Mission No 165

MISSION NO. 165
KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY

30 DECEMBER, 1944

Although the weather was still unfavorable for flying, the Eighth put 1200 planes aloft for extensive attacks on Iransportation and communication targets.

The primary target was Limburg with Kaiserslautern the ) PFF target. Major Peresich led the Group, forming the 94th C / Combat Wing, which was to be eighth in the Division formation. The 457th formed late and was unable to find the preceding group.
The Group was on course and at proper altitude, Division assembly line was flown on course, and it is believed that the Group was in proper position, although, because of the interval separating the two, the preceding group could not be identified. Course over the Continent was flown as briefed, with the exception that the Group was behind time, and a considerable distance behind the preceding group.

The formation went left of course in order to intercept the Division formation and joined in close formation with the Division. From this point the Group was in trail of the Division formation as it deviated to the right of the briefed course.

A bomb run was begun on the visual target, but about one quarter of the way down the run, it became evident that cloud coverage would not permit visual bombing. The formation then turned to the right in order to make a run on the PFF secondaiy. Bombing was to be done in Group formation. The PFF equipment of both the lead and deputy lead craft was not functioning normally and the lead was turned over to the high squadron leader. The high squadron leader passed directly over the target, but did not know it because the PFF malfunctioned just before the target. Shortly thereafter, the Group leader's PFF equipment began to function normally. The crew took back the lead, picked up an arbitrary IP, and began a bomb run from a southwesterly direction. Bomb results were unobserved due to ten-tenths cloud coverage.

The craft piloted by Lt. William R. McCall crash landed in France without injury to crew members.

(Compiler's Note: Li. McCall later served in the Air National Guard, with periods of active duty, and attained the rank of Brigadier General.)

CREWLOADING LIST

December 30th, 1944
Mission No 165 Target: Kaiserlautern, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # Unknown		A/C # 255		A/C # 785		A/C # 887
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Irwin G. Forry Kenneth N. Johnston John C. Muir Hiram M. Drache Louis A. Williams John J. Purvis James D. Toal Francis D. Crawford Winfield J. Scott	Lt Maj Lt Lt lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Robertson Eugene A. Peresich, Jr William G. Watts Louis Pike Francis F. Sanduski Frank R. Kirshner Louis A. Dahle Bernard Stutman Stanley Szyerlehsky John F. Brown	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph I. Evans Harlan Buettner Einar L. Nelson Elroy J. Peters Daniel A. Doherty Willard F. Beason Maurice E. Patterson John H. Cheatham Charles B. Pilling	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arthur M. Ford Mason H. Cummings William A. Moore Maurice B. Wilks Gene F. Skidmore Melvin G. Shields Harrel D. Sallis Dencil C. Adams Robert C. Templin

	A/C # 649		A/C # 540		A/C # 602		A/C # 301
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 Robert L. Crunk Wilmer G. Boykin Frederick F. Parlin Ray M. Bechtel G. B. Gaster Herbert L. Stempler	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell A. Nowling Edward M Monasterio Elmer L. Mankin Dale E. Baldwin Stephen Skulec John M. Handler Theodore F. Steele, Jr William M. Stell Donald F. Rhone	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Harold J. Franklin Peter Mihalik Alvin C. Farrar Raymond G. Field Horace H. Huey John E. Burch James D. McCorkindale Robert E. Springer	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 # 706		A/C # 482		A/C # 707
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. Czarnowsky Jacob L. Finnerty George H. Haby, Jr. James T. Means Charles F. Brown John T. Sullivant	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Irving Feitel Arthur J. Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward R. Skyrms Clarence E. Leath William L. Tracy Bernard Weiss Raymond C. Blackson Henry Schmidt, Jr Robert L. Stevenson Leonard J. Lewandowski Simon C. Wareck	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 # 606		A/C # 181 LOST		A/C # Unknown		A/C # 621
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 Sgt 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 L. Slate	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold A. Schuler Lawrence D. Wilde Erwin Salnick John S. LeVar Victor C. Johanson Frank D. Russo Louis A. Qualls Robert F. Altmaier James Valenti	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Jerome P. Page Eugene L. Walker John Sing Leland M. Ford Paul M. Zalusky Young W. Rainer Frank M. Prado

	A/C # 190		A/C # 828		A/C # 563		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Duane F. Southwood Lyle E. Keran Wallace Reed Raymond D. VanWagner Warren H. Parmeter Orville D. Clark George N. Radakovich R. B. Kelly Santos V. Maira	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 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 Sol 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 John B. Rogers

	A/C # 537		A/C # 524		A/C #		A/C # 885
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roland H. Brazier Alvin G. Hazlett William F. Freeman William J. Diehl Walter m Klimoff Daniel S Hochberg William J. Conner Stanley L. Murray Stanley D. Swanson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Oliver G. Burgess, Jr Edward C. Maxey, Jr John E. Elwood Albert P. Banks Aldo Molestatore George B. Crockett Robert J. Burke Herbert E. Dollar David M. Peterson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		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 Earl E. Whitnack

	A/C # 394		A/C # 574		A/C #		A/C # 582
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 William W. Siler Norman M. Allegan William H. Carroll James A. Kolofa George. S. Byoff James G. Grantham John L. Morton	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ennis E. Brown Robert C. Reid Rudolph Haumann Louis F. Brickman Harley J. Ellsworth Hilary A. Turley William C. Craig Ronald A. Weber Norman J. Thorman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John A. Fox Edward J. Clark Jack R. Muth Wilfred Finke Alfred J. Rubino Calvin Campbell Richard J. Imhoff Guy P. Wharton Dorsia C. Stutler

	A/C # 751		A/C # 113		A/C #		A/C # 854
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 Laffatti Trace	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Delmar L. Stanley Parks E. Rea Carl E. Schieffer Charles W. Carbery Leroy R. Ford Roger J. Howell Norman C. Kistler Leonard Y. Wendrow John A. Schuck	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman Paul C. Mason George N. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Walter F. Willig Gordon L. Witt Jack N. Gregory

	A/C # 101		A/C # 988		A/C #		A/C # 749
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. Oden	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack E. Wescott Fred L. Steadman Merrill H. Ross Louis P. DeCinzo Bernard L. Maki Aber J. DeCoux Billy K. Berry James C. Gianacopolis Harold A. Adams	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Calvin K. Schneller James D. Blackmore Francis E. Hronek Richard M. Beck Donald R. Lallky John R. Austin William S. Garrett Willard R. Hedge Alexander W. Bennett

	A/C # 506		A/C # 631		A/C #		A/C # 795
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	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	t	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert W. Gronberg Arnold E. Broughton Hermon D. Welmer Robert M. McMakin Albert K. Richards Claude W. Crisler Dale W. Lee James L. McGill Edward F. Morgan

	A/C #		A/C # 857		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	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Maurice R. Keesling Hollis D. Hudleston Elroy J. Peters Robert D. Malloy Joseph A. Jakacki James D. Ransdell Stephen F. Esterhold	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C #		A/C # 765		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	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		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C #		A/C # 162		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	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		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C #		A/C # 414		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	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 Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt