Mission No 203

MISSION NO. 203
SIEGEN, GERMANY

7 MARCH, 1945

The marshalling yards at Dortmund were the primar targets. The Group comprised the 94th Lead A Combat Wing with Major Snow as Air Commander. Combat Wing assembly was accomplished without incident.

The Group joined the Division formation and proceeded along the Division assembly line. Following the Division leader, the Group went south of course, in order to avoid clouds and contrails.

Upon crossing the Dutch coast, the Group was still south of course, following the Division leader. As the Group approached the last turn before the IP, the G-H equipment of the lead squadron became inoperative. Lead was turned over to the low squadron instead of the high squadron, because communications between the lead squadron lead and high squadron lead had failed.

A G-H run was begun on the primary target, but the low squadron lead craft's G-H equipment became inoperative. The Group then proceeded to the secondary target, the marshalling yards at Siegen, to bomb by means of PFF equipment. The lead and low squadrons released their bombs from 25,400 feet without incident, but the high squadron leader failed to see the smoke markers at bombs away, and did not release bombs. Cloud coverage was ten tenths at the target. Bomb results were unobserved due to clouds.

Flak was moderate and four craft sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 7th, 1945
Mission No 203 Target: Siegen, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 238		A/C # 256		A/C # 211		A/C # 125
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Maj Lt F/O Capt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Frederick G. Smithson Wilbur D. Snow William J. Meng John H. Magner Kenneth B. Taylor Francis F. Jasinski Jay W. Grider Walter H. Kleinfelter R. N. Pinckney Nathaniel J. Beam	Lt Capt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russel A. Nowling Louis G. Mueller Elmer L. Mankin Gerald Elikgfsky Dale F. Baldwin Stephen Skulec John M. Handler William M. Stell Allison J. Gunn	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William C. Girard Charles C. Schobert Jame E. Tolbert Fayette Dennison, Jr Howbart W. Merritt Chambers William B. Wilson James F. Casey Walter l. Smith Raymond J. Helble Harry C. Thortsen

	A/C # 101		A/C # 470		A/C # 881		A/C # 706
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. Reed Edward M. Monasterio Ashton B. Geren Charles K. Major John c. McCullough Robert J. Viles Joseph M. Hamilton Kenneth J. Kuchler Peter P. Angott	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Frank Maxwell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stephen L. Dewald Lorenz M. Koch Byron E. Francisco Richard E. Hansen Lawrence D. Rogers Frank J. Spurchise Wayne R.Bell Anthony s. Lanza Paul H. Suer Anthony S. Lanza

	A/C # 902		A/C # 115		A/C # 863		A/C # 707
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Elmer E. Witten John K. Wales George R. Nichols John T. Sullivant John D. Williams Francis G. Mauro Junior D. Brooks William A. Gearhart Floyd A. Monroe Kenneth L. Conrad	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David L. Omelich Edwin I. Persons Donald D. Beck Orin C. Cedergren John M. Tabak Robert M. Foster Robert L. Foley Carl F. Hanneken Benjamin F. Ivey	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. Crescio Conrad E. Craig Woodrow W. Tatman Robert D. Whiteaker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Francis E. Hronek Eugene L. Walker John Sing Leland M. Ford Paul M. Zalusky Young W. Rainer Frank M. Prado

	A/C # 301		A/C # 200		A/C # 934		A/C # 154
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Snow Glenn R. Sewell James D. Tauscher Joseph E. Adams Richard C. Grace Robert L. Todd Fate W. Jones John A. Corbett, Jr Evert B. Heins	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack E. Wescott Quenton P. Thompson Merrill H. Ross Louis P. DeCinzo Bernard L. Maki Aber J. DeCoux Billy K. Berry James C. Gianacopolis Harold A. Adams	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Henry S. Blach Harold R. Hall Leslie J. Tesdall William E. Wilson Edward V. Maculaitis Samuel J. Williams Earl L. McAdams Wendell H. Perry Charles E. Sizemore	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene C. Ricker Nason H. Cummings George N. Blair Pete A. Antonella Murray L. Cooper William C, Lundy Abe Venick John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson Dale W. Lee

