Mission No 193

MISSION NO. 193
ELLINGEN, GERMANY

23 FEBRUARY, 1945

Rail facilities at Bamberg were the primary targets, with Ellingen, located south of Bamberg, the target of opportunity. The Group comprised the 94th B Combat Wing with Major Smith as Air Commander.

Assembly was at briefed altitude plus 3,000 feet because of clouds. Some difficulty was encountered from weather conditions, which hindered assembly. The Group assembled between two cloud layers and was late leaving Glatton because the formation was incomplete.

The route over England was not flown as briefed. On the route, the 457th fell in behind the 351st Bomb Group in Wing formation. The formation was at 18,000 feet and remained at this altitude throughout the course, except on the bomb run. The Group was in proper position in Division column, and flew the Division assembly line as briefed.

The route to the IP was uneventful. Course was flown approximately as briefed. Just before reaching the IP, the weather scouting force advised that the target area had ten-tenths cloud cover and advised the Group Leader that targets assigned to the 3rd Bombardment Division were open.

The IP was crossed on course and then the Group proceeded southwest of the briefed course in search of secondary and last resort targets in the 3rd Division area. Let down below the unclercast was accomplished previous to the IP. Bombing was done visually, in squadron formation. The lead and low squadrons bombed the village of Ellingen from 16,300 feet. The aiming point for the lead squadron was the autobahn in the center of the town. The low squadron synchronized on the railroad north of the city. The high squadron, not knowing the bombing altitude (as the lead squadron was changing altitudes) was not set up in time to attack Ellingen, so it continued on to the village of Ottingen. The Aiming Point was the railroad near the center of the city. Weather conditions were CAVU for all squadrons. No other difficulties were encountered. Bomb results were observed to be good for all squadrons.

Flak was moderate, with three craft sustaining battle damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

February 23rd, 1945
Mission No 193 Target: Ellingen, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 255		A/C # 024		A/C # 152		A/C # 240
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Maj Lt Capt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Donald L Seesenguth William F. Smith John A. Franck Roland O. Byers Felecisimo Basuil Kenneth B. Taylor Edward J. McGurren Jack J. Ham Roy E. Goldman Nathaniel J. Beam	Capt Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ray D. Hedrick, Jr Edward M. Monasterio Ashton B. Gehen, Jr. William W. Macintosh Edwin B. Benson Reginald N. Buxtom Donald H. Gravelle Vincent J. Fallon John F. McGillian Harvey G. Ray	Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Arnold G. Brunner Lawrence D. Wilde Ralph W. Eichenberger Maurice H. Keesling John A Dahler Charles D. Zhe Ralph Compton Robert E. Smolick Jeff W. Chastain Lawrence D. Rogers	Lt Lt Lt 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 Frederick J. Moynihan

	A/C # 101		A/C # 028		A/C # 211		A/C # 698 ??
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert B Gross David S. Kahne Robert J. Jacobson Tommy M. Pruitt James L. Gray Harold P. Hubert Frank E. Humphries Hubert O. Newell William D. Oden	Lt Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell A. Nowling Quentin P. Thompson Elmer L. Mankin Gerald Zelikofsky Dale F. Baldwin Allison J. Gunn Stephen Skulec John M. Handler William M. Stell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max K. Rahn Paul H. Duckert Edwin H. Simon Otis N. Bennett John L. Davis George W. King John J. Tuzi Charles F. Greenlund Harold N. Saxby	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Eugene L. Walker John Sing Leland M. Ford Charles M. Carrier Paul S. Zalusky Frank M. Prado Delbert D. Dellinger

	A/C # 902		A/C # 831		A/C # 551		A/C # 947
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Biracree Robert G. Quincy James R. Ogletree George L. Branstetter Albert D. Paulson Robert F. Devaney George W. Jackson Louis B. Reinhart James A. Carey Laffetti Trace	Lt F/O F/O 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 Aleck A. Pomerantz	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. Fischer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Thistle Joseph Taylor Craig K. Winters Roy R. Truba John T. Miller Louis E. Domato Harvey G. Henkel Luther H. Smith John H. Taylor

	A/C # 203		A/C # 161		A/C # 528		A/C # 707
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kelly P. Jacobs Donald G. Sellon Albert F. Czarnowsky Robert E. Gee Jacob L. Finnerty George H. Haby, Jr. James T. Means Charles F. Brown Lyle W. Astry	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Craig P. Greason William G. Litigot Rudolph Haumann Garland L. Frost Ralph S. Ingraham William N. Wagner Blair Arsenault, Jr Kenneth L. Haseltine Thomas E. Madigan	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 James R. Day Jay S. Harrison	Lt Lt F/O 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 Dale W. Lee David Barclay

	A/C # 537		A/C # 087		A/C # 881 ??		A/C # 301
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Elmer E. Witten John K. Wales George R. Nichols Ben Demattia John D. Williams Francis G. Mauro John T. Sullivant William A. Gearhart Floyd A. Monroe	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred Steadman John C. Moore Merton D. Pittman Aleck A. Capsalis George R. Schuller Frank C. Stein Robert S. McEwen Johnnie Sarter Jr. Lawrence C. Johnston Ralph V. Mitchell	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner George J. Grau Philip A. DuPont Theodore R. Cowsert Anthony S. Giacobbi James R. Westbrook Virgil Hill Joseph E. Elbers Ray F. Hawkins, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward F. Clark Harry R. Horn Charles F. Gavin Jr Harley E. Barrett Glenn S. Gruver George E. Dainty Gene R. Foss Frederick C. Rex George N. Pollock

	A/C # 479		A/C # 574		A/C # 167		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Hottle, Jr Emile N. Racine David W. Ellis George Zucker Roger R. Holden George Zucker William H. Goodfellow John E. Dubins Francis C. Cupp Kenneth L. Conrad William J. Dufford	F/O F/O F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Scarpaci Francis J. Patry Paul R. Kelly Thomas H. Reed Everett R. Watson Alrfed R. Jones Floyd R. Lashmit Francis X. Demarzio Jerome Shapiro	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James R. Howell Eugene F. Howard Robert D. Beltz John S. King Thomas D. McCormick Lee R. Gorman Donald S. Moore Frank C. Tucker Robert D. Whiteaker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen William A. Moore Edward F. Morgan Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Bernard P. Wrobleski Louis H. Rickert Warren E. Swain

	A/C # 973		A/C # 828		A/C # 863		A/C # 354
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas P. Thompson, Jr. Murray V. Jett Anthony A. O'Brian Ralph S. Kenyon Daniel W. Nose ?? Thomas C. Elliott Bennie W. Johnson Walter C. Nowak	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph J. Naff Claude H. Hubbard Cedil Lohn Irving Feitel William J. Gasson Joseph F. Garney George H. Coughlin Virgil L. Ekstrand Fred C. Cope	Lt F/O F/O 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	Worth G. Kirkman Mason H. Cummings George N. Blair John K. Nally John F. Cervero Roy V. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Walter F. Willig Gordon L. Kitt

	A/C # ???		A/C # 080		A/C # 075		A/C # 154
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	?? The names of crew members is unreadable in the original documents.	Capt Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	?? L. Fisher Donald R. Sweetman Everett Stainaker Kenneth R. Wall Wilbur A. Kurtz George B. Crockett John J. Sweeney Buford B. Lawson Ernest L. Levonian	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 Cleon R. Roy Walter L. Laddusaw	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold E. Broughton James R. Jenkins Kenneth L. Post Thomas W. Davis Gene F. Skidacre Elias M. Ramirez Dorcia C. Stutler Jessie D. Dunn Anthony J. Demaro Robert B. Stiorphol ???

	A/C # ???		A/C # 706		A/C # 855		A/C # 582
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	?? The name of crew members is unreadable in the original documents	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 Dale W. Mason John A. Schuck Robert Bonazza	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Hollis D. Hudleston Victor F. Ambrose William R. Watson Robert D. Malloy Kenneth R. Vann James D. Ransdell Stephen F. Esterholdt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerald M. Russell Carrol R. Wissmiller Julius G. Uhrlaub John F. Kelsey Bernard B. Matz Maurice L. D'Agostino Walter L. Smith C. A. Rogers Elton C. Coperly

	A/C # 506?		A/C # 534		A/C # 195		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	?? The names of crew member is unreadable in the original documents.	Lt Lt F/O 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 Cletus B. Newman Michael Denitti	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John R. Godwin Earl R. Downey Robert F. Kellow Andrew J. McCormick George Kakeh Vincent C. Liguori Paul J. Bernstel Frank J. Clark James A. Conklin	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