AVG Rosters
Complete Roster of the
American Volunteer Group, 1941-42
The Flying Tigers
Web Editor’s note: A complete roster of all AVG personnel, members and non-members of the Association, may be viewed by clicking the “read more” link.
Headquarters Personnel Roster
The Flying Tigers
Honorably Discharged July 4, 1942
| C. B. Skip Adair | Staff, Operations & Supply |
| John Allard | Auto Mechanic |
| Joseph Alsop | Staff Historian |
| Edmond Baughman | Communications |
| Leo A. Beaupre | Clerk, Transportation |
| Donald Bell | Clerk, Transportation |
| Ernest O. Bonham | Communications |
| James E. Brady | Clerk, Transportation |
| Kenneth V. Breedon | Clerk, Administration |
| Everett Bruce, D.D.S. | Dental Surgeon |
| Boatner R. Carney | Staff |
| Melvin E. Ceder | Staff, Police |
| Charles D. Cribbs | Clerk, Medical Orderly |
| Harvey G. Cross | Communications |
| Albert D. Cushing | Clerk, Operations |
| Doreen Davis | Steno, Typist |
| William H.S. Davis | Staff, Asst. Operations |
| Francis R. Doran | Clerk, Administration |
| Eugene C. Durall, Jr. | Clerk, Intelligence |
| John R. Engler | Communications |
| Richard J. Ernst | Communications |
| Edwin L. Fobes | Clerk, Administration |
| Emma Jane “Red” Foster | Nurse |
| Paul W. Frillmann | Chaplain |
| Robert Gallagher | Nurse |
| Joseph Gasdick | Crew Chief; Sheet Metal |
| Chun Yuen Gee | Engineering Helper |
| Thomas C. Gentry, M.D. | Chief Surgeon |
| Edgar T. Goyette | Flight Leader |
| Harvey K. Greenlaw | Staff, Operations |
| Olga S. Greenlaw | Staff, Administration |
| Thomas M. Henson | Clerk, Medical Orderly |
| Roy G. Hoffman | Staff, Armorer |
| David H. Harris | Staff |
| Burton L. Hooker | Parachute Rigger |
| Marlin R. Hubler | Clerk, Operations |
| Edwin A. Janski | Propeller Specialist |
| Joseph T. Jordan | Clerk, Finance |
| Walter C. Jourdan, Jr. | Clerk, Meteorology |
| Thomas D. Kelly | Telephone Lineman |
| Melvin W. Kiner | Telephone Lineman |
| Robert J.King | Communications |
| Charles C. Leaghty | Parachute Rigger |
| Joseph S. Lee, M.D. | Flight Surgeon |
| Pak On Lee | Engineering Helper |
| Robert K. Lindstedt | Communications |
| Robert P. Locke | Propeller Specialist |
| George L. Lum | Engineering Helper |
| Sharon L. McHenry | Clerk, Engineering |
| Arvold A. Miller | Communications |
| Kenneth R. Moss | Clerk, Meteorology |
| Gerhard Neumann | Propeller Specialist |
| Richard C. Peret | Staff, Engineering; Line Chief |
| Joseph H. Pietsker | Photographer |
| Kee Jeung Pon | Engineering Helper |
| Samuel B. Prevo, M.D. | Flight Surgeon |
| James E. Regis | Photographer |
| Lewis J. Richards, M.D. | Flight Surgeon |
| Rolland L. Richardson | Communications |
| Wayne W. Ricks | Propeller Specialist |
| Robert W. Rogers | Crew Chief |
| Ralph W. Sasser | Communications |
| John E. Shaw | Clerk, Medical Orderly |
| Loy F. Seamster | Communications |
| Edward H. Seavey | Clerk, Operations |
| Milan R. Shields | Propeller Specialist |
| Roger Shreffler | Communications |
| Curtis E. Smith | Staff, Group Adjutant; Flight Leader |
| Robert M. Smith | Communications |
| Jo Buckner Stewart | Chief Nurse |
| William L. Sutherland | Auto Mechanic |
| William A. Sykes | Communications |
