert L. Corbin, Sgt, Asst
Engineer Arvid J. Stomberg, Sgt, Asst Radio Jay N. Hawe,
Sgt, Gunner Alvin J. Detert, MSgt, Passenger
- 41-24138, (Axis Nightmare)
- Roy E. Tooman, 1Lt, Pilot
Robert E. Hairston, 2Lt,
Copilot James F. Nolan, 2Lt, Bombardier Marvin J.
Silvershatz, 2Lt, Navigator James L. Whited, SSgt,
Engineer Robert T. Tertell, SSgt, Radio Charles B.
Hertzberg, Sgt, Asst Engineer George C. Little, Sgt, Asst
Radio Deno (NMI) Renieri, Cpl, Gunner John S. Szymkowicz,
Capt, Passenger
- 41-24143, (Dippy Dave)
- Dave Willis, 1Lt, Pilot
Junior G. Hull, 2Lt,
Copilot Chris H. Williams, 2Lt, Bombardier Russel J. Green,
2Lt, Navigator Stanley L. Marshall, SSgt, Engineer James E.
Johnson, Sgt, Radio Carl C. Burgess, Sgt, Asst
Engineer Arthur B. Franklin, Sgt, Asst Radio Irvin R.
Howland, Sgt, Gunner Dewitt G. Day, MSgt, Passenger
- 41-24223, (Doodlebug)
- Bernard M. O'Hara, 1Lt, Pilot
William C. McMurray, 2Lt,
Copilot Donald R. West, 2Lt, Bombardier Robert C. Murray,
2Lt, Navigator Joseph F. Mooney, SSgt, Engineer Norman A.
McNamee, SSgt, Radio James F. Currie, Sgt, Asst
Engineer John A. Stachowitz, Sgt, Asst Radio Charles R.
Edwards, Sgt, Gunner William S. Davis, Maj, Passenger
- 41-24164, (Maxwell House)
- John M. Sherman, 2Lt, Pilot
Richard M. Meredith, 2Lt,
Copilot Raymond A. Tondreau, 2Lt, Bombardier Selig (NMI)
Rothman, 2Lt, Navigator John E. Bowdoin, TSgt,
Engineer Raymond H. Turnipseed, Sgt, Radio Marvin D. Gray,
SSgt, Asst Engineer Paul A. Mowery, Sgt, Asst Radio Clemen
B. Eaton, Sgt, Gunner William A. Chennoweth, Capt,
Passenger
- 41-24166, (Thunderbird)
- Charles C. Parker, 2Lt, Pilot
Wayen E. McMurray, 2Lt,
Copilot Max L. Tepper, 2Lt, Bombardier Tracy W. Worley, 2Lt,
Navigator Joseph (NMI) Hall, SSgt, Engineer Leroy C. Jordan,
SSgt, Radio Samuel (NMI) Stoot, Sgt, Asst Engineer Charles V.
Dumato, SSgt, Asst Radio Robert O. Wafle, Sgt,
Gunner Richard P. Hjorth, 2Lt, Passenger
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374th Bomb Squadron
- 41-24243
- George V. Bell, Capt, Pilot
Gerald T. Smith, 1Lt,
Copilot Charles F. Barr, 2Lt, Bombardier Henry W. Waters,
2Lt, Navigator Bruce L. Burnett, TSgt, Engineer Richard P.
LeSeur, TSgt, Radio Kenneth H. Wolcott, SSgt, Asst
Engineer Emerald B. McNeer, Cpl, Asst Radio Leo J. Bennett,
SSgt, Gunner William P. Gjerde, Maj, Passenger
- 41-24181
- Harlan N. Fiser, 2Lt, Pilot
Ivan M. Duncan, 2Lt,
Copilot Louis A. Roseling, 2Lt, Bombardier Charles S.
Glidden, 2Lt, Navigator Nathan G. Mallett, TSgt,
Engineer Francis L. McKown, SSgt, Radio Francis L. Heim,
Sgt, Asst Engineer Lee P. Boaz, Sgt, Asst Radio Charles D
Ginn, Sgt, Gunner Walter B. Beat, Maj, Passenger
- 41-24183, (The GOON)
- Samuel J. Skousen, 1Lt, Pilot
Ralph E. Bower Jr., 2Lt,
Copilot Malcolm S. Sanders, 2Lt, Bombardier Daniel J.
Palmer, 2Lt, Navigator Archie L. Flaharty, TSgt,
Engineer William J. Novak, SSgt, Radio Arthur J. Benko, Sgt,
Asst Engineer Caspar J. Chireleison, Sgt, Asst Radio Robert
M. Kirk, SSgt, Gunner James M. Gordon, MSgt, Passenger
- 41-24184
- Irwin Basen, Capt, Pilot
Arthur M. Prunty, 2Lt,
Copilot Maurice C, Lair, 1Lt, Bombardier Otha Draper, 2Lt,
Navigator Roland E. Hamel, TSgt, Engineer Edward J. McCon,
Sgt, Radio John T. Thompson, SSgt, Asst Engineer Jettie R.
Darby, SSgt, Asst Radio Wallace D. Culps, SSgt, Gunner James
J. Lichtenfels, 2Lt, Passenger
- 41-24296
- John P. Murphey, 2Lt, Pilot
Harold H. Laudig, 2Lt,
Copilot Loy R. Queaner, 2Lt, Bombardier James E. Stark, 2Lt,
Navigator Ellis M. Elder, TSgt, Engineer Joe L. McQuate,
SSgt, Radio Russell W. Peck, SSgt, Asst Engineer John L.
Schindler, Sgt, Asst Radio John C. Peacock, SSgt,
Gunner Abram B. Dannel, Capt, Passenger
- 41-24194
- Glen G. Curtis, 1Lt, Pilot
Newton E. Condray, 2Lt,
Copilot Leonard A. Robinson, 2Lt, Bombardier Joseph J.
Trudel, 2Lt, Navigator William T. Hahn, TSgt,
Engineer Pragedes V. Jacques, Sgt, Radio Arvin C. Heath,
SSgt, Asst Engineer Donald E. Whitfield, Sgt, Asst
Radio Dermot E. Fabel, SSgt, Gunner Narin W. Formano, 2Lt,
Passenger
- 41-24244
- John V. McCall, 1Lt, Pilot
Richard Brown, 2Lt,
Copilot Walter J. Rose, 2Lt, Bombardier Richard G. Willis,
2Lt, Navigator James L. Drake, TSgt, Engineer Israel
Blumenfeld, SSgt, Radio Robert E. Cook, Sgt, Asst Engineer John
W. Barker, SSgt, Asst Radio Charles Bruni, Sgt, Gunner John
M. Hilpert, 2Lt, Passenger
- 41-24266
- Frank E. Ferrell, 1Lt, Pilot
Gordon E. Gilbert, 2Lt,
Copilot Bert H. Webb, 2Lt, Bombardier George R. Howe, 2Lt,
Navigator Edward J. DePaepe, TSgt, Engineer James A. Murphy,
SSgt, Radio Joe A. Sampier, SSgt, Asst Engineer J. C.
Compton, SSgt, Asst Radio Jack O. Cummings Jr., Sgt,
Gunner Robert O. Daniels, MSgt, Passenger
- 41-24188
- Homer V. Hockenberry, 1Lt, Pilot
Harry W. Bingham, 2Lt,
Copilot George D. Seymour, 2Lt, Bombardier Peter H. Spear,
2Lt, Navigator Cecil J. Fain, TSgt, Engineer Noble A. Brown,
SSgt, Radio Thomas J. Thornton, Sgt, Asst Engineer Thayne
MacDonald, Sgt, Asst Radio Carl H. Piirainen, Sgt,
Gunner Phillip M. Adler, Capt, Passenger
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375th Bomb Squadron
- 41-24238
- James H. Henderson, 1Lt, Pilot
Stanley F. Tomkovick, 2Lt,
Copilot Jack L. Pierson, 2Lt, Bombardier Burton L. Watts,
2Lt, Navigator William L. Cervantes, SSgt, Engineer Francis
Z. Markley, SSgt, Radio Melvin N. Harlow, Sgt, Asst
Engineer David G. Schultz, Sgt, Asst Radio Kenneth W.
Wilson, Sgt, Gunner Charles O. Scott, 2Lt, Passenger
- 41-24284
- John B. Carey, Capt, Pilot
William W. Clark, 2Lt,
Copilot Robert S. Starffer, 2Lt, Bombardier Kenneth B.
