Mission No 208

MISSION NO. 208
SWINEMUNDE, GERMANY

12 MARCH, 1945

The port at the seaside City of Swinemunde was the primary target. It was reported that the battleship, the Admiral Scheer, a destroyer and many smaller vessels were in the main channel and the harbor. It was also reported it was being used as an evacuation port from Russia and Norway, hence traffic was heavy. The port entrance is located at the entrance of the Swine River on the Baltic Sea and is 40 miles from Stettin.

The 457th comprised the 94th A Combat Wing with Major Spencer as Air Commander.

The Group assembled and joined in Wing formation with little difficulty. Route over England was flown north of course in trail of the Wing Leader.

The Group was in proper position in Division formation and Division assembly line was flown approximately as briefed, but the Group kept drifting right of course in the Division column. Over the North Sea, the Division column executed a 90 degree turn in order to get behind the 3rd Division, which was to the left of the formation. After crossing the Danish coast, it was necessary to execute two double drifts to avoid over running the preceding groups. As a result, the Group was approximately twenty miles north of the briefed IP.

Cloud coverage at the target area was ten tenths. Bombing was done by PFF equipment. Each individual squadron performed its own sighting operation. No difficulties were encountered. Bombing results were not observed because of the undercast.

Flak was light and no craft sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 12th, 1945
Mission No 208 Target: Swinemunde, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 152		A/C # 024		A/C # 863		A/C # 603
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lon A. McCauley, Jr. Thomas E. Brines Donald R. Sherman Harry J. Campbell Felecisimo Basuil Henry L. Bartnowski Gernard J. Carroll Wilmer G. Boykin Frederick F. Parlin G. B. Gaster	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russel A. Nowling Wade E. Knudson Elmer L. Mankin Lawrence D. Rogers Dale F. Baldwin Stephen Skulec John M. Handler Theodore F. Steel Donald F. Rhone	Lt F/O F/O Sgt 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 Sgt	Edward J. Clark Harry R. Horn Floyd A. Crispin Charles F. Gavin Jr Glenn S. Gruver George E. Dainty Gene R. Foss Frederick C. Rex George N. Pollock

	A/C # 509		A/C # 540		A/C # 551		A/C # 382
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John C. Lindholm George K. Parker Albert D. Barr Ted D Panneatos Abraham Choc Daniel Friedman William M. Thacker Baron E. Miller Edwin Levine	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold Edward G. Maxey, Jr. John W. Martin Patrick A. Walls George R. Schuller Gerald E. Cook John J. Sweeney Stanley P. Szydlowski Harvey G. Ray	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James H. Latimer Jack O. McMillen Swen A. Christensen Norman Roe Ramsey E. Hale John J. Pickett Harry E. Roeder Harold B. Anthony boris W. Petcoff	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Richard E. Beck Robert F. Nicholson Henry Freidrich Wallace T. Powell Harmon A. Smith Carl A. Johnson David Barclay

	A/C # 902		A/C # 594		A/C # 854		A/C # 301
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 Francis G. Mauro John D. Williams Junior D. Brooks William A. Gearhart Floyd A. Monroe Robert R. Tangney	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 Hilary J. Turley	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Brooks H. Estes Stephen T. Esterholdt	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen William A. Moore Harley E. Barrett Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Bernard P. Wrobleski Louis H. Rickert Leo A. Steele

	A/C # 394		A/C # 204		A/C # 535		A/C # 749
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 Theodore R. Rose Lawrence M. Charlesworth Peter P. Kopas William F. Rykert Anthony J. Bradisse	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman L. Stevens Donald R. Sweetman Everett Stainaker Kenneth N. 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	Frank R. Guca Clifton R. Smith Melvin K. Stoner Robert F. Olwick Emil T. Pavlus Albert J. Yost Rudolph W. Yost Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George W. Bobbitt Howard T. Hampton Eugene L. Walker A. W. Bell John Sing Leland M. Ford Paul M. Zalusky Young W. Rainer Adrian S. Pennington Howard A. Dimpsey

	A/C # 203		A/C # 831		A/C # 707		A/C # 698
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 Joe E. Floerke	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 F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward C. Foulke George D. McCurry Wayne W. Hanley John J. Kearney Daniel A. Doherty Anthony S. Giacobbi Harold N. Saxby James G. Ransdell Hilliard B. Maples	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vernon L. Terrill Lawrende L. Jackson Earle P. McGraw Gordon L. Witt Charles L. Rockwell Frank Alderete III John W. Pick, Jr Charles R. Ward Edward L. Wilson

	A/C # 606		A/C # 574		A/C # 765		A/C # 240
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny J. Bigley Nathaniel J. Beam Rudolph G. Warner III Charles P. Keith James W. Ford Delbert S. Schwab Floyd N. Henderson Jr. Robert E. Hall Leo B. Lawler	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas J. Heter Dale E. Harrison Bernard Liss William Cooney Philip H. Snyder Robert K. Butler Donald M. Satra Henry R. Koziol Joseph Carroll	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner George J. Grau Philip A. DuPont Ray F. Hawkins Theodore R. Cowsert Alan Morton James R. Westbrook John J. Tuzi Robert F. Seastrand	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Miller Edward R. renfro Richard E. Anderson Pete A. Antonella Charles Calcaterra Dencil C. Adams Frank P. Trom John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson

	A/C # 826		A/C # 200		A/C # 694		A/C # 582
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Glenn P. Harris Stephen Polivchak Warren J. Whitman Earles J. Laur George L. Hart Abel M. Chacon Donald W. Young Robert G. Anderson John V. Papaj	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth D. Woods Joseph B. Watkins Arthur K. Fitch Rex A. Stevens Harry E. Graham Horace N. Seyster Robert Bonazza Benjamin F. Parris Dennis L. Phelps	F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James M. Graves Thomas W. Prior Ralph W. Eichenberger Kenneth R. Vann William R. Biggie Clyde C. Patterson Joseph A. Jakacki Raymond C. Blackson Richard J. Kaminski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Homer P. Mallory August F. Spies John F. Gain Ray G. Wilcox Edward F. Peters Joseph Kirwan Harold R. Rahbe Harry D. Help Robert F. Forgit

	A/C # 785		A/C # 087		A/C # 195		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 Walter H. Carter Archie F. Cole Byrne J. Ranney John W. Rockefeller Gerald T. Uzdavinis Roy E. Goldman	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph J. Naff Claude H. Hubbard Cedil Lohn John F. Brown William J. Gasson Joseph F. Garney George H. Coughlin Virgil L. Ekstrand Fred C. Cope	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kent H. Brittle Arthur E. Anderson, Jr George Crofford, Jr Joseph J. Gurtis Richard A. Dodds Julius O. Beltzer Charles E. Gallagher Gerald W. Hungate Robert T. Kincaid Robert P.l Kimmell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 101		A/C # 832		A/C # 934		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Snow Glenn R. Sewell Eldon E. Smith Robert L. Todd Richard C. Grace Fate W. Jones Joseph E. Adams John A. Corbett, Jr Evert B. Heins	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 Jack E. Arnold	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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

	A/C # 164		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
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 Frank R. Humphries Roger R. Holden James T. Bell, Jr Francis C. Cupp William J. Dufford Ralph V. Mitchell	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 # 219		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Maj Lt Lt Capt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frederick G. Smithson Fred A. Spencer William J. Meng James R. Guyot Oscar B. Stauff Kenneth B. Taylor Jay W. Grider R. N. Pinckney John V. Lawton Murry V. Jett	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 # 706		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt F/O F/O Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Victor F. Pfendler Max M. Felder Arnold L. Rosenblatt Francis F. Jasinski Charles R. Musgrove Normand R. Menard Robert W. Edwards Sam E. Dike Ralph D. Ice	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