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Alphabetic Listing of
Class 43 - G
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Underlined names for more information
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Allen, Luther
E. |
43 G |
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Alloway,
William G. |
43 G |
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Amble, Elmer
F. |
43 G |
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Andrus, Craig |
43 G |
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Angott, Donald |
43 G |
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Anthony, Alden
P. |
43 G |
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Anthony,
Richard P. |
43 G |
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Arnold,
Richard G. |
43 G |
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Ascherfeld,
Jr., Karl C. |
43 G |
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Atwell, Arley
L. |
43 G |
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Bailey,
Captain Henry F. |
43 G |
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Bailey, Fay C. |
43 G |
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Baker, William
E. |
43 G |
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Baldinger,
Colonel O. M. |
43 G |
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Barnum,
William |
43 G |
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Barton, Lester
L. |
43 G |
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Bassler,
Eugene P. |
43 G |
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Bean, Theodore
W. |
43 G |
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Belton, John
P. |
43 G |
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Bennett, Clyde |
43 G |
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Bettle, Jr.,
Griscom |
43 G |
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Bittner,
Sigmund E. |
43 G |
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Blood, Wayland
J. |
43 G |
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Bogan, Joseph
V. |
43 G |
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Bonin, Alfred
O. |
43 G |
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Brim, Austin
E. |
43 G |
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Brooks,
Stanley W. |
43 G |
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Brown, Jr.,
James D. |
43 G |
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Cahill, Ernest
D. |
43 G |
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Cameron,
Murray |
43 G |
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Campbel, James
D. |
43 G |
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Chapman,
Robert E. |
43 G |
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Codding,
Harold E. |
43 G |
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Crane, Sidney
I. |
43 G |
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Dailey, John
P. |
43 G |
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Davis, Capt.
Green Robinson |
43 G |
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Dawley,
Russell G. |
43 G |
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Decker, 2nd
Lt. Edward Philip |
43 G |
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de Kruif, Jack
H. |
43 G |
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Delo, Peter M. |
43 G |
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Dostalek, Paul
F. |
43 G |
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Doyle, John H. |
43 G |
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Felton, Samuel
K. |
43 G |
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Fetty, Kenneth
D. |
43 G |
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Fielding,
Robert L. |
43 G |
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Fiorillo, John
A. |
43 G |
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Fitzgerald,
Richard F. |
43 G |
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Fitzgerald,
Russell G. |
43 G |
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Gaston, III,
George S. |
43 G |
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Gaston, Robert
R. |
43 G |
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Gavin, William |
43 G |
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Gerzel, Thomas
H. |
43 G |
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Gillen, Donald
J. |
43 G |
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Gunton, Robert
J. |
43 G |
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Guttery, Nolan
E. |
43 G |
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Hadden, Eugene
H. |
43 G |
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Hanft, James
F. |
43 G |
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Hardy, John F. |
43 G |
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Harris,
Frederick W. |
43 G |
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Harvell, John
C. |
43 G |
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Hewson, Iver
S. |
43 G |
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Higgins, Buell
T. |
43 G |
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Hoffman, John
R. |
43 G |
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Hopkins,
Richard N. |
43 G |
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Hucle, John P. |
43 G |
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Hughes, Major
Albert E. |
43 G |
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Hughes, Major
Albert E. |
43 G |
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Humphrey,
Richard P. |
43 G |
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Irwin, James
R. |
43 G |
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Irwin, John V. |
43 G |
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Jacobes, Earl
J. |
43 G |
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Jennings,
William |
43 G |
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Jessup, Edward
L. |
43 G |
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Jester,
Willard |
43 G |
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Jones, Dudley
B. |
43 G |
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Kagy, Charles
E. |
43 G |
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Kiedinger,
Cecil E. |
43 G |
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Kilmer,
Alpheus L. |
43 G |
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Klika, John E. |
43 G |
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Kranzley,
Louis S. |
43 G |
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Kraus, Eugene
J. |
43 G |
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Krentzman,
Louis N. |
43 G |
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Kuntz, James
G. |
43 G |
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Ledbetter,
Howard E. |
43 G |
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Leininger,
Kenneth V. |
43 G |
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Leone, Major
Peter P. |
43 G |
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Lilley, Jr.,
Lon E. |
43 G |
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Lusk, Bernard
R. |
43 G |
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MacDougall,
Joseph E. |
43 G |
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Mann, William
J. |
43 G |
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Manz, Alfred |
43 G |
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Marshall,
Robert H. |
43 G |
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McGuire,
Chaplain Daniel A. |
43 G |
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McNamara,
Bernard J. |
43 G |
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Mellinger,
Edward G. |
43 G |
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Mess, Wyman E. |
43 G |
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Miller, 2nd
Lt. Louis Howard |
43 G |
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Miller, Merlin
