Imphal, The Hump and Beyond 
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 |
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*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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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**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 |
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** Pers assigned shipment ----SZ |
7th CCS |
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Orders from |
1st Lt. Merl A. Lehenbauer |
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