Mission No 128

MISSION NO. 128
MAGDEBURG, GERMANY

28 SEPTEMBER, 1944

Thirty-six aircraft were dispatched by the 457th, to destroy the Krupp Works Machine Shops in Magdeburg. This plant employed 35,000 people and produced Mark IV tanks and antiaircraft guns. The 457th comprised the 94th C Combat Wing and was ninth in the Division formation.

of war. Additionally, three other aircraft received major, and twelve minor, battle damage from fighters and antiaircraft fire. The plane piloted by Lt. Harold D. Gay was attacked by FW-190s just before the IP. The bombs were salvoed, the craft left the formation and with engines smoking went into a steep dive and crashed near Dorstadt, Germany. None of the crew survived.

The craft piloted by Lt. Charles J. Schultz was attacked by enemy fighters just before the IP. The craft left the formation in flames. Only one crew member survived.

The craft piloted by Lt. Robert I. Ellsworth was attacked by enemy fighters just before the IP, and left the formation. The crew parachuted, were captured and held as prisoners of war. The craft piloted by Lt. Fred J. Lockwald was hit by enemy fighters just before the IP. The craft left the formation and dropped, rose again and then peeled off to the left. Two of the crew were killed in action.

The plane piloted by Lt. Albert L. Sikkenga, flying his second tour, was attacked by enemy fighters at the IP, and was hit in engines No. 1 and 2. The plane left the formation. Six of the crew failed to survive.

The plane piloted by Lt. Francis W. Gamboa was also attacked by enemy fighters during their attack. He left the formation but later crash landed in Belgium.

The craft piloted by Lt. Keylon C. Clarke received direct hits by flak in No. 2 and 3 engines just after bombs away. The plane remained under control and leveled off at 5,000 feet. Two of the crew lost their lives.

(Compiler Note: For Li. Keylon C. Clarke 's, Li. Francis W Gam boa and Li. Raymond F Rossner accounts of the mission, see Chapter 19.)

(Editor's note: For an account of the mission by Spleth's crew, see DEAD ENGINE KIDS.)

CREW LOADING LIST

September 28th, 1944
Mission No 128 Target: Magdeberg, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 203		A/C # 733		A/C # 152		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Haven R. Burningham Louis G. Mueller William J. Meng Frank J. Bernd Karl H. Mannisto John S. Bozoudes Albert D Paulson Lorenz C. Hanson Nicola Toscano	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dale S. Jeffers Wade E. Knudson Roy I. Vaughn John M. Traylor Leo B. Bunker Paul E. Miller Cedric N. Priest George W. Emerson Donald D. Drumsvold Lentz M. Lackey	Capt Major Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Alfred W. Fischer Eugene A. Peresich Thomas A. Goff John W Tadje Ralph D. Stutzman Edward A. McNeal John W. Koehler Ancil U. Shepherd John J. Derling Joesph E. Ellis	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Jerome F. Rakel John F. Kelly Dick C. Coffman Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Louis H. Pena Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas

	A/C # 905		A/C # 051		A/C # 535		A/C # 155
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 William F. Norton Winfield J. Scott Virgil W. Sterner	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 Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar George Parsons C. T. Snyder	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gordon E. Gallagher Donald W. Johnson Joseph C Isaacson D. N. Reigle William J. Moore Paul W. Johnson Melvin D. Thompson Bernard E. Sidebottom Harold E. Sturman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Earl M. Morrow William M. Stemach George E. Shaffer Samuel J. Lisica Clifford J. Upton Charles E. Lindquist robert K. Loerner Harry W. Pannell Belbert L. Bellinger

	A/C # 954		A/C # 064		A/C # 796		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 Robert L. Scott Robert L. Scott Charles L. Wingfield George M. Kuykendall William Moore James V. Cochran Phillip F. Amann Edwin A. Reynolds	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnet L. Furr Sterling Book Joseph W. Andrews, Jr Leon M. Plagianos Alfredo J. Raimo John R. Billington Warren M. Rankin Leroy E. Wetzel Glenn M. Wisdom	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dumbrowski John J. Walicki Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Wied Cleon R. Roy Roman M. Becker	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 # 955		A/C # 034		A/C # 606		A/C # 433
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 Milton Braverman Milton Braverman Hiram M. Drache Stanley Zocks Robert B. Black Lyle W. Astry John E. Westhoff Thoms C. Elliot	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William R. McCall, Jr. Thomas L. Gregory Arthur Livingstone Charles Craig George W. Perry Robert J. Hayes Linville Wills George A. Cooke Larido A Battisti	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 Vinell L. Bush H. B. Maples Edward J. Roos	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 # 834 LOST		A/C # 574		A/C # 694		A/C # 827
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 John Wranesh	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	Oscar R. Kempf James C. Evans Robert C. Spaight Douglas S. Rains 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	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Oliver P. Kolstoe Asa R. McClure William L. Kennedy Jean R. LeShufy Vernon G. Whatley Boyd S. Ballinger

	A/C # 470 LOST		A/C # 633		A/C # 309		A/C # 181 LOST
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 Lawrence J. Maher Melvin Milbouer Joseph J. Smolinski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Loren G. Hampton Orville K. Hocker Jack Gassman Andrew R. Friesen Maurice A. Diehl Russell G. Karl Thomas V. Farrell IrvingFeitel Arthur Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Lower Kenneth W. Morrow Paul D. Richardson Albert P. Boemer Thomas L. Jones Earl L. McAdams Lester L. Epps Harikd H. Reynolds Arthur M. grisa	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga Paul F. Reichert Anelo A. Archiopoli Vivian C. McWhorter Robert Darnell Anthony Villane Robert S. Christofferson Alton T. Eason Stanley B. Hojnowshi

	A/C # 394		A/C # 086		A/C # 765		A/C # 181
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 Walter W. Marr James A. Gunnels William D. Ackerson George L. Patty Earl S. Howell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Robertson Clifford Hendrickson Herbert Pace Charles W. Carbery Earl A. Rinehart Bernard Stutman Clifford B. Digre John F. Brown Stanley F. Szydlowski	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. Mmartiny Edmund G. Caruso Robert H. Goerss	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond R. Lyons Charles E. Robb, Jr Richard L Hamel Oscar B. Stauff Valerian J. Leksan William R. Fauntleroy Joseph A. Macke Allen F. Schiebel Joe T. Clary Joseph H. Jones

	A/C # 026 LOST		A/C # 161		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	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 C. J. Peppers	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ray D. Hedrick, Jr Basi R. dundas, Jr John B. Parker L. C. Moen Reginald Buxton Donald H. Gravelle John J. Sweeny Vincent J. Fallon Harvey G. Ray	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ero E. Salo Milton W. Casey Adam E. Santora Doyl H. Brown Clifford C. Koeheman Nohn P. Fulgham Nicholas T. Benos Sal Bachos Casper J. Casciano	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. White Hilary C. Smalling Jacob Landsman Leon J. Zimmerman Thomas M. Davis Gerald E. Whitman Joseph M. Geller Richard E Seely Leon C. Johnson

	A/C # 591		A/C # 706		A/C # 098		A/C # 518 LOST
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 G. Hitchin Robert C. Reid James J. Klein Louis F. Brickman Harley J. Ellsworth Hilary A. Turley William G. Craig Archie C. Strahan Ronald Weber Norman J. Thorman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner William M. Bell Ralph W. Eichenberger Maurice E. Walbridge Charles D. Zhe Ralph Compton Joseph E. Elbers John B. Pawleski William R. Biggie	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold D. Gay Earl M. Johnson Favian F. Nordan Carl C. Ulander Arthur G. Beck Donald F. Anderson Arthur B. Rounseville Fred M. Cogswell Thomas McDee Harry A. Thortsen

	A/C # 101		A/C # 948 LOST		A/C # 782		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 Elmer T. LaFayette Arthur T. Ashton William G. sewell	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 Rochard H. Anderson Reed F. Simpson	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

	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