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Air and Ground Crew CV-38
I was provided with End of Tour list for CV-38 - Bourgainville/New England. These cover the Hellcats of VF-38, SBD's of VB-38 and TBF's of VT-38 who were all island hoping between July 1943 and April 1944.
With the advantage of 'google' you never know who might pick this up. Also good for that family search. If you do read this and the person is a family member, I would be interested in hearing from you. Here is the list. Air Group 38 – Bougainville-New Britain (Assume July 1943 until April 1944) 3 night missions 112 missions 37 Japanese victories 1 Japanese Navy Ship sunk 4 transports sunk 17 barges? Number of other vessels sunk as well. 2 damaged VF-38 F6F pilots Lt. L.D. Cooke Lt. N.A. Westgard Lt. H. T. Kirk Lt. T. M. Purcell Lt. W. H. Maness Lt(jg) L. .H. Englade+ Lt(jg) A. .J. Kostrzwsky Lt(jg) R. W. Moore Lt(jg) L. B. Cornell Lt(jg) C. W. Hagans Lt (jg) W. T. McNeil Lt(jg) C. A. Gartrell Lt(jg) W. C. Kelly Lt(jg) P. Beaumont Lt(jg) R. M. Telfair Lt(jg) A. B. Thompson Lt(jg) C. K. Spaulding Lt(jg) L. M. Kelly Lt(jg) W. C. Presley+ Ens W. M. McMahon Ens J. H. Hughens VB-38 SBD pilots / gunners Lt. B. Tappan / gunner D. W. Nunan Lt. W. E. Woodman / gunner J. S. Landess Lt(jg) D. Bagley / gunner W. J. Holden Lt(jg) C. G. Knowles / A. P. Burgett Lt(jg) J. Nason+/ gunner T. E. Furlong+ Lt(jg) S. H. Reed / gunner J. Ligman Lt(jg) T. P. Kelly / gunner D. W. Kent Lt(jg) J. W. Marshall / gunner G. C. Earnest Lt(jg) W. Zelenski / gunner C. R. Payne Lt(jg) R. H. Singleton / gunner C. J. Leman Lt(jg) S. Onley / gunner A. L. Block Lt(jg) B. M. Robinson / gunner P. E. Thatcher Lt(jg) W. C. Hancock / gunner T. W. Smith Ens W. P. Cawley / gunner E. T. Martin Ens J. G. Shirley / gunner W. G. Metzger Ens R. H. Sewell / gunner R. E. Emerson Ens E. H. Meyee / gunner C. G. Williams SBD Spare H. M. Stone J. E. Sorenson E. B. Smith J. F. McKenna VT-38 TBF pilot / radioman / gunner Cdr. C. E. Brunton / radioman H. W. Sunday / gunner M. D. Kemper Lt. W. R. Larson+ / radioman R. C. Wagner / gunner B. W. Wright Lt(jg) R. A. Marshall / radioman L. L. Lane / gunner D. Tye Lt(jg) B. C. Bishop / radioman R. E. Schramm / gunner E. C. Barnes Lt(jg) R. B. Giblin / radioman J. J. Lee / gunner R. L. Perkins Lt(jg) H. T. Leake+ / radioman V. E. Boyle / gunner R. R. O’Daniel Lt(jg) R. F. Regan / radioman W. J. Misnee / gunner C. E. Brandt Lt(jg) J. A. Leary / radioman D. R. Greslie / gunner L. E. Dale Lt(jg) G. A. Phillips / radioman A E. Bond / gunner W. G. Tyler Lt(jg) J. P. Scholfield / radioman J. V. Ulrich / gunner F. J. Dills Lt(jg) G. Tahler / radioman R. P. Buis / gunner E. E. Brewer Lt(jg) H. Wilson+ / radioman W. M. Haller / gunner L. F. Wilson Ens R. H. Behn / radioman M. M. Farber / gunner C. F. Dill Ens T. M. Gammage / radioman R. Durham / gunner H. A. Morrissey Ens A. McDonald / radioman W. F. Blank / gunner A. Z. Young Ens A. E. Droughon / radioman J. H. Deal / gunner R. A. Paul TBF Spares J. D. Jeffreys S. Barcala+ W. E. Dunron+ T. E. Fotusky T. W. Fairchild W. L Rice Intelligence Lt. H. O. Brooks Lt(jg) W. G. Keil Medical Lt. B. B. Rodger – Flight Surgeon Lt. J. N. Truesdale Ens A Robins Lt M.C. J.T. Pitkins Ens L. Perkins Ground Crew R. W. Bird R. J. Sampson L. E. Jacobson R. B. Martin G. W. Newman J. D. Spahr D. E. Sheiman W. W. Schwartz W. D. Gannon J. V. McCarthy A. O. Alexander R. E. Tuck A. Buganich E. H. Dawe C. A. Lay J. W. Mitchell D. D. Nicholson J. P. Haggerty B. A. Schmid J. W. Adams J. S. Yeglic R. L. Christy J. J. Curless R. E. Cipher A. L. Gifford F. A. Gilman C. R. Hart T. A. Helms H. L. Holm W. Holt C. A. Huff P. A. Pesano J. S. Porter R. B. Scanlan C. R. Stephens W. V. Whitehouse C. C. Wilcox F. N. Wojinski A. R. Booth Just one unit and one tour that contributed to the end of WWII in the Pacific. (This is end of tour. It is know there were a number of personnel posted out before the unit returned to the States). regards Mark |
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Re: Air and Ground Crew CV-38
Interesting list of names, almost sounds like Hollywood's "cross section of America". From Barrett Tillman's U.S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II: VF-38 was 2nd top scoring land-based USN Hellcat squadron; Lt (jg) W. C. Kelly was top scorer with 4.5 victories. I assume the + signs mean killed or missing in action ?
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Re: Air and Ground Crew CV-38
+ correct - Killed or missing though it did not show whether radioman/gunner was included?
W Kelly went onto have a career as a vet. (with animals though also a WWII vet-eran). Hopefully just found the family. regards MS |
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