(Scheduled to graduate from Advanced as officers Aug. 4, 1944)
Albritton, Charles Edwin
John Sineath was his instructor. On Mar. 6, 1944, he had a landing accident with ground loop in a PT-17 (41-25297) at Douglas.
He graduated from Moody Fld, GA., August 1944, S/N: O-835583. He served with the 445th Bomb Group.
Bonawitz, Alvin Franklin
Roman Schwartz was his instructor at Douglas. He graduated from Spence Field, Ga S/N: O-833587. He served as gunnery pilot and instructor and as a U.S. Fighter Pilot in the Pacific Theatre, and adjutant Rescue Boat Squadron on Okinawawa. He made a career of the Air Force, retiring as a Lt. Col. and a full Colonel from the Reserve in August of 1972.
He is in the Squadron 7 picture above.
Katherine "Mae" Bonawitz, wife
Of Carlisle, PA.
Dec. 17, 1923 - May 14, 2007 See Find-A-Grave
Boyd, J. F. 3rd
Roman Schwartz was his instructor. He graduated from Moody Field, GA. S/N: O-835592. He is in the Squadron 7 picture above.
Memphis, TN in 1943
Breazeale, Jefferson Ingram/Ingraham?
Cloud, Silas W.
Silas went to Basic at Cochran Field, Macon, and graduated from Moody Field, GA. S/N: O-835607. He went to the 8th Air Force and flew B-17’s in the 305th Bombardment Group, 364th Bomb Sqdn. He completed his missions and was discharged at the end of the war. He received the Air Medal.
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1LT, then Major
Ann Wilkerson Cloud, wife.
Born Eldorado, Ill. Later of Orlando, Fla.
Dearlove, Arthur James
Graduated from Moody Fld, Ga. Took B-17 training in FL and B-29 training in Nebraska. Served in So. Pacific on Guam, Tinian and Okinawa.
1st Lt.
Francis Dearlove - wife
Cheektowaga, N.Y.
Derks, Wayne Gordon
He graduated from Spence Field, GA as F.O. T-64401. Have no service information. Later was flying as a commercial pilot. See
FindAGrave -- if same man, he stayed in the service for Korean War and was promoted to Major.
Grand Rapids, MI.
Jan. 14, 1924-May 5, 1984 (buried in Rock Hill, SC).
De Vries, John Atwood
Grad Basic at Macon, Ga and Advanced at Moultrie, GA (S/N: O-834957). Assigned to the 35th Fighter Gp in Japan during the post war occupation flying P-51's. Stayed in with multiple assignments and retired after 29 yrs. Colonel
Mary de Vries, wife.
Of Colorado Spgs, Col.
Haber, Martin
S/N: T-064194. Flight Officer.
"He was an award-winning skeet shooter and a private pilot as well as a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving during World War II." from his obituary in the
Monroe-Woodbury-Tuxedo, NY Photo News. Click here for a group pictureBorn Oct. 29, 1924, in New York City
Died March 22, 2012
Jez, Albert F.
He is included here based on an accident report. In Nov. 1943, he was sent to Maxwell Field, AL for preflight training [see Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), 16 Nov 1943, Page 3].
From there he went on to Douglas for primary training, for on Mar. 26, 1944, he had a landing accident with ground loop in a PT-17 (41-25308) at Kight Auxiliary Field at Douglas.
Of Wilkes-Barre, PA
Joseph, Adolph Davis "Jack"
Alf Clay was his instructor at Douglas, He had Basic at Warner-Robbins, GA and Advanced at Moody Fld, GA. Flew a B-24 in the Pacific during WWII and a AT-6 during the Korean War. Retired as a LTC.
Click here for his bio and pictures (as a PDF)Julia Joseph, wife
Of Prattville, AL
Kell, John B.
Went to Cochran Fld, Macon, GA for basic and Spence Fld in Moultrie, Ga for Advanced. He was on assignment to fly B-25's in the Phillipines when the orders were cancelled on V.J. day.
Jean Kell, wife.
Of Wyomissing, PA
Kelsey, Francis August
He is pictured in the Squadron 7 picture above.
Kramme, Paul E. Jr.
He was a B-24 bomber pilot, per his obituary on
FindAGraveSep. 13, 1923
Jan. 24, 2007
Of Monroeville, NJ
Krieger, John Edward
S/N: O-835358.
He was a fighter pilot with the 318th Fighter Group 333rd Fighter Squadron flying his missions from Ie Shima in the Okinawa area and was lost in a flying accident on the 31st of July 1945.
1st Lt.
From Michigan
Manchester, William
Graduated Moody. Was trained in B-17s. He was delayed in getting an assignment and eventually went to Lincoln NE as a substitute for airplane commander (when an airplane commander dropped out, he and his crew would be substituted). But the War in Europe ended before he got an assignment. So he was then trained for Air Sea Rescue in the Pacific. When B-29's coming back from Japan had to ditch, he was to drop boats to pilots (boat attached under his plane). But before he was sent to the Pacific, the War in the Pacific ended.
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He is also in the Squadron 7 picture above.
Lives in Lavonia, MI. (2015)
Marshall, Douglas Madison
Basic at Cochran Fld, Ga and Advanced at Moody Fld, Ga. Assigned to the 15th AF, 505th Bomb Gp on Tinian where he flew 10 combat missions before war's end.
Click here for a group picturePeggy Marshall, wife.
Of Charleston, W.Va.
McClure, Charles LeRoy
He was a B-29 pilot with the 9th Bomb Group 99th Bomb Squadron flying his missions from the island of Tinian in the Central Pacific.
Click here for a group picture2nd Lt.
From New York.
McTeer, Harold M.
Washed out at Douglas.
Roche, George Russell
He is in the Squadron 7 picture above.
He is believed to have been killed when the B-29 he was flying hit a power line as it was taking off from Mountain Home Air Force base in Idaho and crashed. He was the only one of the crew killed.
Capt.
Died June 3, 1953 age 29.
Of Columbus, OH, per article [See Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas, 04 Jun 1953, Thu, Page 1].
Scammacca, Ignazio Jack "Nat"
Enlisted Dec. 7, 1942
From New York County, New York
Scammacca, Saverio Antonio "Richard"
He was a pilot in the Pacific Theatre, receiving the Air Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal and the "Purple Heart". He flew the India, Burma, China route over the Himalayas and was a longstanding member of the Hump Pilot's Association [per his obituary in
Times Union, The (Albany, NY) - Tuesday, November 20, 2007.]
Click here for a group pictureJul. 20, 1924-Nov. 18, 2007,
Buried Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
Schuylerville
Saratoga County
Smith, Ernest B.
May have been a cadet here. He is pictured 2nd from left with John Bassee and Silas Cloud
in this photograph at Douglas. May have gone into B-29s as an Ernest B. Smith is
shown here in the 346th Bomb Group, 462nd Bomb Sqdn. He is also pictured in the Squadron 7 picture above.
Spires, Francis
May have been a cadet here. He is pictured 1st on right with John Bassee and Silas Cloud
in this photograph at Douglas. He became a P-51 pilot. See
FindAGrave .
Born April 30, 1922
Died Dec. 18, 2006
From Conway, Horry County, SC
Starr, Robert Huie
Lewis McDonald was his primary instructor.
Thomas, Ned
He took Basic training at Macon and Advanced training at Moody. Then he went to Instructor Pilot School at San Antonio, TX. He was an instructor pilot for a while then flew a C-46 to the China-Burma-India theater and flew the Hump. Click
here for a photo of him at Douglas with his Stearman. He is also in the Squadron 7 picture above.
Click
here for an article (a PDF) about getting to know him written by his daughter
Trivette, Jack Schultz
From Forsyth County, North Carolina
Born Dec. 5, 1923
Died Jan. 7, 2015 in Winston-Salem
Trombley, Dale J.
He graduated from Moody Field with class 44G, S/N: O-835725. Was a pilot with the 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron.
Turner, George Frederick
Became a pilot and had been recalled to active duty during Korean War.
Died after collapsing at the controls of his plane on Jan 13, 1968 at Palmyra, NY airport. Age 45.
Wife: Irene Ver Dow.
Source: Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 15 Jan 1968, Mon, Page 37.
Weber, George Bowman Jr.
Of Charleston, SC
Married Elizabeth Naomi Blair Feb. 19, 1944.
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