Mission No 109

MISSION NO. 109
STUTTGART, GERMANY

14 AUGUST, 1944

Twenty-six combat wings of Eighth Air Force heavy bombers were dispatched against aero-engine factories, airfields and an oil plant in southwest Germany, bridges and airfields in eastern France, and two marshalling yards in the Bordeaux region. In all areas except one, there was clear weather and visual sighting. The exception was the Stuttgart area, and that was the site of the 457th's target, the Daimler-Benz aircraft engine factory at Sindelfingen, southwest of Stuttgart.

Three boxes of twelve aircraft each formed the 94th C Combat Wing. Lt. Col. Wilson as Air Commander, with Captain Russell M. Selwyn as pilot, led the formation. Flying third in both Wing and Division line, the Group made landfall in Holland and flew a southerly course across Belgium to St. Mihiel, France, then turned eastward. The course went as far east as Ulm, Germany, where it curved northward to approach the target from the east.

At the IP, the boxes took interval for a visual run. Clouds intervened to prevent the lead and high boxes from bombing. The low box was able to pick up the primary target and bombed from 24,200 feet.

The lead and high boxes flew on eastward to the secondary target, with the low box remaining in position. The secondary was the airfield at Haguenau, France, north of Strasbourg. Both boxes made visual runs, bombing from 24,900 feet and 25,600 feet respectively.

The Wing reached home having encountered only meager flak and no enemy aircraft, and having suffered no battle damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

August 14th, 1944
Mission No 109 Target: Stuttgart, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 905		A/C # 161		A/C # 651		A/C # 766
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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. Laggasse Duane E. Stowits George L. Petty Robert A. Storey Richard W. Swank	Capt Maj Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry R. Stafford Wilbur D. Snow George Anderson David B. Jones Virgil D. Naylor Virgil R. Hook Jean P. Dubois Robert H. Ridge Walter H. Osika	Capt Col Lt Capt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell M. Selwyn Henry O. Wilson William H. Bowman Norman A. Krein Dino H. Tonelli J. W. Koenler Arvele Mizell Truman H. Simley Wayland R. Keefover Donald W. Johnson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga William R. Faunteleroy Armen Topakian David S. Wright John G. Makie William C. Young James H. Lee Joseph A. Toth Charles T. Darnell

	A/C # 834		A/C # 161		A/C # 571		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clarence R. Jennings Donald L. Zeiler Hiram M. Drache William C. Oliver Samuel J. Gelvins Dominic F. Muscate Carl Lewis Donald A. Swisher Stanley R. Patterson James J. Rodel	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 K. Kirshman Lawrence C. Johnston	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph I. Evans Raymond A. Carlsen Einar L. Nelson John H. Cheatham Leslie R. Peterson Franklin H. Kark Billy L. Dalton Elmer R. Sonday Charles B. Pilling	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 # 470		A/C # 061		A/C # 934		A/C # 556
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Harold W. Patrick Leonard G. Stoner Joseph P. Melly Howard E. Munger William A. Scharnhorst Charles E. Fosson Kenneth E. McGriff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edmund G. Coomes Andrew R. Reeves Delmar G. Spate John A. Dahler Henry M. Githens Charles W. Smith James A. Conklin H. W. Kroll Walter L. Laddusaw	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Oreste Procopio Asa R. McClure donald W. Blackwell Cycril C. Hagerle Cleveland N. Adair Edwin J. Auffurth

	A/C # 470		A/C # 706		A/C # 075		A/C # 551
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Norton Sidney A. Bacon Robert I. Braun daniel A. Malcols Robert J. Engle Morris R. Walker Paul O. Connor John L. Morton Barnett Feldman	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 Strickler Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar C. T. Snyder	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. H. Neelan	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 Constantine Nicholas William H. Shaffer Fredrick B. Weyand

	A/C # 785		A/C # 079		A/C # 591		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Douglas L. Grantham James Wilson Charles S. Tripp Morris Arnovitz Robert O. Douglas Willie N. Suggs Buford R. Milner Arthur T. Ashton August E. Kujala John D. Wood	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 Francis K. Larntz Calvin R. Taylor Robert E. Wills	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	Ernest T. Salzer Harry H. Selling Kenneth L. Post William A. Steffen Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Jack F. Scarborough Benjamin W. Hemrick Elbert C. Conger

	A/C # 662		A/C # 086		A/C #		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Walter F. Creigh Wayne B. Tweten John A. Franck Robert J. Maitland Edward J. Celleran William H. Carroll James A. Kolofa Norman M. Allegan James G. Grantham George S. Kamas	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert D. Hooper Bernard Yavorosky James J. Klein Jack W. Oescher Norbert A. Meeuween Thomas G. Scott Ray V. Rose Mildredge C. Doan Virgil G. Maier	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Greame L. Bow Donald Allen James F. McGee Richard I. Hibshan John O. Bruggeman Chester H. Hall Chester L. Spurrier Robert F. Robinson Joseph Navarro

	A/C # 118		A/C # 164		A/C #		A/C # 435
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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	Max D. Peterson Delbert H. Lawson Myron L. Kruse Champe V. Dobler Martin Muersam Joseph J. Darden james G. Lisy Mack W. Fuqua Joseph W. Pitts	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond R. Lyons John W. White Richard L Hamel Valeran J. Leksan Thomas M. Davis Joseph H. Jones Joseph A. Macke Allen F. Schiebel Adrian W. Pennington

	A/C # 954		A/C # 828		A/C #		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert I. Ellsworth John V. VanIngen Felix Merlone Thomas O. Metcalfe James D. Kreighbaum James A. Mellin Alex McCahon Joseph J. Smolinski Robert J. Stubbs	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stanley Kleiner John L. Fowler William J. Brandt Ralph j. Smithling Bernard Baker Leo J. Kwiatkowski James E. Haddock Rene V. Gabriel Lloyd C. Holdredge	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John A. Fox Herbert A. Rochlitz Jack R. Muth Richar R. Hinman Alfred J. Rubino Calvin Campbell Richard J. Imhoff Guy P. Wharton Dorsia C. Stutler

	A/C # 558		A/C # 948		A/C #		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John F. Angier Samuel E. Cashman Wilmot J. Miller Howard H. Lang William M. Thomas Maynard E. Judson Charles D. Osborne Edwin C. VanTine Robert Tunstall	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 Kenneth L Demme Wilfred L. Bennett Bernard E. Arciero	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Earl M. Morrow Norman S. Brandvold George E. Shaffer Samuel J. Lisica Clifford J. Upton Charles E. Lindquist Robert K. Koerner Harry W. Pannell Belbert L. Bellinger

	A/C # 101		A/C # 574		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard E. Fitzhugh Arthur Gennari Enoch T. Naversen Johns Schwall Hardy L. Bell Howard Larsen Wesley R. McDonald Ivory S. Phillips George L. Cole	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 Leo J. Chermack Thomas V. Angott	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 955		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
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 Braffman Richard L. Dickinson John R. Palladina 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