Mission No 190

MISSION NO. 190
NUREMBERG, GERMANY

20 FEBRUARY, 1945

The Group went to Nuremberg (later to be the site of post war trials) for the city's first time as a primary target. The Group comprised the 94th C Combat Wing with Major Maguire as Air Commander. The railroad station house was the assigned target. Goods and equipment were being moved through this area to the Eastern and Western Fronts.

Assembly with Wing and Division was without incident, except that forming over the Glatton Buncher Beacon, because of contrails and clouds, was 6,500 feet above briefed altitude. In Division formation, the Group had difficulty with clouds, haze and contrails. The low squadron became separated from the Group and flew the route to the IP alongside the 401st Bomb Group. Later, a squadron from the 303rd Bomb Group, which had also become separated because of weather conditions, joined the lead and high squadrons of the 457th Group. Slight deviations in course were necessary in order to remain in Division formation. The Group came across the IP on course.

Cloud coverage at the target area was ten tenths and it was necessary to bomb in group formation, with the 303rd's squadron taking the position of the low squadron. The 457th low squadron made an individual run on the target, bombing from 24,600 feet.

Bombing by lead and low box leads was accomplished by means of PFF equipment. No difficulties were encountered. The low squadron joined a group which the leader was unable to identify, but believed to be the 303rd Bomb Group. The other two squadrons, together with the 303rd squadron, flew in group formation behind the 40 1st Bomb Group. Return route was flown approximately as briefed and the Group landed without incident. Flak was moderate, however, no damage was done to the bombers.

A message was received later from General Doolittle, praising the results of the mission. Photographs indicated the attacks were successful to a very high degree. The message was as follows:

"Strike a/lack vertical and PRU photos indicate that visual and instrument attacks on Nuremburg 20 February, were successful to very high degree. The persistence and determination shown by 1st and 3rdAir Divisions in penetrating to the target through dangerous and hazardous weather is to be highly commended and the excellent and skillful use of instruments in placing patterns squarely upon the vital targets in the city is an indication of a high quality of training and expert coordination among members of lead crews. This target is of highest priority in our attacks' against German rail and military supply movements and Thesday attack will pay a tremendous dividend in throttling and choking the German war machine. All crews and ground personnel instrumental in carrying out this attack are to be highly commended for their work."

CREW LOADING LIST

February 20th, 1945
Mission No 190 Target: Nuremberg, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 509		A/C # 368		A/C # 024		A/C # 685
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kelly P. Jacobs Nathaniel J. Beam Albert F. Czarnowsky Robert E. Gee Jacob L. Finnerty George H. Haby, Jr. James T. Means Charles F. Brown Lyle W. Artry	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold Edward G. Maxey, Jr. John W. Martin Patrick A. Walls Alfred Runsen Walter L. Slate Gerald E. Cook Allen A. Sharpe Larido A. Battisti	Capt F/O Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold G. Brunner Clarence Leath Ralph W. Eichenberger Arvo J. Kajander John A. Dahler Lawrence D. Rogers Charles D. Zhe Ralph Compton Alfred G. Wolff Robert E. Smolik	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stephen L. Dewald Lorenz M. Koch Byron E. Francisco Richard E. Hansen Frank J. Spurchise Wayne R. Bell Frank Nowakowski Paul H. Suer Anthony S. Lanza

	A/C # 101		A/C # 157		A/C # 863		A/C # 831
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 William D. Oden James L. Gray Harold P. Hubert Hubert O. Newell Wilbert M. Saylor	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russel A. Nowling Roger L. Fisher Elmer L. Mankin Dale F. Baldwin Francis F. Jasinski Stephen Skulec John M. Handler Homer D. Reich Cecil B. Brantley	Lt F/O F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James R. Holden Vaden S. Pitts John S. LeVar Edwaard T. Ambrose Leo I. McCombs Paul A. Esvanko Lila B. Bradley Bertram G. Johnson Jackson R. Campbell	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Floyd A. Crispin Robert F. Nicholson Henry Freidrich Wallace T. Powell Harmon A. Smith Carl A. Johnson David Barclay

	A/C # 203		A/C # 828		A/C # 167		A/C # 947
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Hottle, Jr Emile N. Racine David W. Ellis George Zucker Roger R. Holden James T. Bell, Jr Donald F. Boyd Francis C. Cupp William J. Dufford	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Cantillon Thomas A. Hyde Arthur D. Robioilo Robert B. Ryan Jack Woodford Robert E. Pinckney Louis B. Reinhart Robert E. glenn Edward B. Tooker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James R. Howell Eugene F. Howard Robert D. Beltz John S. King Thomas D. McCormick Lee R. Groman Donald S. Moore Frank C. Tucker Hiram E. Morrow	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald P. Straus Everett R. Renfro Richard E. Anderson Robert L. Olsen John P. Lapicca J. W. Bridges John F. Dunn Kenneth R. Bostick John B. Rogers

