Mission No 119

MISSION NO. 119
MANNHEIM, GERMANY

9 SEPTEMBER, 1944

Although Ludwigshafen was briefed as a possible visual primary target, heavy cloud coverage caused the three twelve- aircraft boxes dispatched by the 45 7th to choose the marshalling yards at Mannheim as its PFF target. Being the sixth group in the Division formation, the Group comprised the 94th C Combat Wing, with all other wings in this force having the same MPIs.

The targets assigned to the 2nd and 3rd Divisions were the Mainz marshalling yards, and armament works at Dusseldorf,respectively. Taking off under hazy conditions, Major Watson, as Air Commander, with Captain Dozier as pilot, led the Group on the briefed course over England. Entering the enemy coast above Dunkirk, a direct southeast route was followed until the formation approached Mannheim. The Group, flying at 25,000 feet, determined to bomb Mannheim because of cloud cover and proceeded on a bomb mn. Three or four jet-propelled aircraft skirted the formation from a safe distance, but the fighter support was good and the enemy aircraft did not choose to attack.

Bombing was by PFF, and clouds obscured the pattern area of the bombs, but small breaks in the clouds at bombs away permitted estimation of the bomb hits. The pattern of the strikes appeared in Waidhof, the northern part of the city of Mannheim, about 12,000 feet from the assigned MPI. Several aircraft salvoed bombs creating a concentration of bursts covering an industrial area and the railroad bridge across the Industne Hafen.

The moderate to intense flak encountered at the target was accurate and of the tracking type. The crews were surprised, however, by unplotted accurate flak on the route back.

Crews reported observing vehicles of an armored force crossing the Rhine eastward at Germersheim, as well as a concentration of barges along the river banks. All planes returned safely, with five planes having received major and thirteen minor damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

September 9th, 1944
Mission No 119 Target: Mannheim, Germany

If you desire to see the original scanned loading lists, click on the respective blue squadron header below.
(If a very small image appears, click on the small image to enlarge.)

748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

If you desire to see the original scanned loading lists, click on the respective blue squadron header below.
(If a very small image appears, click on the small image to enlarge.)

748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 955		A/C # 733		A/C # 046		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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 Kenneth V. Nordin Leo J. Gawroniak Joe L. Steele Lyle D. Johnson	Capt Maj Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Douglas L. Deal Wilbur D. Snow Roy I. Vaughn John M. Traylor, Jr Paul E. Miller Cedric N. Priest George W. Emerson Donald D. Brumsvold Lentz M. Lackey	Capt Maj Capt Capt Sgt Sgt Lt Capt Sgt Lt Lt	Edwaard B. Dozier Leroy H. Watson Norman Kriehn Henry P. Loades John W. Koehler Rubman H. Simley Raymond A. Carlsen Leroy Thomas Wayland R. Keefover William M. Bowman John L. Kabelac	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 Delbert B. Bellinger Joseph F. Salerno

	A/C #662		A/C # 051		A/C # 649		A/C # 827
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. Baron Roy C. Schild Harold D. Harris Lowell E. Jones Walter K. Marsh Stephen Kokayko	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul W. Gilbert Richard G. Palmer Andrew Brown, Jr Anthony G. Wodek David C. Foltz Raymond Conway Robert V. Moore Ernest Pappalardo Charles H. Borland	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott B. Ormsby Arnold G. Brunner Theodore R. Bortel Roy E. GLeason Uay L. Saulsburry J. M. Sofranko Gordon J. Neely Ray R. Jones Karl E. Kramer Edwin E. Mays	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 Geroge C. Hardin

	A/C # 923		A/C # 181		A/C # 934		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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 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	Montell C. Higgins Edwin C. Jackson John O. McCaughan Harold F. harstedt Fred E. Lawyer Francis J. Winder Philip G. Porter Bill C. Smigielski Russell A. Perry	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Greame L. Bow Donald Ashen James F. McGee Richard I. Hibshan John O. Bruggeman Chester H. Hall Chester L. Spurrier Robert F. Robinson Fred A. Barshop