G. L. |
43 G |
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Mitchell,
Robert E. |
43 G |
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Moore, Captain
James |
43 G |
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Moore, William
C. |
43 G |
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Morse, Loyd F. |
43 G |
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Murph, Leonard
R. |
43 G |
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Neal, Clark A. |
43 G |
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O'Shea, Robert
H. |
43 G |
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Paisley,
Robert W. |
43 G |
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Pfuhl, Jr.,
Joseph |
43 G |
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Pilliod ,
Charles J. |
43 G |
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Pinney, Warren
A. |
43 G |
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Powers,
William H. |
43 G |
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Pulaski,
Edward L. |
43 G |
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Quade, Robert
C. |
43 G |
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Quinlivan,
John F. |
43 G |
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Raney, Ray C. |
43 G |
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Reger, Roy W. |
43 G |
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Richter ,
Urban H. |
43 G |
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Rickerson,
Henry B. |
43 G |
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Ritter,
Herbert C. |
43 G |
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Schafer,
Arthur W. |
43 G |
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Schuyler,
Keith C. |
43 G |
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Simmons, Cecil
A. |
43 G |
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Simpson, Jr.,
Robert F. |
43 G |
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Smiley, Elmer
J. |
43 G |
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Smith, Richard
M. |
43 G |
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Smith, William
W. |
43 G |
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Sternberg,
John D. |
43 G |
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Stewart,
Robert J. |
43 G |
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Sullivan, Jr.,
William J. |
43 G |
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Swofford, Paul |
43 G |
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Talmage, Roy
V. |
43 G |
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Taylor, John
A. |
43 G |
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Teague, Ralph
T. |
43 G |
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Thigpen, 1st
Lt. Lane Fitzgerald |
43 G |
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Thompson,
Robert A. |
43 G |
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Tyler, Major
Robert A. |
43 G |
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Uffe, Solomon |
43 G |
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Ulrich, Norman
A. |
43 G |
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Vacek, Joseph
G. |
43 G |
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Van Dyke,
Joseph S. |
43 G |
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VanSchoor,
Cornelius G. |
43 G |
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Vaughan,
Elijah C. |
43 G |
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Vaughn,
Franklin J. |
43 G |
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Waller, David
E. |
43 G |
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Wauchope, Jay
Maxwell |
43 G |
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Webb, Lloyd A. |
43 G |
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Webb, Philip
W. |
43 G |
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Weiland, Major
George W. |
43 G |
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Weir, Jr.,
Frank E. |
43 G |
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Weiss, Norman
Earl |
43 G |
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Welken, Lloyd
O. |
43 G |
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Wells, Jr.,
Millard C. |
43 G |
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Wescott, Wells
L. |
43 G |
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Wheeler,
Robert E. |
43 G |
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Whiteaker,
William E. |
43 G |
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Wiethorn,
Raymond G. |
43 G |
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Wiley,
Laurence A. |
43 G |
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Williams,
Wilmer C. |
43 G |
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Winkelman,
Jr., Raymond |
43 G |
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Wood, Nelson
S. |
43 G |
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Woods, Norman
S. |
43 G |
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Woolcott,
Thomas R. |
43 G |
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Wright, Thomas
H. |
43 G |
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Wuenschel,
George |
43 G |
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Wyble, Aaron
J. |
43 G |
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XXXXXXXX,
Robert |
43 G |
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Yost, William
T. |
43 G |
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Zimicker,
Kenneth S. |
43 G |
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Zimmerman,
Eugene |
43 G |
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Nolan Guttery
Class 43 - G
The original crew
trained at Rapid City, SD, and was sent to the 463rd Bomb Group at MacDill,
30 November 1943. The
men were transferred to the 483rd bomb group, also at MacDill, on 6
December 1943.
Guttery and another
first pilot, Salblotny, both
in need of instrument time, along with Johnson, Feiman, Matthews, Gossert
and Smith, were scheduled for a night cross country flight, 15 January
1944,
Reardon,
840th
Squadron
commanding
officer at that time, accompanied the crew as far as
Boston.
On the return
flight, Guttery
and Salblotny
took off from Boston heading
in a
southwesterly direction. They encountered severe weather conditions and
crashed during a snow storm on Rich Mountain at 9 p.m., 20 miles east of
Elkins, WV.
Smith,
seriously injured, was the only survivor. Witnesses saw (or heard)
the plane circle the mountainous area five times, once nearly hitting
Spruce Knob (4,862 feet) before crashing on a slope of Simmons Knob at the
4,000-foot level. The five men killed were the first lives lost by the
483rd Bomb Group.
Webb
went overseas with the McNary crew and was with McNary on the shuttle
mission. Downey went overseas with the Hucle crew. He flew
with Whitaker on the shuttle mission. Black became a member of the
Whitaker crew and was with him on the shuttle to Russia. Konazeski
flew overseas with the Owens crew. Reardon flew overseas and, along with
483rd commanding officer Paul Barton, led the group on the shuttle
mission.
Allinson, Pickett, Jackson and Jensen went overseas with the convoy.
They were all MIA on a mission to
Budapest 14 June 1944, flying with the Owens crew. They evaded capture and
returned to duty 15 July 1944. Pickets was later wounded in the knee
on a mission to
Debreczen, Hungary, 21 September 1944.
Salblotny
arrived at MacDill from Avon Park, FL, 6 December 1943 and was assigned to
the 840th Squadron. It is not known who his original crew members were;
however, Feiman, Gossert and Smith may have been from his crew.
Smith also served with the 483rd at Ephrata. Johnson went to MacDill
from Rapid City as part of the Kilpatrick crew.
Reardon has served as 483rd Bomb Group (H) Association president.
William H. Rice of Elkins, WV, contributed to this
research.
Courtesy of
Ben Guttery, cousin to Nolan Guttery,
09/13/2005 |
James D. West 