Mission No 19

MISSION NO. 19
SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY

24 MARCH 1944

The Group dispatched seventeen aircraft to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt. The key note to the operational order read, It is imperative that 060049/10 be destroyed’

060049 was the largest machine shop in the ball bearing works of Keigelfischer AG, and had escaped damage from previous raids. Col. Luper was Air Commander and Lt. Russell M. Selwyn, pilot. The Group comprised the high box of the 94th Combat Wing.

Bombing was carried out in a heavy undercast, and the results were not visible. No fighter opposition was reported, and flak was light. Three aircraft suffered damage, but there were no personnel casualties, and all aircraft returned to the Base.

On 24 March all members of the ground crews servicing and maintaining the aircraft received the commendation of the Commanding Officer. He commended all ground personnel for ajob well done.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 24th, 1944
Mission No 19 Target: Schweinfurt, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 088		A/C # 067		A/C # 571		A/C # 531
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth R. Johnston Aaron J. Ayres Herbert N. Webb Harry B. Vaal Daniel A. Malcolm Francis F. Friedel William B. Woodell Edwin D. Waggoner Paul O. Conner Gilbert Slocum	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Wetherald Francis G. Bogle Thomas W. Burns Alex W. Fisher Cleo F. Corder Andrew G. Voytko George Stiller Secondo P. Pentacolone Gordon D. Hobson Frank R. Machak	Lt Col Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell M. Selwyn James R. Luper William H. bowman, Jr James C. Madison Arvele Mizell Harold B. Rhodes Oscar C. Hightower Wayland R. Keefover William M. Hammersley Norman A. Kriehn	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stuart B. James Martin W. Biehn Charles C. Canon Alden N. Rittmann Ora W. Murch Patrick C. Toomey Angelo J. Ruscito Eugene G. Goslee Carl N. Davis Dale L. Vance

	A/C # 558		A/C # 537		A/C # 098		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Burkhart Noble L. Webster William J. Wescott Julius Venerofsky Stephen F. Billisits T. J. Shields Samuel B. Goff Carl Tulowitski Howard W. Barrier Sidney N. Erickson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Amos W. Shepard Ralph O. Hammerstrom Kenneth Galyean Herbert W. Spaulding Joseph E. Fasone Arnold E. Kauffman Jon Roberts Amos T. Bunch John J. Orazem William E. Good	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clarence E. Schuchmann Jacob M. Dickinson Thomas A. Goff John B. Blachley Joseph L. Hibbs E. W. Kerr Robert Bridges Harold A. Dusseau Edgar D. Lanzoni Leroy H. Thomas	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard T. Bennett Kinney Hellums Charles R. Hunicutt Daniel G. McLaughlin John L. Zouette Eugene M. Beamer George Ribiero Donald J. Lighthizer Charles L. Campbell Glenn C. Finke

	A/C # 568		A/C # 086		A/C # 015		A/C # 064
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas E. Lee John M. Bristow John C. Sherwin Regis J. Creehan Clayton L. Betterton Jasper Stewart John R. Barber John A. Robinson Irvin V. Gerlich Ralph R. Zagorski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Malcolm E. Johnson Morris H. Shuff Reed V. Bryant George Cahelo Joseph Garbett Alex R. Olson Glenn W. Barnes Milton P. Rudd Leonard A. Smith Wallace D. Cagle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles R. Blackwell Theodore R. Baskette Irving R. Meyers Verne M. Boon Thomas W. Howard Morgan J. Newman Edward Nabozny Billy L. Dalton Francis W. McCall Sylvester C. Kuraszkiewicz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Louis O. Auld Carl E. Gamblin Clifton J. Chandler Edward C. Cannon Jerome A. Folgeman Helner Beck George R. Staudt Alton A. Schaffner Ralph L. Haldiman Geroge H. Davis

	A/C #		A/C # 164		A/C # 084		A/C # 122
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Karr John E. Haight Richard M. Condon Joel H. Apel Kenneth M. Krise Philip Finkelstein Morris J. Woodell Eugene H. Paprota Paul M. Rogers Charles L. Edwards	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward B. Dozier Charles E. Newmeyer Alexis P. Umoff Charles W. Hilton Dwite M. Anderson H. C. Minor William C. Young Fredrick L. Exley Frank L. Ridenhour	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Emanuel Hauf Bernard V. Connor Sidney H. Johnson Richard E. Jaqua Willis H. Johnson James J. Kilroy Joseph S. Reid Louis F. Beske Paul R. Moore Oscar A. Gascon

	A/C #		A/C # 633		A/C # 468		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard J. Dudek Russell M. Dobyns John F. Moore James H. Coonrod John J. Connell John Kessock Alfred A. Sabory Henri A. Boulay Harold D. McFarland Omer Fontaine	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert D. Lane Howard E. James Robert C. Dvorak William L. Smith Winfred C. Kincaid Gervin L. McBride Harold C. Reader Edward A. Bleck Joe B. McCall J. A. Martin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth L. Anderson Kaspar O. Lamvik Thomas F. Monaghan Robert J. Larson Laurel W. Phillips Raymond J. Daly Carl F. Graves Dean K. Adams Donald J. Douthwright John W. Brown

	A/C #		A/C # 079		A/C # 452		A/C # 520
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David P. Parks Floyd O. Grove William C. Ellerbusch Edward J. Quinn Donald J. Kesselmayer Steve Vargo Patrick J. Fusci Charles M. Kerr Ben H. Collinsworth George H. Grebe	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Americo Procopio Robert Driscoll Bernard B. Weinberg Edward P. Palika John T. Clements E. L. Angell Russell R. Babel Thaddeus R. Dubej James H. Norman Walter W. Megin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jerome E. Godfrey John E. Grimes Charles E. Graf Houston L. Levers Alfred E. Calhoon Leroy E. Heibert Donald W. Blackwell James E. Doerr Carl A. Robbie George T. Gulywasz

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