354th Pioneer Mustang Fighter Group


Tributes

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth. And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth. Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung. High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air ....

Up, up the long, delirious burning blue. I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew — And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod. The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. 
 
by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
American Volunteer RCAF
KIA, December 11, 1941

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Fallen Comrades

354th Fighter Group Association Honors and Remembers

To our comrades, who gave their lives so that others might live in liberty and peace.   

Anderson, Claude F. Hargis, William G. Pavelik, Frank J.
Bakalar, John E. Harker, William F. Pearson, Ernest H.
Beerbower, Don M. Harris, Billie D. Perkins, William R.
Birkner, George H.  Harrison, Robert B. Peterson, Richard
Black, Robert J.  Hart, Vincent J. Phillips, Edward E.
Boes, Richard J. Herman, Kenneth J. Pinkerton, Edwin H.
Boyden, William E. Hill, Norwan E. Porter, Robert K.
Bronston, Billy B. Holcomb, Joseph R. Postle, John W.
Brown, Richard H. Holmberg, Phillip J. Price, Harold S.
Buckner, Fred C. Huffman, Leon A.C. Ramos, Rene J.
Bush, William H. Hughes, Richard C. Richards, Daniel L.
Campbell, James B. Hunt, Edward E. Rody, John
Carpenter, John D., Jr. Jones, Stewart J. Rushmore, Edward H.
Carr, Jack H. Kallas, Paul W. Ryan, Edward R.
Cooper, Alfred C. Kerley, James W. Ryan, John P., Jr.
Cortright, John M., Jr. Kong, Wah K. Scarboro, James A.
Daudert, Rudolph A. Lamb, Billy J. Schmidt, Harold B.
Davis, Clifford H. Lind, Carl A. Seaman, Owen M.
Davis, Yong M., Jr. Litherlard, Joseph W., Jr. Shavlan, Marvin J.
Davy, Frank D. Logan, Nevatt G. Silva, Robert G.
Dichter, Theodore Lordi, Harry L., Jr. Simmons, William J.
Difilipe, Reynold J. Lutomski, Frank J. Stayton, Richard A.
Disiere, Alfred J., Jr. Mares, Arthur V. Stearns, Douglas E.
Ditewig, Theodore E. Marshall, Earl H. Steiner, Walter H., Jr.
Dixon, Edward B. Mason, James D. Stewart, Clarence H.
Dooley, Thomas Mayse, Norman B. Thayer, Melvin E.
Durkee, Alexander B. McDowell, Don Turk, Jack B.
Elrod, William T. Moore, Charles W. Tyler, Ralph J.
Emmer, Wallace N. Moran, Patrick E. Tyner, Mark 0.
Erb, Russell W., Jr. Murger, Donald J. Vacirca, Francis J.
Fisher, Joseph E., Jr. Nall, John B., Jr. Walbrecker, William J.
Fox, Edward F. New, George J. Walker, Calvin S.
Gray, Harold L. Oldham, Orville Warner, Robert B.
Gronbach, Alvin, E. Park, Robert A. Weber, Frank E.
Gumm, Charles, F., Jr. Parkins, Robert M. Weldon, Russell R., Jr.
 Harbers, James D. Parson, James J. Whalen, Charles F.
 
Credits

History in the Sky - 354th Pioneer Mustang Fighter Group; 354th FG Association, Editor: Capt. Arthur F. Brown.

Music: Taps duet.