CONFIDENTIAL

APP EXH "B"

HEADQUARTERS

IX BOMBER COMMAND

APO # 638

14 February 1944

SPECIAL ORDERS)

NUMBER……44)

EXTRACT

MAJ Robert A Porter, O424666, AC, is designated CO of 1st Pathfinder Sq (M) Prov.

Following named O and EM, air crews, orgn indicated are placed on DS, WP 1st Pathfinder Sq (M) Prov, AAF Sta 485.

From 386th Bomb Group (M)

Capt Benjamin R Ostlind O438435 P

1st Lt Harry J Lester O738194 CP

1st Lt Murray S Abriss O731245 N

1st Lt Edgar C Dickinson O732815 B

S/Sgt James W Hankemeyer 37183442 RG

S/Sgt David E Corbin 6966493 EG

S/Sgt Robert E Coyle 13077836 TG

2nd Lt Richard J. Ulvestad O731700 P

2nd Lt Thomas W. Deering O672041 CP

2nd Lt Arr K. Jorgenson O732854 B

2nd Lt Robert M. Sherman O797087 N

T/Sgt Charles A Martyn 15071529 RG

S/Sgt Willis G Kelce 15100111 EG

S/Sgt Stephen M Stankard 32458437 TG

1st Lt Gilbert Howe O731586 P

F/O Oliver L McCaskill T186565 CP

1st Lt Nathan E Offenhiser O667191 N

1st Lt Warren B Hinchee O666665 B

T/Sgt Jack C Darby 18007616 RG

S/Sgt Eugene G Godziewski 12037799 EG

S/Sgt Edward T Kozlowski 13090842 TG

1st Lt William R Turk O667603 P

2nd Lt William M Dawson O796324 CP

1st Lt Herbert H Putkey O732898 B

1st Lt Carl M Caudill O798749 N

T/Sgt Lawrence J McNally 32451570 RG

S/Sgt Harold A Raub 17067379 EG

S/Sgt Anthony J Catalano 15329050 TG

1st Lt Robert T Harris O667513 P

2nd Lt Stanley Guistwite O803811 CP

2nd Lt Milton Saltzman O797078 N

2nd Lt Richard L Noll O678505 B

S/Sgt Robert E Brose 36242840 EG

S/Sgt Frank L Ferri 32452004 RG

Sgt Spencer A Volpp 16141452 TG

1st Lt John C Hipp O667516 P

2nd Lt Norman F Williams O803327 CP

1st Lt James I Wade O669143 N

1st Lt Thomas J Boyd O665985 B

T/Sgt Arthur Warner 16084930 RG

S/Sgt Charles E Wyman 31116740 EG

S/Sgt John W Sorensen, Jr 36381149 TG

From 322nd Bomb Group (M)

Capt Norman L Harvey O791690 P

Capt Theodore F Chmelik O662247 B

1st Lt Jack W Maynard O791716 CP

1st Lt Albert A Riede O665937 N

T/Sgt Francis J Houlihan 31073180 RG

T/Sgt Virgil R Hester 18085015 EG

S/Sgt Mark E Titus 19060356 TG

Capt Harold E Lamb O726421 P

1st Lt Richard A Young O792330 CP

1st Lt Arthur D Trottenburg O672996 B

1st Lt William J Clark O791566 N

T/Sgt Louis B Shein 19100406 RG

S/Sgt Gilbert H Grady 33091612 TG

S/Sgt Curtis G Johnson 18102489 EG

Maj Robert A Porter O424666 P

1st Lt Walter P Markot O791714 CP

1st Lt James ? Amis O741121 B

1st Lt William J Harper O796997 N

T/Sgt Stanley T Keiper 33185909 RG

Sgt Robert E Worden 39164843 EG

Pvt Edward A Rivenberg 12096245 TG

From 323rd Bomb Group (M)

Capt Robert C Lauppe O728091 P

1st Lt William F Meehan O793811 CP

1st Lt Melville A Erickson O791804 N

1st Lt Philip J Hughes, Jr O731190 B

S/Sgt William R Beecher 15085805 EG

S/Sgt George W Clausen 16099563 RG

T/Sgt Joseph E Casper 12065632 TG

Capt Charles E Crain, Jr O662629 P

2nd Lt Dale R Bartels O678960 CP

1st Lt Oscar Zweig O792516 N

1st Lt Howard V Mcdonald O731207 B

S/Sgt Jesse V Nichols, Jr 14078268 RG

S/Sgt Joseph R Havrilla 13057903 EG

Sgt Luther W Miller 19105941 TG

Capt Chester L Harris O791689 P

1st Lt Arthur J Smith O791865 N

2nd Lt Harold W Hancock O738381 CP

1st Lt Robert W Covarrubias O730710 B

S/Sgt William P Clingman 15088931 EG

T/Sgt Henry E Bull 37166098 RG

S/Sgt Thomas Yester 11045094 TG

From 391st Bomb Group (M)

Capt Mathew H T Ferguson O409884 P

2nd Lt Henry ? Hannett, Jr O6070532 CP

1st Lt James R Downing O669016 N

2nd Lt Warren E Frandsen O666021 B

T/Sgt George T Dutton 13033627 RG

Sgt Zoltan J Lucas 32245960 EG

S/Sgt Frank Bothel 13048052 TG

Capt James H Gilmore O412102 P

2nd Lt Donald G Defoe O693011 CP

1st Lt Morris W Johnston O669053 N

2nd Lt Denny R Blackburn O744235 B

Sgt Joseph J Brode 36566678 EG

T/Sgt Harold R Milner 35459616 RG

S/Sgt Bryce E Burkett 19062183 TG

1st Lt Charles G Aldous O727827 P

2nd Lt Hillis E Quick O687634 CP

2nd Lt Paul W Kenzer O669059 N

2nd Lt Eugene E Braverman O241230 B

S/Sgt Joseph R Little 11038778 EG

Sgt Max E Hawkes 36550440 RG

S/Sgt Dawson U Kershaw 32457359 TG

Following named O and EM, orgn indicated, are placed on DS, WP 1st Pathfinder Sq (M) Prov, AAF Sta 485.

From 322nd Bomb Group (M)

1st Lt John L Krueger O1548897 ORD

1st Lt John U Hailes, Jr O561239 AC

M/Sgt James C Condon, Jr 6264977 (751)

M/Sgt William F Marriott 39381349 (513)

M/Sgt Philip J Healy 6872936 (513)

T/Sgt Ulon D Smith 14063461 (750)

T/Sgt Robert E Hinton, Jr 14052945 (750)

T/Sgt Charles L Mutter 14016169 (502)

S/Sgt Calvin O Lofler 37014078 (750)

S/Sgt Neil W Lacey 38078029 (747)

S/Sgt John C Duda 32176940 (501)

S/Sgt Jesse H Lewis 18063474 (911)

S/Sgt Evan M Cook 17021419 (911)

Sgt Thomas E Sonnanstine, Jr 15068645 (747)

Sgt James C Davenport 18108784 (911)

Sgt Marian Prada 6896614 (911)

Sgt George R Nahodil 13047339 (911)

Sgt James S Donaldson 33117753 (687)

Sgt John E Haggard 36056219 (687)

Sgt J C Bowden 18040119 (929)

Sgt Robert C Coburn 11042515 (747)

Sgt Gerald E Snyder 6657501 (501)

Sgt Richard E Hammer 12045258 (911)

Sgt Sheldon Lyman 35283575 (911)

Sgt Thomas F Callahan 31016694 (911)

Sgt Harold L Reich 33235980 (237)

Cpl Frank B Clarkson 13055093 (555)

Cpl James F Kelleher 32305226 (256)

Cpl George O’Driscoll 31068516 (902)

Cpl Dale B Crawford 18069799 (928)

Cpl John C Bellow 32396798 (929)

Cpl Jesse C Keith 19114897 (929)

Pfc Raymond T Downing 12029472 (911)

Pfc John Krusko 32303283 (237)

Pfc Paul V Kelly 13044475 (685)

Pfc Thomas A Loughland 19173602 (256)

Pfc Steve Alloe 33018012 (902)

Pfc Louis J Damiani 32270424 (932)

Pvt Thomas A Verni 12039643 (911)

Pvt Samuel Scheichet 32358667 (929)

Pvt James B Carter, Jr 14046790 (505)

From 323rd Bomb Group (M)

M/Sgt Wilfred J Delarosa 6968492 (751)

T/Sgt Donald D Crosthwait 34137157 (750)

