Pilots of the 316th who flew 104 fighter-bomber sorties in one day. Not pictured: Waspe, (?) Pearson, (Hospital) Wilson H.E., (Hospital) Wilson P.M., Wurmser, (D.S. to the front.) Patteson, Peeples, Haun, (D.S. rest camp at Cannes) Pardue, (killed in action 20 minutes prior to photo) (Thanks to Suzi Riddle of the 316th web site.)

Front Row Moore Hendricks McIntyre Barns McMeen Richmond Ooley Allen Ponichtera Harley Smith Green Reinitz Olsen

Second Row Goodwin Pyle Prusia O'Neil Wetter Dewey Kandis Otteman Jubin Treitz Thompson Herschberger Johnson

Back Row Van Keuran Cobb Valby Bailey Crawley LeGette Snow Nuckolls Kelly

Major Julian R. "Lefty" Adams, left, 315th Squadron commander,
First Lieut. Lester Jones, 315th Operations Officer, and Assistant Operations Officer,
First Lieut.William A. Wendt at Cape Bon in Tunisia.

Pilots of the 23rd Fighter Group’s 75th Fighter Squadron on, and in front of one of their P-40N Warhawk fighters at Chihking, China.
Among these young pilots are 43-D fighter ace and future Air Force Brigadier General Wiltz “Flash” Segura, standing at left, and fighter ace and future Air Force Lt. Colonel and Deputy Director of the U.S. National Air and Space Museum, Donald S. Lopez, seated second from right.
Also seen in this photograph is Joshua “Chief” Sanford, seated first on the left, who was one of a number of Native American pilots and air crewmen who served in China during the Second World War.

24th FS, 6th Airforce, Panama, 1945

The 32nd Fighter Squadron, with the Squadron's P-38
L-R: 2nd Lt. Paul Prass; Capt. Donald Baker; 2nd Lt. Emil Possis; 1st Lt. Ferdinard Kopf; 2nd Lt. Bill Fairman; 2nd Lt. Frank Dutko

Frank Dutko, 1942
Primary, Muskogee, OK

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