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. More recently, C.D. Horn’s son Timothy sent me a copy of the October 3, 1945, orders which listed some 150 soldiers set for return to the U.S., plus dozens of names from a list that his father had typed up. (See the October 7, 1945 letter page for a scan of the orders.) Further names were found in wartime documents made available from the Air Force Historical Research Agency and the National Archives. I did not list each man’s rank because occasionally people got promoted, so the ranks were not the same throughout the war. For some names, I have added links for obituaries and other relevant material I have been able to find online.

      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.” The monthly “history” reports that squadron officers filed throughout the war gave manpower totals that ranged from 222 to 280. 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 list below has just over 375 names, likely the grand total for the war. There are 136 men in this group photo, date unknown.



Alegria, John J.
Allen, Benjamin W.
Anderson, John M.
Annerino, John S. (“Jack”)
Appicello, Joseph (“Joe”)
Arbeeny, Joseph S.
Argondizza
Armbrester
Arnold, James W. (“Jim”)
Badal, Michale J.
Bahn, Gilbert Schuyler
Baird, Milton I.
Barney, Richard A.
Basso, Henry J.
Baylor, “Pop”
Beaubien, Armond (“Beau”)
Beck, Norman M.
Bender, John H.
Bender, Pete (“PeeWee” or “Peanut”)
Bennett, Ernest R. (“Ernie”)
Bennett, Frank R.
Bensi
Bentley, James
Benton, James E.
Berenger, Peter F. (“Frenchy” or “French”)
Berning, Harry J. ("Bones")
Bircher, John G.
Bland, John J.
Blankenship, Ervin T. (“Blank”)
Bosse
Bowerman
Boyll, Lawrence R.
Bradford, Roy
Brentano, Robert W. (“Dutch”)
Briggs, Charles S.
Brooks, Elijah F.
Brown, John T. (“Brownie”)
Buck, Ralph H.
Bulger, James R. (“Jim”)
Bull, Dwight M.
Butler, Clifford E.
Butto, William A. (“Bill”)
Calkins, Richard Veryl (“Dick”)
Callahan, Clarence Herman (“Cal”)
Callaway, Orlando P.
Cantor, Leon L.
Cantrell, Travis D.
Caplan, Lester E.
Carlson, Carl A.
Carroll, Paul T.
Carter, Louis C. (“Lew”)
Carter, Stanton (“Stan”)
Catalano, Joseph J.
Cathcart, Arthur H. (“Pinky”)
Caverly, Lawrence B.
Cecchi, Rudolph
Cellery, Thomas P.
Cheney, Myron L.
Clark, August R.
Clark, George H.
Coffman, Clarence E. (“Mickey”)
Coleman, Thomas J. (“Tom”)
Cooper, Edward B.
Corder, Owen B.
Corveleyn, William
Cox, Melvin R.
Craig, Archie Wayne
Crane, Edward H.
Crawford, William T. (“Chick”)
Cummings, Howard J. “Beast”
Curry, Homer R.
Davenport, James W.
Davis, Cecil G.
Davis, Sam L. Jr.
Decker, Kenneth M.
DeFosche, Alfred
DeMay, Robert L.
Dempsky, Clarence H.
Denman, George W.
DeVore, Lowell I. (“Strum”)
Diaz, Marcelino M.
Diglewicz, Stanley P.
Donges, William C.
Donovan, Daniel E. (“Dan”)
D'Ottavio, John Louis
Drecoll, Herman
Driggers, Fred
Drummond, Gordon
Dunbar, William J. (“Bill” or “Red”)
Dye, Kermit A.
Dyer, Eugene E.
Eastland, Charles A. (“Charlie”)
Eaton, Clinton W.
Eckles, Charles E. (“Charlie”)
Engerbretsen
  Erickson, Walter S.
Feiser, William R.
Felsen, Marcus M.
Fessenden, Doane L. (“Fez”)
Filippini, Edwin T.
Fleshman, Robert H.
Foster, Gilbert (“G.I.”)
Fountain, Ezess F.
Fowler, James N.
Fowler, William A. (“Big Bill”)
Frye, William F. (“Ducko”)
Gaglio, Charles J.
Galiano, Guy M.
Garra, Glenn D.
Gensheimer, Joseph
George
Goelzer, Robert F. (“Bob”)
Goodman, Jerome (“Jerry”)
Goodman, John T.
Goodson, Carl A.
Greenwell, Warren G.
Grether, Walter C.
Griffin, Joseph G.
Griggs, John J.
Grove, James M.
Halferty, John T.
Hall, David Charles
Hall, David E.
Hamer, Arthur J.
Harrell, Jack P.
Hayes, Edgar
Hayes, Richard E. (“Dick”)
Hayward, Winston G.
Hedrick, Mark T.
Henderson, Marvis G. (“Rebel”)
Henry, Douglas A. (“Doug”)
Herr, Charles
Hill, Herbert L.
Hofer, Martin C.
Hoffstead, George E.
Holthaus, John J. (“Joe”)
Hoover, Ivan E.
Horn, Charles D. (“Charlie” or “C.D.”)
Horne, Albert A.
Hornung, Warren W.
Hotchkiss, Wilson
Houghton, Thomas
Howe, Fred J.
Hritsko, William
Hunt, Clifford A.
Hutchins, John (“Hutch”)
Ivanick, John (“Johnny”)
Jackson, James L.
Jackson, Kenneth E.
Jacobs, Robert L.
James, Alton E.
James, Christy A. (“Chris”)
John
Johnson, James V.
Jolly, Harold L.
Jones, Billy B.
Kadingo
Kamm, Maurice H.
Kanorr, Leland R.
Karageorge, Alexander J.
Kashuba, Edmund G.
Kassonof [Kasanof?]
Kaufman, Adolf
Kean, Sidney (“Sid”)
Keeler, Donald S.
Keister, Arthur W. (“Art”)
Kelly, Edward C.
Kelsey, Carl D.
Kendrick, John F.
Kilberg, Albert
King, William G.
Klein, John E.
Klinzing, Edward C.
Knisely, Homer E. (“Sam”)
Kolley, John W. (“Jack”)
Kornosky, George
Korson, Joseph H.
Kraft
Krueger, Charles E.
Krumbholz, Ferdinand W.
LaBarre, Jarvis B.
LaMont, Everett E.
Landrum, Ben A. Jr.
Lanigan, Edward W.
Lary, Sherburne
Launi, Mario
Lavett, Edwin H.
Layser, Curtis R.
Leibovitz
Lhota, Charles J.
  Lind, Frank B.
Lindsey, George M.
Lindsey, Woodrow W. (“Lind”)
Little, Robert W.
Logan, Malcolm H.
LoMagro, Charles J. (“Charlie”)
Long, John B. (“Shorty”)
Longenecker, Walter M.
Longhi, Angelo C.
Lopez, Senen
Lott, Edgar
Low, Elliot W.
Lueker, Edward H.
Mace, William C.
MacKeil, John
Majewski, John J.
Martin, James E.
Martin, Rueul P.
Martucci, James L.
Mascolina, Anthony J. (“Andy”)
Mazzalla, Dominick J.
McCallum, John F.
McCoy, Earl T.
McDonald, James J.
McDonald, Richard J. (“Mac”)
McQueen, Harry H.
McReynolds, J.C. (“Tex”)
Meirte, Albert
Meyer, George O.
Meyers, Roger S.
Michod, John M.
Mill, Herbert L.
Miller, Bernard C.
Miller, Everett E.
Miller, Percy
Miller, Robert J.
Miller, Walter C.
Miracle, Virgil
Misner, Arthur A.
Mitchell, Robert W.
Monson, Clifford M.
Montgomery, Arthur E.
Moore, Harley W.
Mosher, Howard V.
Mosley, William J.
Mulkearn, Martin J.
Mullins, George W. Jr. (“Moon”)
Mullins, Jesse E.
Myers, Roger
Napier, James P.
Neale, Jack
Nelson, Gene F.
