Mission No 196

MISSION NO. 196
BERLIN, GERMANY

26 FEBRUARY, 1945

The Munich mission was followed by a return to "Big B". The Group comprised the 94th B Combat Wing with Major Snow as Air Commander. The target was the station house in the marshalling yards located near the center of the city.

The Group assembled in Wing formation without difficulty, on course, and in proper position in Division formation. Division assembly line was flown approximately as briefed.

On the route to the IP it was necessary for the Group to do considerable "S-ing", and to execute numerous double drifts in order to remain behind the preceding Group. Otherwise the route to the IP was flown approximately as briefed. The formation was behind schedule because the Division was late. The turn was made at the IP as briefed. Cloud coverage at the target was ten tenths, and it was necessary to bomb in Group formation by means of PFF equipment. Results of bombing were unobserved due to cloud coverage.

After the turn off from the target, the formation ran into strong head winds which continued throughout the return route. Deviations to the south of course were made in order to stay in Division formation. After entering England, the Group proceeded directly to the Base, because of low gasoline, the head winds having consumed much of the supply.

Flak was moderate but inaccurate.

CREW LOADING LIST

February 26th, 1945
Mission No 196 Target: Berlin, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 785		A/C # 255		A/C # 211		A/C # 437
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Pvt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert B Gross William P. O Connor Robert J. Jacobson Frank E. Humphries Tommy M. Pruitt James L. Gray Harold P. Hubert Hubert O. Newell William D. Oden	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Melvin M. Fox Kenneth R. Johnson Beverly C. Robertson Charles W. Carbery Adrian A. Belanger Lloyd J. Blood Alvin Prukop Harold A. Arndt Louis A. Williams	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward R. Skyrms Clarence E. Leath Maurice H. Keesling Bernard Weiss Bernard R. Bese Raymond C. Blackson Henry Schmidt, Jr Leonard J. Lewandowski Simon C. Wareck	Capt Maj Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond R. Lyons Wilbur D. Snow Charles L. Bowers Richard L. Hamel Valerian J. Leksan Thomas Smith, Jr James F. Stoner Jor T. Clary Joseph A. Macke Adrian W. Pennington Leo A. Stelle

	A/C # 071		A/C # 540		A/C # 863		A/C # 451
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Gilbert Robert G. Quincy John I. Butterly Daniel Cadena, Jr. Albert F. Jenkins Richard C. Clements John E. Dubina Art J. Christenson Ralph D. Ice	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Everett Park William G. Liticot Bernard Liss Donald C. Ward Kenneth M. Garrison Raymond L. Madgett Joy J. Cappelle Clifton J. Rabideaux Steve Sobiaski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Hollis D. Hudleston Glyn E. Aleshire William R. Watson Robert D. Malloy Joseph A. Jakacki James D. Ransdell Stephen F. Esterholdt	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Dudley Kenneth L. Andersen William E. Seil Paul A. Brook Joel Lester John C. McCullough Marshall H. Glover Martin O. Olson William J. Banghart Frank P. Trom

	A/C # 072		A/C # 200		A/C # 075		A/C # 455
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kelly P. Jacobs Thomas P. Thompson Albert F. Czarnowsky Robert E. Gee Jacob L. Finnerty George H. Haby, Jr. Thomas C. Elliott Charles F. Brown James T. Means	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward Palm Ralph L. Gray Arthur K. Fitch, Jr Frankie D. Stout Robert E. Glenn Robert W. Pinkney Jack Woodford Walter M. McGuire Edward B. Tooker	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Carl P. Sundbaum Galileo F. Bossio Warren W. Nixon Jarold H. Reynolds John V. Brennan Julian S. Smith Edward J. Zeitz Cleon R. Roy Walter L. Laddusaw	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert W. Gronberg Paul C. Mason Herman D. Walmer Robert M. McMakin Albert K. Richards Milo C. Hastings Ashmun J. Ripley James L. McGill Kenneth L. Bostick

	A/C # 606		A/C # 822		A/C # 551		A/C # 428
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Duane F. Southwood Lyle E. Keran Wallace Reed Warren H. Parmeter Raymond D. VanWagner Orville D. Clark George N. Radakovich R. B. Kelly Santos V. Maira Jacobs Branch	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell C. Tague Jack S. Eshe Francis G. Spillane Archie C. Straham George A. Taylor Frank J. Pekar Ivan L. Mathews, Jr. George T. Zielinski Simon Pomerantz Hilary A. Turley	Lt F/O Lt Sgt 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 Sgt	Robert W. Gronberg Mason H. Cummings George N. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen Herbert N. Hook Walter F. Willig Alfred L. Walker

	A/C # 479		A/C # 151		A/C # 855		A/C # 430
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 Roger R. Holden James T. Bell, Jr George Zucker Cleotis W. Helm Francis C. Cupp William J. Dufford George W. Jackson	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward C. Foulke George D. McCurry Wayne W. Hanley John J. Kearney Daniel A. Doherty Lauren C. Keene Harold W. Saxby Virgil Hill James D. McCorkindale	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold E. Broughton James R. Jenkins Kenneth L. Post Albert H. Knox Thomas W. Davis Elias M. Ramirez Dorsia C. Stutler Jessie D. Dunn William H. Shafer

	A/C # 394		A/C # 087		A/C # 528		A/C # 445
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 Anthony A. O'Brian Werner L. Bernau Theodore R. Rose Anthony J. Bradisse Lawerence M. Charlesworth William F. Rykert Peter P. Kopas	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David L. Omelich Edwin I. Persons Donald C. Beck Orin C. Cerergren John M. Tabak Robert M. Foster Robert L. Foley Carl F. Hanneken Benjamin F. Ivey	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Willmore Fluman James M. Graves Harry M. Kennedy Alvin C. Farrar Lawrence J. Gallagher Willard F. Beason Billy E. DeBerry Robert J. Gantz John M. Gayden Raymond P. Kimmel	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 Guy P. Wharton

	A/C # 203		A/C # 080		A/C # 535		A/C # 456
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 John D. Williams Francis G. Mauro John T. Sullivant William A. Gearhart Floyd A. Monroe	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	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 Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward J. 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 # 518		A/C # 594		A/C # 765		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 Herbert K. Clark Earl R. Kenyon Cliff N. Cunningham Frederick A. McDuffie Harold E. Buhrow Joe E. Floerke	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Gemmill John C. Moore Merton D. Pittman Frank J. Mairo Bernard V. Roczko Harry Miller Walter R. Sprankle Charles G. MacChesney Eldon L. Sutherland	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James H. Latimer Jack O. McMillen Swen A. Christensen Norman Roe John J. Pickett Harold B. Anthony Boris W. Petcoff Harry R. Roeder Douglas S. Rains	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry G. Bocckino Thomas J. Tredici Robert E. Rodgers Jonathan M. Self Edward C. Lowery Clayton J. Dutcher Windsor J. Deaton Richard F. Lucas Stokely M. Gribble

	A/C #		A/C # 115		A/C # 301		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas J. Heter Dale E. Harrison Sidney Abraham George A. Cooke Philip H. Snyder, Jr Donald M. Satra Robert K. Butler William L. Cooney Joseph Carroll	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph W. Coons Kenneth Blakebrough Jennings B. Beran Stephen Cokoroginis George F. Peschen Joseph D. Crescio Conrad E. Craig Robert D. Whiteaker Woodrow W. Tatman Newbar A. Astor	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C #		A/C # 115		A/C # 368		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	John W. Cantillion Thomas A. Hyde Arthur D. Robiolo Robert B. Ryan Donald A. Priestley Charles E. Decorte Jesse J. DeBoard William Bodayle Lloyd R. Burke	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max K. Rahn Paul H. Duckert Edwin H. Simon Otis N. Bennett John L. Davis Rocco V. Montagno John J. Tuzi Charles F. Greenlund Mathew F. Patulski	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