	A/C # 113		A/C # 594		A/C # 857		A/C # 154
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Gilbert David S. Kahne John I. Butterly John E. Dubina Daniel Cadena, Jr. Albert F. Jenkins Walter H. Kleinfelter John V. Lawton Richard C. Clements	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 Nubar Astor	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 Kakeh Vincent C. Liguori Paul J. Bernstel James A. Conklin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold E. Broughton Mason H. Cummings Kenneth Post John M. Nally Thomas W. Davis Elias M. Ramirez Herbert N. Hook Jessie D. Dunn Vernon M. Whatley

	A/C # 785		A/C # 904		A/C # 075		A/C # 201
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 Bernard J. Carroll Francis G. Mauro John T. Sullivant William A. Gearhart Floyd A. Monroe	Lt Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred Steadman Norman L. Stevens Everett B. Stainaker Kenneth R. Wall George R. Schuller Frank C. Stein John J. Sweeny Aleck A. Capsalis Johnnie Sarter, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph W. Coons Kenneth Blakebrough Jennings B. Beran Stephen Cokorogianis George F. Peschen Joseph D. DeCrescio Conrad E. Craig Woodrow W. Tatman Harry W. Kroll	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene C. Ricker Jack Gassman Anthony D. Paruta Pete A. Anotnelle Murray L. Cooper william C. Lundy Lloyd R. Kennedy Frank J.Eichenlaub Alfred D. Walker John J. O'Toole

	A/C # 606		A/C # 574		A/C # 528		A/C # 705
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Biracree William J. Couch James R. Ogletree George L. Branstetter Archie E. Bruce Robert F. Devaney Robert H. Young James A. Carey Laffatti Trace	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 Norman C. Kistler Dale W. Mason John A. Schuck	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward C. Foulke George D. McCurry Wayne W. Hanley John J. Kearney Charles R. Rogers Lauren C. keene Robert F. Springer Raymond C. Field Charles B. Pilling	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen Robert F. Rogers William A. Moore Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Bernard P. Wrobleski Louis H. Rickert Gene F. Skidmore

	A/C # 506		A/C # 534		A/C # 855		A/C # 532
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marion K. Burk Cecil C. Harris John T. Freese Frederick A. McDuffie Earl R. Kenyon Cliff N. Cunningham Herbert K. Clark Harold E. Buhrow Joe E. Floerke	Lt F/O F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell C. Tague Jack S. Eshe Francis G. Spillane Ronald A. Weber George A. Taylor Frank J. Pekar Ivan L. Mathews, Jr. George T. Zielinski John F. Brown	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph L. Hay Thomas W. Prior 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	Gerald M. Russell Sherill R. Williams Julius G. Uhrlaub, Jr John F. Kelsey, Jr Bernard B. Matz Maurice J. D'Agostino Elmer E. Campbell C. A. Rogers Elton C. Conerly

	A/C # 394		A/C # 832		A/C # 934		A/C # 250
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lester G. Radcliff Andrew G. Anderson Donald E. Sherman Werner L. Bernau Theodore R. Rose Anthony J. Bradisse Lawrence M. Charlesworth Peter P. Kopas William F. Rykert	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph J. Neff Claude H. Hubbard Cecil K. Lohn Irving Feitel William J. Gassen Joseph B. Garney Ernest L. Levonian Berton Rosenberg Clifton C. Bragdon Ralph V. Mitchell	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank R. Guca Clifton R. Smith Melvin K. Stoner Robert F. Olwick Emil T. Pavlus Albert J. Yost ? Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane Donn W. Leedham Girvan Peck Warren L. Holbrook John G. Mackie Chester C. Urbanik Vernal L. Scheivert William H. Stern Walter H. Westels

	A/C # 537		A/C # 200		A/C #		A/C # 522
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Greer Thomas J. Cronin Edward J. Strzyzewski Archie F. Cole Gerald P. Uzdavinis Walter H. Carter John W. Rockefeller Archie F. Cole Edward W. Blucker Byrne J. Ranney	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Scarpaci Francis J. Patry Paul R. Kelly Thomas H. Reed Everett R. Watson Alrfed R. Jones. Ralph S. Ingraham Lawrence C. Johnston Robert S. Mc ?	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	The crew names for two additional aircraft in the 750th are unreadable from the original documents	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Calvin K. Schneller James D. Blackmore Francis E. Hronek Richard M. Beck Donald R. Lallky John P. Austin Ashmun J. Ripley William S. Garrett Alexander W. Bennett

	A/C #		A/C # 080		A/C #		A/C # 255
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Gemmill John C. Moore Merton D. Pittman Frank J. Mairo Bernard V. Roczko Harry Miller Kenneth J. Kuchler Charles G. MacChesney Arthur J. Meldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Capt Maj Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Lt	Raymond R. Lyons Jack A. Maguire Lionel J. Cusson Charles L. Bowers Valeran J Leksan Joe T. Clary Joseph A. Macke William R. Fantleroy Allen F. Schiebel Adrian W. Pennington Robert A. Dolph

	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