Mission No 147

MISSION NO. 147
METZ, FRANCE

9 NOVEMBER, 1944

A new series of missions by the Eighth Air Force, designed to give direct support to ground forces along the front lines,

The target was enemy gun positions in the Metz area. The Group comprised the 94th B Combat Wing with Major Spencer the Air Commander. Division assembly was properly executed and the course over the Channel and Continent proceeded smoothly. The IP was reached about 18 miles southeast of the briefed point. Bombing was done in Group formation by means of G-H equipment. Cloud coverage in the target area was eight to ten tenths. Too many groups were on the bomb run at the same time, and a considerable amount of caution had to be exercised to avoid collisions. Bomb results were generally good.

Only meager, inaccurate flak was encountered near Metz and all aircraft returned safely.

In the darkness of the morning takeoff, aircraft # 42-107034 had no 2 engine catch fire. The aircraft, piloted by Oliver G. Burgess, circled the field with a flaming engine and proceeded to land on the takeoff runway. Dozens of aircraft, fully fueled and loaded with bombs, were nose-to-tail on the taxi strips waiting to take off. As the aircraft touched down, the landing gear collapsed and sparks flew down the runway as they skidded almost it's full length. The pilot and his crew escaped the aircraft with no injuries. Takeoff for the mission was switched to another runway.

CREW LOADING LIST

November 9,1944
Mission No 147 Target: Metz, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 203		A/C # 152		A/C # 414 (167 x'd out)		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Lt	Haven R. Burningham Fredrick Ernest George A. Voris Frank J. Bernd Karl H. Mannisto John S. Bozoudes Nicola Toscano Albert D. Paulson Norman K. Nail (N) William D. Mock	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt Lt Lt Sgt	William D. Hurdis Donald R. Lacy Merton L. Pond Mark K. Miller Jr. Elihu R. Mayo Daniel W. Richmond Francis F. Jasinski Robert S. Hegman Elmer Mittwoch Louis Pike (N) Paul A. Stancil	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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	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 # 101		A/C # 157		A/C # 765		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Fredrick F. Parlin G. B. Gaster	Lt Capt Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Fiedler Franklind Rollins Robert W. Pace John W. Martin J. L. Quarry Edward R. Sage Michael E. Attaway George A. Steltzer Rudolph E. Stegeman Gerald D. Stevens	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Duane E. Reich	Lt Lt Lt 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 Percy C. Mack Alfred C. Hetrick

	A/C # 606		A/C # 574		A/C # 528		A/C # 795
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Sanford Fonnesbeck Kenneth E. Rohde Robert L. Scott Charles L. Wingfield George M. Kuykendall John L. Morton Edwin A. Reynolds William Moore Paul F. Amann	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lentz M. Lackey Everett Park Bernard Liss Donald C. Ward Kenneth M. Garrison Raymond L. Madgett Joy J. Cappelle Clifton J. Rabideaux Steve Sobiaski	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Schobert William C. Girard James E. Tolbert Fayette Dennison, Jr William B. Wilson Gerald E. Cook Walter L. Smith Raymond J. Helble Harmon A. Smith

	A/C # 394		A/C # 825?		A/C # 694		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	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	William T. Robertson Clifford Hendrickson Charles W. Carbery Bernard Stutman Clifford B. Digre Stanley Szydlowski John F. Brown Julius Kornblatt Louis A. Dahle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Henry S. Blach 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	Ernest T. Salzer Joseph C. Frechette Myron E. Francisco William A. Steffin Jack P. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Elbert D. Conger

	A/C # 506		A/C # 161		A/C # 855		A/C # 885
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul F. Gillman Don E. Jensen Thomas M. Karr Robert W. Crowe Samuel H. Schafstall William S. Stanton William M. Saylor J. C. Arnold John E. Walters	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert B. Hooper William E. Thompson, Jr Dominick J. Giannico Robert V. Moore David C. Foltz Raymond Conway John W. Mahinski Joseph P. Brock Homer D. Reich	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 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 Dorsia C. Stutler Clarence R. Shepherd

	A/C # 909		A/C # 706		A/C # 863		A/C # 582
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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	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	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Maurice R. Keesling Hollis D. Hudleston Daniel A. Doherty Robert D. Malloy Joseph A. Jakacki James G. Ransdell Stephen T. Esterholdt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Ronald P. Strauss John F. Kelly Richard H. Hinman Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Chester L. Mohler Joseph S. Kutas Louis H. Pena

	A/C # 583		A/C # 164		A/C # 881		A/C # 854
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 William O. Arndt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wallace F. Boyes Jr Elmer Felgenhauser Kenneth J. Furst Merritt D. Turner Francis J. Horan Abraham Feldman Frank Trapasi Robert A. Dilley William J. Prettyman	Lt F/O Lt Lt 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 F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman Arnold E. Broughton John M. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Gordon L. Witt Jack N. Gregory

	A/C # 751		A/C # 524 ?		A/C # 819		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lloyd S. Gray Charles G. Keiler Peter H. Katz Charles L. T. Carroll James W. Brown Rector L. Soder John R. Boudreau Clifton G. Bragden Paul T. Harlan	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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	Eugene C. Ricker Donald E. Miller William E. Seil Frank F. Miles Murray L. Cooper William C. Lundy Abe Venick John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson

	A/C # 537		A/C # 534 ?		A/C # 934		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Lt 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 Owen S. O'Rourke Godfrey C. Edgarton	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Allen A. Sharpe Irving Feitel	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max K. Rahn Paul H. Duckert Joseph A. Minkowski Edwin H. Simon Harold N. Saxby John L. Davis George W. King John J. Tuzi Charles F. Greenlund	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth K. Yap Stephen L. Dewald Paul A. Brook Norman W. Hansen Thomas W. Davis George T. Stefani Roy L. Walker William H. Shafer Frederick B. Weyand

	A/C # 479		A/C #		A/C # 537		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Carl Lewis James J. Rodel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Maj Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Charles Lower Fred Spencer Alexis P. Unoff Ralph D. Stutzman Robert L. Poehlman Albert P. Boemer Thomas L. Jones Earl L. McAdams Kenneth W. Morrow Lester L. Epps	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

	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