Nevels, James
Norton, Gilbert
O’Neal, Walter V. (“Bull”)
Obrasajko, Richard (“Obersaki”)
Odom, David J.
Onoprienko, John
Orr, Curtis C. ("Curt")
Ory, Elden J.
Ouellette, Roger J.
Owen, Jim R.
Pardoe, Glen H.
Peach, Truman B.
Pendergraft
Penn, Houston O.
Peterson, Robert E.
Petruzelli, Vito
Phipps, Albert
Piszczek, John
Podvojski, John J.
Poe, Willie J.
Pollock, Robert W. (“Doc”)
Porter, Paul H.
Radler, Albert T. (“Al”)
Ralston, Harold W. (“Fox”)
Ramsey, William J. Jr.
Ranta, Glenn E.
Ray
Redmond, Joseph P.
Reese, Bruce W.
Reinhalter, Earl Philip
Reyes, Richard H. (“Chili”)
Roahl, William
Robles, Adolph G.
Rohal, William
Romalin, Gerard T. (“Jerry”)
Rose, William
Rosenblum, Sam (“Rosy”)
Rotberg, Solomon
Roush, William P.
Rowlinson
Rubarts, LeLand G.
Rule, Charles F.
Rusniak, Michael
  Russell, William T.
Ryan, William Joseph
Saldukas
Sanderson, Hayes D.
Santorsa, Gerard V.
Sargent, Earl
Scaglione, Louis A. (“Scag”)
Scher, Louis I. (“Lew”)
Schmitz, Irvin T.
Schwartz, Sid
Scurich, Ambrose G.
Selander, Wilbur M. Jr.
Sewerynczyk, Vasily B.
Shclick, Otto F.
Shearer, Samuel W. (“Cat”)
Shelly, Kenneth J.
Shouman, William E.
Skinner, Glenn
Slater, Murice Jr. [Maurice?]
Smith, John E.
Smith, R.E. (“Smitty”)
Smith, Robert T. (“Bob”)
Smith, Raymond E. (“Ray”)
Smith, Theron E.
Smith, Willie Jo
Soper
Sopkovich, Joseph J.
Sorgen
Steele, Arthur C.
Steen, George H.
Stengel, Harry C.
Stenger, Ralph J.
Stouch, John W. (“Johnny”)
Stringfield, Leonard H. (“String”)
Stuart, “Ace” [same as below?]
Stuart, Leslie W.
Summer, Issac
Swanson, Roy C.
Taylor, Francis H.
Taylor, “Pop” [same as above?]
Tendill, Eddie M.
Theobald, Larry J.
Theriot, Numa
Thomas, Thomas J.
Thomas, William R.
Tierney, Joseph T.
Tighlman, Alvin C. (“Al” or “Tilly”)
Tindell, Eddie M.
Tlamka, Jerry J.
Tobahe, Jack
Treffler, Jacob J.
Tremblay, Hubert
Trudeau, Charles H.
Tuckett, Thomas
Tudor, Aubrey J.
Turpin, Luther
Ullman, Arthur I.
Vaden, Ralph R.
Vincente
Volce, Edward F.
Votto, Anthony F.
Vucetich, John L. (“Tex”)
Wallace, Worth A.
Waltner, Michael
Warner, Robert W.
Wathman, John J.
Watson, John M.
Weinstein, Benjamin
Weissman, Harry
Wheelock, Allan
Whitman, Neal S.
Whittemore, Herbert H.P.
Wiggins, Barry
Wilbur, Lyle G.
Williams, Anuerin J.
Williams, Leonard L. (“Ted”)
Wilson, Owen J. Jr.
Woehler, Orville R.
Wooden, James H.
Wrathmall, Scotty
Yanke, Eugene R.
Yeager, Raymond H.
Yendell, Edward K.
Youkin, Chester R.
Young, Gillous
Zakskorn, Charles B.
Zalucki, Charles P.
Zimpelmann, Everett C.
Zulkowski, Joseph
Zvanovec, Eugene C.

Legal name unknown:
“S/Sgt Cappie” [Lester E. Caplan?]
“Swede”
“X-2”




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