Wieman, 2Lt, Navigator William K. Burton, SSgt,
Engineer Frank E. Darewsky, SSgt, Radio John L. Forbers,
Sgt, Asst Engineer Degar A. McComis, Sgt, Asst Radio Edward
G. Benefield, Sgt, Gunner Henry G. Brady Jr., Capt,
Passenger
- 41-24287
- Morris E. Heald, 2Lt, Pilot
Warren J. Murphy, 2Lt,
Copilot Busby W. Sweney, 2Lt, Bombardier William S. Waters,
2Lt, Navigator Nyles P. Corrigan, SSgt, Engineer Charles R.
Lee, SSgt, Radio Robert H. Hamilton, SSgt, Asst
Engineer Joseph J. Italiano, SSgt, Asst Radio Riley L.
Coker, Sgt, Gunner David D. Kuperschmid, MSgt, Passenger
- 41-24237
- John H. Keene, 2Lt, Pilot
Howard H. Morgan, 2Lt,
Copilot Alfred Monitto, 2Lt, Bombardier Lyndell T. Highley,
2Lt, Navigator Frank N. Martin, SSgt, Engineer John F.
Cummings, SSgt, Radio Richard M. Griggs, SSgt, Asst
Engineer John J. Mulligan, Sgt, Asst Radio William D.
Austin, Cpl, Gunner
- 41-24279
- Henry G. Staplo, 2Lt, Pilot
Albert I. Prator, 2Lt,
Copilot Elwood W. Smith, 2Lt, Bombardier Stanley A. Wells,
2Lt, Navigator John H. Conway, SSgt, Engineer George H.
Harmoney, Sgt, Radio Joseph H. Slack, Sgt, Asst
Engineer Edward A. Caseceli, Sgt, Asst Radio Carl H.
Hoelting, Sgt, Gunner Leonard B. Brune, MSgt, Passenger
- 41-24288
- Gene J. Leslie, 2Lt, Pilot
Errold H. Gurr, 2Lt,
Copilot Landen Slone, 2Lt, Bombardier Edwin Ballenger, 2Lt,
Navigator Samuel V. Butler, SSgt, Engineer Joseph A. Grover,
SSgt, Radio Leonard L. Hancock, Sgt, Asst Engineer Paul N.
Tinello, Sgt, Asst Radio Clyde W. Freeman, Sgt,
Gunner Robert F. Burnett, Capt, Passenger
- 41-24293, (Sherazade)
- William W. Ellsworth, Capt, Pilot
Donald J. Kohsick, 2Lt,
Copilot James J. Grady, 1Lt, Bombardier Charles C. Haynes,
1Lt, Navigator John B. Pauley, SSgt, Engineer Michael B.
Harman, SSgt, Radio Robert A. Kunkel, SSgt, Asst
Engineer Aage V. Knudson, Sgt, Asst Radio Raymond P. Dillon,
Sgt, Gunner James E. Maher, 1Lt, Passenger
- 41-24308
- Arthur D. Karp, 2Lt, Pilot
Merle W. Jones, 2Lt,
Copilot Norton Salk, 2Lt, Bombardier George M. Williamson,
2Lt, Navigator Brainard Gerguson, Sgt, Engineer Gane E.
Westberry, SSgt, Radio Fred Cook, Sgt, Asst Engineer Bruce
D. Long, Pfc, Asst Radio William F. Cooter, Sgt,
Gunner Eugene H. Beebe, Col. (308th C. O.), Passenger
- 41-40062
- Edward M. Mullikin, 2Lt, Pilot
Benjamin S. Hilkeman, 2Lt,
Copilot Emmett B. Vandeventer, 2Lt, Bombardier Richard B.
Young, 2Lt, Navigator Dwayne B. Young, SSgt,
Engineer Charles N. Hanson, Cpl, Radio Howard M. Holder,
SSgt, Asst Engineer Joseph L. Smith, Sgt, Asst Radio Robert
E. Ferguson, Sgt, Gunner Horace G. Foster Jr., Capt,
Passenger
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425th Bomb Squadron
- 41-24066
- Jessie C. DeHay, Capt, Pilot
Wyndham M. Manning, 2Lt,
Copilot Peyton J. Watson, 2Lt, Bombardier Edward F. Tiffany,
2Lt, Navigator Arnold G. Stoychoff, SSgt, Engineer Phillip
Reeder, Cpl, Radio Robert Kaiser, SSgt, Asst Engineer Rex L.
Murphey, SSgt, Asst Radio Merle Sanderson, Sgt,
Gunner Robert W. Fensler, Maj, Passenger
- 41-24251, (Chug-A-Lug)
- Herbert W. Oglesby, 2Lt, Pilot
John H. White, 2Lt,
Copilot Elmond J. Purkey, 2Lt, Bombardier Irwin Zaetz, 2Lt,
Navigator Leroy A. Arnold, TSgt, Engineer William F.
Neubert, SSgt, Radio Waino M. Williams, SSgt, Asst
Engineer Robert G. Vergara, SSgt, Asst Radio Albert N.
Keene, SSgt, Gunner August L. Niebuhr, MSgt, Passenger
- 41-24224, (Eight Ball)
- William A. Smith, 2Lt, Pilot
Samuel W. Tyson, 2Lt,
Copilot Charles A. Porreca, 2Lt, Bombardier Thomas D.
Tippet, 2Lt, Navigator Donald G. Masters, TSgt,
Engineer Phillip H. Nolan, SSgt, Radio Edward Gunnel, Sgt,
Asst Engineer Albert A. Gazo, Sgt, Asst Radio Bert Morgan,
Sgt, Gunner Fred C. Wall, 2Lt, Passenger
- 41-40069
- Phillips G. Huggman, 2Lt, Pilot
Jerrold E. Ownes, 2Lt,
Copilot Harvey M. Nix, 2Lt, Bombardier Frederick W.
Ossenfort, 2Lt, Navigator Erle H. Thayer, SSgt,
Engineer Norman H. Price, Cpl, Radio Aubrey Stevenson, Sgt,
Asst Engineer Louis E. Verhaegan, Sgt, Asst Radio Sandow E.
Rivardo, Sgt, Gunner Robert E. Mannion, 2Lt, Passenger
- 41-40075
- William A. Swanson, 1Lt, Pilot
Frederick L. McNeeland, 2Lt,
Copilot Robert E. Oxford, 2Lt, Bombardier Mathias J.
Quackenbush, 2Lt, Navigator James H. McGee, SSgt,
Engineer Harry B. Queen, Cpl, Radio Michael O'Keefe, Pfc,
Asst Engineer Jerry G. Kuchar, Sgt, Asst Radio Clark W.
Kuntz, Sgt, Gunner Leland B. Farnell, Capt, Passenger
- 41-24292, (C. E. Shack)
- Richard D. Furbush, 2Lt, Pilot
Gordon C. Weems, 2Lt,
Copilot Newell G. Monget Jr., 2Lt, Bombardier Charles R.
Thompson, 2Lt, Navigator Francis W. Sadler, TSgt,
Engineer Williamd G. Thompson, SSgt, Radio Chalres E. Hanks,
Sgt, Asst Engineer Herman D. Jones, Sgt, Asst Radio Louis
Kne, Sgt, Gunner
- 41-24193, (Pelican??)
- John S. Powers, 1Lt, Pilot
Desmond N. Fairbairn, 2Lt,
Copilot Truman H. Elliot, 2Lt, Bombardier John F. Fogel,
2Lt, Navigator Nicolas Valko, SSgt, Engineer John T. Moran,
Cpl, Radio Paul Beasley, SSgt, Asst Engineer Harry M. James,
SSgt, Asst Radio Howard S. Watson, Sgt, Gunner James C.
Averill, Maj, Passenger
- 41-24222, (Ramp Rooster)
- William C. Lunt, 1Lt, Pilot
Glenn E. Jennings, 2Lt,
Copilot Abraham D. Feldman, 2Lt, Bombardier Sidney Gusick,
2Lt, Navigator Eugene F. Messerly, TSgt, Engineer Joseph H.
Lamb, Sgt, Radio Robert A. Shadle, Cpl, Asst Engineer James
H. McIlrath, Cpl, Asst Radio Omer W. Gobel, SSgt,
Gunner Hamilton R. Turbyfill, 2Lt, Passenger
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