Mission No 98

MISSION NO. 98
MUNICH, GERMANY

31 JULY, 1944

The 457th Group, together with seven other combat wings, was assigned the Allach BMW Aero Engine Works as the visual target and the City of Munich as its PFF target. Thirty six planes, led by Major Fred A. Spencer, formed the entire 94th C Combat Wing. Lt. Mueller led the low box, and Lt. Charles E. Newmeyer the high box. Assembly was without incident, although as the route was flown constant deviations were made in order to stay out of the prop wash of the 94th B Wing ahead. Near the Rhine River altitude had to be increased to 26,000 feet because of the cloud formation at flight altitude.

At the W a thick undercast obscured the ground and additionally the Wing had been crowded out of formation, so it was necessary to pick up a slightly different heading from the briefed one. Bombing was by PFF over the southern part of the city.

Antiaircraft fire was accurate on the low box. The ship piloted by Lt. Byron S. Shiffman took a direct hit and the right wing came off. The craft went into a spin and exploded. Seven crew members did not survive.

The month of July ended with the Group having flown 19 missions, which struck a variety of targets. The 457th was now looking for Mission No. 100.

The crew of Lt Byrin S. Shiffman was lost on this date.

CREW LOADING LIST

July 31st, 1944
Mission No 98 Target: Munich, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 785		A/C # 101		A/C # 649		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Brofft Louis G. Mueller Reynold J. Kohmetscher Robert E. Jackson Irwin Rosen Lyle E. Thrall Abraham H. Feller James B. Toney William L. Black Rex W. Burke Earl S. West	Lt Lt Lt f/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Bennett John L. Fowler Theodore J. Mellow Jack W. Osecher Norbert A. Meeuwsen Paul O'Neal Jasper L. Smith Robert E. Bergeron John R. Graham	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Edward B. Dozier Fred A. Spencer Robert J. Burright Marsh M. Callaway John L. Kabelac Melvin R. Smalley Dwight M. Anderson Frand L. Ridenhour Gerald E. Poston R. K. Mills Henry P. Loades	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack D. Marks Kenneth E. Yap Harold L. Kaplan Richard K. Newman Junior P. Schaner George T. Stefani Roy L. Walker William H. Shaffer Fredrick B. Weyand

	A/C # 905		A/C # 164		A/C # 923		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Douglas L. Grantham Clarence R. Jennings Charles S. Tripp Robert Douglas Willie N. Suggs Buford R. Milner August E. Kujala Arthur T. Aston Sephus C. Tucker John D. Wood	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dale J. Jeffers Allen d. Sheakley Leo B. Bunker Marshall H. Hoyt Edward l. Nolan Murrell N. Tobian Antonio Papaianni Allen A. Sharpe Nomer D. Reich	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Winfred L. Pugh Clarence E. Ross Donald H. Snyder Thomas H. Norton Alvin E. Merriam William R. Cain Herbert P. Barte Alvie M. Kirkendall Julius Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dean F. Fisk Walter J. McGregor James F. Barnes John B. Tonkin Don C. Brewer Milo G. Hastings Fredrick Wosik Joseph E. Philhower Robert H. Hughes

	A/C # 955		A/C # 079		A/C # 694		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James E. Sherrod Gordon C. Esch Rolland L. Boyle James M. Perrin Wayne C. Rapp Arthur M. Lustig Leo J. Gawroniak Joe L. Steele Lyle D. Johnson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond A. Fulton Robert W. Kelley John C. Fonda Charles W. Craig Richard H. Gardner Frank H. Cuetara John W. Mahinske Calvin R. Taylor Robert E. Wills	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clayton E. Bejot Augustus J. Harris Andrew V. Solari Fernando P. Biancalana Paul G. Parker Norman A. Depelteau Oliver F. Orris Vinell L. Bush James H. Neelan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga John B. Folsom Bert Graham David S. Wright John G. Mackie william C. Young Joseph F. Sprich Joseph A. Toth James H. Lee

	A/C # 834		A/C # 051		A/C # 934		A/C # 532
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David K. Summerville Stanford Fonnesbeck Nicholas V. Seidita Morris F. Swerdlove Joseph J. Psaradelis Dozier T. Prothro Leo E. Flagg Clayton T. Dayhoff Barnett Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Byle Edwin K. Williams Andrew Brown James V. Duffy Vincent W. Krysiak William T. Alford Robert H. Prisk Herbert L. Brownfield John P. Jordan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edmund G. Coomes Andrew R. Reeves Delmar G. Spatz John A. Dahler Robert M. Jensen Walter L. Laddusaw Harry W. Kroll Kenneth E. Davidson Henry M. Githens	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert J. Shaffer Robert C. Cook Harry Whitaker Richard H. Cochrane Joseph L. Mast William L. Egri Wayne A. Taylor Paul Frank Noma R. Norman

	A/C # 899		A/C # 755		A/C # 535		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert I. Ellsworth John V. Van Ingen Felix Merlone Thomas O. Metcalfe James D. Kreighbaum James A. Mellin Alex McCahon Robert J. Stubbs Joseph J. Smolinski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry R. Stafford Charles E. Newmeyer Arthur A. Flach Anthony G. Wodek Virgil D. Naylor Virgil R. Hook Jean P. Dubois Francis R. Redington Walter Osika	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald K Goss Franklin J. Marra Con F. Poyner William H. Sokolowski Joseph W. LaBonte Peter G. Stern William F. Radford John A. Roe Ruben L. Hernandsz	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Hercules Phyllides Rex R. Monson Elman A. Salo William C. Adams Lester T. Weaver James S Warn James W. Walton Frederick N. Smith Michael S. Rubacha

	A/C # 118		A/C # 113		A/C # 098		A/C # 429
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard E. Fitzhugh Arthur Gennari Enoch T. Naversen John Schwall Hardy L. Bell Howard Larson Wesley R. McDonald Howard A. Prather Ivory S. Phillips George L. Cole	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joe D. Coleman Edward F. Slaman William G. Watts Thomas S. Crowley Francis E. Snow Robert L. Harrison George Martin, Jr William G. Wright Robert G. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James W. Franklin Donald C. Lengman Charles C. Smith Joseph M. Budich Luther E. Holloman Leonard O. Beach Adolph Sroczyk John W. York Ernest L. Herndon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Oreste Procopio Asa R. McClure Jean R. LeShufy William L. Kennedy Edwin J. Auffurth Cleveland M. Adair

	A/C # 826		A/C # 633		A/C # 073		A/C # 600
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William H. Flannery Jewell W. Lowery William J. Meng, Jr John G. Schloendon Lloyd K. Laggassa Duane K. Stowits George L. Petty Robert A. Storey Richard W. Swank	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max D. Peterson Frederick C. Ernest Myron L. Kruse Champe V. Dobler Martin Muehsam Joseph J. Darden Joseph W. Pitts James G. Lisy Mack W. Fuqua	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James P. Lapaze Richard C. Long Robert S.Todd Alfred P. Beacon Virgil Hill Fred F. Castle John H. Graves Delbert A. Brokhart Hyman Kalb	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman A. Erbe Wilbur D. Snow Milton M. Jaraslow Norman M. Franz Oscar B. Stauff Thomas W. Lyles Robert L. Jackson Wilfred G. Baumgartner Carl A. Robbie Russell J. Robitaille

	A/C # 558		A/C # 060		A/C # 551		A/C # 556
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Francisco Gamboa Raymond F. Rossner Norman K. Nail Milton Braverman Stanley Zocks Robert B. Black Thoms C. Elliot Lyle W. Astry Henry W. Bennett John E. Westhoff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jerome A. Sobjek William F. Fiedler William R. Kabine George A. Knapp Kenneth E. Hixson Jerome Petrizzi David J. Scharff Joseph Matkowsky Ray V. Rose	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott L. Williams Phil B. Adrean Delos E. Bown Glenn M. Rogers Joseph DeLuccia Anthony Collura Kenneth L. Gordier Marshall E. Young Paul H. Biesswanger	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James J. Parks Joseph S. Norman Albert M. Durrett Thomas W. Battley James F. Lynch John H. Wiktorowic James H.l VanAckeren Charles L. Bickers Robert E. Walters

	A/C # 087		A/C # 574		A/C # 606		A/C # 131
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt F/O F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Byron S. Shiffman William L. Barton Irving J. Cohen Finn Firing Joseph R. Westwood Nathaniel Mostow John R. Wilkerson Alfred Kunz Wilbur L. Epley Vernon A. Nelson	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Harold W. Patrick Leonard G. Stoner Joseph P. Melly Howard B. Munger Bernard F. Sitek William A. Scharnhorst Charles E. Fosson	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dombrowski John J. Walicki Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Cleon R. Roy Roman N. Becker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack B. Owens Charles E. Berta Armen Topakian Charles S. Gelber Alfred E. Calhoon Chester C. Madsen George T. Gulywasz Hallie L. Bennett Eugene M. Beamer

	A/C # 662		A/C # 086		A/C # 751		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William R. Crawford Benjamin Gryncewicz Martin Schwartz Michael E. Baron Roy C. Schild Harold D. Harris Milton C. Tieman Walter K. Marsh Stephen Kokayko	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred H. Thoman, Jr William E. Thompson, Jr William J. Morrow Vernon F. Hornig Charles A. Keller George A. Parsons, Jr William W. Myers Wilfred L. Bennett Bernard E. Arciero	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph I. Evans Raymond A. Carlsen Einar L. Nelson Leroy J. Peters Maurice E. Patterson Franklin H. Kark Charles P. Pilling Leslie R. Peterson Elmer R. Sonday	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 026		A/C # 828		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Seesenguth Walter C. Strosser Samuel A. Plestine George E. MacDermott Raymond D. Brodin George R. Langowski William M. Thacker, Jr Robert L. Shaaf Charles Spornick Roy E. Goldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Barrier Hugh C. Sloan George S. Inman Clinton E. Wells Kenneth L. Christensen Donald J. Fehrman Thomas J. Ambrose Wilbur A. Kurtz Robert P. Ingraham	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C #		A/C # 161		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lrwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William D. Hurdis Elmer Mittwoch Merton L. Pond Mark K. Miller William L. Finley Daniel W. Richmond Paul A. Stancil Howard Kirshman Lawrence C. Johnston	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 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