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1st Lt. John P. Foltz
Killed 15Dec44
Aircraft crash non-combat
related at Chievres.
Cemetery: Unknown
Killed 15Dec44
Aircraft crash non-combat
related at Chievres.
Cemetery: Unknown
| Albert Freund Commander 397th FS |
| 397th Fighter Squadron Photo Album Page E - I |
| James Hogan, Les Leavoy, & Sid Horowitz |
| Norman Frisbie |
2nd Lt. Joseph C. Howard
KIA 07June44
MACR #5717, Shot down by flak
while strafing near Littry, France.
P-47D 42-75819
Cemetery: Westview Cemetery,
Monroe Co., TN
KIA 07June44
MACR #5717, Shot down by flak
while strafing near Littry, France.
P-47D 42-75819
Cemetery: Westview Cemetery,
Monroe Co., TN
Capt. William H. Gibson
KIA 04Oct44
MACR #9643, Mid air collision during aerial combat near Munstereifel, Germany.
P-47D 42-26937
Cemetery: Unknown
KIA 04Oct44
MACR #9643, Mid air collision during aerial combat near Munstereifel, Germany.
P-47D 42-26937
Cemetery: Unknown
1st Lt. Alfred D. Fry
KIA 30May44
MACR #5365, Shot down by flak while strafing near
Elbeuf, France.
P-47D-15-RE 42-76287
Cemetery: Ardennes Wall of the Missing
KIA 30May44
MACR #5365, Shot down by flak while strafing near
Elbeuf, France.
P-47D-15-RE 42-76287
Cemetery: Ardennes Wall of the Missing
| Henry Hamilton & Roy Carlson |
James Hogan
| Steve Halpin & his P-47 "Naughty Dotty" |
| John Haesler 397th Fighter Squadron's 1st Commander |
| Vernon Fein |
| Donald Evans |
| Lt Fein became one of the few pilots to engage and shoot down the famous German Me-262 Jet Fighter. |
| Henry Hamilton |
| Robert Hellison |
| This photo of William Hirschfeld taken at Mitchel Field, NY appeared in the Sept 1943 issue of Boys Life Magazine |
William Hirschfeld
14March45
Me-109
Me-109
16April45
Me-262
Me-262
26April45
Me-108
Me-108
| Vernon Fein & Odell Dustin |
12June44
Me-109
Me-109
12June44
Me-109
Me-109
| Henry Hamilton & Tote Talbott |
08Dec44
Me-109
Me-109
11Sept44
Me-109
Me-109
08April45
FW-190
FW-190
11Sept44
Me-109
Me-109
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| Sid Horowitz |
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| Russell Hull Armorer |
| Jim Fauley & Vernon Fein |
| John Haesler & Bob Gibson ALG A-3 |
| Roy Carlson & Steve Halpin |
| Randall Hendricks & Al Fry |
February 5th, 1948 The Sweetwater Valley News
The body of Second Lieutenant Joe C. Howard was expected to arrive
in Sweetwater this afternoon at 2:30. The veteran’s body was shipped
from Atlanta with military escort Wednesday. Reared in Sweetwater,
Lt. Howard, who graduated from the local high school in 1942, was
killed in the European Theatre where he served as pilot of a P-47.
The body will remain at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Mark
White, in Sweetwater until services Sunday afternoon at the First
Baptist Church. Services will begin at 2:30 with Rev O. D. Fleming
officiating. Members of the Sweetwater Veterans of Foreign Wars will
serve as pall bearers for the military funeral. A full firing squad and
bugler will be used during burial.
Interment will be at West View Cemetery with Kykers in charge. Lt.
Howard is survived by one sister, Josephine Howard, and two
grandmothers, Mrs. Mark White and Mrs. Joe C. Howard, both of
Sweetwater.
The body of Second Lieutenant Joe C. Howard was expected to arrive
in Sweetwater this afternoon at 2:30. The veteran’s body was shipped
from Atlanta with military escort Wednesday. Reared in Sweetwater,
Lt. Howard, who graduated from the local high school in 1942, was
killed in the European Theatre where he served as pilot of a P-47.
The body will remain at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Mark
White, in Sweetwater until services Sunday afternoon at the First
Baptist Church. Services will begin at 2:30 with Rev O. D. Fleming
officiating. Members of the Sweetwater Veterans of Foreign Wars will
serve as pall bearers for the military funeral. A full firing squad and
bugler will be used during burial.
Interment will be at West View Cemetery with Kykers in charge. Lt.
Howard is survived by one sister, Josephine Howard, and two
grandmothers, Mrs. Mark White and Mrs. Joe C. Howard, both of
Sweetwater.
| Evans |
Lt Evans was shot down by flak near
Stavelot, Belgium on 24Dec44 and
became a POW until the end of the war.
Stavelot, Belgium on 24Dec44 and
became a POW until the end of the war.
| Carl Flick |
| William Horlacher's P-47D-30-RA 44-32759 "Raye of Sunshine" |
| George Crimble and John Irish |
| Dan Mast and John Irish |