T/Sgt Eugene L Pechon 34153887 (750)

T/Sgt Charles P Loomis 31071650 (750)

T/Sgt Joseph D Burgess 14062004 (750)

T/Sgt Earle A Thompson 13015625 (502)

T/Sgt Gerard H Savard 11024907 (542)

S/Sgt Frank G Cornell 12088821 (501)

Sgt Edward J Wierzbowski 35303089 (747)

Sgt Wallace G Jones 34260025 (747)

Sgt Harold R Keipe 36221844 (911)

Sgt Joseph H Pelletier 11018518 (754)

Sgt Albert P Martell 39527136 (755)

Sgt Leo J Kane 36316619 (686)

Sgt Abe Mish 32331912 (901)

Sgt Thomas A Devlin, Jr 14044256 (309)

Sgt Charles E Scott 6907167 (505)

Cpl Thomas J Devine, Jr 11018271 (501)

Cpl James J McCarron, Jr 11021449 (911)

Pvt Harry C Bachler, Jr 13151384 (309)

Pvt George F Boylos, Jr 6937835 (309)

Cpl George C Babich 16092946 (678)

Cpl Raymond W Glibas 31125549 (755)

Cpl William G Weirs 32403737 (755)

Cpl Walter J Forrest 31131660 (237)

Cpl Raymond F Baran 33248387 (555)

Pfc Richard J Downey 32389988 (911)

Pfc Andrew J Papp 36147209 (911)

Pfc Donald W Noerr 13153623 (911)

Pfc Samuel Roth 32399943 (237)

Pfc Charles F McCarthy 32607725 (901)

Pfc Hazen L Amos 16038920 (929)

Pvt John R Miller 12062708 (501)

Pvt Jack N Nilsen 33133854 (237)

Pvt Joseph H Linge 15073486 (901)

Pvt Frank M Milliman 12098437 (901)

Pvt Parmer C Martin 34380219 (901)

Pvt James Doran 12039851 (929)

Pvt Charles E Frakes 35148585 (929)

Pvt Donald D Callahan 36568016 (929)

From 386th Bomb Group (M)

M/Sgt Grady E Cook 6292731 (752)

T/Sgt Charlie D Russell 14045332 (505)

S/Sgt Charles H Osborne 13049199 (750)

S/Sgt Irving Jacobs 37206019 (501)

S/Sgt John H Sawyer 31101004 (621)

S/Sgt Billy M Greer 17016095 (911)

S/Sgt Robert E Jameson 14080873 (238)

T/Sgt Wilbur C McIntosh 6299731 (686)

T/Sgt Kenneth J Polson 16028025 (751)

Sgt Otto S Bender 39242606 (750)

Sgt Joseph G Gilbert 32442099 (501)

Sgt Allen L Johnson 18031265 (754)

Sgt Jack A Travis 20758607 (754)

Sgt Earl H Welch 34036051 (932)

Cpl Fred P Deutschlander 32452519 (747)

Cpl William H Hall 31087592 (747)

Cpl Elton F Sheehan 14084480 (750)

Cpl Howard Finkel 33302544 (501)

Cpl Marvin G Ober 11084021 (911)

Cpl Theodore P Ginsborg 32293939 (754)

Cpl Herman N Peterman 16095259 (754)

Cpl James W Crowder 35255660 (555)

Cpl John K Urmson 31145363 (911)

Pfc Daniel J McElhinney 31093961 (747)

Pfc Richard E Allen 39095269 (911)

Pfc Daniel E Cahalan 37419269 (911)

Pfc Salvatore V Pierro 32309111 (932)

Pvt Jerome Rabinowitz 32217556 (239)

Pvt Raymond E Sampson 14070380 (502)

Pvt John W Poitevent, Jr 6299155 (501)

Pvt Charles Z Coleman 16144318 (911)

Pvt John J Mulligan 11065938 (683)

Pvt Robert E Ingram 35459237 (754)

Pvt Helmuth T Hoffmann 12065475 (755)

Pvt Edward McNary 15322860 (755)

Pvt Michael A Alukonis 31161053 (932)

Pvt J B Strange 38185859 (911)

Pvt Donald M Tull 13006101 (911)

Pvt James W Sprouse 14073113 (932)

From 387th Bomb Group (M)

M/Sgt John W VanAlstine 13031871 (751)

T/Sgt Paul M Tarrant 17048145 (757)

T/Sgt Alfred L McCarthy 32355098 (501)

T/Sgt Raymond L Rogers 18000867 (911)

S/Sgt Samuel Schenk 34402594 (501)

S/Sgt Oris B Bess 18043032 (911)

S/Sgt Percy E Kennedy 34610818 (754)

S/Sgt Hiram Clac 6652403 (911)

Sgt Elmer C Witte 37184091 (750)

Sgt Cecil C Jenkins 38159828 (750)

Sgt Carl E Rowden 38178605 (750)

Sgt James J Keating 13102373 (757)

Sgt Welton K Fulton 33089797 (501)

Sgt Fred L Martin, Jr 34116769 (826)

Sgt Alfred R Jack 37087883 (686)

Sgt John R Stewart 18085032 (050)

Cpl Robert A Housaman 13128368 (911)

Cpl Lawrence A Smith 33272836 (683)

Cpl Albert A Abbruzzese 33323978 (888)

Cpl John F McDonald 31120173 (813)

Cpl Jacob C Shanks 39175034 (911)

Pfc Floyd A Riggs 34192835 (747)

Pfc Raleigh G Allen, Jr 37333627 (747)

Pfc James T Cristoni 19087967 (678)

Pfc Francis M Marlowe 37170801 (555)

Pfc Meyer L Gordon 36707903 (901)

Pvt Samuel Abrams 36320948 (747)

Pvt James M Godwin 18108441 (501)

Pvt John P Petrulak 33286588 (683)

Pvt Raymond Bornstein 32467944 (81?)

Pvt Beatty D Hanlon 35431480 (901)

Pvt Cecil A Musick 15102208 (901)

From 391st Bomb Group (M)

1st Lt Raymond J Harrell O512113 AO

T/Sgt Jerome J Racunas 16028887 (750)

T/Sgt Jason Montague 6265083 (750)

T/Sgt Marion D McCuistion 39252120 (750)

S/Sgt Roy C Warmey 37271246 (685)

S/Sgt Francis L Kennedy 31144547 (862)

S/Sgt Claude M Elliott 38113738 (501)

Sgt Ira J Weatherford 15066570 (747)

Sgt Charles W Martin 36190307 (747)

Sgt Sidney R Rosenstein 12064048 (501)

Sgt Henry Hass 32453835 (862)

Sgt A W Fowler 38180143 (862)

Cpl Walter E Rychel 32582581 (747)

Cpl Wong D Chew 34402863 (501)

Cpl Henry C Flonacher, Jr 36708317 (502)

Cpl Mark H Wagner 35466235 (678)

Cpl Leonard Austin 31341284 (678)

Cpl Edwin J Thayer 6768797 (678)

Cpl Gerald C Agnew 37295991 (754)

Cpl Norman Fleischman 12152679 (754)

Cpl Harry L Burger 32262855 (685)

Cpl Frank J Petkus 31037028 (685)

Cpl James O Cole 13043324 (685)

Cpl Sydney Paul 13005884 (901)

Cpl Lisle R Hancock 33151678 (932)

Cpl William A Spillers 38286124 (862)

Pfc Clayton B E Brown 15335491 (501)

Pfc Robert J Rieken 37603932 (678)

Pfc Joseph C Hunt 31243845 (902)

Pfc Dominick Demonaco 32701771 (902)

Pfc Morton Guise 32630758 (901)

Pfc Walter L Hurney 31225412 (901)

Pfc Arthur N Branum 32463214 (929)

Pfc Paul G Nagy 32384719 (932)

Pvt Bernard Sonnenfeld 12186594 (501)

Pvt Herman W Perlmutter 12037084 (???)

Pvt Anthony R Molina 39552220 (929)

Pvt Harold R Whipkey 13042936 (932)

2nd Lt Homer B Whitaker, O16387725, SC, 322nd Bomb Gp, is placed on DS, WP 1st Pathfinder Sq (M) Prov, AAF Sta 485.

By command of Brigadier General ANDERSON:

RICHARD C. SANDERS,

Colonel, Air Corps,

Chief of Staff.

OFFICIAL:

C. C. VEGA, JR.,

Major, Air Corps,

Adjutant General.

Special Orders No. 44 - 14 February 1944