Mission No 180

MISSION NO. 180
SIEGEN, GERMANY

29 JANUARY, 1945

The marshalling yards and rail traffic center at Siegen were the targets. The Group comprised the 94th C Combat Wing, with Major Stann as Air Commander. Combat Wing assembly was accomplished without difficulty. The Group followed in wing formation, flying considerably right of briefed course. The Group was in proper position behind the 94th B Wing.

Division assembly line was flown approximately on the briefed route. Flight to the IF was flown as briefed except for slight deviations in course in order to remain in proper position in Division formation. The IP was reached on course, but fifteen minutes early because winds were not as briefed.

Bombing was done in Group formation by means of G-H equipment, because often tenths cloud coverage. The low and high squadrons experienced some difficulty from prop wash. While on the bomb run, the low squadron also lost 1,000 feet of altitude.

Bomb results were unobserved due to cloud coverage. January concluded with the downfall of the German Ardennes Offensive. The Group had flown only 14 missions. The weather proved to be as bad as predicted. At least seven missions were scrubbed because of the weather. Predictions for early February called for a repeat of January's weather.

CREW LOADING LIST

January 29th, 1945
Mission No 180 Target: Siegen, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 152		A/C # 157		A/C # 167		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edgar H. Humble Edgar R. Johnston Richard J. Rementeria Fabio F. Sulpizi Lawrence D. Rogers Edward J. McGurren Jack J. Ham Junior D. Brooks Louis B. Reinhart Gilbert J. Fleming	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Russel A. Nowling Ralph L. Gray Rimer L. Mankin Dale F. Baldwin Allison J. Gunn Stephen Skulec John M. Handler Allison J. Gunn Donald F. Rhone Herbert L. Stempler	Capt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner Charles E. Newmeyer Delmar G. Spatz William T. Wilborn Charles D. Zhe Ralph Compton William R. Biggie John B. Pawloski Joseph E. Elbers	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen Charles E. Bowers William A. Moore Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Bernard P. Wrobleski Louis H. Rickert Bernard F. Swain

	A/C # 509		A/C # 831		A/C # 203		A/C # 947
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Victor F. Pfendler Ben W. McChesney Paul F. Lumbya, Jr 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	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	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Hollis D. Hudleston Thomas A. Dunn William R. Watson Robert D. Malloy Joseph A. Jakacki James D. Ransdell Kenneth R. Vann	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 # 537		A/C # 733		A/C # 881		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 Edmund W. Hubard, Jr John Schwall 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	Jack E. Wescott Merton P. Barry Merrill H. Ross Louis P. DeCinzo Bernard L. Maki Aber J. DeCoux Billy K. Berry James C. Gianacopolis Harold A. Adams	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 Kikeh Vincent C. Liguori Paul J. Bernstel Stephen T. Esterholdt	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Howard W. Demotts Wilfred E. Finke Wallace T. Powell Henry Freidrich Harmon A. Smith Carl A. Johnson David Barclay

	A/C # 606		A/C # 749		A/C # 528		A/C # 301
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Gilbert David S. Kahne John I. Butterly Daniel Cadens, Jr. Albert F. Jenkins Richard C. Clements Claud M. Gideon Albert D. Paulson John E. Dubina	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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph L. Hay Ralph W. Cooms 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	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 # 479		A/C # 113		A/C # 934		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James Wilson William C. Manspeaker Eldon E. Smith Joseph H. Gubino William Moore Albert E. Baker Charles A. Wilt Robert A. Storey Ivory S. Phillips	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert C. Southern Edward C. Maxey, jr Ashton B. Geren, Jr Aleck R. Capsalis George R. Schuller Frank C. Stein William G. Craig Paul Stancil Johnnie Sarter, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Herbert A. Lawyer Milton W. Casey Elroy J. Oeters Arthur M. Grise Jerome Grossman Peter Credidio James R. Boyle Cleon R. Roy Fernand G. Rupanian	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene C. Ricker Donald E. Miller Anthony D. Paruata Pete A. Antonella Murray L. Cooper William C, Lundy Abe Venick John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson

	A/C # 751		A/C # 518		A/C # 535		A/C # 854
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert B. Gross William P. O'Connor Robert J. Jacobson Tommy M. Pruitt James N. Gray James J. Rodel Frank R. Humphries Robert O. Newell William D. Oden	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred L. Steadman Jesse E. Costanias James H. Rusk William F. Waters Martin Norsic, Jr Stanley F. Bendzynski Stephen T. Cowell Robert P. Ingraham Michael Denitti	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Willmore Fluman James M. Graves Harry M. Kennedy Edward T. Ambrose Lawrence J. Gallagher Willard F. Beason Billy E. DeBerry Robert J. Gantz John M. Gayden	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman Arnold E. Broughton John M. Nally Gordon L. Witt John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Jack N. Gregory Guy P. Wharton

	A/C # 190		A/C # 574		A/C # 694		A/C # 582
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 Warren H. Parmeter Orville D. Clark George N. Radakovich Raymond D. VanWagner R. B. Kelly Santos V. Maira	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Delmar A. Stanley Parks E. Rea Carl E. Schieffer Leonard Y. Wendrow Leroy R. Ford Roger J. Howell Norman C. Kistler Dale W. Mason John A. Schuck	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James R. Holden Vaden P. Pitts John S. LeVar Leo J. Kleinpeter Leo I. McCombs Paul A. Esvanko Lile D. Bradley Bertram G. Johnson Jackson R. Campbell	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 Boyd S. Ballinger C. A. Rogers Elton C. Conerly

	A/C # 591		A/C # 534		A/C # 831		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 Carl Lewis William A. Gearhart Floyd A. Monroe	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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	Max K. Rahn Paul H. Duckert Otis N. Bennett John L. Davis George W. King Harold N. Saxby John J. Tuzi Charles F. Greenlund	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Eugene L. Walker Charles M. Carrier John Sing Leland M. Ford Allen F. Schiebel Young W. Rainer Frank M. Prado Jacob Branch

	A/C # 954		A/C # 828		A/C # 075		A/C # 707
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Hottle, Jr Emile N. Racine David W. Ellis Roger R. Holden James T. Bell, Jr Stanley R. Patterson George Zucker William J. Dufford Francis C. Cupp	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Basil R. Dundas Jr. William G. Litogot Edward R. Sage Antonio Papainni Thomas J. Ambrose Clarence D. Barnes George Martin, Jr Robert G. Smith Ernest D. Pappalardo	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Henry S. Blach Harold R. Hall Leslie J. Tesdall Otis N. Bennett Edward V. Maculaitis Samuel J. Williams Wendell H. Perry Charles E. Sizemore Charles B. Pilling	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Calvin K. Schneller James R. Jenkins Francis E. Hronek Richard M. Beck John P. Austin William H. Hedge William M. Shafer Alexander W. Bennett Donald R. Lallky

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 765		A/C # 038
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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner George J. Grau Philip A. DuPont James R. Day Theodore R. Cowsert Anthony S. Giacobbi James R. Westbrook Leo Rendina Ray F. Hawkins, Jr	Capt Maj Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Raymond R. Lyons Leon Stann Herbert A. Dolph Richard L. Hamel Valerian J. Leksan Joseph A. Macke Joe T. Clary Adrian W. Pennington Leo A. Steele William H. Fauntleroy

	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