Mission No 126

MISSION NO. 126
OSNABRUCK, GERMANY

26 SEPTEMBER, 1944

The entire First Air Division was dispatched to destroY the Railroad marshalling yards at Osnabruck, north of Munster, considered the gateway to northern Germany. The destruction of this target, possessing the capabilities of handling over 2,200 cars per day, would produce a severe bottleneck in the deliver)' of war materials and supplies. Other attacks were on targets in Hamm and Bremen.

Major Watson led the thirty-five craft formation, which comprised the 94th C Combat Wing, third in the Division line. The Wing crossed the Channel and entered Holland over the Zuider Zee. The IP was reached and the formation turned on the bomb run. Clear weather over the target not only permitted visual bombing, but caused the planes to be visible targets. Although the flak thrown up from Osnabrnck was moderate in intensity, it was accurate.

While over the primary target, it was necessary for the high box leader to withhold bombs to avoid dropping on the low box. Two other aircraft likewise withheld their bombs and dropped with the leader on an airfield, a target of opportunity.

Crossing back over the Zuider Zee, as usual light but accurate flak was encountered. The plane piloted by Lt. Carl H. Gooch was hit in the cockpit and the top turret was blown off. No. 3 and No. 4 engines were feathered. The plane was last seen under control. Two crewmen lost their lives, four evaded capture and three were prisoners of war.

One other crewman was killed on the mission. One ship received major damage and nine minor damage.

Lt. Gooch's plane was the only one lost to flak, and no enemy fighters were encountered during the entire mission.

CREW LOADING LIST

September 26th, 1944
Mission No 126 Target: Osnabruck, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

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	A/C # 203		A/C # 628		A/C #		A/C # 457
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 Irwin Rosen Raymond D. Brodin George R. Langowski William M. Thacker, Jr Charles Spornick Alfred P. Wilson	Lt Maj Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles E. Barrier Leroy H. Watson, Jr William H. Dupont William J. Morrow Edwin E. Mays David B. Jones Kenneth L. Christenson Donald J. Fehrman Robert P. Ingraham Hugh C. Sloan, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	For the loading list for the 750th Squadron, see the Scanned lists above.	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond R. Lyons Charles E. Robb, Jr Richard L Hamel Joseph F. Sydejko Thomas M. Davis Joseph H. Jones Joseph A. Macke Joe T. Clary William R. Fauntleroy

	A/C # 101		A/C # 161		A/C #		A/C # 422
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	Ray D. Hedrick, Jr Basil R. Dundas John B. Parker Lee C. Mohn Reginald W. Buxton Donald H. Gravelle John J. Sweeny Vincent J. Fallon Harvey G. Ray	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Jerome F. Rakel John F. Kelly Vivian C. McWhorter Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas Louis H. Pena

	A/C # 470		A/C # 064		A/C #		A/C # 452
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 Stewart W. Jakku Howard H. Lang William M. Thomas Maynard E. Judson Charles D. Osborne James V. Cochran	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnet L. Furr Sterling H. Book, Jr Joseph W. Andrews, Jr Leon M. Plagianos Alfredo J. Raimo Edward Rambler Warren M. Rankin Leroy E. Wetzel Robert E. Wills	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		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 # 591		A/C # 068		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	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	William T. Robertson Clifford Hendrickson Einer L. Mankin Charles W. Carbert Earl A. Rinehart Bernard Stutman Clifford B. Digre Julius Kornblatt Louis A. Dahle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Schobert William C. Girard Jame E. Tolbert Fayette dennison, Jr James F. Casey Kenneth L. Smith Walter l. Smith Norman W. Castle Raymond J. Helble

	A/C # 394		A/C # 164		A/C #		A/C # 428
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 John D. Wood William G. Sewell	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 John R. Billington Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar c. T. Snyder	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		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 Leo A. Steele Robert H. Hughes

	A/C # 834		A/C # 181		A/C #		A/C # 451
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John H. Ingalls William D. Mock Wilmot J. Miller Robert F. Cronk Willard W. Largent Leonard F. Johnson Lawrence J. Maher Melvin Milbouer Roy E. Goldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William R. McCall, Jr Thomas L. Gregory Arthur M. Livingstone Edwin B. Benson George W. Perry Robert J. Hayes Linville Wills George Cooke Walter S. Slate	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ernest T. Salzer Rex E. Monson Kenneth L. Post William A. Steffen Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Jack F. Scarborough Delbert L. Bellinger

	A/C # 662		A/C # 706		A/C #		A/C # 442
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 James J. Rodel Carl Lewis	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William S. Fisher William C. Bonnell, Jr Robert Ekbiom, Jr Charles W. Craig David M. Peterson Herman J. Ratica Ernest L. Levonian Cecil B. Brantley Buford B. Lawson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank S. Foster Robert N. Wood Jack Gassman Max Anderson Ralph W. Libby John L. Prendergast Jessie T. Gill Richard J. Cambria Stanley B. Hojnwski

	A/C # 954		A/C # 540		A/C #		A/C # 426
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vernon M. Moland Scott S. Millis Leo J. Higgins Robert B. Evans Cecil D. Woodruff James A. Gunnels William D. Ackerson John R. Koziel Earl S. Howell	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 Donald A. Weber Norman J. Thorman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert C. Cook Samuel H. Schimel Carl C. Ulander Dick E. Coffman Bob McFarlane Henry W. Short Albert Pl Schmits Anthony J. Demaro Robert L. Kaar

	A/C # 955		A/C # 079 LOST		A/C #		A/C # 429
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred J. Lockwald Joseph Jirik James B. Rawls Seymour R. Salganick Carlton J. Killgo Harry L. Jacobson Drew L. sheffield Everett A. Mahannah Fred A. Newman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Carl H. Gooch John P. Quillan Eugene L. Phipps Alexander P. McDermett Wilber H. Parker Clement W. Kelsey Leo J. Chermack Thomas V. Angott Donald J. Reilly	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		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 Fredrick B. Wayand Jesse D. Dunn

	A/C # 026		A/C # 034		A/C #		A/C # 430
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 Lloyd J. Duplantis Anthony N. Kovac, Jr Willard O. Arndt William H. Barth, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Allen D. Sheakley Robert W. Kelley Leo B. Bunker Marshall H, Hoyt Edward L. Nolan Murrell N. Tobian Antonio Papaianni Richard L. Gibbs Homer D. Reich	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Oliver P. Kolstoe Asa R. McClure William L. Kennedy Jean R. LaShufy Vernon G. Whatley Robert A. Adams

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