Crew 20, 60th Squadron - 39th Bomb Group (VH)


P-20 coming in for a landing at North Field, Guam Photo Courtesy of Col. Michael Dickey, grandson of Sgt Howard V. Dickey, Camera Tech 61st BS

Jungle Jolly Nose Art
Photo Courtesy of Porfiro Rios, Radar Observer, Crew 20

Kneeling L to R:
T/Sgt	Charles "Chuck" A. Castle	Flight Engineer
S/Sgt	Henry F. Wysocki	Radio Operator
S/Sgt	Vincent W. Latham	Right Gunner
S/Sgt	Bill R. Ermey	CFC Gunner
Sgt	Joshua Shubin	Left Gunner
Sgt	William H. Carter	Tail Gunner
Standing L to R:
1st Lt	Thomas J. Campbell	Pilot
F/O	Harry G. Robinson	Bombardier
1st Lt	Leonard Post	Airplane Commander
1st Lt	Donald R. Phillips	Navigator
1st Lt	Porfirio Rios	Radar

Crew 20 completed 23 combat missions and two supply missions to POW camps in northern Japan. On one of these, they logged 18 hours and 20 minutes - the other 18 hours and 45 minutes. These were more difficult than many of the combat missions.

	Crew 20 Honor Roll
1st Lt Leonard Post	Airplane Commander	killed while ferrying troops back from Europe during take-off in the Azores
1st Lt Thomas J. Campbell	Pilot	1985
S/Sgt Henry Wysocki	Radio Operator	03 October 1995
S/Sgt Vincent W. Latham	Right Gunner	30 September 2002
F/O Charles A. Castle	Flight Engineer	01 May 2009
Sgt William H. Carter	Tail Gunner	01 September 2013
1st Lt Porfirio Rios	Radar	28 December 2014

Updates:

May 2015: Added Portfirio Rios to Crew Honor Roll. An obituary for Rios was found during an internet search. A family member listed matches that of a family member listed in our records.

Added William H. Carter to Crew Honor Roll. An internet search for WWillam H. Carter resulted in an entry found on the Library of Congress - Veterans History Project - Biographically info listed him as assigned to 39th BG; audio interview states he was from Bethel Park, PA; Obit for William H. Carter states that he was from Bethel Park, PA.

** The current status of Donald Phillips, Harry G. Robinson, and Bill R. Ermey are unknown. Joshua Shubin resides in GA.

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60th Squadron Crew Index