398th Bomb Group Leaders

Two sets of tables has been compiled to provide a listing of who the 398th group leaders were, what functions they performed and when. The tables are:

  1. 398th Bomb Group Air Echelon
  2. 398th Bomb Group Ground Echelon

See also:

  1. 600th Squadron Leaders
  2. 603rd Squadron Leaders

NOTE: UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Nov 2009

Sources

The data have been extracted from a variety of sources including:

  1. 398th Remembrances Publication - page 8
  2. 398th Mawell Records
  3. 398th Bomb Group Statistical Reports
  4. Squadron Reports to the 1st Bombardment Division
  5. Veterans' Recollections

 

 

398th Bomb Group Air Echelon
Date Group Commanding Officer Deputy Group Commander Group Operations Officer Assistant Group Operations
1-Sep-1943 Lt. Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. Major Paul D. Wood Capt. Charles A. Reid -
21-Sep-1943 Ansley Watson Capt. Charles A. Reid -
21-Oct-1943 Lt. Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. Capt. Charles A. Reid -
29-Jan-1944 Lt. Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. John Weibel Capt. Charles A. Reid -
31-Jan-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. John Weibel Maj. Charles A. Reid -
18-Feb-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. John Weibel Maj. Robert K. Simeral
31-Mar-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. John Weibel Maj. Robert K. Simeral
26-May-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. Maj. John Weibel Maj. Robert K. Simeral to 603rd CO
Captain. Jean B. Miller
5-Jun-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. Maj. John Weibel Capt. Jean B. Miller Capt. Selmer Gustaves
18-Jun-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. Maj. John Weibel (KIA) Capt. Jean B. Miller Capt. Selmer Gustaves
23-Jun-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. Maj. Robert K. Simeral Capt. Jean B. Miller Capt. Selmer Gustaves
30-Jun-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. Maj. Robert K. Simeral Capt. Jean B. Miller Capt. Selmer Gustaves
2-Sep-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. Maj. Robert K. Simeral Maj. Jean B. Miller to 603rd CO
3-Sep-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. Maj. Robert K. Simeral Bruce Daily
27-Sep-1944 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. Maj. Robert K. Simeral Bruce Daily Captain  William F. Scott from 603rd Assistant Operations to Assistant Group Operations
23-Jan-45 Col. Frank P. Hunter, Jr. (KIA) Maj. Robert K. Simeral Bruce Daily
23-Jan-45 Maj. Robert K. Simeral Unknown what happened to Maj. Robert K. Simeral after Lt. Col. Ensign became Group CO Bruce Daily
25-Jan-45 Lt. Col. Louis P. Ensign Bruce Daily
23-Feb-45 Lt. Col. Louis P. Ensign Arthur Briggs
26-Mar-45 Lt. Col. Louis P. Ensign Arthur Briggs Arthur Biggs to Air Executive
Frank Scholfield
18-Apr-45 Arthur Briggs Arthur Briggs to Group CO
Maj. Jean B. Miller
10-Jun-45 Maj. Jean B. Miller Maj. Jean B. Miller to Group CO
15-Sep-45 Dean Ashworth

398th Bomb Group Air Echelon (continued)
Date Group Navigation Officer Group Bombing Officer    
1-Sep-1943 - -    
31-Jan-1944 Capt. Harold L. Brown 1st Lt. Carl J. Strickrott    
31-Mar-1944 Capt. Harold L. Brown Capt. Carl J. Strickrott    
5-Jun-1944 Capt. Harold L. Brown Capt. Carl J. Strickrott
30-Jun-1944 Capt. Harold L. Brown Capt. Carl J. Strickrott
29-Sep-44 Capt. Carl J. Strickrott transfers to 603rd as a Lead Bombardier.

 

398th Bomb Group Air Echelon
  1. The Bomb Group Air Echelon includes men that held both combat leadership positions in additon to major 398th Bomb Group management functions.
  2. Dates other than the end of the month tend to be the date of the actual change. End of month data tends to come from various end of month reports and the actual change may have happened earlier in the month.
  3. Rank changes sometimes coincide with the date shown.
  4. Ttable cells without entires may have been held by:
    1. the person named above in that column, or
    2. the person named below in that column.
  5. Table entries with a hyphen (-) indicate this position did not exist for the indicated time period.

 

 

 

398th Bomb Group Ground Echelon
Date Group Executive Officer Group Adjutant Statistical Officer Intelligence Officer Assistance Group Intelligence
1-Mar-1943 Major Earl J. Berryhill Captain Jack S. Garland - Major Thomas C. Jones -
31-Jan-1944 Lt. Col. Earl J. Berryhill Major Jack S. Garland 1st Lt. Wallace L. Campbell Major Thomas C. Jones -
31-Mar-1944 Lt. Col. Earl J. Berryhill 1st Lt. Wallace L. Campbell Captain Matthew (NMI) Meyer

 

398th Bomb Group Ground Echelon (continued)
Date Communications Officer Engineering Officer Material Officer Special Services Officer Group Transportation
1-Mar-1943 - - Captain Thomas H. Vannoy -
31-Jan-1944 Captain Carl C. Cameron Captain Lyle H. Cochran Position does not exist 2nd Lt. William J. Holmes
31-Mar-1944 Captain Lyle H. Cochran Captain George E. Rusinak

 

398th Bomb Group Ground Echelon (continued)
  Flight Surgeon Group Chaplain    
1-Mar-1943 Major Herman A. Zampetti Captain Taylor Winga    
31-Jan-1944 Major Herman A. Zampetti 1st Lt. James T. Duvall    
31-Mar-1944 Major Herman A. Zampetti    

 

398th Bomb Group Ground Echelon
  1. The Squadron Ground Echelon includes men that held both combat leadership positions in additon to major squadron management functions.
  2. Dates other than the end of the month tend to be the date of the actual change. End of month data tends to come from various end of month reports and the actual change may have happened earlier in the month.
  3. Rank changes sometimes coincide with the date shown.
  4. Ttable cells without entires may have been held by:
    1. the person named above in that column, or
    2. the person named below in that column.
  5. Table entries with a hyphen (-) indicate this position did not exist for the indicated time period.