Imphal, The Hump and Beyond 
Imphal, The Hump and Beyond
U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War
4th Combat Cargo Group, 16th Combat Cargo Squadron
Special Orders No. 622
| CONFIDENTIAL
AIR BASE HEADQUARTERS BAER FIELD FORT WAYNE 2, INDIANA SPECIAL ORDERS EXTRACT 17 November 1944 NUMBER 322
ORGANIZATION SHIPMENT No. 16th Combat Cargo Squadron 9241-EZ 351st Airdome Squadron 9241-JZ Hq 4th Combat Cargo Group 9241-AZ 349th Airdrome Squadron 9241-GZ Atchd certified roster of all officer and enlisted personnel assigned this shipment shall become a part of this order for all administrative purposes. This is a PCS with temp dy enroute. Dependents will no accompany nor join pers at any assembly point, staging area or port of aerial embarkation. TPA is not atzd. Except as my be necessary in the transaction of official business, individuals are prohibited fr discussiong their overses destinatino even by shipment number. Each individual has been indoctrincated in matters of security and cencorship of all activities of pers under movement orders and has been instructed no to file safe arrival telegrams with commerical agencies while enroute to or at overseas destination. Per diem is perscribed in accordancew with the provisions of Cir No. 260, WD 1944, and Section II, Circular No. 356, WD 1944. Officers are reld fr asgmt to qrs in BOQ upon date of departure. Married officers were not asgd adequate qrs while at this sta. Clothing and equip is percribed in accordance with List E, Individual Clothing and Equipment, List A to N. 15 Nov 43, as emended, Personal bagage not transported by air will be shipped on government bill of ladings to Los Angeles, POE as follows TO: PORT TRANS O (PB) LA PE WILMINGTON, CALIFORNIA For 9241 (use appproriate letter symbol) TDN. The expense involved under this movement order is chargable to Allotment Serial No 501-31 P 431-01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08 212/50425. Authority: Conf Immediate Action Ltr, WD, Wash, DC, WD 370.6 (7 Oct 44) OB-S-E-AFROO-M, Sub: "Movement Orders, Flight and Air Echelons, Shipment 9241, " 8 Oct 44, and 1st Ind, ITCC, Stout Fld, Indianapolis, Indiana, 9 Oct 44, and Conf Immediate action Ltr, WD, Wash DC, ED 370.5, (4 Nov 44) OB-S-E-AFROO=M, Sub: "Amendment No. 1 to Movement Orders, Flight and Air Echelons, Shipment 9241" 6 Nov 44, and 1st Ind, Hq ITCC, Stout Fld, Indianapolis, 6, Ind, 7 Nov 44 By Order of Colonel Copsey L. H. DEFFENBAUGH WOJF, USA Asst Adjutant |
C-46A-50-CU |
42-101167 |
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Capt. |
1051 |
Leslie W. Bray |
0665513 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
Louis F. Valentcur, Jr. |
0780091 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
Cpl. |
2750 |
Robert E. L. White |
34671599 |
Crew Chief |
Sgt. |
2756 |
Milton Kelbick |
12150101 |
Radio Operator |
M/Sgt. |
750 |
Lester A. Fisher |
15040162 |
Passenger |
Capt. |
3100 |
John H. Culley |
0491514 |
Passenger |
Sgt. |
528 |
Charles A. Tribble |
19088117 |
Passenger |
Sgt. |
747 |
Raymond A. Looft |
35065341 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
050 |
Richard Morton |
35805749 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
657 |
Henry Coulander |
37434263 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
849 |
Charles R. Sershen |
32981666 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
754 |
Haldor R. Reinholt |
33580395 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
405 |
Donald S. Hubbard |
36456236 |
Passenger |
Pvt. * |
405 |
Jacob E. Cooke |
34671895 |
Passenger |
C-46A-50-CU |
42-101179 |
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Capt. |
1051 |
Lester M. Brewer |
0664957 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
Irvan W. Waldron |
0777875 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
S/Sgt. |
2750 |
Jerrold B. Boseck |
37659343 |
Crew Chief |
S/Sgt. |
2756 |
John O. Sikes, Jr. |
18121977 |
Radio Operator |
T/Sgt. |
2750 |
Morris W. Appling |
18061549 |
Passenger |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
Kenneth W. Dodd |
0778745 |
Passenger |
1st Lt. |
0141 |
Meyer S. Kirstein |
0866954 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
849 |
Dana A. Pitman |
311111281 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
849 |
Clarence B. Tibbals |
36875251 |
Passenger |
1st Lt. * |
0200 |
Ralph A. Struzziero |
0868243 |
Passenger |
T/Sgt. * |
542 |
William F. Sliter |
6705490 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
522 |
Leverette D. Stovall |
18064129 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
238 |
David R. Callahan |
19204723 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
805 |
William H. Bruce, Jr. |
17133294 |
Passenger |
C-46A-50-CU |
42-101180 |
|||
Capt. |
1051 |
Grover C. Washabaugh, Jr. |
0388332 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
James L. Wingert |
0780109 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
S/Sgt. |
2750 |
George A. Linebrink |
35328166 |
Crew Chief |
Cpl. |
2756 |
James T. Gilreath |
14075676 |
Radio Operator |
T/Sgt. |
2750 |
Lloyd R. Garrison |
16068909 |
Passenger |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
Walter J Lawrence, Jr. |
0779903 |
Passenger |
1st Lt. |
9301 |
William R. Patton |
0881019 |
Passenger |
1st Lt. |
2110 |
Wesley Miller |
0581004 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
849 |
Leo Sadoff |
12204083 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
849 |
Robert E. Sawyer |
16079550 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
620 |
John C. Picchi |
39394849 |
Passenger |
Major * |
2136 |
Jacob L. Holcomb |
0206798 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
555 |
William F. Kurzenhauser |
42052382 |
Passenger |
1st Sgt. * |
502 |
Rollis W. Cates |
6121068 |
Passenger |
C-46A-50-CU |
42-101223 |
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Capt. |
1051 |
Wilfred R. Pieper |
0729224 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
John A. Stallings |
0780056 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
T/Sgt. |
2750 |
Robert R. Kelsey |
37169937 |
Crew Chief |
Sgt. |
2756 |
Robert J. Miko |
35535847 |
Radio Operator |
T/Sgt. |
2750 |
Robert A. Mitchell |
35266914 |
Passenger |
1st Lt. |
4823 |
Roy W. Walters, Jr. |
0860975 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
849 |
Robert D. Ward |
14091723 |
Passenger |
T/Sgt. * |
750 |
Thomas J. McKeon |
32607364 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
747 |
Harry H. Hoover |
19203043 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
750 |
Paul R. Edelbaum |
32414188 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
522 |
Frederick J. Anctil |
31144021 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. * |
747 |
Geroge A. Asbill |
18081686 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
756 |
Welner C. Tully |
19100848 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
849 |
Carl E. Denkmann |
17114834 |
Passenger |
C-46A-50-CU |
42-101228 |
|||
Capt. |
1051 |
Walter K. Goss |
0413613 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
David L. Rusmisel |
0780019 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
Cpl. |
2750 |
Charles D. Snyder, Jr. |
33506711 |
Crew Chief |
Sgt. |
2756 |
Lawrence R. Shortt |
33646624 |
Radio Operator |
S/Sgt. |
2750 |
Stanley P. Solack |
33354280 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. |
685 |
James G. Austin |
36175954 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
528 |
Lewis B. Hicks |
38430496 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. * |
684 |
Woodrow Howell |
34473986 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. * |
747 |
Willis L. Walling |
37321098 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
685 |
John H. Ferguson |
32757580 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
686 |
Patrick J. Delahunty |
19175758 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
650 |
William D. Delisle |
38563504 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
566 |
William F. Beatty |
36501178 |
Passenger |
Pvt. * |
650 |
Eugene L. Bell |
33145746 |
Passenger |
C-46A-50-CU |
42-101231 |
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Capt. |
1051 |
Alfred F. Gallup |
0663142 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
Lawrence K. Sieck |
0777541 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
Cpl. |
2750 |
Stephen A. Kogut |
12078601 |
Crew Chief |
Sgt. |
2756 |
Harvey F. Frick |
15375022 |
Radio Operator |
T/Sgt. |
2750 |
Vergle L. Shelton |
6260963 |
Passenger |
2nd Lt. |
4000 |
Charles M. Coon |
0586018 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. |
687 |
Robert L. Crouse |
36303775 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
685 |
Alden E. Miller |
37566408 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
747 |
Robert J. Miller |
32930779 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. |
552 |
Merven G. Bensmiller |
19176183 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
747 |
John J. Bossick |
35380633 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
747 |
Kenneth E. Boyd |
35216967 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt *. |
826 |
Arlo O. Brumbaugh |
16055851 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
