447th Bomb Group Association
Roll of Honor
The following list of individuals is by no means complete, but lists those killed in action according to Missing Air Crew Reports as compiled in the Mighty Eighth Bits & Pieces Project and those known through other confirmed sources. Many more lost their lives under circumstances which did not lead to the creation of an MACR file, or returned to Rattlesden but did not survive wounds received in combat. Our research is ongoing, and we will strive to include all in this list.
| Sgt Arthur J. Adams,
2Lt Lt Junior M. Adams, Pilot Sgt Charles R. Agantovich, Ball Turret Lt Maj Wilbur C. Allen Jr, Copilot 2Lt William H. Allen Jr, Navigator Sgt William A. Altekruse, Tail Gunner 2Lt Clarence V. Anderson, 2Lt Elvin L. Anderson Jr, Navigator 2Lt S/Sgt Lloyd J. Arthur, Ball Turret Sgt Eugene F. Baillie, Ball Turret Sgt Arthur R. Baker, Tail Gunner S/Sgt Henry L. Baker, Top Turret Sgt Robert R. Barnes, Right Waist 2Lt Howard N. Barr, Copilot Lt Bruce F. Bates, Pilot S/Sgt Millard A. Lt Fred S. Bell Jr, Bombardier S/Sgt Ralph R. Bender, Ball Turret S/Sgt Edward W. Bennett, Tail Gunner S/Sgt George R. Bentley, Tail Gunner T/Sgt Andrew Bezak, Top Turret Sgt Isaac M. Birdsong Jr, Ball Turret Lt. Norman Bishusky 03/27/44 FO Edward A. Blattner Jr, Bombardier 2Lt William R. Boggess, Bombardier Cpl Lawrence K. Bonk, Top Turret 2Lt Maurice G. Bourret, Lt Hugh C. Bowers, Pilot Lt Charles H. Bowman, Copilot S/Sgt James R. Boyd, Ball Turret 2Lt Marvin L. Brawer, Navigator 2Lt Edwin G. Breaw, Navigator Sgt Floyd L. Broman, Right Waist S/Sgt Clarence Brown, Right Waist 2Lt John L. Brown, Navigator Sgt William Brown, Ball Turret S/Sgt Lynn R. Brown Jr, Right Waist S/Sgt Francis N. Brownson, Radio Operator 2Lt Charles H. Bruckman, Pilot S/Sgt Cpl George A. Bulgarelli, Ball Turret S/Sgt Thomas E. Burke, Ball Turret 2Lt Raymond H. Buthe, Pilot Lt Robert C. Calef Jr, Pilot 2Lt Thomas Cameron, Navigator Sgt Cecil R. Campbell, Observer 2Lt James A. Campbell, Navigator Lt Richard G. Carver, Navigator 2Lt Franklin R. Chaimson, Copilot S/Sgt Lt Walter I. Chudleigh Jr, Bombardier 2Lt Arthur L. Clark, Copilot Lt Guy E. Cole, Bombardier 12/24/44 2Lt James M. Coleman, Copilot 12/31/43 Sgt John A. Collette Jr, Radio Operator Sgt John C. Collins, Right Waist S/Sgt FO Robert G. H. Cordell, Bombardier 2Lt Willard B. Corley, Sgt Ralph B. Corning, Tail Gunner 2Lt Clifford W. Coultas, Copilot 2Lt Harold Cramer, Copilot Sgt Hugh O. Crimmins, Ball Turret T/Sgt John C. Cunningham Jr, S/Sgt John C. Curby, Left Waist 2Lt Robert M. Dalby, Copilot Sgt Earl M. Danhour, Tail Gunner 2Lt John O. Dargacz, Bombardier Sgt Eugene Darter, Tail Gunner Sgt Roy G. Davis, Ball Turret 2Lt Sherrill A. Davis, Navigator S/Sgt Walter J. Degutis, Radio Operator Lt Nicholas F. Dekonina, Bombardier 05/12/44 Sgt Anthony R. DeMarco, Radio Operator Sgt John P. Dewberry, Ball Turret 2Lt VElmer M. Diefe, Copilot 2Lt Sgt Richard Doerk, Waist Gunner 2Lt James P. Doster, Copilot 2Lt Charles R. Dowler, Pilot 2Lt Karol S. Dubiel, Navigator 2Lt Daniel Duffin, Bombardier Sgt George Dunger, Waist Gunner S/Sgt Bernard A. Duwel, Top Turret S/Sgt Paul E. Eberhardt, Ball Turret Capt Earl E. Ellis, Navigator 2Lt Joseph Esper, Copilot S/Sgt Edward Evans, Tail Gunner Sgt Augustus Farmer, Tail Gunner T/Sgt Daniel J. Fasanello, Radio Operator Lt Donald N. Fehrenbach, Bombardier Lt Richard E. Fouts, Pilot 2Lt Thomas H. Freeman, Copilot S/Sgt John B. Frisbie, Ball Turret T/Sgt Louie J. Fugazi, Top Turret 11/02/44 2Lt Floyd Fuller, Copilot Capt John H. Galey, Navigator S/Sgt HElmer Pfc Basil Garroa, Radio Operator Sgt Claude E. Gatlin, Right Waist 2Lt David J. Gerrits, Copilot 2Lt Ivan M. Gerwig, Copilot S/Sgt Charles E. Gessert, Left Waist T/Sgt Lt Mark L. Golden, Pilot SSGT Charles E Gorman 03/27/44 FO John F. Gorman, Navigator 2Lt Harold Gottlieb, Copilot Lt Francis R. Graham, Pilot Sgt Simpson B. Gray, Ball Turret S/Sgt T/Sgt Herman J. Grimm, Radio Operator Sgt Arthur H. Gruneisen, Tail Gunner Sgt Joseph Guida, Ball Turret Lt Ashley M. Guynn, Pilot S/Sgt Isaac R. Guyton, Left Waist T/Sgt Alfred Haag, Radio Operator 2Lt Frank Haag, Copilot Cpl Maurice S/Sgt Felix C. Hall, Left Waist T/Sgt John P. Hallmark, Top Turret S/Sgt Edward R. Hallock, Tail Gunner 2Lt Raymond A. Hansen Jr, Navigator 2Lt Philip H. Harper, Bombardier 11/25/44 S/Sgt Woodrow W. Harper, Top Turret Sgt John M. Harrison, Ball Turret T/Sgt John T. Harwell, Top Turret Sgt Edwin F. Haynia, Right Waist 2Lt William M. Heim, Copilot Lt August E. Herlth, Bombardier S/Sgt Ernest Hernandez, Tail Gunner S/Sgt William H. Higgins, Right Waist 2Lt John F. Higgs, Copilot Sgt Carlton B. Highley, Waist Gunner S/Sgt Oscar C. Hightower, Left Waist Sgt Robert H. Hildebrandt, Radio Operator S/Sgt Barley E. Hill, Right Waist Cpl Raymond Hodges, Ball Turret Gunner Sgt John A. Hoegen, Left Waist Lt William D. Hoffman, Navigator Sgt Herbert E. Holland, Ball Turret 2Lt William G. Hoyer, Pilot Sgt Chester V. Hudec, Toggler Lt Wesley G. Hudson, Capt George G. Hughes, Copilot Lt Hayden T. Hughes, Pilot Lt Leroy Hyder, Pilot Lt Wray H. Hylton, Navigator S/Sgt Floyd T. Inman, Tail Gunner Sgt Douglas J. Irvine, Right Waist Sgt James M. Isham Jr, Top Turret Sgt Thomas Iveans, Top Turret Sgt Costas A. Ivos, Radio Operator 2Lt Rudolph L. Jacob, Navigator Lt Herschell A. Jarrell, Pilot Lt Harluf T. Jessen, Pilot T/Sgt Karl F. Joerger Jr, Radio Operator S/Sgt Edward J. Johnson, Ball Turret 2Lt Elmer D. Johnson, Pilot Lt Richard H. Johnson, Bombardier S/SGT S/Sgt John Karbowsky, Right Waist 2Lt Duane A. Kesterke, Navigator T/Sgt Richard A. Kiedrowski, Sgt George R. King, Ball Turret 2Lt Miles S. King, Pilot Sgt Lorenz Kirchoff, Waist Gunner T/Sgt Richard A. Kirkorowski, Radio Operator S/Sgt 2Lt Fred W. Kleps, Navigator 2Lt George F. Kramer, Bombardier T/Sgt Paul R. Krubel, Radio Operator |
Sgt Louis F. Kubiak,
Tail Gunner 12/24/44 Lt Kenneth C. Kuntz, Pilot 2Lt Joseph J. Lamansky, Navigator Sgt Chester L. Lambert, Right Waist FO Sherwood W. Landis, Navigator 2Lt Angelo J. Landolfo, Navigator Sgt Willard F. Laney, Right Waist T/Sgt Karl R. Laubhan, Top Turret 2Lt Wylie W. Leverett, Pilot Sgt Samuel Levy, Radio Operator 2Lt Eugene A. Lightfoot, Bombardier S/Sgt Darrell R. Lincks, Right Waist 2Lt Ralph F. Lindeman, Copilot Sgt William M. Lindsey, Radio Operator S/Sgt John R. Linkus, Left Waist Sgt Arthur L. Litchfield, Radio Operator T/Sgt Sgt Billy T. Lockman, Ball Turret S/Sgt Elbert H. Lohr, Bombardier T/Sgt Arthur J. Lombardo, Radio Operator S/Sgt 2Lt Wynne M. Longeteig, Bombardier 04/29/44 S/Sgt Dominick R. Lorusso, Top Turret S/Sgt Robert G. Lutes, Right Waist 2Lt Raymond R. Maguire, Bombardier 05/29/44 Sgt James B. Mannon, Right Waist Sgt John J. Marabito, Tail Gunner 2Lt John Marslond, Navigator Sgt Joe H. Marlowe, Bombardier 12/06/44 S/Sgt Frank J. Martin, Ball Turret FO Lewis P. Martner, Bombardier 2Lt Julian Matin, Navigator 2Lt Adger S. Matthews, Navigator Lt Ross M. McCollum, Bombardier 11/04/44 S/Sgt Joseph F. McDermott, Left Waist S/Sgt Bernard J. McDonald, Left Waist FO Louis 2Lt Robert E. McGuire, Copilot 2Lt John C. McKinney III, Bombardier S/Sgt William J. McQuoid, Tail Gunner T/Sgt Earl W. Merritt, Top Turret FO Robert J. Mihovich, Copilot T/Sgt George Miller, Top Turret T/Sgt Galen E. Miller Jr, Top Turret 2Lt Theodore A. Milton, Pilot S/Sgt Gene W. Minton, Tail Gunner T/Sgt William P. Mitchell, Radio Operator FO George TSgt 2Lt Leonard J. Moore, Bombardier 2Lt Bert Moran, Pilot FO Keith Morgan, Navigator 2Lt Gilligan Moseley, Bombardier 2Lt Charles J. Moses, Pilot 11/02/44 Sgt Vasilios Mourles, Tail Gunner 04/29/44 S/Sgt Edwin J. Mulhall, Tail Gunner S/Sgt James V. Murphy, Top Turret FO Herbert S/Sgt William C. Nicholas, Right Waist S/Sgt Edward J. Noga, Ball Turret 2Lt Charles O. Norris, Copilot Sgt George Oakley, Waist Gunner T/Sgt Marvin C. Olson, Ball Turret FO Allen G. O'Neal Jr, Sgt Lawrence A. Ornato, Tail Gunner 2Lt Charles H. Oulehla, Bombardier 05/20/44 S/Sgt Edward R. Overbeck, Radio Operator Lt Herbert W. Overdorf, Pilot 2Lt William E. Owens, Pilot Sgt Clair E. Palm, Right Waist T/Sgt Rudolph Palumbo, Radio Operator 2Lt Nick G. Pantages, Bombardier 03/11/44 2Lt Elbridge M. Park, Navigator 2Lt George A. Pasvanis, Navigator S/Sgt Joseph S. Pennock, Tail Gunner FO Kenneth G. Perry, Bombardier 2Lt Harry P. Pettit Jr, Copilot Lt Jerome Peyser, Copilot S/Sgt Harry E. Pfautz, Bombardier Sgt John R. Piccardo, Tail Gunner Lt Ralph Pittman, Bombardier 2Lt Leo Pokrywka, Copilot Sgt Leroy M. Potter, Tail Gunner T/Sgt Roger M. Potwin, Radio Operator S/Sgt Henry E. Pruett, Radio Operator S/Sgt Gerald A. Pryme, Right Waist T/Sgt William A. Purcell Jr, Radio Operator Lt Don E. Ralston, Pilot Lt Allen S. Reed, Pilot Sgt Robert C. Reinartson, Ball Turret Sgt Kenneth P. Reynolds, Radio Operator Capt William A. Reynolds, Pilot Sgt Dewey L. Rhoads, Left Waist 2Lt John F. Riddell, Navigator T/Sgt Joyce C. Riddlehoover, Top Turret S/Sgt John J. Roberts, Radio Operator Cpl Morris Rosen, Tail Gunner Sgt Alphonse L. Rossetti, Left Waist S/Sgt John J. Roth, Ball Turret S/Sgt Harry Sarajian, Ball Turret Sgt Earl Schalk, Engineer S/Sgt John T. Schomburger, Left Waist Sgt Robert E. Schooling, Right Waist 2Lt Julian Y. Schrero, Pilot S/Sgt Gustave Secunda, Radio Operator S/Sgt Jack T. Seeger, Top Turret Maj Lloyd W. Sheppard, Sgt Kenneth U. Shimp, Right Waist Sgt Edwin A. Sieniarecki, Left Waist S/Sgt Edgar L. Sikes, Top Turret T/Sgt Howard E. Sikes, Radio Operator 2Lt 2Lt Ralph R. Simon, Pilot FO Arthur T/Sgt Martin B. Slattery, Top Turret T/Sgt Raymond J. Small, Radio Operator 2Lt Charles C. Smith, Navigator S/Sgt Oren M. Smith, Left Waist S/Sgt John R. Smither, Radio Operator S/Sgt Thomas E. Sproat, Tail Gunner S/Sgt Nathan M. Stark, Right Waist Sgt Lawrence L. Steinhafel, Left Waist S/Sgt Robert M. Stephens, Top Turret 2Lt Robert C. Stevenson, Copilot 2Lt Marvin B. Stokes, Navigator Sgt Allan B. Swem, Right Waist 2Lt Joseph J. Syoen, Copilot 2Lt Thomas M. Tate Jr, Bombardier S/Sgt Wilbur R. Teapole, Right Waist 2Lt Joseph M. Teixeira Jr, Navigator 2Lt Leo Teplitz, Copilot 2Lt Leonard Thiesen, Pilot T/Sgt John H. Thomas, Top Turret T/Sgt John H. Thomas Jr, Top Turret S/Sgt Sgt Edwin R. Thornton, Left Waist Sgt James I. Tiffany, Top Turret Sgt James L. Toler, Top Turret Sgt Benjamin D. Torre, Tail Gunner S/Sgt Kerwin G. Tozier, Left Waist T/Sgt John F. Trauman, Top Turret S/Sgt Walter W. Trettin, Top Turret T/Sgt T/Sgt Ted J. Troy, Top Turret 2Lt Edward Tully, Copilot 2Lt James S. Tyson, Bombardier 02/13/44 T/Sgt John Urdia, Top Turret 2Lt Peter Vitclano, Navigator FO Charles S/Sgt Edmund P. Walasinski, Left Waist T/Sgt Arthur W. Watt, Radio Operator S/Sgt Joe Sgt Raymond Wehner, Ball Turret Gunner 2Lt Carroll O. Welt Jr, Copilot Sgt Norman L. Wert, Tail Gunner Sgt Bill Wheeler, Ball Turret S/Sgt Capt Lester White, Pilot Lt Norman K. Wiggin, Pilot 2Lt Thomas G. Wilkins, Bombardier T/Sgt T/Sgt Billy J. Wilmurth, Top Turret S/Sgt Raymond Sgt Norbert S. Wipijewski, Right Waist 2Lt Frank N. Wiseman, Navigator T/Sgt Frank T. Witek, Top Turret 2Lt David P. Wohl Jr, Bombardier 03/03/44 2Lt Edwin D. Wright, Pilot T/Sgt John J. Zebuski, Radio Operator T/Sgt Walter J. Zesut, Top Turret S/Sgt Daniel F. Zullo, Top Turret 2Lt William Zurynetz, Tail Gunner 2Lt Harold B. Delong, Bombardier 01/29/1944 |