Mission No 115

MISSION NO. 115
BERLIN, GERMANY

27 AUGUST, 1944

All of the centers of aircraft production, engines, parts and final assembly in the Berlin area were selected for further bombing. Twenty-eight combat wings were assigned targets. The formations flew north over Denmark and the Baltic Sea, as if to strike at north German targets as was done two days ago. Major Watson, Air Commander, and Captain Brannan, pilot, led the thirty-six plane formation supplied by the 457th Group, which was flying as the 94th B Combat Wing. Upon nearing the Danish coast, the scouting force advised the Division Leader that because of weather conditions it was impossible to continue on the briefed course.

A left turn was then made with the B Combat Wing following in trail. Other wings turned around. A northerly course was held for a short period and then the Division made a 180 turn to the south in an apparent attempt to locate a target of opportunity. A Division recall was received, but the Division Leader again headed north over Denmark with the 94th B Combat Wing in trail. Half an hour later, the Leader turned west toward the coast at which point the B Combat Wing left and headed for England.

High clouds running north and south over Denmark were a bamer to the compact formations of the heavy bombers. The bombers of the 45 7th Group returned to the Base without having dropped their bombs.

CREW LOADING LIST

August 27th, 1944
Mission No 115 Target: Berlin, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 951		A/C # 161		A/C # 567		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Capt Maj Lt Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt F/O	Charles D. Brannan Leroy H. Watson James H. Kincaid Clement H. Marsden Fredrick W. Asbell James E. Fast John T. Matovina Stanley Parker Joseph M. Colechia Edward M. Hardin Alfred P. Wilson, Jr	Lt Maj Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles E. Barrier George A. Beere George S. Inman Lee C. Mohn Kenneth L. Christenson Donald J. Fehrman Thomas J. Ambrose Martin E. Darling Wilbur A. Kurtz Hugh C. Sloan, Jr	Capt Maj Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	William K. Doherty Jacob M. dickinson Claud sullivan Bernard M. Plaut Charles E. Musgrove Ancil U. Shepherd William H. Trusselle Franklin Don Melvin R. Bernhardt Charles E. Berta	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga Gerald W. Esser Armen Topakian David S. Wright John W. Mackie Anthony villane Mathew J. Przybysz William L. Egri Bell

	A/C # 203		A/C # 649		A/C # 167		A/C # 123
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. Laggassa Duane E. Stowits George L. Petty Robert A. Storey Richard W. Swank	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	William D. Hurdis Elmer Mittwoch Merton L. Pond Marsh Hovey Joseph E. Ellis Mark K. Miller Daniel J. Howard, Jr Daniel W. Richmond Paul A. Stancil Howard K. Kirshman Edward F. Slaman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edmund G. Coomes Andrew R. Reeves Delmar G. Spatz John A. Dahler Harold L. Barris Charles W. Smith James A. Conklin H. W. Kroll Walter L. Laddusaw	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 A. Salerno

	A/C # 026		A/C # 086		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	Irwin G. Forry Harmon E. Robertson John C. Muir John J. Purvis James D. Toal Francis D. Crawford Walter W. Marr William F. Norton Winfield J. Scott	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 Joseph W. Pitts William M. Fuqua	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott B. Ormsby Edward A. McNeal Theodore R. Bortel Roy E. Gleason Uay L. Saulsburry J. M. Sofranko Gordon J. Neely Ray R. Jones Karl E. Kramer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ernest T. Salzer Rex E. Monson Kenneth L. Post William A. Steffen Vincent A. Toth Raymond A. Adams Richard F. Metranga Jack F. Scarborough Elbert C. Conger

	A/C # 118		A/C # 051		A/C # 934		A/C # 383
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	William G. Hitchin Robert C. Reid James J. Klein Louis F. Brickman Harley J. Ellsworth Hilary A. Turley William G. Craig Ronald W. Weber Archie C. Strahan Norman J. Thorman	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	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry H. Selling Lloyd D. French Robert F. Marcum Howard Peterson James P. Shadman Edwin C. Krueger Donald W. Conley Stephen F. Galluchi Leo A. Ryder

	A/C # 834		A/C # 181		A/C # 606		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John H. Ingalls William O. Mock Wilmot J. Miller Robert F. Crunk Willard W. Largent Leonard F. Johnson Lawrence J. Maher Melvin Milbour Robert C. Dutcher	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. Steltzer Joseph M. Mooney rudolph E. Stegeman Gerald D. Stevens	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott L. Williams Kenneth W. Morrow Delos E. Bown Glenn M. Rogers Joseph Deluccia Anthony Collura Kenneth L. Gordier Marshall E. Young Paul Biesswanger	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold D. Gay Earl A. Johnson Walter H. Sale Fabian F. Nordan Donald F. anderson Arthur G. Beck Arthur G. Rounseville McDee Thomas Fred M. Gogswell

	A/C # 662		A/C # 886		A/C # 796		A/C # 765
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	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Harold W. Patrick Leonard G. Stoner Joseph P. Melly Howard B. Munger William A. Scharnhorst Bernard Sitek Charles W. Fosson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dombrowski Maurice E. Walbridge John J. Walicki Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Roman M. Becker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. White Hilary C. Smalling Jacob Landsman Leon J. Zimmerman Howard Wilcox Gerald E. Whitman Joseph M. Geller Richard E Seely Leon C. Johnson

	A/C # 190		A/C # 079		A/C # 535		A/C # 026
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	Raymond A. Fulton Robert W. Kelley John C. Fonda Charles W. Craig Richard H. Gardner Frank H. Cuetara John W. Mahinske Calvin R. Taylor Robert E. Wills	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	Dean F. Fisk Walter J. McGregor James F. Barnes john B. Tomkin Milo G. Hastings Don C. Brewer Fredrick Wosik Joseph E. Philhower Robert H. Hughes

	A/C # 899		A/C # 948		A/C # 923		A/C # 998
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 James J. Rodel Carl Lewis	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	Norman N. Chapman Raymond K. Mills kenneth N. Johnson Marshall M. Windham Robert T. Brady Joseph T. Schembri James R. Dixon Carl M. Weibel Stephen Lupo	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William A. Dawson Charles W. Ford George P. Korb Frank O. Pappenfuss John M. Roster Harold W. McDaniel Paul M. Zalusky Fred A. Barshop C. J. Watson

	A/C # 955		A/C # 828		A/C # 075		A/C # 998
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 Norman M. Allegan William H. Carroll James A. Kolofa 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 Richard C. Weaver Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar Clifford C. Brown	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 Douglan S. Rains	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arthur M. Ford Mason H. Cummings William A. Moore Maurice B. Wilks Gene F. Skidmore Melvin G. Shields Harrel D. Sallis Dencil C. Adams Robert C. Templin

	A/C # 954		A/C # 828		A/C #		A/C # 766
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 Edwin A. Reynolds	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lohen C. Hampton Orville K. Hooker Robert E. Mattox Andrew R. F.Riesen Maurice A. Diehl Bassell G. Karl Thomas V. Farrell Michael Pipcock Glen E. Seeber	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert C. Cook William M. Stemach George N. Shaffer Samuel J. Lisica Clifford A. Upton Charles A. Lindquist Allen F. Schiebel Harold W. Pannell Delbert L. Bellinger

	A/C #		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		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