Mission No 108

MISSION NO. 108
BRIONNE AREA, FRANCE

13 AUGUST, 1944

Important highways on both sides of the Seine River between Le Havre and Paris were among the targets of thirty wings of Eighth Air Force heavy bombers. Other targets were a railroad bridge and three coastal batteries.

The 45 7th Group's assigned part, in these efforts to thwart the enemy ground forces' escape in the Battle of France, was the bombing of three road junctions in the area between Bernay and Rouen.

The Group put up the usual three twelve-aircraft boxes, comprising the 94th C Wing and flying twelfth and last in the 1st Division formation. Major Hozier and Lt. Brannan led the Group. The 457th followed the air armada south across the channel from Little Hampton and crossed the center of the erstwhile allied beachhead to a point west of Argentan. There the route led east to the IP at the village of Gace. Fanning out slightly toward the targets, which were several miles apart, the three boxes dropped their bombs visually from 20,000 feet.

Rouen, enemy-held and flak-defended, lay directly ahead, so the boxes turned to avoid it, the lead and low to the right and the high to the left. The flak encountered was meager but accurate. Nine aircraft were damaged but no one was injured.

Otherwise, the boxes came home uneventfully.

CREW LOADING LIST

August 13th, 1944
Mission No 108 Target: Brionne Area, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 785		A/C # 828		A/C # 018		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward A. Taylor Louis G. Mueller Glen S. Thornton Harold W. Walbright edward J. Colleran Elie R. Carrier Herbert L. Webster Lewis H. Shane George S. Kamas	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. Cutara John W. Mahinske Calvin R. Taylor Robert E. Wills	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James F. Lapaze Audrey B. Whitten Robert S.Todd Charles O. Webber Virgil Hill Fred F. Castle John H. Graves Delbert A. Brookhart Hyman Kalb	Lt Maj Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William L. Brackley Rod L. Francis Joseph A. Sydejko Anthony Kulezyki Glen A. Jackson Miles L. McQueen daniel D. Elieff thomas E. Gougerty Leroy W. Heibert

	A/C # 638		A/C # 574		A/C # 030		A/C # 532
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Maj Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles D. Brannan George C. Hozier Patrick W. Henry Frederick W. Asbell James Kincaid James E. Fast John T. Matovina Joseph M. Colechia Edward M. Hardin John V. VanIngen	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Carl H. Gooch John P. Quillan Neil C. Schroeder Dominick J. Giannico Wilber H. Parker Clement W. Kelsey William H. Goodfellow Thomas V. Angott Donald J. Reilly	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Franklin H. Morrell William M. Hammersley Lawrence C. Ghiorse Donald R. McCurdy Harold L. Barris Lloyd L. Kogler Robert G. Fortna Dwight M. Parken Charles L. Bradford	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach Gerald W. Esser Emil F. Gallessich Vernon H. Hawbaker Harry B. Bartholomew raymond C. Batliner Warren G. Hummer Luster B. Mills James C. Parrish

	A/C # 662		A/C # 164		A/C # 551		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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 Walter K. Marsh Stephen Kokayko Milton C. Tieman	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 G. T. Snyder Clifford C. Brown	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Biesswanger	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James J. Parks Charles E. Berta Albert M. Durrett Thomas W. battley Robert E. Jackson James F. Lynch John H. Wiktorowicz James H. VanAckeren Robert E. Walters Harry L. Young

	A/C # 905		A/C # 706		A/C # 630		A/C # 456
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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. Laggasse Duane E. Stowits George L. Petty Robert A. Storey Richard W. Swank	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William S. Fisher William C. Bonnell, Jr Harold W. Patrick Rupert L. Phipps David M. Peterson Herman J. Ratica Cecil B. Brantley Buford B. Lawson Stanley P, Gillespie	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William W. Millea Lyman C. Plyer Terrance E. Rice John J. Kearney Albert S. Levy Alvert E. Young Edward J. Roos Curtins E. Harmon John W. Paisley	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James J. Vizanko Paul F.l Reichert Angelo A. Archiopoli Vivian C. McWorter Willis E. Moore Joseph L. Mast Matthew J. Przybysz Alton T. Eason Julian J. Rodakowski

	A/C # 955		A/C # 079		A/C # 571		A/C # 167
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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 Charles Spornick Roy E. Goldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Fiedler Fredrick C. Ernest Robert W. Pace Edward R. Sage Michael E. Attaway George A. Staltzer Joseph M. Mooney rudolph E. Stegeman Gerald D. Stevens	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 Lorn G. Smith Roman M. Becker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Thomas W. Lylos Asa R. McClure William L. Kennedy Cycril C. Hagerle Donald W. Blackwell Cleveland M. Adair

	A/C # 118		A/C # 086		A/C # 155		A/C # 470
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George G. Metzger John F. Angier Nicholas V. Seidita Howard H. Lang William M. Thomas Maynard E. Judson Charles D. Osborne Edwin C. VanTine Robert W. Tunstall	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 William C. Wright Robert G. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gordon E. Gallagher Donald W. Johnson joseph O. Isaacton D. N. Riegle William J. Moore Paul W. Johnson Harold E. Sturman Carl M. Weibel Melvin D. Thompson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack D. Marks William Stemach Harold L. Kaplan Richard K. Newman William c. Adams George T. Stefani Kenneth Denune William H. Shaffer Fredrick B. Weyand

	A/C # 834		A/C # 096		A/C # 075		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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	Arnet L. Furr Sterling H. Book Joseph W. Andrews, Jr Leon M. Plagianos Alfredo J. Raimo Edward Rambler Warren M. Rankin Leroy E. Wetzel Glenn M. Wisdom	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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	Harold D. Gay Earl W. Hohnson Walter H. Sale Favian F. Nordan Arthur G. Beck Donald F. Anderson Arthur B. Rounseville McDee Thomas Fred M. Cogswell

	A/C # 026		A/C # 113		A/C # 535		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Francisco Gamboa Raymond F. Rossner Norman K. Nail Milton Braverman Stanley Zocks Robert B. Black Henry W. Bennett John E. Westhoff Thoms C. Elliot	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Loren G. Hampton Orville K. Hocker Robert E. Mattox Andrew R. Friesen Maurice A. Diehl Russell G. Karl Thomas V. Farrell Richard C. Weaver Glen E. Seeber	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oscar R. Kempf James C. Evans Robert C. Spaight Paul D. Richardson William E. Flicky John W. Ward Jeff W. Chastain Robert E. Smolik Alfred G. Wolff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ernest T. Salzer Herbert A. Rochlitz Kenneth L. Post William A. Steffen Jack F. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Elbert C. Conger Benjamin W. Hamrick

	A/C # 954		A/C # 101		A/C # 694		A/C # 558
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Sanford Fonnesbeck Kenneth E. Rohde Paul Moll Robert L. Scott Charles L. Wingfield George M. Kuykendall John L. Morton Paul F. Amann Edwin A. Reynolds	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max D. Peterson Delbert H. Lawson Myron L. Kruse Champe V. Dobler Martin Mueheam Joseph J. Darden james G. Lisy Mack W. Fuqua William M. Fuqua	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Winfred L. Pugh Arthur H. Richards Julius H. Drummond Clifford E. Page Edward M. Szumierz James E. Woodgate Joseph R. Wheatley John T. Poshefko Howard W. Martin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond R. Lyons John G. Hossack Richard L Hamel Valeran J. Leksan Joseph H. Jones Thomas m. Davis Allen F. Schiebel Adrian W. Pennington Joe T. Clary

	A/C # 826		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 383
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles J. Schultz Alford P. Wilson Alfred A. Houghton Theodore M. Broffman Richard L. Dickinson John R. Palladina Charles A. Wilt August W. Herrmann Calvin M. Carter C. J. Peppers	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	Earl M. Morrow Norman B. Brandvold George E. Shaffer Samuel J. Lisica Clifford J. Upton Charles E. Lindquist Robert K. Koerner Joseph A. Salerno Belbert L. Bellinger

	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