Mission No 151

MISSION NO. 151
MERSEBERG, GERMANY

25 NOVEMBER, 1944

The 457th attacked the Leuna synthetic oil plant at Merseburg. Major Leon Stann was Air Commander. The Group comprised the 94th C Combat Wing. Assembly, and joining Division formation, were without incident.

The route to the target was flown as briefed, but the Group continued to gain time because winds were not as briefed. At the IP, the decision was made to bomb by PFF. The bombing was done in group formation with all three squadrons releasing on the smoke marker of the lead aircraft. The target was attacked from 25,300 feet.

Although heavy clouds prevented complete assessment, results were fair. Bombs observed by crews over target fell away from the target. Only damage was from a few strikes in the edge of Merseburg and a small village.

The craft flown by Lt. Jack B. Wescott, left the formation after the target, due to lack of oxygen. Damage caused by flak over Dunkirk caused him to crash land his ship near Marek, France. The crew subsequently returned to the base.

CREW LOADING LIST

November 25th, 1944
Mission No 151 Target: Merseberg, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 733		A/C # 212		A/C # 219		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Richard E. Fitzhugh Sidney A. Bacon George A. Voris Enoch T. Naversen John Schall Howard Larsen Wesley R. McDonald George L. Cole William J. Couch	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James V. Eldeff Albert O. Gilbertson Ashton B. Gehen, Jr. Robert G. Coakley George R. Schmaller Frank O. Stein Roland F. Vevier ? Jonnie Sartor	Lt Maj Lt Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Lower Leon Stann Alexis P. Umoff Theodore R. Bortel Felicisimo Basuil Ralph D. Stutman Kenneth W. Morrow Arthur. M. Grisa Albert P. Boemer Thomas L. Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ambrose W. Reese James F. Stoner Paul A. Brook Joel Lester Edward F. Peters Charles E. Kenney James E. McCloskey Percy C. Mack Alfred C. Hetrick

	A/C # 509		A/C # 633		A/C # 540		A/C # 827
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	Jack E. Wescott Fred L Steadman Merrill H. Ross Louis P. Decinzo Howard L. Maki Billy K. Berry Abel J. DeCoux James G. Glancopolos Harold A. Adams	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Sgt	Ronald P. Straus Everett R. Renfro Floyd A. Crispin Richard E. Anderson Robert L. Olsen John P. Lapicca J. W. Bridges John F. Dunn Hohn B. Rogers

	A/C # 606		A/C # 594		A/C # 075		A/C # 767
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	Everett Park Edward G. Palm Bernard Liss Donald G. Ward Kenneth M. Garrison Raymond L. Madgett Joy J. Gappelle Clifton J. Rabideaux Steve Sobiaski	Lt Capt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Harold A. Schuler 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	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 # 662		A/C # 828		A/C # 765		A/C # 587
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	Loren G. Hampton Orville K. Hocker Neil Schroeder Andrew R. Friesen Maurice A. Diehl Russell G. Karl Thomas V. Farrel Irving Feitel Arthur J. Feldman	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 Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman Arnold E. Broughton George N. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Milo G. Hastings Herbert N. Hook Walter F. Willig Jack N. Gregory

	A/C # 479		A/C # 831		A/C # 863		A/C # 582
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kelly P. Jacobs Josey H. Nelson James P. Guyot Albert F. Czarnowski Robert E. Gee Jacob L. Finnerty George H. Haby, Jr. Charles F. Brown John T. Sullivant	Lt 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 Hector L. Soder John R. Boudreau Clifton G. Bragden Paul T. Harlan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max K. Rahn Paul H. Duckert Joseph A. Winkowski Edwin H. Simon John L. Davis George W. King John J. Tuzi Charles F. Greenlund Harold N. Saxby	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard L. Mack Donald H. Schick John S. Nierengarden Robert P. Reublin Raymond V. Hunter Charles Held Lloyd R. Kennedy Frank J. Eichenlaub Robert H. Hughes

	A/C # 591		A/C #		A/C # 819		A/C # 582
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 Karl Lambertson John J. Briol Harry J. Cornell	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Clifford Hendrickson John E. Elwood John w. Mahinske Aldo Molestatore George Parsons Robert J. Burke Thomas J. Ambrose Morris Dickinson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Carl P. Sundbaum Galileo F. Bossio Theodore F. Scanlon 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	Ernest T. Salzer Rex E. Monson Olin G. Wellborn William A. Steffen Jack F. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Elbert C. Conger

	A/C # 537		A/C # 954		A/C # 694		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert B Gross William P. O Connor Robert J. Jacobson Tommy M. Pruitt James L. Gray Harold P. Hubert Frank E. Humphries Hubert O. Newell William D. Ogden	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell A. Nowling Edwin C. Braun Elmer L. Mankin Allison J. Gunn stephen Skulee John M. Handler Theodore F. Steele, Jr William M. Stall Donald F. Rhone	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Maurice H. Keesling Hollis D. Hudleston William H. Waten Robert D. Malloy Kenneth R. Vann Joseph A. Jakacki James D. Ransdell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Schobert William C. Girard Jame E. Tolbert Fayette Dennison, Jr Richard J. Hamel William B. Wilson James P. Casey Harry C. Thortsen Raymond J. Helble J. E. Ellis

	A/C # 506		A/C # 021		A/C # 796		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 Donald F. Boyd J. C. Arnold John E. Walters	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 William J. Prettyman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James C. Evans Donald C. Lengman Sanford W. Lewin Ferome Grossman Peter Credidio John J. Kearney Edwin B. Hartley Ferdinand G. Rupanian Grant A. Hanson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arthur M. Ford Donald E.Lady William A. Moore Jacob Landsman Maurice B. Wilks Gene F. Skidmore Melvin G. Shields Harrel D. Sallis Dencil C. Adams Robert C. Templin

	A/C # 167		A/C #		A/C # 414		A/C # 621
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 Cadens, 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	Ralph L. Hay John P. Starnes Joseph V. Johns Ralph B. Julian Carroll W. Gustafson Clyde C. Patterson Thomas F. McGonigal Donald M. Olson Jay S. Harrison	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Irwin C. Popham Robert H. Dickenson Gus S. Skalsky Alfred L. Walker Donald D. Shumate Keith W. Hill Robert W. Hamer William A. Marion Bruno M. Gifford Albert L. Troughton

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 661		A/C # 854
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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roy H. Kirk Thomas W. Prior Arvo J. Kajander Edward A. Grover Rocco V. Montagno Charles W. Coleman Willard Krueger Alexander E. McDougall Harold W. Logdon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Anthony D. Paruta Eugene L. Walker John Sing Leland M. Ford Charles W. Carrier Young W. Rainer Frank M. Prado

Harold E. Logdon

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 934		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	John R. Godwin Edward C. Foulke Robert F. Kellow Roman N. Becker Andrew J. McCormick George Kakeh Vincent C. Liguori Paul J. Bernstel Frank J. Clark	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt