The members of Virtual VBF-12 dedicate this site to the actual pilots
and ground crew that served with this unit and Air Group 12 on the USS Randolph
This is compilation of Air Group 12's history from various sources, to learn
more about Air Group 12, read Crommelin's Thunderbirds by LCDR Roy W. Bruce
and LCDR Charles R. Leonard
(Click the link for a pdf)
http://vbf-12.com/docs/trng/history.pdf
Photos
Photo courtesy from USS Randolph Cruise book
Photo courtesy from USS Randolph Cruise book
Photo courtesy from US Navy, Crommelin's Thunderbirds (Bruce, Leonard)
Photo courtesy from US Navy, Crommelin's Thunderbirds (Bruce, Leonard)
Photo courtesy from US Navy, Crommelin's Thunderbirds (Bruce, Leonard)
Photo courtesy from US Navy, Crommelin's Thunderbirds (Bruce, Leonard)
The members of Virtual VBF-12 dedicate this site to the actual pilots
that served with this unit, and to the pilots that gave their lives
FIGHTING-BOMBING SQUADRON 12
ENS E.P.C ANDERSON
LTJG W. BAIR
ENS C.E. BARR
ENS P.J. BEGIN
ENS L.T. BERNARD
LT A.G. BOLDUC
LT M.S. BYRNES JR
ENS A.B. CAMPBELL
LTJG D.A. CARMICHAEL
ENS H.G. CHAFFER
ENS F. CHAPPELL
ENS M.G. CHRISTIE
ENS L.L. COLIN
LT R.H. DENOFF
LT R.W. DREWELOW
ENS J.C. FUNSTEN
ENS R.O. GADBOIS
ENS B.L. GLOVER
ENS R.E. GOERKE
LTJG L.G. GRAY
LTJG R.K. GREEN
ENS W.C. GRIGSBY
ENS B.R. HAYES
ENS R.T. HIGGINS
ENS C.R. HINTZ
ENS J.E. HOWARD
LTJG P.J. HUSTLING
LT W.R. JEMISON
ENS H.P. JENERICK
ENS D.K. JOHANNSEN
ENS C.R. LEONARD
ENS H.W. LINDLEY
ENS H.C. LUTZ JR
ENS J. MANGIERI
ENS E.K. MANHOLD JR
LT L.A. MENARD JR
LTJG R.J. MILLER
ENS T.G. MOREHEAD JR
LTJG T.W. MORSMAN
ENS F.W. NESS
LCDR E.J. PAWKA
ENS J.T. RAY
ENS J.D. SAMELSON
ENS W.K. SANKEY
ENS J.A. SCHIPPER
ENS C.C. SCHMIDT
ENS G.B. SEARS
LT A.B. SMITH JR
ENS M.W. SMITH
ENS A.C.L. SPLITTGERBER
LTJG J.K. STEEL
ENS D.O. TILLERY
LT R.M. WITMER
Personnel Losses
ENS W.T. McADAMS, 02/17/45, Tokyo
ENS W.N. McCONNELL, 02/17/45, Tokyo
LT B.P. SEAMAN Jr, 02/16/45, Tokyo
ENS D.O. TILLERY, 02/26/45, At Sea by Ryukyu Islands