Personnel

CREW

          WILLIAM W. VEAL

ORGINAL 100TH CREW #A-2 CREW PILOT, WENT OVERSEAS IN AC #42-5861 (STUD DUCK) WITH THE FOLLOWING ON BOARD.



MAJ    WILLIAM W. VEAL                             PILOT:X-FERED TO WING 1943

CAPT   ALBERT C. PERSONS                           PILOT: CPT

M/SGT  RALPH RICHARDS                              LINE CHIEF           

M/SGT  ELWOOD E. PARK                              FLIGHT CHIEF

T/SGT  QUE E. BOOTH                                ARMAMENT

T/SGT  ELMER MOST                                  BOMB SIGHT MAINT.

1ST LT ALFRED A. FAHLSTEDT                         BOMBARDIER: CPT     

M/SGT  MARVIN WILLIAMS                             GROUP S-3

CPL    JOHN J. KOVACS                              RADIO: KIA 6 MAR 44 BERLIN

       ATC NAVIAGTOR 



        WILLIAM VEAL REMAINED IN THE SERVICE AND RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL IN 1975, ONE OF THE FIVE 100TH MEMBERS TO ATTAIN GENERAL RANK.    





Subj: Albert C. Persons 100 BG  

Date: 1/9/2004 3:38:40 PM Pacific Standard Time 

From: wpf13@hotmail.com 

To: MPFaley@aol.com 

Sent from the Internet (Details) 

 

Hi Mike,



A belated Happy New Year to you.

I believe I have another ex RCAF/100 BG member to add to your list.



Albert Cobb Persons joined the RCAF 3-9-40. He received his RCAF pilot's 

wings at No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Brantford, Ontario in 1941, 

then posted to No. 13  Operational Training Unit. before transferring to the 

USAAF.



I believe this is the same Albert C. Persons who authored the book, "Bay of 

Pigs: a firsthand account of the mission by a U.S. pilot in support of the 

Cuban invasion force in 1961."



According to the Social Security Death Index, an Albert C. Persons (b. 1915) 

died in Birmingham, AL 18 March 1996.



Wally