Mission No 122

MISSION NO. 122
LUTZKENDORF-GIESSEN, GERMANY

13 SEPTEMBER, 1944

Thirty-six aircraft were dispatched to attack the synthetic oil plant at Lutzkendorf. This target was bombed last on 12 May 1944, with only minor results. Lt. Cot. Wilson was Air Commander and Lt. Stafford was pilot. The 457th comprised the 94th A Combat Wing, third in the Division line. Leaving the English coast, the Group crossed the Channel and made landfall at the Belgian coast. At a point southeast of Cologne, the formation turned toward the IF.

The lead box dropped its bombs from 27,900 feet on the primary target. Although smoke covered most of the target area, a partial pattern was photographed, starting at the western end of the target and extending into the town as far as 2500 feet from the MPI. One explosion in oil tanks was noted in the area.

Fair results were observed from bombs of the high and low boxes, which hit the southern end of the marshalling yards at Giessen. Bombs were dropped from 25,500 feet after two passes. Although no flak was encountered at Giessen, fairly accurate, moderate tracking fire lasted for about three minutes at Lutzkendorf As a result, twelve planes received minor and four major damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

September 13th, 1944
Mission No 122 Target: Lutzkendorf-Giessen, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 905		A/C # 638		A/C # 638		A/C # 046
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 John Schwall Hardy L. Bell Howard Larsen Wesley R. McDonald Ivory S. Phillips George L. Cole	Capt Col Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry R. Stafford Henry B. Wilson William J. Morrow Judson E. Kruger David B. Jones Virgil D. Naylor Virgil R. Hook Francis M. Craven Bernard M. Yavorosky Fredrick W. Ashell	Lt Maj Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edmund G. Coomes Jacob M. Dickinson Delmar G. Spatz John A. Dahler Charles W. Smith Virgil Hill Charles W. Smith H. W. Kroll James W. Conklin Marsh M. Callaway E. E. Mays	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Lt	Dean F. Fisk Walter J. McGregor James F. Barnes john B. Tonkin John R. Roster Milo G. Hastings Fredrick Wosik Robert H. Hughes Leo A. Steele

	A/C # 190		A/C # 733		A/C # 167		A/C # 706
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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 Thomas C. Elliot Henry W. Bennett John E. Westhoff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles E. Barrier Eugene A. Peresich George S. Inman Clinton E. Wells Judson E. Krueger Kenneth L. Christenson Donald J. Fehrman Thomas J. Ambrose Wilbur A. Kurtz Robert Ingraham Hugh C.. Sloan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt 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	Medford E. Hollis Jerome P. Rakel John F. Kelly Thomas Smith Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Chester L. Mohler Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas

	A/C # 026		A/C # 951		A/C # 309		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. 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 D. Hurdis Elmer Mittwoch Merton L. Pond Mark K. Miller, Jr Leo B. Bunker Elihue Mayo Daniel W. Richmond Paul A. Stancil Costello Robert McEwen	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Lower Kenneth W. Morrow Paul D. Richardson A. M. Grisa Albert P. Boemer Thomas L. Jones Earl L. McAdams L. L. Epps Clifton H. Harrel	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 Wilfred Finke Dorsia C. Stutler

	A/C # 394		A/C # 948		A/C # 782		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lauren M. Spleth John F. Welch Theodore M. Braffman Robert L. Haynes Edward J. Grybos Norman T. Ozenberger John Byknish John J. Briol Harry J. Cornell	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 Roland Vevier 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 D. J. Letizie Charles H. Rogers Fred F. Castle Delbert A. Brookhart Lloyd L. Fortna John Kearney	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 Albert C. Williams Leon C. Johnson

	A/C # 591		A/C # 088		A/C # 796		A/C # 123
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 Carl Lewis Stanley R. Patterson James J. Rodel	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 Thomas V. Angott Thomas V. Angott	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Franklin D. Rollins Raymond A. Carlsen Einar L. Nelson John H. Cheatham Leslie R. Peterson Franklin M. Kark Charles B. Pilling Elmer R. Sonday Maurice E. Patterson	Capt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Navarro

	A/C # 905		A/C # 051		A/C # 923		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	ichard E. Fitzhugh Arthur Gennari Enoch T. Naversen John Schwall 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 Stanley P. Gillespie Buford B. Lawson	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 H. B. Maples	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ernest T. Salzer Rex R. Monson Kenneth L. Post William A. Steffin Jack P. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Richard F.Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Fred M Cogswell

	A/C # 190		A/C # 164		A/C # 934		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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 Thomas C. Elliot Henry W. Bennett John E. Westhoff	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	Arnold G. Brunner William M. Bell Ralph W. Eichenberger John B. Pawloski Charles d. Zhe Edmund E. Niec D. H. Brown Ralph Compton Joseph E. Elbers	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga Paul F. Reichert Anelo A. Archiopoli Vivian C. McWhorter William Adams Anthony Villane Robert S. Christofferson A. W. Bell Anton T. Eason

	A/C # 026		A/C # 181		A/C # 694		A/C # 026
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 Milton C. Tieman Walter K. Marsh Stephen Kokayko	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. Sweeney Ray G. Harvey	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. Rupanian	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Oliver P.l Kolstoe Gerald C. Cook Asa R. McClure Jean R. LeShufy William L. Kennedy Fred A. Barshop Vernon G. Whatley

	A/C # 394		A/C #		A/C # 535		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lauren M. Spleth John F. Welch Theodore M. Braffman Robert L. Haynes Edward J. Grybos Norman T. Ozenberger John Byknish John J. Briol Harry J. Cornell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ero E. Salo Milton W. Casey Theodore E. Scanlon Warren W. Nixon Clifford C. Koeheman Nohn P. Fulgham Nicholas T. Benos Sal Bachos Casper J. Casciano	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 591		A/C #		A/C # 765		A/C #
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 Carl Lewis Stanley R. Patterson James J. Rodel	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 Stephen Lupo	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 954		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	Wayne B. Tweten James Wilson Robert J. Maitland Norman M. Allegan William H. Carroll James A. Kolofs James G. Grantham Lyle W. Ashtry William G. Sewell	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

	A/C # 101		A/C #		A/C # 694		A/C #
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 Paul F. Amann	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 955		A/C #		A/C # 934		A/C #
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 Robert L. Shaff Joseph J. Smolinski Sephus C. Tucker	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

	A/C # 834		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 556
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John H. Ingalls Scott S. Millis Wilmot J. Miller Robert F. Cronk Willard W. Largent Leonard F. Johnson Lawrence J. Maher Melvin Milbouer Robert C. Dutcher	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

	A/C # 633		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	Edward Schorr George M. Bobletts Donald L. Neff Robert R. Wheeler William J. Dallas Lloyd J. Duplantis Hubert H. Akins Anthony N. Kovac, Jr Willard O. Arndt	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