Mission No 111

MISSION NO. 111
HUY, BELGIUM

18 AUGUST, 1944

Targets today for heavy bombers were of a tactical nature, the Eighth Air Force sending seventeen combat wings aloft to attack bridges, airfields, fuel dumps, and one aero-engine plant, in France and Belgium. The 457th's target was a railroad bridge over the Meuse River at Huy, 15 miles southwest of Liege, Belgium. The bridge, a 350-foot long span of partly temporary wooden construction, was on a main supply line to northern France.

Forming the entire 94th A Wing and flying fifth in the Division line, the Group was led by Lt. Col. Hoffman with Lt. Brannan as pilot. Crossing the enemy coast at Overflakkee, it turned due south into Belgium to a point southwest of Brussels, where it swung eastward again. The bomb run was in this general direction.

All three boxes made visual runs but five-tenths cloud cover and haze made aiming point identification difficult. However, the patterns of the bombs dropped by the 1 2-aircraft formations from 25,000 feet covered the bridge. After the target the Group headed north-northeast to the Dutch border, then withdrew across Holland to Overflakkee. No flak or fighters were encountered at any time.

CREW LOADING LIST

August 18th, 1944
Mission No 111 Target: Huy, Belgium

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 785		A/C # 079		A/C # 567		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Capt Col Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles D. Brannan Theodore C. Hoffman Patric W. Henry James H. Kincaid James E. Fast John T. Matovina Joseph M. Colechia Charles R. Vandeventer Edward M. Hardin William D. Mock	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 John W. Mahinske Calvin R. Taylor Francis K. Larntz	Lt Maj Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Doherty Jacob M. Dickinson Claud H. sullivan Bernard M. Plaut Russell L. Scott William H. Trusselle Ancil U. Shepherd William H. Trusselle Franklin Don John J. Derling	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James J. Parks Belcher Albert M. Durrett Thomas W. Battley James F. Lynch John H. Wiktorwicz James H. VanAckeren Rovert E. Walters Harry L. Young

	A/C # 905		A/C # 248		A/C # 796		A/C # 766
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Douglas L. Grantham Jewel W. Lowrey Clement H. Marsden Morris Arnovitz Robert O. Douglas Willie N. Suggs Buford R. Milner Arthur T. Ashton August E. Kugala Sephus C. Tucker John D. Wood	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William G. Hitchin Robert C. Reid James J. Klein Louis F. Brickman Harley J. Ellsworth Hilary A. Turley William G. Craig Archie C. Strahan Norman J. Thorman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edmund G. Coomes Andrew R. Reeves Delmar G. Spatz John A. Dahler Henry M. Githen Charles W. Smith James A. Conklin Harry W. Kroll Walter L. Laddusaw Frank L. Ridenhour	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Hercules Phyllides Paul L. Reichert Frederick J. Stokinger Elman A. Salo James L. Warn Frank N. Smith Lester T. Weaver Wiliam C. Adams Leroy W. Hiebert

	A/C # 101		A/C # 955		A/C # 934		A/C # 429
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 John Schwall Hardy L. Bell Howard Larsen Wesley R. McDonald Ivory S. Phillips Howard A. Prather	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	James F. Lapaze Audrey B. Whitten Robert S.Todd Edwin e. Mays Virgil Hill Fred F. Castle John H. Graves Delbert A. Brookhart Hyman Kalb Charles O. Webber	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Thomas W. Lyles Asa R. McClure William L. Kennedy Cleveland M. Adair Edwin J. Auffurth Erwin J. Auffurth

	A/C # 190		A/C # 558		A/C # 694		A/C # 587
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	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 Buford B. Lawson	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 Melvin D. Thompson Bernard E. Sidebottom Ray F. Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack D. Marks Charles W. Ford Harold L. Kaplan Richard K. Newman Junior Schaner George T. Stefani Carl A. Robbie William H. Shaffer Fredrick B. Weyand

	A/C # 470		A/C # 181		A/C # 018		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Norton Jack W. Garrale Robert T. Braun Daniel A. Malcolm Robert J. Engle Morris R. Walker Paul O. Connor John P. Medica John W. Utter	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 William W. Myers Wilfred L. Bennett Bernard Arciere	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 Maurice E. Patterson Elmer R. Sonday Charles B. Pilling	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	nest T. Salzer Rex E. Monson Kenneth L. Post William A. Steffen Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Jack F. Scarborough Elbert C. Conger

	A/C # 118		A/C # 051		A/C # 075		A/C # 456
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	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Harold W. Patrick Leonard G. Stoner Joseph P. Melly Howard B. Munger Charles E. Fosson Bernard F. Sitek Kenneth E. McGriff	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 Andrew E. Jasso	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold D. Gay Earl A. Johnson Walter H. Sale Favian F. Nordan Donald F. Anderson Arthur G. Beck Arthur B. Rounseville McDee Thomas Fred M. Cogswell

	A/C # 899		A/C # 181		A/C # 075		A/C # 630
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 Barnett Feldman Edwin A. Reynolds	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnet L. Furr Sterling H. Book, Jr 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	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	Earl M. Morrow William M. Stemach George E. Shaffer Samuel J. Lisica Clifford J. Upton Charles E. Lindquist Joseph P. Salerno Harry W. Pannell Belbert L. Bellinger

	A/C # 826		A/C # 164		A/C # 571		A/C # 505
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 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	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	William W. Millea Lyman C. Plyer Terrance E. Rice Sanford W. Lewin Albert S. Levy Alvert E. Young Edward J. Roos Curtins E. Harmon John W. Paisley John J. Kearney	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. White Norman S. Brandvold Jacob Landsman Leon J. Zimmerman Howard Wilcox Gerald E. Whitman Joseph M. Geller Richard E Seely Leon C. Johnson

	A/C # 834		A/C # 628		A/C #		A/C # 026
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	Stanley E. Kleiner John L. Fowler William J. Brandt Ralph j. Smithling George H. Manos John R. Billington 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	Harry H. Selling Charles E. Berta Robert F. Marcum Howard Peterson James P. Shadman Edwin C. Krueger Donald W. Conley Robert A. Baker Leo A. Ryder

	A/C # 662		A/C # 706		A/C #		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Teddy G. Shaw Richard H. Parsons Jack M. Thames Paul J. Terjak Robert P. Stewart Lawrence W. Erlings Elmer t. LaFayette Elbert Q. Allen Clarence W. Cox	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ray D. Hedrick, Jr Basil R. Dundas, Jr John B. Parker Edwin B. Benson Philip H. Snyder, jr Donald H. Gravelle John J. Sweeny John F. McGillian Harvey G. Ray	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William A. Dawson Kenneth K. Yap George P. Korb Frank O. Pappenfuss John M. Roster Harold W. McDaniel Paul M. Zalusky George A. Barshop Geroge C. Hardin

	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