Weeks Crew

Front Row (L to R): Doc Stovall (CP); Clark Weeks (P); Cal Workman (B); Fred Jones (N). Standing: Alton Jones (BG); Ed Livingston (WG); Loui Chuk (FE); John Romine (TG); James Watson (WG); Harold ‘Shorty’ Lloyd (RO)

  • WEEKS, Clark, Pilot – POW 09 June 44 Weeks
  • STOVALL, Lycurgus R. (Doc), Co-Pilot
  • JONES, Fred, Navigator – POW 09 June 44 Weeks
  • WORKMAN, Calvin B., Bombardier – POW 09 June 44 Weeks
  • CHUK, Louis, Engineer – POW 09 June 44 Weeks
  • LLOYD, Harold “Shorty”, R/OP – POW 09 June 44 Weeks
  • ROMINE, John, Tail Gunner – POW 09 June 44 Weeks
  • JONES, Alton, Ball Gunner
  • LIVINGSTON, Edwin L, Waist gunner – POW June 44 Weeks
  • WATSON, James L, Waist gunner – POW June 44 Weeks
  • STEWART, Alton H, Gunner – KIA 09 June 44 Weeks

716th Squadron

716logoJohn A. Silverstein (changed his name after the war to John (Jack) Steele) was C.O. from June ‘43 to July ’44. He was followed by Charles E. Harton from July ‘44 to November ’44. Harton had served as the acting C.O. for the 719th squadron while Swan was in the hospital recovering from wounds during May ‘44 to July ‘44. Lloyd M. Bentsen (who became a U.S. Senator from Texas, U. S. Treasurer after the war, and U.S. Vice Presidential Candidate) was the C.O. from November ‘44 until February ’45. Robert Johnson took over from mid-‘45 to V.E. Day in May ’45.

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