Mission No 192

MISSION NO. 192
SALZWEDEL, GERMANY

22 FEBRUARY, 1945

The rail facilities at Salzwedel, located 100 miles northwest of Berlin, were the primary target. The Group comprised the 94th C Combat Wing with Major Stann as Air Commander.

The Group assembled with the Combat Wing without difficulty and followed in Wing formation. Some difficulty was encountered with B-24s flying across the assembly route. The formation went to briefed altitude plus 1,000 feet to avoid interference.

The Group was 1,000 feet above briefed altitude, but in proper position in Wing and Division formation. Division assembly line was flown approximately as briefed. Route over the Continent was flown approximately as briefed and in Division formation. Immediately prior to reaching the IP, the 351st Bomb Group cut to the right, overshooting the IP, forcing the 457th to swing left of the IP.

The Group split up into squadrons in order to begin a visual run on the primary target. The bomb run was not flown on course. The squadrons were left of course because the 35 1st Group, after having overshot the IP, came back on course and was parallel and to the right of the Group. As a result, it was impossible to bomb the primary target on this run. However, the low squadron attacked a secondary target, (a bridge near Dannenberg) because of the interference on the bomb run. The lead and high squadrons executed a 180 degree turn, came back over the primary but could not bomb because the run was too short to permit the bombardier to synchronize properly. A second 180 degree turn was executed and an IP selected. Bombs were released by both lead and high squadrons on this run from 12,000 feet. Clouds were nil. Some interference with sighting was caused by ground haze. The MPI was identified by the lead about one minute before the BRL and by the high about seven miles from the target. No other difficulties were encountered. Bombing results were generally good.

Flak was light and no damage was done to the bombers.

CREW LOADING LIST

February 21st, 1945
Mission No 191 Target: Nuremberg, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 255		A/C # 028		A/C # 863		A/C # 157
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Maj Capt Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Donald L. Seesenguth Fred A. Spencer Roland O. Byers John A. Franck Herbert L. ? Kenneth B. Taylor Raymond D. Brodin Danial A. Doherty Robert L. Schaff William P. O'Connor	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Melvin M. Fox Donald E. Lady Beverly C. Robertson Victor A. Smith Charles W. Carbery Adrian A. Belanger Lloyd J. Blood Alvin Prukop Harold A. Arndt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James R. Holden Vaden S. Pitts John S. LeVar Leo J. Kleinpeter Leo I. McCombs Paul A. Esvanko Lila B. Bradley Bertram G. Johnson Jackson R. Campbell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert W. Gronberg Paul C. Mason Herman D. Welmer Robert M. McMakin Albert K. Richards Milo G. Hastings Ashmun J. Ripley James L. McGill Kenneth R. Bostick

	A/C # 785		A/C # 518		A/C # 855		A/C # unknown
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Greer Thomas J. Cronin Edward J. Strzyzewski Walter H. Carter Archie F. Cole Byrne J. Ranney Walter H. Carter John W. Rockefeller Gerald T. Uzdavinis Edward W. Blucker	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred Steadman Edward C. Maxey, Jr Francis G. Spillane Aleck R. Capsalis George R. Schuller Frank C. Stein Ernest L.l Levonian Johnnie Sarter, Jr Clifton G. Bragdon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	None of the crew names for this position were decypherable.	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman Mason H. Cummings George N. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Walter F. Willig Jack N. Gregory

	A/C # 970		A/C #594		A/C # 523		A/C # 123
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 Louis B. Reinhart James A. Carey Laffatti Trace	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 Robert B. Otterpahl	Lt Lt 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	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen George N. Blair Edward F. Morgan Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Bernard P. Wrobleski Louis H. Rickert Bernard F. Swain

	A/C # 506		A/C # 831		A/C # 765		A/C # 907
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ben W. McChesney William C. Manspeaker William W. Siler Joseph H. Gubino George S. Byoff Charles A. Wilt Robert H. Young Chester C. Madsen James G. Grantham	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 Robert J. Townley Donald E. Polen Dennis G. Schaffner	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward C. Foulke George D. McCurry Wayne W. Hanley ? Charles R. Rogers Lauren C. keene Robert F. Springer John E. Burch Charles B. Pilling	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane Donn W. Leedham Girvan Peck Gordon L. Witt John G. Mackie Vernal L. Scheivert William H. Stern Walter H. Westels Chester C. Urbanik

