Mission No 20

MISSION NO. 20
WATTON, FRANCE

26 MARCH 1944

The Group dispatched thirty-six aircraft to the No Ball anti-invasion fortification at Watton, France, a repeat of mission No. 15. Lt. Col. Wilson was Air Commander and Lt. J. L. Smith, pilot. The weather was clear; bombing results were poor.

No enemy fighters were sighted; however, there was intense flak over the target. The lead craft had an engine knocked out on the bomb run, causing it to lose both altitude and power. There were no personnel casualties and all planes returned safely, although many received flak damage. Crew members witnessed a B-i 7, from another group, explode after taking a direct flak hit.

The thirty-six craft put aloft by the Group represented a new high for one mission. The only other occasion to date was the first mission when the A and B Formations were flown. The post exchange announced the opening between hours of 1800 and 2200 daily, except Sunday, of the new beverage bar. One bottle of Coca-Cola per person per week could be purchased by submitting the ration card and paying the nominal sum of three pence for the product. (Same price as back home!)

CREW LOADING LIST

March 26th, 1944
Mission No 20 Target: Watton, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 470		A/C # 985		A/C # 468		A/C # 629
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Bernard V. Connor James M. Ocshier Clement H. Marsden Zaven R. Astor Frank T. Aylstock Irving Feldman Hal H. Willett Edward J. Brazinski Carl Lewis Leo L. Lange	Lt Col Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jesse L. Smith H. B. Wilson Donald E. Muston William G. Patry Milton B. Davison Randall N. White Clarence A. Ray Ethan A. Schaeffer Raymond L. Osborn Ennis E. Brown	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert D. Lane Howard E. James Robert C. Dvorak William L. Smith Winfred C. Kincaid Gervin L. McBride John E. Misener Edward A. Bleck Joe B. McCall C. H. Miller	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Albert L. Sikkenga Carl E. Gamblin Jerome Silverman Jerome A. Fogleman Helner Beck Lyle W. Johnson Alton A. Schaffner George H. Davis Ralph L. Haldiman Edward C. Cannon

	A/C # 088		A/C # 113		A/C # 571		A/C # 122
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul V. chapman Kinney Hellums Charles W. Mitchell Kenneth b. Taylor Gerard J. Hyink samuel I. Craft Alden B. Orr Roman A. Zelazo John L. Batts Ernest R. Campen	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Lady Hozier R. D. Newcomb Judson E. Krueger Con F. Poyner Bernard L. Baker William G. Arterburn Marvin H. Sloan Carl W. Ostlind Ross D. Pogue Wade E. Knudson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward M. Bender C. S. Jolley Earl E. Woodard Edwin K. Fuller James L. Free John P. Sarico Laymon M. Mahon Charles O. Webber Thomas Leahy Michael Woyurka	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stuart B. James Martin W. Biehn Charles C. Canon Richard E. Jaqua Ora W. Murch Patrick C. Toomey Angelo J. Ruscito Eugene G. Goslee Carl N. Davis Dale L. Vance

	A/C # 607		A/C # 015		A/C # 620		A/C # 520
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Leonard P.Soenke Howard B. Collins Curtis J. Overdahl Albert L. Thompson Joseph J. Lukasik Owen L. McConough Arthur J. Kimball Walter A. Ginter James A. McCamey Milton Lowenstein	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Amos W. Shepard Ralph O. Hammerstrom Kenneth Galyean Herbert W. Spaulding Joseph Waszkierscz Arnold E. Kauffman Jon Roberts Amos T. Bunch Axel R. Olson William E. Good	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell M. Selwyn William M. Hammersley William H. Bowman H. P. Loades Arvele Mizell Thomas ......... Harold B. Rhodes Oscar C. Hightower Wayland R. Keefover Truman H. Smiley	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard T. Bennett Charles E. Robb Charles R. Hunicutt Daniel G. McLaughlin Willis H. Johnson Eugene M. Beamer George Ribiero Glenn C. Finke Charles L. Campbell Oscar A. Gascon

	A/C # 615		A/C # 079		A/C # 073		A/C # 481
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Burkhart Noble L. Webster William B. Wescott Julius Venerofsky Kenneth E. Myers T. J. Shields Samuel B. Goff Carl Tulowitski Howard W. Barrier Sidney N. Erickson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William L. Gibbons George J. Bennett William J. Brandt Patrick A. Walls Paul A. Birchen Jasper L. Smith Paul Holder Paul O'Neal Steve Vargo Reginald W. Buxton	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Louis O. Auld Jack Gumm Carl F. Hansen Clifford D. Hughes Charles J. Coffman Howard C. Layton Harold E. Reader Herman R. Goossens Jachin M. Forbes George A. Pfeifer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clyde B. Knipfer Richard A. Bruha Geroge R. Derdzinski Stanley V. Gray Stephen T. Voit Harvey C. Cottrell James J. Kilroy Joseph S. Ried Nicholas D. Furrie Joshua Goldstein

	A/C # 062		A/C # 545		A/C # 084		A/C # 452
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Mark R. Belcher Leroy H. Watson, Jr Patrick W. Henry William H. Dupont Irwin Rosen Eldon D. Krug Woodrow W. Hammons William H. Barrett William C. Bolger Byron E. Smull Aaron J. Ayres	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David P. Parks Floyd O. Grove William C. Ellerbusch Edward J. Quinn Donald J. Kesselmayer Cosmo J. Fazzio Ruben H. Halverson Charles M. Kerr Anthony M. Pesce George H. Grebe	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Rogers Stanley J. Wolczanski Wilbert J. Collard Dino H. Tonelli Joshua D. Lane Orion H. Shumway P. Varrassi Sol Pollack David H. Quick Ray Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Green B. Poore James F. Oldenhage George L. Brice Frank J. Rowe Frederick A. Smith Oren E. Hobbs John F. Nechak Lynn W. Rice George T. Murphy Ralph R. Stowe

	A/C # 101		A/C # 531		A/C # 551		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles D. Brannan Raymond A. Syptak James H. Kincaid George A. Sipp John T. Matovina Joseph M. Colechia Charles R. Vandeventer Edward M. Hardin T. E. Geiger Prentis A. Cooper	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lewis Lennartson Everett L. Keesee, Jr Manfred Markowitz Ralph C. Jordan Thomas B. Haag Clyde E. Garnhart William T. Graham Gilbert C. Goode James W. Blackwell Omer Fontaine	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Americo Procopio Robert Driscoll Bernard B. Weinberg Edward P. Palika John T. Clements E. L. Angell Russell R. Babel Thaddeus R. Dubej James H. Norman Walter W. Megin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vinton H. Mays Robert K. Walker Arthur N. Hoffman David S. Wright Albert L. Rothauer Stanley H. Krohm Jack F. Berry Jack D. Bush Cecil D. Burroughs James V. Ambrose

	A/C # 591		A/C # 086		A/C # 070		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Adrian W. Seabock Lloyd. E. Icenogle Warren B. Speidel William G. Smith, Jr Louis M. Castelucci Frank. T. Ingersoll Leslie B. Reid, Jr William B. Woodell Prosser Jeffreys Francis E. Cornue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Malcolm E. Johnson Morris H. Shuff Reed V. Bryant George Cahelo Joseph Garbett Glenn W. Barnes Patrick J. Fusci Norbert A. Meeuwsen Leonard A. Smith Wallace D. Cagle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward B. Dozier Charles E. Newmeyer Alexis P. Umoff Charles W. Hilton Dwight M. Anderson William C. Young Gerald E. Poston Fredrick L. Exley Frank L. Ridenhour E. W. Kerr, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Fay James E. Carels Lionel J. Cusson Joe C. Wilmeth Edward T. Sawyer William A. Spoerner George H. Staudt Richard M. Bassett Frederick G. Wagner Hugh C. Arant

	A/C # 662		A/C # 067		A/C # 075		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas E. Lee John M. Bristow John C. Sherwin Regis J. Creehan Clayton L. Betterton Jasper Stewart John R. Barber John A. Robinson Irvin V. Gerlich Ralph R. Zagorski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Rudolph M. Stohl David W. Schellenger John O. Millham James E. Thomas Robert C. Kreite William F. Bemus Walter F. Waganer Sheldon J. Moore Erwin A. Welling Charles L. Stewart	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert M. Krumm Leo R. Green Roland O. Byers Charles S. Gelber Lawrence J. Walsh Billy E. Hightower Anthony Tozzi S. W. Brunick J. A. Martin John D. Barrett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth L. Andersen Kaspar O. Lamvik Thomas F. Monaghan Robert J. Larsen Laurel W. Phillips Carl F. Graves Raymond J. Daly Dean K. Adams Donald J. Douthwright John W. Brown

	A/C # 055		A/C # 164		A/C # 015		A/C # 001
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roger W. Birkman Robert L. Cole Michael N. Stanko James M. Cochran, Jr Raymond Koch Errol Bailey Andrew Kafka James C. Jones John L. Toney John Buechel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Karr John E. Haight Richard M. Condon Joel H. Apel Kenneth M. Krise Philip Finkelstein Morris J. Woodell Eugene H. Paprota Paul M. Rogers Charles L. Edwards	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles R. Blackwell Theodore R. Baskette Irving R. Meyers Verne M. Boon Thomas W. Howard Morgan J. Newman Edward Nabozny Billy L. Dalton Francis W. McCall Sylvester C. Kuraszkiewicz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jerome E. Godfrey John F. Grimes Charles E. Graf Houston L. Levers Alfred E. Calhoon Leroy W. Heibert Donald W. Blackwell James E. Doerr Carl A. Robbie George T. Gulywase

	A/C # 087		A/C # 460		A/C # 098		A/C # 923
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth R. Johnston Kenneth W. Brucker Herbert N. Webb Harry B. Vaal Daniel A. Malcolm Francis F. Friedel Ivan W. Browning Edwin D. Waggoner Paul O. Conner Gilbert Slocum	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny M. Flowers Harry E. Cameron Roy A. Hoegh, Jr Frank H. Pearman Andrew H. Bouchard Charles R. Carlisle William Zamecnik Mildredge C. Doan Clifford F. Duell Victor U. Meador	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clarence E. Schuchmann D. S. Hain Thomas A. Goff John B. Blachley Joseph L. Hibbs Robert Bridges H. C. Minor Harold A. Dusseau Edgar D. Lanzoni C. R. Wilson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Emanuel Hauf Robert A. Patty Sidney H. Johnson Jack B. Eldridge John L. Zoutte Paul R. Moore James D. Standfer Max E. Johnston Earl W. Jonhnston William F. White

	A/C # 568		A/C # 064		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clyde R. Weid Edward L. Cavanaugh Solon J. Boydston James E. Fast James R. Powell Earl N. Pledger Samuel B. Rothfarb Norman C. Bonney Michael Stasko Edwin Dempsey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Wetherald Francis G. Bogle Thomas W. Burns Alex W. Fisher Cleo F. Corder John J. Orazem George Stiller Secondo P. Pentacolone Onnie B. Baskette, Jr Frank R. Machak	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

	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