MARINE SCOUT BOMBING SQUADRON 141 (VMSB-141)

Pilots (arrival date, remarks)

Maj GA Bell (10/5-6, Killed during bombardment of 10/14)
Capt RA Abbott (10/5-6, Killed during bombardment of 10/14)
Capt EF Miller (10/5-6, Killed during bombardment of 10/14)
1/Lt LR Norman (9/30, KIA 10/8)
2/Lt WS Ashcraft (9/23, KIA 11/8)
2/Lt WE Ayres (9/30, Shot down 10/2)
2/Lt WR Bartosh (9/30)
2/Lt W Baumet, Jr. (10/7, Killed in crash 10/26)
2/Lt D Benedetti (10/5-6, KIA 10/15)
2/Lt JA Blumenstein (9/23, WIA 10/7, Evac 10/9)
2/Lt WB Campbell (10/5-6)
2/Lt HA Chancy, Jr. (9/30, Killed during bombardment of 10/14)
2/Lt DA Daglish (10/5-6)
2/Lt JL Dexter (10/5-6)
2/Lt GH Elliott (Lost on catapulting from Copahee, 9/29)
2lLt JF Fogarty (10/5-6, Killed in crash 10/22)
2/Lt WH Fuller (9/30,
2/Lt SJ Gillespie (10/5-6, Missing on patrol 10/17)
2/Lt RF Graham (10/5-6)
2/Lt CF Hahn (10/5-6)
2/Lt JW Hanna (9/30)
2/Lt JO Hull (10/2)
2/Lt RW Johannessen (10/5-6)
2/Lt JR Kennedy (10/5-6)
2/Lt WJ Knapp (9/30, KIA 11/13)
2/Lt RC LeBlanc (10/5-6, KIA 10/15)
2/Lt RK Meents (10/5-6, KIA 10/31)
2/Lt WP Parrish (10/5-6)
2/Lt RM Patterson (9/23)
2/Lt A Sandretto (10/5-6, KIA 11/13)
2/Lt JE Shepard (10/5-6)
2/Lt SA Shute (10/5-6)
2/Lt LS Smith III (9/23, KIA 11/12)
2/Lt FB Sullivan (?)
2/Lt AJ Turtora (9/26, Killed in crash 10/15)
2/Lt JM Waterman, Jr. (9/23, KIA 10/16)
S.Sgt HK Bruce (10/5-6)
S. Sgt JD Cook (9/30, KIA 10/9)
S. Sgt FW Lescher (10/5-6)


Aircrewmen

Aldridge
Sgt J Astronskas
S. Sgt DA Barwick
Pvt FE Bensnyder
Sgt EJ Burman
Sgt WT Campbell (KIA 10/9)
Pfc JR Carey
Sgt JM Conn
Sgt SB D'Armond
Corp LR Dixon
T. Sgt JF Fazendin
Pvt NH Frank
Corp XL Fulton (KIA 11/13)
Corp HW Hamilton
S. Sgt TB Haynes, Jr. (KIA 11/12)
Sgt RH Kerr (KIC 10/15)
S. Sgt LJ Kniffle (KIC 10/22)
Pfc FF Lamons
Corp RE LeBlanc (MIA 10/15)
S. Sgt LM Manning (KIA 11/13)
Corp RJ Martin
S. Sgt EL McClelland
Sgt BB McVicker
Pvt SER Nelson (KIA 10/S)
Pvt EJ O’Connor (KIC 10/26)
Corp NG Perez
Pfc HA Peterson
Pfrc ER Priest (KIA 10/15)
Corp SD Preston (KIA 11/8)
Reid
Sgt PH Rivers (KIA 10/15)
Pfc SF Smith (Missing on patrol 10/17)
Pvt LS Sopuch
Corp CA Strauss
Corp JL Vallee
Pfc JA Van Belle
Pfc JE Walsh
Pfc EJ Witkowski (MIA 10/31)
Corp GA Wood

Arrival dates of aircrewmen not in available records.

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