Mission No 67

MISSION NO. 67
ANGOULEME, FRANCE

15 JUNE, 1944

A German panzer division, which had been disposed in southwestern France, was scheduled to entrain at Angouleme for the Normandy beachhead. The delay or destruction of the division had been requested by the Allied ground forces. The 457th and the 35 1st Groups were assigned the task. The 457th sent thirty-six aircraft aloft to compose the entire 94th B Combat Wing. The 351St compnsed the A Combat Wing. Major William F. Smith was the 457th's Air Commander with Captain Russell M. Selwyn as pilot of the lead B box. Major Theodore C. Hoffman was Commander of the high B box with Lt. Mark R. Beicher as pilot, and Major Jacob M. Dickinson Commander of the low B box, with Captain Alfred W. Fischer as pilot.

Entry into France was over the Normandy beachhead. CAVU conditions existed for the first time since the commencement of the invasion and the entire fighting area was visible to the crews. The Group bombed the marshalling yards with excellent results, leaving a pile of rubble. The special request of the ground forces had been fulfilled.

En route back to England, along the coast of the Bay of Biscay, across the Brest Peninsula and the English Channel, perfect visibility enabled the crews to observe the vast shipping of both the enemy forces and the Allies There was no enemy aircraft opposition and flak was light and inaccurate.

CREW LOADING LIST

June 15th, 1944
Mission No 67 Target: Angouleme, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 995		A/C # 086		A/C # 101		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Adrian W. Seabock Lloyd. E. Icenogle William G. Smith, Jr Louis M. Castelucci Walter A. Ginter Leonard C. Comstock Herbert W. Shaurette Irvin V. Gerlich Francis E. Cornue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Wetherald Harry E. Cameron Thomas W. Burns Alex W. Fisher Cleo F. Corder George Stiller Frank R. Machak Secondo P. Pentacolone John J. Orazem	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred W. Fischer Jacob M. Dickinson Frank E. Vandervelde John N. McDonnell Robert N. Jensen James e. Pickle Leo McHatton Thomas N. Norton Ralph D. Stutzman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vinton H. Mays Joseph S. Norman Jerome Silverman Lionel J. Cussons Frank J. Pearman Albert L. Rothbauer Jack F. Berry Jack D. Bush Cecil D. Burroughs John B. Muhall

	A/C # 087		A/C # 088		A/C # 620		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward A. Taylor Walter F. Creigh Harold W. Walbright Edward J. Colleran Elie R. Carrier Frank T. Winchester Herbert L. Webster Lewis H. Shane George S. Kamas	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marsden W. Mattatall John L. Fowler Ralph C. Jordan Alexander P. McDermott Joseph Waszkierscz Axel R. Olson Milton P. Rudd Douglas C. Ellison Gordon D. Hobson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott B. Ormsby Fred D. Stallings Vincent A. Lemon Arthur R. Mendenhall Joseph M. Sofranko Jay L. Saulsburry Gordon J. Neely Fred F. Castle Alvin J. Hendryx	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William L. Brackley Bailey Gaudinier Winfried E. Stortz Anthony Kulozycki Miles L. McQueen Glenn A. Jackson Daniel D. Elieff Joy F. stacy Harvey C. Cottrell

	A/C # 591		A/C # 948		A/C # 889		A/C # 407
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. Magill Richard J. Cotter David C. Watts William A. O'Connor Norman Hirsch Floyd T. Stitley Harold R. Moore Charles Minter, J Herve J. Paquin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Byle Edwin K. Williams Paul L. Morris Ralph J. Smithling Vincent W. Krysiak William T. Alford Robert H. Prisk Herbert L. Brownfield William T. Alford John P. Jordan	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 F. Dubaj Walter W. Megin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman A. Erbe Robert J. Shaffer Robert A. Carson Russell H. Auten Richard H. Cochrane James M. Kirkland Wayne A. Taylor William L. Egri Noma R. Norman

	A/C # 954		A/C # 190		A/C # 084		A/C # 532
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harris S. Mathis Norris H. Gerber Charles S. Tripp John A. Richardson Rex B. Crawford Mark A. Osborne Donald E. Cook Morris R. Walker Donald E. Cook Ralph H. Garrison	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry R. Stafford Bernard J. Yavorosky Arthur A. Flach Anthony G. Wodek Francis M. Craven Frank L. Nunn Robert H. Ridge Jean P. Dubois Walter Osika	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edwin S. Jones Clyde S. Jolley Fred W. Roberts Howard A. Handran Harry C. Lake James A. Martin Patsy Varrassi Alfred Beacom Ernest W. Kerr, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Green B. Poore Milton M. Jaraslow George L. Brice Frank J. Rowe Frederick A. Smith John F. Nechak George T. Murphy Ralph R. Stowe Lynn W. Rice

	A/C # 615		A/C # 064		A/C # 113		A/C # 470
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David K. Summerville George Metzger Nicholas V. Seidita Morris F. Swerdlove Joseph J. Psaradelis Joseph E. Cook Dozier T. Prothro Leo E. Flagg Clayton T. Dayhoff Barnett Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wade E. Knudson Paul W. Gilbert Andrew Brown James V. Duffy David C. Foltz Raymand Conway Rovert V. Moore Ernest D. Pappalardo Charles H. Borland	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Canfield Clarence E. Ross Donald H. Snyder Charles L. Hilton Morgan J. Newman Alvin E. Merriam Alvie M. Kirkendall Herbert P. Barte Julius Smith	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Louis O. Auld Jack Gumm Alden N. Rittman Carl D. Seibrands Llyod G. Vanzant Nicholas P. Weber William L. Stringer Richard Mellott John B. Healy

	A/C # 103		A/C # 111		A/C # 535		A/C # 649
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward J. Reppa Aaron J. Ayres Robert E. Jackson George A. Stateman Stephen F. Billisits Ivan W. Browning Irving Feldman John Harmke Charles W. Mehring	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jerome A. Sobjek Edward W. Lynch William R. Kabine George A. Knapp Daniel J. Howard, Jr. Jerome Petrizzi Joseph Matkowsky Kenneth E. Hixson David J. Scharff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph O. Paschal Donald S. Hain Vincent L. Vaccarro Harry C. Minor Edward F. Rugg Arthur J. Russell, Jr Charles R. Miller Lorne G. Smith Sidney W. Brunick	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell M. Selwyn William F. Smith Patrick W. Henry .......... Lovelli Gabriel D. Ofiesh Arvele Mizell Harold B. Rhodes Rubman H. Simley ..........Meschmeyer James J. Parks

	A/C # 558		A/C # 164		A/C # 073		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas E. Lee Fred M. Oglesby James R. Phillips Ralph R. Hipsman Burton Chenkin Willard L. Becker Everett Broadie Robert F. Ehlert Robert L. Broadie	Lt Lt Lt D/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold Milton E. Durham Theodore J. Mellow Jack W. Oescher Andrew G. Voytko Richard R. Hazelhurst Johnny Miller Virgil G. Maier Robert E. Way	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Garland M. Hutson Tracy E. Geiger Carl F. Hansen Con F. Poynor Charles J. Coffman Harold C. Reader Jachin M. Forbes George A. Pfeifer Howard C. Layton	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Hercules Phyllides William T. Neidhardt Frederick J. Stokinger Elman A. Salo John G. Mackie Lester T. Weaver James L. Warn Frank N. Smith Joseph S. Reid

	A/C # 015		A/C #		A/C # 571		A/C # 706
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Norton John E. Sherrod Glen X. Thornton Zaven R. Astor Frank T. Aylstock Edward J. Brazinski Hal H. Willett John P. Medica Carl W. Lewis Leo L. Lang	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Winfred L. Pugh Arthur H. Richards Julius H. Drummond Clifford M. Page James E. Woodgate Edward M. Szumierz John T. Poshefko Karl E. Kramer Joseph R. Wheatley	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard T. Bennett John G. Hossack Charles R. Hunnicutt Joe C. Wilmeth Shaarles Darnell George Ribiero Donald J. Lighthizer Constantine Nicholas John D. Ward

	A/C # 905		A/C #		A/C # 034		A/C # 458
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Mark R. Belcher Theodore C. Hoffman William H. Dupont Clement H. Marsden Irwin Rosen Eldon D. Krug William C. Bolger William H. Barrett Woodrow W. Hammons Byron E. Smull Robert L. Cole	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman W. Breit Robert C. Burkholder Bert H. Lindstrom Charles J. Hrubos Terence T. Camp Melvin R. Smalley William H. Sokolowski John J. Derling William F. Radford	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stuart B. James Martin W. Biehn Charles C. Canon Charles S. Gelbers Angelo J. Ruscito Theodore C. Roland Dale L. Vance Carl N. Davis Eugene G. Goslee

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 063		A/C # 556
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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	Edward R. Stevens Charles W. Johns Charles J. Canty LeRoy H. Thomas Stewart C. Moody Joseph W. LaBonte James H. Neelan Crad W. McCollum James H. Bryant	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene A. Peresich James E. Carels Albert E. Durrett Oreste Procopio James F. Lynch John W. Wiktorowicz James H. Van Ackeren Harry S. Young Charles L. Bickers

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 468		A/C # 731
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Franklin H. Morrell Donald K. Goss Marsh M. Calloway, Jr Lawrence C. Ghiorse Robert C. Kogler Harold V. Barris Donald R. McCurdy Dwight W. Parken Charles L. Bradford	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach John B. Folsom Norman M. Franz Emil F. Gallesich Vernon H. Hawbaker Harry B. Bartholomew Raymond C. Batliner Luster B. Mills James C. Parrish

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 079
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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	Donald S. Zigler Donald E. Brandvolt Joseph F. Sydejko Oliver P. Kolstoe Edgardo Buletti Robert H. Young Raymond C. Rule Robert L. Theiss Alfred C. Noday

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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