On Eternal Patrol - USS Flier (SS-250)

USS Flier (SS-250)

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

See the Submarine Discoveries page for information on the discovery of the wreck of this vessel.

Click on a man's name to go to his personal memorial page on this site. Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in the column at right.

For a brief history of the boat, please see The Loss of USS Flier.

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

*Died when Flier ran aground at Midway.
**Men who survived the sinking of the vessel, but who were not rescued.
***First name spelled "Jerold" or "Jerrold" in some sources

Some sources mistakenly include LCDR Benjamin Ernest Adams, Jr. (former Executive Officer of Flier) on their lists of men lost with the vessel. He was transferred off Flier before her first patrol, served as the Executive Officer of USS Albacore, and was the Commanding Officer of USS Rasher for her sixth patrol. He died in 1965. Sources: sixth war patrol report of USS Rasher, and USNA Register of Alumni. The origin of this discrepancy was found in Sub Losses (1949).

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
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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