Mission No 117

CHAPTER 9
1 SEPTEMBER 1944 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 1944

MISSION NO. 117
LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY

3 SEPTEMBER, 1944

The 457th participated in an attack by nine combat wings on the synthetic oil plant of the I. B. Farbenindustrie at Ludwigshafen. Fifteen other wings of the 8th Air Force heavies struck at gun positions in the Brest area.

Forming the 94th B Wing and flying second in the Division line, Lt. Col. Wilson was Air Commander and Captain Brannan was pilot. The 457th flew south across the English Channel to the former Normandy beachhead, turned and skirted Paris on the north, crossing France to an IP on the German border west of Karlsruhe. The bomb run was made on a heading different from briefed, because the Division leader was south of course.

There was heavy cloud cover over the Continent and a heavy undercast in the target area. Bombs were dropped from 25,000 feet.

Flak at the target was moderate to intense. Thirteen aircraft sustained battle damage.

Two of the craft were involved in a mid air collision 30 miles west of Paris. Both returned to England with no casualties.

CREW LOADING LIST

September 3rd, 1944
Mission No 117 Target: Ludwigshafen, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 951		A/C # 046		A/C # 782		A/C # 556
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles D. Brannan Henry B. Wilson Glen S. Thornton Clement H. Marsden John L. Kabelac James E. Fast Raymond D. Brodin George R. Langowski John V. VanIngen Stanley J. Parker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William D. Hurdis Elmer Mittwoch Merton L. Pond Judson W. Krueger Joseph E. Ellis Mark K. Miller Wilbur H. Parker Daniel W. Richmond Lawrence C. Johnston Allen D. Sheakley	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William A.Millea Lyman C. Plyer Terrence E. Rice Sanford W. Lewin Albert S. Levy Albert E Young Edward J. Roos John W. Paisley Curtis E. Marson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James J. Parks Leonard Syptak Norman Frake Thomas W. Battley Chester c. Madsen Mike L. McQueen Paul M. Zaluski Vernon W. Whatley Donald Allen

	A/C # 733		A/C # 161		A/C # 796		A/C # 032
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Douglas L. Grantham Jesse L. Smith Morris Arnovitz Robert O. Douglas Willie N. Suggs Buford R. Milner Arthur T. Ashton August E. Kujala Sephus C. Tucker Stanley J. Parker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul W. Gilbert Richard G. Palmer Andrew Brown, Jr Anthony G. Wodek David C. Foltg Raymond Conway Robert V. Moore Ernest Pappalardo Charles H. Borland	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Baco Victor E. Dumbrowski John J. Walicki Neal Spence Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Wied H. J. Smuzynski Roman M. Becker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond R. Lyons William R. Fantleroy Richard L Hamel Valeran J. Leksan Joseph H. Jones Joseph A. Macke Allen F. Schiebel Adrian W. Pennington Joe T. Clary

	A/C # 662		A/C # 181		A/C #606		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William H. Crawford Benjamin Gryncewicz Martin Schwartz Michael E. Schwartz Michael E. Baron Roy C. Schild Harold D. Harris Milton C. Tieman Walter K. Marsh Stephen Kokayko	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. Staltzer Joseph M. Mooney rudolph E. stegeman Gerald D. Stevens	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	John A. Fox Herbert A. Rochlitz Jack R. Muth Richar R. hinman Alfred J. Rubineo Calvin Campbell Richard J. Imhoff Guy P. Wharton Wilfred Finke

	A/C # 834		A/C # 828		A/C # 075		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Francisdo 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	Raymond A. Fulton Robert W. Kelley John C. Fonda Charles W. Craig Richard H. Gardner Frank H. Cutara John W. Mahinske Calvin R. Taylor Robert E. Wills	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 Lauren C.Keene	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Skeenga Earl A. Johnson Anelo A. Archiopoli David S. Wright Robert Darnell Anthony Villane Robert S. Christofferson A. W. Bell Thomas W. Goughart

	A/C # 394		A/C # 086		A/C # 551		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack W. Gazzale Vernon M. Moland Leo J. Higgins Arthur G Jensen William D. Ackermen Cecil D. Woodruff Earl S. Howell John R. Koziel James A. Gunnels	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	Scott L. Williams E. E. Salo Delas E. Dorn Joseph Deluccia Anthony Colurra Kenneth L. Cordier Marshall E. Young Paul M. Biesswanger Glenn M. Rogers	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold d. Gay Homer M. Passmore, Jr Walter H. Sale Favian F. Nordan Arthur G. Beck Gerald H. Cook Arthur B. Rounseville McDee Thomas Harry A. Thortsen

	A/C # 101		A/C # 034		A/C # 309		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard E. Fitzhugh Arthur Gennari Enoch T. Naversen Robert I. Braun Hardy L. Bell Howard Larsen Wesley R. McDonald Ivory S. Phillips George L. Cole	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William s. Fisher William C. Bonnell, Jr Robert Ekblom, Jr Rupert L. Phipps David M. Peterson Herman J. Ratica Ernest L. Levonian Cecil B. Brantley Buford B.l Lawson Lt Rice (radar)	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 Melvin R. Bernhardt	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 # 574		A/C # 765		A/C # 451
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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 Leonard F. Johnson William F. Norton Winfield J. Scott	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 Louis A. Dahle William A. Scharnhorst Kenneth E. McGriff	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. Yourk 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 Roy L. Walker William H. Shafer Fredrick B. Wayand

	A/C # 470		A/C # 088		A/C # 923		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles J. Schultz Alford P. Wilson Alfred A. Houghton George E. MacDermott Richard L. dickinson John R. Palladina Robert J. Engle August W. Herrmann Calvin M. Carter	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 Ricjard C. Weaver Robert J. Burke Alesander P. McDermott Herbert E. Dollar	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. Smastain Robert E. Smolik Alfred G. Woeff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Greame L. Bow Robert N. Woods James F. McGee Richard I. Hibshan John O. Bruggeman Chester H. Hall Chester L. Spurrier Robert F. Robinson Fred M. Cogswell

	A/C # 954		A/C # 766		A/C # 535		A/C # 026
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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 Phillip F. Amann	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Barrier Hugh B. Sloan, Jr George S. Inman Clinton E. Welis Kenneth L. Christenson Donald J. Fehrman Thomas J. Ambrose Wilbur A. Kurtz Robert P. Ingraham	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	John W. White Millery C. Smalling Jacob Landsman Leon J. Zimmerman Howard Wilcox Gerald E. Whitman Joseph M. Geller Rocjard E Seely Albert C. Williams

	A/C #		A/C # 164		A/C # 934		A/C # 587
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	Albert L. Furr William E. Thompson, Jr Joseph W. Andrews, Jr W. J. Miller Alfredo J. Raimo Edward Rambler Warren M. Rankin Leroy E. Wetzel Glenn M. Wisdom	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Montell C. Higgins J. W. Casey John O. McCaughan Russell A. Perry Fred E. Lawyer Francis J. Winder Philip G. Porter Bill C. Smigielski Jonm B. Pawloski	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. Linquist Robert K. Keerner Harold W. Pannell

	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

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron