Listed are the names of over 2,500 men and women who served in the ground echelon of the 392nd Bomb Group. The names come from military orders, the books Liberators from Wendling and 20th Century Crusaders, issues of the 392nd Bomb Group Memorial Association NEWS, squadron rosters, diaries, personal recollections, and names written next to photographs in the 392nd archives. Ranks are as they appear on the source document and do not reflect subsequent promotions. If you have corrections or additions, please contact the 392nd Bomb Group at by Clicking Here.
| Name |
Rank |
Unit |
Source |
Comments |
Photo Location |
| Abbato, Albert R. |
Pvt |
576th |
SO#3, 19Mar43 |
MOS 929 = Automotive Equipment
Operator |
|
| Abes, Milton M. |
Cpl |
579th |
SO#1, 1Mar43 |
|
|
| Abrahamian, Lloyd V. |
S/Sgt |
578th |
578 roster 5Aug44 |
Supply Sergeant |
|
| Accardo, Charles A. |
Pfc |
576th |
SO#16, 9Apr43 |
MOS 501 = Admin and Tech Clerk |
|
| Ackelson, James S., Jr. |
2/Lt |
578th |
578th History |
Radar Officer/Radar Counter Measures |
2/Lt and Mrs. James S. Ackelson Jr., 23 Dec 1943 |
| Ackerman, Irvin |
T/Sgt |
1217th QM Svc Gp |
LFW |
|
|
| Ackley, Lawrence M. |
Pvt |
Gp Hq |
392, 24Mar44 |
Airman Basic |
|
| Acton, Buford E. | Pvt |
577th |
SO#3, 19Mar43 |
MOS =911, Aircraft Armorer.Per 392nd orders 24Mar44, was a Sgt and transferred to Det of Pts, 231st Sta Hosp. |
|
| Acuna, Carlos G. |
Sgt |
577th |
Menu |
Cook for Thanksgiving Dinner 1943 at Enlisted Mess No. 2 |
|
| Adelman, Jack J. |
Pvt |
578th |
SO#6, 23Mar43 |
MOS 555 = Aircraft Sheet Metal Worker |
|
| Adkins, Robert E. |
Pvt |
579th |
SO#24, 25Apr43 |
MOS 504 |
|
| Adkins, Woodrow R. |
Pvt |
578th |
SO#24, 25Apr43 |
MOS 504.Per 578th roster 5Aug44, Ordnance Crew Chief.Per 392 orders 21Dec44, MOS change fm 901 (Munitions Worker) to 505, Ammunition NCO |
578th Ordnance Sqdn Adkins, Schenske and Mucha |
| Adler, Alex T. |
S/Sgt |
1825th Ord S&M Co |
392, 14Aug44 | |
|
| Adler, John |
S/Sgt |
1825th Ord S&M Co |
LFW |
|
|
| Affet, Joseph |
Pvt |
1217th QM Svc Gp |
LFW |
|
|
| Albert, Leroy H. |
T/Sgt |
1217th QM Svc Gp |
LFW |
1st Sgt of 1217th per May94 News |
1217th QM Co (AVN), May 1994 NEWS |
| Alberts, Leroy M. |
T/Sgt |
1217th QM Svc Gp |
392, 14Aug44 |
|
|
| Albino, Tony |
T/Sgt |
|
|
|
Loading Napalm |
| Albright, David C. |
Pvt |
578th |
SO#3, 19Mar43 |
MOS 521 = Airman Basic.Per 578th roster 5Aug44, was aSwitchboard Operator. |
|
| Albright, Edgar W. |
Pfc |
577th |
577 roster 2May45 |
|
|
| Alder, John C. |
Pvt |
576th |
SO#6, 23Mar43 |
MOS 747 = Airplane and Engine Mechanic.Per Capt Levell's roster, was 576th Ground Crew #2, "A" Flight. |
|
| Alderson, Richard J. |
Pvt |
576th |
SO#6, 23Mar43 |
MOS 345 = Truck Driver, Light |
|
| Alever, Dan C. |
Pfc |
576th |
392, 9Feb44 |
Airplane Armorer |
|
| Alfred, Paul C. |
Cpl |
579th |
SO#28, 18Feb44 |
MOS 911 = Airplane Armorer.Per SO#250, 26Nov44, reduced to Pvt for^ inefficiency. |
|
| Alexander, Holmes |
Capt |
578th |
|
578th Sq's Intelligence Officer (later, 2nd Air Division Air Sea Rescue Officer) |
Individual Photo Grage,Reed,Alexander,Hunt |
| Alexander, Joseph W. |
Pfc |
576th |
SO#19, 14Apr43 |
MOS 911 = Airplane Armorer |
|
| Alexander, Thomas J. |
Pvt |
578th |
SO#9, 29Mar43 |
MOS 747 = Airplane and Engine Mechanic |
Alexander and Mann |
| Allen, Claude E. |
Capt |
578th |
392, 19Nov44 |
Became 578th Sqdn Operations Officer in Dec44 |
|
| Allen, Cleveland |
T/Sgt |
Gp Hq |
SO#12, 4Apr43 |
MOS 501 = Admin and Tech Clerk |
|
| Allen, Frank |
S/Sgt |
10thStaCompSq |
LFW |
|
|
| Allen, Gerald V. |
S/Sgt |
10thStaCompSq |
392, 13Apr44 |
Mess Sergeant for Thanksgiving dinner 1943 |
|
| Allen, James W. |
Pfc |
2101st FF Pl |
LFW |
|
|
| Allen, John F. |
Pvt |
578th |
578 roster 5Aug44 |
578th Airplane Mechanic |
|
| Allen, Paul R. |
Cpl |
806th Cml Co Det A |
392, 11Apr44 |
|
|
| Allen, Samuel V. |
Pvt |
578th |
SO#3, 19Mar43 |
MOS 929 = Automotive Equipment Operator |
|
| Allen, Thomas H. |
Sgt |
10thStaCompSq |
LFW |
|
|
| Allen, William L. |
Cpl |
578th |
SO#131, 13Jul44 |
Placed on duty requiring regular and frequent aerial flights. 17031141 |
|
| Allnut, Arnold H. |
Pfc |
579th and 577th |
SO#20, 16Apr43 |
579th Chemical Section.Per 392nd orders 3Mar44, was 577th Decontaminating Equipment Operator. |
|
| Allred |
|
576th |
|
|
576th in 1943
|
| Allred, Marion R. |
M/Sgt |
579th |
SO#1102, 13May45 |
|
|
| Aloia, Albert A. |
Cpl |
576th |
SO#21, 20Apr43 |
Armorer in 576th Sqdn ordnance section |
Individual Photo
|
| Alsheimer, August W. |
Pvt |
576th |
SO#3, 19Mar43 |
MOS 929 = Automotive Equipment Operator |
|
| Alston Jr, Samuel M. |
Pvt |
576th |
SO#24, 25Apr43 |
MOS 055 = Clerk, General.Per Capt Levell's roster, 576th Ordnance Section Crew Chief |
|
| Alwin, Thaddeus J. |
Sgt |
1217th QM Svc Gp |
LFW |
|
|
| Alvis, Floyd T. |
Pvt |
576th |
SO#72, 30Mar45 |
MOS change from 641 to 521.Assigned per SO#53, 8Mar45, MOS 345.Per SO#92, 28Apr45, transferred from 576th BS to 373rd Hq&BSS, Sta 144; MOS 521. |
|
| Amelung, Henry G. |
Pvt |
577th |
SO#6, 23Mar43 |
MOS 521 = Airman Basic |
|
| Amon, Mathias |
Pvt |
Gp Hq |
392, 24Mar44 |
MOS 590 = Laborer |
|
| Anderson, Andy |
S/Sgt |
10thStaCompSq |
LFW |
|
|
| Anderson, Edgar |
S/Sgt |
10thStaCompSq |
LFW |
|
|
| Anderson, James A. |
|
465th Sub-Depot |
|
|
|
| Anderson, John R. |
Sgt |
10thStaCompSq |
LFW |
|
|
| Anderson, Louis |
Pvt |
579th |
SO#9, 29Mar43 |
MOS 747 = Airplane and Engine Mechanic |
|
| Anderson, Paul M. |
Sgt |
578th |
SO#68, 25Mar45 |
placed on duty requiring regular and frequent aerial flights. |
|
| Anderson, Woodrow C. |
Pvt |
578th |
SO#9, 29Mar43 |
MOS 747 = Airplane and Engine Mechanic |
|
| Andrekotich, John |
M/Sgt |
10thStaCompSq |
392, 14Aug44 |
MOS 750=Airplane Maintenance Technician, Airplane Crew Chief |
|
| Andrews, Otto G. |
S/Sgt |
10thStaCompSq |
LFW |
|
|
| Ankoviak, William H. |
Sgt |
578th |
578 roster 5Aug44 |
