Airmen of the 803rd Bomb
Squadron Heavy Provisional
Seen below is a list of men who initially comprised part of the 803rd Bomb
Squadron (H) Provisional. Special Orders Number 156 released these men on
detached service (DS) at RAF Sculthorpe with the
803BS to RAF Oulton on 16 May 1944. The men and their
original organizations were:
Capt. George E.
Paris
306th BG
1st. Lt. Harold P. Preuss
305th BG
S/Sgt. James A.
Byrne 311
Sig Co Bomb Div AAF 103
S/Sgt. Stillman R. Dunster
305th BG
S/Sgt. James
McFarlane
445 Sub Depot AAF 117
S/Sgt. Wilbert
Rider 303rd
BG
Sgt. John J.
Harkins 92nd
BG
Sgt. Charles W.
Sanders
92nd BG
Sgt. Arnold Savatsky 384th
BG
Cpl. Frank F.
Falter 1st
Sta Com Sq AAF 121
Cpl. Thomas R.
Griffith 303rd
BG
Cpl. Thomas D. Hedgecock
379th BG
Cpl. William E.
Henry 303rd
BG
Cpl. Robert S.
Jamieson
92nd BG
Cpl. Donat E. Lafond 303rd
BG
Cpl. Charles E.
Morton 3rd
Sta Com Sq AAF Sta 107
T/5 Jeremiah Pangburn
1119 QM Co AAF 106
Cpl. Harry W.
Smith 1st
Sta Com Sq AAF 121
Pfc. Herman A.
Brown 381st
BG
Pfc. Clarence M. Corder 91st
BG
Pfc. Elton E.
Stone 379th
BG
Pvt. Leland W.
Todd
351st BG
Pvt. Jack B.
Gilbert 303rd
BG
Pvt. Vane N.L. Glendening
303rd
BG
Special Orders Number 137 of 18 May 1944 stated that the following men were
released from assignment from their respective organizations and placed on
detached service with 803BS at RAF Sculthorpe. Those included men from the following bomb
groups were:
From 94th BG
1st. Lt. Howard H. Klimetz
T/Sgt. Edward D.
T/Sgt. Durand B.
Lovelace
S/Sgt.
S/Sgt. Benjamin F. Roberts
From 95th BG
1st. Lt. William C. Gruelich 1st
Lt. William P. Overstreet
T/Sgt. Vincent J. Areno
S/Sgt. Harry L. Bumgardner
S/Sgt. Horace L.
Flynn
S/Sgt. Raymond A. Battistini
S/Sgt. Edward E.
S/Sgt. Herbert C.
S/Sgt. Howard C.
Culbertson
S/Sgt. Ira C. Muse
From 96th
BG
1st Lt. Charles M.
Travis 1st
Lt.
1st Lt. Kenneth A. Bevan
T/Sgt. Margind Zuckerman
S/Sgt. Nicholas Popadyn
S/Sgt. George E. O’Malley
S/Sgt. John Rovnak
From 385th BG
Capt. Robert G. Stutzman
Capt. Raymond A. Robinson
1st Lt. Walter B.
Slade 1st
Lt. William R. Hoagland
1st Lt. William F.
Flagler T/Sgt.
Richard J.
S/Sgt. James C.
Wooden S/Sgt.
Harold H. Bogart
S/Sgt. Richard R.
Long S/Sgt.
Joseph E. Simkins
From 388th BG
1st Lt. Richard O. Obenschain
1st Lt. James B. Warner
1st Lt. James P. Ostler T/Sgt.
John R. Lopes
T/Sgt. Garven J. Pinciger T/Sgt.
George W.
S/Sgt. Robert W. Mier S/Sgt.
Bernard Berg
S/Sgt. Fred H.
Belcher S/Sgt.
Jack C. Kings
From 390th BG
1st Lt. Harvey A.
Paul 1st
Lt. Wade L.
1st Lt. Warren V.
Smith T/Sgt.
George B. Ellison
T/Sgt. Kenneth L.
Hagan T/Sgt.
Thomas Hennessey
From 447th BG
S/Sgt. Landis L.
Pratt
S/Sgt.
From 100th BG
1st Lt. Donald Gilzinger
T/Sgt. Adam E. Rutkowski
The following men were designated as Detachment A 858th Bomb Squadron (H) and
placed on detached and/or temporary duty at RAF Oulton
per Special Order Number 111 from Headquarters AAF Station 113 Cheddington dated 14 July 1944. These men became part of
the 803BS. The officers and enlisted men were:
Capt. Jack G.
Beamer Cpl
Frank F. Falter
Capt. Charles V.
Parker Cpl
Vane N. L. Glendening
Capt. Robert M. Kinnard Cpl
Thomas R. Griffith
1st. Lt. Eldon R.
Bray
Cpl Thomas D. Hedgecock
1st. Lt. Bernard E. Brodien
Cpl William E. Henry
1st. Lt. Harold P. Preuss Cpl
Robert
1st. Lt. Malcolm Wolkowitz
Cpl Donat
2nd Lt. David F.
Gould Cpl
Charles E. Morton
2nd Lt. John Latvaitis Cpl
Harry W. Smith
2nd Lt. David D.
Merrill
Tec 5 Jeremiah Pangburn
2nd Lt. Franklin R. Zatlin Pfc Herman A. Brown
WOJG Robert H.
Springer Pfc Clarence M. Corder
S/Sgt. James A.
Byrne Pfc Elton E. Stone
S/Sgt. Stillman R. Dunster Pvt Jack B. Gilbert
Sgt. John J.
Harkins Pvt Leland W. Todd
Sgt. Densel L. Milem
Sgt. Charles W. Sanders
Sgt. Arnold Savatsky