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Original 100th Group Navigators

by Jim Brown
Jim Brown was the 100th's revered Historian, until his death and amassed most of the 100th data we have today. He is mourned but not forgotten by the 100th....pw
 

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349TH SQDN.
NAVIGATORCREW PILOT REMARKS BY JIM BROWN
Edward N. JonesOren PetrichKIA 25 Jun 43 Bremen
Nicholas DemchakAlonzo P. Adams IIIPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
John F. BrownPaul J. SchmalenbachPOW
James R. BrownSamuel "Sammy" L. BarrWIA (Deceased Sept 1993----)
Kenneth G. AllenGlen Van NoyPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
William H. CasrrWoodrow B. BarnhillKIA 16 Jul 43 Practice Mission
Harold L. WeachterMagee C. FullerPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
Howard D. BassettVictor ReedCPT (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
Russell W. EngelSummer H. ReederPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
350TH SQDN.
NAVIGATORCREW PILOT REMARKS BY JIM BROWN
Anthony C. GospodarMark E. CarnellCPT (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
Oscar C. Amison, Jr.Roy F. ClaytorPOW (TAPS 1968)
Oliver M. ChieselCharles L. DuncanPOW (Not Located)
Donald L. StroutNorman H. ScottCPT (TAPS 1972)
Harold L. WeintraubRonald W. HollenbeckPOW (Not Located)
John W. DownsBernard A. DeMarcoPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
John E. FawcettRonald W. BraleyPOW (TAPS 1973)
Calvin H. DefevreWilliam D. DeSandersKIA 25 Jul 43 WARNEMUNDE
Harold E. CurticeHarold B. HelstromPOW (10OTH ASSOC MEMBER)
Hiram E. Harris, Jr.Donald K. OakesINT (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
351ST SQDN.
NAVIGATORCREW PILOT REMARKS BY JIM BROWN
Bruce T. RinkerRobert C. PearsonPOW (Not Located)
Paul PascalVictor E. FienupEVA (TAPS 1957)
Charles C. SarabunThomas E. MurphyPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
Robert N. RosenburgAlvin L. BakerPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
Morris WeinbergSam R. TurnerINT (Not Located)
Timothy J. CavanaughGlen W. DyeKIC (1944 IN USA)
Ernest AndersonRichard C. KingPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
Leonard P. BullJack R. SwartoutCPT (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
418TH SQDN.
NAVIGATORCREW PILOT REMARKS BY JIM BROWN
Name UnknownCurtis R. Biddick
David SolomonErnest A. KiesslingPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
John C. DennisWilliam R. FleshPOW (TAPS___)
Frank D. MurphyCharles B. CruikshankPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
Harry H. CrosbyJohn D. BradyCPT (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
Emanuel A. CassismatisEdgar F. Woodward, Jr.POW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)
Joseph H. "Bubbles" PayneEverett E. BlakelyKIA (28 Apr 44 Sottevast)
Ernest E. WarsawRobert M. KnoxPOW (100TH ASSOC MEMBER)

Note to Harry Crosby from Jim Brown:

Harry:
During out Phase training in the U.S., Paul Warner was the Navigator on the Biddick crew. However, at Bangor, Maine, on our way overseas, Warner became ill and was replaced. The name of his replacement is unknown.

Five Headquarters B-17s flew overseas and four of them had ATC Navigators. The 5th aircraft was navigated by Omar Gonzales and piloted by Col. Howard Turner. Wouldn't it be nice if we could get those living together for a photograph at St. Louis.

Until I prepared this list I had not realized that Bassett, Gospodar, Strout, Bull & Crosby were the only ones of the 36 navigators who were not casualties in WW II. Gonzales was a POW. 14 percent survived.

Jim Brown
Group Historian

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