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Commanders

Maj Robert M Hackney

 Sept 1943 - July 1945

Major Louis E Keller

   Aug 42 - Sept 43

Officers

  Lt. Paul Gilley

44 May - 45 Jan

         Pilot

Maj. Hal Bridges

Mar 42- Sept 45

Armament Officer

Lt Tommy Cahill

    KIA 2 Feb 45

    Bombardier

  Maj. Deke Slayton

  1943 - 1944 Pilot

Mercury 7 Astronaut

      Courtesy of Dominique Taddei

LT. Angelo Adams

May 44- Feb 45

Bombardier/

Navigator

  Lt William Laney

  Feb 44 - Aug 44

            Pilot

Lt. Scotty Rohwer

 May 44 - Jan 45         

            Pilot

Lt William Overly Jr

            Pilot

Lt. William F Mrevinec

              "Willy"

         Bombradeir

Lt. James R Mell

          Pilot

Lt. Fred Mayhew

    Bombardier

Capt Forrest G Stith

 Intelligence officer

Lt. William E Cassady

Pilot

Oct 43 - May 44

Lt. Clair J Clark

         Pilot

1943 - May 44

   Capt Nelson L Dozier

Pilot/Operations  Officer

           1943-1945

      Capt Herbert C Nafe

 Pilot/ Engineering Officer

            1943-1945

Capt. Paul Contino

Pilot

Lt Alfred E Coons

Co-Pilot

POW 3 Jun 44 - May 45

Capt Dale J Satterthwaite

Jan 44 - Dec 44

Pilot

Lt Lorren Jenne

43-44

Pilot

LT. Donald L Allen

              -Jun 45

      Bombardier 

  LT James C Voelkers

Feb 45 - Mar 18th 1945

  Pilot MIA/KIA Crashed  

 Lt. Art Nomland

 May 44 - Nov 44

           Pilot

Lt. Otis Outlaw

         Pilot

Oct 44 - Feb 45

     KIA 2/5/45

Lt Lloyd Cannon

          Pilot

 Oct 44 - 

Lt. Stewert Peek

        Pilot

  Oct 44 -

          Lt. Charles D Ross

                       KIA 2 Feb 1945

                       Pilot

       Lt. Charles R Fisher

                   KIA 2 Feb 45

                   Pilot

Lt Glenn L Pierre

          44-45

           Pilot

Lt. Martin J Reagan

Lt John E Smith

Oct 43 - Nov 43 Co-pilot

Shot Down 11/17/43 

POW Stalag Luft I

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LT Frank O'Leary

Oct 43 - Nov 43 - Pilot

Shot down 11/17/43

Escaped and returned to unit 

F/O Roy A Ahlman

             Pilot

    Unk - July 1945

  Capt. John Moyer

              Pilot

F/O Ellis B. Noah

            Pilot

 Unk - July 1945

Lt. Kenneth Anderson

              Pilot

Lt. Clifford Anderson

        Bombradier

    Lt. Wells Morris Jr.

 Bombardier/Navigator

Lt. John R. Merkle

          Pilot

Lt. John Legget

         Pilot

Lt. Joe "Spider" McCormick

                 Pilot

Lt. Warren Barnard

    Bombardier

Lt. George Faith

Lt. John R Galletin

Lt. Maite

Lt. Robert Moore

   Bombardier

Capt. "Trigger" Phelps

Capt. Cyril Staub

   Bombardier

        Lt. Charlie Vail

LT. Charles H Wagamon

         Bombradier

March 1945 - July 1945

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Lt. Vernon Whited

Lt. Harlan A Woodard

   Enlisted

T/Sgt John H Spoonamore

Radio operator/Aerial Gunner

MIA 5 Nov 44

John W Serett "Jack"

       Tail Gunner

    May 44 - Apr 45

Unkown

SGT James R Davidson

          Tail Gunner

        Jan 45 - Feb 45

     Shot down on 3rd Mission aboard 6Y, POW

T/Sgt Gerald J Casey

Tail Gunner

POW 3 Jun 1944 - May 45

              Sgt Nick Loveless

       Tail Gunner/ Photographer

                Aug 44 - Jul 45

              Sgt Alvin Jackson

 Flight Engineer/Turret Gunner

              May 1944 - 1945

S/SGT Maurice Granger

Bombardier aboard 6B when it was lost on

March 20th 1945

Sgt John Styga

Engineer/Turret Gunner

  Oct 44 - 45

T/SGT Al Donovan

Radio operator/ waist gunner

       Oct 44- May 45

Sgt Robert King

Tail Gunner/ Photographer

P.O.W

SSG Dana Craig

Top Turret Gunner

SSG Howard "Howie Dittmeyer

          Radioman/ Gunner

MSG Joseph Kline

     Bombradier

Sgt Joseph Mignogno

SSG Donald Linnabary

SSG Harold Rockafeller

Sgt Simon Levine

   Turret Gunner

Sgt Robert McDonald

        Tail Gunner

  486th Bomb Squadron

    340th Bomb Group

© 2015 by  J. C. Gilley  Last updated  2019

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