Mission No 144

MISSION NO. 144
FRANKFURT, GERMANY

5 NOVENBER, 1944

The disruption of Germany's transportation system was the focus of attack for the mission. The Group comprised the 94th A Combat Wing with Major Syptak as Air Commander, and Lt. Charles E. Barrier as pilot.

The Group assumed its proper position in the Division assembly and began its route to Germany. Because of winds being different from those briefed, the formation was three minutes late in reaching the IP. Ten-tenths clouds existed in the target area and the bomb run was made by means of PFF equipment.

The 457th bombed in Group formation. All three squadrons released their bombs on the smoke markers from the lead aircraft with fair to good results. The lead squadron dropped from 26,000 feet.

Flak was moderate but accurate with eleven aircraft being damaged.

CREW LOADING LIST

November 5th, 1944
Mission No 144 Target: Frankfurt, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 954		A/C # 088		A/C # 819		A/C # 123
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 William Moore John L. Morton Paul F. Amann Edwin A. Reynolds	Capt Maj Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Charles W. Barrier Raymond A. Syptak George S. Inman William C. Watts Edwin A. Barnes Kenneth L. Christenson Donald J. Fehrman Wilbur A. Kurtz Hugh G. Sloan	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 Roman N.l Becker Edmond L. Niec	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ambrose W. Reese James F. Stoner Joel Lester Edward F. Peters Charles E. Kenney James E. McCloskey Alfred C. Hetrick Richard M. Seely

	A/C # 537		A/C #		A/C # 528		A/C # 827
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 John Mezra	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnet L. Furr Sterling H. Book, Jr Joseph W. Andrews, Jr Leon. M. Plagianos Donald D. Drumsvold Louis Dahle Bernard Stutman Clifford Digre Stanley Szyerlehsky John F. Brown	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ero E. Salo John R. Godwin Adam E. Santora Doyle H. Brown Clifford C. Koneman John P. Fulgham Nicholas T. Benos Sal Bachos Casper J. Casciano	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 # 394		A/C # 534		A/C # 535		A/C # 505
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	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Albert V. Teutschel, Jr Louis Pike Philip H. Snyder, Jr Aldo Molestatore George A. Parsons, Jr Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar C. T. Snyder	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph I. Evans Max K. Rahn Einar L. Nelson Elroy J. Peters Franklin H. Kark Maurice E. Patterson Leslie R. Peterson Elmer R. Sonday John H. Cheatham	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Edward F. McGroarty John F. Kelly Richard H. Hinman Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Chester L. Mohler Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas

	A/C # 855		A/C # 113		A/C # 934		A/C # 161
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	Robert W. Kelly Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Leonard G. Stoner Albert P. Banks John W. Mahinske Joseph P. Melly Bernard F. Sitek Nubar A. Astor Kenneth K. McGriff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James C. Evans Herbert A Lawyer Olin G. Wellborn Sanford W. Lewin Jerome Gorssman Peter Credidio Edwin B. Hartley Ferdinand G. Rupanian Grant A. Hanson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth K. Yap Hays Bricka Harold L. Kaplan John M. Nally John P. Cervero Geroge T. Stefani Roy L. Walker frederick B. Weyand Jessie D. Dunn

	A/C # 479		A/C # 034		A/C # 765		A/C # 026
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 Jack A. Dressler Frank J. Conti Harry S. Jolly, Jr. Jimmy Herron Joseph W. Farrow Harley Ernst, Jr. Kenneth M. Beattie	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert B. Hooper William E. Thompson, Jr Dominic J. Giannico Robert V. Moore David C. Foltz Raymond Conway John W. Mahinske Joseph P. Brock Charles H. Borland Lawrence Frackman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Mathews Albert A. Bean Thomas S.Sajatovich Thomas A. Dunn William R. Allerdice Fernando Urzanqui James R. Boyle Hubert H. Duckett Duan E, Reich	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arthur M. Ford Worth G. Kirkman William A. Moore Maurice B. Wilks Gene F. Skidmore Melvin G. Shields Harrel D. Sallis Dencil C. Adams Robert C. Templin

	A/C # 591		A/C # 594		A/C # 075		A/C # 537
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 Charles A. Wilt John J. Briol Harry J. Cornell	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 Robert P. Ingraham Robert G. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Harold J. Franklin Peter Mihalik Raymond G. Field Horace H. Huey John E. Burch James D. McCorkindale Robert E. Springer Alvin C. Farrar	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John A. Fox Herbert A. Rochlitz Jack R. Muth Wilfred G. Finke Alfred J. Rubino Calvin Campbell Richard J. Imhoff Adrian W. Pennington Dorsia C. Stutler

	A/C # 857		A/C # 795		A/C # 567		A/C # 733
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 R. McCall, Jr Thomas L. Gregory Arthur M. Livingstone George A. Cooke George W. Perry Robert J. Hayes Linville Wills Larido A. Battisti Walter S. Slate	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Montell C. Higgins Edwin S. Jackson John O. McCaughan Harold F. Harstedt Theodore R. Bortel Fred E. Lawyer Francis J. Winder Philip G. Porter Bill C. Smigielski Russell A. Perry	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond R. Lyons William R. Fantleroy Richard L Hamel Valeran J. Leksan Joseph H. Jones Joseph A. Macke Allen F. Schiebel Adrian W. Pennington Joe T. Clary

	A/C # 785		A/C # 205		A/C # 414		A/C #
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 Laffetti Trace	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Melvin M. Fox Robert E. Southern Beverly C. Robertson Horace W. Whipple Adrian A. Belanger Lloyd J. Blood Ronland Vevier Alvin Prukop Harold A. Arndt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James W. Franklin Donald C. Lengman Charles C. Smith Joseph M. Budich 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 # 574		A/C # 708		A/C # 649		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond F. Rossner William D. Mock Milton Braverman Stanley Zocks Robert B. Black Thomas C. Elliott Lyle W. Astry Henry W. Bennett John R. Westhoff	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 Roy S. Duitman Irving Feitel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oscar R. Kempf William B. Dudley Ralph W. Eichenberger Robert C. Spaight Maurice E. Walbridge Francis F. Jasinski William E. Filicky John W. Ward Robert E. Smolik Alfred G. Wolff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 506		A/C #		A/C # 167		A/C #
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 J. C. Arnold John E. Walters Wilbert M. Saylor	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 William J. Prettyman Robert A. Dilley	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Carl P. Sundbaum Donald C. Meyers 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

	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

	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