VMF-221
Planes of Marine Fighting Two
Twenty-OnePilots of Marine Fighting Two
Twenty-OneVMSB-241Planes of Marine Scout-Bombing
Two Forty-OnePilots and Gunners of Marine
Scout-Bombing Two Forty-One| The
Battle of Midway June 3 - 6, 1942 |
APPENDIX FOUR: MIDWAYS AIR GROUPS |
Marine Air
Group 22, 2nd Marine Air Wing
VMF-221
Planes of Marine Fighting Two
Twenty-One
Pilots of Marine Fighting Two
Twenty-One
VMSB-241
Planes of Marine Scout-Bombing
Two Forty-One
Pilots and Gunners of Marine
Scout-Bombing Two Forty-One
Detachments
of PatWing 1 and 2
VP-24
Planes of Patrol Twenty-Four
Pilots and
Crews of Patrol Twenty-Four
VP-44
Planes of Patrol Forty-Four
Pilots and
Crews of Patrol Forty-Four
VP-51
Planes of Patrol Fifty-One
Pilots and
Crews Patrol Fifty-One
NAS Utility
Planes
Pilots and
Gunners
VP-231
Planes of Patrol Twenty-Three
Pilots and
Crews Patrol Twenty-Three
VT-8
Detachment
Planes of Torpedo Eight
Pilots and Gunners of
Torpedo Eight
7th Air Force, 5th Bomb Group (Heavy)
Detachment
42nd
Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
Planes of 42nd Bombardment
Squadron
Pilots and
Crews of 42nd Bombardment Squadron
431st
Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
Planes of 431st Bombardment
Squadron
Pilots and
Crews of 431st Bombardment Squadron
31st
Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
Planes of 31st Bombardment
Squadron
Pilots and
Crews of 31st Bombardment Squadron
72nd
Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
Planes of 72nd Bombardment
Squadron
Pilots and
Crews of 72nd Bombardment Squadron
7th Air Force
Headquarters
Planes of 7th Air Force
Headquarters
Pilots and
Crews of 7th Air Force Headquarters
349th
Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
Planes of 349th Bombardment
Squadron
Pilots and
Crews of 349th Bombardment Squadron
18th
Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium)
Planes of 22nd Bombardment
Squadron
Pilots and
Crews of 22nd Bombardment Squadron
69th
Bombardment Squadron (Medium)
Planes of 69th Bombardment
Squadron
Pilots and
Crews of 69th Bombardment Squadron
Marine Air Group 22 (Mag-22), 2nd Marine Air Wing
CO: LTCL Ira L. Kimes
VMF-221 [28 - 21 F2A-3, 7 F4F-3]
Plane
*F2A-3
*F2A-3P
+F2A-3P
*F2A-3
+F2A-3
*F2A-3
*F2A-3P
*F2A-3
?$F2A-3
*F2A-3
*F2A-3P
*F2A-3
*F2A-3
+F2A-3P
$F2A-3
+F2A-3
*F2A-3
+F2A-3
*F2A-3
$F2A-3
*F2A-3P
?$F4F-3
$F4F-3
*F4F-3
+F4F-3
?$F4F-3
*F4F-3
+F4F-3BuNo
#01518
#01520
#01521
#01522
#01523
#01524
#01525
#01528
#01530
#01537
#01541
#01542
#01548
#01550
#01552
#01553
#01559
#01562
#01563
#01568
#01569
#1864
#2532
#3989
#3997
#4000
#4006
#4008Side No
MF-1
MF-19
MF-17
MF-7
MF-16
MF-9
MF-3
MF-10
MF-21
MF-4
MF-8
MF-12
MF-2
MF-20
MF-6
MF-15
MF-18
MF-13
MF-14
MF-11
MF-5
28
27
23
25
24
26
22
3 OOC prior 6/4/42
15 lost 6/4/42
7 OOC 6/4/42
6 in commission 6/6/42
VMSB-241 [40 - 21 SB2U-3, 19 SBD-2]
*SB2U-3
?SB2U-3
!SB2U-3
?SB2U-3
