Based on the letters of Earl Philip Reinhalter (1922-1953) and the squadron newsletters that he sent home. Edited by his son, Earl Philip Reinhalter (1950-).


A Roster of the 3rd Airdrome Squadron (1945)

      It is probably impossible, at this late date, to locate a roster of all the personnel who served in the 3rd Airdrome Squadron during World War II. However, many of their names appeared in The Squadron Pulse newsletter that was published weekly in 1945. Also, newsletter editor Leonard Stringfield mentioned many soldiers by name in the captions of his personal photo album, which his grandson Erich Stegmaier showed me. Additional names were found online in obituaries and news articles. Here is a list that I compiled of those names. I did not list each man’s rank because occasionally people got promoted, so the ranks were not the same throughout the war.

      It is unknown how many men served in this unit. My father’s letter of March 7, 1943, when the squadron was in training at Savannah, Georgia, said there were 270 men. The Squadron Pulse newsletter of March 10, 1945, mentions "more than 200 men." His April 8, 1943, letter says “240 or so.” And once the squadron reached Japan after the war ended, his September 9, 1945, letter says “250 men.” In his letter of February 10, 1945, he said that a little over half the men who originally came overseas were still with the squadron, so there was turnover. The grand total for the war may have been 350. The list below has about 249 names. There are 136 men in this group photo, date unknown.



Alegria, J.M.
Anderson
Annerino, Jack
Appicello, Joe
Arbeeny
Argondizza
Armbrester
Arnold, Jim
Badal
Bahn, Gilbert Schuyler
Baird
Barney, Richard A.
Basso, Henry
Baylor, “Pop”
Beaubien, “Beau”
Beck
Bender, Pete (“PeeWee”) [or “Peanut”]
Bennett, Ernest R. (“Ernie”)
Bennett, Frank
Bentley
Benton
Berenger, “Frenchy” or "French"
Berning, Harry ("Bones")
Bland, John J.
Blankenship, “Blank”
Bosse
Boyll, Lawrence R.
Bradford, Roy
Brentano, “Dutch”
Briggs
Brooks
Brown, “Brownie”
Buck, Ralph
Bulger, Jim
Bull, Dwight
Butto, Bill
Calkins, Richard Veryl (“Dick”)
Callahan, Clarence Herman (“Cal”)
Cantor
Cantrell
Caplan, Lester
Carlson
Carroll
Carter, Lew
Carter, Stan
Cathcart, “Pinky”
Cecchi
Cellery
Cheney
Clark, A.R.
Coffman, “Mickey”
Coleman, Tom J.
Cooper
Corvelyn [William Corveleyn?]
Craig, Archie Wayne
Crane
Crawford, “Chick”
Cummings, “Beast”
Davenport
DeFosche
Demay
DeVore, “Strum”
Diaz
  Donges
Donovan, Dan
Drecoll
Dunbar, Bill (“Red”)
Eastland, “Charlie”
Eckles, Charlie
Engerbretsen
Feiser
Fessenden, Doane (“Fez”)
Foster, “G.I.”
Fountain
Fowler, William A. (“Big Bill”)
Frye, “Ducko”
Gaglio
Galiano, Guy M.
Garra
Gensheimer
George
Goelzer, Bob
Goodman, Jerry
Goodman, John T.
Goodson
Greenwell
Grether
Griggs
Halferty
Hall, David Charles
Hamer
Harrell
Hayes, “Dick”
Henderson, “Rebel”
Henry, Douglas (“Doug”)
Hofer
Hoffstead, George
Holthaus
Horne, Al
Horne, Charles D. (“Charlie” or “C.D.”)
Hornung
Hotchkiss
Houghton
Howe
Hritsko
Hunt
Hutchins, John (“Hutch”)
Ivanick, John (“Johnny”)
Jackson, James
Jackson, Kenneth
Jacobs, Robert
James, Chris
John
Jolly
Jones
Kanorr
Kashuba
Kaufman
Kean, Sidney (“Sid”)
Keeler
Keister, Art
Kelsey
Kendrick
Klein
Klinzing, Edward C.
Knisely, Sam
  Kolley, Jack
Kornosky, George
Kraft
Krumbholtz
LaMont
Lanigan
Lary
Launi
Layser
Lindsey, Woodrow W. (“Lind”)
  [possibly spelled Lindsay]
LoMagro, Charlie
Long, “Shorty”
Longhi
Lopez [Senen?]
Lott
Low, Elliot W.
Lueker
Majewski
Martucci
Mascolina, Andy
Mazzalla
  [or Mazzala or Mazzulla]
McCallum
McCoy
McDonald, R.J. (“Mac”)
McQueen, Harry
McReynolds, “Tex”
Meirte
Michod
Miller, E.E.
Miller, Percy
Miller, W.C.
Miracle
Mitchell, Robert W.
Montgomery
Moore [?]
Mosely
Mullins, “Moon”
Myers, Roger
Napier
Nelson
Norton
O’Neal, “Bull”
Obrsajko (“Obersaki”)
Orr, Curt
Ory
Ouellette
Peach
Penn, Houston
Peterson
Phipps
Podvojski
Poe
Pollock, R.W. (“Doc”)
Porter
Radler, Al
Ralston, Harold W. (“Fox”)
Ramsey
Redmond
Reinhalter, Earl Philip
Reyes, “Chili”
Robles
  Rohal
Romalin, Jerry
Rose
Rosenblum, Sam (“Rosy”)
Russell
Ryan, William Joseph
Sargent, Earl
Scaglione, Louis (“Scag”)
Scher, Lew
Schlick, Otto
Schmitz
Schwartz, Sid
Scurich
Selander
Sewerynczyk, Vasily
Shearer, “Cat”
Shouman [or Shuman?]
Skinner
Smith, R.E. (“Smitty”)
Smith, R.T. (“Bob”)
Smith, Ray
Smith, Willie Jo
Sorgen
Steele
Steen, George H.
Stengel
Stouch, John W. (“Johnny”)
Stringfield, Leonard H. (“String”)
Stuart, “Ace”
Swanson, Roy C.
Taylor, “Pop”
Theobald, Larry
Thomas
Tilghman, Al (“Tilly”)
Tremblay
Trudeau
Tudor, Aubrey
Turpin, Luther
Vaden
Votto
Vucetich, “Tex”
Waltner
Watson
Weinstein, Ben
Weissman, Harry
Whitman
Whittemore, H.H.P.
Wiggins
Williams, “Ted”
Wilson
Wooden, James H.
Wrathmall, Scotty
Yanke, Eugene R.
Yeager, Raymond H.
Yendell Zalucki
Zimpleman
Zulkowski

Legal name unknown:
“S/Sgt Cappie”
“Swede”
“X-2”




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