Mission No 176

MISSION NO. 176
RHEINE, GERMANY

20 JANUARY, 1945

The Group comprised the 94th B Combat Wing with Major Maguire as Air Commander. The primary target was the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade. Combat Wing assembly was accomplished as briefed. Some interference was encountered from contrails. The Group was in proper position in Division formation. Division assembly line was flown approximately as briefed.

Course to the IP was flown in trail of the 94th AGroup Leader. Deviations to left and right of course were necessary in order to stay in Division column.

The IP was crossed south of course. The Micro-H equipment was not functioning properly and it brought the formation southeast of the briefed target. The Group continued right of course, and because the formation was a considerable distance from the primary, it was decided to make a run on the secondary target. The Group came over the briefed IP for the secondary target, the railway center at Rheine. Bombing was done in group formation, by means of instruments because of ten tenths cloud coverage. Photos of bombing results showed nothing but clouds.

Six aircraft sustained flak damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

January 20th, 1945
Mission No 176 Target: Rheine, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 028		A/C # 368		A/C # 157		A/C # 654
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Caot Maj Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Donald L. Seesenguth James A. McGuire Roland O. Byers John Franck Hubert A. Dolph John Schwall Raymond D. Brodin Geroge R. Langowski Richard W. Swank Roy E. Goldman Rex R. Monson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold Edward G. Maxey, Jr. John W. Martin Joseph E. Ellis, Jr Patrick A. Walls Reginald W. Buxton Gerald E. Cook Allen A. Sharpe Robert P. Ingraham	Capt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt F/O Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner Charles E Newmeyer Delmar G. Spatz William T. Wilborn Charles D. Zhe Ralph Compton John B. Pawloski Maurice W. Kneesling James D. Quarry William R. Biggie	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 Gordon L. Witt Jack N. Gregory

	A/C # 203		A/C # 149		A/C # 167		A/C # 749
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Weber Douglas J. Sharkey Carl G. Swanberg Charles K. Rawls Louis L. R. Gomes Edgar W. Monell Lloyd G. Hesseltine Owen S. O'Rourk Godfrey C. Edgarton	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Melvin M. Fox Robert E. Southern Beverly C. Robertson Francis F. Jasinski Adrian A. Belanger Horace W. Wipple Adrian belanger Lloyd J. Blood Alvin Prukop Larido A. Battisti	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roy H. Kirk Thomas W. Prior Arvo J. Kajander Valentine W. Stype Edward A. Grover Rocco V. Montagno Harold W. Logsdon Willard Krueger Alexander E. McDougall	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen Charles L. Bowers William A. Moore Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Bernard P. Wrobleski Louis H. Rickert Bernard F. Swain

	A/C # 537		A/C # 828		A/C # 857		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 Robert J. Engle Hubert H. Akins Anthony N. Kovac, Jr Willard O. Arndt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. Reed Edward M. Monasterio William D. Bird Charles K. Major Robert J. Viles Joseph M. Hamilton Kenneth J. Knekler Robett F. Otterpahl Peter P. Angett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Myers Wilbur S. Pursell ? Hollis C. Huddleston Daniel A. Doherty Robert D. Malley Joseph A. Jakacki Kenneth R. Vann Stephen T. Esterholdt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Calvin K. Schneller James D. Blackmore Francis E. Hronek Richard M. Beck John P. Austin William S. Garrett William H. Hodge Alexander W. Bennett Donald R. Lallky

	A/C # 190		A/C # 832		A/C # 796		A/C # 827
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 William W. Siler Norman M. Allegan William Moore James A. Kolofa G. S. Byoff James G. Grantham Paul F. Amann	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	Frank R. Guca Clifton R. Smith Melvin K. Stoner Glyn E. Aleshire Robert F. Olwick Emil T. Pavlus Albert J. Yost Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root	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 # 479		A/C # 723		A/C # 765		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 Josey H. Nelson 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	Basil R. Dundas Jr. William G. Litogot Dominick J. Giannico Charles H. Berland Calvin R. Taylor Clarence D. Barnes George Martin, Jr Paul A. stancil Ernest D. Pappalardo	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Herbert A. Lawyer John Medwin Olin G. Mellborn Doyle B. Brown Jerome Grossman George Kakeh John H. Cheatham Grant A. Hanson James Valenti	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerald M. Russell Carrol R. Wissmiller Julius G. Uhrlaub, Jr John F. Kelsey, Jr Bernard B. Matz Maurice J. D'Agostino C. A. Rogers Frederick B. Weyand Elton C. Conerly

	A/C # 785		A/C # 706		A/C # 414		A/C # 707
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 Archie E. Bruce Chester C. Madsen Edwin A. Reynolds Albert E. Baker Robert A. Storey William M. Thacker	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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	Ralph L. Hay John P. Starnes Joseph V. Johns Ralph B. Julian Carroll W. Gustafson Clyde C. Patterson Thomas F. McGonical Donald M. Olson Harold H. Reynolds Jay S. Harrison	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert W. Gronberg Paul C. Mason Hermon D. Welmer Robert M. McMakin Albert K. Richards Claude W. Crisler Ashmun J. Ripley Guy P. Wharton James L. McGill

	A/C # 506		A/C # 594		A/C # 694		A/C # 947
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	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	Clyde R. Weid George D. McCurry Wayne W. Hanley Douglas S. Rains Charles H. Rogers Frank D. Russo Casper J. Casciano John Simmen Hillard E. Maples	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward F. Clark Harry R. Horn Lionel W. O'Shea Charles F. Gavin Jr Glenn S. Gruver George E. Dainty Gene R. Foss Frederick C. Rex George N. Pollock

	A/C # 751		A/C # 374		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	Robert G. Quincy Frederick G. Smithson Arnold L. Rosenblatt Jay W. Grider Albert P. Cristofaro Kenneth L. Conrad, Jr Walter H. Kleinfelter John V. Lawton Harry A. Olson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Craig P. Greason Quenton P. Thompson Rudolph Haumann Thomas E. Madigan Blair Arsenault William R. Waggoner Ralph S. Ingraham Garland L. Frost Kenneth L. Haseltine	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Henry S. Blach Harold R. Hall Leslie J. Tesdall William E. Wilson Otis N. Bennett William E. Wilson Edward V. Maculaitis Samuel J. Williams Robert F. Seastrand Wendell H. Perry	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Donald F. Macbride Howard W. Demotts Robert F. Nicholson Henry Freidrich Wallace T. Powell Richaard J. Metranga Carl A. Johnson

	A/C # 954		A/C # 164		A/C #		A/C # 621
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Elmer E. Witten John K. Wales George R. Nichols Ben Demattia John D. Williams Francis G. Maure George W. Jackson William A. Gearhart Floyd A. Monroe	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell C. Tague Jack S. Eshe Francis G. Spillane Jack Lorber George A. Taylor Frank J. Pekar Ivan L. Mathews, Jr. George T. Zielinski Simon Pomerantz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James R. Holden Vaden P. Pitts John S. LeVar Sol Bachos Leo I. McCombs Paul A. Esvanko Lile D. Bradley Bertram G. Johnson Jackson R. Campbell	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Eugene L. Walker Charles M. Carrier John Sing Milo G. Hasting Paul W. Zalusky Young W. Rainer Frank M. Prado Jacob Branch

	A/C # 583		A/C # 115		A/C # 535		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kelly P. Jacobs Nathaniel J. Beam, Jr James P. Guyot Albert F. Czarnowsky Robert E. Gee Jacob L. Finnerty George H. Haby, Jr. James T. Means John T. Sullivant	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Delmar A. Stanley Parks E. Rea Carl E. Schieffer Leonard Y. Wendrow Leroy R. Ford Roger J. Howell Herman C. Kistler Dale W. Mason John A. Schuck	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

	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