391st BOMB GROUP

 

GROUP  OFFICERS

 

(1944)

 

           

COMMANDING OFFICER:

COL. GERALD E. WILLIAMS

 

 

DEPUTY COMMANDING OFFICER:

LT. COL. JOHN S. SAMUEL

 

 

OPERATIONS OFFICER:

LT. COL. ERNEST N. LJUNGGREN

 

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICER:

LT. COL. DAVID S. BLACKWELL

 

 

STATION COMMANDING OFFICER:

MAJOR JOHN DILLINGER

 

 

 

 

 

SQUADRON OFFICERS

 

(1944)

 

           

572nd SQUADRON

 

 

 

            COMMANDING OFFICER:

LT COL FLOYD B. MILLER

 

 

            OPERATIONS OFFICER:

LT COL JOE E. EARLL, JR.

 

 

573rd SQUADRON

 

 

 

            COMMANDING OFFICER:

MAJOR JOSEPH E. DOOLEY, JR.

 

 

            OPERATIONS OFFICER:

MAJOR LAMAR SELLERS

 

 

574th SQUADRON

 

 

 

            COMMANDING OFFICER:

MAJ/LT COL DONALD K. BRANDON

 

 

            OPERATIONS OFFICER:

CAPT/MAJ LAWRENCE F. LOESCH*

 

 

575th SQUADRON

 

 

 

            COMMANDING OFFICER:

LT COL GEORGE W. STALNAKER**

 

 

            OPERATIONS OFFICER:

MAJOR H. D. GUBNER

 

            *  Loesch became CO with Salmon as Ops Officer after Col. Brandon was killed.

            **Ljunggren became CO when Col Stalnaker was shot down.