Mission No 185

MISSION NO. 185
DULMEN, GERMANY

10 FEBRUARY, 1945

The synthetic oil refineries at Wesel were the primary targets, with the German Air Force fuel depot at Dulmen secondary. The Group comprised the 94th B Combat Wing with Major Havey as Air Commander.

Assembly was at 21,000 feet. Upon nearing the first Control Point, it was learned that the Wing formation was behind the 45 7th, and it became necessary to execute a 360 degree turn in order to assemble in proper position with the Combat Wing. The first Control Point was reached on course and in proper position in Division column. Division assembly line was flown in trail of the Division Leader. Halfway over the Channel, it was necessary to climb to briefed altitude pIus 1,500 feet in order to avoid clouds.

After the force's arrival on the Continent, the target area was completely cloud covered and the Group Leader advised circling to permit the target area to clear. The formation followed the Division lead and executed 360 degree turns in the area between Rotterdam and Antwerp. The Division was advised to approach the primary target for a visual run in case the weather cleared, and if conditions were not favorable for visual bombing, to pass on to the secondary target and bomb by instruments.

A run was made on the primary target, but it was covered and the formation proceeded to the secondary target. Bombing was done in squadron formation. It was necessary for the formation to climb on the bomb run because the tops of the clouds were at 26,000 feet. Contrails were moderate and fairly persistent.

The lead aircraft's Micro-H equipment failed before the BRL and bombs were released on the smoke markers of the 351St Group. The low and high squadrons performed their own sightings, dropping their bombs from 27,000 feet; the low squadron veered to the left just before bombs away, in order to avoid the high squadron's bombs. Cloud coverage was eight tenths. Bombing results were unobserved due to the cloud coverage.

Flak was light and none of the planes sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

February 10th, 1945
Mission No 185 Target: Dulmen, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C #		A/C # 028		A/C # 557		A/C # 887
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Capt Lt Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold Edward G. Maxey, Jr. John W. Martin Ashton B. Green Jr. James L. Quarry Patrick A. Walls Walter L. Slate George B. Crockett Allen A. Sharpe Larido A. Battisti	Capt Maj Capt Lt Lt Capt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold A. Schuler James H. Havey Thomas A. Goff Delmar G. Spatz Herbert A. Dolph Ralph D. Stutzman Kenneth W. Morrow Albert P. Boemer Lester L. Eops Arthur M. Grisa	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ambrose W. Reese James F. Stoner Paul A. Brook Joel Lester Edward F. Peters Charles E. Kenney James E. McCloskey Percy C. Mack Alfred C. Hetrick

	A/C # 184		A/C # 540		A/C # 167		A/C # 854
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lon A. McCauley, Jr. Kennth R. Johnston Harry J. Campbell Felecisimo Basuil Henry L. Bartnowski Albert D. Paulson Wilmer G. Boykin Frederick F. Parlin G. B. Gaster	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert C. Southern Jack S. Eshe Merrill H. Ross Aleck R. Capsalis George R. Schuller Frank C. Stein Joseph W. Mooney Johnnie Sarter, Jr Buford B. Lawson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Melvin K. Stoner Hollis D. Hudleston William R. Watson Robert D. Malloy Joseph A. Jakacki James D. Ransdell Kenneth R. Vann	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman William C. Girard George N. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Walter F. Willig Jack N. Gregory

	A/C # unknown		A/C # 594		A/C # 219		A/C # 885
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Gilbert David S. Kahne John I. Butterly Daniel Cadena, Jr. Albert F. Jenkins Richard C. Clements Albert D. Paulson John E. Dubina Wilbert M. Baylor	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred Steadman Ralph L. Gray Arthur K. Fitch, Jr Ronald A. Weber Robert W. Pinkney Jack Woodford Walter M. McGuire Robert E. Glenn Edward B. Tooker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roy H. Kirk John Medwin Arvo J. Kajander Valentine W. Stype Edward A. Grover Rocco V. Montagno Willard Krueger Alexander E. McDougall Lawrence D. Rogers	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Eugene L. Walker Charles W. Carrier John Sing Leland M. Ford Paul M. Zalusky Young W. Rainer Frank M. Prado

	A/C # 164		A/C # 080		A/C # 528		A/C # 152
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Duane F. Southwood Lyle E. Keran Wallace Reed William A. Moore Warren H. Parmeter Orville D. Clark George N. Radakovich Raymond D. VanWagner R. B. Kelly Santos V. Maira	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Cantillion Thomas A. Hyde Arthur D. Robiolo Robert B. Ryan Donald A. Priestley Charles E. Decorte Jesse J. DeBoard William Bodayle Lloyd R. Burke Robert B. Otterpohl	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clyde R. Weid George D. McCurry Hernab D. Walmer Thomas A. Dunn Charles H. rogers Lsuren C. Keene James A. Conklin Harry W. Kroll Walter L. Laddusaw James R. Day	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerald M. Russell Thomas J. Tredici Julius G. Uhrlaub, Jr John F. Kelsey, Jr Bernard B. Matz Elias M. Rameriz Mario D. Terenzio C. A. Rogers Elton C. Conerly

	A/C # 785		A/C # 574		A/C # 535		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Hottle, Jr Emile N. Racine David W. Ellis George Zucker Roger R. Holden James T. Bell, Jr Lloyd G. Hesseltine George Zucker Francis C. Cupp William J. Dufford	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Delmar A. Stanley Parks E. Rea Carl E. Schieffer Leonard Y. Wendrow Leroy R. Ford Roger J. Howell Norman C. Kistler Dale W. Mason John A. Schuck	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Henry S. Blach Harold R. Hall Leslie J. Tesdall William E. Wilson Edward V. Maculaitis Samuel J. Williams William P. Biggie Wendell H. Perry Charles E. Sizemore	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward F. Clark Donn W. Leedham Charles F. Gavin Jr Chester L. Mohler Glenn S. Gruver George E. Dainty Gene R. Foss Frederick C. Rex George N. Pollock

	A/C # 203		A/C # 328		A/C # 857		A/C # 831
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frederick G. Smithson Nathaniel J. Beam, Jr Arnold L. Rosenblatt Jay W. Grider Albert P. Cristofaro Walter H. Kleinfelter Virgil W. Sterner John V. Lawton Harry A. Olson	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jesse E. Castanias Quenton P. Thompson Jack Lorber Stephen T. Cowell Martin Norsic, Jr William F. Waters Stanley F. Bendzynski Michael Denitti Cletus B. Newman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Harold J. Franklin Peter Mihalik Alvin C. Farrar Raymond G. Field Horace H. Huey John E. Burch James D. McCorkindale Robert E. Springer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Kenneth L Post Howard W. Demotts Henry Fredrich Robert F. Nicholson Wallace T. Powell Harmon A. Smith David Barclay

	A/C # 160		A/C # 518		A/C # 414		A/C # 154
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert B Gross William P. O Connor Robert J. Jacobson Tommy M. Pruitt James L. Gray Harold P. Hubert George S. Byoff Hubert O. Newell William D. Oden	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Craig P. Greason Myrton F. Barry Rudolph Haumann Thomas E. Madigan Garland L. Frost Ralph S. Ingraham William N. Wagner Blair Arsenault, Jr Kenneth L. Haseltine	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph L. Hay Thomas W. Prior Joseph V. Johns Ralph B. Julian Carroll W. Gustafson Clyde C. Patterson Thomas F. McGonical Donald M. Olson Jay S. Harrison	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald P. Straus Everett R. Renfro Floyd A. Crispin Richard E. Anderson Robert L. Olsen John P. Lapicca J. W. Bridges John F. Dunn John B. Rogers

	A/C #		A/C # 831		A/C # 509		A/C # 947
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack E. Wescott William G. Liticot Louis P. DeCinzo George A. Cooke Bernard L. Maki Aber J. DeCoux Billy K. Berry James C. Gianacopolis Harold A. Adams	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Willmore Fluman James M. Graves Harry M. Kennedy Douglas S. Rains Lawrence J. Gallagher Willard F. Beason Billy E. DeBerry Robert J. Gantz John M. Gayden	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry G. Bocckino Carol M. Wissmiller Robert E. Rodgers Jonathan M. Self William C. Adams Clayton J. Dutcher Windsor J. Deaton Richard F. Lucas Stokely M. Gribble

	A/C #		A/C # 534		A/C # 855		A/C # 707
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond H. Wolf William F. Reynolds Robert W. Hentges Jacob Cohen Thomas J. Hamilton William H. Goodfellow, Jr Linville Wills Donald E. Polen Dennis G. Schaffner Ralph Frackman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph W. Coons Kenneth Blakebrough Jennings B. Beran Stephen Cokorogianis George F. Peschen Joseph D. DeCrescio Conrad E. Craig Woodrow W. Tatman Charles W. Coleman	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane Harry D. Horn Girvan Peck Warren L. Holbrook John G. Mackie Vernal L. Scheivert William H. Stern Walter H. Westels John J. O'Toole

	A/C #		A/C # 113		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth D. Woods Joseph B. Watkins Paul L. Hertenstein Rex A. Stevens Harry E. Graham Horace M. Seyster Robert Bonazza Benjamin F. Parris Dennis L. Phelps	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	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		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt