“they kept ’em flying” team B, 326th Air Service Group, 9th Air Force

“We, the Officers and Men of Team “B”, 326th Service Group, are of the opinion that the outstanding characteristics of the North American Mustang were directly and indirectly responsible for hastening the conclusion of the war in the European Theater of Operations.
Signed
Officers and Men
Team “B”, 326th Air Service Group”
Arthur C. Ames, Editor, They Kept ‘Em Flying Team “B” 326th Air Service Group – A Pictorial History of the Unsung Heroes Who Kept ‘Em Flying in World War II (Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co., Inc. 1946]

The following lists are transcribed from They Kept ‘Em Flying Team “B” 326th Air Service Group – A Pictorial History of the Unsung Heroes Who Kept ‘Em Flying in World War II (full citation following the quote above). I have retained the organisation of the book, however within the divisions I have alphabetised the names to assist with searching.

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Team Officers

Lawrence M. Alden, Test Pilot
Arthur C. Ames, Intelligence
Samuel Anthony, Counter-Intelligence
William Ard, Executive
Russell Ayling, Jr., Mobile Engineering
William Beible, Special Service
John R. Burnett, Engineering
Swinton M. Burroughs, Engineering
Frank Busterna, Dentist
Keith S. Boyer, Ammunition
Colvin E. Caudell, Intelligence
Bernard Ciotti, Ordnance
John D. Coke, Supply
Edward B. Collins, Transportation
William A. Fetner, Quartermaster Supply
Albert Figler, Air Corps Supply
Peter S. Fitzpatrick, Plans – Training
Alfred V. Frew, Adjutant
Peter C. Gaffney Jr., Adjutant
Gaetano G. Grande, Surgeon
Michael I. Greene, Armament
Charles Halal, Counter-Intelligence
Edward R. Herd, Medical Administrative

Group Officers

Morris J. Abber, Statistical
Edwin Brinker, Plans – Training
Thomas J. Canning, Chemical Warfare
Bert Carson, Quartermaster
Robert Duncan, Intelligence

A. H. Hewitson, Engineering
Stanley H. Hindleman, Signal
James R. Holt, Signal Supply
George H. W. Ingels, Engineering
Roy L. Kallmyer, Chemical Warfare
William H. Knight, Executive
Charles H. Krohn, Ammunition
James Lavin, Finance
Andrew W. List, Vehicle Repair
Emmett M. McCurdy, Engineering
Emile F. Mignery, Jr., Chaplain
George A. Monahan, Armament
Franklyn O. Morrison, Intelligence
Alexander B. Myer, Transportation
Anthony A. Palaisa, Air Corps Supply
Reuben Pollock, Signal
Joseph Ragolia, Special Service
Allen T. Rooch, Executive
Paul R. Rusch, Engineering
Frank Russell, Supply
Saul G. Shapiro, Adjutant
Sydney Shepard, Transportation
George K. Shotick, Quartermaster
Don Smith, APO
Alfred C. Steinberger, Adjutant
John M. Wyle, Special Service

Edward M. Griffith, Executive
Bertrand Keuper, Finance
Lyndon Kramer, Ordnance
Oliver Lindeen, Surgeon

Team Headquarters

Adjutant’s Section

S/Sgt. Andrew J. Conroy
S/Sgt. Edward O. Courtade
M/Sgt. Ralph E. DeGraw
S/Sgt. George B. Farrington
Major Peter C. Gaffney
T/Sgt. Charles J. Lukashewich
S/Sgt. Raymond Stolzenburg

Intelligence

Captain Arthur C. Ames
Cpl. Irving Barbanell
Cpl. William Iole
S/Sgt, Franklin Jordan
Cpl. Raymond Redfield
S/Sgt. Dale Smiley

Supply Section

Maj. John D. Coke
S/Sgt. Joseph Fennelly
M/Sgt. Roger Linville
S/Sgt. John Orth
Sgt. Wayne Zimmerman

Finance

Cpl. Howard Franklin
Sgt. William Frazier
Capt. James Lavin
Cp. James McKay
M/Sgt. John Post
Cpl. Lewis Ross
Cpl. Jack Sheppard

Special Service

M/Sgt. Arthur Chiodo
Cpl. Raymond Egan
S/Sgt. William Hall
Sgt. Marvin Wiseman
Lt. John M. Wyle

Medics

S/Sgt. Albert DeBenedetto
Capt. Frank Busterna
Sgt. Anthony Caravello
Cpl. William Gillon
Capt. Gaetano Grande
S/Sgt. Wesley Hammock
Pfc. Arthur Long
Cpl. Billy E. Miller
Cpl. Melvin Miller
Cpl. Earl Oelstrom
Pfc. Paul Rudolph
Cpl. Jacob Sutz

Headquarters Orderly Room

F/Sgt. Timothy Corbett
S/Sgt. John High
Lt. Roy L. Kallmyer
T/Sgt. John McDonagh
T/Sgt. Anthony Papariella
Pfc. John Perkins
Pfc. Philip Razook

Photo Section

Capt. Arthur C. Ames
S/Sgt. Frank C. Brandt
Sgt. Claude Bowman
Sgt. Frederick Dietz
Sgt. Harold Rhoten
Cpl. John Sass
S/Sgt. Sheldon Wagner

Chaplain’s Section

Chaplain Emile Mignery
Sgt. Fay Richardson

Headquarters Motor Pool

Sgt. Victor Janousek
Cpl. William Mullis
Pfc. James O’Connell

Water Point

Cpl. Jacob Sutz
Pfc. Arthur Long

461st Air Service Squadron

Commanding Officer, Peter S. Fitzpatrick,

First Sergeant, Frank Lomastro

Squadron Headquarters

Cpl. James Allard
Sgt. Gerald Cohen
T/Sgt. William Hargett
M/Sgt. William Kliefoth
T/Sgt. Lloyd R. Lash
Cpl. Philip Lynch
Pfc. Glenn Pollard
Cpl. Elmer Reynolds
S/Sgt. Aubrey C. Rhodes
Lt. Saul Shapiro
Cpl. J. B. Teaff

Mobile Engineering Units

Mobile Unit 1

Sgt. Nello Barone
Sgt. Donald Carson
Cpl. John Dodson
T/Sgt. William Hall
S/Sgt. Henry Jones
S/Sgt. Howard McKay
S/Sgt. Robert Miller
S/Sgt. Edward Prudhomme
S/Sgt. Jim Quinlan
Cpl. Henry Smith
Sgt. Frank Suchy

Mobile Unit 2

Cpl. George Chidester
Sgt. Geo. P. Chidester
Sgt. Arthur J. Contant
Sgt. Frederick P. Dietz
T/Sgt. Ernest L. Gratton
M/Sgt. Henry L. Hamff
S/Sgt. Carl F. Hunsinger
S/Sgt. Vernon R. McPeak
Cpl. Chas. B. McSwain
Sgt. Robert L. Mercel
Cpl. Robert J. Santos
Cpl. Albert L. Walter
S/Sgt. John G. Wayne

Mobile Unit 3

S/Sgt. Vernon Bulling
Sgt. Paul Bylund
S/Sgt. Sylvester Colanduoni
Sgt. Everette Duncan
M/Sgt. James Hall
Cpl. Harold Hopp
T/Sgt. Herbert Klein
S/Sgt. Rudolph Paul
Cpl. Vincent Pompa
S/Sgt. William Rainey
Sgt. Jesse Rehberg

Engineering Sections

Engineering Headquarters

Lt. Swinton Burroughs
T/Sgt. Donald Clark
Cpl. Roy Fox
Sgt. Donald Page
Sgt. Marvin Rosen
T/Sgt. Harry Rosner
T/Sgt. John Stepto
T/Sgt. Donald Clark
Cpl. Roy Fox

Aircraft Mechanics

Cpl. George Chidester
T/Sgt. Ernest Gratton
M/Sgt. James Hall
T/Sgt. William Hall
M/Sgt. Henry Hamff
Cpl. Charles McSwain
Cpl. Vincent Pompa
S/Sgt. Jim Quinlan
Cpl. Henry Smith
Sgt. Frank Suchy
Cpl. Albert Walter

Carpenters

Cpl. Donald J. Bedford
T/Sgt. William Cotter
Cpl. Earl Lindall

Instrument Shop

M/Sgt. Fred Alsdorf
Sgt. Edward Filusch
S/Sgt. Ralph Peterson

Parachute Shop

S/Sgt. William Gibson
Cpl. Samuel Hunt
T/Sgt. Harold E. Marsh
S/Sgt. Edward Nojunas

Machine Shop

Cpl. M. Frantiska
Sgt. Lincoln Harrison
S/Sgt. Andrew Kacmar
M/Sgt. Roy Metzger

Sheetmetal Shop

Sgt. Eugene A. Beal
T/Sgt. Roy W. Cummings
Sgt. Frank A. Horney
Cpl. Woodrow Jordan
Cpl. Geo P. McDonald
S/Sgt. Chas. J. McMahon
Sgt. Waldon P. Schauer
M/Sgt. Reinhold Schweigert

Armament Shop

Cpl. Joseph M. McConnell
Cpl. Earl L. Sorsby
Cpl. George W. Stovall

Prop Shop

S/Sgt. Sylvester E. Colanduoni
S/Sgt. Henry E. Jones
S/Sgt. John G. Wayne

Welding Shop

Cpl. Harold A. Hopp
Sgt. Lloyd L. Johnson
T/Sgt. Ivy Thompson

Electric Shop

S/Sgt. John Durdick
T/Sgt. Carroll M. Watts
Cpl. Michael Yablonski

Hydraulic Shop

S/Sgt. Harry Anders
Pfc. Wm. Childers
Pfc. Verne Swanson
S/Sgt. Wm. R. Wilson

Transportation Section

Light Vehicle Operators

Sgt. Crafton Bennett
Cpl. Louis C. Brindisi
Cpl. Lonnie Cardwell
Pfc. Sylvester Chesner
Pfc. David DiVito
Pfc. Chas Keller
Pfc. Robert Gosnell
Pfc. Loy McDaniel
Pfc. Norman Moody
Cpl. Gerald Salisbury
Cpl. Vernon C. Santora
Pfc. Howard R. Schilling
S/Sgt. Peter Siino
Cpl. Steven Sneer
Cpl. James Sylvester
Pfc. Clyde Turvy
Pvt. R.A. Walsh
Pvt. Huey Ward
Pfc. Dennis Williams

Heavy Vehicle Operators

Cpl. Theodoric J. Chandler
Pfc. William Clark
Cpl. Robert Cray
Pfc. Lemuel Frazier
Pfc. Edwin Hullar
Cpl. Harry Ketler
Pfc. Robert O’Brien
Cpl. Louis Randolph
Pfc. Allen Williams

Air Corps Supply Section

Office Staff

S/Sgt. Gonzalo Barron
M/Sgt. Thomas Bennett
Sgt. Vincent J. Bonadies
Lt. Albert Figler
Sgt. Charlie F. Isley
Sgt. Francis J. MacGillvary
CWO Anthony Palaisa
T/Sgt. Ezekiel M. Robinson

Clerks

Cpl. Roger Campbell
S/Sgt. Franklin Jordan
Sgt. William McKinney
Sgt. Carl Roby
Cpl. Orville Rood

Warehousemen

Pfc. Hesser McBride
Sgt. John Moore
Sgt. Noel Pomerleau
Sgt. Robert C. Reicher
S/Sgt. Fred Welsh
M/Sgt. Homer Williams
Sgt. Robert Wilson

38th Mobile Repair and Reclamation Squadron

Commanding Officer, Capt. Alexander H. Hewitson

Engineering Officer, Lt. Russell Ayling

Squadron Headquarters

Pfc. Clayton Brandenburg
Sgt. Buford Hill
S/Sgt. Roger Hoffman
S/Sgt. Joseph Machaiek
Sgt. James Nold
Pfc. Steve Placko
Pfc. Donald Schultz
Sgt. Henry Tomkowicz

Headquarters and Supply

1st Lt. Russell Ayling
Pfc. Ralph Grashel
S/Sgt. Arthur Hammond
Cpl. Donald Ives
Pfc. Frank Roebuck
Cpl. Herman Schneider
Pfc. Henry Thompson
Cpl. Marshall Vandall

Tech Supply

Sgt. John C. Gambill
Sgt. Gerald E. Hall
T/Sgt. Ismar Jacobson
S/Sgt. Herbert McGonigal
M/Sgt. Phillip R. Shoemaker

Mobile Engineering Units

Mobile Unit No. 1

S/Sgt. James Adams
Sgt. Darrell Breese
Sgt. Julio Camboni
Sgt. Franklyn Chipman
Cpl. Louis Couzzi
Cpl. Joseph Hoffmann
Sgt. Norbit Hughson
Sgt. Harold Martensen
S/Sgt. Wilfred Reardon
Sgt. Milton Ring
M/Sgt. Louis Simpson
Sgt. Joseph Tatoian
Sgt. Robert Terrence

Mobile Unit No. 2

Cpl. George Bertsch
Cpl. Charles Coffrem
S/Sgt. William Hill
Sgt. Seymour Kaplan
T/Sgt. George Kereazes
Sgt. Charles Morris
Sgt. Raymond Rose
Sgt. Dominick Santangelo
S/Sgt. George Schlichter
Sgt. Joseph Szymanski
Sgt. Floyd Thompson

Mobile Unit No. 3

Sgt. Earl Baxter
S/Sgt. Peter Burke
Sgt. Earl Bush
Sgt. Charles Ceyrolles
Sgt. Claude Davis
Cpl. Gerald Hall
Sgt. Emond Long
Sgt. Louis Roesle
M/Sgt. William Snyder
Sgt. Herbert Stall
Cpl. Kenneth Stevenson
Sgt. Franklin Stuckey
Sgt. Oscar Trach
Sgt. Eugene Williams

Mobile Unit No. 4

Sgt. Henry Alto
S/Sgt. James Arndt
Houston Cherry
Sgt. Anthony Ciufette
Sgt. Donald Cole
Sgt. John Crawford
Cpl. Henry Egnaczewski
Sgt. Fernandolerma
Sgt. Robert Lapierre
Cpl. Alexander Nechworth
Cpl. Charles Rennie
M/Sgt. Edward Toczydlowski
S/Sgt. Elmer Volz

1593rd Ordnance Supply and Maintenance Company

Commanding Officer, Capt. Bernard Ciotti

First Sergeant, John Mocrytzki

Company Headquarters

Sgt. Francis Golaszewski
S/Sgt. Robert Jones
Cpl. James Maloney
Pvt. Claude Miller
Cpl. John Pregent
Cpl. Don Sarell
S/Sgt. Daniel Sinclair
Pfc. Millard Siry

Armament and Tech Supply

Armament Section

Pfc. Edw. Bobowski
Pfc. Zane Gilbert
T/Sgt. Melvin McLain
lt. Geo Monahan
T/Sgt. Enio J. Ricci
Pfc. Ward Riffle
Pfc. Alex Rosenzweig
T/4 Wayne Schmid
T/5 Willie Schweihs
Sgt. Alfred Sheridan
Pvt. Vito Sylvester
T/4 Joseph Wright

Tech Supply

T/Sgt. Vincent Dolce
Cpl. Edw. J. Gilroy
Cpl. Donald J. Kroning
Pfc. Chas. W. Kuhn
Cpl. Keller J. Reese
Sgt. Gilbert Rich

Section Chiefs

T/Sgt. Claud Bower
Cpl. Floyd Cagle
Lt. Andrew List
Sgt. Peter Parento
M/Sgt. Geo. Ryan
S/Sgt. Enrico Tardelli
Sgt. Michael Van Durza

Mechanics

Sgt. William Bailey
Cpl. Harry Bexley
Cpl. Armin Diller
Pfc. Roy De Mars
Sgt. Jerome Gilliland
Sgt. Alvin Gluth
Cpl. Alfred Goglia
Sgt. Wm. H. Grabarek
Cpl. Robert Gruener
Sgt. Gene Guglielmi
Sgt. Billie Harris
Cpl. Ivan L. Hatch
Pfc. William Hicks
Sgt. Joseph Hockenbury
Cpl. John Hollern
Cpl. Geo. Messenger
Cpl. Gunther J. Newman
Pfc. Wallace Patterson
Pfc. Leroy Smith
Cpl. Domenick Vallinaggi
Sgt. Chas. E. Wherley
Pfc. Lloyd White

Maintenance Company

Ammunition Section

Cpl. Maynard Bruns
Pvt. Granville Cooper
Sgt. Floyd Cornett
T/Sgt. Louis De Toro
Sgt. John Esposito
T/Sgt. Walter Golden
Cpl. Carl Hamby
Pfc. Glen Howard
Cpl. Rylis O. Johnson
Lt. Chas. Krohn
Pfc. Homer Livermore
Pfc. Raul Llanes
Cpl. Edw. Ludwig
Pfc. Robert Morris
Pfc. James Newton
Pvt. Philip Richardson
Cpl. Stanley Tanenzaph
Cpl. Clyde Wickware

1091st Signal Company, Aviation Detachment “A”

Commanding Officer, Capt. Reuben Pollack

Chief Clerk, S/Sgt. Dominick Rinaldi

Detachment Headquarters

Sgt. John Kinney
F/Sgt. Alfred La Rose

Signal Supply

Lt. James Holt
S/Sgt. Alvin Ott
Cpl. Leon Pollack
Cpl. Edw. Yuhas

Crypt Section and Couriers

Cpl. Earl C. Deitz
S/Sgt. Curtis Gannon
Cpl. Arthur La Rock
Sgt. Peter Maggetti
Pfc. Paul Uschold

Radio Operators

Pfc. Peter Pappachristou
Cpl. Donald Piette
Sgt. Burton Rhue
Cpl. Franics Schleif
S/Sgt. Raymond Whalen

Telephone Operators

Pfc. Leroy Daniel
Pfc. Chas. Heatherly
Pfc. Joseph Urban

Radio Repairmen

Sgt. Clyde Bertram
Sgt. Lyle Clymer
S/Sgt. Nevin Cottet
T/Sgt. Peter Dorsey
T/Sgt. Robert Flagler
Sgt. Robert Miller
S/Sgt. Clarence Newton
Cpl. Walter Schackner

Linemen

Cpl. Alexander Donald
M/Sgt. Chester Gates
Cpl. Franics McCumiskey
Cpl. Thomas Puckett
Cpl. Frederick Skipper

Teletype Operators

Sgt. William Carnevale
Sgt. Harley Heuser
Cpl. Frank Przyhylski
Pfc. Ernest J. Stewart

2456th Quartermaster Truck Company, (Avn.), Detachment “A”

Commanding Officer, Lt. Meyer

First Sergeant, T/Sgt. Stinnett

Detachment Headquarters

Cpl. Cullen Hardin
Cpl. William Koeppen
Sgt. Ernest Pavelka
Cpl. Edward Stofik

Mechanics

Cpl. James Carucci
S/Sgt. Edward Hudson
Cpl. Raymond Marsh
Cpl. Joseph Schoff

Vehicle Operators

Cpt. Arthur Ames
Pfc. Raymond Ballard
Pfc. Jervis Cooper
Pfc. Milford Frazier
Cpl. Garfield Green
Cpl. Wade Guyer
Cpl. Stanley Haremza

Vehicle Operators

Cpl. Herschel Harris
Cpl. Chapman Hibbard
Pfc. Cleo Holley
Cpl. William Inabnit
Pfc. Robert Jones
Cpl. Marvin Judy
Pfc. Maurice LaFreniere
Cpl. Ganes Luther
Cpl. Warren Martin
Cpl. Donald Miller
Cpl. John Miller
Cpl. Chas. Mills
Pfc. Robert Moose
Sgt. Edwin Mueller
Cpl. Xavier Muller
Pfc. Raymond Otto
Cpl. Sam Perkins
Cpl. William Ramp
Cpl. Glenn Ridge
Cpl. Richard Rutter
Cpl. Edward Sims
Cpl. Edwin Sims
Cpl. Johnny Terry
Sgt. Clifford Woods
Pfc. Charles Young

1175th Quartermaster Company, (Avn.), Detachment “A”

Commanding Officer, Capt. George Shotick

Supply Officer, Lt. William Fetner

Detachment Headquarters

F/Sgt. John Corcoran
Sgt. Bertram McKee
Cpl. James Murphy
Pfc. Narcisco Rodriguez
Cpl. Willard Weiling

Class I Supply

Pfc. Howard Baker
Cpl. Floyd Bernard
Cpl. Walter Bush
Cpl. Herman Drake
Lt. William Fetner
T/Sgt. Joseph Filzen
Pfc. John Hancock
Cpl. Nathan O’Hare
Cpl. Henry McGuire
Cpl. Donate Salvucci
Pfc. Kenneth Stevenson

Class II and IV Supply

Pfc. Morris Beacom
Sgt. Roy Birkland
Lt. William Fetner
Sgt. Richard Martin
Sgt. Melvin Michell
Cpl. Raymond Redfield
Cpl. Leroy Snorf
Cpl. Theodore Todd

Class III Supply

Pfc. Herman Barr
Cpl. George Cisneros
Pvt. Ralph Johnson
T/Sgt. Robert Kolkhorst
Cpl. Arthur Madison
Sgt. John Radich
Pfc. RIchard Roxburgh
Capt. George Shotick

Pioneer Mustang Group, The Aces

Commanding Officer, Col. George Bickel
Capt. Bruce Carr (26 Nazi Planes)
Lt. Col. Glenn Eggleston (24 Nazi Planes)

Maj. Don Beerbower (21 Nazi Planes)
Lt. Col. Richard Turner (19 Nazi Planes)
Capt. Wallace Emmer (19 Nazi Planes)

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