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of Members of the 303rd Bomb Group (H) Who Gave Their Lives For Us All

303rd Bomb Group Honor Roll

HIGH FLIGHT
By John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

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 windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even 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.

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World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Netherlands

303rd BOMB GROUP(H) HONOR ROLL
Killed in Action    Korea    Vietnam    Killed in Service

Adams, Arthur I Alderman, Melvin Aldridge, Stanley G Allen, Homer R Arter, John R Ashford, George H Atkinson, Gerald V Bachom, Thomas F Bader, Alvin G Baker, Albert W Jr Baker, James S Baker, Robert L Bales, Ross C Ball, Warren G Barber, Ralph K Barnhill, Wilbur R Barrat, Robert J Barrett, John J Barry, John K Barsam, Meran A Jr Barth, Harry W Jr Bartlett, Keith O Bates, Theodore A Bauer, Floyd E Bazo-Fontaneil, Juan A Becknell, Wallace E Beder, Harrison K Beeny, J C Beere, D M Bell, Julian P Bell, Richard L Bellitt, Irving Benford, Jack H Bennett, Kenneth A Bennett, Paul K Beres, Edward Bergeron, Arthur A Berntzen, Arthur O Bertich, Louis A Best, Shirl P Beys, George J Bieranoski, Walter J Binder, Carroll Jr Birnbaum, Warren G Jr Bixler, Clarence C Blankenship, Irwin D Bohannon, Jackson R Boner, Allen M Bonner, Oscar F Jr Booth, Fred H Bottomley, Sidney L Boulter, Raymond A Bourlier, Donald W Bouton, Paul Jr Bovey, Charles D Bowling, William A Boyd, Geo Howard Bradford, Edward A Bradley, Merel D Bradshaw, John W Bragg, Ben W Branum, Kenneth H Bratcher, Francis E Breed, William H Bricker, Albert W Brightbill, Donald H Britter, Harry B Britz, Robert T Brooks, John W Brookstra, William A Brosius, Earl E Brown, James J Brown, Lee E Brown, Richard A Browning, Richard C Bruce, Miles R Bruce, Robert V Brunnet, Arthur Bruno, Sam S Bryan, Fred W Buckingham, Earl W Burford, Joseph A Burgeson, Lawrence L Burkart, Ralph F Burkitt, Benajah G Burnette, R L Burns, James R Burns, James S Byrd, Fred O Byrom, Jarold J Callihan, George A Cambron, Richard H Campbell, Thomas J Canfield, Marion L Cantrell, Alvin D Carithers, James H Jr Carll, Martin V Carlson, Melvin C Carlson, Robert C A Carothers, John W Carroccia, Albert R Carroll, Marvin A Cashman, Daniel J Cashman, John H Jr Casselman, Glen L Cassidy, Edward J Cassidy, Francis D Castriciano, Peter C Cataldi, Frederick J Cecce, Joseph A Jr Celichowski, Ervin M Chaltraw, Richard J Chambers, Sidney N Charnick, Roman P Chitwood, Russell O Christ, Donald R Christianson, Roy W Chuhran, Erven A Clapshaw, Keith L Clark, Henry C Clark, James B Cleavelin, Jesse C Clemensen, Richard L Clemons, James H Clevenger, Walter N Clifford, Bernard J Clingler, John R Clowe, Eugene C Clumpner, Alfred B Cockrum, Alfred E Coe, Thomas E Jr Cogswell, Robert W Colby, Bevan W Cole, Lorne R Cole, Lloyd R Collins, Marvin B Coltrane, Robert A Colvin, Vance R Conaway, Therman F Conkling, John R Conn, Arthur A Jr Cook, Harry C Cook, Leonard C Cooper, John T Jr Cooper, Robert M Cooter, William M Corns, Lester O Cote, Addell A Cotham, Willie C Couch, William M Coughlin, Charles R Cowley, Louis M Cozza, Victor J Craig, Percy D Cramsie, William J Crandell, Victor P Craven, Gerald H Cureton, Peter F Jr Dabrowski, Andrew Daniels, Mack E Dare, Melvin M Da Shiell, William C Davidson, Robert P Davies, Ralph J Davis, Billie K Davis, Charles E Davis, Robert W De Filippis, Rocco Deal, Fred O Dearborn, Gayle W Dennerle, Almo W Derschan, John A Dew, Robert L Di Cosmo, Salvador J Di Martino, Dante Di Mascola, Michael G Di Salvo, Dominick Di Stasi, Robert A Dick, Andrew Jr Dinneen, Thomas E Dobbins, Jerry W Doering, Creighton G Doherty, Floyd C Jr Dooley, Walter E Doscher, Frederick C Dove, Charles J Downard, Jesse R Doyle, Joseph J Draves, John J Drees, Edward A Drew, William F DuBois, Benjamin F Duffey, Elmer E Duffield, Richard B Duncan, Donald K Dunham, Harold J Dunn, James R Dunnica, Lawrence G Durant, Edward W Dyar, Wilmer E Dyke, Andrew A Eastburn, H R Egge, Nellins P S Eisele, Roy Eisenhart, Oliver T Eklund, Robert L Elliott, John C Emick, Richard M Ercegovich, John Jr Erickson, Roger W Eschinger, Edward G Evans, Lawrence B Eyster, Ercil F Fahlbusch, Joseph F Faner, Leon N Farrell, Peter J Fee, George H Feinman, Milton Feldman, Norbert B Felton, Carl H Jr Ferguson, Paul D Ficken, Lewis P Fidares, Anthony Fields, Harley W Finn, Russell C Fisher, Dale M Fisher, Raymond E Fisher, William A Fitzgerald, Lyle W Fitzsimmons, Kent M Flannery, Edward W Foe, Kenneth D Foote, Herbert A Jr Ford, Ray D Forsythe, William K Foster, Lane Fragasso, Glenn Francis, Angelito Franklin, John V Franzen, George W Friedman, Szymon A Fries, Lawrence L Jr Frolick, Edwin J Frost, Charles E Fugazzi, Gildo Fussner, William H Gaines, Edmund W Gale, Charles L Garbarino, Louis V Jr Garneau, Charles D Gaskin, Carthel O Gatewood, P H Gee, Wilbur V Geisman, Gaylord W Gentry, Raymond L Gibney, Hugh F Jr Gilbert, Henry L Gill, Edward J Gillespie, Glenn H Gillespie, Henry F Girard, Louis F Jr Gladstone, Melvin Godzinski, Joseph J Goetz, John W Goetz, William A Goff, Homer W Goldman, Myron M Gomes, Theadore Gorgon, Frank Grace, Henry J Gramiak, Victor J Greason, William R Grenier, David A Gribble, Robert T Grieb, Alexander S Gross, Luther N Gullage, Edmund Gunsauls, Paul Guthmann, Richard F Haas, Joseph E Hafen, Keith L Hagan, Lloyd D Hagenbuch, Glenn E Hahn, James T Haines, Rolland M Hall, George F Jr Hallden, Robert H Halligan, Robert W Halpin, Michael J Hamilton, Claude A Hamilton, Duke L Jr Hammarlund, Carl O Hand, Victor G

Hanna, William M Harker, Wayne E Harper, William B Harris, David W Harris, Edgar P Jr Harrison, Donald B Hart, Dennis C Hartzog, Foy G Harvey, D S Harvey, Dean Hasper, Donald T Hatfield, Earl G Jr Hauer, Joseph J Hayward, Fred H Healy, Edward P Jr Heape, Rudolph H Heffran, James J Heleen, Carl M Heller, Emerson E Heller, W O Helton, Ed Jr Hendrickson, Milton C Henry, Donivan D Henry, James S Hensel, Philip W Henson, Mace Herbert, Joseph M Hermann, Kurt J II Herrick, Maurice R Hicks, Douglas E High, Howard A Hiibner, Okey L Hillary, Jack R Hindman, Samuel M Hinnershots, Bruce H Hladun, Harry Hlebasko, Albert Hobgood, John F Hodge, Herman L Hoff, Henry Hoffman, Charles E Hoffman, David H Holcombe, Fred Jr Holder, Alvin D Holder, Samuel A Holland, Bertis W Homan, John R Hornbacher, Norman E Horning, Allen E Horwitz, Charles Hostetter, William L Jr Houser, Donald R Howald, Hans Hoy, Jim F Huckins, Earl R Hudson, James E Hughes, Roy D Hull, John W Humphreys, Fred C Humphries, Olwin L Hurlbutt, Carl R Hurlburt, Donald W Imbrogno, Americo S Irish, William N Jackman, Lon E Jr Jackson, Miller O Jackson, Theodore M Jahn, Charles O Janisch, Ferd J Jaques, Chester D Jasinski, Joseph T Jeffrey, Robert A Jensen, Dale E Jensen, Henry J Jess, Ray W Johns, Carlos H Jr Johnson, Byron W Johnson, Charles H Johnson, Edwin D Johnson, Frank B Johnson, George N Johnson, James C Johnson, Lloyd S Johnston, Walter J Jokerst, Leonard E Jones, Charles E Jones, Dick W Jones, Donald E Jones, Drackart L Jones, James L Joy, Ripley W Joyce, Herring Jr Joyce, Jess Kacus, Alexander T Kahler, Thomas F Kahnert, Olaf F Jr Kalk, Kenneth T M Kane, Freddie E Kannapel, Eugene H Kapczynski, Paul B Karp, William T Katz, Edwin Harold Kauffman, Harold F Kaufmann, Bernard S Kayrallah, Emil Keefer, Oliver L Kelley, Francis H Kelly, William T Kemp, Robert A Kerman, Sheppard Kesky, Leonard A Keyes, Stanton W Kilgore, Raymond H Kimber, William V King, John M King, Robert G Kinsey, Harold A Kirk, Leonard W Kirkpatrick, Ward M Kissling, John P Kling, John E Knotts, Emery L Koepke, Marvin A Kohan, Frederick Kossis, Norman Krajacic, Frank G Krawiecki, Alexander J Kriss, Nick Krohn, Francis D Kruse, Erwin A Kuffel, Mathias A Kuhn, Harold J Kurzawski, John W Kyne, Joseph B Lacker, Howard C Ladurini, Raymond R Land, Jonathan S Lane, Elwin A Lange, George L Jr Larson, Roy A Lasker, Robert M Lauffer, Gerald L Lawson, Lucien P Lay, William P Lazarowicz, Matthew LeBlanc, Alex Ledley, Albert J Ledogar, Ralph E Leibovitz, Meyer Lentz, James H Lepa, Stanislaw Leve, Franklin Levine, Raymond Lewis, Harold G Ley, Roman M Libbee, Dick L Libonati, Michael L Jr Lillig, Thomas J Linhart, Louis N Link, Herbert D Lisabeth, Hilaire A Litherland, James Litton, Rufus C Litzelfelner, Odus C Livingston, Acel E Livingston, Robert F Lizotte, Robert A Loeffel, Vincent C Logan, Frank C Lojewski, Telesphor Loken, Roy C Long, John A Long, Ralph L Longoria, Efrain Lord, Truman R Lusk, Don W Jr Lux, Andrew L Lynam, Stanley A Mabie, Hilton C Mack, Austin J Madak, Edward P Madrid, Robert L Maher, William P Mann, Ferrell A Manze, Dario J Markiewicz, Joseph L Martin, Anthony B Martin, Raymond W Martin, Walter E Jr Massimiliano, Joseph Matheson, John A Mathis, Henry C Jr Mathis, Jack W   MOH Mathis, Rhude Mark May, Cecil M Mayo, Donald A McCamy, James A McCarl, Howard D McClellan, George S Jr McClure, Richard H McColl, Daniel A McConathy, Jethern J Jr McCord, Lawrence E McCormack, Arthur R McCormick, Lewis J McCoy, Robert E McCrory, Eugene F Jr McCullough, Henry W McCune, Robert N McDonnell, John J McGarry, John J Jr McGinnis, Martin S McGlinn, John H McKeever, Bernard E McKeon, Preston W McKinney, Clifford M McLarty, Jack L McMahon, Joseph McMurtry, Francis M Jr McWilliams, Elmer D Meadows, Clyde Mellon, James B Jr Merz, Dick W Meyer, Gregory C Micek, John M Michaelis, Arthur D Midkiff, Frank L Mieslich, Morris Mikkelsen, Delbert Milam, Marvin L Milford, Roger W Millard, Ralph Miller, Cecil M Miller, Charles G Miller, Charles F Miller, David Miller, James T Millett, Bernard W Millner, William J Mims, Edwin E Mire, Burnie N Mitchell, Allan D Mitchell, Kirk R Moening, Herman G Moerman, Arie Moller, Robert C Montgomery, James H Jr Mooney, Marion M Mooneyham, Clarence Jr Moore, Jesse M Morehead, Richard D Morgan, Richard V Morneau, Francis J Morrison, Warren G Morse, Samuel B Morton, Eugene L Moser, Roy R Moss, Henry G Moss, Shirley L Mowatt, Frank G Moyer, Leroy H Mulhearn, Paul J Murphy, Dennis J Murray, Edward F Murray, Robert I Musashe, Michael Mussett, Marvin H Myers, Cato H Nemer, Alfred K Nemitz, Lewellyn H Newman, Clyde D Newsom, Walter W Newton, John A Nicosia, Eugene A B Nix, James S Nolen, Devon B Nye, K W O'Connell, Raymond B O'Connor, Robert S O'Dell, Enos H O'Neil, James B O'Reilly, Francis W Oliver, Sam

On, Chan K Owen, Burl M Owen, Robert J Oxrider, George J Pacheco, Antone Page, Frank N Paiva, Joseph B Palecek, Francis J Palmer, Jackson Jr Palmer, Joseph F Paolino, Vincent C Parrilla, Rufe H Parker, Duane C Parker, Robert A Paul, George E Payton, Howard S Peavy, Robert T Pennington, James L Pesta, Clarence A Peterson, Andrew C Peterson, Richard W Pfahler, Ervin J Phillips, Clifton N Phillips, Leonard H Phipps, Charles F Pickell, Kenneth R Pischke, Robert L Plemmons, Thomas S Plummer, John W Politylo, Roman S Pope, Lester L Posada, Frank G Pratt, James N Prescott, Paul H Pressentin, Robert H Price, John B Prieto, Roaul R Proctor, Robert D Purcell, William A Pursel, Stanley E Putala, Stanley Quillen, Lauren H Quinlan, Alexander Joseph Quint, Ralph E Radebaugh, Bernard J Raese, Warren G Rafferty, Henry E Jr Railing, Charles F Jr Rajcula, George S Raker, Homer E Raley, Stonewall J Randall, Jack H Rasch, Abraham J Reaves, Vaughn Reber, Ehle H Reddig, Arthur E Reed, John A Reese, Vincent J Reino, Thomas J Reiss, Raymond F Reith, Fred J Renner, Warner E Rennie, Robert P Reuss, Lester E Reynolds, Charles E Reynolds, Robert R Rhodes, Carney C Rhodes, Edward B Rhyne, John C Jr Rice, Bernard Rice, John E Richardson, Thomas L Richter, Eldon F Rike, Thomas L Jr Riley, Lloyd S Roberts, Raymond K Roberts, Sumner L Robertson, William III Robey, Harry A Jr Robinson, Arthur H Jr Robinson, Walter B Rocco, Patsy Rochester, Eugene E Rocketto, Harold J Rodock, Nicholas Rogers, Wiley A Rohrlich, Robert E Ross, Harry C Ross, Lawrence D Ross, Madison H Ross, Milt I Roswal, Frederick Roth, Ernest L Rowland, Samuel L Roy, Arnold K Royar, Frederic J Ruiz, Arthur F Rukes, Merlyn D Runge, Walter E Rush, Cleve C Russell, Francis H Rutt, Donald H Ryan, Clayton W Sample, Harry T Jr Sanders, Wilbur R Sandhagen, Paul R Sanford, Isaac N Jr Sangster, Robert H Sansum, Harry R Santerre, Homer N Sawicki, Joseph R Sayre, Dorwin D Sbrolla, Emilio M Scalco, Robert Schenker, Murray Schmitt, Lawrence G Schobert, William A Jr Schoch, Philip M Schoonmaker, Elwood Schor, John Schweinebraten, Leslie H Scott, Harold P Seitz, Carl W Senior, George T Shane, Leon H Shanks, John D Shankweiler, Stanley R Shaw, Floyd J Shebeck, Daniel A Sheehan, Arthur E Jr Sheldon, Robert M Shellman, Carl E Shelly, James F Sheridan, Charles C Sherman, Homer R Sherman, John H Shields, Edward F Jr Shipp, Gene K Shokal, William V Shoup, Noel E Shrader, James F Sidders, Wallace V Simno, William R Simon, Gustaf J Simonte, Phillip Skubal, Joseph J Slagle, Jack A Slate, Ralph W Slight, Joseph L Smirnes, E 'Nick' Jr Smith, Gene K Smith, Harold S Smith, Jimmie R Smith, Marshall L Smith, Oaks H Smith, Ralph L Smith, Robert W Smith, Teddy A Smith, Theodore R Smith, Woodrow W Snell, Jack D Snoddy, Archie E Solverson, Robert K Soria, Peter Southworth, Billy B Jr. Sparks, William C Spooner, Ramon L Stafford, Frank W Stafford, Warren Jr Staner, Billie L Stangohr, Bruce C Stark, Joseph Stata, Charles M Stauter, Herman L Steele, William C Stephan, Paul C Stephens, William H Sterling, Jay R Stevens, Wayne O Stevenson, Robert L Stevenson, Robert L Stewart, Paul C Stockman, Kenneth H Stockton, Donald E Stoffregen, William E Street, Benjamin B Streicher, Ralph E Stuart, Norman L Stube, Harry G Stuermer, John W Stuphar, Stephen Sturgis, Gerald S Sutherland, Thomas A Swanson, J W Swanson, Theodore G Swindle, Robert J Sysel, William A Tanner, Merlin A Tapley, Thomas W Tasker, Richard F Taub, Francis R Taxon, Rubin Taylor, Claude F Tempesta, David Tepper, Morris Tercek, Joseph J Teter, Winston C Thomas, George S Thomas, Lawrence W Thomas, Woodrow B Thompson, Frank H Thompson, Jack Jr Thornton, Leonard E Tielman, William A Tippet, Paul S Tisdale, Elmo O Toler, William M Toon, William D Traver, Leslie F Troy, Edward J Turkington, Calvin G Turner, Frank R Jr Turner, Leonard A Tyler, Clair A Ulrich, Carl L Underwood, George E Union, Alfred M Van Dyke, Alfred B Van Etten, James R Van Fleet, Robert W Van George, James Van Ornum, Charles S Van Ravenstein, Edward A Van Wie, John A Vasel, Warren T Vasquez, Manuel Vaughan, Thomas S Vesy, Gilbert P Villasenor, Oscar Volpini, Peter M Wagner, Donald G Wagner, Lloyd E Waldron, Leo F Walker, John H Walker, Lewis M Walling, Glenn R Walter, George M Walters, Joseph H Wardowski, Stanley Warne, Ralph N Washburn, Robert H Watson, James R Way, Henry G Weinberg, Howard G Weise, William A Jr Weiss, Armin Weiss, Leonard E Whalon, William R White, Frank M White, Gerald A White, Raymond E Whitesell, Russell O Wilder, Leroy W Willet, Clarence B Williams, Gaylon C Williams, James O Willson, Louis H Wilson, Clarence G Wilson, David L Wilson, Thomas E Winiger, Bernard A Winter, Raymond K Jr Wisniewski, Alexander Witt, Orville S Witterstetter, Gene A Woddrop, Edward M Wokersien, James T Wolf, Lawrence M Woodley, Robert F Woods, Arthur H Woods, Lyle C Woodson, William H Worthley, Joe R Wright, Charles E Wysocki, Walter Yager, Lamoine D Yarnall, Winfield L Zeitner, Howard H Ziegler, Roland R Zieminski, Edward A Zimmer, Erwin C Znidersich, Louis E Zsampar, Joseph G Zweck, William A

[John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (1922 - 1941) was an American/British fighter pilot, he flew with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. He came to Britain, flew in a Spitfire squadron, and was killed at age 19 on December 11, 1941, during a training flight from the airfield near Scopwick, Lincolnshire. The poem was written on the back of a letter to his parents which stated, "I am enclosing a verse I wrote the other day. It started at 30,000 feet, and was finished soon after I landed."]