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Gabelman
2LT
O-673727		 Omer p BZ 43-04     From TX.

Bombardier instructor at Childress, TX in 1943.

Class photo.

Source: 1943 Childress Yearbook
Gadbois
2LT		 Norman C BZ 44-11 359 303 303rd website data and photos.

Class photo on pages 20 & 21.

From: Susan Pearce s.pearce@sbcglobal.net

Gaffney Richard J KT 44-05 816 483 Class photo.

Lance D. Donovan: lance.d.donovan@usps.gov

Gaines Walter A BZ 43-08 780 465 From Greenfield, MA.  Went to Italy as a member of Teagarden's crew.
Gajda
2LT
O-716723		 Thaddeus C SA 44-04 514 376 Became a POW at Shuman, BUL camp on 10 Aug 1944.  MACR: 8087.

Source: Mark LaScotte: lascotte@comcast.net
Gallagher
1LT		 R T RS 42-17 566 389 Source: Arthur Plouff - A.plouff@worldnet.att.net
Gallardo
FO		 Robert nmi KT 44-12 865 494 Died 14 Aug 1995.
Gallerani Alterio   BS 43-04 385 551 Believed to be a member of the E. N. White crew on plane 42-32008 called Lil Audrey.  The crew listed flew at least 25 missions together.  Moody had a nervous breakdown and was replaced by Thoretz.

Crew list:
P: Elmer N. White : KIA
CP:  1LT Frank B Crawford Jr.
CTG: Sgt Chuck D. Hamlin
TT: Sgt Robert J. Schremmer
RO: S/S  R. A. Thoretz 
LW: J. C. Berry
RW: Richard T. Gantz
TG: Sgt  John G. Guido 

Source: Lou Guido: l.guidojr@worldnet.att.net
Gamble Robert H RS 42-17   94 Photo from Salinas, KS

Source: RltBen@aol.com 
Gant, Jr. James H MI 42-08 352 301 Served from Dec 1942-Aug
1943 and died in Clarksville, TN in the early 1980's.  Crew flew 50 missions out of North Africa.

Crew list:
P: Brig. Gen. Steve Henry
CP: Nall
N: Eugene R. Ulrich
TG: William Drewes

Source:
Jane C. Ulrich: janeicu1@brick.net
Garbacz Edward   KT 44-05    
 
Gardenier
2LT
O-443485		 Russell J KT 42-04 344 98
Gardner Malcolm L SA 43-15 567 389 Flew in plane 42-94951.
Gargiulo Vincent J KT 44-01 447 321
Garland
2LT		 Winfield S CB 44-12 864 494
Garner, Jr. C F SA 43-10 569 390 Shot down over the Netherlands on 11 Dec 1943 while on B17 #42-30667 part of a mission to Emden, GER.  Plane  was hit by  flak and crashed at Harkstede, near Groningen at 12.28 hrs.  One of the engines was hit, but they keeping in formation with the others for 1 a 2 minutes before they reached Emden. They where attacked by 6 or 8 JU88 with rockets on the leading Squadron.  One rocket hit the right wing, fuel tank and they lost one other engine.  After they dropped the bombs and leaving the target area they were attacked by ME109's.  They were losing height and by the attacks of the Germans the lost engine no 3.  With 3 engines shot out onfire in the right wing and nose section, F/O Gerald give the Bail out order

Howlett hit in his legs by the attacks and other crewmembers were also wounded by flak.  The gunners of the plane were credited with 3 plane's shot down probably 1 JU88 and 2 ME109.  The plane was shot down by Feldwebel Fuchs of 4/JG1 who was later killed in 1944
 
Click here for a narrative about the aircraft loss, maps, etc.

They were taken POW. 
 
Here is crew:
P: FO Francis R. "Budd" Gerald
CP: Lt Ernie A. Amport
N: Lt W. J. Bumgarner
B: Lt G. Garner
S/S Nick M. Colagiovanni, I
Sgt R. E. Lanham, I
RO: S/S J.J.Costa
WG: Sgt J.C. King, Jr
BT: Sgt D. C. McConkey
TG: Sgt Coolidge Howlett

Garni
O-791583		 Arthur E Unknown 452   KIA on 17 May 1943 Mission Target Ijmuiden

Crew list:  41-18080: DR-K
P: CAPT William Converse   0-725585    KIA
CP: 2LT Berton H Ramsey   0-792308    KIA
N/B: LT Arthur E Garni       0-791583    KIA
ENG: T/S James D Thompson   19077464  POW
RO: Sgt Kenneth H VonLindern  19011818 KIA
TG: Sgt Frank Lamonica        12035387   POW

Near Bdegraven, while carrying out violent evasive action, Converse collided with Lt. Wolfe who was leading the second element at 11:58. Both B26s crashed in flames with only two survivors.

Source: http://www.b26.com

Garrett
O-731050		 Andy K KT 42-13 447 321 Complete data.
Garrett
2LT
O-729745		 Thomas H KT 42-12 346 99 Source: Special order extract.
Garson
O-731051		 Robert nmi KT 42-13 407 92 Complete data.
Gates
2LT		 Claire E CB 44-08 N/A N/A From Lynn Gates, a relative:

Claire Gates (photo) was killed along with 18 others in a Midair collision over Model, CO August 21, 1944.  The left their base in Pueblo, CO and flew south to Trinidad in a formation of 12 to 20 planes.  (Different articles have different numbers) The No 3 plane could not maintain altitude and speed and crashed into the number one plane.  The no 3 plane (the one Claire was on) blew up in mid air, the no 1 plane went into the ground.  Below are a couple of the many articles I have collected on this crash.  Last summer I located the crash site and I believe the crash site of the number 2 plane.  Someday when I have a metal detector and it is cooler, I will go back down and look at it some more.

 
 ONE OF NINETEEN AIRMEN SURVIVED PLANE COLLISION
Second Lt. Robert S Clark, bombardier, Rt No 2, Augusta, Kansas., was the sole survivor of a mid air collision between two Pueblo Army air base bombers near Model, Colo., Monday morning it was officially announced here Tuesday night.
      
