Mission No 110

MISSION NO. 110
SCHKEUDITZ, GERMANY

16 AUGUST, 1944

Striking at two of the enemy's most important industries, oil refineries and aircraft plants, twenty-three wings of heavies penetrated central Germany. One entire wing of three twelve- aircraft boxes each was put aloft by the 457th.

The target of the Group was the aircraft assembly factory at Schkeuditz, near Leipzig, reported to be the main assembly plant of Ju-88 fighters, which apparently had taken the place of Me-410s and Me-liOs as the main twin-engined fighter. The Group comprised the 94th B Wing and flew tenth in the Division line. Major Watson and Captain Dozier led the Group.

Crossing the Dutch Coast and the Zuider Zee, the route took the Wing to the Dummer Lake region, where it turned southeast past Hannover to Gotha, then turned eastward and swung gradually to port until it reached the IP, Torgau, east- northeast of Leipzig.

Half way down the bomb run, the Group encountered flak for about twenty minutes. Before emerging, twenty-six aircraft had suffered battle damage and three crew members had been wounded.

In spite of the flak, however, the Group, which followed the 40 1st on the target, pressed forward to drop its bombs on the plant from 25,000 feet. The bomb run was made in CAVU weather except for some haze.

The bomb pattern of both the lead and low boxes covered their MPIs, but the fragmentation clusters of the high box hit considerably short. Leaving the all too extensive flak area of Leipzig, the wings turned northwestward and pursued a course similar to the penetration, once again crossing the Zuider Zee on the way home.

Despite the flak and length of the mission, the Group returned to base without loss of aircraft.

CREW LOADING LIST

August 16th, 1944
Mission No 110 Target: Schkeuditz, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 785		A/C # 828		A/C # not listed		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert N. Brofft Jesse L. Smith Reynold Kahmetscher Irwin Rosen Lyle E. Thrall Nolan V. Claxton James B. Toney William L. Black Rex W. Burke Earl S. West	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 Antonio Papaianni Homer D. Reich	Capt Maj Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Edward B. Dozier Leroy H. Watwson Marsh M. Calloway Stauff Henry P. Loades J. W. Koehler Dwight M. Anderson Earl W. Johnson Gerald E. Poston Frank L. Ridenhour Robert J. Burright	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William L. Brackley Joseph F. Reiley Joseph A. Sydejko Anthony Kulczycki Donald W. Blackwell Miles L. McQueen daniel D. Elieff thomas E. Gougerty Leroy W. Heibert

	A/C # 638		A/C # 633		A/C # 796		A/C # 556
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Douglas L. Grantham Jewell W. Lowrey Morris Arnovitz Robert E. Costello 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	Stanley E. Kleiner John L. Fowler William J. Brandt Ralph j. Smithling Bernard Baker Vincent W. Kryniak Leo J. Kwiatkowski James E. Haddock Joseph Kenyak Lloyd C. Holdredge	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Thomas W. Lawlis Wilfred G. Baumgartner Asa R. McClure William L. Kennedy Cycril C. Hagerle Edwin J. Auffurth

	A/C # 470		A/C # 088		A/C # 974		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Walter F. Creigh Teddy G. shaw Jack M. Thames Paul J. Terjak Robert P. Stewart Lawrence W. Erlings Elmer T. LaFayette J. I. Perry Elbert Q. Allen Clarence W. Cox	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 William C. Wright Geroge B. Crockett Robert G. Smith	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	Jack D. Marks Kenneth E. Yap Harold L. Kaplan Richard K. Newman Junior Schaner George T. Stefani William H. Shaffer Jesse D. Dunn Carl A. Robbie

	A/C # 118		A/C # 706		A/C # 765		A/C # 505
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	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	Robert L. Kaufman Robert C. Burkholder D. J. Letizia H. J. Smuzynski R. T. Brady Sanford J. Cadwell Rudolph J. Buczak Warren G. Antoine Lauren C. Keene	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga William M. Stemach Armen Topakian David S. Wright William C. Adams William C. Young James H. Lee Joseph A. Toth Russell J. Robataille

	A/C # 834		A/C # 086		A/C # 571		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Zeiler Sidney A. Bacon Hiram M. Drache William C. Oliver Samuel J. Gelvin Dominic F. Muscato Donald A. Swisher Stanley R. Patterson James J. Rodel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William S. Fisher William C. Bonnell, Jr Robert Ekbiom, Jr Rupert L. Phipps David M. Peterson Herman J. Ratica Ernest L. Levonian Cecil B. Brantley Stanley P, Gillespie	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Lower Kenneth W. Morrow Harold F. Harstedt Andrew E. Jasso Albert P. Boemer Thomas L. Jones Earl L. McAdams L. L. Epps A. M. Grisal	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry H. Selling John G. Hossack Robert F. Marcum Howard Peterson James P. Shadman Edwin C. Krueger Donald W. Conley Stephen F. Galluchi Leo A. Ryder

	A/C # 558		A/C # 051		A/C # 535		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John H. Ingalls William D. Mock Howard V. Quinn Wilmot J. Miller Robert F. Crunk Willard W. Largent Leonard F. Johnson Lawrence J. Maher Melvin Milbour	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred H. Thoman, Jr William E. Thompson, Jr James J. Klein 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	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 Douglas S. Rains	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arthur M. Ford John W. White William A. Moore Maurice B. Wilks Gene F. Skidmore Melvin G. Shields Harrel D. Sallis Robert C. Templin William L. Egti

	A/C # 591		A/C # 164		A/C # 551		A/C # 532
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. Metcalf James D. Kreighbaum James A. Mellin Alex McCahon Joseph J. Smolinski Robert J. Stubbs	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max D. Peterson William C. Hitchen Myron L. Kruse Champe V. Dobler Martin Mueheam Joseph J. Darden James G. Lisy William M. Fuqua Joseph W. Pitts	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott L. Williams Phil B. Aldrean Delos E. Bown Glenn M. Rogers Joseph Deluccia Anthony Collura Kenneth L. Gordier Marshall E. Young Paul Biesswanger Kenneth L. Gordier	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach William A. Dawson Emil F. Gallessich Vernon H. Hawbaker Harry B. Bartholomew raymond C. Batliner Warren G. Hummer Luster B. Mills James C. Parrish

	A/C # 026		A/C # 946		A/C # 955		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wayne B. Tweten James Wilson John A. Franck Robert J. Maitland Gordon M. Ellison William H. Carroll Norman M. Allegan James G. Grantham William G. Sewell	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 Clifford C. Brown Herbert E. Dollar G. T. Snyder	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Montell C. Higgins Edwin S. Jackson John O. McCaughan Russell A. Perry Neal Spencer Francis J. Winder Philip G. Porter Bill C. Smigielski John B. Pawloski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Earl M. Morrow Charles E. Berta George E. Shaffer Samuel J. Lisica Clifford J. Upton Charles E. Lindquist Robert K. Koerner Harry W. Pannell Joseph A. Salerno

	A/C # 954		A/C # 079		A/C # 075		A/C # 383
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 William Moore John L. Morton Paul F. Amann	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert D. Hooper Ray D. Hedrick, Jr John B. Parker Jack W. Oescher Norbert A. Meeuween Thomas F. Scott Ray V. Rose Mildredge C. Doan Virgil G. Maier	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Carl H. Gooch John P. Quillan Joseph O. Isaacson D. N. Reagle Paul W. Johnson Melvin D. Thompson Harold E. Sturman M. S. Maples M. A. Bucholz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Greame L. Bow Donald Allen James F. McGee Richard I. Hibshman John O. Bruggeman Chester H. Hall Chester L. Spurrier Robert F. Robinson Joseph Navarro

	A/C # 662		A/C #		A/C # 604		A/C # 630
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 Lyle W. Astry Henry W. Bennett John E. Westhoff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott B. Ormsby Edward A. McNeal C. H. Sullivan R. L. Scott Jay L. Saulsburry J. M. Sofranko Gordon J. Neely Ray F. Jones Karl E. Kramer Leroy Thomas	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond R. Lyons William R. Fantleroy Richard L Hamel Valeran J. Leksan Thomas M. Davis Joseph H. Jones Joseph A. Macke Allen F. Schiebel Adrian W. Pennington

	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