Mission No 105

MISSION NO. 105
NANTEUIL, FRANCE

7 AUGUST, 1944

Oil dumps and bridges over a wide area of France were the targets of twenty-nine combat wings of Eighth Air Force heavy bombers. All units of the 1st Division, except the 457th Group, attacked oil installations.

The Group, which comprised the 94th B Wing, flew eighth in the Division line, and its target was the 3-span railway bridge over the Marne River at Nanteuil, 40 miles east of Paris. This railway was a traffic artery between Paris and Strasbourg. Major Spencer was Air Commander and Captain Russell M. Selwyn was pilot.

The route for the three twelve-aircraft boxes of the Group crossed the French Coast at the eastern end of the Allied bridgehead, near Cabourg, turned southeastward and passed south of Paris, skirting the forest of Fontainebleau. The bomb run was made from the south.

There were clouds and some haze in the target area, but the target itself was clear. Approaching it, however, the lead bombardier was unable to synchronize properly and did not elect to drop. The low and high boxes, however, did drop. In order to permit the lead box to bomb, a 360 degree turn was made, and this time the lead box bombs were dropped, although smoke obscured the MPI and caused the selection of an alternate aiming point on the east approach rather than the bridge proper.

Turning left off the target, the Wing for a short time headed straight for Paris, then went south across the Fontainebleau forest, picked up the route in and followed it homeward.

From the standpoint of enemy opposition, the mission was largely uneventful. No enemy aircraft were seen, and the only flak encountered was light and inaccurate in western France in the area of the front lines of the ground war.

CREW LOADING LIST

August 7th, 1944
Mission No 105 Target: Nanteuil, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 954		A/C # 061		A/C # 567		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Irwin G. Forry Harmon E. Robertson John C. Muir John J. Purvis James D. Toal Francis D. Crawford William F. Norton Winfield J. Scott Virgil W. Sterner	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry R. Stafford Mark R.Belcher William J. Morrow Judson E. Kruger David B. Jones Virgil D. Naylor Virgil R. Hook Francis M. Craven Jean P. Dubois Robert H. Ridge	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell M. Selwyn Fred A. Spencer William H. Bowman Dino H. Tonelli Joseph W. Labonte Arvele Mizell Leroy H. Thomas Truman H. Simley Wayland R. Keefover	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William L. Brackley Charles E. Robb Joseph A. Sydejko Anthony Kulezyki Glen A. Jackson Miles L. McQueen daniel D. Elieff thomas E. Gougerty Leroy W. Heibert George K. Raymond

	A/C # 905		A/C # 161		A/C # 123		A/C # 766
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	A/C # 899		A/C # 733		A/C # 606		A/C # 451
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	A/C # 955		A/C # 034		A/C # 785		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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 Kenneth V. Nordin Leo J. Gawroniak Joe L. Steele Lyle D. Johnson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred H. Thoman, Jr William E. Thompson, Jr Reed V. Bryant Vernon F. Hornig Charles A. Keller George A. Parsons, Jr Kenneth L Demme William W. Myers Wilfred L. Bennett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dumbrowski John J. Walicki Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Cleon R. Roy Roman M. Becker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack D. Marks Kenneth E. Yap Harold L. Kaplan Richard K. Newman Junior Schaner George T. Stefani Roy L. Walker Fredrick B. Weyand Jesse D. Dunn

	A/C # 558		A/C # 088		A/C # 834		A/C # 456
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	A/C # 026		A/C # 086		A/C # 167		A/C # 383
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Norton Harry P. Polenski David C. Watts Woodrow W. Hammons Lloyd E. Larson Paul O. Connor John P. Medica Edwin C. VanTine William H. Barrett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Albert V. Teutschel, Jr Louis Pike John E. Elwood Aldo Molestatore Robert R. Strickler Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar Clifford C. Brown	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James F. Lapaze Audrey B. Whitten Robert S.Todd alfred P. Beacon Virgil Hill Fred F. Castle John H. Graves Delbert A. Brookhart Hyman Kalb Sidney W. Brunick	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dean F. Fisk Walter J. McGregor James F. Barnes john B. Tomkin Milo G. Hastings Don C. Brewer Fredrick Wosik Marshall I. Sipe Joseph E. Philhower

	A/C # 101		A/C # 948		A/C # 505		A/C # 532
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	A/C # 118		A/C # 079		A/C # 075		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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	Joe D. Coleman Edward F. Salman William G. Watts Thomas S. Crowley Francis E. Snow Robert L. Harrison George Martin, Jr Geroge B. Crockett Robert G. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 J. E. Neelan E. E. Veenker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold D. Gay Robert C. Cook Walter H. Sale Favian F. Nordan Alfred J. Beck Donald F. Anerson Arthur G. Rounseville McDee Thomas Harry A. Thortsen

	A/C # 826		A/C # 574		A/C # 765		A/C #
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	A/C # 556		A/C #		A/C # 535		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William H. Crawford Benjamin Gryncewicz Martin Schwartz Michael E. Baron Roy C. Schild Harold D. Harris Lowell E. Jones Walter K. Marsh Stephen Kokayko Milton C. Tieman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Lower Kenneth W. Morrow Fred W. Roberts Andrew E. Jasso Albert P. Boemer Thomas L. Jones Earl L. McAdams L. L. Epps A. M. Griza	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

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