Lt. Clark parachuted to safety after the crash which sent both bombers crashing to the ground in flames. The following fliers, 18 in number, were listed as having been killed while making a combat training mission:

Capt Royal J Brock, instructor pilot, 134 East Cooke Road, Columbus, Ohio.
*Second Lt. Frank W. Adams, pilot, 203 Grant St., Huston, Pa.
Second Lt. Clair A Clark, co-pilot, Road No 1. Cowansville, Pa
*Second Lt. Clair E Gates, bombardier, R.F.D. No. 1, Greene, Iowa.
*Flight Officer William J. Robins, co-pilot, 3137 Gloss Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
*Tech Sgt. Albert J. Sermon, engineer, 29 Wildwood Ave., Providence, R.I.
*Cpl. Boyce E. Forester, radio operator, R. R. No 1, Athens, Tex.
*Cpl. Joseph J Hartman Jr., gunner, 1122 West Diversey Ct, Chicago, Ill.
*Cpl. Morton Kaplan, gunner, 1609 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn, N.Y.
*Cpl Carl E. Miller, gunner, 1805 Navarro Road, Canton, Ohio.
Cpl. Francis J. Donohue, engineer, 726 Foster Ave., Brooklyn NY.
Cpl. William A Powell Jr. gunner, 7 First St., Chicopee, Ga
Cpl Herbert J Rogrove, radio operator, 4112 North Broad St. Philadelphia, Pa.
Pfc. William C Joyce Jr. gunner, 2 Holton St. Medford, Mass.
Pfc. Luther C Killinger, Jr., gunner, 406 Kanawha Blvd, Charleston, W. Va.
Pfc. Daniel J Rioce, gunner, 104 Windsor St. Hartford Conn.
*Pfc. Malcolm R Crawford, gunner 120 ½ West Fifth St., De Soto hotel, Pueblo, Colo.
Second Lt Horace M Jenkins, pilot, 518 ½ North Main St, New Albany
 hotel, Pueblo, Colo.
 dtd 8/23/44, Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo,
 Colorado..submitted by Len Wallace
 

Source: Lynn Gates: LynnGatesRet@aol.com
 
Gates
F/O
T136160		 Charles H SA 44-43 N/A N/A Charles graduated from San Angelo, then to Barksdale, Charlston NC, Florence NC, Childress TX, Sioux City for discharge.

Source: Lynn Gates: LynnGatesRet@aol.com
 
Gatewood
2LT		 Vernon L BZ 44-05 722 450 Shot down Sept. 10, 1944 on the way to Vienna, Austria. Actually bailed out over Gyor, Hungary.  All ten chutes opened.  Spent time as a POW at Sagan, Nurnburg, and Moosburg. He was liberated and returned home after the war.

Full story in the book: Kriegie 7956: A World War II Bombardier's Pursuit of Freedom
by Betty Jean Belkham Gatewood, Vernon L. Gatewood

Crew list: (original crew, I don't know if they were all aboard when shot down)
P: 2LT Earle Kelly
CP: Robert Rinschler
N: 1LT Lessing Kahn
EM's: 
Sgt Richard Gordon
Cpl Willis Paschal
Sgt Caspar Mione
Cpl Charles Becker
Sgt Burl Barker
Cpl Buford Evans 
Gaudio
1LT		 Frank J CB 44-06 764 461 Crew #11-2
P: Clair B. Alexander
CP: Charles Prophett
N: Robert C. Rathfon
B: Frank J. Gaudio
GNR: Donald L. Askerman
GNR: Henry R. Davies
RO: Ray Eitel
ENG: Laryel R. Emanuel
GNR: Oscar J. Holcombe
GNR: Willaima R. Kassay

Crew photo.

Standing (Left to Right):
Sgt. Larvel R. Emanuel-TTE; S/S Oscar (Jack) J. Holcombe-NT; Sgt. Ray Eitel-RO/WG; S/S Donald (Don) L. Askerman-Camera Operator, BT;

Kneeling (Left to Right):
1LT Herb Franks-Substitute Co-pilot; 1LT Clair (Alex) B. Alexander Jr.-Pilot; 1LT Robert (Bob) C. Rathfon-Nav; 1LT Frank J. Gaudio-Bom;

Front (Sitting):
Sgt. William (Bill) A. Kassay-ENG/WG;

Missing:
Sgt. Henry (Hank) Davies-Tail Turret

Source: Ken Alexander: cre8iv@sssnet.com 

Gault
2LT
O-663254		 Thomas G MI 42-11 347 99 Source: Special orders extract.
Gay
2LT
O-735191		 Warren G WM 43-01 49 2 Gay was KIA on 30 Jan 1944 while flying on plane 41-24395 named 'I Do Dit' which was shotdown over northern Italy.

Eyewitness RO Pesature:
They were hit by a rocket just after the bombs were dropped and the pilot was still alive then but after the rocket hit the front of the plane, it did not turn to the rally point with the rest of the formation.  It was slowly descending, trailing black smoke and was jumped by fighters after it cleared the formation.  After the sixth fighter attack, all engines were shot out and the surviving crew members bailed out.

Crew list:
KIA
P: 1LT Joseph H. Taylor  O-798050   
CP: 2LT Lawrence F. Maddox  O-746385
N: 2LT Alfred E. Snyder  O-682251   
TT: T/S Robert D. Swan  35371127
POW
BT: S/S Harold F. Horton  33257082
RW: S/S Robert H. Johnston  17156151
LW: S/S Dale E. Cheney  37472890
TG: S/S Raymond S. Irwin  11111192
RO: Sgt Vincent J. Pesature  12066318
Geiger
1LT		 John W MI 43-03   307 According to the MACR 3738, the plane 42-73466 lost Mar 29, 1944, Etean Island, South Pacific was shot down after the bomb drop and crashed into the sea. A few parachutes were seen, but were strafed on their way down.  The plane sank in 15,000 ft of ocean, only seconds after what appeared to be a controlled landing. There were no sightings of survivors.

According to Sam Britt's "The Long Rangers" the a/c was damaged over target and caught fire.  Four chutes were seen to open but appeared on fire.  One crewmen went out the top hatch and hit the tail.  This was supposed to be their last mission.  The enlisted men were normally part of Lt. Joe Binder's crew but returned ahead of him from rest leave and were assigned to fly with Lt. Francis for the Truk mission.

Crew list:
P: 1LT William E. Francis, Jr.
CP: 1LT Joseph J. Slater
N: 1LT John W. Geiger, Jr.
B: 1LT Robert W. Bjornholm
TTE: T/S Robert L. Taberski
RO: S/S William N. Landacre
BT: T/S Richard N. Krueger
WG: S/S Adrian T. McKinney
WG: S/S Robert E. Brink
TG: S/S Richard L. Haskins

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=111814

Gekas
1LT		 J N MI 42-09 513 376
Gerards,Jr. George   CB 44-08   330  
Geramita Samuel S DE 44-11 717 449 Flew INSTABLE, 42-78195.  Hit  by flak on 19 Feb 1945 mission against Vienna. Radioed from over Yugoslav coast 1 hour later trying for Falconara. Later radioed couldn't reach Falconara because losing altitude and would have to
jump. Entire crew was KIA.

Crew List:
P: John C. DePuy,
CP: Paul Oskenkrug
N: Alfred G. Dennis
NT: Howard L. Gates
TT: John J. Volker
BT: William R. Hodgson
RW: Gilmer J. Breckinridge
LW: Emil Sanetta
TG: James L. Paul
 
Gerhardt
2LT
O-717886		 Daniel R BZ 44-05 881 500 KIA 1 April 1945 with B-29 44-69666 on a night mission to the Nakajima aircraft plant in Tokyo (MACR 14230).  The plane actually crashed in Tokyo Minamitama Kooricho 790, Honmachida, Tamachi.

Crew (all killed) were pilot LT Edward Law, 2LT Gerould L. Giddings, Sgt Harry McMillen, 2LT Donald Van Dever, TSgt Raymond C. Richmond, Sgt Robert H. Nead, Sgt Leonard McNeill, (?) Maurice Myers and (?) Thadeus J. Pasternak.

Gerhardt and 9 others parachuted safely. All were captured and transferred to the Tokyo Military Prison at the Kempei Tai Hq adjacent to the north side of the Imperial Palace.

Law was the only man to die in the crash. All the other men were captured and sent to the Kempei Tai Headquarters in Tokyo.  The Central Fire Control man, Staff Sgt Ray Hopper was later sent to Omori. He would be the sole survivor.

On the night of 26 May 1945, upon notice of the forthcoming raid, all civilian prisoners were removed from their cells and moved to the safety of open field shelters. The Japanese locked the Allied prisoners in their cramped cells. Generally, 16 to 19 men would be placed into these vermin and filth covered cells, approximately 2.5 x 3 x 2.4 meters.

Incendiary bombs ignited the building. Those trying to escape were shot or slashed to death by swords.  Gerhardt perished that night. His remains were cremated and disposed of by the Japanese. Somewhere between 60 to 150 men died in the locked cells.

Those responsible were tried as war criminals, convicted and hanged.

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com

Gerth Robert A RS 43-03 322 94 KIA on 1 July 1944 near Arlon, BEL on B-17G-10-BO
42-31234   Target was Ludwigshafen, GER.

Crew list:
P: 1LT Joseph Barber   POW
CP: MAJ  Leon W. Blythe   POW
N: LT John V. McGrath   POW
B: LT Robert A. Gerth   KIA
TT: T/S Francis C. Mancuso,  POW
RO: T/S Michael R. McDonald   POW
BT: S/S Edward O. McCarty   POW
LW: S/S Martin B. Perkins    KIA
RW: S/S Stanley J. Maclolek   KIA
TG: 2LT Paul A. Marriott    POW   

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=108908

Ghere Richard J BZ 43-08   446 View crew photo.
Ghetia
O-731052		 George nmi KT 42-13 447 321 Complete data.
Giangreco E J RS 44-03   498 Photo.

Source: Leroy Armstrong: learm@evansville.net
Giansante
2LT		 Harold J KT 43-17 867 494  
Gibbs
2LT
O-733304  		Kenneth F KT 42-16   379 All crew KIA on 17 August 1943 while flying 42-29830. MACR 1350

Crew photo.

Crew list:
P: LT Erwalt D. Wagner
CP: LT William C. Barnard
N: LT Joseph J. Hilderbrand
B: 2LT Kenneth F. Gibbs
TT: T/S Henry I. Cushman
RO: T/S Benjamin Radensky 
BT: S/S Francis J. Donahue 
LW: S/S Marvin T. Charlson
RW: S/S Eldred J. Andruss
TG: S/S Dean J. Yates

This ship crashed into the woods (district Kohlenberg) near the township of Dörrebach, 13 km W. of Bingen. According to a letter addressed to the police in Bad Kreuznach from 08/19/43, five bodies were found inside the wreck, two others nearby.

Source: www.armyairforces.com

Gibbons, Jr.
2LT
O-731053		 James nmi KT 42-13 448 321 Complete data.
Gibler
2LT
O-756870		 Clinton W VV 43-14 331 94 KIA

CREW  BB- 57, arrived 1 MAY 1944

P: 2LT Walker L. Walker  POW
CP: 2LT Joseph M. Leone POW
N: 2LT Aldo R. Solatti   POW
B: 2LT Clinton W. Gibler   KIA
GNR: S/S Joseph C. Blais   POW
GNR: S/S Payton T. Hayes Jr.  POW
GNR: Sgt. Paul J. Stasko   POW
GNR: Sgt. Michael (NMI) Lotvin   KIA
GNR: Sgt. Charles N. Williams   POW
GNR: Sgt. William A. Smith   POW
Giblin
2LT
O-734888		 George P KT 43-01 343 98 KIA 1 Aug 1943.  Was on loan from 389th BG.

Source: Arthur Plouff - A.plouff@worldnet.att.net

Gibson
2LT		 Hugh A BZ 43-10 335 95 Became a POW on 24 Jan 1944 when his B-17F #42-30181 was brought down near Brussels, BEL while on a mission to Eschweiler.  Plane named either Herky jerky II or Lover boy.
 
Crew list:
P: 2LT Clay A. Burnett  POW
CP: 2LT Douglas A. McLean   KIA
N: 2LT Charles Vacek   POW
B: 2LT Hugh A. Gibson  POW
ENG: T/S Harvey E. Kreitzman   POW
RO: T/S James F. Canard  KIA
BT: S/S Glenn H. Johnston   POW
LW: S/S Thomas L. Durkin   KIA
RW: S/S  Paul C. Abrahamson  POW
TG: S/S John F. Inman  KIA

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=109112

Gibson
2LT
O-683104		 Randolph H MI 43-08 64 43 Shot down on 5 Aug 1944 near Ceram, north of Australia.  B-24  #42-110006  Blondes Away    MACR# 14288

RAAF F/LT Boloher reports, after interrogation of Japanese war criminals who said the plane crashed at Sapala and 6 or 7 were killed. Four made it to shore were captured & taken to Ambon & executed at Galala on 30 Aug 1944.

Crew list:        
P: 1LT Edward C. Pederson 0-747313
CP: 2LT James R. Barber   0-690034 
N: 2LT Wiliam Bischoff  0-695863 
B: 2LT Randolph H. Gibson  0-683104 
Enlisted men:
CPL Bernard J. Pena  18225911
T/S Henry A. Kutz   31164988 
S/S Rudolph R. Prediado   39295673 
Sgt Edward A. Sabat   13127735 
Sgt Bernard R. Fraser   39558702 
S/S Edmund J. Fay  31244774 
S/S Richard D. English     13016610  

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=111174       
 
Giese
2LT		 Norbert J DE 44-09 867 494 KIA 4 May 1945.
Gilbert
1LT		 Walter E CL 43-12 721 450 He was shot down on August 10, 1944 and held P.O.W. 

Receiving Purple Heart.

With a German officers hat.

Newspaper article.  

Plane photo.

Crew list on 10 Aug 1944:
Officers:
1LT Vernon E. Mikkelson,
2LT George Nosal,Jr. ,
2LT William White,

Enlisted men:
T/Sgt Edward Rogers,
T/Sgt James Conner,
S/Sgt Roy Hooper,
S/Sgt Millard Darr,
S/Sgt Hugh Trantham,
Sgt Lawrence Larimer.

Source: Michelle Chamness: mlc73208@hotmail.com
 
Gill
1LT		 T N MI 42-09 513 376
Gillette Major R KT 43-01 343 98 Source: Arthur Plouff - A.plouff@worldnet.att.net
Ginkus
2LT
O-74125?		 Vincent L DE 43-05 48 41 Shot down on 26 Mar 1944, 15 miles north of Ponape, Caroline Islands.  Entire crew MIA.  Ginkus was BOM/NAV.

Crew list:
AC: Capt Lionel D. Colley O-431122
P:1LT Merritt S. Miller O-742195
CP: 2LT Alexander Ruchko O-747890
ENG: S/S Gregory W. Frankland 35267062
RO: T/S Henry F. Wolasky 11052368
GNR: S/S Steve S. Salla 37214928
Gins
1LT
O-671342		 Myron   MI 43-02   389 POW on 22 April 1944, interned at Luft Stalag 3.

Crew list:
A/C: LT COL   Paul T Burton POW
P: Capt. Willard P Stotter POW
CP: 1LT Gordon J Baber  O-742405  POW
N: 1LT John E Powell POW
B: 1LT Myron Gins POW
RO: T/S Albert A Arendt POW
TT: T/S Lewis Bagwell POW
BT: S/S Michael S Saniuk POW
RW: S/S  Lee T Parker POW
LW: S/S Dudley Burr POW
TG: S/S Harvey T Belcher POW
 
Giona
2LT		 G   KT 43-01 415 98 Source: Arthur Plouff - A.plouff@worldnet.att.net
Giugliano
1LT
O-673063		 Frank P MI 43-03 408 22 NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense
No. 338-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Apr 21, 2006 Media Contact: (703)697-5131
Public/Industry(703)428-0711
Airmen Missing In Action From WWII are Identified
          
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of eleven U.S. airmen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

They are:
Capt. Thomas C. Paschal, El Monte, CA
1LT Frank P. Giugliano, New York, NY
1LT James P. Gullion, Paris, TX
2LT Leland A. Rehmet, San Antonio, TX
2LT John A. Widsteen, Palo Alto, CA
S/S Richard F. King, Moultrie, GA
S/S William Lowery, Republic, PA
S/S Elgin J. Luckenbach, Luckenbach, TX
S/S Marion B. May, Amarillo, TX
Sgt. Marshall P. Borofsky, Chicago, IL
Sgt. Walter G. Harm, Philadelphia, PA

The group remains of the entire crew are to be buried today at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, DC, as are the individual remains of each man with the exception of King, Giugliano and Widsteen, whose families
have elected hometown burials.

On April 16, 1944, Paschal and Widsteen were piloting a B-24J Liberator with the other nine men aboard.  The aircraft was returning to
Nadzab, New Guinea after bombing enemy targets near Hollandia.  The plane was
last seen off the coast of the island flying into poor weather.

The loss was investigated following the war and a military board concluded that the aircraft had been lost over water and was unrecoverable.

In early 2001 a team of specialists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) interviewed a native of Papua New Guinea who claimed to have found the aircraft crash and recovered identification media for May and Harm.  The team surveyed the site in 2002 and found wreckage that matched Paschal's aircraft tail number along with human remains.  They also took custody of remains previously collected by the villager.

Later that year, two additional JPAC teams excavated the crash site and recovered additional human remains and crew-related artifacts. Identification tags were found for Luckenbach, May and Paschal. Other crew-related materials found were consistent with items used by the Army Air Forces around 1944.

Mitochondrial DNA obtained from dental and bone samples was one of the forensic tools used by JPAC scientists and Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory specialists to identify the airmen.

For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO website at
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703)-699-1169.
 
Gladstone Abner B KT 43-05 774 463 They crashed down on May 18, 1944 - Ploesti, Romania mission. All saved.

Crew:
P: Paul Kelley
CP: Gilbert Southworth 
N: John Beatty
B: Abner Gladstone
TT: Harold Hoobler
RO: John Green
BT: Warren Hartung
WG: Edward Reader
TG: John Dunn

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=110773
Gladys
2LT
O-682106		 Henry H MI 43-08 731 452 Aircraft was hit by German fighters on return near the Dutch-German border. Aircraft left formation and lost altitude rapidly. Crashed in De Leijen near Staphorst, Holland. The rear section of the B-17 was badly shot up. T/Sgt James and S/Sgt Shaffer were killed in the air. S/Sgt Richmond bailed out badly wounded and was found dead on the ground. Lt Wagner and Sgt Tracy apparently could not leave the aircraft and crashed with it. The dead were buried in the General Cemetery of Staphorst. They were re-interred in the Netherlands on December 22, 1945. 2Lt Clyde Martin, 2Lt Henry H. Gladys, and T/Sgt Donald Porter survived the crash and were picked up by the Dutch Underground and returned to England. 2Lt Gladys was returned to duty on 7 September 1944. Missing Air Crew Report 2916

Missions and crew lists.      MACR.

Source: Howard Keller: howard.keller@us.army.mil

Glass, Jr.
2LT
O-682572		 M E BZ 43-08 730 452 Became POW 29 Feb 1944.  Luft Stalag LS-1

Missions and crew list.

MACR.

Source: Howard Keller: howard.keller@us.army.mil

Glassman Theodore   MI 43-15 321 90 Assigned to B-24J plane "Blondes Away!" #42-110006. Crew photo.

P: Harry E. Pennington, Jr.
CP: Allan Jay Wise
N: Kenneth Gerlach
TTE: Billy Ridgell
RO: Richard Burks
GNR: Mitchell M. Moscinski
GNR: George Padden Jr.
GNR: Richard Hinz
GNR: Donald Healy
Glover
2LT
O-676374		 Halsey D MI 43-05 4 34 Plane: Set 'em up

Crew list:
P: 1LT Charles B. Pavlicek  O-790707
CP: 1LT Walter O. Verneuille  O-550426
N: 2LT Herbert W. Graham  O-685933
ENG: Sgt Willis W. Griffis  16147708
RO: S/S John H. Crouch  35579381
GNR: Sgt harry J. Crawford  31297000
GNR: Sgt Robert L. Hendricks  38444570
GNR: Sgt McDonald D. Chapman  36583554
Godbee
2LT
O-71778		 Hubert B CL 44-05     Godbee was killed on 26 May 1944, in a training accident when a B-17G #42 -107152 crashed near Anthon, Iowa, killing all 10 airmen aboard the plane.   In the summer of 2006 a bronze plaque honoring the airmen was dedicated at the Legion hall in Anthon, Iowa.

Article on the dedication, with photo of Godbee.

Source:Stuart Flynn: WW2HomeFront@aol.com

Godde
2LT
O-73875		 Russell H Unk 415 98 KIA 1 Aug 1943.  

Source: Arthur Plouff - A.plouff@worldnet.att.net
Godfrey
1LT		 Herbert M GE 42-17 577 392 Lost on 13th mission on plane 42-7482, Shack Rat.  MACR 1908.

Crew list:
P: 1LT Raymond P. Lambert, KIA
CP: 1LT Archie F. Haviland, Jr., KIA
N: 1LT Rudolph A. Kapp, KIA
RO: T/S  James S. Brown, KIA
TTE: T/S  William J. Reese, KIA
WG: S/S  William R. Tantum, KIA
WG: S/S Ambrose R. Pfeifer, KIA
BG: S/S  John H. Magee, Jr., KlA
TG: S/S Walter H. Day, KIA

More details.
Godwin, Jr.
2LT		 Roger H DE 44-09 864 494
Goetsch
2LT		 D H RS 43-02  614 401 Shot down while flying 42-37770 FLAK RAT on 31 Dec 1943.  Plane was MIA over Bordeaux, France. Crashed in Morceux, France.  He was able to evade capture. MACR 1871.

For the story of this crews experiences, read the chapter, The First and Only Mission, from the book The Young Ones by Erik Dyreborg.

Photo.

Crew list:
P: 2LT H. E. McDanal. Evaded
CP: Maj I. W. Eveland Evaded
N: 2LT L. H. Sprinkler POW
RO: S/S J. L. Kirker Evaded
TTE:S/S D.L. Jerue KIA
BT: Sgt H. J. Reasoner POW
TG: Sgt M. Arinsberg POW
LW: Sgt F. G. Kelly POW
RW: Sgt H. W. Sanders KIA

Wayne Eveland evaded and made it back to England via Spain and Gibraltar, and returned to his unit around end March 1944.
Goetschius
2LT
O-698005		 John D BZ 43-16 391 34 Originally with the 4th BS on plane Male Call.
KIA 19 Oct 1944.   MACR  9467.

Crew list:
CP:2LT Jack Ragland  O-817522
N: 2LT Thomas H. Gribbrock  O-703733
ENG: S/S Alvin G. Drost  38267367 
RO: S/S Lawrence Frederickson  36210788
GNR: Sgt John Minnick  33354315
GNR: Jack L. Flaherty  32830737
Goff
2LT
O-717779		 Homer W CL 44-05 427 303

KIA when plane was shot down on 28 Sept 1944.  Crew photo and details.

Crew list:
P: 1LT Charles G. Glasgow 025490  POW
CP: 2LT George H. Ashford  0827121 KIA           
N: 2LT John H. Cashman, Jr.  0723004 KIA               
TTE: Cpl  John H Heer  38452621
RO: Sgt Robert T. Britz  16029539   KIA          
BT: Sgt Hilaire A. Lisabeth  36862808 KIA           
TG: Sgt  James T. Miller  38517922   KIA           
WG: Sgt John H. McGlinn  33324014  KIA           
WG: Sgt Jethern J. McGonathy, Jr.  38388429  KIA           


From 303rd BG Association website:
28 Sept 44 - Pilot: 1Lt Charles G. Glasgow, 427BS B17G: #44-89335 (No name) - Mission to Magdeburg, Germany. B-17 crashed near Heerte/Salzgitter, southwest of Brunswick, Germany. Bombardier 2Lt Homer W. Goff parachuted safely and was captured by German civilians and taken to their village. The local police station was called. A German police officer arrived and took Lt Goff through a path in the woods and later told everyone that Lt Goff was shot trying to escape. A post-war autopsy showed that he was shot in the back of the head at close range. The Police Officer was found guilty of killing Lt Goff in a post-war war crimes trial.

From 303rd BG Association website:
B-17 #44-8335 was a brand new B-17G-60-VE. Manufactured by Vega Aircraft Company in Burbank, CA. Was delivered to the USAAF on 15 August 1944, arrived in England 07 September 1944 and was assigned to the 427th BS/303rd BG(H) on 26 September 1944. Just two days later, it was lost on 28 September 1944 on a combat mission to bomb the Fredd Krupp factory at Magdeburg, Germany. The 303rd lost eleven B-17s on this mission due to heavy flak and intense German fighter attacks. #44-8335 was on her first combat mission. The Pilot, Lt Charles C. "Glenn" Glasgow, a West Point graduate was also on his first combat mission and was thrown out of the B-17 when it exploded, after being hit by flak. He was the only crew survivor. He managed to parachute to safety and became a POW. In 1948 a mass grave of 35 Russians were disinterred near Heerter Holz about 20km SSW of Brunswick. A hollow in the ground near the Russian mass grave proved to be another mass grave in which an American body was found. The U.S. Graves team then discovered the remains of the seven additional crewmen from #44-8335. They were temporarily reburied at Neuville and later in other American cemeteries in Europe or returned to the USA for final burial.
Goldberg
2LT		 Hyman M KT 42-04     For DSC commendation.
Goldberg
1LT		 J J VV 42-11 515 376
Goldeen
2LT		 George M CB 44-02 866 494
Golden
1LT
O-669273		 William C MI 43-07 20 2 Became a POW at Shuman, BUL camp on 10 Jan 1944.  MACR: 1824.

Source: Mark LaScotte: lascotte@comcast.net
Goldfeder
2LT		 Milton M VV 43-15   305 B-17  # 42-31816 was lost over Belgium on 24 April 1944.