$SB2U-3
?SB2U-3
?SB2U-3
?SB2U-3
+SB2U-3
!SB2U-3
$SB2U-3
@SB2U-3
@SB2U-3
?SB2U-3
*SB2U-3
*SB2U-3
$SB2U-3
*SB2U-3
*SB2U-3
%SB2U-3
+SB2U-3
*SBD-2
+SBD-2
$SBD-2
+SBD-2
*SBD-2
*SBD-2
$SBD-2
*SBD-2
$SBD-2P
?SBD-2
*SBD-2
+SBD-2
+SBD-2
*SBD-2P
$SBD-2
@SBD-2P
*SBD-2P
$SBD-2
*SBD-2P#2045
#2046
#2048
#2052
#2053
#2054
#2055
#2056
#2057
#2058
#2059
#2062
#2064
#2065
#2066
#2067
#2071
#2072
#2083
#2088
#2094
#2103
#2106
#2107
#2111
#2119
#2122
#2124
#2129
#2135
#2138
#2139
#2142
#2144
#2148
#2162
#2168
#2169
#2178
#2184B-6
B-
B-
B-
B-4
B-
B-
B-
B-10
B-
B-12
B-5
B-9
B-
B-
B-3
B-11
B-1
B-8
B-2
B-7
B-1
B-6
B-12
B-2
B-16
B-5
B-7
B-11
B-13
B-14
B-10
B-3
B-19
B-9
B-18
B-8
B-17
B-4
B-15
6 OOC prior 6/4/42
12 lost 6/4/42
6 OOC 6/4/42
2 spare aircraft OOC from bomb damage 6/4/42
1 lost on 6/5/42
3 OOC 6/5/42
8 in commission 6/6/42
? aircraft known OOC
before 6/4/42
* aircraft lost in action 6/4/42
+ aircraft OOC from action 6/4/42
! spare aircraft OOC from damage during bombing 6/4/42
% aircraft lost in action 6/5/42
@ aircraft OOC from action 6/5/42
$ aircraft in commission 6/6/42
Marine Fighting Squadron Two Twenty-One (VMF-221)
Pilots (28)
1st Division:
* MAJ Floyd Bruce Parks (CO)
* 2ndLT Eugene P. Madole
* CAPT John Robert Alvord
* 2ndLT John M. Butler
2nd Division:
*& CAPT Daniel Joseph Hennessey, Jr. (XO)
* 2ndLT Ellwood Q. Lindsay
CAPT Phillip Rene White
*& 2ndLT John D. Lucas
+ CAPT Herbert Thompson Merrill
*& 2ndLT Thomas W. Benson
3rd Division:
CAPT Kirk Armistead
* 2ndLT William B. Sandoval
CAPT William Carter Humberd
+& 2ndLT William V. Brooks
+ 2ndLT Charles Murphy Kunz
% 2ndLT Martin E. Mahannah
4th Division:
* CAPT Robert Edward Curtin
& 2nd Lt. Darrell D. Irwin
* 2ndLT David W. Pinkerton, Jr.
& 2ndLT Charles S. Hughes
5th Division:
+ CAPT John Frank Carey
* 2ndLT Walter W. Swansberger
CAPT Marion Eugene Carl
& 2ndLT Clayton Milbourne Canfield
* CAPT Francis Paul McCarthy
2ndLT Roy Alvin Corry, Jr.
Spares:
2ndLT John C. Musselman, Jr.
& 2ndLT Hyde Phillips
% killed in action
* missing in action
+ wounded in action
& new personnel arrived 27 May 1942
NOTE: Two pilots were assigned for temporary duty with VMSB-241
Marine Scout-Bombing Squadron Two Forty-One (VMSB-241)
Pilots (31)
SBD Command Section:
* MAJ Lofton Russell Henderson (CO)
* CAPT Richard E. Fleming (NO)
SBD 1st Division, 1st Box:
CAPT Elmer George Glidden, Jr. (EO)
* 2ndLT Thomas J. Gratzek
1stLT Daniel Iverson, Jr. (P&WO)
2ndLT Robert Judy Bear
SBD 1st Division, 2nd Box:
+ CAPT Armand Hector DeLalio (MO)
* 2ndLT Maurice A. Ward
* 2ndLT Al William Tweedy, Jr.
* 2ndLT Bruno Hagedorn (PO)
SBD 2nd Division, 3rd Box:
& CAPT Marshall A. Tyler (XO)
TSGT Clyde Heath Stamps, NAP
2ndLT Jesse Douglas Rollow, Jr. (TrO)
+ 2ndLT Harold G. Schlendering
SBD 2nd Division, 4th Box:
CAPT Richard Lloyd Blain (OO)
* 2ndLT Bruce H. Ek
2ndLT Robert W. Vaupell
+ 2ndLT Thomas F. Moore, Jr.
