Bomb Group 394

Artist: Christian Dieppedalle
The 1782nd Ordnance Group was attached to the 394th Bomb Group. Also attached to the 394th Bomb Group was the 2146th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon, the 320th Air Service Squadron and the 1025th Signal Company.

394BG Insignia

584BS Insignia

585BS Insignia

586BS Insignia

587BS Insignia

Following is a narrative on a mission by Arthur Artig. I believe that this story was included in one of the early Airscoops published by John Beale.

On March 2nd 1945, the 9th Air Force Bomber Command designated the 394th Bomb Group to attack and destroy the ordinance depot near the city of Giessen, Germany. The mission to be flown at 8-10,000 feet. The Bomb Group to be made of elements of the 584th, 585th, 586th and 587th Bomb Squadrons of 36 aircraft of B-26 Martin Marauders all carrying bombs. From the 586th, I was selected to be 1st pilot lead of 3 planes to carry anti-radar chaff/window foil. We were to fly 500 feet below the lowest Group flight and approximately one mile out in front essing back and forth dispensing the foil. No bomb load.

On one turn looking up in front, 4 ME 109’s, German Messerschmitt fighters, were attacking the Group. One fighter after the attack broke down to the right. I opened up with the four package guns - 50 caliber. Hit him. Saw smoke coming out , and I still kept firing until a P-38 Lightning fighter also attacked after I broke off. In the heat of the fight, I never even had the gun sight on . Lucky hits.

After debriefing target was destroyed , I reported to Group Intelligence of downing the MEIO9. On returning to Squadron, learned from the Armament Officer, Lt. Chuck Steinberg, that I had burned out all 4 barrels of the machine guns. I never remembered to give 2 second bursts but kept my finger on the trigger the whole time of the action.. I told the Armamnet Officer to replace the barrels after he, tongue in cheek and with a straight face, told me what I had done burning out the barrels.

Award given was a magnum bottle of champaigne brought down from Group Headquarters by Major Julian Jacobi of which my co-pilot, Tom Speer, and I couldn’t drink. No other commendation awarded nor inserted in my personal records. Co-pilot Thomas E. Speer will attest to this combat action being an eye witness and now living in Austin, Texas.

1st Lt. A.J. Artig, AO-715682

Information taken from

List of units using the B-26 Marauder during World War II
394th Bomb Group

Location: European Theater

Bomb Squadrons:
* 584th (1943-1946)
* 585th (1943-1946)
* 586th (1943-1946)
* 587th (1943-1945)

Stations:
* MacDill Field, FL - 5 March 1943
* Ardmore AAFld, OK - 12 July 1943
* Kellogg Field, MI - 19 August 1943-15 February 1944
* Boreham, England - 11 March 1944
* Holmsley, England - 24 July 1944
* Tour-en-Bessin, France 24 August 1944
* Bricy, France - 8 October 1944
* Cambrai, France - Oct 1944 May 1945
* Venlo, Holland - 2 May 1945
* Kitzgingen, Germany - Sep 1945 -15 February 1946

Reference: B-26 Marauder Archive, Pima Air and Space Museum
The 394th had over 200 B-26 marauders assigned to it.
They flew B-26’s until after the war ended. During September 1945 they transitioned to Douglas A-26 Inavders.


James D. Pascoe, Marauder Man
394th B. Grp
587th B. Sqd
Served April 1943 to Nov. 1945

After Armament School at Lowery and Flex Gunnery school near Fort Meyer, I was assigned to the 394 at Kellogg Field, and joined the Ted Kubala crew as tail gunner. After being shot down on April 21st 1944 I managed to evade capture till May 9th when I and two other American airmen, John Blangio of Boston and George Gannister of Birmingham Ala. were led into a trap in Lille and captured. As for the other members of the crew: Theodore E. Kubala, pilot: William G. Jones, copilot: and John A. Debell, nav/bombardier went down with the plane. flight engineer Dyvester W Schrieber, and radio man, George J Mahin were captured immediately.

D-Day bombers

Man and the might of machine attacked the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The fearsome infantry would go on foot. The movement was much like a suicide attack as they had vertically no protection from the machine guns and cannons on shore. From the waters behind them, the Navy would back them by firing over their heads and the different bomb groups would help them from the sky by bombing concrete bunkers and machine gun nest hidden in the sand.

Bombers painted with white invasion strips so they could be indenfied by Allied flyers, wings overlapping other planes, filled the sky at daybreak just as the infantry was to hit the shore.

Many of those planes were shot down, falling due to flak attack and mid-air collisions, sending fly boys into the unsure gray of smoke and flying metal. Crews from other planes looked for parachutes from spiraling planes in their bomb groups. They recounted seeing the floating silk from B-26s at debriefing. They gave accounts of watching planes crash to the earth in firey flames. They mourned the loss of their good friends and brothers in arms.

The planes of the 394th Bomb Group who soared in gray sky in the largest freedom effort known to man are listed below.

D-Day 394th B-26s

584BS
42-96081 - 2 missions (Lucky Star)
42-96068
42-96062 - 2 missions (War Horse)
42-107592 (Stinky)
42-96026 - 2 missions (Victory Read)
42-96267
42-96067 (Firebird)
42-96226 - 2 missions (Pretty Polly)
42-96085 (El Salvo)
42-96271 - 2 missions
42-96072 - 2 missions (Dina Might)
42-96028 - 2 missions (Faith Prelude To Victory)
42-96061 (Heaven's Above)
42-96027 (Wingless Victory I)
42-96071 (Ish-Tak-Ha-Ba)

585BS
42-96113 (It Ain't Easy)
42-96034
42-96117
42-96036 - 2 missions
42-107604 - 2 missions
42-96035 - 2 missions
42-96227 - 2 missions
42-96221- 2 missions
42-96031 - 2 missions
42-107626 - 2 missions
42-96292 (Special Delivery)
42-96105
42-107683 - 2 missions
42-96030
42-96185 (Centenarian)
42-96099 (Slow Starter)

586BS
42-96040 (Mi Lei Fo)
42-96056 - 2 missions (Homesick Angel)
42-96055
42-96207 - 2 missions
42-96037 - 2 missions
42-96195 - 2 missions (Barbara Ann)
42-96053
42-96198
42-96225
42-96213 (Sheboygan Redskin)
42-96054 - 2 missions
42-96070 - 2 missions (Dinah Might)
42-96228
42-96075
42-96097 (Connecticut Yankee)

587BS
42-96049 - 2 missions (Pugnacious I)
42-96045 - 2 missions
42-107609 - 2 missions
42-96051 - 2 missions (Hannibal)
42-107628 - 2 missions (Hannibal Hoops)
42-96063 - 2 missions
42-96044 - 2 missions
42-96066 - 2 missions
42-96050
42-96263
42-96249
42-96211
42-96064 - 2 missions
42-96117

Many thanks to the following for helping to compile the plane list and the 394th BG list:

Malcolm D Enlow

Elden Shook

J Guy Ziegler

Trevor Allen

Peter Wise

Brian Harrison

Mark Schuman

Brian Gibbons

Jim Fontana

Jerry Mason

Harold Gregory

Also thanks to Donald L Spencer for many nose art pictures.

Planes in the 394th Bomb Group:
3 planes lost to enemy aircraft
23 planes lost to anti-aircraft artillery
26 planes lost to enemy action <IndianHeadOnWheel_2

Serial Number	BS / Code	Name of Plane	Name of Pilot	Notes *Mission list courtesy of Malcolm D Enlow
41-06945	P51-B
41-17769	586BS	Nite Mare
41-18105	587BS
41-18112	585BS
41-18122	585BS
41-18235	587BS
41-18236
41-18238	584BS		Joseph S Russial
41-18239	587BS
41-18240	584BS K5-		Wilhite	ACC 43-10-18 USA
41-18241	585BS		Col. Charles D. Sonnkalb	2 LAC 44-12-17 and 45-05-04 in USA BS-585
41-18242	586BS
41-18243	586BS		1Lt Elmer Herron
41-34345	584BS K5-		Robert A Greenwell 1Lt William Runge	Crew: 2Lt Robert Day SSgt Noble Reynolds SSgt Raymond Boals Sgt Carl Coon Sgt Edsel Huffman CRL 44-12-02 R-54 BS 584 AT-6D-NT "Texan" trainer
41-34701	586BS
41-34745	585BS
41-34748	584BS K5-		Lane
41-34757	587BS
41-34762		Lights Out
41-34770	585BS		Capt Sheldon H Pierce	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt William M Lester 2Lt Joseph E Murphy Cpl Paul W Banks Sgt Austin M Foley Sgt William C Williams MSgt Estel B Johnson (WWI Veteran) Crashed Jul 12, 1943, Port Vincent, Louisiana while on routine flight from MacDill Field, Florida to Harding Field, Louisiana. All 7 killed. Aircraft was flying low over trees when it caught fire.
41-34837	586BS		John A Kilmartin	W/o 2 Jun 1943 at Avon Park Bombing Range, FL 430602 B-26C 41-34837 480BS 336BG Avon Park Bombing Range, FL LACMF - Landing Accident due to Mechanical Failure 4 Kilmartin, John A USA FL Avon Park Bombing Range, FL MARTIN B-26C-5-MA MARAUDER (179)
41-35009	584BS K5-E	Kiziyo Pofoth	2Lt John M Laferty	Crew: CoPilot - 1Lt William McKay B/N - 2Lt John Therkeldsen Engineer/Gunner - SSgt DD Rowe Radio/Gunner - SSgt John Paulus Armorer/Gunner - Cpl Gray To ASG 45-05.
41-35009	584BS K5-R	Donald Duck		The other side of 41-35009 K5-E, later K5-R after returning from ASG depot. Photo taken by Jack Laydon
41-35055	584BS
41-35057	584BS		Harvey N Wilberg
41-35109	586BS
41-35111	587BS		1Lt Earl Bradley	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Montague B Waterhouse B/N - 2Lt James E Lee Radio/Gunner - Sgt Troy C Lisenby Engineer/Gunner - Sgt Howard Molyneaux Gunner - Sgt Ernesto Ornelos Gunner - TSgt Claude C Griffin Crashed vicinity of Kellogg Field - Ornelos and Griffin only survivors.
41-35122	587BS
41-35154
41-35156	584BS		John F McGuinnis
41-35192	585BS
41-35204	585BS
41-35210	586BS
41-35212	587BS
41-35214	586BS
41-35270
41-35273	587BS
41-35275	584BS K5-		Flint
41-35279	586BS
41-35282	584BS K5-		O'Neil	ACC 45-02-12 Unit 434 BU transfer?
41-35283
41-35285	584BS K5-		Tosi
41-35304
41-35331	584BS K5-		Wilberg
41-35332	586BS
41-35340	585BS
41-35342
41-35345			Pilot - 1Lt Warren H Buhler	Crew: CoPilot - 1Lt Grant C Potter B/N - 2Lt Robert L Hyack Radio/Gunner - TSgt Jeremiah R Skinnick Gunner - SSgt Nelson P Colberg Gunner - Sgt Victor A Peterson Engineer/Gunner - Cpl Chester Macke
41-35356	584BS K5-		Unassigned 45-05
41-35358	584BS	Sexy Betsy
41-35365	584BS		2Lt Martin L Harper	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Stuart E Freeman B/N - 2Lt Edwin Stanton Engr/Gunner PFC Claude R Bray Radio/Gunner - SSgt Cecil D Wheary Armorer/Gunner - Cpl John C Kruska 2Lt Robert L Brugman AT-23B
41-35373
41-35374	587BS
41-35782		Vicious Ella Wishes	George E Fairbanks	Crew: CoPilot - 1Lt Russell Deever B/N - Melvin Ott Gunner - Bill Boveri Gunner - Walter Boychuck White spot on its tail meant that the 394th used it as a “courier plane” crashed near Ath/2mi NE Belgium on Apr 14, 1945
41-35832
42-10628	587BS	Black Jack		Curtiss P-40L-5-CU Warhawk 45-2-12
42-34203	584BS K5-		Drummond
42-38236	587BS 5W-K
42-43314	585BS
42-43320	586BS		Maj Clarence A Howard	Crew: CoPilot - LtCol Charles D Sonnkalb B/N - Capt Francis R Meinke Capt Oliver J Harris Engineer/Gunner - SSgt Elmer D Fox
42-67837	584BS K5-		Schroeder	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning
42-68069	584BS K5-		Huebner	Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning
42-95933	587BS			Lost due to fighter fire. MACR 12838
42-95957
42-96021	585BS 4T-	She's A Comin II
42-96024	584BS K5-		Karlberg	BS 584
42-96026	584BS K5-B	Victory Read	Lt Owen Reeder	Mission 5-2-44 : abortive Mission 6-6-44 : Benerville gun positions 68 Missions - Retired 8/5/1944 Lt George Domblazer - Co-Pilot Lt Everly Crouser - Bombardier James T 'HotFoot' Ray - Tail Gunner Rex Merriman - Crew Chief
42-96027	584BS K5-A	Wingless Victory I	Capt. Laurence R. Harper	Co-pilot - Lt Davis B/N - 1Lt James C. Harrison Engineer/Gunner - TSgt James P. Kelley, Jr Radio/Gunner - TSgt Stuart Ottenheimer Tail Gunner - SSgt Ralph Pagano Crashlanding July 44
42-96028	584BS K5-O	Faith, Prelude to Victory	Capt. Jerome R. Tosi	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt John E Kline B/N - 1Lt Edward Stanton Gunner - SSgt James Devlin Gunner - SSgt Roy Swanson Gunner - SSgt Trevett Dickson Hit by flak 4-12-44, Capt Tosi was injured in left hand by shattered glass over St Omer, France. CoPilot Kline was killed and Capt Tosi managed to land at their base. To ASG Aug 44
42-96029	585BS		Capt Frank Mee	Crew: 1Lt Robert West 2Lt Mark Pink SSgt John Monahan Sgt Dana Hastie SSgt Edward Hunter AAA April 20, 1944 MACR 4217
42-96030	585BS 4T-B	42-96030	1st Lt Francis M. Kirby	Damaged in battle on or about April 12, 1945 condemned May 1945 To 320 ASS 44-08-04. salvaged 45-05
42-96031	585BS 4T-H		Hale	BOEF 44-12-13 - Modave/BEL Abandoned by crew Dec. 13, 1944
42-96032	585BS 4T-F		Lt William T White, Jr	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Albert Cox B/N - 2Lt Charles C Jones Gunner - SSgt Donald A Krogman Engr/Gunner - SSgt Eugene A Piatti Radio/Gunner - TSgt Kenneth E Daley Crashed April 8, 1944, complete loss.
42-96033	585BS			Shot down by AAA 8-28-44
42-96034	585BS 4T-O			Aug. 15, 1944 sent to 320th service squadron battle damage
42-96035	585BS 4T-D			Aug 27, 1944 sent to 2nd TAD
42-96036	585BS 4T-K	Patches	Lt Palmer Lt Robert McCallum	Flown by F.O. Hancock mission #1111 Aug. 15, 1944 sent to 320 ASS battle damage
42-96037	587BS			To 320 ASS Aug 9, 1944
42-96039	586BS	2. More Poontang 3. More & More Poontang 4. Enough Poontang	Junior D Murfield	Crashed near Boreham/Sta 161 England on Apr 20, 1944
42-96040	586BS H9-N	Mi Lei Fo Mi Lei Fo	2nd Lt Barton H. Abbott	2nd Lt Donald H. Cooper - CoPilot 2nd Lt Wallace T. Hembrough, Jr. - Bomb/Nav Wallace E. Airhart - Engineer/gunner Albert J. Diluzio- Wireless Operator and Waist Gunner Sgt William Arthur Badders - Radio/gunner Sgt William Ampolas, Jr. - Armorer/gunner Shot down by fighters Feb. 21, 1945 MACR 12590 *Note: Guerino (Reno) Del Pesco was the Navigator on this ship and was in it when it was shot down. We are trying to correct the rest of the record, if necessary. Dick Ayres did the nose art, a picture of a laughing Buddha
42-96042	586BS		Capt Elmer Gedeon (a well known, professional baseball player with the then Washington Senators)	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt James Taaffee B/N - 2Lt Jack March Engineer/Gunner - SSgt Joseph Kobret Radio/Gunner - Sgt John Felker Gunner - Sgt Ira E Thomas Gunner - Pvt Charles Atkinson. Shot down by AAA April 20, 1944 on Mission No. 13, a 36 plane mission to destroy construction works at Bois de Esquerdes, France. Lt. Taaffe survived and was taken prisoner. All other members of the crew, including Captain Gedeon, were killed.
42-96043	587BS 5W-B	Wabbit Twacks	Lt. Francis L. Buswell, Jr.	Crew: CoPilot - Lt. Donald R. Firshing Bombardier - Lt. Wade Cornelius Radio/Gunner - SSgt George E. Curtis, Jr. Engineer - Sgt. Thomas H. Lamb Gunner - Sgt. Laurence E. Knapp Completed 65 missions.
42-96044	587BS	Gremlin's Delight	2Lt Russell Clevenger	Crew: CoPilot - Gallagher B/N - William J Williams Radio/Gunner - Sgt Clinton E Blair Gunner - Sgt William Delano Engr/Gunner - Sgt Howard Mankins Ground Crew: SSgt Neil Dhein Pre-flight: Drain the fuel glasses to make sure there was no water in them, Walk the props through, Start the engines and run them up, and Check instruments including the magnetos. 98 missions. Lost by mid air collision. Collided with 43-34228 Feb. 25,1945 on mission to Vlotho Railway Bridge near Munster, Germany
42-96045	587BS			To 320 ASS 44-08-04 Battle damage.
42-96046	587BS 5W-J	Booby Trap I
42-96047	587BS	The Flying Dutchman I	Commander - Capt William R (Bill) Schulte (Kentucky)	Burtin Pierce, Co-Pilot Lt. Harvey Watson, Navigator TSgt John B. Perry, Radio/Gunner SSgt Russell Prosser, Flight Engineer Sgt Charles Carson, Tail Gunner George Hutson, Crew Chief The mission of April 22, 1944 was considered a rough one. Of the eleven planes dispatched from the squadron, ten were severely damaged by flak. Capt William H Shultz was the group formation leader and as the bombing run was reached, one engine was shut out. The Flying Dutchman continued to lead the formation over the target and after the bombs were dropped he relinquished the lead to his deputy and then dropped out of the formation. The remarkable leadership is seen to be all the more remarkable, by the fact that the photos show the bombing to be excellent. Schulte has been recommended for award. To 320 ASS 44-08-02 Battle damage. Nose art designed and drawn by John B Perry. It was so named because the pilot, Schulte, was of Dutch descent. 394th Bomb Group, 587th Squadron, circa May, 1944, Chelmsford, England Left to right: Schulte, Watson, Pierce Schulte, the pilot, was sent back to the ZI shortly after having being diagnosed with tuberculosis.
42-96049	587BS 5W-M	Pugnacious I	1st Lt William A. Wilkinson	Crew: CoPilot - 1Lt. Leslie N. Hood, Jr. Bombardier - 1Lt. Andrew Dunne, Jr. Radio/Gunner - TSgt. Victor C. Maruszewski Engineer/Gunner - SSgt. Frederick O. Moyers Tail Gunner - SSgt. Carl F. Conway Shot down by AAA Feb. 21, 1945 on a mission to Vlotho Railway Bridge at Kinderhaus near Muenster, Germany MACR 12560
42-96050	587BS		1Lt. Witcher T. Burger	Crew: CoPilot - 1Lt. Warren D. Rogers Toggelier - Sgt. Alfred M. Zussa Engineer/Gunner - SSgt. Edward H. Monaghan Armorer/Gunner - SSgt. George S Knight Radio/Gunner - Cpl. Forrest W. Paffenburg Collided in bad weather with 41-96263 over County of Kent, England. Crashed into a house in Gillingham killing all of the crew June 6, 1944
42-96051	587BS 5W-C	Hannibal	Lt Robert U Gaines, Jr	Crew: CoPilot - Frank Schoonover Bombardier - Frederick K. Heidemann Engineer/Gunner - Harold W Klahr Radio/Gunner - MSgt Ferdinand Wright Tail Gunner - SSgt Gervais Jarmer Crew Chief - Harry Dasen To 320 ASS Aug 15, 1944, Battle damage.
42-96053	586BS H9-G			Shot down by flak near Munster, Germany Feb. 21, 1945
42-96054	586BS	Cheryl Babe	1Lt Marvin Sourlock	Crew: Co-Pilot - 2Lt Robert Ball B/N - 2Lt William P Kiesecker Gunner - SSgt Harry Paboojian Gunner - SSgt Walter Kuester Gunner - SSgt Hiram Tompkins Battle damage and belly landing June 13, 1944. Total loss.
42-96055
42-96056	587BS 5W-	Homesick Angel		Nose Artist - Dick Ayers In ground accident while parked at Tour-en-Bessin Airfield A-13 Basse-Normandie france Oct 21, 1944. Damaged by explosion of B-26F 42-96267 which crashed on takeoff and its bombs exploded. Aircraft was destroyed.
42-96057	585BS K5-R	Kitten	Palmer	Crew: CoPilot - 1Lt David Lawton Toggelier - SSgt Andrew Lynch Engr/Gunner - SSgt Richard Alyward Radio/Gunner - SSgt George Wolff Armorer/Gunner - SSgt Theodore Pollack ACC 44-12-02 A-74 Crashed near Guisse Dec. 2, 1944
42-96058			Capt James Joy	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt John Johnson Toggelier - Sgt William L Edge Radio/Gunner - SSgt Louis I Watts Engineer/Gunner - SSgt Harold J Maynard Armorer/Gunner - Pvt Joseph J Houlihan Shot down by AAA May 10, 1944
42-96059	587BS 5W-L		McCannon	Aug 17, 1944 to 320 ASS Battle damage.
42-96060	584BS K5-		1Lt Harvey N Wilberg	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Dorman S Baker B/N - 2Lt James Chapman Gunner - TSgt Edwin F Forrest Engineer/Gunner - SSgt Odis L Muse Gunner - SSgt Harvey M Note CRL 44-04-13