Crew list:
CAPT Joseph W. Lincoln   POW
2LT Albert N.Pagnotta   POW
2LT Phillip S. Campbell   POW
2LT Milton M. Goldfeder   POW
T/S Jospeh A. Rhodes   POW
Sgt. William E. Bergman   POW
S/S Eugene C. Snodgrass   POW
S/S Virgil R. Marro   POW
T/S Isaac M. Denemy   KIA
Sgt James M. Mayfield    KIA

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=108036

Goldman
2LT		 Richard M KT 43-16 332 94

CREW  BB-79 arrived 3 May 44:
P: 1LT Henry J. Nichols
CP: 2LT Gwynn E. Skelton
N: 2LT James P. Snodgrass
B: F/O Richard M. Goldman
GNR: S/S Christopher R. Matarese
GNR: S/S George D. Wetherington
GNR: Sgt. Francisco P. Munoz
GNR: Sgt. Ray E. Stull
GNR: Sgt. Andrew F. Pazanin
GNR: Sgt. Lester E. Frankenstein

Gonzalez
LT COL		 Ralph C WC 42-13     Source:
Deane Gonzalez: DGonz18496@aol.com
Goodrich, Jr.
2LT		 Neil E VV 44-06 864 494
Gordon
T/S		 Carl F EM BMBR 11 341 Was involved in Project 157.

Source: Tony Strotman: tonystro@cebridge.net

Gorrell Roland G DE 44-43     Died in 1980.
Gough, Jr.
2LT
O-729746		 Charles P KT 42-12 348 99 Source: Special orders extract.
Gough, Jr.
2LT		 Joseph T CB 44-06 864 494 Died Jan 2 1974.
Gough William V SA 44-12 447 321
Gould Joseph W CB 44-01 447 321
Grace
2LT
O-731054		 Raymond W KT 42-13 429 2 Complete data.
Graham
2LT
O-726152		 Andrew L VV 42-08 423 306 Enlisted in VA.  Became a POW on 9 Nov 1942 when his B-17 41-24491 was shot down near Raulieu, Saint-Andre-des-Eaux which is near Anger, FRA.  POW at Luft Stalag 7A. 

Crew list:
P: 1LT Loyal M. Felts  O-366259 
CP: 2LT Robert J. Jones
N: Forest Hartin
B: Andrew L. Graham
BT: S/S Charles E. VonderLieth
WG: Sgt Doane Hage, Jr
EM: Wright, Bogumill, Westcott and Beers

Hartin was taken in by a Mr. Lesimple.  Russell Strong's book "First Over Germany", details Lt. Forrest Hartin's story. He evaded capture and spent five days on the ground In France before being taken under the protection of the French Underground. He eventually reached Spain and safety.

Graham, Jr.
2LT
O-671423		 Charles E MI 43-02 515 376 Became a POW at Shuman, BUL camp on 24 Nov 1943.  MACR: 1298.

Source: Mark LaScotte: lascotte@comcast.net
Graham
2LT
O-676259		 William E SA 43-05 729 452 KIA 28 July 1944

Missions and crews.     MACR.

Source: Keller, Howard W.: howard.keller@us.army.mil

Graves
2LT		 William E BZ 43-09 513 376 Photo.

Crew list:
P: CAPT Henry B. Gibbons
CP: 2LT Michael J. Solow
N: 2LT Lester Jaffe
ENG: S/S John E. Callow
RO: T/S John W. Kearns
GNR: S/S Raymond Wick, 36278782
GNR: Sgt William J. Stupar
GNR: S/S Dean O. Holman
GNR: S/S Pasquale Buonanno
GNR: S/S Morris Ruttenburg
Graves, Jr.
1LT
 		 William H MI 42-09     Ground school instructor - navigation at Childress, TX in 1943.

Class photo.

Source: 1943 Childress Yearbook
Gravins F W WM 42-16   94 Photo from Salinas, KS

Source: RltBen@aol.com 
Greco John nmi KT 43-06 743 455 Greco took over for Paul Guild who was sick the day his crew was badly shot up.  For details read the chapter, Freed at Last, in the the book The Young Ones by Erik Dyreborg.

Indications are that Greco returned for a second tour of duty with this group and was KIA.
Green
1LT		 Alfred I MI 42-09 11 98 He was bombardier on the "Ready Teddy II".

Source: Richard Bazemore: refrachon@yahoo.com

Green
1LT
O-734671		 Louis nmi KT 42-17   99 Shot down and became a POW on 19 Dec 1943 while returning from a mission to Innsbruck, AUS.  The plane was B-17 42-5832 called War Bird II.  MACR 1527.

Crew list:
P: 1LT Cyril G. Stidd O-741946   POW
CP: 1LT Lawrence M. Selanders O-680316  POW
N: 1LT James M. Kozumplik  O-801020  POW
ENG: Theodore R. Campbell  12095123  POW
RO: Frank P. Carollo  32362441  POW
GNR: James K. Donley  38341990  POW
GNR: Howard F. Brown  38465104  KIA
GNR: Librado Garcia  18154885   KIA
GNR: James A. Mabante  39847333   KIA

Green
2LT
0-669400		 Robert J MI 43-01 578 392 Became a POW on 8 Oct 1943 over Urdingen, GER.
MACR 880 
B-24H-1-FO Liberator, #42-7488; code EC-S, Hellz-a-droppin

Shot down by enemy fighters after bombing sub yards at Vegesack, all ten men bailed out. However one did not have parachute attached to harness and one had a parachute failure (Bernard).

Crew list:
P: CAPT John G. Buschman, 0-796296, MD, POW, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria (moved to Nuremburg-Langwasser)
CP: 2LT Clarence R. Waller, 0-742635, WI, POW, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria (moved to Nuremburg-Langwasser)
N: 2LT Maurice A. Donlon, 0-678699, NY, POW, Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria
B: 2LT Robert J. Green, 0-669400, WI, POW, Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria
TT: T/S Jacque D. Coe, 35327765, OH, POW, Stalag 17B, Braunau Gneikendorf, Krems, Austria
RO: T/S  J. T. Hoover, 14064441, FL, KIA, Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium, Plot C, Row 15, Grave 1
BT: S/S Ray W. Davis, 36425547, IL, POW, Stalag 17B, Braunau Gneikendorf, Krems, Austria
LW: S/S Richard S. Adams, 31167309, NJ, POW, Stalag 17B, Braunau Gneikendorf, Krems, Austria
RW: S/S Leo E. Bernard, 11052803, MA, KIA, Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium, Plot B, Row 33, Grave 2
TG: S/S Daniel J. Hanrahan, 33198002, DC, POW, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria (moved to Nuremburg-Langwasser)
 

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=110183

Greenberg
1LT		 Sol H SA 43-05 326 92 Became a POW on 11 Jan 1944 when his plane Trudy was shot down.  The ship hit by flak in the right wing.
They were flying in the lead position after the bomb run.  After flying for some time with the right wing on fire on the underside, no immediate action to blow out the flames by diving the ship was noted.  Finally, the right wing tank became on fire and ship was then seen going down in flames.  Other crews observed that the plane was near the Dutch, German border.  Also, the other crews saw an apparent struggle to keep the Fort level, but to no avail.  Two chutes observed as the plane plunged downward.

POW at Stalag Luft 1.

Crew list:
P: Lt. Lock
CP: Lt. Sherry
N: Lt. Cohen
RO: T/S Brubacker
TTE: T/S Pencek
BT: S/S Farrell
TG: S/S Scott
WG: S/S Wilhoit
WG: S/S Mullins

Source: Dennis McMann: dennis@mcmann.net
Greene
2LT		 R C RS 43-12 422 305 Modane, FRA - 16 Sept 1943

Plane 41-24525 - Whats Cooking Doc

Crew list:
 P:  1LT A P Walker
CP: 1LT P B Sparks
N:  2LT J H Card
B:  2LT R C Greene
RO:  Sgt W L Jarvis
TT:  S/S P D Hennie
BT:  S/S J W Dunteman
TG:  Sgt J F Byrd
WG:  Sgt  C A Gaberman (not sure on this name)
WG:  S/S J P Sneed
OB:  FO J G Paynter

Greene
2LT		 Roscoe F RS 42-17 332 94 Shot down on 14 July 1943 on B-17F #42-3190 called Mr. Five by Five and Nip N Tuck.

MACR 0114
Target was Le Bourget near Paris.
Damaged by Oberstleutenant Egon Mayer in a fighter attack causing plane to fall behind the formation due loss of number 2 and 4 engines.  Landed wheels up in a cornfield at Berengeville-la Campagne, 5 miles northwest of Evreux
4 POW 6 EVD

Crew list:
P: CAPT Ken H Harrison 
CP: 2LT David H Turner 
N: 2LT Robert T Conroy
B: 2LT Roscoe F. Greene  EVD
ENG: T/S James H Curtis 
RO: T/S Charles H McNemar 
BT: S/S Jefferson D Polk 
WG: S/S Richard H Lewis  POW
WG: S/S Earl L Porath 
TG: S/S Eino Asiala    POW

Sgt's Asiala and Lewis first evaded but where captured to the Gestapo after being betrayed by a spy.
Greenwood
1LT		 John H BZ 43-08 445 701 His B-24 42-94773 was shot down near Orcq (3 km west of Tournai, Belgium) at 13:45 on 11 July, 1944 in route to Munich, Germany. He was captured at 14:25.  He was imprisoned at Stalag Luft 3 then transferred to Stalag Luft 1.

Crew list:
P: Jack Weber 
Fred Posey
Norwood Browder
John Tulloch
Donald Wimbiscus
Charles Merritt
James Wagner
Wilber Leyds 

All survived the crash.

Source: Bill Greenwood: bgreenw@optonline.net

Gregg
1LT		 Harry W VV 42-17 567 389
* Low-level Ploesti mission participant (1 AUG 43) - hit the cracking plant at the Steaua Romana refinery in Campina, Romania from an altitude of 200 feet and 200 mph.
* Completed 25-mission combat tour on January 14, 1944
* Died in 1961, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery

For more information click here.

Source: Arthur Plouff - A.plouff@worldnet.att.net
Gregory
LT. Col		 Louis M LY 41-02     A pilot who also graduated as a bombardier.  He later served as the first Director of Bombardier Training at Williams Field.
Gregory
2LT		 Paul E VV 43-01 412 95 #42-3317 Spirit of 76 shot down 30 Nov 1943.
MACR # 1559 

Plane was hit by flak over Belgium/Holland and was seen leaving formation under control before abandoned by the crew.

Crew list:
P:2LT Arthur C Hensler                POW
CP: 2LT Robert C Gilchrist                EVD
N: 2LT Wiiliam L Lohmann        KIA
B: 2LT Paul E Gregory                    EVD
TTE: T/S Elmer C Crease               EVD
RO: T/S Max Gottlieb                    EVD
BT: S/S Francis J McDermott        POW
LW: S/S Jack B Hyatt                    POW
RW: S/S Paul W Appleby              POW
TG: S/S Charles J Higgings         EVD

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=98960

Gregory
2LT
O-771919		 William A CB 44-04 369 306 KIA on 13 Sep 1944.  MACR 8829 for plane
42-31726 named Duration Plus and was borrowed from the 367th BS.

Crew photo.
Kneeling:
TT: Sgt B. R. Lussier
WG: Sgt M. H. Kimmel
BT: Sgt C. A. Richard
GNR: Sgt R. Edwards
Standing:
ENG: S/S E. J. Blaaskosk
N: 2LT B.A. Weinstein
P: 2LT C. Nattier
CP: 2LT G. I. Johnson
B: 2LT W. A. Gregory
RO: S/S E. Block

William was a junior at Clemson College when he joined the AAF.  

Source: James Gregory: jamessg1@verizon.net  
Grenwis, Jr.
2LT		 Frederick A KT 43-01 329 93 A/C#42-41004, The Urgin' Virgin was lost in the North Sea on 13 Nov 1943.  MACR # 2182  

Crew list: All KIA
P: LT Richard Sedevic
CP: FO Benjamin Byers
N: 2LT. Franklin Parsonage
B: 2LT. Frederick Grenwis
Sergeants:
TT: Merle Wolf
RO: Jack Lang
BT: James Haggerty
LW: Albert Oser
RW: Gerard Sullivan
TG: Richard Duer

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=107872
 
Gresham Jesse D Unknown 840 483 KIA 15 April 1944.  MACR 3909.

Whizzer II hit by flak.  The photo was by Richard J. Fortney and originally appeared in Yank magazine

Crew list: 
P: James O. Preston    Bowerton, OH
CP: Harry L. Johnston    Galesburg, IL
N: Gordon G. Lindholm    Welch, MN
B: Jesse D. Gresham    Los Angeles, CA
TTE: John C. Toutant    Webster, MA 
RO: John T. Cieslak   Milwaukee, WI
BT: Harold J. Pierce    Oklahoma City, OK
LW: Albert H. Cline    Baltimore, MD
RW: Jack Brown, Jr.     Greer, SC
TG: James E. Cooper    Raleigh, NC
 
The original crew came together at Salt Lake City, UT, and shipped to Rapid City, SD, 29 Nov 1943. While at Rapid City, Lindholm and Hewitt joined the crew. The crew shipped to MacDill Field, Tampa, FL, 6 Jan 1944, and became part of the 483rd BG.  Orders of 9 March 1944 assigned B-17 42-38210 to the Preston crew. They flew to Italy by the southern route. Only H. C. Johnston, Lindholm and Cieslak of Preston’s regular crew flew with him. The other six men, Day, Rozycki, Pecotte, J. W. Johnston, Sacks and Mauldin, a charter member of the 18th Observation Squadron, were key ground personnel.

B-17 42-38210 was assigned to the 99th BG as soon as they arrived in Italy. The plane was MIA 12 April 1944.  Gresham, Cooper, Cline, Brown, Toutant, and Pierce went overseas with the convoy. Fowler, Hewitt and Isaacs did not go overseas with the 483rd. Brown was originally part of the Phillips crew, and Toutant was a member of the Promberger crew at Rapid City. Records suggest Pierce joined the 483rd at MacDill. Those listed as KIA were all flying with Preston in B-17 42-5786 on a mission to Nis, Yugoslavia, 15 April 1944.
 
The plane received a direct flak hit, was engulfed in flames and the right wing came off. An alert 483rd photographer captured this moment, providing one of the most horrific photos of World War II.  B-17 42-5786 was a war-weary that had served with the 99th BG. This was the first crew and plane lost in combat by the 483rd.

Documents confirming Toutant’s death have yet to be located. No parachutes were observed, but only nine bodies were recovered from the plane. Members of the 840th Squadron who were  consulted indicated there were no survivors.
 
Source: http://www.armyairforces.com
 
Greybill
2LT		 R C WM 42-16 514 376
Gribi
2LT		 Charles L BZ 43-16 755 458 On 27 May 1944, the 458th went on a mission to Neundirchen, GER.  During assembly over Cromer, ENG, two aircraft, Briney Marlin 42-95183 and 42-95159 collided.  Resulting in 159 breaking in two and crashing into the North Sea.  All ten members were killed.  Briney Marlin lost about 10 feet of the starboard wing. Two crewman bailed out and were lost.  but 2LT Lester Martin was able to make a safe landing at Horsham St. Faiths.  Photos of damage: first   second 

Photo.

KIA:
TT: S/S Chester R. Carlstrum
TG: S/S Wilbert Abshire

Survivors:
P: 2LT Lester C. Martin
CP: 2LT Frances S. Thompson
N: 2LT Robert T. Craig
RO: Garland O. Meadows
Gunners:
S/S George E. Hoesfel
S/S Warren S. Cohlmeyer
S/S Roy A. Cassady

The men in the crew photo:

Standing:
CP: Francis Thomson (Fresno, CA)
B: Chuck Gribi, (Cincinnati, OH)
P: Les Martin, (Greenwood, SC)
N: Bob Craig, (Orlando, FL)
unknown ground crew

Kneeling:
unknown Sgt. ground crew chief
WG: Jim Burke, (New York City)
WG: George Smarzinski, (Wisc)
TG: Dick Grant, (South Bend, IN)

Sitting:
BT: Don Berverly, (Norwood,OH)
R: Leslie Karns, (Chicago)
TTE: Doyle Johnson, (Youngsdtown, OH)

Source: Les Martin: martin@morrisshea.com

Gridley Richard nmi BZ 44-13 760 460 Some crew members were:
P: Art Gigax 
N: J.R. Smith
B: Richard Gridley
ENG: Jim Norris 
Ben Terrill
Shanks Parsons
Charles Walker
Leroy Goade
 
Grimm
2LT
O-678356		 Thomas A MI 43-06   452 Bombardier instructor at Childress, TX in 1943.

Class photo.

Source: 1943 Childress Yearbook
Grisso
CAPT
O-419235		 Clifton A LY 41-03     KIA 14 Oct 1944.
Director of ground training at Childress, TX in 1943.

Class photo.

Source: 1943 Childress Yearbook
Groot
2LT		 George K MI 43-16 865 494
Gross Carl S RS 42-12   94 Photo from Salinas, KS

Source: RltBen@aol.com 
Grubisch
2LT		 Lawrence E CL 43-14 848 490 KIA on 6 Oct 1944 while flying B-17G # 43-38180 Missouri Mule, shot down over Spandau. MACR 9529.

Crew list:
P: LT William W. McLennan  POW 
CP 2LT Joseph S. Bingham  POW 
N: LT  Arthur A. Bubendorf  KIA
B: 2LT Lawrence E. Grubisch  KIA
TT: S/S Robert M. Moyer  KIA
RO: T/S Robert L. Dittmer  KIA
BT: S/S Morris Chakansky  POW 
WG: T/S Santi J. Trimarchi  KIA
TG: S/S Leonard R. Smith POW 
 
Guerin Horace R Unknown 410 94 Personal and crew notes.

More personal data and photos.

Photo from Salinas, KS

410th BS bombardiers.

Photo with Albert Evans.  Albert was killed in a care accident in the 50's.

Crew photo and data.

Photo in plane.    

In-flight photo of 16 Aug 1943 Abbeville mission.

Photo after completing 25 missions.

Photo with pilot Leon Kvedar.   Photo of Kvedar.

Source: RltBen@aol.com 

Guidry, Jr. Joseph   MI 42-11 321 90 Flew 62 combat and 40 Aerial Recon missions in B24s from
November 1942 to August of 1943, mainly out of Port Moresby, New Guinea. He flew with many crews and planes, but most were on the Crosby's Curse with Everett
Wood as his pilot.

He returned stateside in September of 1 943 finishing out the war first as a Bombardier Instructor and then a Navigation Instructor at Alexandria Field, Alexandria , LA.

Newspaper article.    Graduation diploma.

Practice mission sample pages:  left   right

Website with photos.

Crew picture and roster of the Crosby's Curse.

Source: Kyle Guidry: kjguido@earthlink.net
 
Guild
1LT		 Paul B SA 42-17 743 455 Guild was sick the day his crew was badly shot up.  For details read the chapter, Freed at Last, in the the book The Young Ones by Erik Dyreborg.

Crew photo.
Front row L to R:
CP: F/O Richard Haney
P: 1LT Robert Cook
N: 2LT David Woodlock
B: 1LT Paul Guild

Back row L to R:
TTE: T/S Abe Aziz
RW: S/S Ralph Friese
RO: S/S Clayton Brewer
TG: S/S Leslie Stockdale
BT: S/S Henry Paris
LW: Sgt Gorver Jenkins
Guilford
T/S		 G W ENBMB 68 44  
Gumpert George P VV 43-07 709 447 Nance crew photo.

 
Gustafson Everett nmi BZ 44-07   455 Photo.

Back Row:  LTs Donald J. Anderton, Harold R. Syverson, William L. Hulen, and Everet Gustafson.

Front Row:  Sgts. Gordon R. Webber, Virgil A. Froussard, Donald A. Shores, Gabriel B. Lahiere, Herb A. Simon, and John G. Sims.
Gustafson
2LT		 Robert C DE 44-09 866 494  
Gutz
2LT
O-726157		 Theodore F VV 42-08 416 99 Source: Special orders extract.