Mission No 130

CHAPTER 10
1 OCTOBER 1944 To 31 OCTOBER 1944
MISSION NO. 130
KASSEL, GERMANY

2 OCTOBER, 1944

Major Snow led the Group to bomb the Ordinance Depot at Kassel. The Group provided a thirty-six ship formation comprising the 94th B Combat Wing, flying second in the Division formation. The Group assembled without incident and left England as briefed.

Entering the Continent over Belgium, the formation flew a course to a point just east of Frankfurt. From there the Group headed to the IP, seven minutes behind schedule. Approximately eight-tenths clouds existed at the IP necessitating an initial PFF run. However, at the last minute it was decided to bomb the primary visually.

The turn at the IF was made northeast of course. On the bomb run the target was approached on a combination visual and PFF run. The lead squadron sighted for both rate and course for the entire Group. The high squadron bombed in Group formation, while the low squadron, following in trail, released its bombs on the smoke markers of the lead squadron. Results of the bombing were fair. A concentration of hits was observed along the southern edge of the target area with two bursts on buildings within the area. Scattered bursts were plotted east and south in open fields and ten bursts in the town one mile east of the target area. Numerous bursts were observed in the target area itself. Flak at the target was moderate, but very accurate and lasted for approximately five minutes. Fifteen aircraft sustained damage. Fighter support was excellent.

The plane piloted by Lt. James W. Franklin sustained hits in the No. 2 and 3 engines; he crash-landed in Belgium, but the entire crew returned to Glatton a few days later.

CREW LOADING LIST

October 2nd, 1944
Mission No 130 Target: Kassel, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 046		A/C # 638		A/C # 567		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	William H. Flannery Wade E. Knudson Norman K. Nail William J. Meng, Jr Oscar B. Stauff John G. Schloendon Lloyd K. Laggassa Duane E. Stowits George L. Petty Jewel W. Lowrey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond A. Fulton Wilbur D. Snow John C. Fonda Frederick W. Asbell Roland O.l Byers Frank H. Rearman Richard H. Gardner Frank H. Cuetara Calvin R. Taylor Robert W. Kelly	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Montell C. Higgins Charles E. Newmeyer Bernard M. Plaut John O. McCaughan Fred E. Lawyer Francis J. Winder Philip G. Porter Edwin S. Jackson Russell A. Perry Harold F. Harstedt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John A. Fox Herbert A. Rochlitz Jack R. Muth Richar R. Hinman Alfred J. Rubino Calvin Campbell Richard J. Imhoff Guy P. Wharton Dorsia C. Stutler

	A/C # 580		A/C # 157		A/C # 167		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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	Ray D. Hedrick, Jr William T. Robertson Herbert A. Dolph Edwin B. Benson Robert E. Wills Donald H. Gravelle John J. Sweeny John F. McGillian John B. Parker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner William M. Bell Ralph W. Eichenberger William T. Wilborn Charles D. Zhe Ralph Compton William R. Biggie John B. Pawloski Joseph E. Elbers	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 # 905		A/C # 064		A/C # 551		A/C # 828
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John F. Angier Samuel E. Cashman samuel A. Plestine Maynard E. Judson Howard H. Lang William M. Thomas Robert P. Lusk Edwin C. VanTine James V. Cochran	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 George Martin, Jr William C. Wright Geroge B. Crockett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott L. Williams Herbert A. Lawyer Delos E. Bown Glenn M. Rogers Jerome Grossman Anthony Collura Kenneth L. Gordier Marshall E. Young Paul Biesswanger	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 William H. Shaffer Jesse D. Dunn

	A/C # 606		A/C # 574		A/C # 782		A/C # 532
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John H. Ingalls William D. Mock Wilmot J. Miller Robert F. Crunk Willard W. Largent Leonard F. Johnson William H. Barth Karl Lambertson Robert C. Dutcher	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 William A. Scharnhorst Kenneth E. McGriff Bernard Sitek	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James F. Lapaze Audrey B. Whitten D. J. Letizia Maurice E. Walbridge Dominic F. Muscato Melving R. bernhardt Franklin don Delbert A. Brookhart John J. Kearney	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 Fred M. Cogswell Joseph Navarro

	A/C # 954		A/C # 051		A/C # 098		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Sanford Fonnesbeck Kenneth E. Rohde Robert L. Scott Charles L. Wingfield George M. Kuykendall William Moore John L. Morton Paul F. Amann Edwin A. Reynolds	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert D. Hooper William E. Thompson, Jr Beverly C. Robertson Charles W. Craig Francis M. Craven John R. Billington Robert H. Ridge Ernest Pappalardo John W. Mahinski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James W. Franklin Donald C. Lengman Charles C. Smith E. E. Veenker Luther E. Holloman Leonard O. Beach Adolph Sroczyk John W. York Ernest L. Herndon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. White Hilary C. Smalling Jacob Landsman Leon J. Zimmerman Albert C. Williams Howard Wilcox Gerald E. Whitman Joseph M. Geller Leon C. Johnson

	A/C # 662		A/C # 583		A/C # 606		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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 Robert L. Schaaf James A. Kolofa James G. Grantham William G. Sewell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William S. Fisher William C. Bonnell, Jr Robert Ekbiom, Jr Edward R. Sage David M. Peterson Herman J. Ratica Ernest L. Levonian Cecil B. Brantley Stanley P, Gillespie	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	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 # 468		A/C # 164		A/C # 765		A/C # 466
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vernon M. Moland Scott S. Millis Leo J. Higgins William D. Ackerson Robert B. Evans Walter W. Marr James A. Gunnels John R. Koziel Earl S. Howell	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Melvin M. Fox Robert E. Southern Horace W. Whipple Robert V. Moore Adrian A. Belanger Lloyd J. Blood Ronland Vevier Alvin Prukop Harold A. Arndt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dombrowski John J. Walicki Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Cleon R. Roy Gordon J. Neeley	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert C. Cook William M. Stemach Maurice C. Wilks William A. Moore Gene F. Skidmore Melvin G. Shields Harry D. Sallis Robert C. Templin Demco; J. Adams

	A/C # 101		A/C # 633		A/C # 075		A/C # 594
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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	Arnet L. Furr Sterling H. Book, Jr Joseph W. Andrews, Jr Leon M. Plagianos Alfredo J. Raimo Richard C. Weaver Warren M. Rankin Leroy E. Wetzel Glenn M. Wisdom	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 P. Credidio Nicholas T. Benos Sal Bachos Casper J. Casciano	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Jerome F. Rakel John F. Kelly Chester C. Mohler Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Joseph S. Kutas Louis H. Pena Boyd S. Ballinger

	A/C # 537		A/C # 034		A/C # 694		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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 J. D. Brooks	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Albert V. Teutschel, Jr John E. Elwood Albert P. Banks Aldo Molestatore Robert J. Burke Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar Robert E. Ingreham	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 Duan E, Reich	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. Koerner Harry W. Pannell Joseph P. Salerno

	A/C #		A/C # 161		A/C # 623		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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 Dominick J. Giannico George W. Perry Robert J. Hayes Linville Wills George Cooke Walter S. Slate	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	Samuel H. Schimel Edward Grodzier Donald L. Neff Dick E. Coffman Herny W. Schort Bob B. McFarlane Albert P. Schmitz Dominic Stasowski Robert J. Kaer

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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