Mission No 138

MISSION NO. 138
HANNOVER, GERMANY

22 OCTOBER, 1944

Comprising the 94th C Combat Wing, the 457th attacked the locomotive and tank works at Hannover. Other targets attacked by the Eighth were auto works and transportation facilities at Brunswick, Hamm and Munster.

Major Dickinson led the Group. Assembly was executed at the briefed altitude plus 2,000 feet because of clouds. The formation lost time over the continent because the winds were different from those forecast at briefing. Just before reaching the IP, the Gi~oup swung to the left of course in order to take interval behind the groups ahead. Because of ten-tenths clouds, the target was attacked by PFF 1,000 feet above briefed altitude. The change in altitude on the bomb run seemed very effective in offsetting the accuracy of the radar controlled antiaircraft guns.

Due to malfunction of the PFF equipment in the lead and deputy lead aircraft, the lead was turned over to the high squadron. Bombs were salvoed from 28,000 feet. The other two squadrons released their bombs on the smoke markers of the high squadron.

All craft returned without incident.

CREW LOADING LIST

October 22nd, 1944
Mission No 138 Target: Hannover, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 157		A/C # 280		A/C # 152		A/C # 556
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Haven R. Burningham Lorentz C. Hanson Norman K. Nail Kenneth B. Taylor George A. Voris Karl H. Mannisto John S. Bozoudes Albert D. Paulson George M. Pobletts Oscar B. Stauff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Ray D. Hedrick, Jr Douglas D. Deal John B. Parker Louis Pike Edwin B. Benson Robert E. Wills Donald H. Gravelle John J. Sweeny Vincent J. Fallon Basil R. Dundas	Lt Maj Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Lt	Edmund G. Coomes Jacob M. Dickinson Delmar G. Spatz Theodore R. Bortel Ellis Virgil Hill Charles W. Smith Walter L. Laddusaw Kenneth W. Morrow John A. Dahler	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 # 540		A/C # 414		A/C # unknown
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John H. Ingalls David S. Kahne Wilmot J. Miller Robert F. Crunk Willard W. Largent Leonard F. Johnson Carl Lewis Karl Lambertson Richard W. Swank	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	Clayton E. Bejot Augustus J. Harris Andrew V. Solari Fernando P. Biancalana Paul G. Parker Norman A. Depelteau Oliver F. Orris Vinell L. Bush Lauren C. Keene	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Jerome F. Rakel John F. Kelly Chester L. Kohler Leonard O. Vittitow Charles Calcaterra Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas Louis H. Pena

	A/C # 506		A/C # 706		A/C # 782		A/C # 024
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 Thomas C. Elliott John J. Briol Harry J. Cornell	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 Robert A. Dilley	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 J. 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 Harold W. McDaniel James E. McCloskey Fred A. Barshop C. J. Watson

	A/C # 394		A/C # 064		A/C # 535		A/C # 532
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arthur G. Jellinik Kenneth E. Rohde Louis A. Williams Jack A. Dressler Frank J. Conti Harry H. Jolly Jimmy Herron Harly Ernst Kenneth M. Beattie	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Leonard G. Stoner Robert V. Moore Joseph P. Melly Howard B. Munger William A. Scharnhorst Kenneth E. McGriff Bernard Sitek	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph I. Evans Raymond A. Carlsen Einar L. Nelson Elroy J. Peters Leslie R. Peterson Franklin H. Kark Maurice E. Patterson Elmer R. Sonday John H. Cheatem	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dean F. Fisk Walter J. McGregor James F. Barnes John B. Tomkin Don C. Brewer Milo G. Hastings Fredrick Wosik Marshall I. Sipe Leo A. Steele Robert H. Hughes Jack E. Arnold

	A/C # 479		A/C # 034		A/C # 551		A/C # 998
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. Gelvin Dominic F. Muscato Donald A. Swisher Stanley R. Patterson James J. Rodel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert B. Hooper William E. Thompson, Jr Charles W. Craig Roland F. Vevier Francis M. Craven John R. Billington Robert H. Ridge John F. McGillian Charles H. borland	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 Grant A. Hanson Ferdinand G. Rupanian	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Joseph H. Jones Asa R. McClure Jean R. LeShufy William L. Kennedy A. W. Bell Vernon G. Whatley

	A/C # 785		A/C # 164		A/C # 309		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Gilbert William D. Mock William W. Siler John I. Butterly Daniel Cadena, Jr. Albert F. Jenkins Richard C. Clements Claud M. Gideon John E. Dubina	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Allen D. Sheakley Hugh C. Sloan, Jr Leo B. Bunker Marshall H, Hoyt Edward L. Nolan Murrell N. Tobian Antonio Papaianni Homer D. Reich Richard L. Gibbs	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Mathews Albert A. Bean Thomas S.Sajatovich Steven 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	John W. White Rudolph Prokop Jacob Landsman Leon J. Zimmerman Howard Wilcox Gerald E. Whitman Joseph M. Geller Richard E Seely Albert C. Williams

	A/C # 954		A/C # 164		A/C # 765		A/C # 796
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stanford Fonnesbeck James I. Christy Robert L. Scott Charles L. Wongfield George M. kuykendall Edwin A. Reynolds William Moore John L. Morton Paul F. Amann	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Albert V. Teutschel, Jr Charles W. Carbery Robert O. Byers Aldo Molestatore George A. Parsons, Jr Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar Philip H. strahan	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. Connors Herbert E. Brayman Frank A. Kravatz William R. Rhodes	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 # 583		A/C # 534		A/C # 694		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lon A. McCauley, Jr. Robert C. Quincy Harry J. Campbell Henry L. Bartnoski Bernard J. Carroll Wilmer G. Boykin Elmer J. Markle Ray M. Bechtel G. B. Gaster	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 Archie C. Strahan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Harold J. Franklin Wayne W. Hanley Peter Mihalik Raymond G. Field Horace H. Huey John E. Burch James D. McCorkindale Robert E. Springer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ernest T. Salzer Ambrose W. Reese Donald E. Scheuch William A. Steffen Jack F. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Charles I. Gordan

	A/C # 899		A/C # 594		A/C # 923		A/C # 442
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Biracree William J. Couch James R. Ogletree George L. Branstetter Archie E. Bruce Robert F. Devaney Arthur J. Christensen James A. Carey Laffette Trace	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	Gordon E. Gallagher Andrew R. Reeves Joseph O. Isaacton Roy E. Gleason William J. Moore Paul W. Johnson William E. Filicky D. N. Reigle Harold E. Sturman	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 # 537		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 505
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. R. Gomes Edgar W. Monell Lloyd G. Hesseltine Owen S. O'Rourke John Mezra	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	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 #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 561
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	Arthur M. Ford Mason H. Cummings William A. Moore Maurice B. Wilks Gene F. Skidmore Gerald Cook Harrel D. Sallis Dencil C. Adams Robert C. Templin

	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