Mission No 197

MISSION NO. 197
LEIPZIG, GERMANY

27 FEBRUARY, 1945

A major German city became the third target in three days. This day the marshalling yards at Leipzig were the target. The Group comprised the 94th A Combat Wing with Major Peresich as Air Commander. Wing assembly was without difficulty, but the Group was not in proper position, having assembled behind the 379th Bomb Group. Division assembly route was flown approximately as briefed.

The route to the IP was uneventful and was flown approximately as briefed except that the Group remained behind the 379th Group. The IP was crossed on course.

Cloud coverage was ten tenths and it was necessary to bomb the secondary target by PFF equipment in Group formation. The Group was about 1500 feet above briefed altitude, because, having taken over the position of the 384th Bomb Group, they found it was necessary to remain high in order to maintain staggered altitudes in Division formation. Bombs were dropped from 26,500 feet.

Bomb results were unobserved due to clouds.

CREW LOADING LIST

February 27th, 1945
Mission No 197 Target: Leipzig, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 557		A/C # 368		A/C # 200		A/C # 255
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edgar H. Humble Medford E. Hollis Richard J. Rementeria Donald E. Sherman John C. McCullough Edward J. McGurren Fabio F. Sulpizi Jack J. Ham Junior D. Brooks Louis B. Reinhart	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell A. Nowling Ralph L. Gray Einer L. Mankin Dale F. Baldwin Francis F. Jasinski Stephen Skulec John M. Handler Theodore F. Steele, Jr Donald F. Rhone	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Hollis D. Hudleston Kenneth R. Vann William R. Watson Robert D. Malloy Joseph A. Jakacki James D. Ransdell Stephen F. Esterholdt	Capt Maj Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Raymond R. Lyons Eugene A. Peresich Charles L. Bowers Richard L Hamel Valeran J. Leksan Herbert A. Dolph Jor T. Clary Joseph A. Macke Adrian W. Pennington James F. Stoner

	A/C # 101		A/C # 887		A/C # 855		A/C # 603
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Frank E. Humphries Hubert O. Newell William D. Oden	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. Reed Edward M. Monasterio William D. Bird Charles K. Major Robert J. Viles Joseph M. Hamilton Kenneth J. Kuchler Robert O. Byers Peter P. Angett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Starnes Lawrence D. Wilde Erwin Salnick Edward F. Ambrose Victor C. Johanson Frank D. Russo Louis A. Qualls John Simmen Jemes Valenti	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward J. Clark Harry R. Horn Charles F. Gavin Jr Harley E. Barrett Glenn S. Gruver George E. Dainty Gene R. Foss Frederick C. Rex George N. Pollock

	A/C # 902		A/C # 113		A/C # 863		A/C # 854
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Biracree Robert G. Quincy George L. Branstetter Bernard J. Carroll John E. Dubina Albert F. Jenkins Arthur J. Christensen James A. Carey Laffetti Trace	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Craig P. Greason William G. Litocot Rudolph Haumann Arthur K. Fitch 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	John R. Godwin Kenneth W. Morrow Robert F. Kellow Glyn E. Aleshire Andrew J. McCormick George Kakeh Vincent C. Liguori Paul J. Bernstel James A. Conklin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald P. Straus Everett R. Renfro Floyd A. Crispin John B. Rogers Robert L. Olsen John P. Lapicca J. W. Bridges John F. Dunn Guy P. Wharton

	A/C # 072		A/C # 087		A/C # 535		A/C # 154
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ben W. McChesney William C. Manspeaker William W. Siler Joseph H. Gubino George S. Byoff Chester C.l Madsen Charles A. Wilt Robert H. Young Gilbert J. Fleming	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Everett Park Quentin P. Thompson Bernard Liss Thomas E. Madigan Louis Dahle Raymond L. Madgett Joy J. Cappelle Clifton J. Rabideaux Steve Sobiaski	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank R. Guca Clifton R. Smith Melvin K. Stoner Robert F. Olwick Emil T. Pavlus Albert J. Yost Herold N. Saxby Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene C. Ricker William R. Fauntleroy Anthony D. Paruta Albert H. Knox Murray L. Cooper William C, Lundy Abe Venick John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson John J. O'Toole

	A/C # 203		A/C # 822		A/C # 528		A/C # 765
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kelly P. Jacobs Donald G. Sellon Albert F. Czarnowsky Robert E. Gee Jacob L. Finnerty George H. Haby, Jr. James T. Means Charles F. Brown Roy E. Goldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell C. Tague Jack S. Eshe Francis G. Spillane Archie C. Strahan George A. Taylor Frank J. Pekar Ivan L. Mathews, Jr. George T. Zielinski Simon Pomerantz Robert B. ?	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward C. Foulke George D. McCurry Wayne W. Hanley John J. Kearney Daniel A. Doherty Lauren C. Keene Harold W. Logadon James D. McCorkindale Hilliard B. Maples	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Eugene L. Walker Charles M. Carrier John Sing Leland M. Ford Paul M. Zalusky Young W. Rainer Frank M. Prado

	A/C # 479		A/C # 534		A/C # 694		A/C # 551
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Hottle, Jr Emile N. Racine David W. Ellis Roger R. Holden James T. Bell, Jr Walter L. Buck Francis C. Cupp William J. Dufford Ralph V. Mitchell	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 Milton E. Drissler Robert J. Townley Donald E. Polen Dennis G. Schaffner	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph W. Coons Kenneth Blakebrough Jennings B. Beran Stephen Cokoroginis George F. Peschen Joseph D. Crescio Conrad E. Craig Woodrow W. Tatman Harry W. Kroll	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold E. Broughton James J. Jenkins Kenneth L. Post John M. Nally Thomas W. Davis Elias M. Ramirez James E. McCloskey Jessie D. Dunn William H. Shaffer

	A/C # 506		A/C # 080		A/C # 075		A/C # 698
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marrion K. Burk Cecil C. Harris John T. Freese Clifford N. Cunningham Herbert K. Clark, Sr Joe E. Floerke Frederick A. McDuffie Harold E. Buhrow Earl R. Kenyon, Jr	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jesse J. Castanias Myrton P. Barry Jack Lorber Stephen T. Cowell Martin Norsic Jr. Stanley F. Bendzynski William F. Waters Cletus B. Newman Michael Denitti	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James H. Latimer Jack O. McMillen Swen A. Christensen Norman Roe John J. Pickett Harold B. Anthony Boris W. Petcoff Harry R. Roeder Elmer E. ?	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerald M. Russell Carrol R. Wissmiller Julius G. Uhrlaub, Jr John F. Kelsey, Jr Bernard B. Matz Maurice J. D'Agostino C. A. Rogers Elton C. Conerly James G. Hartley

	A/C # 785		A/C # 101		A/C # 211		A/C # 190
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Greer Thomas J. Cronin Edward J. Strzyzewski Archie F. Cole Byrne J. Ranney Walter H. Carter John W. Rockefeller Gerald T. Uzdavinis Edward W. Blucker	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas J. Heter Dale E. Harrison Sidney Abraham George A. Cook Philip H. Snyder, Jr Robert K. Butler Frankie D. Stout Joseph Carroll William H. Maud ?	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward R. Skyrms Clarence E. Leath Maurice R. Keesling Bernard Weiss Bernard B. Bosse Raymond C. Blackson Henry Schmidt, Jr Leonard J. Lewandowski Simon C. Wareck	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Ejner N. Gunderson Johnathan M. Self Robert F. Nicholson Henry Freidrich Wallace T. Powell Harmon A. Smith Carl A. Johnson David Barclay

	A/C # 394		A/C # 594		A/C # 629		A/C # 301
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lester G. Radcliff Andrew G. Anderson Ben DeMattia Cleotis W. Helm William F. Rykert Theodore R. Rose Ray M. Bechtel Werner L. Bernau Theodore R. Rose Peter P. Kopas	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David L. Omelich Erwin L. Person, Jr Donald D. Beck Orin C. Cerergren Robert L. Foley Carl F. Hanneken John M. Tabak Robert W. Foster Benjamin F. Ivey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner Wade Knudsen Ralph W. Eichenberger Ralph D. Stutman Charles D. Zhe Ralph Compton John B. Pawloski Joseph E. Elbers William McIntosh	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane Donn W. Leedham Girvan Peck Warren L. Holbrook William C. Adams William H. Stern Walter H. Westels Chester C. Urbanik Herbert N. Hook

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