| Julian E. Terry | Clerk, Administration |
| William H. Towery | Mess Supervisor |
| Thomas C. Trumble | Staff, Secretary to Group Comander |
| Morgan H. Vaux | Communications |
| Hugh J. Viverette | Clerk, Medical Orderly |
| Manning Wakefield, Jr. | Crew Chief |
| George F. Walters | Clerk, Administration |
| Don A. Whelpley | Meteorology |
| Eloise Whitwer | Steno-Typist |
| John M. Williams | Communications |
| Clifford H. Wilson | Auto Mechanic |
| George Wingshee | Engineering Helper |
| Harvey C. Wirta | Armorer |
| Melvin Woodward | Crew Chief |
| Lem Fong Wu | Engineering Helper |
| Harold G. Wylie | Clerk, Finance |
| Francis Yee | Engineering Helper |
| John P. Young | Clerk, Engineering |
1st Squadron “Adam and Eve” Personnel Roster
The Flying Tigers
Honorably Discharged July 4, 1942
| Peter Atkinson | Wing Man |
| William Bartling | Flight Leader |
| John Blackburn | Wing Man |
| William Blackburn | Crew Chief |
| Charles Bond | Vice Squadron Leader |
| Carl Brown | Flight Leader |
| George Burgard | Flight Leader |
| Michael Callan | Crew Chief |
| John Carter | Line Chief |
| Edwin Conant | Flight Leader |
| Jack Cornelius | Crew Chief |
| John Croft | Flight Leader |
| Jim Cross | Flight Leader |
| George Curran | Crew Chief |
| John Dean | Flight Leader |
| Walter Dolan | Crew Chief |
| Carl Dorris | Clerk-Administration |
| John Farrell | Flight Leader |
| Irving Gove | Crew Chief |
| Jasper J. Harrington | Line Chief |
| John Hennessy | Flight Leader |
| Louis Hoffman | Flight Leader |
| Frank Jacobson | Crew Chief |
| Al Kaelin | Clerk-Administration |
| Merlin Kemph | Crew Chief |
| Charles Kenner | Crew Chief |
| Stephen Kustay | Armorer |
| Matthew Kuykendall | Flight Leader |
| Edward Leibolt | Flight Leader |
| Jack Linton | Armorer |
| Robert Little | Flight Leader |
| Ernest Loane | Wing Man |
| Joseph Lussier | Communications |
| Edgar McClure | Crew Chief |
| William McGarry | Wing Man |
| Eugene McKinney | Armorer |
| Einar Mickelson | Wing Man |
| Charles V. Misenheimer | Crew Chief |
| Willard Musgrove | Crew Chief |
| Robert Neal | Armorer |
| Robert Neale | Squadron Leader |
| Joseph Noble Peeden | Crew Chief |
| Robert Prescott | Flight Leader |
| Albert Probst | Flight Leader |
| Robert Rasmussen | Crew Chief |
| Donald Rodewald | Armorer |
| Joseph Rosbert | Flight Leader |
| J. Richard Rossi | Flight Leader |
| Charles Sawyer | Flight Leader |
| Robert Sandell | Squadron Leader |
| Frank Schiel | Vice Squadron Leader |
| Wilfred Schaper | Crew Chief |
| Robert H. Smith | Flight Leader |
| John Uebele | Crew Chief |
| Fritz Wolf | Flight Leader |
| Allen Wright | Wing Man |
| Louis Wyatt | Communications |
2nd Squadron “Panda Bears” Personnel Roster
The Flying Tigers
Honorably Discharged July 4, 1942
| John Armstrong | Wing Man |
| George Bailey | Crew Chief |
| Morton Twisty Bent | Clerk-Operations |
| Harold Blackwell | Crew Chief |
| Harry Bolster | Wing Man |
| George Brice | Crew Chief |
| John Bright | Flight Leader |
| Carl Bugler | Chief-Administration |
| Charles Chaney | Crew Chief |
| Allen Christman | Flight Leader |
| John Carter | Line Chief |
| Thomas Cole | Wing Man |
| Otto Daube | Crew Chief |
