717th Squadron

Edward J. Sass, Jr. was the origi­nal C.O. from June ‘43 to December ’44. Shelby McArthur became C.O. in December ‘44 and remained so until February ‘45. From February ‘45 to May ’45, Wilbur Parker was the C.O.

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A replacement ship flown overseas from Grenier AFB, NH, in August ’44. Assigned to Trumbull crew. Trumbull’s crew placed the various proposed names in a hat and drew one out. The name proposed by F/E Tris Carta was drawn from the hat. Flown to the Gioia depot on 29...

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