Mission No 102

MISSION NO. 102
FIEFS AND COUBRONNE, FRANCE

4 AUGUST, 1944

For its second operation of the day, while the Anklam mission was still operational, the Group sent up two 12-aircraft formations as the 94th A and B forces against Fiefs and Coubronne, No Ball targets in France. This operation was part of a mid-afternoon blow by 104 aircraft at No Ball and targets of opportunity. Lts. Reilly and Beicher led the formations.

Reaching the target areas, both boxes found cloud coverage that prevented visual bombing. The B force, whose target was Fiefs, did a 180 degree turn and returned to the coast with the intent to bomb an airfield there, but that target too was obscured and the force continued to the Base with its bombs.

The A force passed inland beyond its primary target, Coubronne, heading south and east. Nearing Lille, the formation found cloud coverage decreased, took advantage of this to make a visual run on Lille/Vendeville airfield and bombed the runway from an altitude of 25,000 feet. The force turned eastward from this target to avoid flak, crossed the enemy coast southwest of Ostend and returned to the Base without incident.

CREW LOADING LIST

August 4th, 1944
Mission No 102 Target: Fiefs and Coubronne, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

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	A/C # 591		A/C # 161		A/C # 073		A/C # 948
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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 Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Douglas L. Deal Mark R. Belcher, Jr Roy I. Vaughn Marsh Hovey John M. Traylor, Jr Paul E. Miller Cedric N. Priest George W. Emerson George Blaire Donald D. Brumsvold Lentz M. Lackey	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Canfield Clarence E. Ross Donald H. Snyder Thomas H. Norton Jay L. Saulsburry William R. Cain Herbert P. Barte Alvie M. Kirkendall Julius Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach Gerald W. Esser Frederick J. Stokinger Emil F. Gallesich Vernon H. Hawbaker Harry B. Bartholomew Raymond C. Batliner Warren G. Hummer Luster B. Mills

	A/C # 026		A/C # 051		A/C # 606		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John H. Ingalls William D. Mock Wilmot J. Miller Robert E. Crunk Willard W. Largent Leonard F. Johnson Melvin Milbour Robert C. Dutcher Lawrence J. Maher	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry R. Stafford Joseph F. Reilly Arthur A. Flach William J. Brandt Anthony G. Wodek Virgil D. Naylor Francis M. Craven Virgil R. Hook Robert H. Ridge Walter H. Osika	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Franklin H. Morrell Franklin J. Marra John B. Blachley Donald R. McCurdy Harold V. Barris Robert C. Kogler Lloyd L. Fortna Dwight W. Parken Charles L. Bradford	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ernest T. Salzer John B. Folsom Kenneth Post William A. Steffin Raymond A. Adams Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Jack F. Scarborough

	A/C # 118		A/C # 733		A/C # 470		A/C # 113
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Haven R. Burningham Lorentz C. Hanson George A. Voris Frank J. Bernd Karl H. Mannisto John S. Bozoudes Arthur E. Baker John W. Utter Nicola Toscano	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles W. Barrier Hugh C. Sloan, Jr George S. Inman Clinton E. Wells Kenneth L. Christenson Donald J. Fehrman Wilbur A. Kurtz Martin E. Darling Robert P. Ingraham	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dombrowski John J. Walicki Neil Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Cleon R. Roy Roman N. Becker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vincent L. Frost Robert C. Cook Robert W. Danaher Earl A. Peronto Soloman H. Bernstein Chester F. Bartoszewicz Daniel D. Rice Daniel C. Taylor Hubert D. Rempp

	A/C # 662		A/C # 633		A/C # 488		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Irwin G. Forry Harmon E. Robertson John C. Muir John J. Purvis James D. Toal Francis D. Crawford Virgil W. Sterner William F. Norton Winfield J. Scott	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stanley E. Kleiner William E. Thompson Reed V. Bryant John B. Bomba Bernard L. Baker Leo J. Kwiatkowaski James E. Haddock Joesph Konyak Lloyd C. Holdredge	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald K Goss William M.l Hammersley Con F. Poynor William H. Sokolowski Joseph W. Labonte Peter G. Stern William G. Radford John A. Roe Ruben L. Hernandsz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack D. Marks Earl A. Johnson Harold L. Kaplan Richard K. Newman Junior P. Schaner George T. Stefani Roy L. Walker Jessie D. Dunn William H. Shaffer

	A/C # 834		A/C # 828		A/C # 098		A/C # 556
p cp n b tt ro bt 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 Dozier T. Prothro Albert D. Paulson Clayton T. Dayhoff Barnett Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dale S. Jeffers Allen D. Sheakley Leo B. Bunker Marshall H. Hoyt Edward L. Nolan Morell N. Tobian Richard L. Gibbs Allen A. Sharpe Homer D. Reich	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	Donald E. Zigler Donald Allen Winifred E. Stortz Oliver P. Kolstoe Edgardo Buletti Ernest C. George Raymond C. Rule Robert L. Theiss Willis L. Storrer

	A/C #		A/C # 574		A/C # 018		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert B. Hooper Milton E. Durham Theodore J. Mellow Jack W. Oescher Norbert A. Meeuwsen Thomas G. Scott Herbert L. Brownfield Mildredge C. Doan Virgil G. Maier	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gordon E. Gallagher Donald W. Johnson Joseph O. Isaacton Delos N. Riegle William J. Moore Paul W. Johnson Harold E. Sturman James C. Baum Melvin D. Thompson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arthur M. Ford John G. Hossack William A. Moore Maurice S. Wilks Gene F. Skidmore Melvin G. Shields Harry D. Sallis John W. Brown Robert C. Templin

	A/C #		A/C # 088		A/C # 535		A/C # 131
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	Joe D. Coleman Edward F. Slaman William G. Watts Thomas S. Crowley Francis E. Snow Robert L. Harrison George Martin, Jr George B. Crockett Robert G. Smith	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman N. Chapman Raymond K. Mills kenneth N. Johnson Gerhardt Hoeizel Robert T. Brady Stephen Lupo Joseph T. Schembri James R. Dixon Carl M. Weibel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold D. Gay Charles E. Berta Walter H. Sale Fabian F. Nordan Arthur G. Beck Donald F. Anderson Arthur G. Rounseville McDee Thomas Harry C. Thortsen

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