| William Fish | Wing Man |
| Harry Fox | Line Chief |
| Allen Fritzke | Armorer |
| Henry Geselbracht | Flight Leader |
| Lloyd Gorhan | Crew Chief |
| Lester Hall | Wing Man |
| Maax Hammer | Wing Man |
| David Lee Hill | Squadron Leader |
| James Howard | Vice Squadron Leader |
| Lynn Hurst | Wing Man |
| Thomas Jones | Vice Squadron Leader |
| Robert Keeton | Flight Leader |
| Robert King | Communications |
| Frank Lawlor | Flight Leader |
| Robert Layher | Flight Leader |
| Lacy Mangleburg | Wing Man |
| Kenneth Merritt | Wing Man |
| Alex Mihalko | Communications |
| Robert Moss | Flight Leader |
| Charles Mott | Flight Leader |
| James Musick | Armorer |
| John Newkirk | Squadron Leader |
| John Overley | Crew Chief |
| Preston Paull | Crew Chief |
| George Paxton | Flight Leader |
| John Petach | Flight Leader |
| Herbert Pistole | Armorer |
| Carl Quick | Crew Chief |
| Edward Rector | Vice Squadron Leader |
| Freeman Ricketts | Flight Leader |
| Carson Roberts | Communications |
| John Rumen | Armorer |
| Arnold Shamblin | Wing Man |
| Van Shapard | Wing Man |
| Ralph Schiller | Armorer |
| Frank Swartz | Wing Man |
| Chester Tuley | Crew Chief |
| George Tyrell | Crew Chief |
| Earl Wagner | Armorer |
| Peter Wright | Flight Leader |
3rd Squadron “Hells’s Angels” Personnel Roster
The Flying Tigers
Honorably Discharged July 4, 1942
| Frank Adkins | Flight Leader |
| Charles Baisden | Armorer |
| Lewis Bishop | Vice Squadron Leader |
| Robert Brouk | Flight Leader |
| Herbert Cavanah | Flight Leader |
| Keith Christensen | Armorer |
| L. Paul Clouthier | Clerk-Operations |
| Leon Colquette | Crew Chief |
| Jesse Crookshanks | Crew Chief |
| John Donovan | Wing Man |
| Parker Dupouy | Vice Squadron Leader |
| Charles Engle | Crew Chief |
| John Fauth | Crew Chief |
| Ben Foshee | Wing Man |
| Charles Francisco | Communications |
| Edward F. Gallagher | Crew Chief |
| Henry Gilbert | Wing Man |
| Paul Greene | Flight Leader |
| Clifford Groh | Flight Leader |
| Thomas Haywood | Flight Leader |
| Robert Hedman | Flight Leader |
| Fred Hodges | Flight Leader |
| Daniel Hoyle | Clerk-Administration |
| Kenneth Jernstedt | Flight Leader |
| Thomas Jones | Vice Squadron Leader |
| Daniel Keller | Crew Chief |
| George Kepka | Crew Chief |
| C.H. Link Laughlin | Flight Leader |
| Elton Loomis | Communications |
| Frank Losonsky | Crew Chief |
| Lacy Mangleburg | Wing Man |
| Neil Martin | Flight Leader |
| Gale McAllister | Crew Chief |
| George McMillan | Flight Leader |
| Charles Older | Flight Leader |
| Arvid Olson | Squadron Leader |
| Henry Olson | Crew Chief |
| Harold Osborne | Crew Chief |
| Ed Overend | Flight Leader |
| Paul Perry | Armorer |
| Joseph Poshefko | Armorer |
| Robert Raine | Flight Leader |
| William Reed | Flight Leader |
| Stanley Regis | Crew Chief |
| Clarence Riffer | Armorer |
| Leo Schramm | Crew Chief |
| Wilfred Seiple | Crew Chief |
| Erik Shilling | Flight Leader |
| Robert A. Smith | Crew Chief |
| Robert T. Smith | Flight Leader |
| Edward Stiles | Crew Chief |
| Irving Stolet | Crew Chief |
| Joseph Sweeney | Communications |
| Julian Terry | Clerk-Administration |
| Frank Van Timmeren | Line Chief |