Mission No 145

MISSION NO. 145
HARBURG, GERMANY

6 NOVEMBER, 1944

Again an oil refinery was attacked by the 457th. The target was Harburg. Captain Dozier was in command with Lt. Jeffers as pilot. The Group comprised the 94th C Combat Wing.

After assembly, the Group assumed its proper position in the Division formation and proceeded across the Channel to attack its target. The IP was reached six minutes late because winds were not as briefed. After the turn at the IP, the craft piloted by Lt. Edward P. McGroarty left the formation. No damage, fire or chutes were observed and reason for leaving is unknown. Only one crewman survived.

The turn on the bomb run was made about five miles northwest of the briefed IP. The target area was covered with ten tenths clouds and PFF was utilized. Although the Group encountered moderate antiaircraft fire, its accuracy was only fair. All three squadrons released their bombs on the smoke marker of the Group Lead aircraft. Results were unobserved.

CREW LOADING LIST

November 6th, 1944
Mission No 145 Target: Harburg, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 567		A/C # 649		A/C # 934		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Irwin F. Forry Kenneth R. Johnson George A. Voris John C. Muir John J. Purvis Robert E. Crunk Francis D. Crawford William F. Norton Virgil W. Sterner William D. Mock	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ray D. Hedrick, Jr Donald Lady John B. Parker Beverly C. Robertson Hugh B. Sloan Thomas J. Ambrose Donald J. Fehrman John F. McGillian Harvey G. Ray Basil R. Dundas Jr.	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James C. Evans Herbert A. Lawyer Olin G. Wellborn Sanford W. Lewin Jerome Grossman Joseph M. Bofranko Edwin B. Hartley Grant A. Hanson Ferdinand G. Rupanian	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank S. Foster Eugene C. Ricker Jack Gassman Max Anderson Ralph W. Libby John L. Prendergast Jessie T. Gill Richard J. Cambria David M. Fleming

	A/C # 733		A/C # 161		A/C # 857		A/C # 887
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 Junior D. Brooks Louis B. Reinhart	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	William B. Dudley John F. Spore Anthony D. Paruta Ralph W. Bell Marshall H. Glover Martin O. Olson Elmer E. Campbell William J. Banghart Frank P. Trox	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Leo A. Steele Dorsia C. Stutler

	A/C # 101		A/C # 506		A/C # 414		A/C # 854
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	Loren G. Hampton Edward F. Salman Neil C. Shroeder William C. Wright Andrew R. Friesen Francis C. Snow Robert L. Harrison Geroge Martin, Jr George B. Crockett Robert G. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Mathews Albert A. Ban Thomas S.Sajatovich Thomas A. Dunn William A. Allerdice Fernando Urzanqui James R. Boyle Hubert H. Duckett Duan E, Reich	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 # 785		A/C #		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	Sanford Fonnesbeck Kenneth E. Rohde Robert L. Scott Charles L. Wingfield George M. Kuykendall William Moore John L. Morton Robert P. Lusk Paul F. Amann	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Albert V. Teutschel, Jr Louis Pike John W. Mahinske Aldo Molestatore George A. Parsons Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar Robert P.l Ingraham	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ero E. Salo Milton W. Casey Adam E. Santora Doyle H. Brown Clifford C. Koneman John P. Fulgham Nicholas T. Benos Sal Bachos Casper J. Casciano	Lt Capt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Lt	Dale S. Jeffers Dozier Charles E. Graf Lionel J. Cussons John M. Traylor Paul E. Miller Cedric N. Priest George W. Emerson Robert H. Wood Felismo Bausil

	A/C # 534		A/C # 530		A/C # 819		A/C # 034
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond F. Rossner Lorentz C. Hanson 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	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	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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ambrose W. Reese James F. Stoner Joel Lester Albert H. Knox Edward F. Peters Charles E. Kenney James E. McCloskey Alfred C. Hetrick Fred M. Barshop

	A/C # 537		A/C # 574		A/C # 855		A/C # 152
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	Robert W. Kelly Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Leonard G. Stoner Albert P. Banks Joseph W. Melly Edward B. Munger Bernard F. Sitek William J. Prettyman Kenneth N. McGriff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max K. Rahn Paul H. Duckert Edwin H. Simon Joseph A. Minkowski John L. Davis George W. King John J. Tuzi Harold N. Saxby Charles F. Greenlund	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles C. Schobert William C. Girard Walter H. Sale Jame E. Tolbert Fayette Dennison, Jr William B. Wilson Joseph A. Macke Raymond J. Helble Harry C. Thortsen David W. Ellis

	A/C # 479		A/C # 826		A/C # 707		A/C # 587
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	Arnet L. Furr Sterling H. Book, Jr Joseph W. Andrews, Jr Leon. M. Plagianos Donald D. Dumsvold Richard Weaver Warren M. Rankin Leroy E. Wetzel Glenn M. Wisdom	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Harold J. Franklin Peter Mihalik Alvin C. Farrar 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	Kenneth K. Yap Hays Bricka William E. Seil Thomas W. Smith Tomas M. Davis Geroge T. Stefani Roy L. Walker William H. Shafer Frederick B. Weyand

	A/C # 606		A/C #		A/C # 540		A/C # 904
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		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner William M. Bell Ralph W. Eichenberger William T. Wilborn Charles D. Zhe Ralph Compton William R. Biggie John B. Pawloski Joseph E. Elbers	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward F. McGroarty Robert W. Botwright Jack J. Gay Henry D. McLeroy Angleo M. DiCamille James R.l Reddie Frank T. Mueller Clyde A. Decker Raymond E. Francis

	A/C # 394		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 885
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		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lentz M. Lackey Arnold E. Broughton George N. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Walter F. Willig Jack N. Gregory

	A/C # 633		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	Arthur G. Jellinik James I. Christy Jack A. Dressler Frank J. Conti Harry H. Jolly Jimmy Herron Joseph W. Farrow Harly Ernst Kenneth M. Beattie	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