	A/C # 785		A/C # 204		A/C # 195		A/C # 698
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 Archie F. Cole Byrne J. Ranney Walter H. Carter Gerald T. Uzdavinis Edward W. Blycker	Lt Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman L. Stevens Donald R. Sweetman Everett Stainaker Kenneth R. Wall Harold E. Graham Wallace H. Davis Danny R. Taylor William Greenberg Dewey L. Smith Jr.	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Starnes Paul H. Duckert Erwin Salnick Robert F. Altmaier Victor C. Johanson Frank D. Russo Louis A. Qualls John Simmen James Valenti Raymond P. Kimmel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Homer P. Mallorn James D. Blackmore Richard E. Beck James C. Strachin Jack M. Koester Robert F. Forgit Warren D. Rodgers Harry D. Holp Joseph Kirwan

	A/C # 072		A/C # 087		A/C # 832		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ben W. McChesney William C. Manspeaker Eldon E. Smith Joseph H. Gubino Albert P. Cristofaro George S. Byoff Charles A. Wilt Walter L. Buck Gilbert J. Fleming	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph J. Neff William F. Hubbard Cecil Loen John F. Brown William J. Gassen Joseph F. Carney George H. Coughlin Virgil Ekstrand Fred C. Cope Julius Kornblatt	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Hollis D. Hudleston Kenneth R. Venn Carroll W. Gustafson Robert D. Malloy Joseph A. Jakacki James D. Ransdell Stephen F. Esterholdt	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen William A. Moore A. W. Bell Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Louis H. Rickert Adrian W. Pennington Warren S. Swain

	A/C # 190		A/C # 161		A/C # 551		A/C # 582
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 Cliff N. Cunningham Frederick A. McDuffie Earl R. Kenyon Herbert K. Clark Harold E. Buhrow Joe E. Floerke	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Craig P. Greason William G. Litigot Rudolph Haumann Thomas E. Madigan Garland L. Frost Ralph S. Ingraham William N. Wagner Blair Arsenault, Jr Kenneth L. Haseltine	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 Ramsey E. Hale	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerald M. Russell Carrol R. Wissmiller Julius G. Uhrlaub John F. Kelsey Bernard B. Matz Maurice L. D'Agotino Mario D. Terenzio C. A. Rogers Leo E. Steele

	A/C # 506		A/C # 594		A/C # 765		A/C # 240
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 James A. Carey	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Schwikert William S. Winter Reuben O. Everett Hugh Burton Irving S. Brod Emilio D. Bingini Douglas R. Barron Rayford L. Brooks James C. Taber Nubar Astor	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner George J. Grau Philip A. DuPont Roy F. Hawkins Theodore R. Cowsert Anthony S. Giacobbi James R. Westbrook Arthur M. ? Douglas S. Rains	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald P. Straus Everett R. Renfro Floyd A. Crispin Richard E. Anderson Robert L. Olsen John P. Lapicca Lloyd H. Kennedy John F. Dunn John B. Rogers

	A/C # 394		A/C # 823		A/C # 528		A/C # 947
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 Ben Demattia Anthony J. Bradisse Werner L. Bernau Theodore R. Rose Lawerence M. Charlesworth William F. Rykert Peter P. Kopas	F/O F/O F/O F/O Sgt 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 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	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane Donn W. Leedham Girvan Peck Warren L. Holbrook John G. Mackie William H. Stern Walter H. Westels Chester C. Urbanik Herbert N. Hook

	A/C # 606		A/C #		A/C # 535		A/C # 603
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 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		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	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Howard W. Demotts Robert F. Nicholson Henry Freidrich Wallace T. Powell Harmon A. Smith Carl A. Johnson David Barclay

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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

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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

	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