Mission No 125

MISSION NO. 125
FRANKFURT, GERMANY

25 SEPTEMBER, 1944

Thirty-six aircraft were dispatched to form the 94th B Combat Wing, attacking the east marshalling yards in Frankfurt, Germany. The rail lines in the city were handling extra heavy traffic for the Western Front and the ground forces were anxious that they be eliminated. The Group was led by Lt. Cot. Francis, with Lt. Brackley as pilot. The Group's position was eighth in the Division line.

The route over England was flown as briefed. The English coast was crossed, and Belgium was entered near Ostend.

By the time the Wing reached the IP, the ground was completely obscured by cloud cover reaching to 20,000 feet. The formation flew at 26,000 feet as it turned on the bomb run. The Wing Leader gave the box leaders a PFF target and directions to follow in trail in a visual bombing formation, to avoid the risk of the target being uncovered at the last minute. Another wing turned at the IP, behind the B Combat Wing and both were on the bomb run at the same time, the other wing being 2,000 feet higher. The Group found it impossible to bomb without being hit by bombs falling from the wing above, so it made a 360 degree turn.

The second run from the IP lasted five minutes, and the previously agreed upon target was identified. Bombs were dropped. At this point, the enemy began putting up a moderate barrage of antiaircraft fire, but it was low and south of the formation. A solid undercast at the target had made bomb results unobservable.

All ships returned to the Base without battle damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

September 25th, 1944
Mission No 125 Target: Frankfurt, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 046		A/C # 079		A/C # 567		A/C # 412
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Seesenguth Douglas L. Deal Morris Arnovitz William J. Meng Edwin E. Mays Raymond d. Brodin William M. Thacker, Jr Irwin Rosen Roy E. Goldman William d. Mock	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Loren G. Hampton Orville K. Hocker Hubert W. Pace Alexander E. McDermott Maurice A. Diehl Russell G. Karl Thomas V. Farrell Arthur W. Feltman Irving Feitel	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edmund G. Coomes William K. Doherty Delmar G. Spatz Bernard M. Plant John A. Dahler Virgil Hill Charles W. Smith Walter L. Laddusaw James A. Conklin Edward A. McNeal	Capt Maj Capt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William L. Brackley Rod L. Francis W. H. Dupont Fredrick W. Asbel David B. Jones Chester C. Madsen William C. Adams Boyd S. Bellinger Hays Brica

	A/C # 905		A/C # 064		A/C # 796		A/C # 122
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard E. Fitzhugh Walter C. Strosser 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	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Albert V. Teutschel, Jr John E. Parker John E. Elwood Aldo Molestatore John R. Billington Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar C. T. Snyder	Capt 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 Edwin B. Hartley Fernand G. Rupanian Grant A. Hanson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Jerome F. Rakel John F. Kelly Dick E. Coffman Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas Louis H. Pena

	A/C # 157		A/C # 181		A/C # 098		A/C # 420
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William H. Flannery Jewell W. Lowery Joseph L. Sydejko Herbert A. Dolph Martin A. Schwartz John G. Schloendon Lloyd K. Laggasse Duane E. Stowits George L. Petty Robert A. Storey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnet L. Furr Sterling H. Book, Jr Joseph W. Andrews, Jr Leon M. Plagiannos Alfredo J. Raimo Edward Rambler Warren M. Rankin Leroy E. Wetzel Glenn M. Wisdom	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	Albert L. Sikkenga Paul f. Reichart Anelo A. Archiopoli Vivian C. McWhorter Robert Darnell Anthony Villane Robert S. Christofferson A. W. Bell Alton T. Eason

	A/C # 955		A/C # 623		A/C # 606		A/C # 452
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 Lyle W. Astry John E. Westhoff Thoms C. Elliot	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Melvin M. Fox Robert E. Southern Beverly C. Robertson Horace W. Whipple Adrian A. Belanger Lloyd J. Blood Ronland Vevier Alvin Prueop Harold A. Arndt	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 Elmer E. veenker	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 Navarro

	A/C # 834		A/C # 706		A/C # 167		A/C # 414
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edgar H. Humble Edmund W. Hubard Richard J. Rementeria Fabio F. Sulpizzi Edward J. McGurren Jack J. Ham Charles A. Sneer Louis B. Reinhart Gilbert J. Fleming	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 A. Weber Norman J. Thorman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Montell C. Higgins Edwin S. Jackson John O. McCaughan Harold F. Harstedt Fred E. Lawyer Francis J. Winder Philip G. Porter Bill C. Smigielski R. A. Perry	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth L. Anderson Charles C. Schobert James E. Tolbert Fayette Dennison, Jr James P. Casey Kenneth L. Smith Walter L. Smith Norman W. Castle Raymond J. Helble

	A/C # 662		A/C # 540		A/C # 765		A/C # 433
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles J. Schultz Alford P. Wilson Alfred A. Houghton Richard L. Dickinson John R. Palladina August W. Herrmann Calvin M. Carter C. J. Peppers Charles A. Wilt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Robertson Clifford Hendrickson Einer L. Mankin Charles W. Carbery Bernard Stutman Clifford B. Digre John F. Brown Julius Kornblatt Louis A. Dahle Stanley P. Szydlowski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Robert C. Burkholder D. J. Letizia Robert S. Todd Sanford J. Cadwell Edwin M. Sinclair Rudolph J. Buczak Warren G. Antoine H. J. Smuzynski	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 # 470		A/C # 026		A/C # 923		A/C # 442
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 Arthur T. Ashton Charles Spornick Joseph J. Smolinski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Allen D. Sheakley Bernard J. Yavorosky Leo B. Bunker Marshall H, Hoyt Edward L. Nolan Murrell N. Tobian Allen A. Sharpe Homer D. Reich Richard L. Gibbs	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	Calvin L. Williams Frank S. Foster Jack Gassman Max Anderson Ralph W. Bibby John E. Prendergast Jessie T. Gill Richard J. Cambria Stanley B. Hojnowski

	A/C # 591		A/C # 088		A/C # 075		A/C # 454
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	Keylon W. Clarke Robert N. Howland Walter Sundling Robert P. Smith Alvert Griffith William C. Dethloff David R. Dooley Reed F. Simpson Rochard H. Anderson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner William M. Bell Ralph W. Eichenberger Charles D. Zhe Ralph Compton Joseph E. Elbers William R. Biggie John B. Pawwloski Ray F. Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold D. Gay Earl N. Johnson Carl G. Ulander Favian F. Nordan Donald F. Anderson Arthur G. Beck Arthur B. Rounseville Frank N. Cogswell Harry A. Thortsen

	A/C # 026		A/C # 034		A/C # 782		A/C # 459
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward J. Schorr George M. Bobletts Donald L. Neff Robert R. Wheeler William J. Dallas Robert J. Engle William F. Norton Willard O. Arndt William H. Barth, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William S. Fisher William C. Bonnell, Jr Robert Ekbiom, Jr Andrew R. Friesen Wilbur H. Parker Herman J. Ratica Ernest L. Levonian Cecil B. Brantley Stanley P, Gillespie	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Carl P. Sundbaum Galileo F. Bossio Theodore F. Scanlon Warren W. Nixon John V. Brennan Julian S. Smith Edward U. Zeitz Brooks H. Estes Donald R. Peacock	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. White Hilary C. Smalling Jacob Landsman Leon J. Zimmerman Gerald E. Whitman Henry W. Short Joseph M. Geller Richard E Seely Leon C. Johnson

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 535		A/C # 452
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 R. McCall, Jr Thomas L. Gregory Arthur M. Livingstone Charles W. Craig George W. Perry Robert J. Hayes Linville Wilis Larido A. Battisti Walter S. Slate	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Mathews Albert A. Bean Thomas S.Sajatovich S. Marklin William A. Allerdice Fernando Urzanqui James R. Boyle Hubert H. Duckett Duane E, Reich	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 Gelbert L. Bellinger

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 414
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