Mission No 139

MISSION NO. 139
HAMBURG, GERMANY

25 OCTOBER, 1944

Comprising the 94th B Combat Wing, and second over the target, the 457th attacked the center of the oil refinery and dock area of Hamburg.

With Captain Doherty leading the formation, the Group. flew the course over the North Sea, am vi ng at the second Control Point eight minutes early, because winds were not as briefed. The formation turned on the bomb run on the last turn before the visual IP, because the primary target was covered by ten-tenths clouds. It became necessary to bomb the PFF secondary target. Bombing was done by squadrons in trail, with the lead and high squadrons performing their own sighting operations.

The bombs were dropped from 25,500 feet. The low squadron released its bombs approximately two seconds early, because of confusion with smoke markers of other groups. Ten tenths clouds over the target obscured the bombing results. Target area flak was heavy but inaccurate.

En route to the target, flak took a toll of the ship piloted by Lt. J. Francis Angier, who had rallied the Group and led it from Politz on 7 October. The plane was hit by concentrated bursts of flak at 26,000 feet, causing the entire right wing to catch fire and No. 3 engine to fall away from the plane. The plane zoomed up and then, as all power was lost, went into a dive tail first, and exploded. Two to four chutes were observed. Lt. Angier was blown out of the plane, but survived, after brutal treatment by German civilians, as a POW. However, three of the crew did not survive.

CREW LOADING LIST

October 25th, 1944
Mission No 139 Target: Hamburg, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 899 LOST		A/C # 152		A/C # 075		A/C # 501
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John F. Angier Samuel E. Cashman samuel A. Plestine Robert J. Maitland Howard H. Lang William M. Thomas Maynard E. Judson Charles D. Osborne Edwin C. VanTine	Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles W. Barrier Hugh B. Sloan, Jr George S. Inman Clinton E. Wells Herbert W. Pace Edward E. Mays Kenneth L. Christenson Donald J. Fehrman Wilbur A. Kurtz 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 Wayland R. Keefover	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 # 479		A/C # 706		A/C # 567		A/C # 026
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 Robert H. Young Laffetti Trace	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	Oscar R. Kempf Andrew R. Reeves Robert C. Spaight Maurice E. Walbridge William E. Filicky John W. Ward Jeff W. Chastain Robert E. Smolik Alfred G. Wolff	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 # 785		A/C # 534		A/C # 535		A/C # 301
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. Bartnowski Bernard J. Carroll Wilmer G. Boykin Frederick F. Parlin Elmer J. Markle 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 Ronald W. Weber Archie C. Strahan Norman J. Thorman	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. Cheatham	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 # 394		A/C # 587		A/C # 819		A/C # 255
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wayne B. Tweten James Wilson John A. Franck Eldon K. Smith Norman M. Allegan William H. Carroll Arthur T. Ashton G. M. Byoff James A. Kolofa	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lloyd S. Gray Charles C. Keller John W. Martin Peter H. Katz James W. Brown Rector L. Soder John R. Boudreau Paul T. Harlan Clifton Bragden	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 Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William A. Dawson Charles W. Ford George P. Korb Frank O. Pappenfuss Felismo Basuil John M. Roster Harold W. McDaniel Fred M. Barshop Geroge C. Hardin

	A/C # 506		A/C # 164		A/C # 782		A/C # 630
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	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Albert V. Teutschel, Jr Louis Pike John E. Elwood Aldo Molestatore George Parsons Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar Harvey G. Ray	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William J. Murdock Alvert F. Porta Robert J. Huels Paul D. Richardson 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	Jack D. Marks Kenneth E. Yap Harold L. Kaplan Richard K. Newman Junior Schaner George T. Stefani Roy L. Walker Fredrick B. Weyand Jessie D. Dunn

	A/C # 606		A/C # 161		A/C # 528		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Gilbert David S. Kahne 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	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	Ero E, Salo Milton W. Casey Adam E. Santora Douglas S. Rains Clifford G. Koeneman John P. Fulgham Nicholas T. Benos Sol Bachos Casper J. Casciano	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka Jacob Landsman Joseph H. Jones Asa R. McClure Jean R. LeShufy William L. Kennedy A. W. Bell Vernon G. Whatley

	A/C # 954		A/C # 051		A/C # 694		A/C # 155
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 William Moore Edwin A. Reynolds Charles L. Wingfield George M. Kuykendall William Moore Paul F. Amann	Lt Maj Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Robert B. Hooper James A. Maguire Charles W. Craig Roland F. Vivier Philip H. Snyder John R. Billington Joseph P. Brock John W. Mahinski ckinson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Harold J. Franklin Wayne W. Handley Peter Mihalik Raymond G. Field Horace H. Huey John E. Burch Robert E. Springer Alvin C. Farrar	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 Charles I. Gordon

	A/C # 101		A/C # 594		A/C # 923		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arthur G. Jellinek James I. Christy Louis A. Williams Jack A. Dressler Frank J. Conti Harry S. Jolly, Jr. Jimmy Herron Joseph W. Farrow Kenneth M. Beattie	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Robertson Clifford Hendrickson Charles W. Carbery Julius Kornblatt Louis A. Dahle Bernard Stutman Clifford B. Digre Stanley P. Szydlowski John F. Brown	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 Delos N. Reigel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Samuel L. Schimel Edward Grudzien James F. McGee Dick E. Coffman Herny W. Short Bob B. McFarlane Albert P. Schmitz Anthony J. Demaro Dominic Stasezwski

	A/C # 537		A/C # 034		A/C # 205		A/C # 556
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 Godfrey C. Edgerton Owen S. O'Rourke	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Leonard G. Stoner Robert C. Byers Joseph P. Melly Howard B. Munger William A. Scharnhorst Kenneth E. McGriff Bernard Sitek Jack Arnold	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Audrey B. Whitten Robert S. Todd Henry J. Smuzynski Sanford J. Cadwell Edwin M. Sinclair Rudolph J. Buczak Warren G. Antoine Lauren C. Keene	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond R. Lyons William R. Fantleroy Jerome Silverman Richard L Hamel Valeran J. Leksan Joe T. Clary Joseph A. Macke Allen F. Schiebel Adrian W. Pennington Thomas M. Davis

	A/C # 583		A/C # 574		A/C #		A/C # 028
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 William J. Dallas Robert J. Engle Hubert H. Akins Anthony N. Kovac, Jr Willard O. Arndt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William R. McCall, Jr Thomas L. Gregory Arthur M. Livingstone Albert P. Banks George W. Perry Robert J. Hayes Thoman J. Ambrose Larido A. Battisti Walter S. Slate	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Lt	Dale S. Jeffers William K. Doherty Lionel J. Cussons Walter H. Sale John M. Traylor, Jr Paul E. Miller Cedric N. Priest George W. Emerson Rex R. Monson Oscar B. Stauff Donald D. Drumsvold

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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

	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