Mission No 187

MISSION NO. 187
DRESDEN, GERMANY

15 FEBRUARY, 1945

The Group returned to the marshalling yards at Dresden, although Bohlen was the primary target. The Group provided twenty-four aircraft for the 94th B Conibat Wing lead and low boxes. Major Smith was Air Commander and Captain Seesenguth was pilot.

The Group and Wing formation assemblies were without difficulty. Proper position in Division column was executed. Division assembly line was flown approximately as briefed. The route to the target was uneventful. Course to the IP was flown in proper position in Division formation. Deviations to the left of course were necessary in order to remain in formation. The primary and secondary targets were ten tenths cloud covered. The Group attacked Dresden in Group formation by means of instruments, dropping bombs from 26,700 feet. Bomb results were unobserved due to cloud coverage.

After bombing, the Group experienced some difficulty in rejoining the formation when it became wedged between other groups. It became necessary to swing outside and around them in order to avoid shuffling the deck. In so doing, the formation became scattered and it was a short interval before the Group reassembled and rejoined the Division column.

Flak was light and none of the planes were damaged.

CREW LOADING LIST

February15th, 1945
Mission No 187 Target: Dresden, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 255		A/C # 060		A/C # 075		A/C # 381
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Maj Capt Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Donald L. Seesenguth William F. Smith Roland O. Byers John A. Franck Felicisimo Ba?ull Kenneth B. Taylor Raymond D. Brodin Jack J. Ham William M. Thacker, Jr James Manspeaker	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack E. Wescott Roger L. Fisher Merrill H. Ross Louis P. DeCinzo Bernard L. Maki Aber J. DeCoux Billy K. Berry James C. Gianacopolis Harold A. Adams	Lt Lt F/o Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Carl P. Sundbaum Galileo F. Bossio Wayne W. Hanley Warren W. Nixon John V. Brennan Julian S. Smith Edward J. Zeitz Harold H. Reynolds Walter L. Laddusaw	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman William C. Girard George N. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Walter Smith Kenneth R. Bostick Jack N. Gregory

	A/C # 024		A/C # 113		A/C # 528		A/C # 707
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Weber Douglas J. Sharkey Carl G. Swanberg Charles K. Rawls Herbert L. Stempler Louis L. R. Gomes Edgar W. Monell Owen S. O'Rourke John Mezra	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Craig P. Greason Ralph L. Gray? Rudolpy Haumann Thomas E. Madigan Blair Arsenault, Jr William B. Wagner Ralph S. Ingraham Garland L. Frost Kenneth L. Haseltine	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Willmore Fluman James M. Graves Harry M. Kennedy Arthur K. Grisa? Lawrence J. Gallagher Willard F. Beason Billy E. DeBerry Robert J. Gantz John M. Gayden James H. Day	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward F. Clark Harry R. Horn Kenneth L. Post Charles F. Gavin Jr Glenn S. Gruver George E. Dainty Gene R. Foss Vernon M. Whatley Alfred S. Walker Ralph V. Mitchel

	A/C # 101		A/C # 831		A/C # 765		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert B Gross William P. O Connor Robert J. Jacobson Eldon E. Smith Tommy M. Pruitt James L. Gray Harold P. Hubert Hubert O. Newell William D. Oden	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond H. Wolf William F. Reynolds Robert W. Hentges Jacob Cohen Thomas J. Hamilton Milton E. Drissler John J. Sweeney Julius Kornblatt Dennis G. Schaffner	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank R. Guca Clifton R. Smith Melvin K. Stoner Douglas S. Rains Emil T. Pavlus Albert J. Yost Robert F. Olwick Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Howard W. Demotts Robert F. Nicholson Henry Freidrich Wallace T. Powell Rarson A. Smith Carl A. Johnson Anthony D. Paruta

	A/C # 606		A/C # 832		A/C # 855		A/C # 947
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Gilbert David S. Kahne John I. Butterly Daniel Cadena, Jr. Albert F. Jenkins John E. Dubina Albert D. Paulson Robert H. Young Richard C. Clements	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell C. Tague Jack S. Eshe Francis G. Spillane Irving Feitel George A. Taylor Frank J. Pekar Ivan L. Mathews, Jr. George T. Zielinski Simon Pomerantz	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Starnes Lawrence D. Wilde Erwin Salnick Robert E. Altmaier Victor C. Johansen Frank D. Russo Louis A. Qualls John Simmen James Valenti	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 Jessie D. Dunn

	A/C # 479		A/C # 594		A/C # 857		A/C # 087
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frederick G. Smithson Nathaniel J. Beam, Jr Arnold L. Rosenblatt Jay W. Grider Albert P. Cristofaro Donald A. Swisher Walter H. Kleinfelter John V. Lawton Harry A. Olson	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jesse J. Costanias Quenton P. Thompson Jack Lorber Stephen T. Cowell Martin Norsic, Jr William F. Waters Cietus B. Newman Michael Denitti Robert B. Otterphol	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James L. Hall Robert L. Fortner Gordon W. Dykes Joseph A. Skiera Alan Morton John R. Middlebrooks Anthony Colin Harry A. Sempf Robert L. Fisher	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stephen L. Dewald Lorenz M. Koch Byron E. Francisco Richard E. Hansen Frank J. Spurchise ? Bell Dorsia C. Stutler William H. Shaffer Harley E. Barrett

	A/C # 591		A/C # 904		A/C # 934		A/C # 152
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Elmer E. Witten John K. Wales George R. Nichols Ben DeMattia John D. Williams Francis G. Mauro Walter H. Kleinfelter John T. Sullivant William A. Gearhart Floyd A. Monroe	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Southern Charles Scarpaci Paul R. Kelly Archie C. Strahan George R. Schuller Frank O. Stein Ernest L. Levonian Johnnie Sarter, Jr. Buford B. Lawson	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Henry S. Blach Harold R. Hall Leslie J. Tesdall William F. Wilson Edward V. Maculaitis Samuel J. Williams William R. Biggie Wendell H. Perry Charles E. Sizemore	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Schobert Kenneth L. Andersen Jame E. Tolbert ? Fayette Dennison, Jr James F. Casey William E. Wilson Raymond J. Helble Harry C. Thortsen Walter F. Patulsky

	A/C # 190		A/C # 574		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kelly P. Jacobs Josey H. Nelson Albert F. Czarnowsky Robert E. Gee Jacob L. Finnerty James J. Rodel James T. Means George H. Haby, Jr. Charles F. Brown	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Delmar A. Stanley Robert E. Gemmill 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		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

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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

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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

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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

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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