Mission No 206

MISSION NO. 206
HAMM, GERMANY

10 MARCH, 1945

The rail facilities in Hagen, on the outskirts of Dortmund, were the primary targets, with Hamm, located just north of Dortmund, as the target of opportunity. The Group comprised the 94th C Combat Wing with Major Havey as Air Commander. Group formation and the route over England were flown approximately as briefed. The Group assembled in Wing formation.

Prior to reaching the first Control Point, it was necessary for the Group to deviate off course because the 94th A Group had cut in front of the 35 1st Bomb Group, forcing the deviation. Division assembly line was flown to the right of course in order to avoid prop wash, and to maintain a sufficient interval behind and to the right of Wing formation. The Group was in proper position in numerical order, but was off to the right of the Division Column.

Over the Zuider Zee, there was sufficient interval to permit the Group to swing back on course and in trail of the 351St Bomb Group. Flight to the target was flown approximately on course, except that the Group swung purposely wide of the IP in order to prepare for a G-H run on the primary target. Cloud coverage was ten tenths and a G-H run was begun on the primary target. About halfway down the bomb run, G-H equipment went out and the lead was turned over to the Mickey operator A run was then made on the secondary target the marshalling yards at Hamm. Bombs were dropped from 25,000 feet. Bomb results were unknown due to ten tenths cloud coverage at target.

Antiaircraft fire was moderate, but inaccurate, and no aircraft sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 10th, 1945
Mission No 206 Target: Hamm, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 557		A/C # 568		A/C # 029		A/C # 433
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Edgar H. Humble Nethaniel Beam Richard J. Rementeria Fabio F. Sulpizzi Charles A. Sneer Wilmer G. Boykin Robert L. Schaaf Louis B. Reinhart Alfred Hansen	Capt Maj Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Roger L. Fisher James H. Navey Marsh Hovey Joseph E. Ellis Friedlander? Clinton E. Wells Wilbur A. Kurtz George B. Crockett Clifton G. Bragden William G. Litogot	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	James R. Howell Eugene F. Howard Robert D. Beltz John S. King Thomas D. McCormick Lee R. Groman Frank C. Tucker Hiram E. Morrow C. C. Hightshoe	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Sherrill R. Williams Earl R. Downey Benjamin J. Bushey Ray G. Wilcox Frank N. Smith Eugene P. Bussard Harold T. Rahbe Harold d. Crosby Burhard A. Klimoski

	A/C # 706		A/C # 161		A/C # 535		A/C # unknown
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	John P. Weber Douglas J. Sharkey Carl G. Swanberg Charles K. Rawls Louis L. R. Gomes Edgar W. Monell Owen S. O'Rourke John Mezra Herbert Friedlander	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Craig P. Greason Orville L. Smiley Rudolph Haumann Thomas E. Madigan Blair Arsenault, Jr William N. Wagner Ralph S. Ingraham Kenneth L. Haseltine Garland L. Frost	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald C. Meyers Wilbur S. Pursell Ralph W. Eichenberger Kenneth R. Vann Edward V. Maculaitis Robert D. Malloy Joseph A. Jakacki James D. Ransdell Stephen F. Esterholdt	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Eugene L. Walker Charles M. Carrier John Sing Leland M. Ford Paul M. Zalusky Young W. Rainer Frank M. Prado

	A/C # 101		A/C # 832		A/C # 881		A/C # 452
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert B. Gross William P. O'Connor Eldon E. Smith Frank R. Humphries Tommy M. Pruitt James N. Gray Harris Hubert Robert O. Newell William D. Oden	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell C. Tague Quentin P. Thompson Francis G. Spillane Archie C. Straham George H. Taylor Frank J. Pekar Ivan L. Mathews, Jr. George T. Zielinski Simon Pomerantz Hilary A. Turley	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 Paul J. Bernstel	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen William A. Moore Shester L. Mohler Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Bernard P. Wrobleski Louis H. Rickert Warren S. Swain

	A/C # 509		A/C # 831		A/C # 528		A/C # 456
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt 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	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth D. Woods Joseph B. Watkins Jack Lorber Rex A. Stevens Harry E. Graham Horace M. Seyster Robert Bonazza Benjamin F. Parris Dennis L. Phelps	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Willmore Fluman Robert D. McMorrow Harry M. Kennedy John M. Gayden Lawrence J. Gallaaher Willard F. Beason Billy E. DeBerry Robert J. Gantz Ralph V. Mitchell	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 # 902		A/C # 706		A/C # 518		A/C # 402
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Snow Glenn R. Sewell Mike P. Lopez Joseph E. Adams Robert L. Todd Richard C. Grace Evert B. Heins John A. Corbett, Jr Fate W. Jones Kenneth L. Conrad	Lt F/O Lt 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 Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James H. Latimer Jack O. McMillen Erwin Salnick Norman Roe John J. Pickett Harold B. Anthony Boris W. Petcoff Harry R. Roeder Ramsey E. Hale	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ejner N. Gunderson August F. Spies John F. Owin Walter A. Divan Theodore C. Yates Thomas O. Lowry Lenoir A. Greer Frank J. Eichenlaub Ruben B. Larson

	A/C # 394		A/C # 574		A/C # 113		A/C # 431
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lester G. Radcliff Andrew G. Anderson Ben Dematia Anthony J. Bradisse Werner L. Bernau Theodore R. Rose Lawerence M. Charlesworth William F. Rykert Peter P. Kopas	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas J. Heter Dale E. Harrison Bernard Liss William Cooney Philip H. Snyder, Jr Robert K. Butler Donald M. Satra Henry R. Koziol Joseph Carroll	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kent H. Brittle Arthur E. Anderson, Jr George Crofford, Jr Joseph H. Gurtis Richard A. Dodds Julius C. Beltzer Charles E. Gallagher Gerald W. Hungate Robert L. Kincaid	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 James E. McCloskey Richard F. Lucas Stokely M. Gribble

	A/C # 479		A/C # 200		A/C # 551		A/C # Unknown
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	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 F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth D. Woods Joseph B. Watkins Arthur K. Fitch, Jr Rex A. Stevens Harry E. Graham Horace M. Seyster Robert Bonazza Benjamin F. Parris Dennis L. Phelps	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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Homer P. Mallory Joseph Taylor Francis E. Hronek James C. Strachan ? Dencil C. Adams Abe Venick Louis H. Pena Joseph Kirwan Alfred J. Walker

	A/C # 072		A/C # 087		A/C # 694		A/C # 403
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt 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 F/O Lt 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 F/O F/O 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	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold E. Broughton James P. Jenkins Floyd A. Crispin A. W. Bell William C. Adams Elias M. Ramirez Jack N. Gregory Walter F. Willig Vernon M. Whatley Raymond P. Kimmel

	A/C # 606		A/C # 832		A/C # 765		A/C # 203
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	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 John W. Rockefellow Gerald P. Uzdavinis Edward W. Blycker	Lt Lt Lt Cpl Cpl Cpl Cpl Cpl Cpl Sgt	John W. Schwikert William S. Winter Reuben O. Everett Hugh Burton Emilio D. Bingini Rayford L. Brooks Douglas R. Barron Irving S. Brod James C. Taber Jack E. Arnold	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner George J. Grau Philip A. DuPont Ray F. Hawkins, Jr Theodore R. Cowsert Albert J. Yost James R. Westbrook John Simmen Frank R. Maxwell	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vernon L. Terrill Lawrende L. Jackson Earle P. McGraw Joe T. Clary Gordon L. Witt Roy F. Christensen Elmer E. Campbell James C. Hartley Frederick J. Moynihan

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 414
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		Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles C. Schobert William C. Girard Jame E. Tolbert William E. Seil Fayette Dennison William B. Wilson James F. Casey Walter L. Smith Raymond J. Helble Harry C. Thortsen Lawrence D. Rogers

	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

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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