Airplane Mechanic |
J.R. Walker crew; C.Barber,Ankoviak,Davis,Calender |
| Anthony, Claude L. |
Pvt |
576th |
SO#5, 22Mar43 |
|
|
| Anthony, Elmore |
1/Sgt |
|
|
|
|
| Antonowich, Nicholas |
S/Sgt |
1217th QM Svc Gp |
LFW |
|
|
| Apodaca, Robert |
Pvt |
578th |
SO#3, 19Mar43 |
MOS 929 = Automotive Equipment Operator.Per 578th roster 5Aug44, in RUO. |
|
| Aquilino, Jerry |
Pvt |
576th |
SO#3, 19Mar43 |
MOS 620 = Parachute Rigger and Repairman |
|
| Aranda, Teodulo |
Pvt |
576th, 10th SCS |
SO#62, 17Apr44 |
MOS 590 = Laborer.Per SO#39, 20Feb45, transferred to 12th Reinf Depot for transfer to infantry; MOS 590, 10th SCS.Per GO#3, 30May44, awarded the Good Conduct
Medal. |
|
| Arbogast, Howard S. |
Pfc |
577th |
SO#19, 25Jan45 | transferred to 12th Reinforcement Depot for transfer to infantry.MOS 590.Per SO#152, 5Aug44, MOS change from 521 to 590. |
|
| Arce, Arthur D. |
Sgt |
576th |
SO#1, 1Mar43 |
MOS 521=Airman Basic |
|
| Archambault, Arthur A. |
Pvt |
576th |
SO#223, 26Oct44 |
assigned; MOS 747 = Airplane and Engine Mechanic.Returned to Bradley Field CT aboard 42-95299 per OO#1, 25May45. |
|
| Ardiff, John R. |
Sgt |
576th |
SO#76, 15Nov43; 576 roster 1May45 |
Sent to 28-day school on RAF Codes and Ciphers.Per SO#141, 24Jul44, MOS change from 807 to 805.Returned to Bradley Field CT aboard 42-95299 per OO#1, 25May45; MOS 805. |
|
| Arledge, William L. |
Sgt |
465th Sub-Depot |
LFW |
|
|
| Armand, Robert C. |
S/Sgt |
1287th MP Co Det A |
LFW |
|
|
| Armel, Charles E. |
Pvt |
576th |
SO#6, 23Mar43 |
MOS 931 = Heavy Automotive Equipment Operator |
|
| Arnette, Ronald L. |
Cpl |
579th |
SO#8, 27Mar43 |
MOS 552 = Control Tower Operator |
|
| Arnold, Chester W. Jr. |
Pfc |
10thStaCompSq |
LFW |
|
|
| Arnold, LeRoy D. |
S/Sgt |
577th |
SO#84, 1Dec43 |
|
| Arnold, Ora D. |
Pvt |
579th |
SO#9, 29Mar43 |
MOS 747 = Airplane and Engine Mechanic |
|
| Arpe, Robert J. |
Pvt |
578th |
SO#3, 19Mar43 |
MOS 521 = Airman Basic.Per 578th roster 5Aug44, Airplane Mechanic | Miss Minnie Ground crew Nashwinter and Arpe |
| Arrass, Milford F. |
Sgt |
10thStaCompSq |
LFW |
|
|
| Ashburn, John |
Pfc |
576th |
SO#17, 10Apr43 |
MOS 747 = Airplane and Engine Mechanic |
|
| Ashlock, William C. |
Pvt |
578th |
SO#9, 29Mar43 |
MOS 747 = Airplane and Engine Mechanic |
|
| Ashman, Harry W. |
Cpl |
576th |
SO#263, 13Dec44 |
assigned; MOS 852.Flew to Bradley Field CT on 42-94912 per OO#1, 25May45, MOS 852. |
|
| Atkinson, Thomas |
S/Sgt |
10thStaCompSq |
LFW |
|
|
| Auer |
Capt |
Doctor |
|
|
Hospital Staff, 20 Feb 1944 |
| Auger, Roger L. |
Pfc |
579th |
SO#16, 9Apr43 |
579th Medical Section |
|
| Aultman, Horace H. |
T/5 |
1287th MPs |
SO#127, 7Jul44 |
MOS change from 345 to 677.Per SO#176, 1Sep44, reduced to Pvt for cause. |
|
| Avery, Kenneth L. |
T/5 |
2101st FF Pl |
LFW |
|
|
| Axton, Delmar |
Cpl |
1217th QM Svc Gp |
LFW |
1217th QM Co |
1217th QM Co (AVN), May 1994 NEWS |
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