Personnel

RE: 349th Sqdn Airmen



2nd Lt. William Groover CP 349th Sqdn FEH



S/Sgt. Russell O. Beyne WG  349th Sqdn FEH



Sgt Henry (NMI) Leffew  WG (spare) grounded FEH



A couple of things on these airmen;



I did a search on the 100th BG database

website...Nothing on LEFFEW,had no position for

BEYNE..



My information is incomplete but I have some info for

you.. When my dad was moved to permanent TOGGLIER

position,from WG sometime after hostilities ...Beyne

replaced my dad  in that position...right up until the

end of flying in October 1945...Russell also bunked

with the Gris Smith NCO's crew in Hut #33...Henry

Leffew was a SPARE gunner...in the summer and up to

the end of 1945 the flying CREW assignments were 10

men...9 actually flying,with a 10th person as a

spare,sub.etc...All I know about Henry Leffew was he

was grounded,don't know if he actually flew anytime

with the SMITH crew...Finally William T. Groover was

the CP that replaced Robert Smith Jr. on the SMITH

crew in early June and stayed on the crew up to the

end of flying in Oct. 1945…Jack O'Leary



CREW



1ST LT WILLIAM GRISWOLD SMITH         P FEH  CREW FLYING AT END OF HOSTILITIES

2ND LT ROBERT W. SMITH, JR            CP FEH

2ND LT WILSON P. TURNIPSEED, JR.   NAV FEH

2ND LT PAUL A. WILKERSON            BOM FEH  (became 349th BS Bombardier after 6 missions)

CPL DELOME CUMBAA, JR                 ROG FEH

CPL STANLEY A. SZALWINSKI, JR        TTE FEH  TAPS: 19 SEP 1982

CPL ANTHONY R. RUSSO                  BTG FEH

CPL JOHN J. O'LEARY                        WG FEH  TAPS; 1985

CPL EARL J. BAUGH                            TG FEH



349TH SQDN.. CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 14 MAR 1945