Mission No 140

MISSION NO. 140
BIELFELD, GERMANY

26 OCTOBER, 1944

The Bielefeld Ordinance Depot, last attacked by the Eighth Air Force on 7 October, was subjected to a strong attack by the 94th Combat Wing. Colonel Rogner, flying his first mission as Group Commander, flew as Air Commander for the Wing and the 457th flew the Division lead.

The route over England was flown above briefed altitude and with deviations in course to avoid clouds. The Division Assembly line was flown as briefed with the Group in the proper position. The turn on the IP was made as briefed. Ten-tenths cloud coverage over the target area made it necessary to bomb the primary by PFF. The run was made by squadrons in trail. he lead and high squadrons released their bombs by means of their PFF equipment. The low squadron dropped a moment later on the smoke marker of the lead squadron. No flak was encountered on the bomb run.

The target area, which contained four large, four medium and three small buildings, was almost completely demolished. After bombs away, the Group flew the briefed course back to the English coast where it dispersed. Fighter escort had been excellent throughout the mission and the Group sustained no losses.

CREW LOADING LIST

October 26th, 1944
Mission No 140 Target: Bielefeld, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C #152		A/C # 157		A/C # 157		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Irwin G. Forry Franklin D. Rollins John C. Muir Norman K. Nail Francis F. Jasinski John J. Purvis James D. Toal Francis D. Crawford Winfield J. Scott James Jenkins, Jr	Capt Col Lt Lt Capt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Raymond A. Fulton Harris E. Rogner John C. Fonda Clifton J. Chandler George Chahelo Oscar B. Stauff Frank H. Cuetara Calvin R. Taylor Robert E. Wills Basil R. Dundas	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Montell C. Higgins Edwin S. Jackson John O. McCaughan Bernard M. Plaut J. E. Ellis Harold F. Harstedt Fred E. Lawyer Francis J. Winder Bill c. Smigielski Russell A. Perry	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 Jessie D. Dunn

	A/C # 609		A/C # 064		A/C # 167		A/C # 998
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 G. Hitchin Robert C. Reid James J. Klein Louis F. Brickman Harley J. Ellsworth Hilary A. Turley William C. Craig Archie C. Strahan Norman J. Thorman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner William M. Bell Ralph W. Eichenberger William T. Wilborn Charles E. Zhe Ralph Compton William R. Biggie John B. Pawloski Joseph E. Elbers	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis John F. Tonkin Asa R. McClure William L. Kennedy Jean R. LeShufy A. W. Bell Vernon G. Whatley

	A/C # 606		A/C # 594		A/C # 923		A/C # 155
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 E. Crunk Willard W. Largent Leonard F. Johnson Charles A. Wilet Karl Lambertson Richard W. Swank	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	Gordon E. Gallagher Donald W. Johnson joseph O. Isaacton Roy E. Gleason D. N. Riegle William J. Moore Paul W. Johnson Harold E. Sturman Melvin D. Thompson	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 # 051		A/C # 796		A/C # 123
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 William F. Norton John J. Briol Harry J. Cornell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William E. Thompson, Jr Robert B. Hooper Dominick J. Giannico Robert V. Moore Aldo Molestatore John R. Billington Roland F. Vivier Joseph P. Brock Charles M. Borland	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dombrowski Valentine W. Stype John J. Walicki Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Roman N. Becker	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 # 101		A/C # 161		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	William B. Biracree William J. Couch James R. Ogletree George L. Branstetter Archie E. Bruce Robert F. Devaney Arthur J. Christensen Robert H. Young James A. Carey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lentz M. Lackey Allen D. Sheakley Leo B. Bunker Marshall H, Hoyt Edward L. Nolan Murrell N. Tobian Allen A. Sharpe Homer D. Reich Richard L. Gibbs	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 Charles B. Pilling	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 Charles I. Gordon Anthony T. Cerrone

	A/C # 394		A/C # 574		A/C # 551		A/C # 532
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 Harley Ernst, Jr.	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lloyd B. Gray Charles G. Keiler Peter H. Katz Albert P. Banks James W. Brown Hector L. Soder John R. Boudreau Clifton G. Bragden Paul T. Harlan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James C. Evans Herbert A. Lawyer Olin G. Wellborn Sanford W. Lewin Jerome Grossman Peter Credidio Edwin B. Hartley Grant A. Hanson Ferdinand G. Rupanian	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John A. White Rudolph Prokop John F. Kelly Chester L. Mohler Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas Louis H. Pena

	A/C # 583		A/C # 034		A/C # 782		A/C # 766
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	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Leonard G. Stoner John W. Mahinske Joseph P. Melly Howard E. Munger Bernard F. Sitek John F. McMillan Kenneth E. McGriff Ralph Throman	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 Ben W. Berg	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 # 785		A/C # 164		A/C # 528		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. Bartnowski 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	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 C. Koeneman John P. Fulgham Nicholas T. Benos Sal Bachos Casper J. Casciano	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Samuel L. Schimel Edward Grudzien Jacob Landsman Dick E. Coffman Herny W. Short Bob B. McFarlane Albert P. Schmitz Anthony J. Demaro Dominic Stasezwski

	A/C # 954		A/C # 518		A/C # 694		A/C # 026
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	William R. McCall, Jr Thomas L. Gregory Arthur M. Livingstone Leon M. Plagianos George W. Perry Robert J. Hayes Linville Wills George Cooke Larido A. Battisti Walter S. Slate	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Harold J. Franklin Wayne W. Hanley Peter Mahilak Raymond G. Field Horace H. Huey Robert E. Springer John E. Burch Alvin C. Farrar	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James B. Corriher Jeremiah J. Healy Harold A. Doerr Joseph H. Gubino Harry F. Gormley Bail E. Schatz Daniel M. Willis George P Levaseur

	A/C # 506		A/C #		A/C # 075		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul F. Gillman Charles E. Newmeyer Thomas M. Karr Robert W. Crowe Samuel H. Schafstall William S. Stanton Wilbert M. Saylor J. C. Arnold John E. Walters	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clayton E. Bejot Augustus J. Harris Andrew V. Solari Henry J. Smuzynski 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

	A/C # 733		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	Richard E. Fitzhugh Charles E. Newmeyer Enoch T. Naversen Walter H. Sale Kenneth B. Taylor George R. Schuller Howard Larsen Ivory S. Phillips George L. Cole	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

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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