42-96061	584BS K5-P	Heaven's Above	2nd Lt Fred E Riegner, Jr - KIA	Mission 6-22-44 : Cherbourg fuel/ammo dump 584th Bombardment Squadron 108 Missions MIA Dec 23, 1944 over Rommersheim, Germany MACR 11402 Photo courtesy of B-26 Marauder Archive, Pima Air and Space Museum Second photo: Jerry and Mary Ann (Bach) Mason 2nd Lt Lester D. Folwell - CoPilot - Survived and POW Togglier SSgt Herman Paul Brueggeman - KIA Sgt T.J. Bell - KIA Sgt Jeremy H. Mendelsohn - KIA and Sgt Wilson E Voormis, Jr - survived
42-96062	584BS K5-	War Horse War Horse Flight Jacket War Horse Crew Reunion	Logan Lt. Kersey	To ASG 44-07-18
42-96063	587BS		Lt John Dean	Crew: CoPilot - 1Lt James V Roy, Jr B/N - 1Lt Clifford W Woodard Radio Gunner - Jerry F Shinnick Engineer Gunner - SSgt Robert P Scott Tail Gunner - Sgt Bruce S Coe To 320 ASS 44-08-9
42-96064	587BS	Thumper I	Buzz Buhler	Crew: CoPilot - Cliff Potter B/N - Bob Hyack Armorer/Gunner - Jerry Schinick Engineer/Gunner - Wilber Francescoto Radio/Gunner - Nelson Clober Mission 11 - To 320 ASS 44-08-14
42-96065	586BS H9-M			Lost: May 8, 1944
42-96066
42-96067	584BS K5-K	Fire Bird	Capt. Joseph F. Russial	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt. Deluar F. George B/N - SSgt. L.D. Hayes, Jr Radio Gunner - TSgt. William B. Hewitt Engineer Gunner - TSgt. Leslie I. Young Tail Gunner - SSgt. Weston D. Archbold Mission 3-26-44 : Ijmuiden E-boat pens Lost in Germany April 16, 1945 BS 584
42-96068	584BS K5-J	Super Baby	Lt Harold E Chasteen Clint Palmer	Mission 4-11-44 : Charleroi marshalling yards Mission 4-26-44 : Ghislain Mission 5-28-44 : Liege/Seraing bridge 584th Bombardment Squadron 68 Missions CRL 44-07-18 Otto Lee Friend Crew Chief: TSgt George P Krejci Cpl Joseph P Bach
42-96069	587BS		John C Connelly	Crew: CoPilot F/O Preston B Fulgham SSgt Leslie A Phillips Sgt Abram T Chalmers Sgt George O Roth Sgt Norman M Raschella Crashed on takeoff near Boreham/Sta 161 England, Mission 53, May 31, 1944
42-96070	584BS K5-	Dinah Might	O'Neil
42-96071	584BS K5-Q	Ish-Tak-Ha-Ba	Lt. M. H. Fryman	Named for an Indian Chief, also known as Chief Sleepy Eye, named by Farrell who was from Sleepy Eye, MN. Farrell commissioned a Frenchman to paint the Native American nose art. Crew Chief: Paul E Fast CoPilot: Joseph Edward Farrell B/N: James Chapman Richard 'Dick' Brown Mission 5-4-44 : Ault gun positions Mission 5-12-44 : Wimereaux/Boulogne Mission 5-28-44 : Mantes/Gassicourt RR Bridge CRL 45-01-09 after hitting telephone pole
42-96072	584BS K5-C	Dina Might	1st Lt George B Beckes 1Lt Pitsy McCummis	John C Kruska - Crew Chief Mission 5-24-44 : La Pernelle/Barfleur guns Mission 5-30-44 : Rouen Bridge Mission 6-1-44 : Mont Fleury gun positions F/O Jack L Hancock co-pilot 1st Lt Harry C Huber S/Sgt Malcolm D Enlow engineer/gunner Sgt Bernard Leroy Oligschlaeger - Radio/Gunner Sgt Samuel S. Tavoni Jr. - Replacement Crewman He flew as a turret gunner on 30 missions from Cambrai, France, before being wounded by flak on March 20, 1945. McGuinnis - To ASG November 1944
42-96073	584BS K5-N	42-96073	Capt Frank V Purcell	CoPilot - 1Lt Edward W Brown B/N - 1Lt David E Thom Radio/Gunner - TSgt David W Feldman Engr/Gunner - SSgt Willard A Stein Armorer/Gunner - Sgt Howard P White MIDAIR 44-05-17
42-96074	585BS 4T-N			To ASG 44-10
42-96075	586BS		Bledsoe	Ref Mission 102 (MDE)
42-96076	584BS
42-96077	584BS K5-F	Ladies Delight	1Lt Henry Robert Hathaway, Jr. 1Lt Maurice Kersey Lt. George Backes	584 Bombardment Squadron Mission 6-20-44 : Houlgate gun positions Mission 6-24-44 : Cherbourg gun positions Mission 6-25-44 : Foret de Senonches Mission 7-6-44 : St Hilaire/Vire railroad Mission 7-8-44 : Caen City Mission 7-9-44 : Bourth railroad bridge Crashed near Laon/A-69 France, TOAC 44-12-03 A-69
42-96079	587BS	MACR's	1Lt Lloyd Rinkel	AAA 22/4/44 NM of Abberville MACR 4602 BS 587 2Lt Arthur Peterson - CoPilot 2Lt Louis Lynch - Bombardier Tail Gunner - SSgt James Lehmann - POW Engr/Gunner - Sgt William Gomeringer - POW Radio/Gunner - Sgt Kenneth Horrigan - POW
42-96080	585BS 4T-C	The Flying Dutchman II	2Lt. Charles L Kee	Crew: 2Lt. Frank W Ramsey - CoPilot 2Lt. Sam Singer - B/N SSgt. Van B Hemeter - Engineer/Gunner SSgt. Milton P Stoll - Radio/Gunner SSgt. William L Nix - Armorer/Gunner August 9, 1944 the plane was hit by flak, crashed and exploded 30 miles northwest of Le Mans, France. Shotdown 44-08-09 MACR 9206
42-96081	584BS K5-D	Lucky Star	Col. Thomas B. Hall	584 Bombardment Squadron Plane had T.B. Hall painted on the side Mission 4-18-44 : Dunkirk gun positions 68 missions - Went missing on the of February 11, 1951 Capt John D. Frazer Capt David L. Nelson Lt Andrew Joseph Blount - lead bombardier / navigator SSgt Paul L. Smiley Crew Chief: SSgt Randolph Picou CRL 44-08-26. to Sub Depot 45-03
42-96085	584BS K5-M	El Salvo	1Lt Dan Bussey	Mission 6-4-44 : Mont Fleury gun positions 44 Missions CRL 44-06-12 Hydraulic system shot out over enemy territory.
42-96086	587BS	Purgatory	Lt. Theodore E. Kubala	April 21, 1944 - 14th mission: Hit by flak in right engine, caught fire, went into a spin, and the wings came off before crashing. Crew 1.Lt Theodore E Kubala - KIA 2.Lt William G Jones - KIA F/O John A Debell - KIA S/Sgt George J Mahin - POW S/Sgt Sylvester W Schreiber - POW Sgt James D Pascoe - POW
42-96089	585BS 4T-			To 320 ASS 04-08-44 battle damage
42-96094	587BS 5W-
42-96097	586BS H9-A	Connecticut Yankee	Thomas H. Galligan	Ref Mission 100 (MDE)
42-96098	584BS K5-		Kennedy	To ASG 45-05.
42-96099	585BS 4T-L	Slow Starter	Lt. Mike Pinyard	Nose Art: Sgt. Ayers 85 Missions
42-96101	585BS 4T-N	My Aching Back	Capt Darrell R Lindsey - KIA (MOH)	CoPilot - Lt Arthur Erbe GEE Navigator - Lt Gerald Hyson B/N - Lt Harley R Hooper 1Lt William Smith- POW Radioman/Gunner - TSgt Richard E Wylie Radio/Gunner - Sgt Perla R Fees Tail Gunner - Sgt Albert P Lawson Gunner - Sgt Perla Fees, Jr Lost 44-08-09 MACR 7847 Nose art of an overburdend donkey drawn by Frank Spranger
42-96103	585BS 4T-P		1Lt Julian Blount	Engines failed BOEF 44-12-09 - Louppy/FRA
42-96105	585BS 4T-		1Lt. Jack M. McGregor	Crew: 2Lt Edward G. Coughlin 2Lt. William Perry, Jr. SSgt. Beck SSgt. Alessi SSgt. Tony Radice Hit by flak Aug 2, 1944 - To 320 ASS 44-08-02 CRL
42-96106	585BS		Capt Darrell R Lindsay
42-96107	585BS 4T-
42-96108	586BS
42-96113	585BS 4T-J	It Ain't Easy	1Lt Gerald E Stapleton	Shot down by AAA Aug. 7, 1944 MACR 7652 Crew: 1Lt John Kriegen 1Lt Wynn B Gilbert Walter S Hilliard - Tail Gunner SSgt Meyer 'Mickey' Feldman - Engineer / Turret Gunner Robert W Cheshire - Gunner SSgt G Hudson - Ground Crew Chief
42-96117	585BS 4T-A		Capt. Raymond McCracken	1st Lt Francis M. Kirby Shot down bt AAA June 12, 1944 MACR 6050
42-96126
42-96137	587BS		1Lt Lloyd R Sparks
42-96139	584BS K5-M		Braden Lt Jack Logan	LAC 44-12-24 A-72 Transfer to 397/597BS?
42-96143	587BS 5W-W
42-96169	584BS	Photo		Crew Chief: Herb Willett
42-96173	584BS K5-L	Wolf Pack	Capt Eugene Linder Karlberg	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Wendell Wayne Wood B/N - 1Lt Herbert J Miller B/N - 2Lt Foy R Weaver Engineer/Gunner - SSgt George Below Radio/Gunner - SSgt Bernard J Flynn Armorer/Gunner - SSgt Cecil R Dennis Crew Chief: Sgt Harry Green Damaged by flak and fighters, Crashed 45-02-03
42-96180	584BS K5-P		Capt Robert L Vance	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt John G Prickett B/N - 2Lt Arnold L Sundal Engineer/Gunner - SSgt Weldon W Ballew Radio/Gunner - SSgt Robert A Sutter Armorer/Gunner - SSgt Richard C Johnson Mission 4-28-44 : Mantes/Gassicourt M/Y's Lost 44-05
42-96183
42-96185	585BS 4T-S	Centenarian	1Lt Robert P Gibbs	Crew: CoPilot - 1Lt Robert B Gaver B/N - 1Lt Andrew Joseph Blount Engr/Gunner - Francis Bussell Radio/Gunner - Hansen Armorer/Gunner McDonald Plane flew approximately 125 missions. Top photo taken from "Fragile Lass", Ship #44-67812, by James T Ray on his last ride, April 3, 1945. Contributed by Jim Diffie.
42-96195	586BS 4T-P	Barbara Ann	1Lt Robert Winkler	Crew: CoPilot - Jacobi B/N - 2Lt John Sherry Engineer/Gunner - TSgt Carl Killmon Radio/Gunner - Sgt Rocco Tiralli Gunner - Christopher
42-96198	586BS H9-Z
42-96201
42-96202	584BS K5-			To 320 ASG 44-08-20
42-96204	584BS K5-
42-96206	587BS 5W-O	Thumper II	Capt Don Lash Capt Clifford Piper	1Lt Edwin Stinnett - CoPilot 1Lt Cannon - Bombardier 1Lt John Duffey - Navigator Morris Woodrow Bailey - Radio Operator TOAC 45-02-09 A-74 On 8th February 1945 when landing at B-85, the nose wheel collapsed.
42-96207	586BS		George W Clearwater, Jr	Midair-Collision, Crashed near Epinoy/A-75 France Dec 18, 1944 *See 43-34212 - Mid-air collision
42-96210	587BS 5W-P	The Belle of Pergatory © Christian Dieppendale The Belle of Pergatory	1st Lt. Howard Hartley - KIA 6/14/44	2nd Lt. William White, Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. Charles F. Waddell, Bombardier SSgt. James Picard, Gunner SSgt. Lyman Cameron, Gunner/Engineer TSgt. Elmer Neis, Radioman Shot down by AAA June 14, 1944 MACR 6194
42-96211	586BS K5-L		Cock	To ASG 45-05.
42-96213	586BS H9-C	Sheboygan Redskin	1Lt Eber J. Arnold	Crew: 2Lt John Sherry 2Lt Robert Turner Gunner - SSgt Donald Bergeron Radio / Waist Gunner - SSgt Reuben Hartje Tail Gunner - Sgt Lewis 'Red' Guernsey Flew at least 79 missions. Shot down by AAA March 22, 1945 MACR 13040 - 35th Mission - The 3 Gunners survived and were taken prisoner.
42-96218
42-96221	585BS 4T-T	Sassy Lassy	1Lt Donald M Ihle	Crew: 1Lt Leonard Collen 2Lt Buford Brown TSgt Walter T Scheafer SSgt Eugene B Klinzing - Tail Gunner SSgt Ralph Weting Shot down by AAA Aug. 7, 1944 MACR 7853
42-96223	584BS K5-		McGuinnis	To ASG 44-11
42-96224	585BS 4T-F		2nd Lt Benjamin W Lowell	August 7, 1944 - Crashed in the vicinity of Lisieux, France and immediately burst into flames. Their bombing mission was to bomb the bridge at Nogent-sur-Seine. Lost 44-08-07 MACR 7658 2nd Lt Harlow Truman S/Sgt John Cavallaro Sgt Harold Sweet S/Sgt Ernest Bishop Cpl Albert Hajciar All were listed as missing in action except S/Sgt Bishop who became a prisoner of war.
42-96225
42-96226	586BS H9-S	Pretty Polly		Left formation under control with engine on fire Feb. 14, 1945 Lost 45-02-14 MACR 12345
42-96227	585BS 4T-		Capt Lindsay Capt Pithyerd
42-96228	584BS K5-T		Hurley	To ASG 45-05.
42-96243	587BS 5W-			From 320 ASS 44-08-13
42-96249	587BS		2Lt Thomas F. Jenkins KIA	2nd Lt Walter Winter KIA S/Sgt William Hoeb KIA S/Sgt Ralph Parker KIA Sgt George Rogers KIA Sgt Edward Baily KIA Collied with 42-107592 over Battle, Sussex and crashed June 6, 1944, all crew of 42-96249 killed, all crew of 42-107592 killed except pilot
42-96252	586BS H9-		Harold S Tuller	Crashed due to engine failure near Cambri/A-74 France, Dec 23, 1944
42-96255	586BS H9-P	Miss Manookie	Thomas Craddock Howard - Dallas, Tx	CoPilot - David Hollice Hughes B/N - Burdge Engineer/Gunner - Atkins Radio/Gunner - Charles Rogers - Armorer/Gunner - Orville Vaughan McDaniel 1st Photo courtesy of B-26 Marauder Archive, Pima Air and Space Museum
42-96257	587BS 5W-K			Abandoned by crew over English Channel Jul 30, 1944
42-96263	587BS	Spook	2Lt Claude W Kline, Jr	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Emil F Ostrowsky Toggelier - Sgt Boris R Selinsky Radio/Gunner - SSgt Raymond F Sablatura Armorer/Gunner - SSgt Joseph Amato Engr/Gunner - SSgt James F Bechtler Collided in bad weather with 42-96050 over County of Kent, England. Crashed into an orchard at East Court Farm, Gillingham killing the entire crew June 6, 1944
42-96267	584BS K5-U		1Lt Howard I Davis	SSgt Harold Noelting Mission 6-5-44 : Abortive Mission 6-7-44 : Vire marshalling yards Mission 6-13-44 : St Martin Lieux fuel dump Crashed near Tour-en-Bessin/A-13 France, Oct 21, 1944
42-96271	584BS 4T-V		2Lt. Frank W Ropke, Jr	BS 584 Mission 6-8-44 : St Lo marshalling yards Mission 6-10-44 : Avranches gun positions Mission 6-12-44 : Conflans railroad bridge Mission 6-17-44 : Senonches fuel dump Crew: 2Lt. Richard Robbe - CoPilot 2Lt. Wesley Smith, Jr. - Bombardier Sgt. Benjamin Oss - Engineer Sgt. Paul E. Rose - Radioman Sgt. Harold Lester - Gunner Crashed near Orleans-Bricy/A-50 France, Aug 08, 1944 (584th Bs, 394th BG, 9th AF) Collided with 43-34141 on takeoff at Orleans-Bricy airfield A-50, France Oct 8, 1944 and crashed. All six crew killed. Aircraft was destroyed.
