45th FIS, "Tyler's Tigers", early 1954

Back row: Joe Leberte, Malcom Lanyon, unknown, Ned Pack, unknown, Jim Fegley, Ray Poerschke, Morgan Tyler, Al Reeser, John Hungerford, unknown, unknown, unknown, Claude Hill, Don Woske, Al Gamache, Frank Dyer

Front row: Jack Bryant, George Callon, Roy Cowan, Arch Jacobson, George Laneri, Vic Wakefield, Jack Brown, ? McGaw, Hal Lagasse, Ben Brownlow, Jim Ellard, Roland Elam, Curtis Clausen

photo courtesy of Al Reeser

Note: When this photo was taken in early 1954, several pilots and ground officers from the 45th FIS were not present. They include: Stan Mamlock, Arthur Magee, Jim Elkinton, Roy Mayo, Phil Mortensen, Rush Floyd, Gerald Jenkinson, Robert Escalle, Stan Benbow, Richard Becker, Jerry Johnson, Robert Harlan, Herman Herfurth, Don D'Amico, Clement Counts, George Borgerding, Lloyd Ulrich, Russell Wells, Carlyle Harris, Bill Cheney, Bob Henninger, Tony Davis, Bill Campfield, David Sawyer.

Some of these men were either flying or had duties to perform elsewhere on the base, while others were replacement pilots who arrived at Sidi Slimane AB a short time later.

 

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