2014 additions to the ATC Veterans' Roster via google alerts. we recommend reading these obits to give a personal view of the people who came through for Air Transport Command.
CLICK ON NAMES TO VIEW COMPETE TEXT
Starting Post 12/08/2012
( TO ROSTER UPDATE 2014 )
( TO ROSTER UPDATE 2014 )
THE PERSONNEL NAMES INCLUDED IN THIS POST ARE AS PROVIDED BY GOOGLE ALERT FOR AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND. THEY PROVIDE A GOOD MODEL FOR ENTRIES YOU MAY ADD VIA THE "COMMENT" BOX.
A LINK TO AN ONLINE OBITUARY CAN BE ENTERED IN THE "WEBSITE" BOX OF THE COMMENT FORM. IF YOU WISH TO QUOTE OTHER PUBLISHED OBIT OR PROFILE, PLEASE INCLUDE AT LEAST PUBLICATION NAME AND DATE. LIVING VETERANS SHOULD BE SO NOTED BUT ARE NOT SEPARATED IN THE ROSTER. ATC70 IS THE ONLY SITE REFLECTING COMMENDATION OF AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND AND WILL HAVE MORE VALUE AS A REFLECTION OF PEOPLE WHO CARE ENOUGH TO ENTER THEIR RELATIVE OR FRIEND'S NAME HERE.
Starting Post 12/08/2012
--*-*-O-*-*--
William G. “Bill” Dodd
Durant Daily Democrat
"He received a prestigious diamond lapel pin from the Military Air Transport Command for over ten thousand hours of accident free flying. He requested voluntary retirement in August 1966 to accept a position at Southeastern's Aviation degree program."
--*-*-O-*-*--
Paul M. Perkins
Martinsburg Journal
During World War II, he was a flight radio officer for the Overseas Air Transport Command. Their mission was to carry wounded home and provide supplies to European and African theatres of war. After the war, he worked as a flight radio officer with TWA ...
--*-*-O-*-*--
CLICK ON NAMES TO VIEW COMPETE TEXT
A LINK TO AN ONLINE OBITUARY CAN BE ENTERED IN THE "WEBSITE" BOX OF THE COMMENT FORM. IF YOU WISH TO QUOTE OTHER PUBLISHED OBIT OR PROFILE, PLEASE INCLUDE AT LEAST PUBLICATION NAME AND DATE. LIVING VETERANS SHOULD BE SO NOTED BUT ARE NOT SEPARATED IN THE ROSTER. ATC70 IS THE ONLY SITE REFLECTING COMMENDATION OF AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND AND WILL HAVE MORE VALUE AS A REFLECTION OF PEOPLE WHO CARE ENOUGH TO ENTER THEIR RELATIVE OR FRIEND'S NAME HERE.
Starting Post 12/08/2012
--*-*-O-*-*--
William G. “Bill” Dodd
Durant Daily Democrat
"He received a prestigious diamond lapel pin from the Military Air Transport Command for over ten thousand hours of accident free flying. He requested voluntary retirement in August 1966 to accept a position at Southeastern's Aviation degree program."
--*-*-O-*-*--
Paul M. Perkins
Martinsburg Journal
During World War II, he was a flight radio officer for the Overseas Air Transport Command. Their mission was to carry wounded home and provide supplies to European and African theatres of war. After the war, he worked as a flight radio officer with TWA ...
--*-*-O-*-*--
CLICK ON NAMES TO VIEW COMPETE TEXT
Aviation Pioneer Fred Gilbert
Helicopter Association International
Fred completed his combat tour in October of 1943, and then returned to the U.S. where he was assigned to the Air Transport Command, 5th Ferry Group, in Great Falls, Montana, until the end of the war. He was then assigned to Strategic Air command at ...
Helicopter Association International
Fred completed his combat tour in October of 1943, and then returned to the U.S. where he was assigned to the Air Transport Command, 5th Ferry Group, in Great Falls, Montana, until the end of the war. He was then assigned to Strategic Air command at ...
Donald J. Unger
The Union of Grass Valley
He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946, as a pilot in the Air Transport Command in North Africa. Don later served in the USAF from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War, as a procurement officer in the AF Air Materiel Command. In 1947, Don married Beverlee Peters in San Francisco. They had four children, Donald Jr. (deceased), Peter, Richard and Betsy. ...
The Union of Grass Valley
He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946, as a pilot in the Air Transport Command in North Africa. Don later served in the USAF from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War, as a procurement officer in the AF Air Materiel Command. In 1947, Don married Beverlee Peters in San Francisco. They had four children, Donald Jr. (deceased), Peter, Richard and Betsy. ...
<<------------------BEGIN ROSTER UPDATE 09/16/14------------------>>
Frank R. Pimentel
seacoastonline.com
Lt. Col. Pimentel was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1940. He then volunteered for the Army Air Corps and, after receiving training as a celestial navigator, flew with the Air Transport Command transporting military personnel and equipment from San Francisco to Australia. After the war he returned to Attleboro, and in 1950 he was recalled to active duty in the U.S. Air Force. This became a career that would take him to every continent including Antarctica. During his time in the Air Force he flew as a navigator/bombardier in various aircraft including C-47 "Gooney Bird," C-54, C-87, B-29, KC-97, B-47, C-141 and the B-57. Returning from duty after flying support missions in the Vietnam theater, Lt. Col. Pimentel retired after serving 32 years in the Air Force. His medals and awards include the Distinguished Flying Cross for bombing missions during the Vietnam War, the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Combat Readiness Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, and numerous campaign and service medals from World War II through Vietnam.
seacoastonline.com
Lt. Col. Pimentel was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1940. He then volunteered for the Army Air Corps and, after receiving training as a celestial navigator, flew with the Air Transport Command transporting military personnel and equipment from San Francisco to Australia. After the war he returned to Attleboro, and in 1950 he was recalled to active duty in the U.S. Air Force. This became a career that would take him to every continent including Antarctica. During his time in the Air Force he flew as a navigator/bombardier in various aircraft including C-47 "Gooney Bird," C-54, C-87, B-29, KC-97, B-47, C-141 and the B-57. Returning from duty after flying support missions in the Vietnam theater, Lt. Col. Pimentel retired after serving 32 years in the Air Force. His medals and awards include the Distinguished Flying Cross for bombing missions during the Vietnam War, the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Combat Readiness Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, and numerous campaign and service medals from World War II through Vietnam.
air transport command As-it-happens update ⋅ October 18, 2014
NEWS
Veteran recalls flying days
Ocala.com
John Grimshaw was a Pan Am flight engineer who flew military air transport during World War II and later ... the flight engineer on “the 5,000th Atlantic crossing of the Atlantic for the Army Air Transport Command by Pan American.” Grimshaw was one of a six-man crew on a "huge four-engine" Douglas Skymaster aircraft that picked up "ambulatory wounded from Europe's fighting fronts in Casablanca, North Africa and touched down in Miami.
CLICK ON NAMES ABOVE TO VIEW COMPLETE TEXT
•Back In Time 02-21-1944
Plainview Daily Herald
The promotion of Second Lt. Barney H. Thames Jr. of Plainview to the rank of first lieutenant has been announced in India by Brig. Gen. Earl S. Hoag, commanding general of the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command. Thames is the grandson of Mrs. W.H. Reese of Plainview.
Plainview Daily Herald
The promotion of Second Lt. Barney H. Thames Jr. of Plainview to the rank of first lieutenant has been announced in India by Brig. Gen. Earl S. Hoag, commanding general of the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command. Thames is the grandson of Mrs. W.H. Reese of Plainview.
Wall of Heroes: Cpl. Earnest J. Bauer
The Star-Ledger
Cpl. Earnest J. Bauer served with the Unites States Army Air Forces during World War II.
He was born in Philadelphia and raised in Paulsboro. He enlisted in April 1943.
After initial training, he was assigned as an engineer on an OA-10 Catalina aircraft assigned to the USAAF Air Transport Command, Pacific Division, Southwest Pacific Wing.
At 3:30 a.m. on June 21, 1945, his aircraft left Mokerang Airfield in Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands located in the South Pacific.
Bauer's aircraft failed to return from its mission and the last reported position of the aircraft was 110 miles south of Los Negros Island. After an extensive search of the area, the aircraft and crew were listed as missing in action. No signs of wreckage or bodies were ever recovered.
The Star-Ledger
Cpl. Earnest J. Bauer served with the Unites States Army Air Forces during World War II.
He was born in Philadelphia and raised in Paulsboro. He enlisted in April 1943.
After initial training, he was assigned as an engineer on an OA-10 Catalina aircraft assigned to the USAAF Air Transport Command, Pacific Division, Southwest Pacific Wing.
At 3:30 a.m. on June 21, 1945, his aircraft left Mokerang Airfield in Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands located in the South Pacific.
Bauer's aircraft failed to return from its mission and the last reported position of the aircraft was 110 miles south of Los Negros Island. After an extensive search of the area, the aircraft and crew were listed as missing in action. No signs of wreckage or bodies were ever recovered.
Bauer is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila Cemetery in Manila, Philippines.
*****************
*****************
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Ralph Armstrong Conly
cusimanocolonial.com
After graduating from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1936, Ralph entered Massachusetts Radio School in Boston, receiving his 1st Class Broadcasting license and 2nd Class Radio telegraph license. He began his career in radio engineering at WQDM, St. Albans, VT, where he worked from 1937 to 1940 as transmitter engineer. He continued his electronics career as a Flight Radio Operator/Officer (FRO) with Pan American Airways, a pioneer in civilian international aviation.
Between 1940 and 1950, he crewed on almost all of Pan Am's routes over both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in aircraft that included the airlines' famous 'Clipper' flying boats. He started at Pan Am's home base at Dinner Key, Cocoanut Grove, FL., in 1940, and flew all over the world, including Pan Am's Caribbean & South American routes as far as Rio de Janeiro, trips to Paris, Frankfurt, and Vienna, and routes to India, Brazil, Casablanca, Cairo, Calcutta, Australia and many more exotic locations.
During WWII, Ralph flew with pan Am's Africa-Orient Division, operating the on-board radio communications for the 'Cannonball', the world's fastest air passenger and cargo transportation plane at the time. The operation transported soldiers and helped supply much needed provisions and equipment to Allied troops in India, Burma, and China via Brazil and Africa, under contract with Air Transport Command of the U.S. military. (In January, 1994, after years of intense advocacy work led by a retired PAA flight engineer on behalf of the men of PAA-Africa, Ralph received his Honorable Discharge certificate from the Air Force for his contributions to the American War effort. As a former member of the Pan American Airways ATC group, he was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.)
cusimanocolonial.com
After graduating from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1936, Ralph entered Massachusetts Radio School in Boston, receiving his 1st Class Broadcasting license and 2nd Class Radio telegraph license. He began his career in radio engineering at WQDM, St. Albans, VT, where he worked from 1937 to 1940 as transmitter engineer. He continued his electronics career as a Flight Radio Operator/Officer (FRO) with Pan American Airways, a pioneer in civilian international aviation.
Between 1940 and 1950, he crewed on almost all of Pan Am's routes over both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in aircraft that included the airlines' famous 'Clipper' flying boats. He started at Pan Am's home base at Dinner Key, Cocoanut Grove, FL., in 1940, and flew all over the world, including Pan Am's Caribbean & South American routes as far as Rio de Janeiro, trips to Paris, Frankfurt, and Vienna, and routes to India, Brazil, Casablanca, Cairo, Calcutta, Australia and many more exotic locations.
During WWII, Ralph flew with pan Am's Africa-Orient Division, operating the on-board radio communications for the 'Cannonball', the world's fastest air passenger and cargo transportation plane at the time. The operation transported soldiers and helped supply much needed provisions and equipment to Allied troops in India, Burma, and China via Brazil and Africa, under contract with Air Transport Command of the U.S. military. (In January, 1994, after years of intense advocacy work led by a retired PAA flight engineer on behalf of the men of PAA-Africa, Ralph received his Honorable Discharge certificate from the Air Force for his contributions to the American War effort. As a former member of the Pan American Airways ATC group, he was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.)
Ralph Armstrong Conly Born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont on Feb. 17, 1918
Departed on May 28, 2010 and resided in Sunnyvale, CA.
Ralph was born on February 17, 1918, in St. Johnsbury, VT, to John and Edna (Armstrong) Conly. He lived in the Bay Area for the past 62 years, moving to Sunnyvale in 1955.
After graduating from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1936, Ralph entered Massachusetts Radio School in Boston, receiving his 1st Class Broadcasting license and 2nd Class Radio telegraph license. He began his career in radio engineering at WQDM, St. Albans, VT, where he worked from 1937 to 1940 as transmitter engineer. He continued his electronics career as a Flight Radio Operator/Officer (FRO) with Pan American Airways, a pioneer in civilian international aviation. Between 1940 and 1950, he crewed on almost all of Pan Am's routes over both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in aircraft that included the airlines' famous 'Clipper' flying boats. He started at Pan Am's home base at Dinner Key, Cocoanut Grove, FL., in 1940, and flew all over the world, including Pan Am's Caribbean & South American routes as far as Rio de Janeiro, trips to Paris, Frankfurt, and Vienna, and routes to India, Brazil, Casablanca, Cairo, Calcutta, Australia and many more exotic locations.
During WWII, Ralph flew with pan Am's Africa-Orient Division, operating the on-board radio communications for the 'Cannonball', the world's fastest air passenger and cargo transportation plane at the time. The operation transported soldiers and helped supply much needed provisions and equipment to Allied troops in India, Burma, and China via Brazil and Africa, under contract with Air Transport Command of the U.S. military. (In January, 1994, after years of intense advocacy work led by a retired PAA flight engineer on behalf of the men of PAA-Africa, Ralph received his Honorable Discharge certificate from the Air Force for his contributions to the American War effort. As a former member of the Pan American Airways ATC group, he was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.)
Departed on May 28, 2010 and resided in Sunnyvale, CA.
Ralph was born on February 17, 1918, in St. Johnsbury, VT, to John and Edna (Armstrong) Conly. He lived in the Bay Area for the past 62 years, moving to Sunnyvale in 1955.
After graduating from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1936, Ralph entered Massachusetts Radio School in Boston, receiving his 1st Class Broadcasting license and 2nd Class Radio telegraph license. He began his career in radio engineering at WQDM, St. Albans, VT, where he worked from 1937 to 1940 as transmitter engineer. He continued his electronics career as a Flight Radio Operator/Officer (FRO) with Pan American Airways, a pioneer in civilian international aviation. Between 1940 and 1950, he crewed on almost all of Pan Am's routes over both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in aircraft that included the airlines' famous 'Clipper' flying boats. He started at Pan Am's home base at Dinner Key, Cocoanut Grove, FL., in 1940, and flew all over the world, including Pan Am's Caribbean & South American routes as far as Rio de Janeiro, trips to Paris, Frankfurt, and Vienna, and routes to India, Brazil, Casablanca, Cairo, Calcutta, Australia and many more exotic locations.
During WWII, Ralph flew with pan Am's Africa-Orient Division, operating the on-board radio communications for the 'Cannonball', the world's fastest air passenger and cargo transportation plane at the time. The operation transported soldiers and helped supply much needed provisions and equipment to Allied troops in India, Burma, and China via Brazil and Africa, under contract with Air Transport Command of the U.S. military. (In January, 1994, after years of intense advocacy work led by a retired PAA flight engineer on behalf of the men of PAA-Africa, Ralph received his Honorable Discharge certificate from the Air Force for his contributions to the American War effort. As a former member of the Pan American Airways ATC group, he was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.)
- - @ - - @ - -/O\ - - @ - - @ - -
This page shows the Veteran Roster in chronological order of posting. We believe this roster is the most important part of this ATC Tribute in that it personalizes and memorializes these who served. You can assist by entering her the names of anyone you know of who serve in the
Air Transport Command, Air Ferrying Command, or Naval Air Transport Service
1941-48.
Air Transport Command, Air Ferrying Command, or Naval Air Transport Service
1941-48.