THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Did a source place Oxie Marino with this crew? He started out with the Traina crew Manninos and was with that crew when he replaced Mario Traina in the early 90s.

About 1/3 of the guys went with Tommy Bilotti in 81 so Failla's crew shrunk a bit in the 80s.

I think he had the largest crew that we can identify. Capodecina Giuseppe Traina was identified as having ~40 guys under him. He died in 1979, and was succeeded by his son Mario. Some guys may have died, but if the ~40 is to be believed, Mario likely had at least 25 guys left, but we can't identify all of them.

Another Capodecina, Alfred 'Freddy' Eppolito was identified by Santantonio as having ~30 guys under him. The Eppolito crew was later merged with the Castellano Crew. Combined with some of the guys from Vincent Corrao, Gaggi may have had more than we know about.

Hairy reported the following guys as being of James Failla’ crew as of circa 1980

“LOUIS A. "FATS" ASTUTO (March 15, 1936) - Failla crew -
PETER BARI - Failla Crew-
THOMAS BILOTTI (March 23, 1940) - Failla crew -
DOMINICK CASTORE (Aug 9, 1911) - Failla crew -
SALVATORE D´AQUISTO (Jan 3, 1897) - Failla crew? -
FRANK SALVATORE DECICCO (Nov 5, 1935) - Failla crew -
*GEORGE DECICCO (March 20, 1929) - Failla crew - (made in 1981)
LOUIS MICHAEL DEFILIPPO (Jan 15, 1921) - Failla crew -
PAUL "ROBBIE" DIBELLA (Feb 28, 1920)
LEONARD GRILLO (Jan 29, 1905) - Failla crew -
JOSEPH "SONNY" JULIANO - Failla or Riccobono crew -
CARMINE JOHN LOMBARDOZZI (Feb 18, 1913) - Failla crew -
GEORGE LOMBARDOZZI (Aug 14, 1941) - Failla crew -
JOHN JOSEPH LOMBARDOZZI (1925) - Failla crew -
PAUL JOHN LOMBARDOZZI (Feb 3, 1915) - Failla crew -
JOSEPH MICHAEL "JOE THE OX" MARINO (Sep 22, 1924) - Failla crew -
*COSTANTINO "WILLY" MASTROMARINO (June 16, 1918) - Failla crew -
PHILIP JOHN MODICA (Jan 23, 1929) - Failla crew -
DOMINICK MUNDO (Aug 31, 1916) - Failla crew -
THOMAS "TOMMY SPARROW" SPINELLI (1912) - Failla crew -
NUNZIO SQUILLANTE (March 21, 1923) - Failla crew -
PETER J. TORTORELLO (March 13, 1915) - Failla crew -
ANTHONY J. VITTA (Feb 6, 1938) - Failla crew -“

Obviously he had a large crew, but did any Capo have a larger crew in the Gambinos in this period?