Mission No 136

MISSION NO. 136
COLOGNE, GERMANY

17 OCTOBER, 1944

In an all out effort to knock out communication and transportation facilities in Cologne, all three divisions were sent to attack this target again.

With Major Snow as Air Commander and Captain Dale S. Jeffers as pilot, the formation of thirty-six craft comprised the 94th C Combat Wing. Assembly was without incident and the Group flew as briefed; however, from the second Control Point to the IP, the Group flew south of course in order to remain second in the Division formation. The IP was overshot in an effort to attain the bombing altitude, which was 25,000 feet.

The lead squadron made the turn onto the bomb run about 15 miles east of the briefed IP. The target area was covered by ten-tenths clouds. The PFF equipment malfunctioned on'the bomb run. The low squadron performed its own sighting and dropped separately. The high squadron dropped on the smoke markers of the lead, since its PFF equipment was also inoperative. At the IP, heavy and accurate flak was encountered. The plane piloted by Lt. Norman M. Chapman was hit by two direct bursts of flak, disabling three engines. A 180 degree turn was executed and the craft left the formation in a glide. Lt. Chapman nursed the plane westward trying to reach allied territory before bringing it down. When he finally had to crash land just short of Allied territory, unfriendly forces took charge of the crew, and they became prisoners of war. Three crewmen did not Survive.

The return route was flown north of course in order to remain in Division formation.

CREW LOADING LIST

October 17th, 1944
Mission No 136 Target: Cologne, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 649		A/C # 028		A/C # 509		A/C # 442
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Haven R. Burningham Douglas L. Deal George A. Voris Joseph E. Ellis Frank J. Bernd Karl H. Mannisto John S. Bozoudes Albert D. Paulson Samuel K. Cashman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles E. Barrier Hugh B. Sloan, Jr John B. Parker George S. Inman Francis F. Jasinski Clinton E. Wells Kenneth L. Christenson Donald J. Fehrman Thomas J. Ambrose Wilbur A. Kurtz Charles C. Keller	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brummer 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	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 # 506		A/C # 064		A/C # 765		A/C # 433
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 Gilbert J. Fleming	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 Robert S. Todd D. J. Letizia 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	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 # 699		A/C # 164		A/C # 075		A/C # 430
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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. Gelvins Dominic F. Muscato Donald A. Swisher James J. Rodel Carl Lewis	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joe D. Coleman Edward F. Salman Thomas S. Crowley George Wright Francis E. Snow Robert L. Harrison George Martin, Jr Geroge B. Crockett Robert G. Smith	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 Marshall E. Young	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Schobert William C. Girard Jame E. Tolbert Fayette Dennison, Jr William B. Wilson James F. Casey Walter l. Smith Norman W. Castle Raymond J. Helble

	A/C # 606		A/C # 706		A/C # 923		A/C # 432
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 John Sartor Karl Lambertson Richard W. Swank	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert B. Hooper Wallace F. Boyes, Jr Charles W. Craig Albert P. Banks Francis M. Craven John R. Billington Robert H. Ridge Joseph P. Brock Charles H. Borland	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gordon E. Gallagher Donald W. Johnson joseph O. Isaacton Roy E. Gleason William J. Moore J. M. Sofranko Melvin D. Thompson Bernard E. Sidebottom D. N. Riegle	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 # 954		A/C # 051		A/C # 606 LOST		A/C # 439
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	Lloyd S. Gray James A. Maguire John W. Martin Peter H. Katz James W. Brown Rector L. Seder John R. Boudreau Clifton G. Brugdon Charlis T. Carroll	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman N. Chapman Raymond K. Mills Kenneth N. Johnson Oliver W. Wicks Marshall T. Windham Robert T. Brady James R. Dixon Carl M. Weibel Joseph M. Budich	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. White Adolph Prokop Jacob Landsman Leon J. Zimmerman Albert C. Williams Gerald E. Whitman Joseph M. Geller Leon C. Johnson Howard Wilcox

	A/C # 583		A/C # 534		A/C # 694		A/C # 431
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward J. Schorr George M. Bobletts Donald L. Neff Robert R. Wheeler George R. Schuller Robert J. Engle Hubert H. Akins Anthony N. Kovac, Jr Willard O. Arndt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Loren G. Hampton Orville K. Hocker Neil C. Schroeder Andrew R. Friesen Maurice A. Diehl Russell G. Karl Thomas V. Farrell Irving Feitel Arthur J. Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth E. Guptill George H. Keller Edmond C. McMamara Thomas A. Dunn Virgil H. Smallen Harry J. Conners William E. Rhodes John Simmon Herbert E. Brayman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ernest T. Salzer Rex E. Monson John P Kelly William A. Steffen Jack F. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Jesse T. Dunn

	A/C # 785		A/C # 161		A/C # 535		A/C # 429
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul F. Gillman Don E. Jensen Thomas M. Karr Robert W. Crowe Samuel H. Schafstall William S. Stanton Donald F. Boyd J. C. Arnold John E. Walters	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Dominic J. Giannico Leonard G. Stoner Joseph P. Melly Howard B. Munger Louis A. Dahle William A. Scharnhorst Kenneth E. McGriff	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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	Morris W. Wasserman Jack Gumm George C. Lawlis Joseph R. Jones Asa R. McClure Jean R. LeShufy William L. Kennedy A. W. Bell Vernon G. Whatley

	A/C # 537		A/C # 540		A/C # 551		A/C # 426
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Weber Raymond F. Rossner Carl F. Swanberg Charles K. Rawls Louis L. Gomes Edgar W. Monell Owen B. O'Rourke Godfrey C. Edgerton John A. Mazze	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Fiedler Fredrick C. Ernest Robert W. Pace John K. Ellwood Michael E. Attaway George A. Steltzer Joseph M. Mooney rudolph E. Stegeman Gerald D. Stevens	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dombrowski Valentine W. Stype Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec John J. Walicki Roman M. Becker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Samuel H. Schimel Edward Grudzien Beverly C. Watson Dick E. Coffman Herny W. Schort Bob B. McFarlane Albert P. Schmitz Anthony J. Demaro Robert J. Kaer

	A/C #		A/C #034		A/C # 551		A/C # 401
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William S. Fisher William C. Bonnell, Jr Robert Ekbiom, Jr Stanley P. Gillespie 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 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	Dale S. Jeffers Lionel J. Cossons William J. Brandt Walter H. Sale John M. Traylor, Jr Paul E. Miller Cedric N. Priest George W. Emerson Jerome F. Rakel

	A/C #		A/C # 594		A/C # 414		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	William R. McCall, Jr Thomas L. Gregory Arthur M. Livingstone George A. Cooke George W. Perry Robert J. Hayes John W. Mahinske Larido A. Battisti Walter S. Slate	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James W. Franklin Donald C. Lengman Charles C. Smith Glenn M. Rogers Luther E. Holloman Leonard O. Beach Adolph Sroczyk John W. York Ernest L. Herndon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 394		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	Ralph I. Evans Raymond A. Carlsen Elroy J. Peters John H. Cheatham Leslie R. Peterson Franklin H. Kark Maurice E. Patterson Elmer R. Sonday Karl E. Kramer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt