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Last First MI Class  BS BG Data
Tabb, Jr.
2LT		 C E SA 43-02 514 376  
Takvorian
2LT
O-756923		 Richard nmi VV 43-14 331 94

CREW  MM-42, arrived 7 MAY

P: 2LT Robert B. Allison
CP: 2LT Benton T. White
N: 2LT Joseph G. Schwartz
B: 2LT Richard Takvorian
RO: S/S Robert A. Olsen
GNR: S/S Alton J. Tanner
GNR: Sgt. Lawrence E. Good
GNR: Sgt. Harvey L. Baker
GNR: Sgt. Robert W. O’Malley
Talbott
2LT		 Harold B BZ 43-16 865 494  
Tassche
2LT		 Frank J CL 43-10     Bombardier instructor at Childress, TX in 1943.

Class photo.

Source: 1943 Childress Yearbook
Tate, Jr.
2LT		 Thomas M RS 43-03   447 KIA on 11 Jan 1944 when plane 42-31107 was shot down over Hildesheim.  MACR: 2513

Crew list:
P:Herschell A. Jarrell    KIA
CP: Charles H. Bowman            KIA
N:  2Lt John R. Cole              POW
B: 2Lt Thomas M. Tate Jr  KIA
TTE: S/S Eugene L. Landry  POW
RO: S/S John R. Smither            KIA
BT: Sgt John M. Harrison  KIA
LW: Sgt Alphonse L. Rossetti  KIA
RW: S/Sgt Raymond Wilson  KIA
TG: 2Lt William Zurynetz  KIA
 
Taylor
2LT
O-731114		 Elmer B KT 42-13 456 323 Compete data.
Taylor
2LT		 George J KT 43-11 864 494  
Taylor
2LT
O-660416		 Harold L MI 42-07 415 98  
Taylor
1LT
O-733368		 James L KT 42-16 61 39 Plane 44-69791, named City of Charleston or Little George, Jr.  Crew P-27.

Source: www.39th.org

Taylor
MAJ
O-731115		 Norman J KT 42-13     Compete data.
Taylor
2LT		 Norman N WM 42-12     Bombardier instructor.  Photo.

Source: 1943 Deming Yearbook.
Taylor
1LT
O-703072		 Thomas F SA 43-16 72 5 Flew 39 combat missions with 382 combat hours. He served as Squadron Bombardier B-24 from 3 Nov 1944 to 15 Feb 1945.

Crew photo: Identification as follows:

Back row l-r: Pilot, Bob Deslover; CoPilot, Don Tyler; Navigator, Carl Uhlenbrock; Bombardier, Thomas F. Taylor

Front row l-r: Jim Hare, Bill Parker, Ray Kennedy, Wyman Nemecek, Noel "Hoop" Waddle

Individual photo. 
Website with more information including an interesting diary.

Medals and ribbons:
Air Medal and 3 oak leaf clusters, Presidential Citation and 2 oak leaf clusters, American Campaign Medal, Philippines Liberation Medal, Asiatic Pacific Ribbon -4 Bronze and 1 silver star.

He returned to his teaching job after the war and remained for 37 years as teacher, assistant principal and principal of Newton Elementary School in Newton, New Jersey.

He passed away April 28, 2000 at the age of 84.
Terpening
2LT
O-756926		 Charles R VV 43-14 410 94

POW on 5 Nov 1944

CREW  BB-71 arrived 2/3 May 1944:

P: 1LT Frederick H. Giltzow
CP: 2LT James S. Crouch
N: 2LT John C. Gaines
B: 2LT Charles R. Terpening
GNR: T/S. Stanley E. Newman
GNR: T/S Blaine L. Hufnagle
GNR: Sgt. Benjamin F. Brunner
GNR: S/S Frederick R. Samways
GNR: Pvt. Roscoe W. Fischer  23 May transferred to 6th Sta. Comp. Sq.
GNR: S/S Harlan J. Dennison

Testa
1LT
O-1106529		 Alex J VV 43-12 755 458

Photo.
Back: Scorza, Vogel, Testa, Hilborn
Front: Brown, Potts, Doyle, Murphy, Carlstrum, Walczak

Vogel-Doyle-Testa photo.


Crew list:
P:Capt. Curt M. Vogel O-745982
CP:1LT Allen C. Hilborn O-693778
N:1LT Samuel D. Scorza O-694736
TTE:S/S Joseph R. Brown 12192583
RO:S/S Bernard J. Doyle 12208796
BT:S/S Ray J. Potts 39325760
LW:S/S Albert W. Walczak 13088554
RW:S/S Lovell West
TG:S/S Chester Carlstrum 19186336 (KIA 5/27/44 – mid-air collision)

Lovell West replaced Donald Murphy soon after the crew arrived in England. The above flew the majority of their 30-mission tour as a crew. The majority of the crew finished their tour on June 5th with the exception of my father and Al Walczak who flew on June 6th and 7th. All crewmembers except for the tail gunner who was KIA while flying with another crew on his 26th mission, had returned safely to the US by September 1944.

Source: Darin Scorza
darins@eskc.com
Thatcher, Jr. Charles B CL 44-03 758 459 Crew photo.

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=106483
 
Thigpen, Jr.
2LT		 Carl R VV 42-11     Bombardier instructor.  Photo.

Source: 1943 Deming Yearbook.
Thom
1LT		 John A BZ 43-16 865 494 Died 15 May 2000.
Thom
1LT		 N A BK 41-03 431 11 Crew photo:

P: Major G. E. Howard, C.O. of the 431st BS
CP 1LT E. R. Skelley
B: 1LT N. A. Thom
N: Captain Robinson
ENG: T/S  W. H. Loos
ENG: S/S A. Durham
ENG: S/S D. N.Cook
RO: S/S W. A. Berkum or Berkham
RO: S/S Sam Salvo or Salva or Salio
ARMORER: Sgt. V. M. Ureigis or Ureigao

 Source: Tony Loos orangey6@samlink.com
 
Thoma M L   879 499

Crew Photo
Back:
Bomb. Thoma
Co-Pilot Hancock
Pilot Clark
Nav. Fox
F.E. Brower
Center:
Radio Lahart
T.G. Whiting
R.G. Wainwright
Front:
S.G. Gillingham
L.G. Wojcinski
Radar Formisano
 

Source: Kathryn Skelton: laurasbuffy@yahoo.com

Thomas Daniel A DE 43-12 775 463 From "Allyn's Irish Orphans....775th Sq., 463rd BG" booklet:
"A second mission which cost the 775th Squadron seven combat men was that of 19 March 1944 to Klagenfurt, Austria, where 2nd Lt. Harold Wolquitt, nav. was (later determined) killed and six men were reported missing:  Capt. Wilson E. Burrill, pilot; 2nd Lt. Christopher T. Kelly, pilot; 2nd Lt. Charles G. Edmonds, nav; 2nd Lt. Daniel A. Thomas, bomb.; Sgt. Coleman D. Moberly, right waist; and Sgt. Paul F. Johnson, tail gunner, the latter who returned safely some time later."

Apparently on that day, the missing men were flying as a composite crew with the 2nd Bomb Group, 429th Sq. 

The crew is listed as follows:
Jennings Marshall (2nd BG)
Killy (463rd BG)
Edmonds (463rd BG)
Thomas (463rd BG)
Freel (2nd BG)
DeBersky (2nd BG)
Moberly (463rd BG)
Schamlriede (2nd BG)
Johnson (463rd BG)

Source: message at www.armyairforces.com
 
Thomas
1LT
O-788155		 James H CB 44-42 529 380

Flew on B-24 Liberty Belle  44-50894

Photo.

Served in the following battles:
New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Southern Phillipines, Luzon, Western Pacific, China, Air Offensive Japan, Borneo

Crew list:
AC: 1LT Orvin B. Fjare, O-1043340
P: 1LT  John N. Meyer, O-561679
N: 2LT Walter F. Secha, T-136022
FE: T/S James V. Foy, 15132074
RO: T/S Francis G. Weller, 20652343
GNR: S/S Edgar L. Dyer, Jr., 34899222
GNR: S/S Benedict D. Keller, 32959105
GNR: S/S Vincent J. Klansnic, 20952409
GNR: S/S Robert A. Sagan, 42006558

Source: Mike Thomas: MTMichaelT@aol.com
Thomas George E MI 42-17      
Thomas
1LT
O-729515		 Maurice E VV 42-12 365 305 KIA 24 Aug 1944.

Bombardier instructor.  Photo.

Source: 1943 Deming Yearbook.
Thompson, Jr. David W VV 43-03     Bombardier instructor at Carlsbad, NM in 1943.

Class photo.

Source: 1943 Carlsbad Yearbook
Thompson Harold M CB 44-08 351 100 He flew in B17G #231412, Mason and Dixon with the Sidney
Johnson crew from October 44 to March 45.

He also served in Korea, from1950 thru 1952.

Source: NeysaKirby@aol.com
Thompson
O-732997		 Ralph E WF 42-16 419 301 According to his whife he had bailed out over the Mediterranean (or ditched) on a mission (we think this was on 7 July 44 as a crewman aboard 42-32103) and had come home injured on 11-12-44.

Crew list:
P:  Silvestri (nmi) Silvestri 
CP:  Frank J. Jowdy 
N: Eugene V. Markel;  
TTE: Kyle U. Block
RO/LW: Robert L. Gilmore 
GNR: Robert R. Martin
BT: Sidney L. Smith
GNR: Frank A. Sciarrillo
TG: Ernest Lloyd Thompson

Source: Lowell Thompson
301st Bomb Group / Wings Association Historian
thunderp51@aol.com

Tice
O-757858		 Addison O RS 43-15     From NY.
Tikfesi
1LT		 Nick M BZ 43-16 865 494  
Tiller
2LT		 Harold S CL 44-08 554 386 He was B-26 Marauder 41-31771 named 4F.  MACR: 12435 on 16 Feb 1945.  The Marauder was shot down by flak, crashed and burned in Germany.  Target was the Unna Ordnance Depot, located east of Dortmund and south of Coesfeld.

Crew list:
P: 1LT Joseph S. Benjamin (KIA)
CP: 2LT Henry F. McGrady (KIA)
B/N: 2LT Harold S. Tiller (KIA)
RO: Sgt John Zitnyar, Jr. (KIA)
ENG: Sgt James H. Woody, Jr. (POW)
TG: S/S Rubin Kichen (POW)
OBS: Major Meldrum

Go to: http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2003.htm and scroll to post dated 2/9/2003.
 
Tilley
2LT
O-708962		 Arthur R CL 44-02 455 742 POW at Luft Stalag 7A.

Source: richard white: greyhound58@gmail.com

Timmins
2LT		 Jack L VV 42-12     Bombardier instructor.  Photo.

Source: 1943 Deming Yearbook.
Timpo
O-738946		 Peter A WM 43-03 343 98 KIA on 1 Aug 1943.  Timpo was on loan from the 389th BG.

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

Titus
1LT
O-73116		 Jay D KT 42-13 457 330 Compete data.
Tomberg
1LT
O-1167254		 Leon nmi VV 44-12 62 39 MIA 24 May 1945 while with crew P-52.  Normally flew on plane 44-69888, named General Andrews.  Crew P-50.  

Source: www.39th.org
Townes
O-664926		 William W RS 43-17   40 Died 31 Jul 1993 from 40BG newsletter
Townsend
2LT		 Lavon G DE 43-07     Bombardier instructor.  Photo.

Source: 1943 Deming Yearbook.
Tracey
O-741285
2LT		 Eugene M DE 43-05 325 92 MIA 25 Aug 1944.
Bombardier instructor.  Photo.

Source: 1943 Deming Yearbook.
Traczewitz
O-708123		 Gerald E CL 44-01     Died Aug 1987. (CH 6/94)
Trahan
2LT		 Eugene P DE 43-12 410 94

CREW  BB-40 arrived 1 May 1944:

P: 2LT Robert H. Rohrer
CP: F/O James D. Ramsey
B: 2LT Eugene P. Trahan
GNR: T/S Max P. Capps
GNR: S/S Howard B. Renn
GNR: Sgt. Mark E. Nelson
GNR: Sgt. Crawford H. Currin Jr.
GNR: Sgt. Joseph A. Fischer
GNR: Sgt. Alfred C. Anderson

Trainer
2LT
O-736668		 Paul I WG 43-02   305 POW on 4 Oct 1943. 

Crew list
P: 2LT  Clyde Bailey       (POW)
CP: 2LT Fred T. Maas      (POW)
N: 2LT Robert F. Pickering      (KIA)
B: 2LT Paul I. Trainer      (POW)
TT: S/S Joseph Fodor      (POW)
RO: S/S William E. Bhame      (POW)
BT: S/S William E. Hall      (KIA)
LW: S/S Kenneth C. Sayles      (POW)
RW: S/S Edward J. Dapkiewicz      (POW)
TG: S/S Walter S. Kokuse     (KIA)

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=108661

Trainor
1LT
O-731117		 Thomas G KT 42-13 455 323 Compete data.
Traub
2LT		 Morris nmi CL 43-10 563 388 Crew photo of Patty Jo, B17G-10-BO, 42-31242.

The members of the crew, L to R are:
CP: 1LT Edwin E. Carmell
B: 2LT Morris Traub
P: 1LT Leonard E. Ranton
N: 2LT George W. Clarke
TG: S/S Robert Baugh
BT: S/S Richard E. Grover
ENG: T/S Alfred C. Craft
RW: S/S William W. Wright
RO: T/S William B. Ruby
LW: S/S Norman C. McMichael
 
The name of the plane, Patty Jo, was selected by the enlisted men and honors the pilot’s baby girl who was born shortly before the crew arrived in England. The small black dog in the picture was named Blackout and accompanied the crew on their last mission which was flown at 10,000 feet making the oxygen supply system unnecessary.

Photo of Patty Jo.
 
Travis
2LT		 L G WM 42-17 564 389 Source: Arthur Plouff - A.plouff@worldnet.att.net
Trentzsch
2LT		 John P CL 43-16 866 494  
Trevor
2LT		 James H VV 44-09 865 494  
Triantafellu
1LT		 R   RS 42-17 567 389 Source: Arthur Plouff - A.plouff@worldnet.att.net
Troen
2LT		 George D SA 44-07 864 494 Died 25 Mar 1982.
Troyke
2LT		 Irwin nmi VV 44-08 866 494 Died 23 Feb 1972.
Tucker
2LT
O-785323		 George W DE 44-11 62 39 Plane 42-65365, named City of Las Vegas or Round Trip Ticket.  Crew P-55.  Died March 1976.

Source: www.39th.org

Tull
2LT
O-735003		 Paul E KT 43-01 533 381 Crew list for 42-30015 on 12 Sept 1944:
P: 1LT  James H Alexander
CP: 2LT William J McDaniel        
N: 2LT Hubert H McDaniel       
B: 2LT Paul E Tull         735003
ENG: T/S Irvin T Johnson       
RO: S/S  John K Lane         34207244
BT: S/S Alphonse J Molis       
RW: S/S  Edward F Metcalf      
LW: S/S  Francis E Owens       
TG: S/S   William C Howell     

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=101391
 
Turner
O-2098771		 James  E CB 45-135     Died Apr 1951. (CH 6/94)
Turner
2LT
O-660422		 William J MI 42-07 344 98  
Turney
2LT		 John T VV 42-17 508 351 Became a POW on 22 June 1943 when his plane B-17, 42-29826 was shot down at 09:30 and crashed near Beek, Gelderland,Holland.

From the "S-2 Pre-Narrative":

Our A/C, 826, was seen with No. 2 and No. 4 engines on fire, losing approximately 60 MPH, by the crew of A/C 861.  The crew of A/C 851 reported seeing a wing fall off, and one parachute just before the target.  T/Sgt K. H. Huls, Ball Turret Gunner, A/C 851, whose guns were out, observed three E/AC destroyed by crew members of A/C 826 while it was going down.

Crew list, all POW:
P: 1LT Leo P. Turgeon
CP: 2LT Burton W. Caruso
N: 2LT Charles R. Bryant, Jr.
B: 2LT John T. Turney
TTE: T/S Lawrence V. Cabiniss
R: S/S John W. Ferno
BT: SGT Edward Knower, Jr.
WG: SGT Video Pacciotti
WG: S/S Fred L. Aye
TG: S/S Leasure S. McGinnis

Load list gives names as: John W. Cabiniss and Lawrence V. Ferns.  National Archives database of service numbers agrees with load list; except that it spells last name "Cabaniss" and gives middle initial "J" for Ferns. This looks like it was the crew's first time out.  

Turgeon's plane was in the second element of the lead squadron.

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=103525
 
Tuxworth William J CL 44-6 840 483 Started in CL 44-01 but a ruptured eardrum moved him back.  Attended radar school for a short time at Boca Raton, FL.  Then to Tampa, FL and Avon Park for B-17 RTU.  First mission 12 Oct 44.  Completed 27 missions.  Pilot training until Nov. 1946.  1950 graduate of Texas A & M. Served in SAC until Oct. 1969, retiring to Charleston, SC as a LT. Colonel. 
Tyler
1LT
O-679337		 Leon W MI 43-07
or
EL ??-??		 337 96 There is inconsistent data about where he graduated from bombardier training.  A newspaper accounts state that he was at Ellington Field, TX for bombardier training.  In a separate account it seems that he graduated from Childress TX on May 13, 1943. 

Shot down 8 May, 1944.  MACR 4569
B-17B 42-39998.  Crashed at Rosthausen near Clappenburg, GER.

Stalag Luft III  May 17, 1944. POW #4847
West Camp, Block 172, Room 7

Photo.

Crew list (all POW):
P: CAPT Milton H. Shoesmith
CP: F/O Carl E. Clark
N: 1LT William S. Blount
B: 1LT Leon W. Tyler
TT: T/S Armande Fazzone
RO: T/S Baldermero A. Estala
BT: S/S George L Diggins
WG: S/S Donald W. York
WG: S/S Laurence R. Light
TG: S/S Raymond Wallach
CMP: 1LT William A. Young

Source: Lee Tyler: ltyler1@nc.rr.com

Tyree James L BZ 43-06     Flew 43 missions on B-17's from Africa and Europe from Sep 1943 to Sep 1944.  He was a rated radar observer.

A recommendation for 30 days leave in May 1944 said: While on a mission over Toulon, France, when the plane in front of his blew up.  His plane flew through the debris, had one engine knocked out, and received holes in the wings and fuselage.  LT Tyree has been on many of the long missions with much enemy opposition.

Crew photo:
Front row, left to right:
Albert S. Zuidema
Woodrow W. Young
James Lewis Tyree
Edward O. Bailey, Jr.

Back row, left to right:
John R. Netschaer (not sure of the first letter of the last name)
Harold K. Hale
Kenneth L. Boulier
Ralph W. Boucher
John L. Jackson, Jr.
Bernard k. Masonheimer

Served as a CAPT during the Korean War and retired from the reserves in 1975 with the rank of Major.

He passed away in 1997.
             
             
             

 

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