Mission No 137

MISSION NO. 137
MANNHEIM, GERMANY

19 OCTOBER, 1944

The 457th flew as the 94th A Combat Wing attacking the tank component and gun tractor works at Mannheim. Thirty-six craft were led by Lt. Col. Wilson. Assembly was 1,000 feet above briefed altitude because of weather, but the route over England was flown as briefed. After flying the Division assembly line on course and in proper position, the Group proceeded to the vicinity of Mons, Belgium. There the entire formation began to deviate south of course and the Group followed in Division formation.

About thirty minutes before the IF, the PFF equipment of the lead aircraft malfunctioned, and it was necessary to turn the lead over to the high squadron. Shortly thereafter, the PFF equipment of the low squadron went out. The high squadron overshot the IP, with the lead and low squadrons in trail.

The Group attacked Mannheim on a combined visual and PFF run. The turn was made southeast of the briefed IP. Check points to the target were only partially obscured, but the target area was covered by ten-tenths clouds. With the PFF equipment of the lead and low squadrons out, it was planned to drop bombs on the smoke markers of the high box. The low squadron released its bombs successfully from 27,500 feet, but the lead craft of the squadron became enveloped in clouds and contrails and had to turn left. As a result, it fell behind the formation. However, the Deputy Lead sighted the smoke markers and eight aircraft of the lead squadron released on them. The whole lead squadron then made a second run in order to allow the other three aircraft to drop their bombs.

Meager, inaccurate flak was encountered over the target.

CREW LOADING LIST

October 19th ,1944
Mission No 137 Target: Mannheim, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 219		A/C # 028		A/C # 934		A/C # 552
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Richard E. Fitzhugh Wade E. Knudson Enoch T. Naversen Norman K. Nail Felecisimo Basuil John Schwall Stanley Zocks Howard Larsen Wesley R. McDonald Lorentz C. Hanson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Raymond A. Fulton Henry B. Wilson John C. Fonda Roy I. Vaughn Oscar B. Stauff (MN) Frank H. Pearlman Richard H. Gardner Frank H. Cuetara Calvin R. Taylor Charles C. Keller	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gordon E. Gallagher Donald W. Johnson Joseph C. Isaacton Roy E. Gleason 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	Greame L. Bow Donald Allen James F. McGee Richard I. Hibshan John O. Bruggeman Fred B. Newman Chester H. Hall Chester L. Spurrier Robert F. Robinson Joseph Navarro

	A/C # 509		A/C # 540		A/C # 796		A/C # 587
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	William F. Fiedler Fredrick C. Ernest Robert W. Pace John E. Elwood 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 Roman N. Becker John J. Walicki	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 # 479		A/C # 051		A/C # 075		A/C # 026
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Zeiler William J. Couch Hiram M. Drache William C. Oliver Samuel J. Gelvin Dominic F. Muscato Donald A. Swisher Stanley R. Patterson James J. Rodel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wallace F. Boyes Jr Elmer Felgenhauser Kenneth J. Furst Merritt D. Turner Francis J. Horan Abraham Feldman Frank Trapasi Roy S. Duitman William J. Prettyman	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	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 # 203		A/C # 164		A/C # 782		A/C # 505
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 Charles L. Wingfield George M. Kuykendall Robert B. Black John L. Morton Paul F. Amann Edwin A. Reynolds	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Louis Pike 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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Jerome F. Rakel John F. Kelly Chester L. Mohler Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas Louis H. Pena

	A/C #		A/C # 161		A/C # 414		A/C # 550
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 Wilbert S. Saylor J. C. Arnold John E. Walters	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Allen D. Sheakley Bernard J. Yavorosky Leo B. Bunker Marshall H, Hoyt Edward L. Nolan Murrell N. Tobian Antonio Papaianni Allen A. Sharpe Richard L. Gibbs	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James W. Franklin Alvin I. Caplovitz Charles C. Smith Ben W. Berg 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 Rudolph Prokop Jacob Landsman Leon J. Zimmerman Albert C. Williams Gerald E. Whitman Joseph M. Geller Richard E Seely Leon C. Johnson

	A/C # 537		A/C # 706		A/C # 765		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Weber Douglas J. Sharkey Carl G. Swanberg Charles K. Rawls Louis L. Gomes Edgar W. Monell Lloyd G. Hesseltine Godfrey C. Edgerton John A. Mazza	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	James C. Evans Herbert A. Lawyer Olin G. Wellborn Sanford W. Lewin William R. Watson Peter Credidio Edwin B. Hartley Ferdinand G. Rupanian Grant A. Hanson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Bruce F. Harrison Robert C. Mcquire Edward W. Mullen Peter G. Elsbeck Robert F. Rhyner Martin Silverstein John J. O'Toole Joseph A. Youngross Anthony T. Cerrone

	A/C # 899		A/C # 064		A/C # 309		A/C # 556
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 Carl Lewis John J. Briol Harry J. Cornell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William E. Thompson, Jr Robert B. Hooper Charles W. Craig Francis M. Craven John R. Billington Robert H. Ridge Joseph P. Brock John W. Mahinski Charles H. Borland	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ero E. Salo Milton W. Casey Adam E. Santore Doyle H. Brown Clifford C. Koeneman John P. Fulgham Nicholas T. Benos Sal Bachos Casper J. Casciano	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 Harold W. McDaniel Harry D. Sallis Fred W. Barshop C. J. Watson

	A/C # 785		A/C # 594		A/C # 528		A/C # 157
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lon A. McCauley Samuel E. Cashman Harry J. Campbell Henry L. Bartnowski Bernard J. Carroll Wilmer G. Boykin Frederick F. Parlin Elmer J. Markle G. B. Gaster	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joe D. Coleman Edward F. Salman Thomas S. Crowley William C. 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	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 Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond R. Lyons William R. Fantleroy Richard L Hamel Lionel J. Cussons Valerian J. Leksan F. F. Jasinsky Joseph A. Macke Allen F. Schiebel Adrian W. Pennington Joe T. Clary

	A/C # 394		A/C # 516		A/C # 535		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Biracree Sidney A. Bacon James R. Ogletree George L. Branstetter Archie E. Bruce Robert F. Devaney Arthur J. Christensen James A. Carey Laffetti Trace	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 Ronald W. Weber Norman J. Thorman	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph I. Evans Raymond A. Carlsen Einar L. Nelson Franklin H. Kark Leslie R. Peterson Maurice E. Patterson Elmer R. Sonday Charles B. Pilling John H. Cheatham	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Samuel L. Schimel Edward Grudzien Earl E. Hill Dick E. Coffman Herny W. Short Bob B. McFarlane Albert P. Schmitz Robert J. Kaer Dominic Stasezwski

	A/C # 606		A/C # 034		A/C #		A/C # 431
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 Alock A. Capsalis Karl Lambertson Richard W. Swank	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James A. Maguire Lloyd B. Gray John W. Martin Peter H. Katz James W. Brown Rector L. Seder John R. Boudreau Clifton Bragden Charlie T. Carroll	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 Donald E. Scheuch William A. Steffen Jack F. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Charles I. Gordon

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