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U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War

 

1st Combat Cargo Group, 4th Combat Cargo Group

Special Orders Nbr. 225

C O N F I D E N T I A L

AIR BASE HEADQUARTER

BAER FIELD

FORT WAYNE 2, INDIANA

SPECIAL ORDERS                                                                                                                                              12 August 1944

NUMBER 225

E X T R A C T

     1. Shipment No 8201-EZ and so much of shipments No 8201-AZ, BZ and CZ, as indicated by asterisks, WP by mil acft fr this sta o/a 13 Aug 44 to Dow Fld, Bangor, Me, for temp dy thereat, pending shipment to final overseas destination. This shipment will move as a unit in compliance with AAF Regulation 63-3, dated 18 Mar 44 and will consist of the following personnel. Authority: Confidential Ltr, WD Wash, DC; fiel WD 370.5 (27 Jul 44) OB-S-E-AFROO-M; sub: "Movement Orders, Flight Echelon, Shipment 8201," 28 Jul 44, and Confidential TWX AP 363, Hq ITCC, dtd 8 Aug 44 and Confidential Ltr, WD, Wash, D.C., file WD 370.5 (1 Aug 44) OB-S-E-AFR00-M, Sub: "Amendment No 1 to Movement Orders; Flight Echelon, Whipment 8201," 2 Aug 44 and Condifential TWX, fr CG, ATC, Wash, D.C.m 6 Aug 44.

C-47-90-DL

43-15830

Capt.

1051

Wilbur B. Sprague, Jr.

0357602

Pilot

Capt.

1051

Ralph H. Lyall, Jr.

0728094

Co-Pilot

T/Sgt.

2750

Alfred P. Curcoe

6272714

Crew Chief

S/Sgt.

2756

Waldo L. Gary

35357019

Radio Operator

Capt.

4000

Donald J. O'Brien

0915519

Passenger

Capt.

2110

Harold E. Cassing

0577103

Passenger

2nd L.t

1051

Arnold F. Sonnenschein

0824969

Passenger

S/Sgt.

502

Paul A. Collins

34439144

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15831

1st Lt.

1051

Grant Stevens

0743381

Pilot

F/O.

1051

Joesph T. Sperrazza

T125

Co-Pilot

T/Sgt.

2750

Edgar L. Hennig, Jr.

18005127

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

Howard J. Halstead

16105838

Radio Operator

1st Lt.

4823

Micheal J. Hoffman

0854994

Passenger

2nd Lt.

1051

Charles L. Steele

0767679

Passenger

S/Sgt.

502

Samuel J. Silverman

13177004

Passenger

Cpl.

405

George P. Field, Jr

11021303

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15832

2nd Lt.

1051

William H. Pence

0745739

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Glenn W. Kilpatrick

0764125

Co-Pilot

Sgt.

2750

Arthur B. Curtis

18060968

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

Irving L. Greenfield

12123955

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Wilbur E. Thorsen

0541193

Passenger

2nd Lt.

1051

Richard C. Roberson

0824339

Passenger

2nd Lt.

1051

Alexander Moore

0824168

Passenger

S/Sgt.

686

Elmer E. Douglas

37116511

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15833

1st Lt.

1051

William B. Cunningham

0690197

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Charles R. Hefley

0715213

Co-pilot

S/Sgt.

2750

Orville A. Murphy

17060483

Crew Chief

S/Sgt.

2756

Kennith E. Nevens

6536694

Radio Operator

1st Lt.

1051

Walter Cox

0736128

Passenger

S/Sgt.

620

Farncis W. Morgan

12126244

Passenger

S/Sgt.

826

Lawrence M. Shaw

6711996

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15834

1st Lt.

1051

Frank H. Thomer

0796454

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

James J. Grossart

0767530

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt.

2750

Willie D. Stewart

15065091

Crew Chief

S/Sgt.

2756

Thomas J. Hartnett

31110740

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Robert D. Mac Nigol

0709599

Passenger

S/Sgt.

849

Elmer J. Peterson

16071102

Passenger

Cpl.

405

Dale A. Long

16166765

Passenger

.