	A/C # 509		A/C # 823		A/C # 551		A/C # 220
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 George Zucker Roger R. Holden James T. Bell, Jr George Zucker Francis C. Cupp William J. Dufford Thomas C. Elliot	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jesse J. Costanias Myron P. Barry Jack Lorber Stephen T. Cowell Martin Norsic, Jr Stanley F. Bendzynski William F. Waters Cietus B. Newman Michael Denitti	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph L. Hay Thomas W. Prior Joseph V. Johns Glyn E. Aleshire Carroll W. Gustafson Clyde C. Patterson Thomas F. McGonical Donald M. Olson Jay S. Harrison	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald P. Straus Everett R. Renfro Floyd A. Crispin John B. Rogers Robert L. Olsen John P. Lapicca J. W. Bridges John F. Dunn C. J. Watson

	A/C # 606		A/C # 574		A/C # 075		A/C #
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 Raymond D. VanWagner Warren H. Parmeter Orville D. Clark George N. Radakovich 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 Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph B. Maguire Robert D. McMorrow Jackson Taylor Harry M. Hughes Houston H. LaCombe Oliver J. Swischer Rudolph W. Schroer Horace K. Richardson Richard J. Kaminski	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold E. Broughton August F. Spies Kenneth L. Post Albert H. Knox Thomas W. Davis Elias M. Ramirez Dorsia C. Stutler Jessie D. Dunn Frederick J. Moynihan Dale W. Lee

	A/C # 707		A/C # 904		A/C # 535		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Kenneth L. Conrad, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman L. Stevens Donald R. Sweetman Everett Stainaker Kenneth R. Wall Alfredo J. Raimo Joseph J. Firast Irving Feitel Cecil B. Brantley Ronald W. Weber	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph W. Coons Kenneth Blakebrough Jennings B. Beran Stephen Cokoroginis George F. Peschen Joseph D. DeCrescio Conrad E. Craig Harry Q. Kroll Woodrow W. Tatman	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerald M. Russell Joseph Taylor John F. Kelsey Pete A. Anotnella Bernard B. Matz Maurice L. D'Agotino Elton C. Conerly C. A. Rogers Elton C. Conerly

	A/C # 537		A/C # 080		A/C # 694		A/C # 363
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 Daniel W. Nose Francis G. Mauro John T. Sullivant William A. Gearhart Floyd A. Monroe	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 Thomas J. Ambrose Charles G. MacChesney Eldon L. Sutherland Homer D. Reich	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth E. Kentner Jacob Kosman Orion C. Brower Sam Radak Lewis J. Crain Charles R. Haynes Virgil W. Terral Wayne S. Richman Myron S. Spahr	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	William B. Dudley Louis G. Mueller Julius G. Uhrlaub William F. Seil Francis J. Pitelka Marshall H. Glover Martin O. Olson William J. Banghart Frank P. Trom Louis A. Williams

	A/C # 203		A/C # 832		A/C # 167		A/C # unknown
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lester G. Radcliff Andrew G. Anderson David W. Ellis Werner L. Bernau Theodore R. Rose Anthony J. Bradisse Louis B. Reinhart Lawerence M. Charlesworth William F. Rykert Peter P. Kopas	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Craig P. Greason Edward M. Monasterio Rudolph Haumann Thomas E. Madigan Garland L. Frost Ralph S. Ingraham William N. Wagner Blair Arsenault, Jr Kenneth L. Haseltine	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roy H. Kirk John medwin Arvo J. Kajander Valentine W. Stype Edward A. Grover Rocco V. Montagno Harold W. Logsdon Willard Krueger Charles W. Coleman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Thistle Carrol R. Wissmiller Craig K. Winters Roy R. Truba John T. Miller Louis E. Domato Harvey G. Henkel Luther H. Smith John H. Taylor

	A/C # 534		A/C # 200		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kelly P. Jacobs Donald G. Sellon Albert F. Czarnowsky Robert E. Gee Jacob L. Finnerty Lyle W. Ashtry George H. Haby, Jr. James T. Means Charles F. Brown	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph J. Neff Claude H. Hubbard Cecil Lohn George A. Cooke William J. Gassen Joseph F. Garney Walter J. McGuire Benton Rosenberg Edward B. Tooker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	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