SB2U 1st Box:
*& MAJ Benjamin White Norris (XO)
& 2ndLT George T. Lumpkin
*& 2ndLT Kenneth O. Campion
& 2ndLT George E. Koutelas
SB2U 2nd Box:
CAPT Bruce Prosser (ComO)
*& 2ndLT James H. Marmande
& 2ndLT Jack Cosley
& 2ndLT Allen H. Ringblom
SB2U 3rd Box:
CAPT Leon Maurice Williamson (RecO)
@& 2ndLT Orvin Herbert Ramlo
2ndLT Sumner Hollis Whitten (ParaO)
+#& 2ndLT Daniel Libby Cummings
Spare:
& 2ndLT Elmer P. Thompson, Jr.
Rear Gunners
* PFC Leo W. Reininger
+ CPL Eugene T. CardCPL Meade T. Johnson
* SGT Charles W. Recke
PFC Wallace J. Reid
PFC Truell L. Sidebottom+ CPL John A. Moore
* PFC Harry M. Radford
* SGT Elza L. Raymond
* PFC Joseph T. Piraneo& SGT Robert A. Underwood
+ PFC Horace B. Thomas
PFC Reed T. Ramsey
% PFC Edward O. Smith+ CPL Gordon R. McFeely
* PFC Raymond A. Brown
SGT Carl T. Hickman
+ PFC Charles Willard Huber* PFC Arthur B. Whittington
* PFC George A. Toms
*! PVT Anthony J. Maday
! PFC Warren H. VanKirkPFC Edgar Q. Williams
*! PFC. Edby M. Colvin
! PFC Charles E. Cayer
Pvt. Eugene T. WebbPFC Duane Lemar Rhodes
+! PVT Temen Wilhite
SGT Frank Edward Zelnis
%!PVT Henry I. Starkes
% killed in action
* missing in action
+ wounded in action
& personnel that arrived on 27 May 1942
# permanent duty from VMF-221
@ temporary duty from VMF-221
! temporary duty as Avr.
Detachments of PatWing 1 and 2
CO: ??
PBY-5A
PBY-5A
PBY-5A
PBY-5A
PBY-5A
PBY-5A#
#
#
#
#
#24-P
24-P
24-P
24-P
24-P
24-P
1 lost 6/4/42
PBY-5A
PBY-5A
PBY-5A
PBY-5A
PBY-5A
PBY-5A
PBY-5A#
#
#
#
#
#
#44-P
44-P
44-P
44-P
44-P
44-P
44-P
1 lost 6/4/42
PBY-5A
PBY-5A
PBY-5A#
#
#51-P
51-P
51-P
1 lost 6/4/42
J2F-2
&JFU# 51-P
1 lost 6/4/42
& JFU is the famous "Jap Fouler Upper", a scap heap of metal designed to appear like a grounded airplane; it did
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5
PBY-5#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#23-P
23-P
23-P
23-P
23-P
23-P
23-P
23-P
23-P
23-P
23-P
23-P
23-P
1 lost 6/4/42
CO: LT Langdon Kellogg Fieberling
+TBF-1
*TBF-1
*TBF-1
*TBF-1
*TBF-1
*TBF-1#00380
#00383
#00384
#00391
#00398
#003998-T-1
8-T-4
8-T-5
8-T-12
8-T-19
8-T-16
5 lost 6/4/42
1 OOC 6/4/42
* aircraft lost in action
4 June 1942 (5)
+ aircraft OOC as a result of action 4 June 1942 (1)
Torpedo Squardon Eight Detachment (VT-8)
Pilots (6)
1st Section:
8-T-16 * LT Langdon Kellogg Fieberling (CO)
8-T-19 * ENS Charles E. Brannon
8-T-1 + ENS Albert Kyle Earnest
2nd Section:
8-T-12 * ENS Victor A. Lewis
8-T-4 * ENS Oswald J. Gaynier
8-T-5 * Darrell D. Woodside, AMM1c (NAP)
Radioman/Bombardier (6)
*@ ENS Jack W. Wilkes
* Charles Edison Fair, AOM3c
+ Henry Hackett Ferrier, RM3c* John William Mehltretter, EM3c
*@ ENS Joseph Metcalf Hissem
* Arnold Theodore Meuers, PTR2c
Turret Gunner (7)
* Arthur Raymond Osborne, RM2c
* William Clare Lawe, RM3c
% James Darrell Manning, AMM3c* Nelson Leo Carr, AM3c
* Howard William Pitt, SEA1c
*$ Lyonel J. Orgeron, AOM3c
$ William Lawson Coffey, Jr., AMM1c
% crew member killed in
action
* crew member missing in action
+ crew member wounded in action
@ temporary duty from VP-24
$ Ogeron was on temporary duty from VP-44, replacing Coffey in
Woodside's crew after arriving at Midway NAS
7th Air Force, 5th Bomb Group (Heavy)
CO: MGEN Willis P. Hale
42nd Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) [5]
B-17E
B-17E
B-17E
B-17E
B-17E1-2409
1-2520
1-2396
1-2404
1-2437
431st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) [7]
B-17E
B-17E
B-17E
B-17E
B-17E
B-17E
B-17E#
#
#
#
#
#
#
31st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) [2]
B-17E
B-17E#
#
72nd Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) [1]
B-17E # _
7th Air Force Headquarters [1]
B-17E # _
349th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) [1]
B-17D . -.... _
18th Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium) [2]
*B-26S
+B-26S42-1424
42-1391
69th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) [2]
+B-26B
*B-26B42-
42-
* aircraft lost in
action or destroyed by bombs 4 June 1942
+ aircraft OOC from action 4 June 1942
$ aircraft OOC at dawn 4 June 1942
18th Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium)
Pilots (2) and Crew (12)
3v95: B-26S 42-1424
*1stLT. Herbert C. Mayes (Pilot)
*2dLT Garnett H. McCallister (Co-Pilot)
*2dLT William D. Hargis (Navigator)
*2dLT Gerald J. Barnicle (Bombardier/Nose Gunner)
*SSGT Salvatore Battaglia (Engineer/Side Gunner)
*PVT Benjamin F. Huffstickler (Radio Operator/Tail Gunner)
*PVT Roy W. Walters (Turret Gunner)
2v95: B-26S 42-1391 "Suzie-Q"
1stLT James P. Muri (Pilot) #
2dLT Pren "Pete" L. Moore (Co-Pilot) #
2dLT William W. Moore (Navigator)
2dLT Russell P. Johnson (Bombardier/Nose Gunner)
+TSGT John J. Gogoj (Engineer/Side Gunner)
+SGT Frank L. Mellow, Jr. (Radio Operator)
+PFC Earl D. Ashley (Turret Gunner)
* denotes aircraft or
crew member missing in action.
+ denotes aircraft OOC or crew member wounded in action.
# crew member interviewed by Mark Horan
69th Bombardment Squadron (Medium)
Pilots (2) and Crew (12)
1v95: +B-26B 42-
CAPT James F. Collins, Jr. (Pilot) #
2dLT Colin O. Villines (Co-Pilot) #
2dLT Thomas N. Weems, Jr. (Navigator) #
SGT Ernest M. Mohon, Jr. (Bombardier/Nose Gunner) - KIA later in war
SGT Jack D. Dunn (Engineer/Side Gunner) #
TSGT Raymond S. White (Radio Operator/Tail Gunner) - KIA later in war
CPL John D. Joyce (Turret Gunner) #
4v95: *B-26B 42-
*1stLT William S. Watson (Pilot)
*2dLT Leonard H. Whittington (Co-Pilot)
*2dLT John P. Schuman (Navigator)
*SGT James E. Via (Bombardier/Nose Gunner)
*SSGT Richard C. Decker (Engineer/Side Gunner)
*CPL Albert E. Owen (Radio Operator/Tail Gunner)
*CPL Bernard C. Seitz (Turret Gunner)
* denotes aircraft or
crew member missing in action.
+ denotes aircraft OOC or crew member wounded in action.
# crew member interviewed by Mark Horan
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA:
The source of this information is Mark E. Horan, co-author of "A Glorious Page in our History: The Battle of Midway, 4-6 June 1942."
GENERAL NOTES:
Unless otherwise noted, all planes are based on Eastern Island.
NOTES: