Mission No 222

MISSION NO. 222
HALLE, GERMANY

31 MARCH, 1945

The Group was to return to Merseberg with the marshalling yards at Halle the secondary target. The Group comprised the 94th B Combat Wing with Major Stann as Air Commander.

Assembly conditions were poor. Haze and heavy contrails made it necessary to raise assembly altitude to briefed plus 4,500 feet. Both the 351st and the 401st Bomb Groups crossed over the 457th's assembly area during assembly. The 457th, briefed to follow the 351st, assembled in Wing formation behind the 401st instead. The 35 1st was unable to locate the Wing formation at this point because of heavy contrails and clouds, but later joined the Division bomber stream.

Route to the target was uneventful and was flown on course at altitudes ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 feet above briefed in order to avoid contrails and clouds.

Cloud coverage at the target was nine to ten tenths and it Was necessary to bomb the PFF secondary in Group formation. Poor visibility caused constant interference. Bombs were dropped from 25,000 feet. Bomb results were not observed. Flak was moderate but accurate, with seven craft sustaining damage.

March ended with the Group having flown 24 missions, putting three boxes aloft on every mission except the 24 March mission, when the two missions in one day were flown.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 31st, 1945
Mission No 222 Target: Halle, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 557		A/C # 152		A/C # 211		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Weber William B. dudley Carl G. Swanberg Herbert L. Stempler Charles K. Rawls Louis L. R. Gomes Edgar W. Monell Owen S. O'Rourke John A. Mazza	Capt Maj Capt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Roger I. Fisher Leon Stann Marsh Hovey Paul L. Hertenstein Francis F. Jasinski Clinton E. Wells Wilbur A. Kurtz George B. Crockett Lawrence C. Johnston William G. Litigot	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James L. Hall Robert L. Fortner Gordon W. Dykes Edward T. Ambrose Alan Morton John R. Middlebrooks Anthony Colin Harry A. Sempf Robert L. Fischer	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ejner N. Gunderson August F. Spies John F. Owin Walter A. Divan Thomas O. Lowry Lenoir A. Greer Ruben L. Larson Albert L. Mikels Theodroe C. Yates

	A/C # 509		A/C # 733		A/C # 528		A/C # 947
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerard A. Sharrock Jack E. Taifer John S. Pearson Henry J. Nohava Sterling J. Haldeman James C. Hanley James L. Madison William J. O'Hara Harold H. Young	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jesse E. Castanias Myrton F. Barry Orin G. Cedergren Stephen T. Cowell Martin Norsic Jr. Stanley F. Bendzynski William F. Waters Cletus Newman Michael Denitti	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Willmore Fluman John Medwin Harry M. Kennedy John M. Gayden Lawrence J. Gallagher Willard F. Beason Billy E. DeBerry Robert J. Gantz Robert P. Kimmel	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles E. Birdseye Patrick H. Wallace Howard W. Demotts Robert F. Nicholson Henry Freidrich Wallace T. Powell Harmon A. Smith Carl A. Johnson David Barclay

	A/C # 072		A/C # 032		A/C # 934		A/C # 887
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Sellon Nathaniel J. Beam William D. Hogsett Raymond D. VanWagner Joseph H. Gubino Albert P. Cristofaro Robert L. Shaaf Harry A. Olson Roy E. Goldman	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 M. Seyster Robert Bonazza Benjamin F. Parris Dennis L. Phelps Vincent J. Fallon	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James H. Latimer Jack O. McMillen Swen A. Christensen Norman Roe John J. Pickett Harold B. Anthony Boris W. Petcoff Harry R. Roeder Ramsey E. Hale	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerald M. Russell Carrol R. Wissmiller Julius G. Uhrlaub John F. Kelsey Bernard B. Matz Maurice L. D'Agotino Elton C. Conerly Elmer A. Campbell C. A. Rogers

	A/C # 394		A/C # 204		A/C # 863		A/C # 403
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 Anthony J. Bradisse Lawrence M. Charlesworth Peter P. Kopas William F. Rykert Werner L. Bernau Theodore R. Rose	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas J. Heter Dale E. Harrison Thomas R. Reed William L. Cooney Joseph Carroll Philip H. Snyder, Jr Donald M. Satra Robert K. Butler Henry R. Koziol	Lt F/O Lt 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 F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vernon L. Terrill Lawrende L. Jackson Anthony D. Paruta Charles R. Ward Edward J. Celani Charles L. Rockwell Frank Alderete III Alfred C. Hetrick Kenneth L. Bostick

	A/C # 785		A/C # 161		A/C # 694		A/C # 885
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 Gerald P. Uzdavinis Walter H. Carter John W. Rockefeller Archie F. Cole Edward W. Blycker Byrne J. Ranney	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Orville L. Smiley Delbert D. Swartz Myrton D. Pittman 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 Sgt	Hugh E. Arnold Pierre P. Arpin Hubert M. Ange Freeman C. Clouse John W. Anderson Robert C. Rustin L. A. Badger Andy Kuzemchak Joseph W. Brooks	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Thistle Joseph Taylor Craig K. Winters Roy R. Truba John T. Miller Louis E. Domato Harvey G. Henkel Luther H. Smith John H. Taylor

	A/C # 961		A/C # 201		A/C # 167		A/C # 240
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny J. Bigley Thomas E. Brines Charles P. Keith Cleotis N. Helm James W. Ford Floyd N. Henderson, Jr Delbert S. Schwab Robet E. Hall Leo B. Lawler	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Martin Norman F. Zoltowski William D. Bowles John F. Brown Richard P. Barnes Martin Jacobs Paul L. Cardwell Hubert S. Johnson Harold Stege	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Stansbury David E. Parker Vincent J. Lococo Morris Rosen John B. Costello Lawrence M. Gast Warren l. Heimke Lester H. Malon Lowell Newton	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane Donn W. Leedham Girvan Peck Warren L. Holbrook John G. Mackie William H. Stern Walter H. Westels Willard R. Hedge Chester C. Urbanik

	A/C # 092		A/C # 087		A/C # 855		A/C # 707
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin A. Kollaja Gordon K. Beard John D. Alexander Herbert L. Thiede Charles M. Norton Max L. Rice Robert Orlanski Marvin Overfelt James J. Pedine	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene Q. Key donald F. Muller Grover D. Malone Earl D. Sherman Douglas D. Hodge Charles M. Johnston Vern L. Larsen Henry Schloss William S. Stewart	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Starnes Jack E. Sanders Jennings B. Beran Robert F. Altmaier Victor C. Johanson Frank D. Russo Leonard Lewandowski Stephen T. Esterholdt James Valenti	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred M. Rohrig Charles B. Whiddon Gene B. Brown Oral I. Conyers Herman J. Gabryel Loring Lynes John F. Fox Frederick J. Moynihan Walter L. Reddy, Jr Howard A. Dimpsey

	A/C # 897		A/C # 540		A/C # 479		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marion K. Burk Cecil C. Harris James D. Tauscher Clifford N. Cunningham Herbert K. Clark, Sr Joe E. Floerke Frederick A. McDuffie Harold E. Buhrow Earl R. Kenyon, Jr	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Guyon A. Smith, Jr William J. Wright Raoul L. Phaneuf, Jr David R. Rodrigue Bill Copley Conrad F. Reiman Walter J. McGuire Robert E. Glenn Edward B. Tooker	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 Harold W. Logsdon Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root Alfred L. Walker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Homer P. Mallory William C. Girard James C. Strachan Joseph Kirwan Jack M. Koester Elias M. Ramirez Harry D. Holp Warren D. Rodgers George N. Pollock

	A/C # 506		A/C #		A/C # 368		A/C # 026
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William A. Barrett Robert A. Bloomer Robert D. Mueller Wallace A. Proux Walter W. Hunt Joseph P. Reidy Robert R. Slocomb Eston L. Selby Franklin V. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	James R. Howell Eugene F. Howard Robert D. Beltz Frank F. Miles Thomas D. McCormick Lee R. Groman Frank C. Tucker Hiram E. Morrow Alfred Hansen	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles G. Schobert Robert D. Shaw Paul A. Brook James E. ? Fayette Dennison William B. Wilson James Casey Raymond J. Whitle Harry C. Thortten Fred A. Barshop Donald P. Macbride

	A/C # 844		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	Ralph H. Coons Murray V. Jett Rudolph G. Warner Walter H. Kleinfelter Daniel W. Nose James L. Bass John V. Lawton Bennie 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 Sgt 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

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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