Mission No 158

MISSION NO. 158
FRANKFURT, GERMANY

11 DECEMBER, 1944

Striking again at rail facilities supplying the German armies in the West, the 457th attacked the marshalling yards at Frankfurt. The formation of thirty-six craft comprised the 94th C Combat Wing. Captain Dozier was Air Commander and Lt. Seesenguth was pilot. Assembly was at briefed altitude plus 3,000 feet, because of clouds.

The route over England was flown above briefed altitude. While flying over enemy territory, the Group had to make slight deviations in order to remain in Division formation. The Group was about eight minutes early, because winds were not as briefed. At the IP, the Group was to the right of course, but a successful run was made. Complete overcast existed over the target area, and it was necessary to bomb in group formation by means of PFF equipment. Bombs were released from 25,000 feet.

Flak was light and the Group sustained no losses.

CREW LOADING LIST

December 11th, 1944
Mission No 158 Target: Frankfurt, Germany

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	A/C # 028		A/C # 568		A/C # 167		A/C # 733
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Donald L. Seesenguth Edward B. Dozier Roland O. Byers John C. Muir Basuil Felecisimo KennethB. Taaylor Raymond D. Brodin George R. Langowski Roy E. Goldman Robert L. Schaaf Douglas J. Sharkey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Melvin M. Fox Robert E. Southern Beverly C. Robertson Gerald W. Horace W. Whipple Adrian A. Belanger Lloyd J. Blood Alvin Prukop Harold A. Arndt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner Donald D. Lady Ralph W. Eichenberger William T. Wilborn Charles D. Zhe William R. Biggie John B. Pawloski Ralph Compton Joseph E. Elbers	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 # 289		A/C # 628		A/C # 219		A/C # 682
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Haven R. Burningham Thomas P. Thompson Richard J. Rementeria William W. Siler Frank J. Bernd Herbert L. Stempler Karl H. Mannisto John S. Bozoudes John W. Utter Nicola Toscano	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William D. Hurdis Elmer Mittwoch Merton L. Pond Mark K. Miller Paul Stancil Mark K. Miller Daniel W. Richmond Robert V. Moore Lawrence C. Johnston Robert S. Hegman	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 R. Monson Charles L. Bowers, Jr William A. Steffin Jack P. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Roy L. Walker Benjamin W. Hamrick Elbert D. Conger

	A/C # 506		A/C # 887		A/C # 796		A/C # 021
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	Ennis E. Brown Robert C. Reid James J. Klein Louis F. Brickman Harley J. Ellsworth Bernard Stutman William C. Craig Archie C. Strahan Ronald A. Weber	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clyde R. Weid George D. McCurry Wayne W. Hanley Robert S. Todd Charles H. Rogers Joseph N. Sofranko Oliver F. Orris Delbert A. Brookhart John Sirmon	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ronald P. Straus Everett R. Renfro Richard E. Anderson Frederick B. Weyand Robert L. Olsen John P. Lapicca J. W. Bridges John F. Dunn John B. Rogers

	A/C # 606		A/C # 281		A/C # 863		A/C # 123
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 William C. Oliver Samuel J. Gelvin Dominic F. Muscato Donald A. Swisher Stanley R. Patterson James J. Rodel Carl Lewis	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 Rector L. Soder John R. Boudreau Clifton G. Bragden Paul T. Harlan	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 F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene C. Ricker Donald E. Miller William E. Seil Pete A. Antonella Murray L. Cooper William C, Lundy Abe Venick John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson

	A/C # 537		A/C # 706		A/C # 694		A/C # 795
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. Howard A. Prather 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 Robert E. Mattox Andrew R. Friesen Maurice A. Diehl Russell G. Karl Thomas V. Farrell Irving Feitel Arthur J. Feldman	Lt Lt F/O 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 Robert F. Seastrand Charles E. Sizemore William E. Wilson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Herbert A. Rochlitz James P. Jenkins Floyd A. Crispin Frank F. Miles Thomas W. Davis Jean R. LeShufy John J. O'Toole Vernon G. Whatley Robert H. Hughes

	A/C # 751		A/C # 574		A/C # 075		A/C # 885
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James Wilson William J. Couch James R. Ogletree George L. Branstetter Archie E. Bruce Robert F. Devaney Arthur J. Christensen Robert H. Young Laffatti Trace	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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	James C. Evans Herbert A. Lawyer Olin G. Wellborn Sanford W. Lewin Jerome Grossman Peter Credidio Edwin B. Hartley Grant A. Hanson Harold H. Rupanian	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 Frank Nowakowski Paul H. Suer Anthony S. Lanza

	A/C # 909		A/C # 161		A/C # 857		A/C # 621
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 John I. Butterly Daniel Cadena, Jr. Albert F. Jenkins Ernest V. Bledsoe Richard C. Clements John E. Dubina Claud M. Gideon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack E. Wescott Fred L. Steadman Merrill H. Ross Louis P. DeCinzo Bernard L. Blaki Aber J. DeCoux Billy K. Berry James C. Gianacopolis Harold A. Adams	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Maurice R. Keesling Hollis D. Hudleston William R. Watson Robert D. Malloy James D. Ransdell Kenneth R. Vann Stephen F. Esterholdt	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Irwin C. Popham Robert H. Dickenson Gus S. Skalsky Albert H. Know Donald D. Shumate Keith W. Hill Robert W. Hamer William A. Marion Bruno M. Gifford

	A/C # 394		A/C # 524		A/C # 881		A/C # 707
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 Norman M. Allegan William H. Carroll James A. Kolofa G. S. Byoff James G. Grantham James V. Cochran	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Edward G. Palm John E. Elwood Richard L. Gibbs Aldo Molestatore George A. Parsons Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar Bernard F. Sitek	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John R. Godwin Edward C. Foulke Robert F. Kellow Frank J. Clark Andrew J. McCormick George Kakeh Vincent C. Liguori Paul J. Bernstel Harold H. Reynolds	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 # 954		A/C # 812		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	Victor F. Pfendler Harmon E. Robertson 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	James V. Elduff Edward C. Heaxey, Jr. Ashton B. Gehen, Jr. Robert G. Coakley George R. Schmaller Frank O. Stein Thomas J. Ambrose Alock Capaslis Johnnie Sarber	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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. McGonical Donald M. Olson Jay S. Harrison	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. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Gordon L. Witt Jack N. Gregory

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
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 william J. Kiehl Tommy M. Pruitt James N. Gray Harris Hubert Frank R. Humphries Robert O. Newell William D. Oden	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 # 509		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	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		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 591		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	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