Mission No 21

MISSION NO. 21
TOURS, FRANCE

27 MARCH 1944

The target was the Aircraft Repair Works of Usine Liotard, under the control of the Nazi War Machine since thefall of France. This facility accounted for the repair of a large percentage of the German fighter planes, principally the FW 190s.

Eighteen aircraft were dispatched as the 94th B Combat Wing. In addition, six craft were dispatched with the 94th A Wing to attack the GM airfield three miles north of Tours.

Cot. Luper was Air Commander and Lt. Vinton H. Mays as pilot, led the 94th Combat Wing over the Channel. The No. 1 engine on the lead ship began running away and had to be feathered. The lead was turned over to the Deputy Lead, Major Spencer. The lead ship circled the Le Havre area looking for a target of opportunity and finally dropped bombs on the Caen Airdrome.

The main formation continued on the assigned course to the IP. The target was visible. Just before bombs away, it was discovered the bomb bay doors of the lead ship had failed to open. A 180 degree turn was made to get in position for a second run. Bombing problems developed with the lead aircraft and the bomb results were poor. Enemy fighter opposition was light and no flak was encountered. There were no personnel casualties, and all aircraft returned safely.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 27th, 1944
Mission No 21 Target: Tours, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 190		A/C # 633		A/C # 620		A/C # 113
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 Walter A. Ginter Joseph L. Lukasik Owen L. McDonough Arthur J. Kimball Prentis A. Cooper Charles W. Mehring	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard J. Dudek Russell M. Dobyns John F. Moore James H. Coonrod Joseph Waszierscz John Kessock Alfred A. Sabory Henri A. Boulay Axel R. Olsch Harold D. McFarland	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell M. Selwyn William M. Hammersley William H. Bowman Henry P. Loades Arvele Mizell Harold B. Rhodes Oscar C. Hightower Wayland H. Keefover H. C. Minor K. E. Davidson	Lt Col Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Vinton H. Mays James R. Luper Norman Kriehn Bowman James Mattison Albert L. Rothbauer Gordon Haggard Jack F. Berry John M. Hotaling Jack D. bush James E. Carels

	A/C # 558		A/C # 460		A/C # 535		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Birkhart Noble L. Webster William B. Wescott Julius Venerofsky Kenneth E. Myers T. J. Shields Samuel B. Goff Sidney N. Erickson Carl Tulowitski Howard W. Barrier	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 Milton P. Rudd Secondo P. Pentacolone Onnie B. Baskette, Jr Frank R. Machak	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 Fredrick L. Exley Gerald E. Poston E. W. Kerr Frank L. Ridenhour	Lt Maj Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Jerome E. Godfrey Fred A. Spencer Charles E. Graf Houston L. Levers Alfred E. Calhoon Leroy E. Heibert Donald W. Blackwell James E. Doerr John f. Grimes George T. Gulywasz

	A/C # 591		A/C # 537		A/C # 551		A/C # 001
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Bernard V. Conner James E. Ocshier Clement H. Marsden Zaven R. Astor Frank T. Aylstock James A. McCamey Edward J. Brazinski Hal H. Willett Carl W. Lewis Leo L. Lang	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Amos W. Shepard Ralph O. Hammerstrom Kenneth Galyean Herbert W. Spaulding Robert Meeuwsen Arnold E. Kauffman Jon Roberts Amos T. Bunch Harold E. Smith William H. Good	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Americo Procopio Robert Driscoll Bernard B. Weinberg Edward P. Palika John T. Clements Russell R. Babel Thaddeus R. Dubej James H. Norman Walter W. Megin E. L. Angell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Walter S. Milne Robert K. Walker Lionel J. Cusson Joe C. Wilmeth Edward T. Sawyer William A. Spoerner George H. Stuadt Richard M. Bassett Frederick G. Wagner Hugh C. Arant

	A/C # 055		A/C # 656		A/C # 468		A/C # 084
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 Andrew Kafka James C. Jones John L. Toney Edwin D. Waggoner Errol Bailey	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 Glenn W. Barnes Victor U. Meador Clifford F. Duell	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 John E. Misener C. H. Miller Edward A. Bleck Joe B. McCall Gervin L. McBride	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth L. Andersen Robert A. Patty Thomas F. Monaghan Daniel G. McLaughlin Laurel W. Phillips Carl F. Graves Raymond J. Daly Dean K. Adams Donald J. Douthwright John W. Brown

	A/C # 087		A/C # 545		A/C # 075		A/C # 021
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 J. Craft Alden B. Orr John L. Batts Roman A. Zelazo Ernest R. Campen	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	Robert M. Krumm Leo R. Green Roland O. Byers Charles s. Gelber Lawrence J. Walsh Billy E. Hightower Anthony Tozzi S. W. Brunik J. A. Martin John D. Barrett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stuart B. James Martin W. Biehn Charles C. Canon Jack E. Eldridge Ora W. Murch Patrick C. Toomey Angelo J. Ruscito Eugene G. Goslee Dale L. Vance Donald J. Lighthizer

	A/C # 615		A/C # 531		A/C # 452		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 Jeffreys Prosser William B. Woodell Leslie B. Reid Frank. T. Ingersoll Francis E. Cornue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lewis Lennartson Everett L. Keesee, Jr Manford Markowitz Augustine Fernandez Thomas B. Haag Clyde E. Garnhart William T. Graham Ben M. Collinsworth James W. Blackwell Gilbert C. Goode	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 Harold A. Dusseau 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 #		A/C # 067		A/C #		A/C # 026
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	Rudolph M. Stohl David W. Schellenger John O. Millham James E. Thomas Andrew G. Voytko 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		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 D. Stanifer Earl W. Johnson Joshua Goldstein Nicholas D. Furrie

	A/C #		A/C # 029		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	Donald G. Karr John E. Haight Richard M. Condon Joel H. Apel Kenneth M. Krise Philip Finkelstein Morris J. Woodell Reginald W. Buxton Gordon Hobson Charles L. Edwards	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

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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

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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

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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

	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