Mission No 153

MISSION NO. 153
MISBURG, GERMANY

29 NOVEMBER, 1944

This was the Group's second successive attack on the natural oil refinery at Misburg, but again the bombing results were unobserved due to ten tenths cloud cover over the target. A regular group of 36 aircraft was dispatched plus a screening force referred to as "D" Squadron.

With Lt. Colonel Francis in the lead, the Group effected assembly and the formation proceeded to the Continent. At the Dutch coast a three-gun battery threw up some meager and inaccurate flak. From the coast the Group flew east to a point between Bremen and Osnabruck, where it headed southeast into the IP. From there a ninety degree turn to the left brought the formation on the bomb run. Bombs were dropped from 26,200 feet. Bomb results were unobserved because of cloud undercast. Flak was meager and inaccurate.

CREW LOADING LIST

November 29th, 1944
Mission No 153 Target: Misburg, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

Screening
Force

	A/C #		A/C # 540		A/C # 765		A/C # 887
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Col Lt Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Donald L. Seesenguth Rod L. Francis Roland O. Byers John C. Muir Oscar B. Stauff, Jr Irwin Rosen Raymond D. Brodin George R. Langowski Roy E. Goldman Douglas J. Sharkey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Fiedler Fredrick C. Ernest Robert W. Pace Edward R. Sage Michael E. Attaway George A. Steltzer Joseph M. Mooney Rudolph E. Stegeman Gerald D. Stevens	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 John N. Cheatham	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Arthur M. Ford William L. Gibbons William A. Moore Jacob Landsman Maurice B. Wilks Gene F. Skidmore Melvin G. Shields Harrel D. Sallis Dencil C. Adams Nason H. Cummings

	A/C # 567		A/C # 534		A/C # 551		A/C # 301
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard E. Fitzhugh Harmon E. Robertson John C. Fonda Enock T. Naversen John Schwall Howard Larsen Nicola Toscano Wesley R. McDonald Ivory S. Phillips George L. Cole	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William D. Hurdis Elmer Mittwoch Merton L. Pond Mark K. Miller Paul A. Stancil Daniel W. Richmond Robert V. Moore Lawrence C. Johnston Robert S. Hegman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James C. Evans Harold J. Franklin Olin G. Wellborn Sanford W. Lewin Jerome Grossman Peter Credidio Edwin B. Hartley Grant A. Hanson Harold H. Rupanian	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ambrose W. Reese James F. Stoner Paul A. Brook Albert F. Knox Edward F. Peters Charles E. Kenney James E. McCloskey Percy C. Mack Alfred C. Hetrick

	A/C # 152		A/C # 822		A/C # 881		A/C # 885
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 Hiram M. Drache Francis F. Jesinski Fabio F. Sulpizzi Edward J. McGurren Jack J. Ham Charles A. Sneer Louis B. Reinhart	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	loyd S. Gray Charles G. Keiler Louis Pike 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 Sgt 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 Lt	Ernest T. Salzer Rex R. Monson Myron E. Francisco William A. Steffin Jack P. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Benjamin W. Hamrick Elbert D. Conger Richard J. McDonald

	A/C # 203		A/C # 706		A/C # 528		A/C # 749
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 Orville K. Hocker Neil S. Schroeder Andrew R. Friesen Maurice A. Diehl Russell G. Karl Thomas V. Farrell Irving Feitel Arthur J. Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ronald P. Straus Everett R. Renfro Richard E. Anderson Floyd A. Crispin Robert L. Olsen John P. Lapicca J. W. Bridges John F. Dunn Hohn B. Rogers

	A/C # 101		A/C # 574		A/C # 075		A/C # 582
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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. Oden	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 F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max K. Rahn Paul H. Duckert Joseph A. Minkowski Edwin H. Simon 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	Herbert A. Rochlitz James P. Jenkins Frank F. Miles A. W. Bell Thomas W. Davis Jean R. LeShufy Allen F. Schiebel Kenneth L. Boestick Vernon G. Whatley

	A/C # 826		A/C #		A/C # 694		A/C # 707
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 James T. Means Charles F. Brown John T. Sullivant	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ennis E. Brown Robert G. Reid James J. Klein Louis F. Brookman Harley J. Ellsworth William H. Goodfellow, Jr William C. Craig Archie C. Straham Ronald A. Weber	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 Adolph Sroczyk Brooks H. Estes Donald R. Peacock	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John A. Fox Rudolph Prokop Jack R. Muth Wilfred Finke Alfred J. Rubino Calvin Campbell Richard J. Imhoff Guy P. Wharton Dorsia C. Stutler

	A/C # 606		A/C # 161		A/C # 855		A/C # 621
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond F. Rossner Sidney A. Bacon 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	Harold A. Schuler Lawrence D. Wi;de Erwin Salnick John R. Ozier Victor C. Johanson Frank D. Russo Louis A. Qualls Robert F. Altmaier James Valenti	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stephen L. Dewald Lorenz M. Koch Richard E. Hansen Harley E. Barrett Elias M. Remirez Frank J. Spurchise Paul H. Suer Anthony S. Lanza Rarson A. Smith Fred B. Newman

	A/C # 583		A/C # 026		A/C # 863		A/C # 125
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Victor F. Pfendler Thomas P. Thompson Paul F. Lumbya Vaughn D. Heidenreich Normand R. Menard Robert W. Edwards Cleotis N. Helm Sam E. Dike Ralph D. Ice	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Everett Park Edward G. Palm Dominick J. Gianuco Donald G. Ward Kenneth M. Garrison Raymond L. Madgett Joy J. Cappelle Clifton J. Rabideaux Steve Sobiaski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Henry S. Blach Harold R. Hall Leslie J. Tesdall Otis N. Bennett Edward V. Maculaitis Samuel J. Williams Wendell H. Perry William E. Wilson Charles E. Sizemore	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph C. Frechette Norman t. Hanson William H. Gullette Edward F. Morgan Granville F. Billingsley Walter B. Lander James F. Hedgecock Frank Nowakowski Salvatore M. Mastrantoni

	A/C # 394		A/C # 812		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	Wayne B. Tweten Ben W. McChesney John A. Franck John A. Franck Louis L. Gomes William H. Carroll James A. Kolofa G. S. Byhoff Ernest V. Bledsoe Howard A. Prather	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James V. Eldeff Edward C. Heaxey, Jr. Ashton B. Gehen, Jr. Robert G. Coakley George R. Schmaller Frank O. Stein John W. Mahinsko Alock A. Capsalis Harold D. Rothbard	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Myers Wilbur S. Pursell Maurice H. Keesling Hollis C. Huddleston William R. Watson Robert D. Malley Joseph A. Jakacki Kenneth R. Vann Stephen T. Esterholdt	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

	A/C # 506		A/C # 218		A/C # 509		A/C # 909
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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russel A. Nowling Edwain C. Braun Dale F. Baldwin Allison J. Gunn Stephen Skulee John M. Handler Theodore F. Steele, Jr William M. Stell Donald F. Rhone	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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene C. Ricker Donald E. Miller Frank F. Miles, Jr Pete A. Antonella Murray L. Cooper William C, Lundy Abe Venick John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson

	A/C # 785		A/C # Unknown		A/C #		A/C # 649 (screening force)
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James Wilson William C. Manspeaker Eldon E. Smith Robert L. Crunk Willard W. Largent Charles A. wilt Robert A. Storey Windield J. Scott Arthur E. Baker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Robertson Clifford Hendrickson Einer L. Mankin Charles W. Carbery Louis A. Dahle Bernard Stutman Clifford B. Digre Stanley Szyerlehsky John F. Brown	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	Capt Lt Maj Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dale J. Jeffers Jack Gumm James A. McGuire Walter H. Sale Joel Lester J. H. Ellis Cedric N. Priest Paul H. Miller George W. Emerson

	A/C # 662		A/C # 106		A/C #		A/C # 587 (screening force)
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	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		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 # 537		A/C # unknown		A/C #		A/C # 505 (screening force)
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 John E. Dubina Richard C. Clements Claud M. Gideon	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Hugh C. Sloan John E. Elwood Albert P. Banks Aldo Molestatore George Parsons Robert J. Burke Reginald Buxton Herbert E. Dollar	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Dudley John F. Spore George H. Blair Ralph W. Bell Marshall H. Glover Martin O. Olson Elmer E. Campbell William J. Banghart Frank P. Trom

	A/C # 479		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 827 (screening force)
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 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	Worth G. Kirkman Arnold E. Broughton John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Walter F. Willig Gordon L. Witt Jack N. Gregory