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This is the HONOR ROLL of the ground
personnel of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn, England, September
1942 to June 1945
Contributed by Bert Humphries
First Sergeant:
Mail Clerk:
Welder:
Instrument Shop Chief:
Headquarters:
Crew Chiefs: Sgt.
Urban Drella, Wilber Dueler, Argo Giese, Donald Moucka, Erwin Steele Tom Elliott, Nicolas
Terrefenko and Julian Murdock
Asst. Line Chief: Sgt.
Howard Cole, Quinten Bennett
Flight Surgeon: Paul
Miner
Armorer: Earl Luden
Prop Specialist:
Asst. Line Inspector:
Sheet Metal Crew Chief:
Sheet metal Crew:
Electrician:
Mechanic: Sgt.
Totusek, Norbert Dryja, William DuBose, Ralph Randolph, George Zucco, Herman Mosier,
Robert Compton, Floyd Prouse Edward Mendoza, George Guthmiller, Jack Paxson and Sgt.
Hanson
Oxygen: Howard
Sisk, Vincent Richard
APO: Norman Manning
Welder:
Flight Equipment Dispatcher:
Norden Bomb Sight
Specialist:
Inspector:
Line Chief:
Asst Engineering Officer:
Assist Line Chief:
Security:
Supply Sgt.:
Sheet metal Repair Crew:
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REMEMBER THESE MEN, A DEDICATION
Through the history of world aviation, many names have come to the
fore.
Great deeds of the past in our memory will last, as they're joined by more and more.
When man first started his labor in his quest to conquer the sky,
he was designer, mechanic and pilot.; and he built a machine that would fly; but somehow
the order got twisted, and then in the public eye, the only man that could be seen
was the man who knew how to fly!
The pilot was everyone's hero: he was brave, he was bold, he was
grand as he stood by his battered old biplane with his goggles and helmet in hand. To be
sure, these pilots all earned it; to fly you have to have the guts and they blazed their
names in the hall of fame, on wings with baling wire struts, but for each of these flying
heroes, there thousands of little known
heroes, and these were the men who worked on the planes but kept their feet on the ground.
We all know Lindbergh and we've read of his fame, but think if you can remember his
maintenance man. Can you remember his name?
Think of our wartime heroes, Gabreski, Jabara and Scott.
Can you tell me the name of their crew chiefs? A thousand to one you cannot!
Now pilots are highly trained people and their wings are not
easily won, but without the work of the MAINTENANCE MEN, our pilots would
march with a gun. So when you see mighty aircraft as they make their way through
the
air, the 'greased stained man' with the wrench in his hand, is the man who put
them up there.
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