Mission No 22

MISSION NO. 22
WAGGUM, GERMANY

29 MARCH 1944

Eighteen aircraft were dispatched to attack the fighter and bomber Aircraft Assembly Factory of the Muhlenbau Industries at Waggum four miles north of Brunswick. The factory produced Me-liDs. Major George C. Hozier was Air Commander and Lt. Bender was pilot. The Group comprised the low box of the 94th Combat Wing.

Due to heavy clouds, bombing was done by PFF on the secondary target, Brunswick. Bombing results were not observed.

Heavy enemy fighter attacks were made on the formation. Flak was moderate but accurate. Battle damage was heavy. Lt. Lewis W. Lennartson, who had successfully ditched Mission No. 13, already lagging behind the formation, was attacked by two Me-109s. With one engine on fire and one feathered, the crew was forced to bail out over Germany. Lt. Lennarton stayed with the plane, keeping it level in order that the crew could bail out. The craft exploded before he could bail out. The ball turret gunner, Sgt. Omer Fontaine, was also killed in action. Three of the crew were injured. Enemy fighter attacks on the first two Wings had been heavy, forty to fifty strong. The attack on the 457th was made by ten fighters.

Near Dummer Lake, an enemy operated B-17 was observed flying between the 457th and the wing ahead.

Bad weather gave the Group a respite for the remainder of the month. The Group had experienced what would be one of its busiest months of operation, eighteen missions over a twenty eight day period.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 29, 1944
Mission No22 Target: Waggum, Germany

If you desire to see the original scanned loading lists, click on the respective blue squadron header below.
(If a very small image appears, click on the small image to enlarge.)

748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 558		A/C # 633		A/C # 571		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clyde R. Weid Edward L. Cavanaugh Solon J. Boydston Kenneth B. Taylor James R. Powell Earl N. Pledger Andrew Kafka Norman C. Bonney Edwyn Dempsey Michael Stasko	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard J. Dudek Russell M. Dobyns John F. Moore James H. Coonrod John J. Connell John Kessock Alfred A. Sabory Henri A. Boulay Harold D. McFarland Axel R. Olson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward M. Bender Hozier Earl E. Woodard Musgrove James L. Free Laymon M. Mahon John P. Sarico Thomas Leahy Michael Woyurka Howard E. James	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vinton H. Mays Robert A. Patty John D. English Daniel G. McLaughlin Jack D. Bush Albert A. Rothbauer Jack F. Berry Stanley H. Krohn Cecil D. Burroughs James V. Ambrose

	A/C # 087		A/C # 164		A/C # 098		A/C # 026
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth R. Johnston Kenneth W. Brucker Herbert N. Webb William G. Smith Daniel A. Malcolm Francis F. Friedel William B. Woodell Edwin D. Waggoner Paul O. Conner Gilbert Slocum	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Wetherald Francis G. Bogle Thomas W. Burns Alex W. Fisher Cleo F. Corder John J. Orazem George Stiller Secondo P. Pentacolone Onnie B. Baskette, Jr Frank R. Machak	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clarence E. Schuchmann William F. Smith Thomas A. Goff John B. Blachley Joseph L. Hibbs Harold A. Dusseau Edward A. Bleck Robert Bridges Edgar D. Lanzoni Joe B. McCall	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Green B. Poore James F. Oldenhage George L. Brice Frank J. Rowe Frederick A. Smith Oren E. Hobbs John F. Nechak Lynn W. Rice George T. Murphy Ralph E. Stowe, Jr

	A/C # 088		A/C # 079		A/C # 075		A/C # 591
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Bernard V. Conner Lloyd E. Icenogle Clement H. Marsden Zaven R. Astor Frank T. Aylstock James A. McCamey Edward J. Brazinski Hal H. Willett Carl W. Lewis Leo L. Lang	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David P. Parks Floyd O. Grove William C. Ellerbusch Edward J. Quinn Donald J. Kesselmayer Cosmo J. Fazzio Ruben H. Halverson Charles M. Kerr Anthony M. Pesce George H. Grebe	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert M. Krumm Leo R. Green Roland O. Byers Charlles S. Gelber Lawrence J. Walsh Billy E. Hightower Charles O. Webber Anthony Tozzi Billy L. Dalton John D. Barrett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Emanuel Hauf Donald F. Swain Charles C. Canon Richard E. Jaqua Willis H. Johnson James J. Kilroy Joseph S. Reid Louis F. Beske Paul R. Moore Oscar A. Gascon

	A/C #		A/C # 537		A/C # 452		A/C # 055
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	Amos W. Shepard Ralph O. Hammerstrom Kenneth Galyean Herbert W. Spaulding Joseph E. Fasone Arnold E. Kauffman Jon Roberts Amos T. Bunch Harold E. Smith William H. Good	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred W. Fischer Harry Huskey John N. McDonnell Ralph D. Stutzman Robert M. Jensen John E. Misener Andrew E. Jasso James H. Long Leo McHatton Thomas N. Norton	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clyde B. Knipfer Richard A. Bruha Geroge R. Derdzinski Stanley V. Gray Stephen T. Voit Patrick C. Toomey Percy Waltho Eugene G. Goslee Nicholas D. Furrie Joshua Goldstein

	A/C #		A/C # 531 Click anywhere in the box below to bring up details of this mission.		A/C # 535		A/C # 015
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	Lewis Lennartson Everett L. Keesee, Jr Manford Markowitz Augustine Fernandez Thomas B. Haag Clyde E. Garnhart William T. Graham Gilbert C. Gool? James W. Blackwell Omer Fontaine	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edwin S. Jones Franklin J. Marra Robert C. Dvorak Howard A. Handran Harry C. Lake James A. Martin Patsy Varrassi Kenneth E. Davidson Gervin E. McBride Ernest W. Kerr, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stuart B. James James E. Carels Lionel J. Gusson Joe C. Wilmeth Edward T. Sawyer William A. Spoerner George H. Staudt righard M.l Bassett Frederick G. Wagner

	A/C #		A/C # 067		A/C # 073		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Rudolph M. Stohl David W. Schellenger John O. Millham James E. Thomas Joseph Waskierscz William F. Bemus Walter F. Wagoner Sheldon J. Moore Erwin A. Welling Charles L. Stewart	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Garland M. Hutson Tracy E. Geiger Carl F. Hansen Clifford D. Hughes Charles I. Coffman Howard C. Layton Harold E. Reader Herman R. Goossens George A. Pfeifer Jachin M. Forbes	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth L. Anderson Martin W. Biehn Thomas F. Monaghan Robert J. Larson Laurel W. Phillips Raymond J. Daly Carl F. Graves Donald J. Douthwright Dean K. Adams Angelo J. Ruscito

	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

	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

	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