Mission No 116

MISSION NO. 116
MEL, GERMANY

30 AUGUST, 1944

Twenty-five combat wings of the 8th Air Force heavies went out in two operations, eight against No Ball targets in the Pas-de-Calais area, and the remainder against the U-Boat base and shipyards at Kiel and Bremen. The 457th was in the latter operation, its target being Kiel's shipyard with its 250,000 square feet of facilities.

The mission was PFF. Cumulus clouds became ten-tenths after takeoff, about 50 miles from the English Coast, and that Coverage persisted until the return to the Base.

The Group comprised the 94th A Combat Wing and was led by Major Smith with Captain Russell M. Selwyn as pilot. It was fourth of eight wings on the same target. The route led across the North Sea to a landfall midway between the mouths of the Elbe and Weser Rivers. At the last turn before the IP, the Division swung wide to the right and did not come over the briefed IP, using an alternate a few miles northwest of Hamburg. All three of the twelve-aircraft boxes dropped on smoke markers from 26,000 feet.

Flak at the target was moderate but inaccurate, and no enemy aircraft opposition was encountered. The flight home was uneventful.

August ended with the Group having flown 19 missions for the month.

CREW LOADING LIST

August 30th, 1944
Mission No 116 Target: Kiel, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 785		A/C #		A/C # 951		A/C # 423
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Capt Maj Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Capt Lt	Douglas L. Grantham George A. Beere Glen S. Thornton Morris Arnevits Willie N. Suggs Buford R. Milner Arthur T. Ashton August E. Kujala Sephus C. Tucker John D. Wood Robert Douglas	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 Clifford C. Brown C. T. Snyder	Capt Maj Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Capt	Russell M Selwyn William F. Smith, Jr Patrick W. Henry William H. Bowman Gabriel d. Ofeish John W. Koehler Truman H. Smiley Wayland R. Keefover clifton H. Harrel Charles E. Musgrove	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	James J. Parks Joseph F. Reilly Norman M. Franz Thomas W. Hatery Chester C.Madren Charles T. Darnell Constantine Nicholas Benjamine Hamrick Gerald W. Esser

	A/C # 203		A/C # 181		A/C # 046		A/C # 424
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Maj 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	Carl H. Gooch John P. Quillan Neil C. Schroeder Dominick J. Giannico Wilber H. Parker Clement W. Kelsey Leo J. Chermack Donald J. Reilly William H. Goodfellow	Lt Maj Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott B. Ormsby Rod L. Francis Claude H. Sullivan Theodore R. Bortel E. E. Mays Roy E. Gleason Jay L. Salsburry J. M. Sofranko Ray F. Jones Karl E. Kramer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Hercules Phyllides Paul F. Reichert Jack Gassman Vovoam C. McWhorter William C. Adams Anthony Villane Robert S. Christofferson Richard Cambria

	A/C # 954		A/C # 034		A/C # 765		A/C # 440
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 Paul F. Amann Edwin A. Reynolds	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 Michael Pipock Glen E. Seeber	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Robert C. burkholder Bernard H. Praut D. J. Letizia Edwin M. Sinclair sanford j. Cadwell Warren G. Antoine Rudolpy J. Buczak H. J. Smuzynsky	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry H. Selling Frank S. Foster Robert F. Marcum Howard Peterson James P. Shadman Edwin C. Krueger Donald W. Conley Stephen F. Galluchi Leo A. Ryder

	A/C # 826		A/C # 079		A/C # 309		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James E. Sherrod Gordon C. Esch Rolland L. Boyle Stewart W. Jakku James M. Perrin Wayne C. Rapp Leo J. Gawroniak Joe L. Steele Lyle D. Johnson	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	Charles Lower Kenneth W. Morrow Harold F. Harstedt A. M. Grisa Albert P. Boemer Thomas L. Jones Earl L. McAdams L. L. Epps Lauren C. Keene	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 Albert C. Williams

	A/C # 834		A/C # 638		A/C # 606		A/C # 434
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 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 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	Norman M. Chapman Raymond K. Mills Kenneth H. Johnson Melvin R. Bernhardt Robert T. Brady Joseph T. Schembri James R. dixon delbert A. Brookhart Stephen Lupo	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 Harry A. Thortsen

	A/C # 662		A/C # 086		A/C # 694		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 Howard A. Prather George L. Cole	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	William Murdock Albert Porta Robert J. H els Maurice E. Walbridge Ray L. Zirbel William F. Hunter Charles C. Martiny Edmund G. Caruso Ben N. Bert, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Thomas W. Lyons Jean R. LeShufy Asa R. McClure William L. Kennedy David M. Fleming Vernon Whatley

	A/C # 899		A/C # 706		A/C # 975		A/C # 433
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Keiler Sidney A. Becom John C. Weir John J. Purvis James D. Teal Francis D. Crawford Virgil W. Sterner William F. Norton Winfield J.Scott	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max D. Peterson Lentz M. Lackey 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	Clayton E. Bejot Augustus J. Harris Andrew V. Solari Fernando P. Biancalana Norman A. Depelteau Hen Spencer Oliver F. Orris Vinell L. Bush H. B. Maples	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 # 026		A/C # 706		A/C # 551		A/C # 432
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	rwin 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, Jr Joseph W. Andrews, Jr Leon 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	Scott L. Williams Audrey B. Whitten 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	Greame L. Bow Donald Allen James F. McGee Richard I. Hibshan John O. Bruggeman Chester H. Hall Chester L. Spurrier Robert F. Robinson Stanley B. Hojnowski

	A/C # 905		A/C # 081		A/C # 782		A/C # 428
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 Allegan William H. Carroll James A. Kolofa James G. Grantham William G. Sewell	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 Ronald W. Weber Archie C. Strahan Norman J. Thorman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oscar R. Kempf James C. Evans Robert C. Spaight Douglas S. Rains 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	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 # 190		A/C #		A/C # 823		A/C # 441
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 John E. Westhoff Thoms C. Elliot	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		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	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 C. J. Watson Fred A. Barshop

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 094
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	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

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 796
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	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dombrowski John J. Walicki Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Cleon R. Roy Roman M. Becker Gerhardt Mcellel

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 608
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	Norman N. Chapman Raymond K. Mills kenneth N. Johnson Marshall M. Windham Robert T. Brady Joseph T. Schembri James R. Dixon Carl M. Weibel Marshall T. Windham

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 567
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 Maj Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Doherty Eugene A. Peresich C. H. Sullivan Bernard H. Plaut Russell L. Scott Ancil U. Shepherd William H. Trusselle Franklin Don John J. Derling James R. Norman Lawrence J. Walsh

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 113
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	Oscar R. Kempf James C. Evans Robert C. Spaight Robert S. Todd William E. Flicky John W. Ward Jeff W. Chastain Robert E. Smolik Alfred G. Wolff Douglas S. Rains

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron