John D. McClurkin
391st Bomb Group, 574th Bomb Squadron

John D. McClurkin

Mac with "Daisy Mae" and "Li'l Abner" - Matching Green, August 1944

John D. McClurkin, Class 43-1, Lubbock, Texas, October 1943

John D. McClurkin at Kelly Field, December 1942

Radio Class 21-A Chanute Field, Illinois - Graduation, May 1945.
Back row, left to right: Geare, ____?, Rietcel, McKelvey, Burbank, Pugsley,
Meeker, Strieber.
Front row, left to right: McClurkin, Randall _____, Slowinski, Meadows, Johnson



"Mac" McClurkin, "Propwash" Raymond H. Meadows, "Hard Luck" Harry F.
Meyer, Lt. F.E. Forster, John L. Milliken, Gerald McCarty, Class 43-1,
Lubbock, Texas. October 1943







Hollis, Horridge, Talton, Gillam and Mac

"...Our hut came in 2nd Place.." Mac, Talton, Hollis, Horridge and Gillam, July
1944


Mac, Salmon, Bush, Horridge and Hollis

B-26 tow target, unidentified co-pilot and McClurkin (P) at
Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, North Carolina - 1945

John McClurkin, Tom K. McDill, Lt. Watkins, Schultz, and Schilke at
Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas, June 1943






Mac in Vultee Secondary Trainer, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas


Matching Green, Essex, England 1944
Richard M. Horridge (P), John D. McClurkin (CP), Jack Dougherty (B/N), Rader
O. Hale (RG), Orin S. Basco (FE), Daniel R. Lichtenhan (AG). Royce Hay was
a bombardier.
Looking for information about
Jack Dougherty (B/N)















John McClurkin and R.A. Poxon, Fort Stockton, May 1943



Beer Party, July 1944. Center is Orin Basco and Frank Sharp, Crew Chief of
"Dragon Wagon"





Wogpatterass

Background, L-R: Orin Basco, Daniel Lichtenhan and Rader Hale. Jack
Dougherty (?) holding bombshell

July 1944. Lt. Watkinson and Sgt. Neff

1944 Matching Green. "Talton and I Briefing hut"

July 1944 Matching Green. Captain Ed Smaltz

March 1945 Chanute Field, Illinois

Kelly Field Friends

Africa - Bass Basco Horridge Hale

Ft. Stockton Donkeys
391st Bombardment Group was awarded Air Medals, June 25, 1944.Written on the back of the photograph: "Standing L. to R., Horridge, Hasson, Maj. Loesch, Talton, Bird, Callison, Harnest, Zimmer, Saldeen, Hollis, Dietschler, Bush, Donnely, Goscewski, Hinton, Carson, Col. Brandon. Kneeling: Smutsky, me [McClurkin], Krinke, Toman, Rugg, Kinzer, Metelsky, Garwick, Dwyer, Majka. Sitting: Watkinson, Christenson, Hawkins, Alexander, Fitzhugh, Wolfe, Arena, Stanfield, Threadgill, Mettler."