014 |
David S. Burton |
39694662 |
Passenger |
C-46A-50-CU |
42-101232 |
|||
1st Lt. |
1051 |
Richard E. Park |
0810209 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
Charles H. Whitmore |
0780105 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
Sgt. |
2750 |
Benjamin J. Filer |
31388855 |
Crew Chief |
S/Sgt. |
2756 |
Robert W. Richardson |
16109241 |
Radio Operator |
S/Sgt. |
750 |
Donald E. McCrary |
15062881 |
Passenger |
1st Sgt. |
502 |
Robert L. Hayes |
14061602 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. |
525 |
James G. Dominey |
14165989 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
747 |
John S. Nowacki |
31382474 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
747 |
Stanely H. Grossman |
31386129 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
747 |
Durward H. Ford |
33513493 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
747 |
Joseph J. Rozegnal |
36867853 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. * |
747 |
Luther M. Kriner |
33681601 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
747 |
John E. Kelly, Jr. |
33831961 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
747 |
Richard Totolo |
17040062 |
Passenger |
C-46A-50-CU |
42-101233 |
|||
1st Lt. |
1051 |
Harold M. Walker |
0806942 |
Pilot |
F/O |
1051 |
John W. Forister, Jr. |
T-4189 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
Sgt. |
2750 |
Alferd J. Wirth |
33829145 |
Crew Chief |
S/Sgt. |
2756 |
Donald A. Holmes |
37178910 |
Radio Operator |
S/Sgt. |
502 |
Frank R. DeLapa |
12044381 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. |
620 |
Benjamin J. Lee |
12125104 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
573 |
Edward C. Sallis |
38600338 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
684 |
Everett E. Sanderson |
36591561 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
747 |
Arthur G. Mazarakis |
35514544 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. * |
747 |
Maurice W. Rowland |
34169828 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
747 |
Thomas A. Pinson, Jr. |
14097626 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
747 |
frederick W. Roberts |
33655572 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
747 |
Raymond A. Shyptycki |
32985856 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. * |
824 |
Clifford W. Canfield |
33087927 |
Passenger |
C-46A-50-CU |
42-101235 |
|||
1st Lt. |
1051 |
James R. Renfro |
0584895 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1050 |
Harikd E. Rasmussen |
0778947 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
| Cpl. | 2750 |
Robert E. Spencer |
13109942 |
Crew Chief |
S/Sgt. |
2756 |
Lloyd C. Dick |
15086856 |
Radio Operator |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
William A. Thayer, Jr. |
0718950 |
Passenger |
Sgt. |
275 |
Thayer M. Emerson |
31090152 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. |
686 |
Jack Schuster |
12039908 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. |
528 |
Jack D. Cox |
14130081 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
590 |
Eatolo Chiaravelli |
36146921 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
932 |
Morris Chamberlain |
32464927 |
Passenger |
Pvt. * |
522 |
Harold A. Dednah |
31230554 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
345 |
Peter DeMarco |
32258379 |
Passenger |
Pvt. * |
522 |
Ralph Dranoff |
39236083 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
756 |
Wallace J. DuBois |
32509402 |
Passenger |
C-46D-5-CU |
44-77296 |
|||
1st Lt. |
1051 |
Robert D. Harrigan |
0690313 |
Pilot |
1st Lt. |
1050 |
Robert C. Peller |
0718925 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
Cpl. |
2750 |
Robert H. Staub |
35387876 |
Crew Chief |
S/Sgt. |
2756 |
Robert C. Owens |
35262949 |
Radio Operator |
Cpl. |
405 |
Daniel Danaher |
35581851 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. |
687 |
Harold H. Davis |
35370784 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
528 |
Richard R. Tucholski |
35554054 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
747 |
Miles T. Eastman |
31348194 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
747 |
Hayden R. Stansbury, Jr. |
14158516 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
014 |
Albert J. Sleator |
32316712 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
345 |
William C. Wheeler |
33682581 |
Passenger |
Pvt. * |
747 |
Raymond L. Pegram |
34714770 |
Passenger |
Pvt. * |
522 |
Herman J. Eichenberger |
37411115 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
566 |
Raymond Euer |
39398377 |
Passenger |
C-46D-5-CU |
44-77297 |
|||
1st Lt. |
1051 |
Charles E. Wood |
0705871 |
Pilot |
F/O |
1050 |
Wilbur E. Figueira |
T4187 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
S/Sgt. |
2750 |
Wade M. Brown |
19158854 |
Crew Chief |
Sgt. |
2756 |
William J. Ziak |
13109311 |
Radio Operator |
2nd Lt. |
1051 |
Dan S. Wise |
0711288 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
050 |
Richard N. Mantheiy |
33203587 |
Passenger |
Sgt. |
405 |
Warren R. More |
32285525 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
686 |
Paul R. Byrnes |
37615841 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
685 |
Milton H. Dyess |
38541594 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
555 |
Anthony J. Markisz |
33802350 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
345 |
Walter Pupinski |
33420379 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
747 |
Andrew L. Turner |
34394427 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
747 |
Emerson G. Schaeffer |
33504316 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
747 |
Algerino J. Zullii |
32971711 |
Passenger |
C-46D-5-CU |
44-77298 |
|||
1st Lt. |
1051 |
Joseph M. Peebles |
0718832 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1050 |
Willaim M. Thompson |
0779047 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
Cpl. |
2750 |
Jack A. Baker |
33540756 |
Crew Chief |
Sgt. |
2756 |
Kenneth M. Stackhouse |
33505392 |
Radio Operator |
Sgt. |
686 |
Wilber J. Stewart |
32144791 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
747 |
Merle P. Fisher |
39721511 |
Passenger |
Pfc. |
687 |
Louis E. Knost |
37184631 |
Passenger |
Pvt. * |
747 |
Edwin J. Haney |
33782710 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
747 |
Nicholas T. Longo |
32914691 |
Passenger |
Pvt. * |
747 |
Max E. Colchin |
35227351 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
747 |
Andrew Gonczy |
18248431 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
050 |
Johnnie R. Fannin |
18179920 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
809 |
Robert H. Fowler, Jr. |
34652525 |
Passenger |
Sgt. * |
014 |
Vernon F. Flanagan |
14060947 |
Passenger |
C-46D-5-CU |
44-77299 |
|||
1st Lt. |
1051 |
Harold E. Watson |
0709703 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1050 |
Milton M. Watkins, Jr. |
0711051 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
Sgt. |
2750 |
Earl N. Pierce, Jr. |
37520829 |
Crew Chief |
Sgt. |
2756 |
Sherwood A. Snow |
31319933 |
Radio Operator |
S/Sgt. |
754 |
William L. Leffler |
35417355 |
Passenger |
Sgt. |
754 |
John A. Chobanian, Jr. |
36270722 |
Passenger |
Sgt. |
685 |
James J. Zandstra |
36459879 |
Passenger |
Pvt. |
747 |
Cecil B. Bell |
38555483 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
686 |
William J. Cooney |
33427440 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
747 |
Walter J. Wdowka |
42094598 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
747 |
Ernest L. Evans, Jr. |
33647440 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
747 |
Raoul A. Vicinelly |
33671315 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
747 |
Frank L. Montgomery |
36667180 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
345 |
Arthur O. Fleming |
34582857 |
Passenger |
C-46D-5-CU |
44-77300 |
|||
1st Lt. |
1051 |
Jack Wright, Jr. |
0711294 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt |
1050 |
Jack D. Oyler |
0779978 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
S/Sgt. |
2750 |
Frank Bottino, Jr. |
11118055 |
Crew Chief |
Sgt. |
2756 |
Walter F. Cathell, Jr. |
33596527 |
Radio Operator |
Sgt. |
754 |
Edward L. Dunne |
32455166 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
687 |
Warren L. Dowling |
32283373 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
555 |
Dennis J. Malecke |
36595904 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
405 |
John A. Marrier |
31253549 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
528 |
William J. Quinn |
36639108 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. * |
522 |
Ralph F. Ford |
18149955 |
Passenger |
S/Sgt. * |
754 |
Floyd H. Gabel |
19124264 |
Passenger |
Cpl. * |
060 |
Willaim A. Garrett |
34335873 |
Passenger |
Pfc. * |
522 |
Donnald P. Gauthier |
16092665 |
Passenger |
Pvt. * |
522 |
Dennis O. Graham |
34343482 |
Passenger |
C-46D-5-CU |
44-77301 |
|||
1st Lt. |
1051 |
John P. Stotko |
0705845 |
Pilot |
2nd Lt. |
1050 |
Jack K. Taylor |
0709692 |
Co-Pilot |
Navigator |
||||
Sgt. |
2750 |
Wilford Biggs |
38351402 |
Crew Chief |
Sgt. |
2756 |
Gene R. Shacklett |
37656351 |
Radio Operator |
Cpl. |
754 |
Daniel J. Dlugosz |
11102257 |
Passenger |
Cpl. |
684 |