Below are the casualties for the 39th Bomb Group, listed as found in the source material and updated as required. To read a specific section click on the section name below.  The number in the ( ) indicates the number of names listed in each section.  For the MIA Section click on the letter of the last name to jump to that area of the MIA list.
Killed In Action - (23)
Died of Injuries - (1)
Missing In Action - (83)
|A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z|
Seriously Wounded In Action - (1)
Seriously Injured In Action - (3)
POW - (3)
Died Non Battle - (19)
Aircraft Loss

39TH BOMB GROUP CASUALTIES
Name	Crew	Serial Number	Notes
KILLED IN ACTION [ top of page ]
Sgt Raymond E. Barczak	P-42	33904638	MACR# 14833
Sgt Kenneth Colli	P-42	11104535	MACR# 14833
M/Sgt John W. Courtney	P-40	33064522	per video tape of Sgt Charles E. Jackson, RO, P-40
Cpl David R. Curry	Kobler Crew	131191087	MACR# 14511
Sgt Gerald A. Drouin	Kobler Crew	36959975	MACR# 14511
F/O Kenneth E. Durham	P-42	T-129133	MACR# 14833
F/O Milford G. Fredenburg	Kobler Crew	T-136545	MACR# 14511
F/O Fred C. Graesslin	Kobler Crew	T-138214	MACR# 14511
1st Lt Donald Q. Hopkins	P-42	0-793771	MACR# 14833
Sgt Melvin J. Howard	Kobler Crew	39293587	MACR# 14511
F/O William G. Joyce	P-42	T-4124	MACR# 14833
Capt Cornelius W. Kobler	Kobler Crew	0-666191	MACR# 14511
M/Sgt Gerhard J. Kuehler	P-42	20800319	MACR# 14833
F/O Maurice E. Long	P-42	T-131545	MACR# 14833
Sgt Henry T. Matthaus	P-44	3479505
S/Sgt Edward J. Mose, Jr.	P-42	336643308 (?)	MACR# 14833
2nd Lt Clarence G. Ogden	Kobler Crew	0-2079081	MACR# 14511
Sgt Justin J. Patsey	P-42	42094083	MACR# 14833
F/O Maurice J. Powsner	P-42	T-132514	MACR# 14833
Cpl George W. Roberts	Kobler Crew	6860412	MACR# 14511
2nd Lt Walter C. Roessig, Jr.	P-17	0-2068758
S/Sgt Thomas G. Ulrich	P-42	36833445	MACR# 14833
2nd Lt Thomas P. Winteringer	Kobler Crew	0-8366210	MACR# 14511
Cpl Luther Woods	Kobler Crew	34829853	MACR# 14511
DIED OF INJURIES [ top of page ]
Sgt Esteban Garcia, Jr	P-6	38555760
MISSING IN ACTION [ top of page ]
A [ top of page ]
T/Sgt Robert L. Addleman	P-26	16042855	MACR# 14333
S/Sgt Gerald W. Arundale	P-16	16137110	MACR# 14367
B [ top of page ]
Cpl David W. Barr	P-52	12239623	MACR# 14490
T/Sgt Clarence W. Beevers (P-31, FE)	P-26	14060525	MACR# 14333
2nd Lt William F. Blackinton	P-50	0-828924	MACR# 14328
1st Lt Arthur C. Bowman	P-40	02068580	MACR# 14943
C [ top of page ]
2nd Lt Jesse H. Chaffin	P-9	0785375	MACR# 14279
T/Sgt Harry W. Clark	P-16	16003217	MACR# 14367
F/O lrving A. Cohen	P-9	T-1284433	MACR# 14279
Capt Harris E. Collins, Jr	P-1R1	0-369738	MACR# 14537
2nd Lt Joseph F. Connolly, Jr.	P-4	0-2063367	MACR# 14249
Cpl Bertrand H. Constantine	-	39333796	Lost 16 April 1945 P-11 passenger AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
2nd Lt Charles B. Coutts	P-26	0-785481	MACR# 14333
2nd Lt Jack B. Covington	P-52	0-880541	MACR #14490
D [ top of page ]
Sgt William T. Davenport, Jr.	P-46	17122771	MACR# 14539
Capt Lawrence H. Devine	P-40	0-725491	MACR# 14943
F/O David P. Donahoo, Jr.	P-26	T-128440	MACR# 14333
M/Sgt Roy V. Duncan	P-11	6271653	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
E [ top of page ]
1st Lt Smith L. Edwards	P-16	0-793173	MACR# 14367
1st Lt James M. Engholdt	P-16	0-1317770	MACR# 14367
F [ top of page ]
Sgt William T. Findley	P-1R1	37727699	MACR# 14537
1st Lt Claude M. Fisher	P-50	0-854163	MACR# 14328
G [ top of page ]
H [ top of page ]
Sgt Milford F. Haines	P-52	36842208	MACR #14490
2nd Lt Donald H. Haynes	P-9	0-828007	MACR# 14279
Capt Ralph H. Hazel  - Grp FE	P-50	0-571983	Date of loss matches that of Crew 50 (only crew lost this date) MACR# 14328
S/Sgt Astor G. Hero	P-40	12052652	MACR#14943
1st Lt Robert L. Hickey (Radar, P-36)	P-40	0-873820	MACR#14943
J [ top of page ]
Cpl Milton Jacobs (Crew 11R)	P-16	35517801	Date of loss matches that of Crew 16 (only crew lost this date) MACR# 14367
K [ top of page ]
T/Sgt Edward M. Kanick	P-30	13006441	MACR# 14594
2nd Lt Odie A. Kelly	P-16	02068100	MACR# 14367
Capt Reece Killpack	P-1R1	0-428961	MACR# 14537
1st Lt Howard Kolbert - (61st Sq Radar)	P-21	0-865220	MACR# 14425
2nd Lt Aaron M. Kopit	P-26	0-828460	MACR# 14333
Sgt Walter E. Kurasowicz	P-9	31390014	MACR# 14279
L [ top of page ]
Sgt Frederick D. Langham	P-9	6815274	MACR# 14279
Sgt Carl R. Larson	P-9	42080304	MACR# 14279
2nd Lt Gerald M. Levinson	P-52	0-2056427	MACR #14490
2nd Lt Harold W. Lockwood	P-9	0-868819	MACR# 14279
Cpl Marvin H. Long	P-26	34882642	MACR# 14333
M/Sgt Clare A. Lovelace	P-46	18053907	MACR# 14539
M [ top of page ]
2nd Lt Jim A. Mc Candless	P-26	0-2057811	MACR# 14333
Sgt Maurice G. McCormick	P-9	17053688	MACR# 14279
2nd Lt James I. McLatchy	P-9	0-2067961	MACR# 14279
S/Sgt Jasper Martinez, Jr.	P-40	39145247	MACR# 14943
Sgt Charles Markowitz	P-46	42064110	MACR# 14539
2nd Lt Joe B. Medina	P-52	0-771758	MACR #14490
2nd Lt Phillip S. Munson	P-11	02068444	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
N [ top of page ]
Sgt Peter G. Navarra	P-11	32827997	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
2nd Lt Joseph B. Neden, Jr.	P-1R1	0-825953	MACR# 14537
Sgt Ernest E. Nyholm, Jr.	P-16	42071979	MACR# 14367
O [ top of page ]
1st Lt John D. O' Reilly	P-11	0740899	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
1st Lt Alexander Orionchek	P-26	0-683054	MACR# 14333
P [ top of page ]
Capt Richard E. Paquette	P-52	0-424416	MACR #14490
1st Lt Benjamin L. Powell	P-50	0-675871	MACR# 14328
R [ top of page ]
2nd Lt John A. Rauzi	P-11	0785507	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
Sgt Eugene C. Reck	P-1R1	13155100	MACR# 14537
Cpl Stewart J. Reid	P-11	36864752	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
1st Lt William A. Reith	P-52	0-864332	MACR #14490
1st Lt Ernest Rogers	P-28	0-735928	1
Cpl Walter M. Rusin	P-11	32948786	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
Sgt Carlton W. Russell	P-40	32948786	MACR#14943
S [ top of page ]
S/Sgt Robert J. Sabol	P-52	0-424416	MACR #14490
2nd Lt Hammond D. Sadler	P-40	01684209	MACR#14943
Sgt Anthony Scaffidi	P-11	38171075	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
Sgt Richard J. Sloane	P-50	19153137	MACR# 14328
Sgt Jack W. Smith	P-50	20446138	MACR# 14328
1st Lt William J. Southall, Jr	P-9	0-0668661	MACR# 14279
Cpl John C. Sprosty, Jr.	P-26	15399537	MACR# 14333
S/Sgt Mervin L. Stanton	P-21	19145957	MACR# 14425
2nd Lt Harry F. Stallings, Jr.	P-11	02063527	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
Cpl Raymond M. Stoll	P-11	31390507	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
2nd Lt Robert W. Swart	P-50	0-777043	MACR# 14328
T [ top of page ]
S/Sgt Lawrence J. Toeppe	P-46	15329499	MACR # 14539
Cpl Albert P. Tomasetti	P-26	42094232	MACR # 14333
1st Lt Leon Tomberg	P-52	37358496	MACR # 14490
Sgt Paul P. Trujillo	P-50	37358496	MACR # 14328
U [ top of page ]
V [ top of page ]
S/Sgt John Venturelli	P-40	39567330	MACR# 14943
Cpl Conrad E. Vogt	P-26	18227530	MACR# 14333
W [ top of page ]
2nd Lt Jack G. Wampack	P-11	0781470	AAF Major Accident Report # 45-4-16-507
2nd Lt Austin L. Wible	P-1R1	0-2058602	MACR# 14537
Capt John C. Wilkie	P-1R1	0-433161	MACR# 14537
Sgt Myron D. Williams	P-1R1	42107977	MACR# 14537
Sgt Joe D. Wilson	P-9	37533450	MACR# 14279
Sgt William L. Wood	P-26	36873651	MACR# 14333
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ACTION [ top of page ]
1st Lt Robert C. Morton	P-52	0-739190
SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ACTION [ top of page ]
F/O Aldwyn B. Fields	P-16	T-129136
1st Lt Edmund J. Flynn	P-6	0-745661
Sgt Robert E. Wisniski	P-6	33699391
POW [ top of page ]
Sgt Lloyd R. Hill - Survived	P-52	37681262	MACR #14490
Sgt Sherwood C. Kiernan - Survived	P-52	31381093	MACR #14490
Sgt Harry Slater, Jr. - Survived	Kobler Crew	39286722	MACR# 14511
DIED NON BATTLE [ top of page ]
Sgt John W. Anderson (62nd BS)	P-01	37198752	National Archives
T/Sgt Jess J. Ausburn	P-50	18037452	National Archives
S/Sgt Alfred G. Booker	Silver	17000156	MACR # 15308
Cpl Slyvester Cancellieri	Silver	12202122	MACR # 15308
1st Lt Edward T. Charles, Jr. (247th BU)	P-01	0-670002	National Archives
M/Sgt John W. Courtney	P-40	33064522	National Archives
Cpl Ralph C. De Moss (247th BU)	P-01	14065328	National Archives
Cpl Leslie P. Fries	P-01	20365244	National Archives
Cpl John H. Gavin	P-01	31370021	National Archives
2nd Lt Joseph Georgeoff	Silver	0-2064239	MACR # 15308
Cpl Earl J. Gilbert	P-01	33515150	National Archives
Capt Alan M. Miller	P-01	0-412870	National Archives
Cpl Larry Muss	Silver	32988941	MACR # 15308
Cpl John E. Nandino	P-01	39568287	National Archives
2nd Lt Lewis S. Phillps	P-01	0-830911	National Archives
1st Lt Ernest T. Rogers (869th BS, 497th BG)	P-28	0-735928	National Archives
2nd Lt Pliny G. Saeger	Silver	0-760731	MACR # 15308
1st Lt Glenn H. Silver	Silver	0-737876	MACR # 15308
Pfc Herbert Zwillinger	Silver	32224447	MACR # 15308

39th BG Aircraft Loss
Date	Combat	Non-Combat	Transfer
Mar 1945	0	0	0
April 1945	5	0	0
May 1945	5	2	3
June 1945	2	1	0
July 1945	1	0	4
August 1945	0	0	3
Total	13	3	10

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