573rd BOMB SQUADRON
ROLE: BOMBARDIER
INDIVIDUAL CREW MEMBERS
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| Squadron | Crew | Year | Month | Role | Name | Rank | Serial | |
| 573 | 573000 | 43 | 2 | B | Beckett, Richard J. | 2/Lt. | O662235 | |
| SOURCE: SO-7, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, MacDill Field, FLA, Par. 4. 7 Feb 1943 | ||||||||
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| 573 | 573000 | 43 | 2 | B | Curry, William M. | 2/Lt. | O511367 | |
| SOURCE: SO-7, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, MacDill Field, FLA, Par. 4. 7 Feb 1943 | ||||||||
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| 573 | 573000 | 43 | 2 | B | Egan, John J. | 2/Lt. | O733163 | |
| SOURCE: SO-7, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, MacDill Field, FLA, Par. 4. 7 Feb 1943 | ||||||||
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| 573 | 573000 | 43 | 2 | B | Helbert, Joseph A. | 2/Lt. | O731066 | |
| SOURCE: SO-7, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, MacDill Field, FLA, Par. 4. 7 Feb 1943 | ||||||||
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| 573 | 573000 | 43 | 2 | B | Holmes, Benjamin L. | 2/Lt. | O729971 | |
| SOURCE: SO-7, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, MacDill Field, FLA, Par. 4. 7 Feb 1943 | ||||||||
| NOTES: SO-21, 7/1/1943, Par 10, appoints 2 Lt Billy F. Williams Squadron Bombardier, apparently in replacement of Lt Holmes, mentioning that Holmes is deceased. I have no particulars on Lt Holmes's death. I believe that Holmes's serial number is wrong in SO-21. | ||||||||
| 573 | 573000 | 44 | 9 | B | Horner, George S. | Capt. | O72635 | |
| SOURCE: SO-126, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, Par. 2. 24 Sep 1944 | ||||||||
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| 573 | 573000 | 45 | 2 | B | Huntsberger, Charles N. | 2/Lt. | O2070272 | |
| SOURCE: Special Orders No. 18; HQ, 391st Bombardment Group - Assignment of personnel to squadrons. 2 Feb 1945 | ||||||||
| NOTES: Role unspecified in Orders but has been determined from Crew Loading Lists. | ||||||||
| 573 | 573000 | 43 | 2 | B | Lawler, James R. | 2/Lt. | O732864 | |
| SOURCE: SO-7, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, MacDill Field, FLA, Par. 4. 7 Feb 1943 | ||||||||
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| 573 | 573000 | B | Laydon, Leslie J. | 2/Lt. | O712177 | |||
| SOURCE: SO-104, 9th Bombardment Div, Par. 3. 15 Apr 1945 | ||||||||
| NOTES: Surname appears as Bombardier in Taxi Sheet for mission #219. Serial and rank from SO104. | ||||||||
| 573 | 573000 | 43 | 2 | B | Lewis, Edwin J. | 2/Lt. | O733206 | |
| SOURCE: SO-7, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, MacDill Field, FLA, Par. 4. 7 Feb 1943 | ||||||||
| NOTES: ADDENDUM: Correct serial number obtained from 391BG Mission Records, Air Medal Awards, GO 105, Hq, Ninth Air Forces, 20 April 1944. | ||||||||
| 573 | 573000 | 43 | 2 | B | Loiselle, Raymond J. | 2/Lt. | O733207 | |
| SOURCE: SO-7, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, MacDill Field, FLA, Par. 4. 7 Feb 1943 | ||||||||
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| 573 | 573000 | 45 | 5 | B | O'Neill, Ralph W. | 1/Lt. | O712212 | |
| SOURCE: Operations Orders No. 6, Par. 1,2; HQ, 391st Bombardment Group - Fully Qualified to Fly as Lead Combat Team. 1 May 1945 | ||||||||
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| 573 | 573000 | 44 | N | Penner, Robert F. | Capt. | O665932 | ||
| SOURCE: SO-1, 9th Bombardment Div, Par. 4. 25 Sep 1944 | ||||||||
| NOTES: The source order lists aircrew personnel for return to the ZI. ADDENDUM: Various orders and Crew Loading Lists show Penner was a Navigator with the 573th Bomb Squadron. | ||||||||
| 573 | 573000 | TOG | Proudlove, Victor J. | ? | 39559616 | |||
| SOURCE: Name appears in picture caption. 1 Jan 1943 | ||||||||
| NOTES: Name appears in the caption for various pictures. Assumed to be Bombardier/Togglier for William C. Morris. Details from Army enlistment records. | ||||||||
| 573 | 573000 | 44 | 5 | B | Schmidt, Robert L. | 2/Lt. | O743693 | |
| SOURCE: General Orders No. 141, Par. 1;HQ, Ninth Air Force 18 May 1944 | ||||||||
| NOTES: Role unspecified in Orders but has been determined from Crew Loading Lists. | ||||||||
| 573 | 573000 | 44 | B | Schulte, John K. | 1/Lt. | O664829 | ||
| SOURCE: SO-1, 9th Bombardment Div, Par. 4. 25 Sep 1944 | ||||||||
| NOTES: This order lists aircrew personnel for return to the ZI. | ||||||||
| 573 | 573000 | 44 | w.b | Schulte, John K. | 1/Lt. | O664829 | ||
| SOURCE: MACR 05853, 42-95849. 19 Mar 1944 | ||||||||
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| 573 | 573000 | 43 | 2 | B | Williams, Billy F. | 2/Lt. | O733244 | |
| SOURCE: SO-7, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, MacDill Field, FLA, Par. 4. 7 Feb 1943 | ||||||||
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