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U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War

 

2nd Combat Cargo Group, 5th Combat Cargo Squadron

Aircraft and Crews

 

C-46D

42-101166

X625

*Maj.

John L. Ames

0256982

Pilot

1051

*Capt.

Glenn R. Piper

0729266

Co-Pilot

1051

T/Sgt.

Richard F. Reedy

15066189

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

William H. Graham

14164832

Flight Engineer

2750

*Capt.

John D. Foskett

0574614

Passenger

2110

*Capt.

Christian V. Larsen

0649972

Passenger

6402

*Pfc.

Robert F. Reiner

37612873

Passenger

402

C-46D

42-101165

X624

Maj.

Diar E. Clark

0398919

Pilot

1051

1st Lt.

Sheldon Himber

0695740

Co-Pilot

1051

Cpl.

Morris Forman

33739521

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Sam Polisky

16036710

Flight Engineer

2750

Capt.

Edward M. McGrail

0398919

Passenger

9301

Capt.

Jacob Franklin

0571683

Passenger

2110

Capt.

Joseph H. Colman

0496354

Passenger

3100

C-46D

42-101162

X623

Maj.

Edwin J. Angelo

0391415

Pilot

1051

Capt.

Clayton M. Dunn

0737745

Co-Pilot

1051

Sgt.

Leonard Bernstein

35071637

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Howard Mills Jr.

15341148

Flight Engineer

2750

*Pfc.

Edward E. Colt

31306819

Passenger

405

S/Sgt.

James F. Connolly

13098522

Passenger

502

1st Lt.

Harmon R. Hawkins

0700927

Passenger

1051

C-46D

42-101161

X621

Capt.

Herbert A. Lyon

0737817

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Peter Darlington

0715948

Co-Pilot

1051

Sgt.

Vernon K. Milligan

19025074

Radio Operator

2756

Sgt.

Clarence C. Street

15336350

Flight Engineer

2750

*Cpl.

Paul E. Johnston

37368352

Passenger

405

1st Sgt.

James A. Spadafore

15010603

Passenger

502

Sgt.

Maurice W. Gentner

18162433

Passenger

405

C-46D

42-101159

X619

1st Lt.

Mumford M. Heard

0800352

Pilot

1051

1st Lt.

Roderick C. McNeil, Jr.

0497521

Co-Pilot

1051

Sgt.

Leo H. Meilke

09202863

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Charles D. Norman

15040040

Flight Engineer

2750

*Cpl

William J. Cahill

32591090

Passenger

405

M/Sgt.

Robert E. Fowler

11087390

Passenger

750

Cpl.

Scott Braley

39288915

Passenger

747

C-46D

42-101158

X618

1st Lt.

Eugene M. Olmsted

0674616

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Claude H. Spencer

0720592

Co-Pilot

1051

S/Sgt.

Raymond V. Curran, Jr.

31119471

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Lester D. Smith

18133555

Flight Engineer

2750

*Sgt.

George K. Logan, Jr.

35611160

Passenger

405

S/Sgt.

Norman E. Beardslee

12215238

Passenger

684

S/Sgt.

Ardo Cattaneo

32450209

Passenger

685

C-46D

42-101157

X617

1st Lt.

James Sanders, Jr.

0745753

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Roger M. Dreyer

0718584

Co-Pilot

1051

Sgt.

William H. Smith

32886145

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Lester G. Williams

35509076

Flight Engineer

2750

Sgt.

Raymond M. Bixler

33513844

Passenger

747

M/Sgt.

Harold C. Longendorfer

13112377

Passenger

750

Pfc.

Dorris L. Allen

08082772

Passenger

687

C-46D

42-101156

X615

1st Lt.

Robert D. Beard

0709748

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

George S. Hensel

0721739

Co-Pilot

1051

S/Sgt.

Kenneth C. Gaspar

18150424

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Clifford F. Nahler

17076419

Flight Engineer

2750

Sgt.

Walter F. Atwood

37726667

Passenger

405

Sgt.

Albert G. Voytek

6997528

Passenger

405

1st Lt.

Richard J. McCool

0861687

Passenger

0141

C-46D

42-101155

X614

1st Lt.

John C. Bright

0763927

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Donald E. Nelson

0720545

Co-Pilot

1051

Cpl.

Ralph C. Borgen

39413145

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Leonard H. Bush

35382184

Flight Engineer

2750

Sgt.

Winton P. Fournier

31319247

Passenger

687

T/Sgt.

Clairue M. Dew

20615134

Passenger

849

Cpl.

Wilbur K. Frederick

35610343

Passenger

747

C-46D

42-101146

X613

1st Lt.

Paul D. Reed Jr.

0813582

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Cornelius J. O'Connor

0720541

Co-Pilot

1051

S/Sgt.

Chester I. Munson

32322465

Radio Operator

2756

Sgt.

Edward J. Stelzig

39209169

Flight Engineer

2750

S/Sgt.

Eliot W. Cowan

39545347

Passenger

849

Sgt.

Raymond E. Adams

17152754

Passenger

849

Sgt.

Stewart E. Keeler

31330747

Passenger

747

C-46D

42-101143

X612

1st Lt.

Cluade S. Carpenter

0797967

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Garvin Morris

0720322

Co-Pilot

1051

Sgt.

Manuel H. Davis

31230857

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Raymond N. Stumpf

32830041

Flight Engineer

2750

Sgt.

Gilbert C. Dimetral

15110376

Passenger

673

S/Sgt.

Ralph G. Clingner

35470145

Passenger

686

Cpl.

Benton P. Berg

37562092

Passenger

747

C-46D

42-101140

X609

1st Lt.

Ralph E. Bickerton

0763916

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Alexande C. Hauck

0721729

Co-Pilot

1051

T/Sgt.

Charles M. Bottorff

15081302

Radio Operator

2756

Sgt.

Edwin L. Bristol

42113072

Flight Engineer

2750

S/Sgt.

William C. Drake

32286125

Passenger

685

Sgt.

Robert J. Wade

31265606

Passenger

405

Sgt.

Albert Boltax

32887906

Passenger

2750

C-46D

42-101138

X608

1st Lt.

Edward N. Krieg

0810167

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Eugene E. Henley

0721072

Co-Pilot

1051

S/Sgt.

Donald E. Knauf

16026972

Radio Operator

2756

Sgt.

William Blachley

19140453

Flight Engineer

2750

S/Sgt.

Alvin F. Wissel

35507783

Passenger

528

Cpl.

Bernard Greenberg

36609161

Passenger

405

Sgt.

Raymond W. Seavey

31283375

Passenger

2750

C-46D

42-101136

X607

1st Lt.

Frederick W. Rottmann III

0808468

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Clarence L. Sheeley

0720584

Co-Pilot

1051

Sgt.

Albert J. Liner

31306857

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Ardith F. Crownover

18169100

Flight Engineer

2750

S/Sgt.

John T. Hayes

32513389

Passenger

528

M/Sgt.

Lawrence J. Obert

17021359

Passenger

750

Capt.

Charles F. Anderson

4823

Passenger

4823

C-46D

42-101092

X606

1st Lt.

Harold L. Abrams

0764154

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Warren H. Chaffee

0828379

Co-Pilot

1051

Sgt.

George R. Staton

37500938

Radio Operator

2756

Sgt.

Robert L. Marris

39727404

Flight Engineer

2750

M/Sgt.

Blaine M Shaffer

13040291

Passenger

750

S/Sgt.

Robert L. Holland

18136370

Passenger

2750

Sgt.

Andrew F. Husar

53414998

Passenger

2750

C-46D

42-101079

X604

1st Lt.

Harry R. Watson

0530938

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Loyde L. Nixon

0719713

Co-Pilot

1051

Cpl.

Robert G. Lynch

39127465

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Jesse G. Shelton

38093063

Flight Engineer

2750

S/Sgt.

Charles S. Hannah

19085005

Passenger

826

M/Sgt.

Maurice E. Stout

15062360

Passenger

750

1st Lt.

Lee C. Beaumont Jr.

0750961

Passenger

4902

C-46D

42-101207

X626

1st Lt.

Douglas L. Ellis

0763978

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Merl A. Lehenbauer

0721127

Co-Pilot

1051

Sgt.

Charles F. Landers

31157341

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Francis Carney

15300606

Flight Engineer

2750

Sgt.

Orgill C. Holloway

34345978

Passenger

687

S/Sgt.

Frank J. Blewitt

13127479

Passenger

620

Sgt.

James W. Wooster

35400472

Passenger

2750

C-46D

42-101041

X603

1st Lt.

Harry L. Bechtel Jr.

0763908

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Jewell C. Crouch

0718565

Co-Pilot

1051

S/Sgt.

James K. Duncan

34335716

Radio Operator

2756

T/Sgt.

Joseph J. Cullen

32294352

Flight Engineer

2750

Sgt.

Philip G. DeAngelis

33595704

Passenger

685

Cpl.

Harry J. Fischbach

32909641

Passenger

684

M/Sgt

Joe L. March

18043165

Passenger

750

C-46D

42-101038

X602

1st Lt.

Gilbert C. Daniel Jr.

0764563

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Stanely F. Riha Jr.

0719746

Co-Pilot

1051

Sgt.

Paul Meyers Jr.

35542948

Radio Operator

2756

Sgt.

Joseph G. Dicks Jr.

35730342

Flight Engineer

2750

Sgt.

Joseph E. Greenawalt

15099870

Passenger

686

M/Sgt.

Edgar W. Meyer Jr.

13023015

Passenger

750

Cpl.

Sidney Lifeshitz

32870196

Passenger

528

C-46D

42-96824

X601

1st Lt.

William B. Cannon

0764216

Pilot

1051

2nd Lt.

Donald W. Hall

0721605

Co-Pilot

1051

S/Sgt.

Joe H. Templeton

18074113

Radio Operator

2756

S/Sgt.

Staneley H. Reppe

39690133

Flight Engineer

2750

Cpl.

Lee E. McOlvaine

34200712

Passenger

631

Sgt.

John W. McCarthy

32550099

Passenger

275

2nd Lt.

James C. Henderson

0721738

Passenger

1051

C-46D

**42-96728   to 7th CCS

**2nd Lt.

Stephen H. Lakatosh

0764345

Pilot

1051

**2nd Lt.

Stuart B. Armstrong

0828896

Co-Pilot

1051

**T/Sgt.

Watson Evans

6285726

Radio Operator

2756

**Sgt.

Seymour I. Cohen

32219729

Flight Engineer

2750

**S/Sgt.

Ernest Hertenstein

12145878

Passenger

686

**Sgt.

Howard G. Keller

12041402

Passenger

686

**Pfc.

William L. Brand

32513690

Passenger

684

*  Pers assigned shipment ----NZ

6th CCs

** Pers assigned shipment ----SZ

7th CCS

Orders from

1st Lt. Merl A. Lehenbauer


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