C-47-90-DL

43-15835

F/O.

1051

Wilbur W. Norman

T1603

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Richard J. Littleton

0758140

Co-Pilot

Sgt.

2750

Wendell M. Pitchford

17076908

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

Herbert D. Patton

33500744

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Paul D. Aiken

0709714

Passenger

Sgt.

2750

Albert E. Timpson

12147706

Passenger

Pfc.

2750

George J. Bolotnick

32797159

Passenger

2nd Lt.

141

Walter R. Davis

0862235

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15836

1st Lt.

1051

Jack F. Banzer

0682763

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Raymond Lowery

0763146

Co-Pilot

Sgt.

2750

Robert H. Collins

35617208

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

Joseph D. Ariano

13185693

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Walter R. Grothe

0682943

Passenger

T/Sgt.

849

Chester V. Newton

6298252

Passenger

Sgt.

2750

Paul B. Blough

13098907

Passenger

Pfc.

849

Walter S. Liming

15097775

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15837

1st Lt.

1051

Edward J. Brennan

079350

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Sidney Kepets

0710959

Co-Pilot

Sgt.

2750

Frank L. Johnson

36576965

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

Edward A. Pawlowicz

36292175

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Richard W. Duggan

0762032

Passenger

Sgt.

849

James D. Bohan

16154625

Passenger

Sgt.

2750

Bernice B. Deatherage

19005488

Passenger

Cpl.

849

Jessie C. Buchanan

14148877

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15838

1st Lt.

1051

Harold B. Beason

1663696

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Cullie E. Beasley

0807902

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt.

2750

Glen J. Clay

35637923

Crew Chief

T/Sgt.

2856

Erroll A. Connor

35637923

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Edgar J. Flanagan

0734438

Passenger

2nd Lt.

1051

Kenneth A. Schafer

0824909

Passenger

Sgt.

50

Homer T. Holland

34169060

Passenger

Sgt.

754

Billy K. Pritchard

19090197

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15839

1st Lt.

1051

Warren L. Weisgerber

0691330

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Joseph L. Pospisil

0765311

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt.

2750

Cecil F. Greasman

14053517

Crew Chief

S/Sgt.

2756

Ersle S. Mulwee

37418904

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Herschell L. Wells

0764152

Passenger

Sgt.

405

Alex A. Tibeau

39195099

Passenger

Cpl.

620

Abraham Benjamin

12146785

Passenger

Pfc.

620

Gilber J. Jennings

35664713

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15840

2nd Lt.

1051

Gerald P. Mulleney

0822777

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Charles E. Feidler

0815114

Co-Pilot

Sgt.

2750

Edward C. Rosser

06170707

Crew Chief

S/Sgt.

2756

John T. Dyer

39286749

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Joseph B. Raggio

0765315

Passenger

Cpl.

849

Blane A. Burton

19102901

Passenger

Cpl.

849

Eudell M. Calwell

14149480

Passenger

Pfc.

2750

William O. Clarke

37679912

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15841

1st Lt.

1051

Robert V. Liljergren

0727744

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

James W. Harris

0768538

Co-Pilot

T/Sgt.

2750

Fancis L. Simmons

15040120

Crew Chief

Sgt.

2756

Allan Gunn

32085779

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Donald A. Solberg

0768277

Passenger

Cpl.

849

Dominic Chiarottino

37494623

Passenger

Cpl.

849

Ernest A. Coury

31240047

Passenger

Cpl.

754

Irving I. Damask

36702465

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15842

1st Lt.

1051

John A. Metzger

02044651

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

George T. Little

0767701

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt.

2750

Bernard J. McNichol

13053342

Crew Chief

Sgt.

2756

Leon Sporn

32887138

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Brian A. Bumpass

0764204

Passenger

2nd Lt.

1051

Clinton A. Peterman

0692813

Passenger

Cpl.

2750

Alexander Davidson

42036905

Passenger

Cpl.

754

Carl J. Dreher

32752870

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15843

1st Lt.

1051

Pat L. Owen

0660676

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Maurice J. Mitchell

0768633

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt.

2750

Paul E. Catherman

13087765

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

Wilbur W. Hartman

32482988

Radio Operator

F/O.

1051

Perry C. Patterson

T2739

Passenger

Cpl.

754

Arne H. Hanson

12198623

Passenger

Cpl.

754

Roy G. Hill, Jr.

14103811

Passenger

Pfc.

2750

John A. Hargett

33733957

Passenger

.

C-47-90-DL

43-15844

2nd Lt.

1051

Richard C. Stem

0690268

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Lucian W. Kirks

0711216

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt.

2750

Bradie H. Cothren

34175116

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

James J. Callahan

32545131

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Walter J. Glover

0768376

Passenger

Cpl.

555

Arthur S. Hirshfield

32707166

Passenger

Cpl.

405

Joseph A. Millhiser

32603820

Passenger

2nd Lt.

1051

Mather J. Hogan

0813898

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15845

1st Lt.

1051

Halbert A. Thomposn

0665141

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Dewey K. K. Lowe

0768145

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt.

2750

John A. Gerdes

17033257

Crew Chief

Sgt.

2756

William E. Bagby

35459601

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Richard A. Jones, Jr.

0768578

Passenger

Pfc.

528

Charles E. Murray

33440973

Passenger

Cpl.

849

Richard J. Phillips

36193577

Passenger

Cpl.

2750

John L. Schunke

32842071

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15846

2nd Lt.

1051

Curtis L. Peterson

0767629

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

William G. Freitag, Jr.

0768501

Co-Pilot

Cpl.

2750

Charles S. Gehne

31306844

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

Walter T. Kearns

31206844

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Toivo Juntilla

0767559

Passenger

2nd Lt.

1051

John D. Green

0768074

Passenger

Cpl.

687

Armond D. Tart

34665007

Passenger

Pfc.

2750

Howard Morris, Jr.

32996733

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15847

2nd Lt.

1051

Carl W. Rice

0805526

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Charles E. Pool

0767634

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt.

2750

Ishmael C. Rhodes

18006362

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

Thomas M. Husa, Jr.

35060240

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

James F. Lippard

0768139

Passenger

Cpl.

275

Joseph H. Wenzel

11089933

Passenger

Cpl.

849

Morris Zibrack

13097214

Passenger

Pfc.

2750

Peter T. Setcoski

36877988

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15848

1st Lt.

1051

James R. Francisco

0663141

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Will A. Diehl

0682620

Co-Pilot

Sgt.

2750

William H. Gillespie

34353339

Crew Chief

S/Sgt.

2756

Claude H. Pate

343381101

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Nelson J. Savoy

0720578

Passenger

Pfc.

2750

Martin Gordon

32990546

Passenger

Pfc.

2750

William H. Hastie

37537526

Passenger

Pfc.

405

Howard E. Kastler

37687088

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15849

1st Lt.

1051

Charels M. Hunter

0797542

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Raymond G. Summy

0765345

Co-Pilot

Cpl.

2750

Harry J. Ennis

3566811

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

John A. Miller

17031730

Radio Operator

2nd Lt.

1051

Lyman Paine

0764772

Passenger

S/Sgt.

685

Ralph D. Marcus

31305080

Passenger

S/Sgt.

754

Alan L. Pankake

37285219

Passenger

M/Sgt.

750

Jon D. Hess

18024131

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15850

2nd Lt.

1051

Thoms S. Seabury

0796891

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Alexander C. Prentice, Jr.

0767639

Co-Pilot

Cpl.

2750

James C. Dykeman

37577470

Crew Chief

Cpl.

2756

James A. Joseph

18171599

Radio Operaror

2nd Lt.

1051

Vernon K. Jensen

0764685

Passenger

S/Sgt.

849

Harold A. Bey

36266496

Passenger

Sgt.

685

Harold C. Durrell

11097263

Passenger

F/O.

1051

Louis A. Costa

T2727

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15928

Capt.

1051

James H. S. Rasmussen

023157

Pilot

1st Lt.

1051

Walter E. Carrier

0684271

Co-Pilot

T/Sgt.

2750

Donald E. Fruth

15020159

Crew Chief

S/Sgt.

2756

John J. Felder

6953877

Radio Operator

Capt.

3100

Thomas J. McKenna

0490656

Passenger

F/O.

1051

Herman Kupperstein

T2817

Passenger

S/Sgt.

502

James A. McBride

36346717

Passenger

Sgt.

821

Harold F. Swinson

32557411

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15926

1st Lt.

1051

Seymour Ornstein

0726671

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Braddock Greene

0768377

Co-Pilot

Sgt.

2750

Keith L. Tron

15340459

Crew Chief

Sgt.

2756

William F. Lee

38425997

Radio Operaror

M/Sgt. *

502

Robert W. Wendell

35153482

Passenger

Cpl. *

849

Allen S. Chappell

37559548

Passenger

Pvt. *

105

Joseph L. Lecomte

32437342

Passenger

Pvt. *

405

Abe M. Herman

37579244

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15927

1st Lt.

1051

Jack R. Cole

0742964

Pilot

2nd lt.

1051

Peter R. Kote

0768594

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt.

2750

Marvin E. Rider

18132925

Crew Chief

S/Sgt.

2756

Alexander Shastik

12141292

Radio Operator

S/Sgt.*

405

Frank J. Gray

38286025

Passenger

S/Sgt. *

750

Ray C. Henion

39710760

Passenger

Cpl. *

405

George J. Nabo

33577292

Passenger

T/Sgt. *

791

Michael Pomiba

32680279

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15829

Lt. Col. *

1051

Robert J. Rentz

0242220

Pilot

2nd Lt.

1051

Harold L. Haskins

0704478

Co-Pilot

T/Sgt.

2750

Theodore Nudelman

12036881

Crew Chief

Sgt.

2756

Charles M. Sutliff

19042359

Radio Operator

Major. *

3100

Lee E. Rosebrook

01700494

Passenger

Major. *

4000

Willaim W. Horton

0912222

Passenger

Major. *

2120

Clifford M. Cryer

0236503

Passenger

T/Sgt. *

826

Ford H. Brake

15196772

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15918

Major. *

1051

Walter P. Briggs

0277221

Pilot

1st Lt. **

1051

DeRollo M. Payne

0745492

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt. **

2750

John W. Garner

34382331

Crew Chief

Sgt. **

2756

Harry J. Solberg

37554717

Radio Operator

Pvt. *

405

John F. Van Lieu

32486972

Passenger

Civilian * ARC Mr Joseph L. Vincent Passenger

1st Lt. **

2110

Horace G. Saunders

01556496

Passenger

Sgt. **

502

James E. Hassell

18189811

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15884

Cap.t *

1051

John M. Hubers

0414492

Pilot

2nd Lt. ***

1051

Fred A. McConnell

0721824

Co-Pilot

Sgt. ***

2750

Rudolph L. Valdez

18028165

Crew Chief

S/Sgt. ***

2756

Herbert R. Greene

15333948

Radio Operator

Cpl. *

405

Raymond Cohne

33800011

Passenger

Capt. *

141

Robert T. Syler

0854223

Passenger

1st Lt.

405

Walter E. Perry

31328758

Passenger

Sgt. ***

275

Robert H. Rosenberger

37444088

Passenger

C-47-90-DL

43-15902

1st Lt. **

1051

James E. Montgomery

0677104

Pilot

2nd Lt. **

1051

Patrick W. Garney

0713392

Co-Pilot

S/Sgt. **

2750

Robert H. Cowan

19055808

Crew Chief

Sgt. **

2756

Lee W. Bailey

18102045

Radio Operator

2nd Lt. **

1051

Louis Ware, Jr.

0720636

Passenger

Pfc. *

405

Gilbert R. Bass

32672519

Passenger

Pfc. *

405

Robert G. LeTourneux

19201127

Passenger

M/Sgt. *

631

Robert E. Harris

32345376

Passenger

Shipment

8201-AZ

*

Shipment

8201-BZ

**

Shipment

8201-CZ

***

Shipment

8201-EZ

Thanks to S/Sgt.Herb Patton for Special Orders 225

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