Grandfather's Address Book
I have in my possession, my late Grandfather's little black book that he kept with him during the War.
In it are listed many of the men he trained and flew with before and during his time in the CBI.
If I may, I'd like to list them and hope that there are those out there who can lend some assistance as to the disposition of these men. There are quite a few, and I've exhausted every avenue of research on the internet. I would like to place any information that I receive on a page on my tribute website,
www.dainthecbi.com. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Name and Hometown, current (at that time) address, etc.:
William G. Barnard - Kalamazoo, Michigan
Paul H. Hosp, Jr. - Newark, NJ (died 15 December 1991)
John J. Kerst - Winnsboro, LA
Ellis Clark Zerba - Milton, OR (died 27 January 2011)
Lt. G.B. Cosgrove - Los Angeles, CA
Lt. Walter H. Hopper, Canonsburg, PA (died 16 January 2008)
Lt. John J. Apsega - Akron, OH (died 7 September 2001)
G.C. Beale(sp.?) - Amarillo, TX
Don Howland, Portland, ME (died 3 December 1998)
Frederick Sweeney - Somersville, MA
Raymond S. Crawford - San Antonio, TX
Joe Hight - Sherman, TX
Harold R. Crawford - Columbus, IN
Clarence Coltey - Unknown
H.O. Bowsman - Elgin, IL
G.O. Chase - San Francisco, CA
Ralph A. Crowe - San Luis, AZ
Cecil Duckworth - Santa Ana, CA
Thomas C. Glover -
(88 years old, lives in Colbert, WA 7/6/12 )Richard C. Hawkins - Brownsville, TN
Lester Hibbs - Osborne, KS
Tom J. Hardy - Logansport, IN (died 2 December 2003)
Gene Koscinski - Woodland Hills, CA (lives in Calabasas - 4/20/12)
Ron Kessler - Selma, CA
Robert S. Mitchell - Greensburg, PA
William P. Melchionni - Maple Shade, NJ (died 11 November 2009)
C.J. McGowan - Brooklyn, NY
M.J. McMackin - St. Mary's, PA
Lt. W.F. Palmer - Centralia, WA
Bernard Piersa - Stockton, CA
(90 years old, lives in Stockton, CA - 4/20/12) John Pitts, Jr. - Fayetteville, TN
Lt. J.R. Archdeacon - 331st T.E.F.T.G - Salinas, KS
Also, have these names as signatures on "short snorter" bills:
George C. Link
Melvin Lees
Joe A. Kingland, Jr.
Leo S. Behrens
"Bluebeard" Brindle
Joseph M. Stertz
John J. Klokis
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