Mission No 168

MISSION NO. 168
MAYEN, GERMANY

2 JANUARY, 1944

The Communications center of Mayen, west of Coblenz, was the designated target. The Group comprised of the 94th A Combat Wing with Lt. Col. Francis as Air Commander and First Division Commander. Combat Wing assembly was not accomplished until the first Control Point. The Group arrived at the first Control Point on course and in proper position in Division formation.

Division assembly line was flown approximately as briefed except that the formation was a little early. Course over the Continent was flown approximately as briefed. A double drift was executed about four minutes after crossing the Belgian coast, in order to lose time and allow the remainder of the Division to close up the formation. Remainder of course to the IP was flown as briefed.

The Group attacked the primary target visually, with squadrons in trail, each performing its own sighting operation. Visibility was unlimited, with low stratocumulus clouds around the target area. The target area also had patches of ground fog. The MPI was identified by all squadrons about eight minutes before the BRL. Strike photos indicate the bomb results to be only fair. Flak was light with only one craft sustaining damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

January 2nd, 1945
Mission No 168 Target: Mayen, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 509		A/C #551		A/C #167		A/C #582
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lon A. McCauley, Jr. Robert C. Quincy Hiram M. Drache Henry L. Bartnowski James D. Toal Wilmer G. Boykin Frederick F. Parlin Ray M. Bechtel John W. Utter G. B. Gaster	Lt Maj Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold James N. Havey John W. Martin Robert E. Mattox Gerald Zelekofsky Patrick A. Walls David C. Folte Gerald E. Cook Nubar A. Astor Allen A. Sharpe Robert P. Ingraham	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roy H. Kirk Thomas W. Prior Arvo J. Kajander Valentine W. Stype Edward A. Grover Rocco V. Montagno Harold W. Logsdon Willard Krueger Alexander E. McDougall	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward F. Clark Harry D. Horn Lionel W. O'Shea Charles F. Gavin Glenn S. Gruver George E. Dainty Gene R. Ross Frederick C. Rex George N. Pollock

	A/C # 203		A/C #851		A/C #796		A/C #749
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Weber Douglas J. Sharkey Carl G. Swanberg Charles K. Rawls Louis L. R. Gomes Edgar W. Monell Lloyd G. Hesseltine Godfrey C. Edgarton Owen S. O'Rourke	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lloyd S. Gray Charles C. Keller Peter H. Katz Charlie L. T. Carroll James W. Brown Rector L. Soder John R. Boudreau Paul T. Harlan Clifton G. Bragden Paul T. Harlan	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward R. Skyrne Clarence E. Leath William L. Tracy Bernard Weiss Robert L. Stevenson Henry J. Schmidt Leonard J. Lewindowski Raymond O. Blackson Simon O. Wareck	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene C. Ricker Donald E. Miller William E. Seil Pete A. Antonella Murray L. Cooper William C, Lundy Abe Venick John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson

	A/C #826		A/C #540		A/C #765		A/C #827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kelly P. Jacobs Josey H. Nelson James P. Guyot Albert F. Czarnowski Robert E. Gee Jacob L. Finnerty George H. Haby, Jr. Charles F. Brown John T. Sullivant	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wallace F. Boyes Jr Elmer Felgenhauser Kenneth J. Furst Merritt D. Turner Francis J. Horan Abraham Feldman Frank Trapani Roy S. Duttman Robert A. Dilley	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Mathews Albert A. Bean Thomas S.Sajatovich Thomas A. Dunn William A. Allerdice Fernando Urzanqui James R. Boyle Duan E, Reich Hubert H. Duckett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ronald P. Straus Everett R. Renfro Floyd A. Crispin Richard E. Anderson Robert L. Olsen John P. Lapicca J. W. Bridges John F. Dunn Hohn B. Rogers

	A/C #606		A/C #518		A/C #934		A/C #885
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond F. Rossner Thomas P. Thompson, Jr. Milton Braverman Stanley Zocks Robert B. Blakk Lyle W. Astry Thomas C. Elliott Henry W. Bennett John R. Westhoff	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Everett Park Edward G. Palm Dominick J. Giannico Donald G. Ward Kenneth M. Garrison Raymond J. Madgett Joy. J. Capelle Clifton J. Rabideaux Steve Sobieski	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Henry S. Blach Harold R. Hall Leslie J. Tesdall Otis N. Bennett Edward V. Maculaitis Samuel J. Williams Robert F. Seastrand Charles E. Sizemore William E. Wilson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard L. Mack Donald H. Schick John S. Nierengarden Robert P. Reublin Raymond V. Hunter Charles Held Lloyd R. Kennedy Frank J. Eichenlaub Earl E. Whitnack

	A/C #190		A/C #534		A/C #535		A/C #537
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arthur G. Jellinek James I. Christy Jack A. Dressler Frank J. Conti Harry S. Jolly, Jr. Albert D. Paulson Joseph W. Farrow Harley Ernst, Jr. Kenneth M. Beattie	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Craig P. Greason Rudolph Hasmann? Antonio Papaianni Phillip H. Snyder George B. Crockett, Jr. Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar Ernest Pappalardo	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ero E. Salo Milton W. Casey Adam Santora Doyle H. Brown Clifford C. Koeneman Jonh P. Fulgham Nicholas T. Benos Sal Bachos Casper J. Casciano	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerald M. Russell Carrol R. Wissmiller julius G. Uhrlaub John F. Kelsey Bernard B. Matz Maurice L. D'Agostino Elton C. Conerly C. A. Rogers Howard A. Dimpsey

	A/C #954		A/C #733		A/C #434		A/C #223
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Duane F. Southwood Lyle E. Keran Wallace Reed Raymond D. VanWagner Warren H. Parmeter Orville D. Clark George N. Radarovich R. B. Kelly Santos V. Maira	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ennis E. Brown Robert G. Reid William D. Byrd Charles K. Major Adrian Bellanger Hilary A. Turley William C. Craig Archie C. Straham Norman J. Thorman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph L. Hay John P. Starnes Joseph V. Johns Carroll W. Gustafson Clyde C. Patterson Thomas F. McGonical Donald M. Olson Jay S. Harrison Ralph B. Julian	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman Arnold E. Broughton George N. Blair William A. Moore John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Walter F. Willig Gordon L. Witt

	A/C #394		A/C #574		A/C #857		A/C #621
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wayne B. Tweten Ben W. McChesney William W. Siler G. S. Byoff Norman M. Allegan William H. Carroll James A. Kolofa James G. Grantham John L. Norton	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack Wescott Fred L. Steadman Merrill H. Ross Louis P. Decinzo Howard L. Maki Abel J. DeCoux Billy K. Berry James G. Glancopolos Harold A. Adams	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner George J. Grau Erwin Salnick Philip A. DuPont Theo R. Cowsert Anthony S. Giacobbi James R. Westbrook Leo Rendina Ray F. Hawkins	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Calvin K. Schneller Donald D. Nielsen John M. Nally Richard M. Beck Donald R. Lallky John P. Austin Willard B. Hedge William S. Garret Alexander W. Bennett

	A/C #506		A/C #113		A/C #694		A/C #021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul F. Gillman Don E. Jensen Thomas M. Karr Robert W. Crowe Samuel H. Schafstall William S. Stanton Wilbert M. Saylor J. C. Arnold John E. Walters	Lt F/O F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell C. Tagus Jack S. Ashe Francis G. Spillane Jack Lorber George R. Taylor Frank J. Pekar Ivan L. Matthews Jr. George P. Zielinski? A. Pomerantz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Willmore Flumen James M. Graves Harry M. Kennedy Edward F. Ambrose Lawrence J. Gallagher Willard F. Beason Billy F. DeBerry Robert J. Gantz John M. Gayden	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Rex R. Monson Ernest T. Salzer Charles L. Bowers? A. W. Bell Jack P. Scarborough Milo G. Hastings Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Frederick J. Moynihan

	A/C #909		A/C #088		A/C #???		A/C #649
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Gilbert David S. Kahne John I. Butterly Daniel Cadena, Jr. Albert F. Jenkins Nicola Toscano Richard C. Clements Claud M. Gideon John E. Dubina	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Delmar A. Stanley Parks E. Rea Carl W. Schiefer R. E. Byers Leroy R. Ford Roger J. Howell Norman C. Kistler Dale W. Mason John Schuck	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edmund G. Coomes Jacob M. Dickinson Delmar G. Spatz Edwin E. Mays thomas A. Goff John A. Dahler Virgil Hill Charles W. Smith H. W. Kroll Walter L. Laddusaw	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles C. Schobert Johnson? Jame E. Tolbert Fayette Dennison, Jr William B. Wilson James F. Casey Raymond J. Helble Harry C. Thortsen Stempler?

	A/C #785		A/C #		A/C #751		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James Wilson William C. Manspeaker Eldon E. Smith Albert E. Baker Joseph H. Gubino John S. Bozoudes Charles A. Wilt Robert A. Storey Richard W. Swank	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Herbert A. Lawyer John Medwin Olin G. Wellborn John S. King Jerome Grossman Peter Credidio Edwin B. Hartley Grant A. Hanson Fernand G. Rupanian	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C #591		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lauren M. Spleth John F. Welch Theodore M. Braffman Robert L. Haynes Edward J. Grybos Norman T. Ozenberger Lambertson Karl John J. Briol Harry J. Cornell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt