491st BOMB GROUP ROLL OF HONOR

NamePositionDate of Death
2/Lt Chester T. Adkinstail Gunner26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt David Chistopher AllenGunner05-Jan-1945
2/Lt Edward Russell AllenCo-Pilot11-Dec-1944
T/Sgt Laverne Gaylord AndersonTTG26-Nov-1944
Sgt Elmore Lathrop AustinLWG24-Aug-1944
1/Lt Arthur Findley BaileyNavigator13-Sep-1944
1/Lt Robert Scott BakerCo-Pilot26-Sep-1944
2/Lt Fletcher BarnesCo-Pilot12-Sep-1944
1/Lt Herman Carl BauerNavigator26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt Elmer Howe BemisRO26-Nov-1944
1/Lt David Neville Bennett Jr.Pilot26-Nov-1944
Sgt Irwin BennettRW11-Jun-1944
T/Sgt Ceasar Renato BinettiROG13-Sep-1944
1/Lt Joe F. BlairCo-Pilot17-Jan-1945
2/Lt Jesse Francis BlountCo-Pilot26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Malcolm Leonard BlueNavigator02-Jun-1944
1/Lt Frank Edward BockNavigator21-Feb-1945
S/Sgt William Russell BolingNO26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Frederick Franklin Borger Jr.LWG26-Nov-1944
FO Bruce Delmar BoveyCoPilot19-Jan-1945
S/Sgt Oliver Joel BowenGunner30-Mar-1945
T/Sgt Joseph LaVern BoyerTTG26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Elmer Roy BraterBombardier19-Feb-1945
2/Lt Robert J. BrennanBombardier26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt Vernon R. BrockTTG26-Nov-1944
1/Lt James Willliam BrownPilot24-Mar-1945
S/Sgt Llewellyn W. BrumbaughLWG/RO04-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Grover Lee BuchananEngineer/TTG08-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Raymond F. BuchholzNO24-Mar-1945
1/Lt Daniel Collins Budd Jr.Pilot26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Donald Thomas BurkeBombardier26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Robert J. BurnettTG26-Nov-1944
1/Lt Marvin Wayne ButlerPilot25-Jun-1944
1/Lt William H. ByrneNavigator/Bombardier18-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Hartwell Parker ByrnesTG26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt Frank Clinton Callahan Jr.RO24-Mar-1945
T/Sgt William Lloyd CarlisleRO26-Nov-1944
Sgt Lawrence H. CarmichaelBTG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Delbert Ben CarrRWG24-Mar-1945
T/Sgt Mason C. CarrTG09-Sep-1944
T/Sgt Harold Norman CarsonTTG13-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Joseph R. CarusoLWG26-Nov-1944
2/Lt John Lloyd. ClarkCo-Pilot02-Oct-1944
S/Sgt Jesse W. ColeLWG26-Nov-1944
FO James Wendell CookBombardier26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt George Henry CoronaRWG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Frank Robert CostelloNG24-Mar-1945
S/Sgt Ronald Milikin CraigLWG24-Mar-1945
S/Sgt Thomas R. CraneTG26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt Martin James CuffRO24-Mar-1945
S/Sgt James William Dance Jr.LWG13-Sep-1944
Sgt Lester J. DatthynTG08-Jun-1944
2/Lt Joseph Leverne DaviesCoPilot04-Jun-1944
1/Lt Michael Joseph DelaneyNavigator17-Jan-1945
T/Sgt Howard E. Denham Jr.Engineer22-Feb-1945
S/Sgt Leonard A. DerenceRWG24-Mar-1945
T/Sgt Dewey Anderson DeweberRO26-Nov-1944
1/Lt Roland U. DextraseNavigator04-Jun-1944
T/Sgt Joseph DiFilippoTTG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt George M. DuerrRWG25-Jun-1944
Sgt William Albert DumontBTG24-Aug-1944
S/Sgt Harvey B. DuncanLWG26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt John W. EldridgeTTG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Solon William Elliot Jr.RO13-Jul-1944
2/Lt George Henry EngelNavigator26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Edgar Roy Eshleman Jr.Navigator11-Dec-1944
2/Lt Wayne Evans Jr.Bombardier12-Sep-1944
S/Sgt James Lester EversRWG18-Sep-1944
2/Lt Robert A. FeinbergBombardier24-Mar-1945
S/Sgt Maurice William FinneganLWG02-Oct-1944
S/Sgt Earl F. FlickTG24-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Donald W. FonnerTG24-Mar-1945
S/Sgt Ray Foley FortneyTG30-Mar-1945
2/Lt Edwin Wilton Foster IIIBombardier08-Jun-1944
1/Lt Paul FoxPilot24-Mar-1945
Sgt Carl W. FrackWG08-Jun-1944
1/Lt Francis Eugene FuhrPilot26-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Thomas Edward FulbrightEngineer20-Jun-1944
S/Sgt William H. FulkersonTTG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Gordon B. FullerRWG26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Richard W. FunkCo-Pilot28-Jun-1944
Sgt Thomas E. GallantBTG03-Aug-1944
1/Lt Clifford R. GalleyPilot04-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Harold G. GardnerTG24-Mar-1945
2/Lt Carl L. GeppertCo-Pilot26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Harold Vernon GoadTT11-Jun-1944
2/Lt Charles F. GoodacreBombardier/Nav24-Mar-1945
1/Lt John Richard GranatBombardier/Nav18-Sep-1944
2/Lt Lloyd Vincent GrangeNavigator18-Sep-1944
T/Sgt Albert A. GreenbergRO24-Mar-1945
2/Lt Gerald M. GreerCo-Pilot26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Paul I. HarrisEngineer/RWG11-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Glen C. HasselbrinckRWG/Eng04-Jun-1944
T/Sgt Francis Sylvester HawkinsTTG/Eng26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt James Lee HaynesRO04-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Lee Harrold HechtEngineer/TTG24-Mar-1945
T/Sgt John Nelson HeibRO26-Nov-1944
Sgt Robert William HessTG05-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Lester Roe HigleyTG24-Mar-1945
1/Lt Norman F. HirschNavigator26-Nov-1944
2/Lt John P. HitePilot26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Charles Edward. HixsonRWG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Adrian Wendell HoffmanTG26-Sep-1944
S/Sgt David R. HollerLWG13-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Charles Ernest HolzapfelEngineer/TTG28-May-1945
T/Sgt Henry Adolph HoosRO25-Jun-1944
2/Lt Robert L. HuberBombardier26-Sep-1944
S/Sgt John A. HudsonRWG17-Jan-1945
Sgt David Lebron HunterEngineer/RWG05-Jan-1945
Capt James Kerwin HunterPilot18-Sep-1944
T/Sgt Cecil Eugene HutsonTTG18-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Arnold S. JacksonTG17-Jan-1945
S/Sgt William J. JamisonRWG24-Mar-1945
S/Sgt Thaddeus Chester JaroszLWG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Robert Nolan JarrettTG20-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Merrill E. JenkinsLWG/Eng12-Sep-1944
2/Lt Guy Scott JohnsonNavigator05-Jan-1945
1/Lt Woodrow G. JohnsonNavigator26-Nov-1944
Sgt Clyde Vincent JonesNG/Eng08-Jun-1944
1/Lt Conrad Louis KantzlerNavigator13-Sep-1944
Sgt Joseph Leonard KelleyBT11-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Daniel O. KingsburyRO12-Sep-1944
Sgt Kenneth Sage KingslandEngineer14-Mar-1945
2/Lt Michael KrivonakCo-Pilot26-Nov-1944
Sgt William Douglas KunkelLWG05-Jan-1945
2/Lt William Morgan LaCailladeCo-Pilot30-Mar-1945
FO Edward Joseph LaHayeCo-Pilot05-Jun-1944
2/Lt George W. LaneCo-Pilot25-Jun-1944
1/Lt Keith E. Le FurjahNavigator26-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Leo R. LehrNO26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Unto John LehtonenNavigator19-Jan-1945
S/Sgt Martin LeibenhautTG13-Sep-1944
Sgt Raymond George LemayTG02-Jun-1944
2/Lt David A. LePitreNav/Pilotage17-Jan-1945
2/Lt Edward A. LevackNavigator24-Mar-1945
Sgt Stephen S. LevandowskiTG19-Jan-1945
Sgt Percival M. III LewisTail Gunner13-Jul-1944
1/Lt Sig LiebfeldPilot21-Jul-1944
Sgt Herbert H. LienauTG11-Dec-1944
1/Lt Richard H. LindhoutBombardier04-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Gordon Leith LordRWG13-Sep-1944
Sgt Vern Joseph LowmanGunner08-Jun-1944
Sgt Vito LuisiRO19-Jan-1945
Sgt David Elwood MacCallumBTG05-Jan-1945
2/Lt Bernard Francis MahoneyBombardier/Nav25-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Kenneth M. MannBTG24-Mar-1945
T/Sgt Paul W. ManterTTG26-Nov-1944
Sgt Sheldon Paul MarkhamTG26-Nov-1944
Sgt Andrew MarkoLWG26-Nov-1944
1/Lt Joseph Peter MartillottaBombardier13-Sep-1944
T/Sgt Johnnie Hargrove Martin Jr.Engineer/TTG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Britt D. Maxwell Jr.TG02-Oct-1944
S/Sgt Chester E. McCarrickTG12-Sep-1944
MSgt Cecil Lynn McCloudEngineer04-Jun-1944
2/Lt Evan L. McClungPilot08-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Bartley F. McConnellRWG05-Jan-1945
Sgt Melvin L. McDanielRO26-Nov-1944
1/Lt Richard Kiernan McDonnellBombardier/NG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Raymond O. McKeeLWG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Charles O. McKinneyLWG24-Mar-1945
1/Lt Vernon Leroy McKinstry Jr.Co-Pilot05-Jan-1945
2/Lt Charles Albert MeadowsCo-Pilot13-Jul-1944
2/Lt Dan Woodhead MeansPilot02-Oct-1944
Sgt William P. MeerdoLWG26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Nicholas Andrew MelnikoffBombardier09-Sep-1944
2/Lt Harold Ramsey MengNavigator20-Jun-1944
Sgt James F. MewbourneTG11-Jun-1944
2/Lt Frank Harry Miller Jr.Bombardier16-Oct-1944
2/Lt Jerry R. MillerCo-Pilot09-Sep-1944
S/Sgt John R. MillerTTG21-Jul-1944
FO Lester MillerBombardier05-Jun-1944
T/Sgt Shepard L. MillerGunner30-Mar-1945
Sgt Woodrow W. MilliganLWG11-Jun-1944
FO Oliver Wendel MinardBombardier23-Jan-1945
Capt Anthony Baird MitchellCommand Pilot18-Sep-1944
Sgt Randolph R. MohlhenrichRO19-Feb-1945
FO James Howell. MohundroPilot19-Jan-1945
T/Sgt Barto J. MontalbanoRO18-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Beuron Hines MooreRWG13-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Mitchell Haygood MooreLWG26-Nov-1944
1/Lt Alfred Donant MoussettePilot05-Jun-1944
S/Sgt John P. MurrayRWG26-Nov-1944
2/Lt George Clifton MyersPilot11-Dec-1944
2/Lt Eugene Walter NadrasikNavigator/Pilot/Nav05-Jan-1945
2/Lt Robert Elmer NagelCo-Pilot05-Jan-1945
Sgt Carl Joseph NegrinRWG26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt William Edward NeighRO17-Jan-1945
2/Lt Harold E. NelsonBombardier30-Mar-1945
S/Sgt George John NimmerRWG/RO02-Oct-1944
T/Sgt Lendeth Paul NoonTTG/Eng12-Sep-1944
Sgt James Barr NormanEngineer19-Jan-1945
2/Lt Thomas R. O'BrienNavigator26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt Raymond J. O'ConnellTTG25-Jun-1944
2/Lt Paul C. O'DellBombardier26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Noel Armand OuryCo-Pilot26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Lloyd Griffith PageTG04-Jun-1944
1/Lt Harry Birdette ParkerNavigator18-Sep-1944
Pfc George E. ParrishDM18-Sep-1944
T/Sgt Pete Patrick Jr.RO26-Nov-1944
1/Lt George Kenneth PattenBombardier26-Nov-1944
FO Edward Lee PattersonCo-Pilot24-Mar-1945
S/Sgt Bernard E. PeakGunner/BG20-Jun-1944
T/Sgt Walter B. PetersonBTG09-Sep-1944
1/Lt William Frank PhelpsBombardier26-Nov-1944
Sgt Donald Edgar PhilipsChemical NCO MOS87028-Nov-1944
S/Sgt James Brady PiattBTG25-Jun-1944
2/Lt Anker Fuslang PoulsenCo-Pilot24-Mar-1945
FO Gerald ProcitaNavigator19-Feb-1945
S/Sgt Paul Raymond Rachler Jr.TG25-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Theodore RaybouldNG26-Nov-1944
Sgt Tony L. ReaWG19-Jan-1945
1/Lt William L. ReeseNavigator/ NG26-Nov-1944
Sgt Francis Merele ReffnerLWG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt William E. ReutenerRWG26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt Raymond Renfroe RhodesTTG02-Oct-1944
S/Sgt Robert RichardsRWG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Lincoln S. RickerNO02-Oct-1944
Sgt Frank Barney RiveraTG26-Nov-1944
1/Lt Franklin R. RobertsBombardier17-Jan-1945
2/Lt Herman Edward Roberts Jr.Navigator26-Nov-1944
FO David A. RobinsonAirman19-Feb-1945
FO Frank Clifford RoeNavigator26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Norman Joseph Rogers Jr.Pilot24-Aug-1944
S/Sgt Donald U. RombergerRO26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Sammy Tenney RowanCo-Pilot08-Jun-1944
Sgt Warren Hurbert RudolphWG08-Jun-1944
T/Sgt Arthur Joseph RuppelRO10-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Troy Leon RyanNO26-Nov-1944
Sgt Donald X. SaboridoWG19-Jan-1945
Sgt Walter O. SchatzelRWG26-Nov-1944
Sgt Bill Lou SchmillNO05-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Rudolph C. SchopaRO08-Jun-1945
S/Sgt Fred J. SchulzLWG25-Jun-1944
Sgt Albert W. SchweitzerLWG11-Dec-1944
CPT Justus Marcus Schwensen Jr.PILOT17-Jan-1945
S/Sgt Dorrence Robert SeibertEngineer30-Mar-1945
2/Lt John Nicholas SekulCo-Pilot24-Aug-1944
1/Lt Fletcher Ellsworth SharpPilot08-Jun-1944
2/Lt Max Ronell SheaPilot13-Jul-1944
S/Sgt Elmore W. ShepherdRWG26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Robert Henry SiekPilot30-Mar-1945
2/Lt Warren Keith SimmonsNavigator26-Nov-1944
Sgt Arthur D. SimonGunner04-Jun-1944
2/Lt John H. SingleyBombardier26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt David H. SladeLWG24-Mar-1945
Sgt Edward F. SloaneRO26-Nov-1944
1/Lt George H. Smith Jr.Co-Pilot21-Feb-1945
1/Lt Robert Weller SparrowPilot12-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Irving B. StarrNO26-Nov-1944
Sgt Arden E. StaymatesTTG11-Dec-1944
S/Sgt Elmer SteinmanTG26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Russell C. StewartTG26-Nov-1944
Capt Wayne Edward StewartPilot26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Henry Paul StovallTG26-Nov-1944
Capt Dean Beavers StrainPilot17-Jan-1945
T/Sgt Charles B. SutcliffeTTG24-Mar-1945
2/Lt Bill H. Sutton Jr.Bombardier26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Glenn Touraine SwanbyLWG26-Nov-1944
Sgt Earle A. SwansonWG05-Jun-1944
T/Sgt Howard A. TaiblROG05-Jun-1944
S/Sgt Lee Alfonzo TaylorWG26-Nov-1944
Sgt Herman ToelleRO11-Dec-1944
2/Lt Thomas S. TolinBombardier26-Nov-1944
Sgt Raymond L. TompkinsRWG11-Dec-1944
Sgt Phillip Jennings Triplett Jr.TG05-Jan-1945
FO Haigus TufenkjianNavigator26-Aug-1944
T/Sgt John E. TurnerTTG17-Jan-1945
Sgt Edward B. TykarskyTTG26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Morris John VoldenCo-Pilot26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Matthew Vukovich Jr.Pilot26-Nov-1944
Sgt Harold Russell WagersTG26-Nov-1944
2/Lt William R. WaisCo-Pilot24-Mar-1945
S/Sgt Fred McCluskey WakemanRWG26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Floyd A. Walker Jr.Navigator26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Joseph B., III WalkerOrdininance19-Feb-1945
1/Lt John Stanley Warczak Jr.Pilot26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt Norman G. WarfordTTG26-Nov-1944
Sgt John E. WargoGunner/TG30-Mar-1945
S/Sgt Robert L. WatkinsNG09-Sep-1944
Sgt Sidney Albert Watters Jr.NO11-Dec-1944
Sgt Benjamin WaxmanNG27-Feb-1945
2/Lt William F. WeckBombardier20-Jun-1944
Sgt Kenneth F. WeibleRO26-Nov-1944
2/Lt Alvin Steven WeissNavigator12-Sep-1944
S/Sgt Marshall Ennis WilliamsTG26-Nov-1944
Sgt Thomas D. Williams Jr.RO24-Aug-1944
1/Lt Joseph Edgar WilloughbyNavigator17-Jan-1945
1/Lt Andy Thorel WilsonPilot24-Mar-1945
S/Sgt Theron S. WimettLWG17-Jan-1945
1/Lt James Joseph WynnPilot26-Nov-1944
Sgt Richard Frederick YergeyRWG26-Nov-1944
1/Lt Stanley Allen YergeyBombardier26-Nov-1944
S/Sgt Samuel YuzwaNO26-Nov-1944
T/Sgt Harry ZadoorianTTG24-Mar-1945