In Memoriam

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


16th Bomb Group

September 15, 1944Sgt. Lewis Wright
October 11, 1944Capt. Edward M. Woodtrop


Mission No. 6, July 13, 1945
MACR # 15373
Lt. Milford BerryLt. Irving W. Ameringer
Lt. Warren K. RollinsSgt Morton Finkelstein
S/Sgt Harold SchaefferSgt Robert E. Lynch
Sgt Phillip G. Tripp


Mission No. 6, July 13, 1945
MACR # 14913
1Lt. James C. Crim, AC1Lt. Richard Labadie
1Lt. Lester Farver1Lt. Ralph B. Wagner
Sgt Otha LuttrellSgt. Gerald D. Bonne
Sgt Kenneth H. SeymourSgt 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, AC1Lt. Carl W. Strait
Capt James O. Clark1Lt. Lester Nahouse
2Lt. Robert H. Yost2Lt. William E Bradley, Jr.
F/O Thomas G. PassarelloCapt Lewis D. Town
Sgt Leonard V. StevesonSgt Melvin E. Berkey

331st Bomb Group

Training flight on B-17, 42-6071, April 10, 1945
Crashed at McCook, NE
Capt Charles L. HyndsLt. Charles T. Armstrong
Lt. Virgil A. JordanTSgt 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 Tulla2nd Lt. Wayne R. Shambrook
1st Lt. Vincent L. LevoraF/O Herbert J. Callahan
S/Sgt William A CadwalladerS/Sgt Everett A. Neely
Cpl William H. AdamsCpl James L. Allen
Cpl Reed D. Allison2nd 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, ACCapt Luther H. White
Lt. Donald S. WilliamsSgt Charles Babitsky
Cpl Arthur N. WilsonCpl Louis V. Dombroski
Cpl Perry FlorioCpl Stephen J Kaczowka

Perished in aviation gas line explosion May 26, 1945
PFC Martin P. LantoshPFC George S. Barna
PFC James A. McCarthyPFC 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, AC1Lt. Barclay H. Beeby
S/Sgt Jack Y. SteinmetzCpl Robert C. Curdo
Cpl Clifton W. Housley, Jr.

Aircraft crash January 17, 1945
Crashed at Puerto Rico
Lt. Clifford KamphLt. Steven Parella
Lt. Joe MorrisLt. Norman J. Thompson
PFC John Henry

Aircraft crash January 26, 1945
Crashed at Ft. Riley, Kansas
Capt George P. IrwinLt. Edwin Courter
Lt. Don C. TarrSgt Francis J. Merdan
Sgt Anthony P. TomainiCpl Joe F. Horn

Aircraft March 6, 1945
Crashed at Borinquen Puerto Rico
Lt. Harold C. AndersonLt. James D. Sanders
Lt. Morris E. FauverLt. Roy A. Kallio
Pvt Ed. R. GiegelmanPvt Ed Weller

Crashed on Guam July 10, 1945
Aircraft crashed on takeoff enroute to Truk
MACR # 14919
Lt. Floyd WilkesLt. David E. Rakoff
Lt. William J. CaseyLt. Joseph F. Kryshak
Lt. Leonard B. SieckSgt Vincent E. Grimes
Sgt William E. WrightSgt Frank J. Yagusic
Sgt Robert E. AikenSgt Norman R. Lawler


Mission No. 10, July 25, 26, 1945
Shot down over target
MACR # 14793
Capt Henry G. DillinghamLt. James D. McGlynn
Lt. Willis S. OrnerLt. Theodoro W. Reekstin
Lt. Edward R. Morrow, Jr.Sgt Chales J. Bordino
Sgt Harvey J. DempseySgt John P. Gary
Sgt Joseph T. LeBlancSgt John F. Green

Crashed on Saipan, August 26, 1945
POW support mission
Capt Claude W. LawsonLt. Robert R. Kindig
Lt. Lawrence C. Honeycutt, Jr.Lt. Bernard P. Beine
Lt. Hartphey HallerSgt Orval N. Myrich
Sgt Ray CardSgt Howard L. Robinson
Sgt Chester SkorupaSgt Mathew M. Schemer

Aircraft crashed at sea August 30, 1945
Returning from Phillippine Islands
Carrying cargo chutes for POW drops
MACR # 14499
Capt William PananesLt. Ralph C. Osborne
Lt. Joseph G. FolgosiLt. Clarence A. Newman
Sgt Aaron S. GardenerSgt Carl G. Hagstrom
Sgt william L. SnyderSgt Frank T. Williams
Sgt Ralph H. ReedSgt Melvin L. Winchester

Aircraft crash December 1945
Crashed on Saipan
Sgt John LannertSgt Charles Swearman

Killed in crash after wars end
Major Frank Boyd


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updated August 19, 2013