Mission No 211

MISSION NO. 211
ALTENBURG, GERMANY

17 MARCH, 1945

The primary target was Moblis, the Thermal Electric Plant the aiming poitft. The plant supplied power to industries at Leipzig and Chemnitz, the target of opportunity. The Group comprised the 94th B Combat Wing with Major Maguire as Air Commander. Group formation and Wing assembly were without incident.

The Group was on time, on course, and in second position in Division formation. Division assembly line was flown as briefed.

Route to the IP in trail of the Division leader was flown approximately as briefed. Deviations were necessaiy in order to remain in Division formation. As the Group approached the IP, the PFF equipment on the lead aircraft became inoperative and it was necessary to turn the lead over to the deputy.

The Group went to the briefed altitude plus 800 feet, in order to avoid clouds and contrails. Cloud coverage in the target area varied from eight to ten tenths. Bombing was done in Group formation by means of PFF equipment. Some difficulty was encountered when an unidentified group crossed in front of the formation on the bomb run.

The run was made on the target of opportunity, Altenburg. Bombs were dropped from 27,700 feet. Strike photos of bomb results only showed clouds.

Eleven aircraft landed in France and the remainder returned to base. Flak was light and none of the planes sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 17th, 1945
Mission No 211 Target: Altenburg, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 024		A/C # 904		A/C # 211		A/C # 707
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Capt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frederick G. Smithson Kenneth L. Anderson Donald E. Sherman Kenneth B. Taylor Jay W. Grider R. N. Pinckney Louis A. Williams Harry A. Olson Franklin P. Tedder	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Cantillon Thomas A. Hyde Arthur D. Robilio Robert B. Ryan Jesse J. DeBoard Donald A. Priestley Charles E. DeCorte William Bodayle Lloyd R. Burke	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph B. Maguire Robert D. McMorrow Jackson Taylor Glyne E. Alshire Houston H. LaCombe Oliver J. Swischer Rudolph W. Schroer Horace K. Richardson Harry M. Hughes	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Dale W. Lee

	A/C # 101		A/C # 524		A/C # 863		A/C # 247
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 Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas J. Heter Dale E. Harrison Carl E. Schieffer William Cooney Philip H. Snyder Robert K. Butler Donald M. Satra Henry R. Koziol Joseph Carroll	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 Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold E. Broughton James P. Jenkins Floyd A. Crispin A. W. Bell Jack P. Scarborough Elias M. Ramirez Jack N. Gregory William J. Banghart Vernon M. Whatley

	A/C # 902		A/C # 832		A/C # 195		A/C # 123
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 D. Williams Ben Demattia Francis G. Mauro John T. Sullivant Junior D. Brooks William A. Gearhart Robert R. Tangney	Lt Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman L. Stevens Donald R. Sweetman Everett Stainaker Kenneth R. Wall Harold N. Graham Wallace H. Davis Danny R. Taylor William Greenberg Dewey L. Smith Jr. Robert F. Otterpahl	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank R. Guca Clifton R. Smith Melvin K. Stoner Glyn E. Aleshire Robert F. Olwick Emil T. Pavlus Albert J. Yost Edward J. Zeitz Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Elmer N. Gunderson August F. Spies John F. Grin Walter A. Divan Theodore C. Yates Lenoir A. Greer Thomas O. Lowry Albert L. Mikels Ruben L. Larsen

	A/C # 394		A/C #		A/C # 528		A/C # 654
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 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 L. Ekstrand Fred C. Cope	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James H. Latimer Galileo F. Bossio Swen A. Christensen John J. Pickett Harold B. Anthony Boris W. Petcoff Harry E. Roeder Ramsey E. Hale Norman E. Roe James R. Day	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Worth G. Kirkman Lorenz M. Koch George N. Blair John M. Nally John P. Cervero Roy F. Christensen ? Walter F. Willig Gordon L. Witt

	A/C # 190		A/C # 534		A/C # 934		A/C # 6?
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 James D. Tauscher Frederick A. McDuffie Herbert K. Clark, Sr Joe E. Floerke Harold E. Buhrow Clifford N. Cunningham Earl R. Kenyon, Jr	Lt F/O Lt Sgt 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 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 Harold W. Logsdon Wendell H. Perry Charles E. Sizemore	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Miller Paul C. Mason Francis E. Hronek Richard E. Anderson Elbert D. Conger Louis E. Domato Frank P. Trom Frederick J. Moynihan Leo A. Steele

	A/C # 606		A/C # 706		A/C # 694		A/C # 24?
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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 Jacob Branch	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth D. Woods Joseph B. Watkins Arthur K. Fitch Rex A. Stevens Horace N. Seyster Robert Bonazza Benjamin F. Parris Dennis L. Phelps George R. Schuller	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph W. Coons Kenneth Blakebrough Jennings B. Beran Stephen Cokoroginis Joseph D. Crescio George F. Peschen Conrad E. Craig Robert D. Whiteaker Woodrow W. Tatman	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 Lloyd E. Kennedy William S. Garrett Walter H. Westels

	A/C # 826		A/C # 031		A/C # 167		A/C # 749
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny J. Bigley Thomas E. Brines 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 Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Martin Norman F. Zoltowski William N. Herron William D. Bowles Richard P. Barnes Martin Jacobs Paul L. Cardwell Hubert S. Johnson Harold Stege	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 Myron S. Spahr Wayne S. Richman	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Homer P. Mallory Patrick H. Wallace James C. Strachan Joseph Kirwan Jack M. Koester Robert F. Forgit William H. Hedge Harry D. Help John J. O'Toole

	A/C # 785		A/C # 080		A/C # 765		A/C # 028
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul W. Duckert Max E. Felder Ralph H. Hall Alfred F. Waichunas John W. Lewis Keith E. Shinauld Walter J. Basara William A. Peltoma Thomas E. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Orville L. Smiley Delbert D. Swartz Thomas L. McGovern, Jr George W. Thompson, Jr James E. Kilgore Norman R. Shoemaker William M. Whigham John K. Bryan Edgar L. Seal	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner George J. Grau Philip A. DuPont Ray F. Hawkins, Jr Theodore R. Cowsert Rocco V. Montagno James R. Westbrook Leo Rendina Alexander E. McDougall	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Ambrose W. Reese James F. Stoner Paul A. Brook Joel Lester Edward F. Peters Charles E. Kenny Percy C. Mack Alfred C. Hetrick Lawrence D. Rogers

	A/C # 072		A/C # 161		A/C # 881		A/C # 219
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George L. Hottle, Jr Baile N. Racine David W. Ellis Frank E. Humphries Roger R. Holden Gilbert M. Saylor James T. Bell, Jr Francis C. Cupp William J. Dufford	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	F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James M. Graves Thomas W. Prior Arvo J. Kajander Ralph B. Julian William R. Biggie Anthony S. Giacobbi Joseph A. Jakacki Joseph A. Skiera Jay S. Harrison	Lt Maj Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Capt	William B. Dudley James A. Maguire Richard L Hamel Charles L. Bowers, Jr. Francis J. Pitelka Marshall H. Glover Martin O. Olson Elmer E. Campbell John F. Spore Herbert A. Dolph

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 557
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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Lt	Charles C. Schobert Joseph Taylor Jame E. Tolbert Fayette Dennison, Jr William E. Wilson James F. Casey Robert C. Templin Harry C. Thortsen Chester L. Mohler William E. Seil Alfred Hansen

	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