Mission No 160

MISSION NO. 160
KASSEL, GERMANY

15 DECEMBER, 1944

Weather grounded the Eighth for three days. It was 15 December before a mission could become airborne.

In a continuing effort to disrupt Germany's transportation system, the marshalling yards at Kassel were the target. Major Peresich led the thirty-six plane formation comprising the 94th B Combat Wing, flying second in the Division line.

After assembling, the Group climbed approximately 2,500 feet above briefed altitude because of weather conditions. As a result of the additional climbing, the Group arrived at the first Control Point about three minutes late and ten miles right of course.

Division assembly line was not flown as briefed, but the Group was in proper position behind the 35 1st Bomb Group. Because of poor visibility at the Dutch coast, the low squadron fell behind the formation and was unable to see the other two squadrons. Course to the target was flown approximately as briefed, except the Group was a little above briefed altitude in order to avoid weather conditions.

The IP was reached on time, about five miles left of course. Bombing was done in Group formation by means of PFF equipment. Dense contrails hindered visibility and made it difficult to identify the lead squadron. The low squadron, having dropped a short distance behind the lead, released its bombs a minute later than the other two squadrons. Altitude over the target was 27,500 feet. Cloud tops were estimated at approximately 30,000 feet, and the results of the bombing were unobserved. Flak was light and no losses were sustained.

CREW LOADING LIST

December 15th, 1944
Mission No 160 Target: Kassel, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 509		A/C # 152		A/C # 368		A/C # 854
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Irwin G. Forry Franklin D. Rollins Hiram M. Drache James D. Toal John J. Purvis Francis D. Crawford John W. Utter William F. Norton Winfield J. Scott	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold Clifford Hendrickson John W. Martin Louis Pike Louis A. Williams Patrick A. Walls Reginald W. Buxton Gerald E. Cook Richard W. Gardner	Lt Maj Capt Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Lower Eugene A. Peresich Alexis P. Umoff Herbert A. Dolph Ralph D. Stutzman Robin W. forbes Kenneth W. Morrow Albert P. Boemer Earl L. McAdams Lester L. Epps	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 # 606		A/C # 028		A/C # 167		A/C # 582
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond F. Rossner James T. Christy 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	Melvin M. Fox Robert E. Southern Beverly C. Robertson Thomas M. Karr Horace W. Whipple Adrian A. Belanger Lloyd J. Blood Bernard Sitek Alvin Prukop Harold A. Arndt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oscar Kempf John Medwin Robert C. Spaight Maurice E. Walbridge John W. Ward William S. Filicky John W. Ward Jeff W. Chastain Alfred G. Wolff Robert E. Smolik	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Dudley John F. Spore Kenneth L. Post Ralph W. Bell Marshall H. Glover Martin O. Olson Elmer E. Campbell William J. Banghart Frank P. Trom

	A/C # 826		A/C # 820		A/C # 819		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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. James T. Means John T. Sullivant	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russel A. Nowling Ennis E. Brown Dale F. Baldwin Stephen Skulec John M. Handler Theodore F. Steele, Jr William M. Stell Allison J. Gunn Donald F. Rhone	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	Worth G. Kirkman Everett H. Renfro Richard E. Anderson Floyd A. Crispin Robert L. Olson John P. Lapicca J. W. Bridges John F. Dunn John B. Rogers

	A/C # 394		A/C # 815		A/C # 528		A/C # 301
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 Eldon E. Smith Norman M. Allegan William H. Carroll James A. Kolofa G. S. Byoff James G. Grantham George L. Cole	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 John J. Kearney Charles H. Rogers Joseph N. Sofranko John H. Cheatham Cleon R. Roy John Sirmon	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 # 506		A/C #		A/C # 075		A/C # 021
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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William S. Fisher William C. Bonnell, Jr Robert Ekblom, Jr Stanley P. Gillespie Rupert L. Phipps 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	Henry S. Blach Harold R. Hall Leslie J. Tesdall Otis N. Bennett Edward V. Maculaitis Samuel J. Williams Robert F. Seastrand Wendell H. Perry William E. Wilson	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John A. Fox William A. Fauntleroy Jack R. Muth Wilfred G. Finke Alfred J. Rubino Calvin Campbell Richard J. Imhoff Guy P. Wharton Dorsia C. Stutler

	A/C # 751		A/C # 534		A/C # 694		A/C # 621
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 James A. Carey	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Frederick C. Ernest John E. Elwood Robert V. Moore Aldo Molestatore George A. Parsons Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar Ernest D. Pappalardo	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 Horace E. Huey Maurice E. Patterson Elmer R. Sonday Charles B. Pilling	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 # 479		A/C # 706		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	Sanford Fonnesbeck William P. O'Connor Robert L. Scott Charles L. Wingfield George M. Kuykendall William Moore John L. Morton Paul F. Amann Edwin A. Reynolds	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 Arthur J. Feldman Irving Feitel	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Herbert A. Lawyer Harold J. Franklin Sanford W. Lewin Douglas S. Rains Jerome Grossman Leonard O. Beach Edwin B. Hartley Fernand G. Rupanian Grant A. Hanson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Irwin C. Popham Robert H. Dickenson Gus S. Skalsky Edward F. Morgan Donald D. Shumate Keith W. Hill Robert W. Hamer William A. Marion Bruno M. Gifford

	A/C # 785		A/C # 306		A/C # 857		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Hottle, Jr Harmon E. Robertson William J. Diehl David W. Ellis Roger R. Holden James T. Bell, Jr Francis C. Cupp William J. Dufford George Zucker	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	Roy H. Kirk Thomas W. Prior arvo J. Kajander Charles W. Coleman Edward A. Grover Rocco V. Montagno Harold W. Logsdon Willard Krueger Alexander E. McDougall	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Earl E. Whitnack

	A/C # 190		A/C # 164		A/C # 414		A/C # 885
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	Wallace F. Boyes Jr Elmer Felgenhauser Kenneth J. Furst Merritt D. Turner Francis J. Horan Abraham Feldman Frank Trapasi Roy S. Duitman Robert A. Dilley	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph L. Hay John P. Starnes Peter Mihalik Ralph B. Julian Carroll W. Gustafson Clyde C. Patterson Thomas F. McGonical Donald M. Olson Jay S. Harrison	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Eugene L. Walker Charles M. Carrier John Sing Leland M. Ford Paul M. Salusky Frederick J. Moynihan Jessie D. Dunn

	A/C # 537		A/C # 394		A/C #		A/C # 123
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 Hubert H. Akins Anthony N. Kovac, Jr Willard O. Arndt William H. Barth, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Everett Park Edward G. Palm Dominick J. Gianuco 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 Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Herbert A. Rochlitz James P. Jenkins Frank F. Miles Albert H. Knox Thomas W. Davis Jean R. LeShufy Roy L. Walker Kenneth R. Bostick Leo A. Steele

	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