Mission No 132

MISSION NO. 132
STARGAARD, GERMANY

6 OCTOBER, 1944

Overcast at the primary (Politz) caused the 457th to attack the secondary target which was an airfield at Stargaard. Led by Lt. Col. Francis with Lt. Seesenguth as pilot, the thirty-six plane formation, comprising the 94th B Combat Wing, took off in early morning. Assembly and route to the target was as briefed, other than to allow the 1st A Combat Wing (flying parallel to the left and out of position) to move ahead in order to prevent any difficulties on the bomb run.

Just before reaching the IP, word was received from the weather aircraft that the primary was obscured by clouds. It was then decided to attack the secondary target.

The secondary was attacked visually by all three boxes. The lead squadron picked a new IP in order to avoid the flak from Stettin and proceeded on the bomb run. Bombs were dropped from 25,000 feet. The bombs were exceptionally well aimed, since 85% fell within the 1,000 foot circle, the general build up of the pattern being heavier to the right of the assigned MPI. The high squadron attacked and dropped its bombs into a smoke covered MPI. Photographs indicated a pattern that fell short of and to the right of the assigned MPI. Nevertheless, the falling bomb clusters indicated that the three elements of the squadron were closely positioned. The low squadron bombed through smoke and haze and bombs hit beyond the assigned MPI.

Flak was moderate but inaccurate and fighter support was good. As the planes rallied over the Baltic Sea to return to England, sea planes were observed practicing touch and go landings and P-S Is were going down to interrupt the practice. The planes landed at the base and none had suffered damage.

Music lovers enjoyed a return concert given by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Peterborough Cathedral on the evening of October 6th.

CREW LOADING LIST

October 6th, 1944
Mission No 132 Target: Stargaard, Poland

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 157		A/C # 567		A/C # 309		A/C # 429
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Col Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Donald L. Seesenguth Roderick L. Francis Thomas H. Goff Paul Moll Oscar B. Stoff Irwin Rosen Raymond D. Brodin George R. Langowski William M. Thacker, Jr Gordon Y. Haggard Kenneth E. Rohde	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles E. Barrier Charles E. Newmeyer George S. Inman William C. Watts Clinton E. Wells Kenneth L. Christenson Donald J. Fehrman Thomas J. Ambrose Wilbur A. Kurtz Hugh C. Sloan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Lower Kenneth W. Morrow Paul D. Richardson Sanford W. Lewin Albert P. Boemer Thomas L. Jones Earl L. McAdams Lester L. Epps Harold H. Reynolds	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth L. anderson Rudolph Prokop Edward W. Mullins Oliver P Kolstoe Asa R. McClure Jean R. LeShufy William L. Kennedy Benjamine W. Hamrick Vernon G Whatley

	A/C # 301		A/C # 540		A/C # 782		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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	Ray D. Hedrick, Jr Basil E. Dundas, Jr John B. Parker Edwin B. Benson Reginald W. Buxton Donald H. Gravelle John J. Sweeny John F. McGillian Vincent J. Fallon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William J. Murdock Raymond A. Carlsen 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	Dean F. Fisk Walter J. McGregor James F. Barnes john B. Tomkin Milo G. Hastings Don C. Brewer Fredrick Wosik Marshall I. Sipe Joseph E. Philhower Leo A. Steele Robert H. Hughes Don C. Brewer

	A/C # 583		A/C # 905		A/C # 694		A/C # 428
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 Hugh M. Hamill J. D. Brooks	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	George L. Mathews Albert A. Bean Thomas S.Sajatovich S. Marklin William A. Allerdice Fernando Urzanqui Hubert H. Duckett Duan E, Reich Henry S. Blach	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 # 899		A/C # 164		A/C # 765		A/C # 438
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John F. Angier Samuel E. Cashman samuel A. Plestine Howard H. Lang William M. Thomas Maynard E. Judson Charles D. Osborne Edwin C. VanTine 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 Raymond Conway Warren M. Rankin Leroy E. Wetzel Glenn M. Wisdom	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Audrey B. Whitten D. J. Letizia Russell L. scott Edwin M. Sinclair Sanford J. Cadwell Rudolph J. Buczak Warren G. Antoine Lauren C. Keene	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 Joseph P. Salerno Delbert L. Bellinger

	A/C # 954		A/C # 580		A/C # 923		A/C # 430
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt St Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Sanford Fonnesbeck Paul F. Gillman Robert L. Scott Charles L. Wingfield George M. Kuykendall Edwin A. Reynolds William Moore John L. Morton Paul F. Amann	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Leo B. Bunker 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	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 Sgt	Jack D. Marks Kenneth E. Yap Harold L. Kaplan Richard K. Newman Junior Schaner George T. Stefani Roy L. Walker William H. Shaffer Fredrick B. Weyand

	A/C # 606		A/C # 161		A/C # 551		A/C # 442
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 Walter W. Marr Karl Lambertson Howard A. Prather	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 Prukop Harold A. Arndt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott L. Williams Andrew R. Reeves Delos E. Bown Glenn M. Rogers William R. Watson J. M. Sofranko Kenneth L. Gordier Marshall E. Young Paul Biesswanger	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank S. Foster Robert H. Wood Jack Gassman Max Anderson Ralph W. Libby John L. Prendergast Jessie T. Gill Richard J. Cambria David M. Fleming

	A/C # 051		A/C # 633		A/C # 796		A/C # 422
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	William S. Fisher William C. Bonnell, Jr Robert Ekbiom, Jr Thomas S. Crowley 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	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dombrowski Elroy J. Peters John J. Walicki Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Roman M. Becker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Jerome F. Rakel John F. Kelly Chester L. Mohler Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Joseph S. Kutas Richard F. Metrenga Louis H. Pena

	A/C # 469		A/C # 826		A/C # 075		A/C # 441
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vernon M. Moland Richard R. Garland Leo J. Higgins Arthur G. Jensen 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	Robert D. Hooper William E. Thompson, Jr Neil C. Schroeder Charles W. Craig Francis M. Craven John R. Billington Robert H. Ridge Joseph P. Brock Robert P. Ingraham	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 Karl E. Kramer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. White Hilary C. Smalling Jacob Landsman Leon J. Zimmerman Albert C. Williams Gerald E. Whitman Joseph M. Geller Richard E Seely Boyd S. Ballinger

	A/C # 537		A/C # 549		A/C # 528		A/C # 441
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clarence R. Jennings Scott S. Millis Martin Schwartz Stewart W. Jakku Lloyd K. Lagasse William S. Stanton George L. Petty Charles Spornick John S. Wood	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joe D. Coleman Lloyd S. Gray James J. Klein Louis F. Brickman Harley J. Ellsworth Hillary A. Turley William C. Craig archie C. Strahan Ronald A. Weber	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	William A. Dawson Charles W. Ford George P. Korb Frank O. Pappenfuss John M. Roster Gerald Cook Paul M. Zalusky C. J. Watson Frederick J. Moynihan

	A/C # 509		A/C #		A/C # 167		A/C #
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 Arthur T. Ashton William H. Carroll James A. Kolofa James G. Grantham William G. Sewell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James W. Franklin Donald C. Lengman Charles C. Smith Edwin B. Hartley Luther E. Holloman Leonard O. Beach Adolph Sroczyk John W. York Ernest L. Herndon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Zigler Donald Allen Walter H. Stortz Oliver F. Kolstoe Ernest C. George Edgarde Buletti Raymond L. Rule Robert L. Rheiss Willie L. Storrer

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 425
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	Donald S. Zigler Charles E. Robb, Jr Jerome Silverman Richard D. Hamel Thomas W. Battley William C. Adams Ernest C. George Kenneth R. Bostick William R. Fauntleroy Joseph E. Ellis