Wingfoot
Company E, F, Headquarters/116th Squadron
Motto of the 116th Squadron:
“Advance without delay.”
Company E
Officers
2nd Lt. Dees, Joe, Vandalia, Illinois; wounded in action, April 1, 1945
B
Bresnahan, Thomas
Broadway, Thomas W., Manning, South Carolina
Brown, William, Karns City, Pennsylvania
P
Cpl. Peele, Louis, Raleigh, North Carolina; Silver Star and Purple Heart, wounded April 19
Sgt. Pollack
S
Cpl. Soycher, Raymond
Company F
Officers
Cpt. Ackerman, Clyde, Purple Heart, wounded April 5
1st Lt. Mack, Frederick N., Athens, Georgia; wounded in action, April 10, 1945
1st Lt. Perkins, Erwin, Illinois
1st Lt. Reale, Francis V., wounded in action, April 19, 1945
B
Bradley, Jim, Portage, Indiana
Tech. 4 Brown, Charles F., Rohrersville, Maryland; wounded in action, April 3, 1945
C
Sgt. Chadderton, Fred, Purple Heart, wounded April 17
Sgt. Cupp, Douglas, Long Island City, New York; awarded the Silver Star
D
PFC Drake, ?, treated for burns caused by an explosion in a room
E
S/Sgt. Elder, Gordon H., New York City, New York; wounded in action, April 3, 1945
G
Sgt. Gambino, ?, treated for burns caused by an explosion in a room
PFC Garbarski, Edward F., Chicago, Illinois; wounded in action, April 19, 1945
PFC Gross, Berner, Purple Heart, wounded April 3
H
Tech. 4 Huddleston, Harold, Handley, West Virginia; missing in action, April 19, 1945
K
Kappus, Walter, Dallas, Texas
S/Sgt. Kelly, Vincent, Brooklyn, New York; awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart, wounded April 1
L
PFC Lehigh, John, Purple Heart, wounded April 9
M
Marsh, Robert, Reading, Pennsylvania
PFC McCarty, Ira J., Batesburg, South Carolina; killed in action, April 3, 1945
Cpl. Louis Peele
N
Tech. 5 Northridge, Warren G., Brooklyn, New York; wounded in action, April 9, 1945
P
Tec 5 Potter, Charles, Purple Heart, wounded May 5
Powell, David Earl
S
PFC Summers, Herbert F., Thayer, Nebraska; wounded in action, April 19, 1945 (burns caused by an explosion)
T
PFC Tempest, Mario, New Kensington, Pennsylvania; wounded in action, April 12, 1945
Tec 4 Tedesco, Joseph F., killed in action, May 11, 1945
Pvt. Taylor, Floyd L., Somerset, Kentucky; wounded in action, April 16, 1945
V
Sgt. Vacek, Charles F., Lowell, Massachusetts; killed in action, April 12, 1945
W
PFC Wilson, Carlton J.; Purple Heart, wounded in action, April 10, 1945
Sgt. Wilson, Harold R., New York City, New York; wounded in action, April 3, 1945
Headquarters troop
1st Lt. Langton, George P., killed in action, April 2, 1945
2nd Lt. Gardner, George T., killed in action, April 1, 1945
PFC Brumfield, Donald S., killed in action, April 4, 1945
Tec 5 Cuoco, Daniel J., Purple Heart, wounded in action, March 1, 1945
Tec 4 Kornblum, William, killed in action, April 15, 1945
Tec 5 Simoneaux, Evrette G., killed in action May 20, 1945
Medical detachment
Capt. Cowen, Louis, killed in action, March 1, 1945
PFC Hack, Gilbert, killed in action, March 1, 1945
PFC Lanning, Barzilliai M., killed in action, March 1, 1945
S/Sgt Young, Edward, killed in action, March 1, 1945