Mission No 170

MISSION NO. 170
KEMPENICH, GERMANY

6 JANUARY, 1944

The ground troops were requesting that the Eighth Air Force hit certain targets, primarily communication centers and transportation hubs. The 45 7th was assigned a communications center in the small town of Kempenich, located eighteen miles west of Coblenz.

The Group, flying ninth in Division formation, comprised the 94th A Combat Wing, with Major Stann as Air Commander. Combat Wing assembly was accomplished without incident. As the Group neared the Belgian coast, the 41st Combat Wing drew along side the formation, making it necessary for the Group to deviate to the right of course. After a brief period, the Group came back on course, but it was still unable to swing behind the 41st Combat Wing, so a cut across the briefed route to the left of course was made in order to gain sufficient interval. The Group arrived at the IF on course, but eight minutes late because of the deviation to the left and right of course on the route over the Continent.

Bombing was done in Group formation, by means of G-H equipment. The low squadron released bombs one minute earlier than the lead, mistaking the smoke markers of another formation for those of the 457th Group formation. Cloud coverage at the target was ten tenths and the general target area could not be identified visually.

Bombs were released from 23,500 feet. Results were unobserved due to ten tenths cloud coverage. Flak was light and no planes were damaged.

CREW LOADING LIST

January 6th, 1945
Mission No 170 Target: Kempenich, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 219		A/C # 869		A/C # 934		A/C # 887
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Maj Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Donald L. Seesenguth Fred A. Spencer John C. Muir Roland O. Byers Basuil Felecisimo Kenneth B. Taylor Raymond B. Brodin George R. Langowski William M. Thacker George M. Bobletts	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Fiedler Fredrick C. Ernest Robert W. Pace Edward R. Sage Joseph E. Ellis 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	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	Medford E. Hollis Jerome F. Rakel John F. Kelly Richard I. Hinman Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas Louis H. Pena

	A/C # 152		A/C # 706		A/C # 655		A/C # 854
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard E. Fitzhugh Douglas J. Sharkey William W. Siler Richard J. Rementeria John Schwall Gerald Zelikoski Wesley R. McDonald Howard Larson Ivory S. Phillips George L. Cole	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Loren G. Hampton Orville K. Hocker Neil C. Shroeder Andrew R. Friesen Maurice A. Diehl Russell G. Karl Thomas V. Farrell Michael Pipock Arthur J. Feldman Irving Feitel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold A. Schuler Lawrence D. Wilde Erwin Salnick John R. Ozier Victor C. Johanson Frank D. Russo Louis A. Qualls Robert F. Altmaier James Valenti	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 Roy F. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Walter F. Willig Jack N. Gregory

	A/C # 509		A/C # 538		A/C # 524		A/C # 885
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 Frederick F. Parlin Elmer J. Markle G. B. Gaster	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 Gerald C. Cook William C. Craig Archie C. Straham Norman J. Thorman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Harold J. Franklin Peter Mihalik Alvin C. Farrer Raymond G. Field Horace H. Huey John E. Burch Robert E. Springer Alvin C. Farrar James D. McCorkindale	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 # 909		A/C # 162		A/C # 881		A/C # 582
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 Robert H. Young Richard C. Clements Albert D. Paulson Claud M. Gideon	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	John R. Godwin Edward C. Foulke Robert F. Kellow Frank J. Clark Andrew J. McCormick George Kakeh Vincent C. Liguori Paul J. Bernstel Harold M. Reynolds	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Dudley John F. Spore Ralph L.l Bell Joseph H. Jonesl Marshall H. Glover Martin O. Olson Elmer E. Campbell William J. Banghart Frank P. Trom

	A/C # 751		A/C # 812		A/C # 819		A/C # 795
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 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 John W. Mahinsko Johnnie Sarber Alock Capsalis	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James C. Evans John Medwin Olin G. Wellborn Sanford W. Lewin Daniel I. Doherty Peter Credidio Edwin B. Hartley Herbert Harold H. Rupanian	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Gordon L. Witt

	A/C # 826		A/C # 826		A/C # 819		A/C # 621
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	William D. Hurdis Elmer Mittwoch Merton L. Pond Joseph E. Ellis Mark K. Miller Paul A. Stancil Daniel W. Richmond Robert V. Moore Lawrence C. Johnston Robert S. Hegman	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph L. Hay John P. Starnes Joseph V. Johns Douglas S. Rains Carroll W. Gustafson Clyde C. Patterson Thomas F. McGonigal Donald M. Olson Kenneth R. Vann Jay S. Harrison	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Eugene L. Walker Chester L. Mohler John Sing Leland M. Ford Charles M. Carrier Young W. Rainer Frank M. Prado Howard A. Dempsey

	A/C # 489		A/C # 594		A/C #		A/C # 707
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. Muscate Carl Lewis Donald A. Swisher Stanley R. Patterson James J. Rodel	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Everett Park Edward G. Palm Bernard Liss 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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John A. Fox William A. Fauntleroy Jack R. Muth Alfred J. Rubino Calvin Campbell Richard J. Imhoff Guy P. Wharton Wilfred G. Finke Dorsia C. Stutler

	A/C # 954		A/C # 534		A/C #		A/C # 327
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Sanford Fonnesbeck Kenneth E. Rohde 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	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		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 # 785		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wayne B. Tweten Ben W. McChesney John A. Franck Joseph H. Gubino William H. Carroll James A. Kolofa G. S. Byoff James G. Grantham	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	Ernest T. Salzer Donald E. Miller William A/ Seil William A. Steffen Jack F. Scarborough Vincent A. Toth Richard F. Metrenga Adrian W. Pennington Richard J. McDonald

	A/C # 537		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 368
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 Chester O. Madsen Jimmy Herron Joseph W. Farrow Harley Ernst, Jr. Kenneth M. Beattie	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Capt Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Dale S. Jeffers Donald E. Lady Walter H. Sale Richard L. Hamel Francis J. Pitelka Paul E. Miller Cedric N. Priest Leo A. Steele George W. Emerson Herbert L. Stempler

	A/C # 606		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	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		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt