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HEADQUARTERS ARMY AIR BASE
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER
Barksdale Field, La

C-165

SPECIAL ORDERS)
:
NUMBER 209)

E-X-T-R-A-C-T

Shreveport, Louisiana
27 July 1944

2. FN O and EM AC Unasgd comprising B-26 Crews are reld fr atchd Sq S Bdl
Fld RTU (MB) and WP Hunter Fld Ga via rail in time to report not later than 31 Jul
44 to Combat Crew Center Third Air Force Staging Wing for asgmt to Project and
Class as indicated. PCS. Effective date of C on M/R 31 July 1944.

PROJECT 3AF AG-18 CLASS TM 0729

Crew No 1
P 2D LT 1082 HARRY W DAVIS JR O702197
CP 2D LT 1082 BRUCE M HARRIS O823366
B 2D LT 1035 NED J CARLISLE O766203
EG S/Sgt 748 George M Copeland III 14134264
ROG Sgt 757 Everette E Swinford 6248240
AG Sgt 612 Marvin R Kellman 12184243

Crew No 2
P 2D LT 1082 DEXTER J KENNEDY O557298
CP 2D LT 1082 ELMER J FINCH O758975
B 2D LT 1035 LAWRENCE E CHRISTENSON O766209
EG Sgt 748 Ancil M Douthit 18078464
ROG Cpl 757 David K Henkle 34770775
AG T/Sgt 612 Harold Brown 13124369

Crew No 3
P 2D LT 1082 FRANK BRACKONESKI O753490
CP 2D LT 1082 ROBERT V MALANEY O705743
B 2D LT 1035 SAMUEL M THISTLETHWAITE O712322
EG Sgt 748 Paul R Davis 13116431
ROG Sgt 757 George H Roesser 13127114
AG S/Sgt 612 Michael J Flynn 20247952

Crew No 4
P 2D LT 1082 ROBERT W PHINNEY O700966
CP 2D LT 1082 THEODORE R POPE O818015
B 2D LT 1035 JOHN A SHISCIM O712319
EG Cpl 748 Melvin A Edwards 38416699
ROG S/Sgt 757 Michael Mungioli Jr 12149653
AG Cpl 612 Curtis I Crenshaw 14136569

Crew No 5
P 2D LT 1082 KEITH B FISHER O699657
CP 2D LT 1082 VANCE S LAUBACH O822748
B 2D LT 1035 WAYNE F PACKER O733223
EG Sgt 748 Paul Griffith Jr 38456417
ROG Sgt 757 Robert E Blair 39560859
AG Sgt 612 John W Eckman 32341860

Crew No 6
P 1S LT 1082 WILLIAM FLINN O791684
CP 2D LT 1082 EVERETT G JOHNSON O815154
B 2D LT 1035 WAYNE D HICKS O704292
EG S/Sgt 748 Daniel J Graff 36018473
ROG Sgt 757 Robert C Naylor 39408139
AG Cpl 612 Robert G Johnson 34782649

Crew No 7
P 1S LT 1082 CARL F CHAPMAN JR O659663
CP 2D LT 1082 MARQUIS P BRATTON O715131
B 2D LT 1035 JAMES R HARL O722452
EG Cpl 748 Ballard J Bentler 6941901
ROG Cpl 757 J P Herndon 18005969
AG Cpl 612 W T Williamson 18083363

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Crew No 8
*P CAPT 1082 ROBERT B BROCKHOUSE O433791
CP 2D LT 1082 LaRUE C BENTZ O713357
B 2D LT 1035 ROBERT J BUSS O722662
EG Cpl 748 Julius M Bargholz 36811749
ROG Sgt 757 William H Callon 39276112
AG Cpl 612 James R Barr 34635501

Crew No 9
P 1S LT 1082 WILLIAM G EHART O659683
CP 2D LT 1082 THEODORE B BROOME JR O715705
B 2D LT 1035 NORMAN M R LESLIE O722502
EG Cpl 748 John Chuslo 36597732
ROG Sgt 757 Sidney F Hines Jr 18140083
AG Cpl 612 David L Cockman 37615558

Crew No 10
P 1S LT 1082 JAMES E SMITH O434749
CP 2D LT 1082 ARTHUR L CHASE JR O713706
B 2D LT 1035 PAUL E LYTLE O722453
EG Cpl 748 Arthur M Dean 38434989
ROG Cpl 757 James B Humphrey 18227556
AG Cpl 612 George W Garrett 34635497

Crew No 11
P 2D LT 1082 CECIL K COULT O705909
CP 2D LT 1082 THOMAS E FORHAN O713730
B 2D LT 1035 WILLIAM M ROGERS O723822
EG Cpl 748 Paul A Halesey 33461265
ROG Cpl 757 William H Mayfield 20834438
AG Cpl 612 Jim G Katsilometes 20927358

Crew No 12
P 2D LT 1082 ERNEST C CLEVER O817821
CP 2D LT 1082 LESLIE L DUNNING O715385
B 2D LT 1035 JAMES J REGAN O722612
EG Cpl 748 Edward J Gorecki 36174768
ROG Sgt 757 Howard W Lange 32790136
AG Cpl 612 Joseph W Hudson 39333980

PROJECT 3AF AG-2 CLASS TM 0718

Crew No 1
P 2D LT 1082 JOHN A CORLEY JR O705907
CP 2D LT 1082 GEORGE D McLAUGHLIN JR O715929
B 2D LT 1035 PHILIP SACHS O722679
EG Cpl 748 Chester J Green 38244182
ROG Cpl 757 Mason M Mandell 32887566
AG Cpl 612 Douglas D Jackson 18098916

Crew No 2
**P CAPT 1082 CLYDE G BROWN O424095
CP 2D LT 1082 GEORGE M BISHOP O715127
B 2D LT 1035 PAUL J ESTREM O765475
EG Cpl 748 Warren E Bendickson 36417120
ROG Sgt 757 Joseph N Gagne 31218335
AG Cpl 612 Gene W Brillhart 18123496

Crew No 3
P 2D LT 1082 DONALD G DAVIS O699361
CP 2D LT 1082 XENOPHON A BENNOS O819904
B 2D LT 1035 CHARLES P HENZI O746953
EG Pvt 748 Bernard F Maguire 12041158
ROG Cpl 757 Robert L Berquist 31260130
AG Cpl 612 Kenneth E Bennett 35144584

Crew No 4
P 2D LT 1082 ROBERT J TOBIN O761776
CP 2D LT 1082 CLAYTON J SMITH O822832
B 2D LT 1035 MELVILLE MOSKOWITZ O703150
EG Cpl 748 Harold A Mueller 37553871
ROG Sgt 757 Robert C Becker 33427233
AG Cpl 612 Leo R Mossman 37480497

Crew No 5
P 2D LT 1082 WILLIAM H SHAFER O819185
CP 2D LT 1082 DONALD PIEPER O822537
B 2D LT 1035 ALVA L DUCKWALL JR O744976
EG Sgt 748 Richard W Tigner 17070904
ROG Cpl 757 Max E Pearson 14196460
AG Cpl 612 Robert V Seaver 33070341

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Crew No 6
P 2D LT 1082 VERNE V THOMPSON JR O699476
CP 2D LT 1082 WILLIAM R SHERMAN O817112
B 2D LT 1035 RUSSELL H TRAPPER O741113
EG Cpl 748 Henry L Mayre 18138989
ROG Cpl 757 Robert H Pitt 33628800
AG Cpl 612 Robert A Leipse 38529886

Crew No 7
P 2D LT 1082 WAYNE R SMITH O760708
CP 2D LT 1082 EUGENE P PUCKETT II O823955
B 2D LT 1035 ROBERT P STURM O709984
EG Cpl 748 Edward V Wesolowski 32842739
ROG Cpl 757 William L Peyton 18148413
AG Cpl 612 William H Uhlemeyer 37611115

Crew No 8
P 2D LT 1082 ROBERT R TIMBERS O760923
CP 2D LT 1082 DANIEL L SHIELDS O823465
B 2D LT 1035 FRANCIS L MILES O703566
EG Cpl 748 Eugene P Molloy 11128203
ROG Cpl 757 Robert E Ratliff 17127866
AG S/Sgt 612 Ralph W Moore 20815159

Crew No 9
P 2D LT 1082 MAURICE E WATSON O700582
CP 2D LT 1082 JOHN S THOMAS JR O824060
B 2D LT 1035 ROBERT S COPLEN O765436
EG Cpl 748 Michael J O'Neill 32229664
ROG Cpl 757 Nicholas Samchuk 36453481
AG Cpl 612 Roy E Price 37472262

Crew No 10
P 2D LT 1082 WILLIAM R WHITE O760519
CP 2D LT 1082 THELBERT H THOMAS O824061
B 2D LT 1035 CLOYD H SINGHASS O709982
EG Cpl 748 Virgil W Ritchie 36809806
ROG Sgt 757 Samuel T Tate 18083210
AG Cpl 612 Kenneth L Taplin 19149940

Crew No 11
P 2D LT 1082 KENNETH E SHOEMAKER O699782
CP 2D LT 1082 WILLIAM PISARUCK O823947
B 2D LT 1035 JOE H STALLINGS O1032613
EG Cpl 748 Stewart W Todd 38417827
ROG M/Sgt 757 Richard D Pendleton 20821220
AG Cpl 612 Thomas J Sturek 37480786

Crew No 12
P 2D LT 1082 ROBERT L TAYLOR O700576
CP 2D LT 1082 GEORGE E ROOS O823969
B 2D LT 1035 FRED L HUDSON O762693
EG Cpl 748 John M Martin 36590470
ROG Cpl 757 Robert P Newland 16104124
AG Cpl 612 John E Lehman 35635674

Crew No 13
P 2D LT 1082 DEAN E KEIL O702287
CP 2D LT 1082 JOSEPH W JONES JR O822017
B 2D LT 1035 JOSEPH W MANGIAPANE O766315
EG Cpl 748 Willie G Faile 34703377
ROG Cpl 757 Forrest D Baumer 36742310
AG Cpl 612 Eugene J Folkman 12134743

Crew No 14
P 2D LT 1082 DONALD C ALTENBURGER O819072
CP 2D LT 1082 JAMES C AMBROSE O713989
B 2D LT 1035 DONALD R FREED O722714
EG Cpl 748 Andrew G Anton 36815301
ROG Cpl 757 Walter P Fadeff 39129557
AG Pvt 612 Murray Bailin 32941062

Crew No 15
P 2D LT 1082 HENRY L ARCHBOLD O668380
CP 2D LT 1082 HAROLD J NANNEY O721176
B 2D LT 1035 THOMAS L LAW JR O722500
EG Cpl 748 Robert A Applegate Jr 12135406
ROG Cpl 757 Paul Q Gardner 38505122
AG Cpl 612 Vincent C Barnard 37266386

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Crew No 16
P 2D LT 1082 GEORGE T BEHINKE O693966
CP 2D LT 1082 WILLIAM E BARROW JR O714607
B 2D LT 1035 PETER S LIBBI O712180
EG Cpl 748 Carl F Bornemann 36647291
ROG Pvt 757 Michael A Tranci 31141441
AG Sgt 612 Milton R Chapman 14052544

Crew No 17
P 2D LT 1082 ROBERT W BLEDSOE O706116
CP 2D LT 1082 EMMETT M BRIDWELL O714639
B 2D LT 1035 GEORGE R LOGAN O712183
EG S/Sgt 748 Thomas Sadlier 32723122
ROG Cpl 757 Marcel J Boisvert 11093383
AG Cpl 612 Charles A Bazzetta 37058474

Crew No 18
P 2D LT 1082 EDWARD H BOLTON O819948
CP 2D LT 1082 RUDOLPH G CHRISTIANSEN O714664
B 2D LT 1035 GENE D LOWE O718114
EG Cpl 748 Raymond W Broker 37520471
ROG Cpl 757 John E Lindholm 32862462
AG Cpl 612 Stewart J Boyd 12175937

Crew No 19
P 2D LT 1082 ROBERT R CHALOT JR O819962
CP 2D LT 1082 ELVIT W FALK O714820
B 2D LT 1035 ERNEST HOWARTH O712289
EG Cpl 748 Frank D Dunaway 38476476
ROG Cpl 757 Garth E Morse 19163391
AG Cpl 612 William R Fowler 35048445

Crew No 20
P 2D LT 1082 CHARLES C CHANNELL O705903
CP 2D LT 1082 MURRAY S FRUCHTER O714689
B 2D LT 1035 HENRY D GABRIEL O718093
EG Cpl 748 Henry W Durham 19129445
ROG Cpl 757 Lewis C Munson 36593931
AG Cpl 612 Fredrick F Galyean 34635733

Crew No 21
P 2D LT 1082 KENNETH R CHAPLIN O706133
CP 2D LT 1082 DONALD FRY JR O714690
B 2D LT 1035 KENNETH T BROWN O718071
EG Cpl 748 Garland B Fawcett 18215505
ROG Cpl 757 John H Myers 16014010
AG Cpl 612 Robert E Graves 37493547

PROJECT 3AF AG-2 CLASS TM 0729

Crew No 1
P 2D LT 1082 HERBERT W CHRISTIANSEN O821220
CP 2D LT 1082 DONALD B HAASE O713420
B 2D LT 1035 MARK P SCHLEFER O718150
EG Cpl 748 Morris K Funk 38427399
ROG Cpl 757 James W O'Kelly 19040957
AG Cpl 612 Charles J Hamlet 19004624

Crew No 2
P 2D LT 1082 JOHN A DAVIS JR O819764
CP 2D LT 1082 THOMAS D JONES JR O714113
B 2D LT 1035 WILLIAM F REILLY O761304
EG Pvt 748 Eugene C Helper 35657894
ROG Cpl 757 Irving P Phelps 17087105
AG Cpl 612 Gerald J Merrill 39298904

Crew No 3
P 2D LT 1082 JOSEPH J CARROLL O819746
CP 2D LT 1082 BEN C SHIELDS O721230
B 2D LT 1035 JOHN KOLLER O712169
EG Cpl 748 Ralph G Childers 38435732
ROG Sgt 757 Theodore Martz 17063513
AG Cpl 612 Thomas S Buchanan 18248058

Crew No 4
P 2D LT 1082 DOYLE H DAVIS O705479
CP 2D LT 1082 HOWARD J KNUTH O713787
B 2D LT 1035 RICHARD H FULLER O760012
EG Cpl 748 Jay A Hendricks 18131804
ROG Cpl 757 John S Majcher 13134343
AG S/Sgt 612 Donald D Griffith 38006068

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Crew No 5
P 2D LT 1082 HENRY J KELLEY JR O749257
CP 2D LT 1082 GEORGE T JAMES JR O719667
B 2D LT 1035 LEROY Q GRESHAM O723791
EG S/Sgt 748 Daniel T Towery 19059317
ROG T/Sgt 757 Lawrence J Stoerkel Jr 18057894
AG S/Sgt 612 Linus F German 37287185

Crew No 6
P 2D LT 1082 CLAYTON S ABRAHAM O751078
CP 2D LT 1082 VERNE H BOVIE O715700
B 2D LT 1035 JOHN P MIKOCHIK O678379
EG S/Sgt 748 Erik Christiansen 39012577
ROG T/Sgt 757 Floyd R Lemon 15017620
AG S/Sgt 612 Melvin E Murphy 13115935

Crew No 7
P 2D LT 1082 VERNON P LEAVITT O704841
CP 2D LT 1082 ROBERT O SMITH O715833
B 2D LT 1035 MARTIN C MAZURK O712193
EG Cpl 748 Leroy L Nichols 37358043
ROG Cpl 757 Alvaro D Souza 19093064
AG Cpl 612 Robert C Schneider 17115190

Crew No 8
P 2D LT 1082 DONALD E MEVES O705036
CP 2D LT 1082 CARL K YEAGER O713931
B 2D LT 1035 FERDINAND P CREMONESE O760041
EG Cpl 748 Thaddeus A Myslinski 36656829
ROG Cpl 757 Harold T Strand 37271297
AG Sgt 612 Don T Spears 19003497

Crew No 9
P 2D LT 1082 WARREN LANGER O705971
CP 2D LT 1082 JAMES E SMITH O822833
B 2D LT 1035 JOHN M MORRISON O712202
EG Cpl 748 Gerald D Mitchell 38468520
ROG S/Sgt 757 Elvon F Smith 18119397
AG Cpl 612 Burt H Scales 17112029

PROJECT 3AF JY-46 CLASS TM 0729

Crew No 1
P F/O 1082 JAMES R CLELAND T124165
CP F/O 1082 GERALD H O'CONNELL JR T125396
B 2D LT 1035 RAYMOND S LIPTAK O712181
EG Cpl 748 Edwin A Varble 35722589
ROG Cpl 757 Irvin Wong 19159099
AG Cpl 612 Peter F Yagodzinski 31348445

Crew No 2
P 2D LT 1082 DOYLE D DICKSON O706146
CP 2D LT 1082 ROWLAND D KLINK O715238
B 2D LT 1035 JOHN T BRENNAN O718063
EG Cpl 748 Arnold A Honea 38434740
ROG Cpl 757 Alva A Reagan 19101955
AG Cpl 612 Orwin E Oleson 37564596

Crew No 3
P 2D LT 1082 HENRY K ERB O819073
CP F/O 1082 HUGH H HITCHCOCK T125336
B 2D LT 1035 ARVIL R WOOSLEY O708987
EG Cpl 748 Henry A Smith 36656880
ROG Cpl 757 Howard A Tenney Jr 18202422
AG Cpl 612 Gaylord M Yoder 35535190

Crew No 4
P 2D LT 1082 NORMAN W SHERWOOD O813962
CP F/O 1082 MICHAEL P MACKULICS T125279
B 2D LT 1035 EMIL L SCHWARZ O760001
EG Cpl 748 Raphael K Milashoski 16074877
ROG Cpl 757 James R Widner 15080706
AG S/Sgt 612 Robert E Russell 19098834

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Crew No 5
P 2D LT 1082 KARL W HUCKABY JR O705955
CP 2D LT 1082 ROBERT F OLIVER O715298
B 2D LT 1035 JOHN E SEIBOLD O718028
EG Cpl 748 Basil M Klingensmith 33668990
ROG Cpl 757 David H Rosenthal 39127109
AG Cpl 612 Cleo C Randall 37346513

Crew No 6
P 2D LT 1082 RATH [RALPH] H LESMEISTER O705722
CP 2D LT 1082 ALBERT O STARK O715368
B 2D LT 1035 CARL B POLLOCK O722606
EG Cpl 748 Clare H Oliphant Jr 19194669
ROG Cpl 757 Frank D Stanton 39694012
AG Cpl 612 John H Stephenson 18241927

Crew No 7
P 2D LT 1082 HARRY W CLARK O758418
CP 2D LT 1082 HARRY E KELLAR JR O713667
B F/O 1035 ROBERT E THOMAS T2057
EG Cpl 748 Jack B Hill 17154803
ROG Sgt 757 John R Logue 12062709
AG Cpl 612 Ross L Morrison 38471246

Crew No 8
***P 2D LT 1082 WILBUR P STEVENSON O704857
CP F/O 1082 JOHN J KOLLAR T125313
B 2D LT 1035 LEONARD F LEE O712178
EG Cpl 748 Neel L Struwe 38456954
ROG Cpl 757 Arthur C Walstrom 19139693
AG Cpl 612 Louis J Verdeal 37701849

  * -Prov Group Leader for Project 3AF AG-18 Class TM 0729
  ** -Prov Group Leader for Project 3AF AG-2 Class TM 0718 and Class TM 0729
  *** -Prov Group Leader for Project 3AF JY-46 Class TM 0729

All personnel transferred by this order will have their mail addressed as
follows pending receipt of further instructions:

                       RANK NAME SERIAL NUMBER
                       Combat Crew Center
                       Third Air Force Staging Wing
                       Hunter Field, Georgia
       Personnel will not be accompanied by dependents; neither will dependents
  join personnel at Hunter Field Georgia, or any other concentration point.

       In addition to his duties as Prov Group Leader for Project 3AF AG-2 Class
  TM 0718 and Class TM 0729 CAPT CLYDE G BROWN O424095 is also appointed Train
  Commander for the movement.

       CAPT JACK M ORMAN O1695839 MC is asgd dy as Medical Officer to accompany
  the troops by rail fr this sta to Hunter Fld Ga and upon completion this TD
  will return to this his proper sta.

       Kitchen car facilities will be utilized for rationing personnel. The
  following named EM Sq as indicated Bdl Fld RTU (MB) are asgd dy as mess personnel
  for the journey fr this sta to Hunter Fld Ga and upon completion this TD will
  return by rail to this their proper station.

  Sgt 060 Mathew J Syrek 32305930 -Sq P IN CHG Pvt 060 James C Grayson 18065967 -Sq O
  Cpl 060 Louis G Tanicello 33325890 - Sq N Pfc 060 William L Clifton 38567703 -Sq N
  Pfc 060 George E French 36581990 - Sq U Pfc 060 Roger G Robert 31288544 -Sq U
  Pfc 060 Clyde R Seacrist 35656352 - Sq F Pfc 060 Maurice G Cote 31320306 -Sq F

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Prov of Cir 341 WD 43 as amended and Ltr Hq 8th Serv C file SPLDA 430
(Troop Trains), subj: "Troop Trains, Sales Accounts", dtd 21 Feb 44 apply and
will be complied with.

QMC will furn rations under the prov of Cir 341 WD 43 as amended for one
hundred fifty-one (151) Officers and one hundred fifty eight (158) enlisted
men for two (2) days. The two days rations furn includes one (1) addl meal
for emergency use only.

It being impracticable for the Govt to furn rats in kind for EM indicated
as mess personnel for the journey fr Hunter Fld Ga to this sta the FD will pay
in adv the subs alws per Sec II Bull 19 WD 43 a/r $1.00 per meal for five (5)
meals for each EM.

TTG. TC will furn nec rail T. TDN. 501-31 P 433-01-02-03-04-05-07-08
A 212/50425; 501-26 P 432-02 A 212/50425; QSA 7-610 P 111-08 A 212/50502. Auth:
TWX 3AFE 1263 dtd 8 Jul 44, 3AFE 3024 dtd 20 Jul 44, 3AFE 3179 dtd 21 Jul 44,
Hq 3AF Tampa Fla and 3AF Reg 55-23.

* * *

By order of Colonel WRIGHT:

                                                        D. F. WIEGEL
                                                        Capt., AGD
                                                        Assistant Adjutant
OFFICIAL:

      D F. WIEGEL
      Capt.,AGD
      Assistant Adjutant

DISTRIBUTION:
100- CAPT BROWN (CO Bdl Fld RTU (MB))
75- CAPT BROCKHOUSE (CO Bdl Fld RTU (MB))
75- 2ND LT STEVENSON (CO Bdl Fld RTU (MB))
10- Ea O (CO Bdl Fld RTU (MB))
  4- Ea EM (CO Bdl Fld RTU (MB))
100- CO Bdl Fld RTU (MB)
25- Sgt Syrek (CO Bdl Fld RTU (MB))
10- CO 3AF Staging Wing liunter Fld Ga
  2- CO Hunter Fld Ga
  6- Base Trans O
  8- Base Finance O
  4- CG 3AF
  2- CG III Bomb Comd
  1- S-2, S-3, S-4, Admin Insp
  3- Postal O
  5- Base QM
  5- Pers Sec
  1- Officers Sec
10- CAPT ORMAN (CO Bdl Fld RTU (MB)) .
  1- Info Desk (Base Hq)
  3- Base QM Sales O
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