Mission No 186

MISSION NO. 186
DRESDEN, GERMANY

14 FEBRUARY, 1945

The primary target was the marshalling yards at Dresden. The Group comprised the 94th B Combat Wing with Major Maguire as Air Commander. Wing assembly was accomplished without difficulty, on time, on course and in proper position in Division formation. Division assembly line was flown as briefed.

After crossing the enemy coast, the formation came upon increasingly difficult weather conditions and was forced to climb to briefed altitude plus 1,700 feet to avoid clouds and contrails. Deviations to the left and right of course to the IP were executed in order to remain in the Division column. The IP was reached seven minutes early because winds were not as briefed.

Cloud coverage in the target area was five to ten tenths and it was necessary to bomb the secondary target by instruments. Bombing was done in Group formation with the lead aircraft of the lead squadron performing the sighting operation. Bombs were dropped from 26,700 feet. Bombing results were reported as fair to good, but partly obscured by cloud coverage.

Flak was moderate with four aircraft sustaining damage. Eight aircraft landed on the Continent because of low fuel.

(Compiler Note: Dresden had become an administrative and communications center for the Third Reich.)

CREW LOADING LIST

February 14th, 1945
Mission No 186 Target: Dresden, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 219		A/C # 026		A/C # 024		A/C # 854
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edgar H. Humble William D. Gibbons Richard J. Rementeria Louis A. Williams Fabio F. Sulpizzi Edward J. McGurren Jack J. Ham Louis B. Reinhart Junior P. Schaner	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell A. Nowling Edward Maxey, Jr Elmer L. Mankin Thomas Smith, Jr Dale F. Baldwin Stephen Skulec John M. Handler William M. Stell Allison J. Gunn	Capt F/O Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner Clarence E. Leath Ralph W. Eichenberger William T. wilborn Arvo J. Kajander Lawrence D. Rogers Charles D. Zhe Ralph Compton Joseph E. Elbers John W. Ward	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman William C. Girard George N. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Walter F. Willig Gordon L. Witt

	A/C # 479		A/C # 828		A/C # 509		A/C # 240
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 Arthur E. Baker Albert D. Paulson Chester C. Madsen Charles A. Wilt Robert H. Young Stanley R. Patterson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell C. Tague Jack S. Eshe Francis G. Spillane George A. Cooke 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 Edwin H. Simon Otis N. Bennett John L. Davis George W. King Harold N. Saxby John J. Tuzi Charles F. Greenlund	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald P. Straus Everett R. Renfro Floyd A. Crispin Richard E. Anderson Robert L. Olsen John P. Lapicca J. W. Bridges Frederick J. Moynihan John B. Rogers

	A/C # 606		A/C # 594		A/C # 528		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond F. Rossner Robert G. Quincy Milton Braverman Stanley Zocks Robert B. Black Lyle W. Astry Henry W. Bennett John E. Westhoff Jacos Branch	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Craig P. Greason Joseph J. Neff Rudolph Haumann Thomas E. Madigan Garland L. Frost Ralph S. Ingraham William N. Wagner Blair Arsenault, Jr Kenneth L. Haseltine	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 Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane Donn W. Leedham Girvan Peck Warren L. Holbrook John G. Mackie Vernal L. Scheivert William H. Stern Walter H. Westels Chester C. Urbanik

	A/C # 203		A/C # 325		A/C #		A/C # 123
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 J. Kiehl William F. Freeman Walter m Klimoff Stanley L. Murray Daniel S Hochberg William J. Conner Stanley D. Swanson	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 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	Robert W. Gronberg Paul C. Mason Hermon D. Welmer Robert M. McMakin Albert K. Richards Milo G. Hastings Ashmun J. Ripley James L. McGill Jessie D. Dunn

	A/C # 201		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 452
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 Donald A. Swisher Hubert O. Newell William D. Oden	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred L. Steadman Ralph L. Gray Arthur K. Fitch, Jr Ronald A. Weber Robert W. Pinkney Jack Woodford Walter M. McGuire Alec A. Capsalis Edward B. Tooker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin I. Caplovitz Harold J. Franklin Peter Mihalik Thomas A. Dunn 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	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen Francis E. Hronek William A. Moore Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Bernard P. Wrobleski Louis H. Rickert Bernard F. Swain

	A/C # 394		A/C # 831		A/C # 881		A/C # 947
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 James J. Rodel William A. Gearhart Floyd A. Monroe	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jesse E. Castanias Myrton P. Barry Jack Lorber Stephen T. Cowell Martin Norsic Jr. Stanley F. Bendzynski William F. Waters Cletus Newman Michael Denitti	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John R. Godwin Kenneth W. Morrow Robert F. Kellow Frank J. Clark Andrew J. McCormick George Kikeh Vincent C. Liguori Paul J. Bernstel James A. Conklin Raymond P. Kimmell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Calvin K. Schneller James D. Blackmore Richard M. Beck Fred A. Barshop John R. Austin Walter L. Smith William S. Garrett Alexander W. Bennett Donald R. Lallky

	A/C # 909		A/C # v904		A/C # 857		A/C # 301
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Duane F. Southwood Lyle E. Keran Wallace Reed Warren H. Parmeter Orville D. Clark George N. Radakovich R. B. Kelly Santos V. Maira George Jackson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond H. Wolf William F. Reynolds Robert W. Hentges Jacob Cohen Thomas J. Hamilton Milton E. Drissler Joseph M. Mooney Julius Kornblatt Dennis G. Schaffner	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James L. Hall Edwin S. Jackson Gordon W. Dykes Joseph A. Skiera Alan Morton John R. Middlebrooks Anthony Colin Harry A. Sempf Robert L. Fischer	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Howard W. Demotts Robert F. Nicholson Henry Freidrich Wallace T. Powell Harmon A. Smith Carl A. Johnson David Barclay Howard A. Dimpsey

	A/C # 506		A/C # 705		A/C # 551		A/C # 707
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Biracree Don E. Jensen Thomas M. Karr Robert W. Crowe Samuel H. Schafstall Robert F. Devaney J. C. Arnold John E. Walters Wilbert M. Saylor	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth D. Woods Joseph B. Watkins Paul L. Hertenstein Rex A. Stevens Harry E. Graham Horace M. ? Paul A. Stancil Cecil B. Brantly Paul T. Harlan Harold D. Rothbard	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Starnes Lawrence D. Wilde Erwin Salnick Robert F. Altmaier Victor C. Johanson Frank D. Russo Clifford B. Digre Louis A. Qualls John Simmen James Valenti	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward J. Clark Harry R. Horn Charles F. Gavin Jr Edward F. Morgan Glenn S. Gruver George E. Dainty Gene R. Foss Frederick C. Rex George N. Pollock Dale W. Lee

	A/C # 537		A/C # 090		A/C # 765		A/C # 255
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas P. Thompson Murray V. Jett Anthony A. O'Brian Ralph S. Kenyon Daniel W. Nose George R. Langowski Hubert H. Akins Bennie W. Johnson Walter C. Nowak Kenneth L. Gordier	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Cantillon Thomas A. Hyde Arthur D. Robioilo Robert B. Ryan Jesse J. DeBoard Donald A. Priestley Charles E. DeCorte Jesse J. Deboard William Bodayle Lloyd R. Burke	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner George J. Grau Philip A. DuPont Ray F. Hawkins, Jr Theodore R. Cowsert Anthony S. Giacobbi James R. Westbrook Douglas S. Rains Charles W. Smith	Capt Maj Lt Capt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Lt	Raymond R. Lyons James A. MaGuire Charles L Bowers Lionel Cusson Valerian J. Leksan Joe T. Clary William R. Fantleroy Joseph A. Macke Adrian W. Pennington William R. Fauntleroy Herbert A. Dolph

	A/C # 190		A/C #		A/C # 075		A/C # 582
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 T. Jenkins John F. Dubina Richard C. Clements John E. Dubina Laffitti Trace	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Carl P. Sundbaum Galileo F. Bossio Warren W. Nixon Harold H. Reynolds John V. Brennan Julian S. Smith Edward J. Zeitz Alvin C. Farrar Walter L. Laddusaw	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry G. Bocckino Thomas J. Tredici Robert E. Rodgers Jonathan M. Self Edward C. Lowery Clayton J. Dutcher Windsor J. Deaton Richard F. Lucas C. J. Watson

	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