• STARR, John H., Pilot – KIA 2 April 44 Starr
  • SAMSON, Robert W., Co-Pilot – KIA 2 April 44 Starr
  • LHEVINNE, Paul, Navigator – KIA 2 April 44 Starr
  • SMITH, Joe R, Bombardier – KIA 24 Mar 44 Ridgway
  • RADCLIFF, George E, UT – KIA 2 April 44 Starr
  • BYER, Edward J., NT – KIA 2 April 44 Starr
  • TOM, Bill, BT – KIA 2 April 44 Starr
  • SIMEONE, Colombo, TT – KIA 2 April 44 Starr
  • MIKOLAJCZYK, Thomas, Left Waist – KIA 2 April 44 Starr
  • SINGLETON, JR., Porter H., Right Waist – KIA 2 April 44 Starr

717th Squadron

717logoEdward 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.

Superstitious Al-O-Ysius

Superstitious Al-O-Ysius

Superstitious Al-O-Ysius

An original cadre ship acquired 20 October ’43 and assigned to Starr’s crew who flew her overseas in December ’43. All ten members of Starr’s crew aboard this ship were KIA when she was one of the three ships lost in the mid-air combat collision over Steyr, Austria, on 2 April ’44. The other two ships involved in this collision were “Peerless Clipper” and “Miss Behavin.” 10 KIA. MACR 3995.

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