Mission No 146

MISSION NO. 146
MERSEBURG, GERMANY

8 November, 1944

Although three squadrons were dispatched to attack the Leuna synthetic oil plant at Merseburg, difficulty in assembling caused the Group to be recalled.

Several attempts to assemble at various altitudes proved useless. With four craft in formation and weather conditions unfavorable for assembly, it was decided to proceed to the first Control Point, where it was believed the weather would improve.

The four aircraft arrived at the Control Point on time and on course. On the Division Assembly Line, the Group Leader was in proper position; however, the other aircraft were unable to assemble. The Group was then recalled.

The low squadron, having a full complement of aircraft, went across the border of Germany in a futile attempt to bomb with another group. They then returned to base.

At 18,000 feet over the Channel, two aircraft collided in thick haze. The craft piloted by Lt. Amet L. Furr broke into two pieces and went down with all of the crew lost.

The fore part of the plane went into a steep glide and disappeared. The aft section likewise went into a glide. The aircraft was noteworthy as having been rebuilt from two other planes, one part being silver and the other camouflage green. It was appropriately named "Arf 'N Ar?', partly because of its hybrid make-up from two planes, and partly in recognition of a favorite British beverage.

The other airplane, "Bad Time, Inc. II", limped back to England and made an emergency landing.

CREW LOADING LIST
November 8th, 1944
Mission No 146 Target: Merseburg, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 394		A/C # 540		A/C # 157		A/C # 707
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William D. Hurdis Elmer Mittwoch Merton L. Pond Louis Pike Mark K. Miller Elihue Mayo Daniel W. Richmond Lawrence C. Johnston Robert S. Hegman Edward G. Palm	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Lower Franklin D. Rollins Theodore R. Bertel Alex P. Umoff Edwin K. Mays Ralph D. Stateman Kenneth W. Morrow Albert P. Boemer Thomas L. Jones Earl L. McAdams	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 # 751		A/C # 152		A/C # 765		A/C # 887
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 Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt F/O	William F. Fiedler Fredrick C. Ernest Robert W. Pace John K. Kelly Edward R. Sage Michael E. Attaway George A. Steltzer Rudolph E. Stegeman Gerald D. Stevens James L. Quarry	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Robert S. Todd Valentine W. Stype Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Roman N. Becker John J. Walicki	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene C. Ricker Donald E. Miller William E. Seil Frank F. Miles Pete A. Antonella Murray L. Cooper William C. Lundy John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson

	A/C # 909		A/C # 034		A/C # 694		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Gilbert David S. Kahne William W. Siler John I. Butterly Daniel Cadens, Jr. Albert F. Jenkins Richard C. Clements Claud M. Gideon John E. Dubina	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lentz M. Lackey Everett Park Bernard Liss Donald C. Ward Kenneth M. Garrison Raymond J. Madgett Joy J. Cappelle Clifton J. Barbideaux Steve Sobieski Lawrence Kinsler	Lt Lt F/O 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 F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ernest T. Salzer Stephen L. DeWald Floyd A. Crispin William A. Steffin Jack P. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Richard J. McDonald

	A/C # 591		A/C # 064 LOST		A/C # 857		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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	Arnet L. Furr Sterling H. Book, Jr Joseph W. Andrews, Jr Leon. M. Plagianos Donald D. Brunsvold Richard Weaver Warren M. Rankin Leroy E. Wetzel Glenn M. Wisdom	Lt Lt F/O 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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John A. Fox Joseph C. Frechette Jack R. Muth Norman W. Hanson Alfred J. Rubino Calvin Campbell Richard J. Imhoff Wilfred Finke Dorsia C. Stutler

	A/C # 506		A/C # 706		A/C # 819		A/C # 795
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	Loren C. Hampton Orville K. Hocker Neil C. Schroeder Andrew R. Friesen Maurice A. Diehl Russell G. Karl Thomas V. Farrell John F. McGillian Irving Feitel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph I. Evans Raymond A. Carlsen Einar L. Nelson Leroy J. Peters John H. Cheatham Leslie R. Peterson Franklin H. Kark Maurice E. Patterson Elmer R. Sonday	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Jerome F. Rakel Joel Lester Richard H. Hinman Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas Louis H. Pena

	A/C # 606		A/C # 418		A/C # 863		A/C # 203
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond F. Rossner Harmon E. Robertson 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	James V. Elduff James Jenkins Ashton B. Gehen, Jr. Robert G. Coakley George R. Schuller Frank O. Stein Robert G. Anderson Aleck A. Capsalis Harold D. Rothbard	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. Trom	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arthur M. Ford Herbert A. Rochlitz William A. Moore Maurice B. Wilks Gene F. Skidmore Melvin G. Shields Harrel D. Sallis Robert C. Templin Kenneth R. Bostick

	A/C # 479		A/C # 828		A/C # 855		A/C # 854
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 James J. Rodel Carl Lewis	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Robertson Clifford Hendrickson Charles Carbery Julius Kornblatt Louis A. Dahle Bernard Stutman Clifford B. Digre Stanley Szyerlehsky John F. Brown	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Mathews Albert A. Bean Thomas S.Sajatovich Thomas A. Dunn William A. Allerdice Fernando Urzanqui James R. Boyle Hubert H. Duckett Duan E, Reich	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman Arnold E. Broughton George N. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christenson Herbert N. Hook Jack N. Gregory Gordon L. Witt

	A/C # 101		A/C # 554		A/C # 881		A/C # 587
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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William S. Fisher William C. Bonnell, Jr Robert Ekblom, 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	John R. Godwin Edward C. Foulke Robin W. Forbes Robert F. Kellow Andrew J. McCormick George Kakeh Vincent C. Liguori Paul J. Bernstel Frank J. Clark	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth K. Yap Ronald P. Strauss Paul A. Brook Thomas M. Davis Joseph H. Gubino Geroge T. Stefani Roy L. Walker Jessie D. Dunn William H. Shafer

	A/C # 733		A/C # 537		A/C # 528		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Haven R. Burningham Lorentz C. Hanson George A. Voris Frank J. Bernd Karl H. Mannisto John S. Bozoudes Albert D. Paulson John W. Utter William D. Mock	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 George B. Crockett Robert G. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Maurice R. Keesling Hollis D. Hudleston Daniel A. Doherty Kenneth R. Vann Robert D. Malloy Joseph A. Jakacki James D. Ransdell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ambrose W. Reese James F. Stoner Myron E. Francisco Albert H. Knox Edward F. Peters Charles E. Kenny James E. McCloskey Percy C. Mack Alfred C. Hetrick

	A/C # 537		A/C # 574		A/C # 167		A/C #
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 Charles L. Wingfield George M. Kuykendall William Moore John L. Morton Paul F. Amann Edwin A. Reynolds	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Albert V. Teutschel, Jr John E. Elwood Robert C. Byers Aldo Molestatore George A. Parsons Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar Roland Vevier	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oscar R. Kempf Andrew R. Reeves Robert C. Spaight Maurice K. 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

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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