THE CURTISS WRIGHT-ER A Selected Index 1943-1944 Special Collections Dept. 1 Lafayette Sq. Buffalo, New York 14203-1887 (716) 858-8900 www.buffalolib.org 12/2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction p.3 Those In Service p.4 Others p.47 Marriages and Engagements p.112 Deaths p.127 Glenn Curtiss and Aircraft p.128 2 This project was originally undertaken to provide coverage of the Western New York area in World War II. With this in mind, all military personnel were included in the index. This covered Western New Yorkers, relatives, visitors and anyone connected with Curtiss Wright or their aircraft. During the war, lines between the military, those who serviced the aircraft and volunteers were blurred. This compiler admits to being capricious and at times arbitrary when assigning categories. Those In Service (the military index) includes the following symbols: * indicates those who died + indicates those who received an award (medal etc.) for military service (not promotions per se) The Others Index covers factory workers, non-military visitors etc. Names in marriage and engagement citations were not included. The Marriage and Engagement Index was limited to those citations which provided at least a partial name of both couples. Those in the military were also cited in the Military Index; civilians were not cited elsewhere. The Death Index is based on the information given in the newsletter, which in general, only gave partial names and no exact death dates. The Glenn Curtiss and Aircraft Index features those articles which covered the history of Glenn Curtiss and his planes both in the past and during World War II. This compiler offers a word of warning to all serious researchers. The Curtiss Wright-er was poorly edited. As in census indexes, names were misspelled. The local baseball pitching sensation, was Lou or Lew Fauth. Brina Triepel also appeared as Brina Thiepel. Norbert Nowacki married Jeanne Kloche or Joan Klacke (possibly Klocke). Be creative in your approach to the indexes; check for all possible variants of the name(s) involved. Also, except for military photos, as a general rule, group portraits (three or more people) were not indexed. 3 THOSE IN SERVICE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN Veterans And Military Visitors NAME MAG. DATE Abbott, Hershel 6/25/43 p.10 Abbott, Wesley E. 4/28/43 p.8 Abendschein, Dean Louis 1/14/44 p.3 Adamkavitz, Eddy 9/16/43 p.8 Addy, Edward 5/5/43 p.4 Adkins, Frank E. 12/1/44 p.1 Adler, Merwin S. 11/19/43 p.3 2/4/44 p.2 5/12/44 p.8 Aikman, James 9/22/44 p.2 *Albach, John Ingram 11/43 5/12/44 p.1 5/26/44 p.2 8/4/44 p.1 Albertson, Stew 9/3/43 p.3 Albrecht, Charles N 3/31/43p.2 12/24/43 p.8 Aldrich, Robert 10/27/44 p.2 +Alison, John R 7/16/43 p.1 7/23/43 p.12 10/6/44 p.8 +Allard, John S. 3/24/43 p.8 7/28/44 p.3 10/6/44 p.8 Allen, Bob 9/29/44 p.2 Allen, Ethan A. 2/3/43 p.2 Allen, George T 8/20/43 p.5 Alt, Melvin A 3/31/43 p.2 *Altemus, Clyde 7/29/43 8/27/43 p.10 Alvero, Red 10/29/43 p.5 *Ambrowski, Norman 11/5/43 p.12 5/26/44 p.2 8/4/44 p.1 Amico, James 2/10/43 p.3 Anderson, G 2/11/44 p.4 Anderson, Speas 8/11/44 p.8 Andress, Doris 1/28/44 p.10 Andrews, Henry 10/20/44 p.4 4 Anetsberger, Robert J. 3/10/44 p.2 *Anthony, Paul (Peter Paul) 7/4/43 11/5/43 p.12 5/26/44 p.2 8/4/44 p.1 Anticola, Ernest 10/20/44 p.4 Anticola, Frank 10/20/44 p.4 Arber, Richard F. 7/30/43 p.4 Armfield, Ralph 2/11/44 p.5 Armone, Joseph 9/29/44 p.2 Armstrong, Ted 7/9/43 p.7 Armstrong, W. C. 5/12/43 p.8 Arnold, Henry H. 7/14/44 p.1 Arnold, Malcolm W. 1/7/44 p. 12 Arnold, Robert 6/9/44 p.2 Arnone, Tony 11/6/43 p.4 Aronica, Salvatore R. 1/21/44 p.3 Askey, Harry 11/3/44 p.2 Assev, Paul N. 6/30/44 p. 2 Atchinson, Eddie 9/22/44 p.5 Atkinson, George L 12/24/43 p.2 Augustin, Henry 1/21/44 p.2 Austin, Charles 2/18/44 p.12 Austin, Jimmy 4/28/43 p.4 +Ayers, Samuel F. 7/21/44 p.1 Babulski, Joseph 1/7/44 p.2 Bachan, Alfred 1/7/44 p. 12 Bacher, Richard 11/10/44 p.2 Bacon, Howard 9/15/44 p.3 Bacon, Lawrence 9/15/44 p.3 Bacon, Richard C. 9/15/44 p.3 +Bailey, Harry R. 6/30/44 p.2 *Baker, Harold M. 10/9/43 11/5/43 p.12 5/26/44 p.2 8/4/44 p.1 Balin, Jules 2/17/43 p.6 Balla, Arpad 3/24/43 p.3 *Balla, Ernest A. 3/24/43 p.3 5/26/44 p.2 Balla, Frank Jr. 3/24/43 p.3 Balla, Robert N 3/24/43 p.3 *Balling, Robert J. 12/22/44 p.3 Bando, Dominic 6/11/43 p.4 Barber, Charles 5/12/43p.5 Barber, Donald 5/12/43 p.5 Barber, Robert 5/12/43 p.5 Barnes, Charles 2/25/44 p.2 5 Barnes, Harry H. 10/22/43 p.10 Barnes, John 10/22/43 p.10 Barone, Daniel 12/22/44 p.2 Barreca, Russel 12/17/43 p.4 Barreca, Sam 12/17/43 p.4 Barrett, Jack 8/6/43 p.6 Barrett, Rose Mary 1/13/43 p.4,7 Bartek, Corporal (no First name Given) 1/6/43 p.5 Bartlett, Walter S. 4/7/43 p.2 Bartoo, Harry 10/29/43 p.5 Bartosz, M. 5/19/44 p.6 Basehart, Earl J. 5/26/44 p.8 Bassett, Mrs. Charles Hays 5/26/44 p.4 Bassett, Howard 12/3/43 p.3 Bastiani, Chester 1/21/44 p.4 Battaglia, Joseph P. 9/8/44 p.7 Batugowski, Roman J. 2/18/44 p.4 Bauer, Thorpe P. 12/22/44 p.4 Bayley, Harold 12/24/43 p.2 *Beatty, Merrill L. 5/26/44 p.2 Beaty, Bob 10/22/43 p.4 Becker, Maish 6/25/43p.9 +Beckman, Walter 3/10/44 p.7 7/21/44 p.6 Beecher, Marguarite 11/19/43 p.2 Beer, Irving 7/9/43 p.12 Beigbeder, Juan 8/6/43 p.3 Belcher, Ernest 2/18/44 p.12 Bender, Albert J. 11/24/44 p.2 Bender, Edward 11/24/44 p.2 +Bender, Joseph 11/24/44 p.2 Bender, Louise 2/11/44 p.2 Bennett, Clarence M 10/15/43 p.5 Bennett, J.A. 10/15/43 p.2 Bennett, James 1/28/44 p.10 Bennis, Sol 3/17/43 p.1 Beraz, Bruno J. 10/22/43 p.12 Bergin, Jack 1/7/44 p.4 *Berment, Henry 1/1/43 3/24/43 p.3 5/5/43 p.3 11/5/43 p.3 5/26/44 p.2 8/4/44 p.1 Bernhardt, Charles J 9/24/43 p.5 Bessell, Rohland 8/4/44 p.8 Betz, Earl 11/24/44 p.2 6 Beveridge, Bill 3/31/43 p.4 Biank, Vincent 6/25/43 p.10 Bignon, Andre 2/18/44 p.12 Bilby, Glade B. 10/15/43 p.5 12/19/43 p.3 Billings, Dorothy 9/16/43 p.8 11/12/43 p.2 Billingslee, P. R 5/5/43 p.5 Bing, Mack 9/24/43 p.1 Binning, John 9/24/43 p.1 Bishop, Walter 7/9/43 p.4 Blake, James 5/12/44 p.4 Blake, Robert E. 7/23/43 p.3 Blarr, Edwin "Ed" 1/20/43 p.8 Blaser, Robert 12/3/43 p.4 +Blaskovits, Victor M. 8/4/44 p.8 Blint, Ernie 6/25/43 p.12 Blish, Kenneth N. 2/11/44 p.4 Blocho, John P 9/16/43 p.4 Blodgett, Donald E. 12/22/44 p.8 Bloom (Blum), Jack 8/25/44 p.3 +Blotter, Michael 9/24/43 p.1 Blum, E. J 7/9/43 p.6 Boardman, Betty M 11/19/43 p.2 Bodge, J. Harold 5/5/43 p.4 Bodkin, John 8/27/43 p.2 *Bodkin, Thomas C. 8/42 8/27/43 p.2 11/5/43 p.12 5/26/44 p.2 8/4/44 p.1 Bogdan, Chester 9/24/43 p.5 Bogner, C. 4/28/44 p.8 Bola, Ronald J. 5/12/43 p.6 Boltz, Earl H. 6/16/44 p.2 Bordo, Domonick 8/13/43 p.2 Borzelleri, Ben 2/18/44 p.11 Borzelleri, Jack 2/18/44 p.11 Boswell, Perry 10/15/43 p.5 Botwell, Harold 8/20/43 p.5 Bourque, Gerald 7/7/44 p.1 Bowen, Joe H. "Lucky" 4/14/44 p.4 Bowen, Mike 11/3/44 p.2 Bowers, Stewart 10/20/44 p.4 Boxhorn, Billy 10/27/44 p.2 Boxhorn, Frank 10/27/44 p.2 Boxhorn, Herbert 10/27/44 p.2 7 Boyer, Charles L.