In Memoriam

Remembering those of the 315th Bomb Wing who lost their lives serving our country during World War II.

September 15, 1944

Sgt. Lewis Wright

October 11, 1944

Capt. Edward M. Woodtrop

Mission No. 6, July 13, 1945
MACR # 15373

Lt. Milford Berry	Lt. Irving W. Ameringer
Lt. Warren K. Rollins	Sgt Morton Finkelstein
S/Sgt Harold Schaeffer	Sgt Robert E. Lynch
Sgt Phillip G. Tripp

Mission No. 6, July 13, 1945
MACR # 14913

1Lt. James C. Crim, AC	1Lt. Richard Labadie
1Lt. Lester Farver	1Lt. Ralph B. Wagner
Sgt Otha Luttrell	Sgt. Gerald D. Bonne
Sgt Kenneth H. Seymour	Sgt Fredrick E. Stumpf
2Lt. Robert E. Champ, Jr.	Sgt Charles L. Beale

POW Drop Mission to Osaka, September 2, 1945
Crew of aircraft aborted and crashed at Northwest Field
MACR # Undetermined

1Lt. George R. Hutchison, AC	1Lt. Carl W. Strait
Capt James O. Clark	1Lt. Lester Nahouse
2Lt. Robert H. Yost	2Lt. William E Bradley, Jr.
F/O Thomas G. Passarello	Capt Lewis D. Town
Sgt Leonard V. Steveson	Sgt Melvin E. Berkey

331st Bomb Group

Training flight on B-17, 42-6071, April 10, 1945
Crashed at McCook, NE

Capt Charles L. Hynds	Lt. Charles T. Armstrong
Lt. Virgil A. Jordan	TSgt Bernard P. Greeley
1st Lt. Earle R. Smith

Drowned in Tumon Bay 1945
Sgt Sidney Crider

Died 5 August 45 after a bomb fell out of its rack during bomb loading for a mission
Corporal Robert E. Brown (armorer)

501st Bomb Group

Training flight March 10, 1945
Crashed at AAF Alexandria, LA

1st Lt. Valentine Tulla	2nd Lt. Wayne R. Shambrook
1st Lt. Vincent L. Levora	F/O Herbert J. Callahan
S/Sgt William A Cadwallader	S/Sgt Everett A. Neely
Cpl William H. Adams	Cpl James L. Allen
Cpl Reed D. Allison	2nd Lt Hubert H. Crane, Jr.

Crew attached to the 314th Wing at time of mishap
B-29B "ROADAPPLE" 42-63600
May 8, 1945
Lost to Anti-Aircraft fire on RADAR mission over Japan
MACR # 14395

Maj Allen E. Titensor, AC	Capt Luther H. White
Lt. Donald S. Williams	Sgt Charles Babitsky
Cpl Arthur N. Wilson	Cpl Louis V. Dombroski
Cpl Perry Florio	Cpl Stephen J Kaczowka

Perished in aviation gas line explosion May 26, 1945

PFC Martin P. Lantosh	PFC George S. Barna
PFC James A. McCarthy	PFC R.L. Phillips

Drowned while swimming in Tumon Bay 1945

2nd Lt. William J. Porter

502nd Bomb Group

Aircraft Crashed at sea December 31, 1944
Crashed at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico
MACR # 15065

Capt Frank H. Beales, AC	1Lt. Barclay H. Beeby
S/Sgt Jack Y. Steinmetz	Cpl Robert C. Curdo
Cpl Clifton W. Housley, Jr.

Aircraft crash January 17, 1945
Crashed at Puerto Rico

Lt. Clifford Kamph	Lt. Steven Parella
Lt. Joe Morris	Lt. Norman J. Thompson
PFC John Henry

Aircraft crash January 26, 1945
Crashed at Ft. Riley, Kansas

Capt George P. Irwin	Lt. Edwin Courter
Lt. Don C. Tarr	Sgt Francis J. Merdan
Sgt Anthony P. Tomaini	Cpl Joe F. Horn

Aircraft March 6, 1945
Crashed at Borinquen Puerto Rico

Lt. Harold C. Anderson	Lt. James D. Sanders
Lt. Morris E. Fauver	Lt. Roy A. Kallio
Pvt Ed. R. Giegelman	Pvt Ed Weller

Crashed on Guam July 10, 1945
Aircraft crashed on takeoff enroute to Truk
MACR # 14919

Lt. Floyd Wilkes	Lt. David E. Rakoff
Lt. William J. Casey	Lt. Joseph F. Kryshak
Lt. Leonard B. Sieck	Sgt Vincent E. Grimes
Sgt William E. Wright	Sgt Frank J. Yagusic
Sgt Robert E. Aiken	Sgt Norman R. Lawler

Mission No. 10, July 25, 26, 1945
Shot down over target
MACR # 14793

Capt Henry G. Dillingham	Lt. James D. McGlynn
Lt. Willis S. Orner	Lt. Theodoro W. Reekstin
Lt. Edward R. Morrow, Jr.	Sgt Chales J. Bordino
Sgt Harvey J. Dempsey	Sgt John P. Gary
Sgt Joseph T. LeBlanc	Sgt John F. Green

Crashed on Saipan, August 26, 1945
POW support mission

Capt Claude W. Lawson	Lt. Robert R. Kindig
Lt. Lawrence C. Honeycutt, Jr.	Lt. Bernard P. Beine
Lt. Hartphey Haller	Sgt Orval N. Myrich
Sgt Ray Card	Sgt Howard L. Robinson
Sgt Chester Skorupa	Sgt Mathew M. Schemer

Aircraft crashed at sea August 30, 1945
Returning from Phillippine Islands
Carrying cargo chutes for POW drops
MACR # 14499

Capt William Pananes	Lt. Ralph C. Osborne
Lt. Joseph G. Folgosi	Lt. Clarence A. Newman
Sgt Aaron S. Gardener	Sgt Carl G. Hagstrom
Sgt william L. Snyder	Sgt Frank T. Williams
Sgt Ralph H. Reed	Sgt Melvin L. Winchester

Aircraft crash December 1945
Crashed on Saipan

Sgt John Lannert

Sgt Charles Swearman

Killed in crash after wars end
Major Frank Boyd