	A/C # 551		A/C # 828		A/C # 765		A/C # 998
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 Robert S. Evans Walter R. Marr Earl S. Howell John R. Koziel James A. Gunnels	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 Murrell N. Tobian Richard L. Gibbs Allen A. Sharpe Homer D. Reich	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Robert C. Burkholder Bernard M. Plaut D. Letizia Sanford J. Cadwell Edwin M. Sinclair Rudolph J. Buczak Warren G. Antoine Lauren C. Keene	Maj Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Calvin L. Williams Frank S. Foster Jack Gassman Max Anderson Ralph W. Bibby John E. Prendergast Jessie T. Gill David W. Fleming Richard J. Cambria

	A/C # 190		A/C # 086		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 C. J. Peppers August W. Herrmann Calvin M. Carter	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Robertson Clifford Hendrickson Einer L. Mankin Charles W. Carbert Earl A. Rinehart Bernard Stutman Clifford B. Digre Alenandra McDermott John F. Brown	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	Harold D. Gay Homer M. Passmore, Jr Walter H. Sale Favian F. Nordan Arthur G. Beck Donald F. Anderson Arthur B. Rounseville McDee Thomas Fred M. Cogswell

	A/C # 834		A/C # 154		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	Robert I. Ellsworth John V. VanIngen Thomas O. Metcalfe James D. Kreighbaum James A. Mellin Elmer T. LaFayette Alex McCahon Joseph J. Smolinski Robert J. Stubbs	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 George A. Parsons, Jr 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 Grant A. Hanson 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	Jack D. Marks Jerome P. Rakel Harold L. Kaplan Richard I. Hibshman Junior Schaner George T. Stefani Roy L. Walker Jesse D. Dunn Fredrick B. Wayand

	A/C # 954		A/C # 079		A/C # 309		A/C # 556
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 Edwin A. Reynolds Phillip F. Amann	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 Louis A. Dahle William A. Scharnhorst Kenneth E. McGriff	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	Capt Capt Capt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	William L. Brackley William Smith Arthur W. Hoffman Anthony Kulezyki Glen A. Jackson Miles L. McQueen Chester C. Madsen Fredrick J. Moynihan Elmer H. Abel Rex R. Monson

	A/C # 905		A/C # 034		A/C # 606		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John F. Angier Samuel E. Cashman samuel A. Plestine Howard H. Lang William M. Thomas Maynard E. Judson Charles D. Osborne Edwin C. VanTine James V. Cochran	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William R. McCall Jr Thomas L. Gregory Arthur M. Livingstone Leon M. Plagianos George W. Perry Robert J. Hayes Linville Wilis George Cooke Larido Battisti	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William J. Murdock Alvert F. Porta Robert J. Huels Ben W. Berg Ray L. Zirbel William F. Hunter Charles C. Martiny Edmund G. Caruso Robert H. Goerss	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert M. Passmore Gerald W. Esser Jerome G. Page Milton R. Long Herman E. Taylor Wade J. Monsen James R. Fauls Jacob Z. Chemerinsky Kenneth R. Bostick

	A/C # 026		A/C # 088		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	Irwin G. Forry Harmon E. Robertson John C. Muir John J. Purvis James D. Toal Francis D. Crawford Virgil W. Sterner William F. Norton Winfield J. Scott	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ray D. Hedrick, Jr Basil R. Dundas, Jr John B. Pareer Edwin B. Benson Philip H. Snyder, jr Donald H. Gravelle John J. Sweeny John F. McGillian Harry G. Ray	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ero E. Salo Milton W. Casey Maurice E. Walbridg Doyle H. Brown Clifford C. Koeneman Jonhn P. Fulgham Nicholas T. Benos Sal Bachos Caspeier J. Casciano	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga Earl M. Morrow Anelo A. Archiopoli Vivian C. McWhorter Robert Darnell Anthony Villane Robert S. Christofferson A. W. Bell Alton T. Eason

	A/C #		A/C # 705		A/C # 796		A/C # 456
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	William S. Fisher Sterling H. Book Robert Ekbiom, Jr Rupert L. Phipps David M. Peterson Herman J. Ratica Stanley P. Gillespie Cecil B. Brantley Buford B.l Lawson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John S. Wallace Herbert A. Lawyer Olin G. Wellborn William T. Wilborn Jerome Grossman Peter Credidio William R. Biggie Edwin B. Hartley Fernand G. Ruranian	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Kenneth L. Yap John F. Kelly Thomas smith Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Chester L. Mohler Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas

	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

If you desire to see the original scanned loading lists, click on the respective blue squadron header below.
(If a very small image appears, click on the small image to enlarge.)

748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron