USS Flier (SS-250)

USS Flier (SS-250)

Her Men

USS Flier - Commissioning Party
Photo courtesy of Mary Ellen Crowley.

The following men were lost while serving on USS Flier (SS-250). Survivors of the sinking are also listed below.

If you are related to any one of these men, please contact us.

Clicking on a man's name will open his personal memorial page in a new window on our sister website, On Eternal Patrol. Family contact information, photographs, and other personal information are needed as indicated in the columns at right.

	Name	Family Contact	Photo
1	Alexander Julius Abrahamson	Yes	Yes
2	Victor John Anderson	Yes	Yes
3	Herbert Albert Baehr	Yes	Yes
4	George Joseph Banchero	Yes	Yes
5	Clyde Banks	Yes	Yes
6	Paul Francis Barron	Yes	Yes
7	William Harry Bivens	Yes	Yes
8	Thomas Leroy Bohn	Yes	Yes
9	Ervin Anthony Borlick	Yes	Yes
10	William Jeremiah Brooks	Yes	Yes
11	Elton Stanley Brubaker	Yes	Yes
12	James Francis Peder Cahl*	Yes	Yes
13	Edwin Canady	Yes	Yes
14	John Edward Casey**	Yes	Yes
15	Christian John Christensen, Jr.	Yes	Yes
16	Charles William Clawson	Yes	Yes
17	Roland John Cosgrove	Yes	Yes
18	Charles Leon Courtright	Yes	Yes
19	William Francis Cowhey	Yes	Yes
20	John William Cowie	Yes	Yes
21	Robert Allen Cushman	Yes	Yes
22	Waite Hoyt Daggy	Yes	Yes
23	Peter Anthony Daros	Yes	Yes
24	Thomas Armstrong Donovan	Yes	Yes
25	Walter Edward Dorricott, Jr.	Yes	Yes
26	Earle William Dressell	Yes	Yes
27	James Edward Elder	Yes	Yes
28	Harry Godfrey Ericson	Yes	Yes
29	Frank Walter Falowski	Yes	Needed
30	Fred Elias Fender	Yes	Yes
31	Bernard Vincent Fite	Yes	Yes
32	Walter David Freeman	Yes	Yes
33	Peter Adolf Gaideczka	Yes	Yes
34	Joseph John Galinac	Yes	Yes
35	Clyde Arthur Gerber	Yes	Yes
36	Melvin George Getchell	Yes	Yes
37	Joseph Wilmer Grimshaw	Yes	Yes
38	Kenneth Leroy Gwinn	Yes	Yes
39	Gale Winstone Hardy	Yes	Yes
40	Eugene Wilson Heller	Yes	Yes
41	Harry Stanley Holtyn	Yes	Yes
42	Edgar Walker Hudson**	Yes	Yes
43	Sol Kantor	Yes	Yes
44	Oliver Wayne Kisamore	Yes	Yes
45	Walter Joseph Klock	Yes	Yes
46	Paul Knapp**	Yes	Yes
47	Joseph William Kucinski	Yes	Yes
48	George Robert Laderbush	Yes	Yes
49	Richard Anthony Lambert	Yes	Yes
50	James LeRoy	Yes	Yes
51	Boyd Odell Lindeman	Yes	Yes
52	Gerald Francesco Madeo**	Yes	Yes
53	Philip Stanley Mayer**	Yes	Yes
54	Edward Howard McCoy	Yes	Yes
55	Vernon Clair McLane	Yes	Yes
56	Herbert Ambrose Miner	Yes	Yes
57	Vernon Leo Moench	Yes	Yes
58	Victor Joseph Murawski	Yes	Yes
59	Harvey Loyal Myers	Yes	Yes
60	Joseph Gordon Nicholson	Yes	Yes
61	David Harold Nordhof	Yes	Yes
62	Charles William Parker	Yes	Yes
63	Chester Payne	Yes	Yes
64	George William Phillips, Jr.	Yes	Yes
65	Mason Poole	Yes	Yes
66	Charles DeWitt Pope**	Yes	Yes
67	Kit Joseph Pourciau	Yes	Needed
68	William Laughlin Reynolds**	Yes	Yes
69	Michael Nicholas Ricciardelli	Yes	Yes
70	Robert Clifton Rose	Yes	Yes
71	Donald Nesser See	Yes	Yes
72	Alvin Leroy Skow	Yes	Yes
73	James Earl Snyder	Yes	Needed
74	Jerald Clovis Taylor	Yes	Yes
75	John Clyde Turner	Yes	Yes
76	Paul Arthur Vest	Yes	Yes
77	James Frank Vogt	Yes	Yes
78	Lucius Polk Wall	Yes	Yes
79	James Edgar Westmoreland	Yes	Yes

*Died when Flier ran aground at Midway.
**Men who survived the sinking of the vessel, but who were not rescued.

The following USS Flier crew members survived the sinking and were later rescued by USS Redfin (SS-272).

1	Earl R. Bumgart
2	John Daniel Crowley (Commanding Officer)
3	James Dello Russo*
4	Arthur Gibson Howell
5	Alvin E. Jacobson, Jr.
6	James W. Liddell, Jr.
7	Wesley Bruce Miller
8	Donald Paul Tremaine

James' last name is Dello Russo. In some sources, his last name is listed as just "Russo."

How to Submit Photos and Information

The U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II assigned USS Flier (SS-250)

to the State of Vermont.

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