Mission No 204

MISSION NO. 204
BOTTROP, GERMANY

8 MARCH, 1945

The Benzol refineries at Bottrop were the primary targets. Originally it was estimated by Allied intelligence that there were twenty of these plants. The Group comprised the 94th B Combat Wing with Major Peresich as Air Commander.

After forming, the Group went left of course in order to assemble in Wing formation. Deviations to the left of course, after joining the Wing, were necessary in order to remain in Wing formation. The Group, fifth in Division formation, was in proper position and at proper interval.

Division assembly line was flown on course, and course to the target was flown approximately as briefed. No difficulties were encountered. The IP was reached on course, but slightly behind schedule, because winds were other than briefed. Cloud coverage at the primary target was ten tenths. A G-H run was made on this target in Group formation, with the lead squadron performing the sighting operation. Bombs were dropped from 25,200 feet. Bomb results were unobserved due to clouds.

Antiaircraft fire was light and no aircraft sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 8th, 1945
Mission No 204 Target: Bottrop, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 152		A/C # 706		A/C # 024		A/C # 885
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edgar H. Humble Kenneth R. Johnston Richard J. Rementeria Donald E. Sherman Herbert L. Stempler Fabio F. Sulpizzi Charles A. Sneer Wilmer G. Boykin Franklin P. Tedder Louis B. Reinhart	Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold Edward G. Maxey, Jr. John W. Martin Patrick A. Hansen Patrick A. Walls George N. Schuller Gerald E. Cook Allen A. Sharpe Harvey G. Ray	Lt Capt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max K. Rahn Charles Lower Edwin H. Simon Otis N. Bennett William W. MacIntosh John L. Davis George W. King John J. Tuzi Charles F. Greenlund	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 Allen F. Scheibel Richard F. Lucas Stokely M. Gribble

	A/C # 101		A/C # 540		A/C # 551		A/C # 947
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 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	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 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	Eugene C. Ricker William C. Girard Floyd A. Crispin Pete A. Antonella Murray L. Cooper William C, Lundy Abe Venick John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson

	A/C # 606		A/C # 832		A/C # 863		A/C # 603
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. Sullivent Junior D. Brooks John D. Williams Francis G. Mauro William A. Gearhart Jacobs Branch Floyd A. Monroe	Lt F/O F/O Agt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell C. Tague Jack S. Eshe Francis G. Spillane George A. Cooke George A. Taylor Frank J. Pekar Ivan L. Mathews, Jr. George T. Zielinski Simon Pomerantz Ralph V. Mitchell	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 F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Sherrill R. Williams Earl R. Downey Benjamin J. Bushey Ray G. Wilcox Ralph E. Smith Eugene P. Bussard Harold T. Rahbe Harold d. Crosby Burhard A. Klimoski

	A/C # 902		A/C # 831		A/C # 881		A/C # 854
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 Robert L. Todd Richard C. Grace Fate W. Jones Joseph E. Adams John A. Corbett, Jr Evert B. Heins Robert R. Tangney	F/O F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Scarpaci Francis J. Patry Merrill H. Ross Louis P. DeCinzo Howard L. Marx Abel J. DeCoux Billy K. Berry James C. Gianacopolis Harold A. Adams	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Hollis D. Hudleston Kenneth R. Vann Robert D. Malloy Joseph A. Jakacki James D. Ransdell Stephen F. Esterholdt James R. Day	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Howard W. Demotts Robert F. Nicholson Wallace T. Powell Henry Freidrich Harmon A. Smith Carl A. Johnson David Barclay

	A/C # 479		A/C # 534		A/C # 528		A/C # 240
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 George Zucker Francis C. Cupp William J. Dufford Laffetti Trace	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond H. Wolf William F. Reynolds Robert W. Hentges Jacob Cohen Edward L. Kane Milton E. Drissler Robert J. Townley Donald E. Polen Dennis G. Schaffner	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Willmore Fluman James M. Graves Harry M. Kennedy John M. Gayden Lawrence J. Gallagher Willard F. Beason Billy E. DeBerry Frank J. Clark Robert J. Gantz Alfred Walker	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane Donn W. Leedham Girvan Peck Warren L. Holbrook John G. Mackie Chester C. Urbanik Herbert N. Hook William H. Stern Walter H. Westels

	A/C # 072		A/C # 904		A/C # 535		A/C # 582
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 Robert H. Young Gilbert J. Fleming	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	Frank R. Guca Clifton R. Smith Melvin K. Stoner Robert F. Olwick Emil T. Pavlus Albert J. Yost Vincent C. Liguori Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerald M. Russell Carrol R. Wissmiller Julius G. Uhrlaub, Jr John F. Kelsey, Jr Bernard B. Matz Maurice J. D'Agostino Lloyd R. Kennedy C. A. Rogers James O. Hartley

	A/C # 506		A/C # 020		A/C # 934		A/C # 698
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 George H. Haby, Jr. James T. Means Charles F. Brown James A. Carey	Lt F/O 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	Lt Lt F/O 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	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen Francis K. Hronek William A. Moore Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Louis H. Rickert John F. Dunn Bernard F. Swain

	A/C # 394		A/C #		A/C # 211		A/C # 154
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lester G. Radcliff Andrew G. Anderson Ben DeMattia Werner L. Bernau Lawrence M. Charlesworth Peter P. Kopas William F. Rykert Anthony J. Bradisse Theodore R. Rose	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jesse E. Castanias Myrton P. Barry Jack Lorber Johnnie Sartor Jr. Martin Norsic Jr. Stanley F. Bendzynski William F. Waters Cletus Newman Michael Denitti	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	Arnold E. Broughton August F. Spies Kenneth L. Post Richard R. Anderson William C. Adams Elias M. Ramirez Walter L. Smith Jessie D. Dunn Vernon M. Whatley John J. O'Toole

	A/C # 190		A/C # 574		A/C # 765		A/C # 327
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 Herbert K. Clark, Sr Joe E. Floerke Frederick A. McDuffie Harold E. Buhrow Clifford N. Cunningham Earl R. Kenyon, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas J. Heter Dale E. Harrison Bernard Liss William L. Cooney Joseph Carroll Philip H. Snyder, Jr Donald M. Satra Robert K. Butler Henry R. Koziol	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner George J. Grau Philip A. DuPont Ray F. Hawkins, Jr Theodore R. Cowsert Anthony S. Giacobbi James R. Westbrook John Simmen Douglas S. Rains	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vernon L. Terrill Lawrende L. Jackson Earle P. McGraw Albert H. Knox Doathie R. Delise Denell J. Adams James E. McColskey Frank J. Eichenlaub Guy P. Wharton

	A/C # 785		A/C # ground spare		A/C # 024		A/C #
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 Byrne J. Ranney Walter H. Carter John W. Rockefeller Gerald T. Uzdavinis Edward W. Blycker	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Gemmill John C. Moore Merton D. Pittman Frank J. Mauro Bernard V. Ruxzko Harry Miller Walter R. Sprankle Charles G. McCaaffery Eldon L. Sutherland	Capt Maj Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Harold A. Schuler Eugene A. Peresich Thomas A. Goff James L. Quarry William T. Wilborn Paul H. Duckert Albert P. Boemer Lester L. Epps Arthur M. Grisa Christopher	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

	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

	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