Mission No 213

MISSION NO. 213
FULDA-PLAUEN, GERMANY

19 MARCH, 1945

The marshalling yards at Moblis were the primary target, with Plauen as the secondary target, and Fulda the target of last resort. The Group comprised the 94th A Combat Wing, with Major Stann as Air Commander.

Wing assembly was accomplished without incident. Deviations to the right of course along the Division assembly line were necessary in order to follow the Division bomber stream. The Group had to climb to briefed altitude plus 1,300 feet, along the route, in order to avoid thick weather conditions. Weather conditions became increasingly more difficult.

Haze and dense, persistent contrails above 15,000 feet caused constant interference. Accordingly, the formation climbed to 26,000 feet (briefed plus 1,500 feet) in order to get above existing weather.

Weather in the area of Moblis prevented bombing visually. The Group was forced to execute a 360 degree turn to the right on the last leg before the IP, because contrails and three groups coming from the left had crowded the 45 7th off course. The high squadron became separated from the Group at this point. The PFF Operator was unable to pick up the other targets. A run was then attempted on Saalfeld, but just before the BRL, another group passed beneath and prevented the lead and low squadrons from releasing their bombs. The PFF Operator then picked up Fulda. As the two squadrons approached the target, weather conditions had cleared sufficiently to allow the formation to let down to 24,700 feet. A visual run was made on this target, with squadrons in trail. Results were good. The high squadron, after becoming separated from the other two squadrons, made a PFF run on the secondary target. Bombing was done from an altitude of 28,000 feet, because of cirrus clouds, contrails and haze. Cloud coverage was ten-tenths.

The lead and low squadrons accomplished Group rally and followed the approximate briefed course. After having crossed friendly lines, the Air Commander gave permission for aircraft low on fuel to land on the Continent, and twenty-one aircraft landed for refueling.

The high squadron proceeded out individually, and its leader also gave permission for aircraft low on fuel to land on the Continent. Eleven aircraft landed there.

Antiaircraft opposition had been light and no craft had sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 19th, 1945
Mission No 213 Target: Fulda-Plauen, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 028		A/C # 649		A/C # 557		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lon A. McCauley, Jr. Nathaniel J. Beam John T. Freese Harry J. Campbell Louis A. Williams Henry L. Bartnowski Bernard J. Carroll Jacob L. Finnerty Ray M. Bechtel G. B. Gaster	Capt Maj Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Roger L. Fisher Leon Stann Marsh Hovey Paul L. Hertenstein Joseph E. Ellis Clinton N. Wells Wilbur A. kurtz George B. Crockett Lawrence G. Johnston William G. Litogot	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Max K. Rahn Edwin S. Jackson Edwin H. Simon Otis N. Bennett John L. Davis George W. King John J. Tuzi Charles F. Greenlund Victor A. Smith	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Sherrill R. Williams Earl R. Downey Benjamin J. Bushey Ray G. Wilcox Ralph W. Smith Eugene P. Bussard Harold T. Rahbe Anthony J. Demaro Burhard A. Klimoski

	A/C # 509		A/C # 698		A/C # 211		A/C # 140
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 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. Southerland	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	George H. Bane Donn W. Leedham Girvan Peck Warren L. Holbrook John G. Mackie Chester C. Urbanik Lloyd R. Kennedy William H. Stern George N. Pollock

	A/C # 101		A/C # 904		A/C # 551		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Glenn P. Harris Stephen Polivchak Earles J. Laur Robert G. Anderson George L. Hart Abel M. Chacon Walter L. Buck Donald W. Young John V. Papaj	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Delmar A. Stanley Parks E. Rea Carl E. Schieffer Leonard Y. Wendrow Leroy R. Ford Roger J. Howell Norman C. Kistler Dale W. Mason John A. Schuck	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Henry S. Blach Wilbur S. Pursell Leslie J. Tesdall William E. Wilson John V. Brennan Samuel J. Williams Harold W. Logsdon Wendell H. Perry Charles E. Sizemore	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Arnold E. Broughton James J. Jenkins Charles K. Gavin A. W. Bell Joe T. Clary Elias P. Ramirez Jack N. Gregory Walter F. Willig Vernon W. Whatley

	A/C # 504		A/C # 524		A/C # 195		A/C # 885
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 Warren H. Parmeter Raymond D. VanWagner Orville D. Clark George N. Radakovich R. B. Kelly Santos V. Maira	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond H. Wolf William F. Reynolds Robert W. Hentges Jacob Cohen Milton E. Drissler Robert J. Townley Donald E. Polen Dennis G. Schaffner Ralph Frackman	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 Herold N. Saxby Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root Vincent J. Fallin	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 Windsor J. Deaton Richard F. Lucas Stokely M. Gribble

	A/C # 080		A/C # 733		A/C # 582		A/C # 603
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 Ray M. Bechtel Floyd N. Henderson Jr. Robert E. Hall Leo B. Lawler	Lt Lt Lt Lt 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	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	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Miller James D. Blackmore Richard E. Anderson Pete A. Antonella Elbert D. Conger Leonard G. Vittitow Frank P. Trom Frederick J. Moynihan Leo A. Steele

	A/C # 831		A/C # 706		A/C # 694		A/C # 113
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 F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth D. Woods Joseph B. Watkins Horace B. Whipple Rex A. Stevens Harry E. Graham Horace N. Seyster Robert Bonazza Stanley P. Szydlowski Ralph V. Mitchell	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 Robert D. Whiteaker Woodrow W. Tatman	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel K. Robinson Donald D. Nielsen William A. Moore Frank J. Eichenlaub Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Vernal L. Scheivert Bernard P. Wrobleski Warren S. Swain

	A/C # 072		A/C # 200		A/C # 518		A/C # 707
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 Louis B. Reinhart Charles A. Wilt Charles F. Brown Gilbert J. Fleming	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Martin Norman F. Zoltowski William H. Herron William D. Bowles Richard P. Barnes Martin Jacobs Paul L. Cardwell Hubert S. Johnson Harold Stege	Lt Lt 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 Leonard J. Lewandowski James G. Ransdell Jay S. Harrison	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Howard W. Demotts Harley E. Barrett Henry Freidrich Wallace T. Powell Harmon A. Smith Carl A. Johnson David Barclay

	A/C # 537		A/C # 161		A/C # 301		A/C # 479
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 Roger R. Holden James T. Bell, Jr Frank E. Humphries Wilbert M. Saylor William J. Dufford Francis C. Cupp George W. Jackson	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Orville L. Smiley Delbert D. Swartz Thomas L. McGovern, Jr George W. Thompson, Jr Norman R. Shoemaker William M. Whigham John K. Bryan Edgar L. Seal James E. Kilgore	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth E. Kentner Jacob Kosman Wayne W. Hanley Sam Radak Lewis J. Crain Charles R. Haynes Virgil W. Terral Leis J. Crain Wayne S. Richman Myron S. Spahr Robert R. Tangney	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Ambrose W. Reese Howard T. Hampton Paul A. Brook Joel Lester Edward F. Peters Charles E. Kenny James E. McCloskey Percy C. Mack Alfred C. Hetrick Robert W. Merritt

	A/C # 785		A/C # 574		A/C # 414		A/C # 749
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 John W. Rockefeller Archie F. Cole Edward W. Blycker Gerald P. Uzdavinis Byrne J. Ranney	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	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. McCougall	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Homer P. Mallory Harry D. Horn James C. Strachan Joseph Kirwan John Sing Robert F. Forgit Mario D. Terentio Harry D. Holp Louis H. Pena John J. O'Toole

	A/C # 190		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas P. Thompson Murry V. Jett Arnold L. Rosenblatt Daniel W. Nose James L. Bass Walter H. Kleinfelter John V. Lawton Benny W. Johnson Walter C. Nowak	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

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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