Visit the Air Group 11 Exhibit aboard the USS Hornet Museum in the San Francisco Bay Area
The two-room exhibition is located on the second deck and was overseen by guest curator, Tim Hampton, in coordination with the Collections and Exhibits Department personnel. Room #227 traces the history of Carrier Air Group 11 from 1942-1945, during which time the pilots and aircrews served combat tours at Guadalcanal and onboard USS Hornet (CV-12). Room #229 recreates a two-man stateroom depicting the living quarters of VF-11 pilots, Gerry Coeur and H.B. "Rabbit" Moranville along with their squadron mascot dog "Gunner" in December of 1944.
The Grand Opening of the exhibit coincided with the premiere of "Eleven" on the USS Hornet for Veterans Day 2014. Many of the items were donated by the veterans after they were interviewed, and several were able to return for the event as Verg Bloomquist cut the ribbon for the Grand Opening.
Director, George Retelas and Executive Producer/Historian, Tim Hampton.
The exhibit also honors the 103 members of Air Group Eleven that made the ultimate sacrifice.
CVG-11 Memorial Honor Roll 1942-1945
18 Nov 1942 ENS Earl Otto Krieg, USNR, 0-121381, Forest Park IL, VF-11, Training
26 Jan 1943 ARM3c Wayne Maurice Anderson, USN, 648-06-23, Marvin SD, VT-11, Training
16 Mar 1943 ENS Robert Wayne Baumgartner, USNR, 0-125945, Volusia FL, VF-11, Training
25 Mar 1943 LT(jg) Herbert Bronson Shonk, USNR, 0-104195, Westchester NY, VB-11, Training
25 Mar 1943 ARMC Francis Freeman Brown, USN, 233-73-10, San Diego CA, VB-11, Training
6 May 1943 ENS Leroy Winston Childs, USNR, 0-125455, Hood River OR, VF-11, MIA
19 May 1943 LT(jg) James Loring Sweetser, USNR, 0-122160, Portland ME, VT-11, MIA
19 May 1943 AOM3c Lloyd George Cramer, USNR, 654-13-97, Hoskins OR, VT-11, MIA
19 May 1943 AM1c Nelson Lee Whitehead, USN, 258-27-23, Marietta OH, VT-11, MIA
21 May 1943 LT(jg) Harry Thomas Brown, USNR, 0-116943, Berger TX, VT-11, MIA
21 May 1943 ARM2c Joe Lewis Harper, USNR, 660-08-93, Great Falls MT, VT-11, MIA
21 May 1943 AMM3c James Walter Tinsley Jr., USN, 356-61-95, Dallas TX, VT-11, MIA
5 Jun 1943 ARM2c Howard Ely Crain, USNR, 662-09-59, Farmersville CA, VT-11, KIA
5 Jun 1943 LT(jg) Robert Jefferson Snell, USNR, 0-116868, Meridian MS, VT-11, MIA
5 Jun 1943 AOM2c Wayne Lowell Wood, USNR, 638-07-71, Coleharbor ND, VT-11, MIA
5 Jun 1943 ARM2c Reginald Leon Drake, USN, 311-79-51, Battle Creek MI, VT-11, MIA
5 Jun 1943 LT(jg) David Allen Beck, USNR, 0-124076, Baxley GA, VS-11, MIA
5 Jun 1943 ARM2c Kaini Robert Henderson, USNR, 610-44-23, Chicago IL, VS-11, MIA
8 Jun 1943 LCDR Weldon Lee Hamilton, USN, 0-62053, Coronado CA, CAG-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 LT(jg) Paul Edward Babel, USNR, 0-121281, Pawtucket RI, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 LT Donald Randall Burke, USNR, 0-116346, Hollywood CA, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 LT(jg) William Robert Weiss, USNR, 0-112001, Gainesville TX, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 CAP Sidney William Quick, USN, 336-87-00, New Orleans LA, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 LT John Clifford Livezey, USN, 0-108373, Leonia NJ, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 LT Virgil Edmund Flynn, USNR, 0-142236, Milbank SD, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 ARM2c Robert Haywood Barnes Jr., USNR 604-02-88 Montevallo AL, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 PHM2c Charles Sterling Ball, USNR, 668-33-76, Kahoka MO, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 ARM2c Ordien Fenmore Herr, USNR, 654-14-04, Webster SD, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 AMM2c Bernard Gordon Robinson, USN, 376-36-88, Redwood City CA, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 AOM1c Jack Foster Young, USN, 346-86-65, San Diego CA, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 ARM3c Carl Lee Cobb, USN, 376-40-86, Tipton MO, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 ARM2c Alley Burton Conrad, USN, 381-40-40, Silverton OR, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 ARM2c William Thomas Owens, USNR, 632-20-88, Santa Barbara CA, VT-11, R4D5 crash
8 Jun 1943 ARM3c Ellwin Albert Teal, USNR, 638-17-93, Crookston MN, VT-11, R4D5 crash
16 Jun 1943 LT(jg) George Winthrop Ricker, USNR, 0-122153, Berwick ME, VF-11, MIA
16 Jun 1943 LT(jg) Chandler Gantt Boswell, USNR, 0-121941, New Orleans LA, VF-11, MIA
16 Jun 1943 LT(jg) Teddy Louis Hull, USNR, 0-124192, Winslow AR, VF-11, MIA
17 Jul 1943 LT(jg) Edward Francis Hughes, USNR, 0-121303, Medford MA, VB-11, MIA
17 Jul 1943 ARM2c Harold Milton Marrs, USN, 386-05-05, Grays Harbor WA, VB-11, MIA
9 Jul 1943 LT(jg) Cyrus George Cary, USNR, 0-112044, Cowlitz WA, VF-11, MIA
10 Oct 1943 ENS Virgil David Roland, USNR, 0-000000, Richmond VA, VF-11, Training
28 Oct 1943 ENS Fred Homer Kater, USNR, 0-290495, Macon IL, VB-11, Training
1 Nov 1943 ENS Robert Alexander McKinney, USNR, 0-290576, Saginaw MI, VT-11, Training
1 Nov 1943 AOM3c Ward Leroy Evans, USNR 726-05-57, Chicago IL, VT-11, Training
11 Feb 1944 ENS William Herbert Graebner, USN, 0-263705, Milwaukee WI, VB-11, Training
12 Feb 1944 LT(jg) Edward Harold Johnson, USNR, 0-102801, Orlando FL, VF-11, Accident
16 Mar 1944 ENS George William Papen Jr., USNR 0-299404, Cambridge MA, VF-11, Training
19 Apr 1944 ENS Thomas B Reed Jr., USNR 0-325973, Los Angeles CA, VF-11, Training
23 May 1944 ENS William Saylor Culver, USNR 0-290469, Los Angeles CA, VB-11, Training
23 May 1944 ARM3c John Phillip Hall, USNR 555-56-05, Phoenix AZ, VB-11, Training
1 Jun 1944 LT(jg) Thomas Jack Warren, USNR 0-125273, San Francisco CA, VB-11, Training
26 Jun 1944 LT(jg) Johnny Wilson Patterson, USNR 0-122007, Palestine TX VB-11, Training
26 Jun 1944 ARM2c Robert Ronald Cox, USNR 553-61-29, Clovis NM, VB-11, Training
3 Jul 1944 ENS Jack (n) Anderson, USNR 0-173713, TX, VB-11, Training
3 Jul 1944 ARM2c Joyce Eugene Swaim, USNR 630-87-49, Little Rock AR, VB-11, Training
12 Jul 1944 ENS Thomas William Ooghe, USNR 0-290506, San Mateo CA, VB-11, Training
12 Jul 1944 ARM1c William Peter Carey, USNR 611-06-15, Laporte IN, VB-11, Training
24 Aug 1944 CDR George Thurston McCutchan, USN 0-073647, Evansville IN, CAG-11, Training
10 Oct 1944 LT(jg) Kenneth Chancellor Chase, USNR 0-291301, Dayton OH, VF-11, MIA
12 Oct 1944 ENS George Edgar Grier Lindesmith, USNR 0-350955, Los Angeles CA, VF-11, MIA
13 Oct 1944 ENS Leon Edsel Lee, USNR 0-350954, Pratt KS, VF-11, MIA
13 Oct 1944 CDR Frederick Rutherford Schrader, USN 0-74896, Lawrence IL, CAG-11, MIA
14 Oct 1944 LT Edward Erwin Helgerson, USNR 0-116935, Minneapolis MN, VFN-78, MIA
14 Oct 1944 LT Nelson Woodrow Dayhoff, USNR 0-116944, Manhattan KS, VF-11, MIA
14 Oct 1944 ENS Frederick James Campbell Blair, USNR 0-337335, Seattle WA, VF-11, MIA
14 Oct 1944 LT Samuel Elsworth Goldberg, USNR 0-156424, Oakland CA, VF-11, MIA
14 Oct 1944 ENS Henry (n) Ptacek, USNR 0-326444, Omaha NE, VF-11, MIA
15 Oct 1944 ENS Robert Christian Dance, USNR 0-299306, Norfolk VA, VF-11, MIA
18 Oct 1944 ENS George Gordon Anderson, USNR 0-301441, Eugene OR, VF-11, MIA
18 Oct 1944 ENS Warren Kenneth De Rolf, USNR 0-326414, Hammond IN, VF-11, MIA
19 Oct 1944 LT(jg) Warren James Sailor, USNR 0-173449, Gray TX, VB-11, MIA
19 Oct 1944 ARM3c Duane Frederick Brash, USNR 730-04-34, Sargent ND, VB-11, MIA
19 Oct 1944 LT William Howard Winner, USNR 0-116957, San Diego CA, VT-11, KIA
19 Oct 1944 ARM2c Paul James Chleborad, USN 372-43-09, Omaha NE, VT-11, KIA
19 Oct 1944 ARM2c Fred Joseph Baker, USNR 285-01-46, Grand Rapids MI, VT-11, KIA
27 Oct 1944 ENS Charles Ray Bratcres, USNR 0-326296, Castle Rock WA, VF-11, MIA
3 Nov1944 ENS John James McVeigh, USNR 0-368480, Grand Rapids MN, VF-11, MIA
5 Nov 1944 AMM2c Norman Everett Morgan, USNR 671-37-10, Tulsa OK, VT-11, KIA
5 Nov 1944 ARM1c Homer Russell Johnson, USNR 648-06-25, Lincoln NE, VT-11, KIA
5 Nov 1944 ENS William Manierre Mann, USNR 0-305913, Chicago, IL, VF-11, MIA
13 Nov 1944 LCDR Radcliffe (n) Denniston Jr., USN 0-77788, Wauwatosa WI, VT-11, KIA
13 Nov 1944 ARM1c Glenn Allen Faulk, USNR 670-04-40, Lindsay OK, VT-11, MIA
13 Nov 1944 AOM2c Clint Thomas Steed Jr., USNR 616-03-00, Tyler TX, VT-11, MIA
13 Nov 1944 ENS Burton Thelin Oberg, ENS 0-368225, Cromwell CT, VT-11, MIA
13 Nov 1944 AOM3c Dowd (n) Hamaker, USNR 619-27-00, Grand Junction CO, VT-11, MIA
13 Nov 1944 AMM3c Robert Verne Burgess, USNR 823-05-63, Berwick ME, VT-11, MIA
10 Dec 1944 AOM2c Wilfred Warren Le Blanc, USNR 0-619-12-20, Sterling CO, VT-11, MIA
7 Jan 1945 LT(jg) Richard Glen Aubel, USNR 0-283189, Los Angeles CA, VB-11, MIA
7 Jan 1945 ARM2c Marion Russell Young, USNR 724-74-97, Vermont IL, VB-11, MIA
7 Jan 1945 ENS James Houston Bethel Jr., USNR 0-321002, Massies Mill VA, VF-11, MIA
7 Jan 1945 LT(jg) John Peak Sims, USNR 0-299443, Paducah TX, VF-11, MIA
9 Jan 1945 LT(jg) Gordon Woolfolk Bell, USNR 0-240670, Berkeley CA, VT-11, MIA
9 Jan 1945 AMM1c Claude Ellsworth Haley, USN 372-36-23, Salida CO, VT-11, MIA
9 Jan 1945 ARM2c Laurence Ernest Sawyer, USN 372-49-40, Grand Junction CO, VT-11, MIA
9 Jan 1945 ARM2c Roger (n) Balcombe, USNR 665-42-10, Cosmopolis WA, VT-11, KIA, Buried at sea
12 Jan 1945 LT(jg) William (n) Maier, USNR 0-240678, Berkeley CA, VT-11, MIA
12 Jan 1945 LT(jg) Joseph Matthew Hyland, USNR 0-228074, Jackson Heights NY, VT-11, MIA
12 Jan 1945 AOM2c Edward Paul Speckner, USNR 635-03-73, Louisville, KY, VT-11, MIA
15 Jan 1945 ARM2c William Malloy Rivers Jr., USNR 556-66-14, Tampa FL, VB-11, MIA
16 Jan 1945 ENS Richard Everett Wilson, USNR 0-354951, Chicago IL, VF-11, MIA
16 Jan 1945 LT(jg) Edwin William McGowan, USNR 0-173812, Norfolk MA, VT-11, KIA
16 Jan 1945 AOM1c Charles Henry Cunningham, USNR 630-43-27, Bizbee AZ, VT-11, MIA
16 Jan 1945 ARM2c Lawrence Cornelius Schiller, USNR 576-28-01, Cameron TX, VT-11, KIA