42-96272	587BS	Bloody Mary	1Lt Robert W Phinney	Crew: Gunner and B/N - SSgt Brian Davies Radio/Waist Gunner - TSgt Frank Zatopek Tail Gunner - SSgt Dixie Wallace Engineer/Turret Gunner - TSgt Donald L Rilling Bloody Mary crashed landed on take off with Full Bomb load near Cambrai/A-74 France, Feb 02, 1945. All crew members survived the war
42-96281	587BS 5W-V	Red Light Rosie	1Lt. James V. Roy, Jr.	Crew: Bombardier - Nicholas Buonasorte Gunner - John 'Scottie' McGibbon
42-96287	584BS K5-		Kirby
42-96290	585BS 4T-X	My Princess Pat
42-96292	585BS	Special Delivery	1Lt Sam L Rawls	Photo courtesy of Don Enlow
42-96294	585BS		Robert N Lee	Crashed near Cambri/A-74 France, Jan. 13, 1945
42-96300	586BS H9-V		2Lt. Weldon J Babbin	2Lt. Vincent Vollono Sgt. Louis Costa William Genders Sgt R L Barry Sgt Arleigh Terry MIA Jan 23, 1945 Crashed at the village of VIVILLE near the city of Arlon (Belgium). Babbin, Vollone and Costa are buried at the American Cemetery of Luxemburg (Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg). The plane crashed at a place locally called "les quatre vents" (the four winds).
42-96301	584BS K5-J	Victory Read II	1Lt Douglas F Dahl	2Lt Charles Byrum TSgt Max Brown Cpl J F Schroeder EXPL 45-03-26 A-74
42-96318	584BS K5-	Who Cares	Clark	To ASG 45-04 Nose Art by Dick Ayers
42-96319		Photo
42-96323	587BS 5W-F	Zombie
42-96326	584BS K5-U	Photo	Raymond E Wise Vance	CRL 45-03-24 A-74
42-96604				Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
42-96801	584BS			Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
42-97039		Poontang	1Lt Junior D. Murfield	Nose Artist - Dick Ayers Crew: 1Lt Kenneth Beeston - CoPilot 1Lt Thomas Boston Cox - B/N TSgt Kenneth P Macia - Gunner SSgt Ralph A Higgins - Gunner 586 BS Cessna UC-78A Bobcat
42-107271	584BS K5-		Wilberg	Serial assigned to C-87
42-107592	584BS K5-T	Stinky	1Lt Thomas Potts	Plane was named for a pet goat. Mission 5-22-44 : Cormeilles en Vexin airfield Mission 6-6-44 : E of Mantes/Gassicourt RR Bridge Iced up and crashed into 42-96249. This happened over Battle, Sussex. Lt Thomas Potts bailed out and was the only survivor. 1st Lt Christian Burger KIA 1st Lt LeRoy Dyer KIA TSgt George Kyle KIA SSgt James Long KIA SSgt George Williams KIA
42-107602	584BS K5-		2Lt Stuart E Freeman	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Encrico J Acampora B/N - 2Lt Eric E Hokans Gunner - SSgt Casey W Wilkins Gunner - Sgt Richard K Jacobs Gunner - PFC Samuel J Carmosina Crashlanding 44-04-13 after 7th mission, no casualties
42-107604	585BS 4T-R	Home-Sick	Capt Morris R Warfield	Mission 4-24-44 : Berck sur Mere Mission 4-25-44 : Frevent TOA 44-08-07 Holmsey
42-107609	587BS 5W-R	Booby Trap II	2nd Lt Clyde E. Cassiday	2nd Lt Clyde E. Cassiday ferry over in this plane
42-107626	585BS 4T-Q		Lt J.C. Palmer	To 2nd TAD 44-08-27
42-107628	587BS 5W-Q	Black Jack	1Lt Reuben E. Corbin	Crashed near Romily, France Dec 2, 1944 The crew shown was Lt. Corbin's, who flew Black Jack on several missions. Black Jack was on three different planes. Once it bellied in near Cambrai, the second time was when Corbin was killed in it. The armorplate was retrieved both times and Black Jack was transferred. The third time was when Lane and Murphy were shot down over Germany on March 23, 1945. The entire crew lived and spent three months in a PW camp in eastern Germany. Crew:
42-107633	586BS H9-Q		2nd Lt John J. Reynolds	Bombardier Lt Frank I. Yawitz was killed in ferry mission on Sept. 24, 1944.
42-107638
42-107667	584BS K5-M		Karlberg Lt Stuart E. Freeman Jack Logan	Shot down April 21, 1944. MACR 4219 2nd Lt Enrico Acampora 2nd Lt Eric Hokans SSgt Casey Wilkins PFC Samuel Carmosina Sgt Richard Jacobs was taken prisoner
42-107682	587BS	Hannibal Hoops	2Lt. William R. Nielsen	Crew: 2Lt. Donald B. Damer - CoPilot SSgt. Adam Toth Sgt. Jack King Sgt. Elmer Fellhauer - Waist Gunner SSgt. Grevaise F. Jarmer - Tail Gunner AAA June 13, 1944 MACR 6048 Fellhauer and Jarmer survived as POWs and were liberated after the war. Toth was a POW, escaped the POW camp and survived to get home without re-capture. (by Patti Morris, step-daughter of Adam Toth) All others were KIA. Casualty Questionnaire
42-107683	585BS 4T- 584BS K5-S		Maj Kenneth Wilhite	Sent to Subdepot 44-04 To 320 ASS 44-08-10 Mission 4-12-44 : Dunkirk gun positions Mission 4-29-44 : Mantes/Gassicourt M/Y's Malcolm Enlow - turret gunner
43-6720	584BS		1Lt Kinsella	Serial number assigned to P-51
43-30384	586BS H9-X	Sure, Go For The Dough
43-34115	586BS		Donald A Excell	Crashed near Cambri/A-74 France, Jan 25, 1945.
43-34121	585BS 4T-T B-26-G1
43-34131	586BS H9-I
43-34137	584BS K5-M	War Horse II	Logan	Crew Chief - TSgt. Chief Bolster
43-34141	584BS K5-H		2Lt. Charles H Kemnitz	K5-H assigned to 584th Aug 8, 1944 Crew: 2Lt. Harvey Blacher - CoPilot 2Lt. Alf Lundell - Bombardier SSgt. Charles Eylea - Engineer Sgt. Clement Eckes - Radioman Sgt. Pink Fultz, Jr. - Rear Gunner Collided with B-26F 42-16271 on takeoff at Orleans-Bricy airfield A-50 (France) Oct 8, 1944. All six crew killed. Aircraft was destroyed.
43-34143	587BS 5W-H	Happy Pappy	1Lt Moonover Schroeder	SSgt Carl V. Arnold - Radio Operator / Gunner
43-34147	584BS K5-		Glen P Oliver Clark	TACC 45-05-11 Y-55
43-34161	584BS K5-N		Davis	TACC 45-01-22 A-60 (555th BS, 386th BG, 9th AF) in taxiing accident at Beaumont-sur-Oise airfield A-60, Persan, France Jul 22, 1945. All 6 crew survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
43-34164	587BG	The Crusaders	2Lt Andrew F Clark, Jr
43-34167
43-34169	585BS 4T-R			Transferred to 410BG 44-11-21 (644th BS, 410th BG, 9th AF) in takeoff accident at Coulommiers/Voisins Airfield A-58, France Jan 25, 1945. All crew survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
43-34180	586BS
43-34184	585BS 4T-			To 2nd TAD 44-08-27
43-34189	585BS 4T-S		1Lt Clarence Kissel	LAC 44-08-19 Shoreham, England (585th BS, 394th BG, 9th AF) in landing accident at RAF Shoreham, Sussex, England Aug 19, 1944. All six crew survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
43-34191	586BS 4T-W	Great Speckled Boid	2Lt Milton C Cross 2Lt Marvin A Keller	Crew: Bombardier: 2Lt Harry Douglas Kutz Tail Gunner: SSgt Michael G Pemberton Radioman/Waist Gunner: SSgt Raymond E Smith Engineer/Turret Gunner: Charles J Lucian
43-34194	584BS K5-S	Photo Photo	Capt Jerome Tosi
43-34199	587BS 5W-W	Booby Trap III	Capt Lew Martin	Crew: 1Lt Earnest C Oz - CoPilot 1Lt Albert A Mansour - Bombardier 1Lt Carl F Junge - Navigator Carkhuff TSgt James P. 'Jimmy' Quinn - Waist Gunner Karl Frey Ass. 44-08-09
43-34200	585BS 4T-A	Sure Go For No Dough	Capt John O'Neil	Crew Chief: Hub Piper Assigned 44-08-05, Crashed near Cambri/A-74 France, Feb 10, 1945
43-34203	584BS K5-	Lucky Star II	Schmidt Col Thomas B Hall	Fairchild PT-19A-FA TACC 45-05-02 Y-55
43-34204	584BS 4T-F	43-34204	Capt O'Neil Capt. Lawrence R. Harper	Killed as a result of being shot down 11/21/1944 while on a mission to Neuwid, Germany: Pilot - Capt Lawrence R. Harper - 'A' Flight Leader Co-pilot - 1Lt William Andrews Navigator - 1Lt Paul S. Stephens Bombardier - 1Lt James C. Harrison Engineer/Gunner - TSgt James P. Kelley, Jr 2Lt Kenneth Wolf Radio/Gunner - TSgt Stuart Ottenheimer Tail Gunner - SSgt Ralph Pagano Grave Marker Survived, taken prisoner: Sgt Howard Mote Not on plane for this mission: Co-pilot - Lt H. I. Davis
43-34207	585BS 4T-B			Assigned 44-08-05
43-34208	584BS K5-W		Capt Martin Harter	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Shaldon Spector (POW) B/N - 1Lt Robert Brugman B/N - 2Lt John Therkeldsen SSgt Joseph Stube - radio/gunner Engineer/Gunner - Sgt Harvey Johnson Armorer/Gunner - Sgt Neubern Atkinson Armorer/Gunner - TSgt Harold Brown Liaison Officer - Capt Nicholas Opalic Shot down by AAA 45-02-19 MACR 12505 Target: Railroad Bridge at Neuwied, Germany (394th BG, 584th BS, 9th AF) shot down by AAA at Kyllburg, Germany Feb 19, 1945. MACR 12505. 5 crew killed, 4 bailed out. 2 of these became POW, one killed when parachute failed, and one was killed by German troops.
43-34209	586BS
43-34211
43-34212	586BS		1Lt Edward Thompson	Crew: 2Lt William E Cook 2Lt John Ford 2Lt Ibin Gaj 2Lt Milton Waters Cpl Jacob Arzowian 2Lt Lawrence Brashear Cpl Horace Bunting Cpl Vincent Cherescvich Cpl Elmer Dash Cpl Samuel Devereux Crashed near Epinoy/A-75 France, Dec 18, 1944. *See 42-96207 - Mid-air collision (586th BS, 394th BG, 9th AF) collided in midair with B-26B 42-96207 over Cambrai/Epinoy Airfield A-75, France and crashed Dec 18, 1944. Unknown number of crew killed. Aircraft was destroyed.
43-34213	585BS 4T-C	The Old Goat	Lt. George C. Pinyerd	Return from 320 ASS 44-08-15
43-34214	584BS K5-
43-34215	585BS 4T-N	She's A Comin' I	Capt Horace G Humphrey	Crew Chief - TSgt Harold Mankins Ground Crew - Sgt A T Nestor Bad weather, CRL 44-12-02 - Brigny
43-34217	587BS	Crash Report		Assigned 44-08-06
43-34219	584BS K5-W	Wingless Victory II		Crew Chief: Sgt Joseph A Ganser Unpainted shiny aluminum. Replacement for Wingless Victory I To Sub depot45-02
43-34220	587BS	I'll Get By I'll Get By	Capt Charles G. 'Chuck' Fraser 1Lt Dan 'Fat Man' Singleton	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Thomas 'Short Boy' Leask Assigned 44-08-07
43-34222	587BS 5W-B	Thumper III
43-34223
43-34228	587BS 5W-C	Black Jack II	1Lt Reubin E. Corbin	Crew: CoPilot - 1Lt Robert Irwin B/N - 1Lt William Connick B/N - 1Lt Anthony Rizzuto B/N - 1Lt Henry Walch Radio/Gunner SSgt Edgar Jolly Engr/Gunner SSgt Manetho Williams, Jr Armorer/Gunner SSgt Howard Draper Armorer/Gunner Sgt Daryl Wineteer MIDAIR 42-96044 45-02-25 A-74 Collided with 42-96044 Feb. 25,1945 on mission to Vlotho Railway Bridge near Munster, Germany
43-34229
43-34231	584BS K5-	Firebird I	2Lt Willis 'Bill' Huebner Capt Russial	CoPilot: Marion L Lach B/N: Joseph Callegos Engr/Gunner Lyle K Patterson Radio/Gunner Arthur D Stephens Armorer/Gunner Edwin J Dingle, Jr Crew Chief: TSgt William J Mulligan CRL 44-12-27 A-74
43-34252	586BS H9-M
43-34255	586BS H9-E
43-34260	585BS
43-34265	587BS 5W-		Hammer	TOACC 44-07-15 - Roberts Fld
43-34267	584BS K5-U
43-34268	B26-G5
43-34271	584BS K5-V
43-34272	587BS 5W-J
43-34281	587BS 5W-
43-34282	586BS H9-M
43-34286	586BS	Highwater III	Col. Joseph M. Silk	Crew: 1Lt Carson Copeland - Navigator Shot down by AAA Feb 14, 1945 Crashed near city of Mons (Belgium)
43-34288	586BS
43-34289	585BS 4T-
43-34292	585BS 4T-U
43-34316	584BS K5-		Maffry	CRL 45-02-21 A-62
43-34318	586BS H9-R	Who Cares		H9-R Ref Mission 100 (MDE)
43-34319	586BS H9-T	The Jolly Jesters	Lt Melvin Scurlock	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Robert Ball B/N - 2Lt William Kiesecker Engineer/Gunner - SSgt Harry Paboojian Radio/Gunner - SSgt Walter Kuester Gunner - SSgt Hiram Tompkins
43-34323	584BS K5-F
43-34326	584BS K5-U
43-34330	587BS
43-34338
43-34358
43-34365	585BS 4T-Q	Passionate Witch		From 320 ASS 28-08-44
43-34366	585BS		Leonard P Dickinson	Crashed near Cambri/A-74 France, Jan 13, 1945.
43-34373	586BS 4T-F	Not Named	2Lt Charles A Lamb	CoPilot - Dennis Underside TSgt Albert Palewicz
43-34380	585BS 4T-X	War Horse	1Lt. Jack L. Logan	Sgt Bernard Leroy Oligschlaeger - Radio/Gunner 53 Missions Flew from 2/9/45 to VE Day
43-34388	586BS			37 Missions Flew from 2/9/45 to VE Day
43-34413		Margie (Marie?)	Capt. Schuler
43-34446	587BS		Verner P Knapp	Crashed near Sandweiler/A-97 Luxembourg, Feb 02, 1945
43-34456	586BS	Mil Bi Fe	Capt Charles Deritis	Shot down by AAA Nov 18, 1944 Crew: CoPilot - LtCol Clarence Howard B/N - Capt Frank Forrest B/N - 1Lt Guerino DelPesco Bombardier - 1Lt Gordon Boyle TSgt Wilbur Junkins TSgt Albert DiLuzio SSgt William Muller Sgt David Vreeland
43-34458	586BS
43-34460	587BS			Crashed near Rheims Dec 2, 1944
43-34552	586BS	Sky Witch	1Lt. Arthur J. Artig
43-34562	585BS 4T-	The Old Goat	1Lt. Robert F. Coleman	Crew: CoPilot - 1Lt. Edward H. Adamowicz Navigator - F/O Paul Barnoskie Bombardier - 1Lt. Harold C. Blossman Radio/Gunner - TSgt. Edward J. Brennan Engineer/Gunner - TSgt. Norman O. Black Tail Gunner - SSgt. Paul L. McFarland Extra Gunner - TSgt. Karl T. Gilgen Shot down by fighters Feb 21, 1945 at Vragender (Lichtervorde NR)
43-34571	584BS K5-Y	Round Too!		RAF Ser# HD633
43-34823	586BS		1Lt Francis Kirby	FO Sol Hershkowitz 2Lt Patrick Healy 2Lt James Jones SSgt Dana Baker SSgt John McConville SSgt Floyd Sjolander Crashed stateside 43-07-12
43-35397				Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman
43-43317	584BS		2Lt Eugene L Karlberg	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Christian D Burger B/N - 2Lt John H Helms Engr/Gunner - Cpl Vern R Shelton Gunner - SSgt Michael Hruska Gunner - Sgt Harry E Green 2Lt James C Harrison AT-23A
44-67808	585BS 4T-O	Betty Rose
44-67812	584BS K5-A	Fragile Lass	Richard Bigelow	Crew: CoPilot - Norman Weingart Engineer - William Jardine Crashed while landing at R-54 at Landsberg, Germany, Sept 11, 1945
44-67818	585BS 4T-?		Robert S Richards	Crashed near Cambri/1 1/2mi N A-74 France, Apr 06, 1945
44-67822	584BS K5-V
44-67825	585BS 4T-K	44-67825	2Lt Ralph C Guisinger	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Edward L Ryan B/N - FO William H Jenkins Engineer/Gunner - Sgt John B Humphrey Radio/Gunner - Sgt Kenneth D Ellis Armorer/Gunner - Sgt J W Sullivan Crashed near La Roche Belgium, Mar 25, 1945
44-67833
44-67835	586BS H9-U	The Draggin Lady	William 'Wild Bill' Drakes	586 Bombardment Squadron 41 Missions Flew 1/11/45 – VE Day Photo courtesy of B-26 Marauder Archive, Pima Air and Space Museum
44-67837	B26-G15
44-67882	584BS K5-K	Jay-Walking Molecule	Savage 1Lt. Thomas Craddock Howard Herbert C. Ratcliffe	Crew: CoPilot - Harold E Rogers B/N - Bob Davis Engineer/Gunner - Norman P Hogan Armorer/Gunner - Frank J Avec Radio/Gunner - John D Smith
44-67883
44-67887
44-67892
44-67893	585BS 4T- 587BS 5W-D 584BS K5-			MIA 45-03-22 NO MACR Unassigned 45-05
44-67896	587BS 5W-?		Gerald E Stapleton	Crashed near Burtonwood/Sta 590 England, Dec 29, 1944
44-67899	585BS 4T-		Capt. Robert A. Hale	Crew" CoPilot - 2Lt. Donald B. Woodworth Bombardier - Capt. Herbert P. Burnson Radio/Gunner - SSgt. Robert B. Finley Engineer/Gunner - SSgt. Guy Wiseman Tail Gunner - SSgt. Donald H. Trent Shot down by Luftwaffe Feb 21, 1945
44-67901	584BS K5-		Johnston
44-67903	587BS	Black Jack III	1Lt. Harry W. Lane	Co-Pilot 1st Lt. Robert W. Phinney Navigator F/O - John Rakolta Gee Navigator - 1st Lt. Ward K. Zell Bombardier 1st Lt. Daniel B. Murphy Engineer/Gunner - Sgt. James W. Cox Radio/Gunner - Sgt. Bruce E. Riddle Tail Gunner - SSgt. Louis J. Jeffrey Shot down on the Ahaus mission AAA March 23, 1945 MACR 14040
44-67925	586BS H9-N	Dratsab II	Gill Dobbs	Delivered from the Martin Omaha factory, Nebraska to Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia. Departed the USA from Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida on 28th November 1944, flying the Southern Ferry Route. Flew 52 combat missions between 6th February 1945 and VE day. Salvaged (probably at Landsberg, Germany) during April 1946. Read the name backwards for meaning.
44-67926	584BS K5-			Unassigned 45-05
44-67974	585BS 4T-H	Sack Queen III
44-67978	585BS 4T-P
44-67980	B26-G20
44-68065	584BS K5-			Unassigned 45-05
44-68066
44-68068	587BS 5W-O
44-68073	587BS 5W-J		2Lt Charles E Crecelius
44-68074	587BS 5W-F	Zombie IV		To ASG44-12 To Sub Depot 45-03
44-68085	587BS			Flew from 2/13/45 to VE Day
44-68099	584BS K5-			Unassigned 45-05
44-68113	587BS 5W-P	It Ain't Easy	Jarrette R. Sudduth	Jarrette Sudduth in It Ain't Easy, a plane which he flew "eight or ten missions".
44-68118	585BS 4T-E			TOAC 45-07-17 Hine Y-55
44-68119	585BS 4T-Z		Unnamed
44-68121	584BS K5-		Zehring
44-68129	586BS H9-J	Li'l Lass	Albert R. Danner	Crew: Albert J Mann James L 'Jim' Rowles Engineer/Gunner - TSgt Robert C 'Bob' Johnson Gunner - David R Henley Gunner - Bob Comer Crew Chief - John J Skeris Asst Crew Chief - Anthoney J Virva Asst Crew Chief - Walter Bjoraker
44-68132	585BS		Jack Springgate	Springgate flew this B-26 from Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia, to Cornwall, England via the southern route. Crew: CoPilot - F/O Westley E Shook Bombardier - Mastenbrock Navigator - Sundal Navigator - 1Lt ED Gielin Engineer - Cpl LH Holmes Radio Engineer - Cpl CS Ray Radio/Gunner - Stetson Engineer/Gunner - O'Neill Aerial Gunner - Bertaso
44-68135	585BS 4T-Y
44-68140	584BS K5-?		1Lt John O'Neil	Crashed near Cambrai/A-74 France, Mar 23, 1945
44-68160	586BS H9-C B-26G-25-MA	Kathleen	2Lt Edwin G Treuil	Crew: CoPilot - 2Lt Joseph R Walsh B/N - FO Robert D Wilson Engr/Gunner - Sgt George E Wall Radio/Gunner - Sgt Ralph R Will, Jr Armorer/Gunner - Sgt Lester J Rasmusson Mission #268, April 19, 1945. Ulm Marshalling Yards Railway
44-68161	586BS H9-Q	Slow Starter II / Kathleen	1Lt Mike Pinyard
44-68162	587BS 5W-A
44-68169		Li'l Lass	Albert R. Danner
	586BS	Good Pickins		TSgt Ellis L Craft, Sgt Daris E Harris, Cpl John A Brindle, PFC A J Tillman
		Invadin' Maiden	Lt Potter	Crew: Gunner - George Judd Tail Gunner - John William White
		Miss America
		Old Hickory
	585BS	The Ole Lady	1Lt Horace G Humphrey, Jr	Crew: Grant Andy Gunner - TSgt Charles Kingan Gunner - TSgt Harold Pinson Gunner - SSgt Stephen Rusinbo The two objects below and in front of the wing are the standard 50 caliber "packaged guns" that were installed on both sides of the B-26.
		Pisonya
		Sack Queen	1Lt Clarence Kissel Jr
		The Loveliness Of You
		Dawg Gonet
		Duchess
		Early Morning Scrub
	585BS	Hell Cat		Crew: Sgt Joseph A LeMoure
	587BS	(The) Liberty Run	Charles "Chris" Crecelius	Ground Crew: Sgt. Henry L. Reichert
		Little Pink Panties
		Little Sue
		Mission Belle
	586BS	Morgan's Midgets	1Lt Harold W. (Bill) Morgan	- Morgan was the tallest of the crew. He flew 45 missions by age 22.
		Pugnacious II
	587BS	Pugnacious III
	587BS	Pussy
		Sleepy Eye
	586BS	Star Duster	Richard Davis
		Tabu	Lt Jack Hancock
		Early Bird
		Wolf Pack II
		Wolfpack IV
		Zig-Zag
		Zombie II
		Zombie III
291				Crew Chief: SSgt Harold Stanley

Stateside Trainers
41-17901	41-31784	41-35384
41-17903	41-34752	41-35395
41-18233	41-34823	41-35399
41-18235	41-34827	41-35400
41-18255	41-35213	41-35510
41-18295	41-35271	41-35942
41-25156	41-35285	42-43328
41-31758	41-35292