Mission No 225

MISSION NO. 225
LUNEBURG-ULZEN, GERMANY

7 APRIL, 1945

The marshalling yards at Reinsehlen were the primary targets, with Luneburg the secondary and Ulzen the target of last resort. The Group comprised the 94th A Combat Wing with Col. Rogner as Air Commander. The Group led the 1st Division. Wing assembly was without incident. Division assembly line was flown slightly left of course because of a wind change, but the Group was in proper position in Division formation.

Route over the Continent was uneventful and was flown approximately as briefed. The formation was about fifteen minutes late because winds were other than briefed.

The Group made a bomb run on the primary target, with squadrons in trail, but cloud coverage prevented visual sighting, and bombs were not released. The Group then turned right and passed over the areas of the secondary target and target of last resort.

After having passed over these targets, the Group executed a 180 degree turn and went over the target of last resort, preparatory to making a run on the secondary target. As squadrons passed over the target of last resort, the low squadron was able to pickup the target and attack it visually. No difficulty was encountered.

The lead and high squadrons continued on to the secondary target. Cloud coverage was about four tenths and both squadrons were compelled to perform a combination PFFL Visual sighting. Bombs were dropped from 15,000 feet. Antiaircraft fire was light and no craft sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

April 7th, 1945
Mission No 225 Target: Luneburg-Ulzen, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 072		A/C # 640		A/C # 211		A/C # 028
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Sellon Nathaniel J. Beam William D. Hogsett Frederick F. Parlin Joseph H. Gubino Alvert P. cristofaro Evert B. Heins Harry A. Olson Charles A. Sneer Albert L. Walker	Lt Maj Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russel A. Nowling Robert D. Shaw Elmer L. Mankin Victor A. Smith Arthur M Livingstone Dale F. Baldwin Stephen Skulec John M. Handler William M. Stell Allison J. Gunn	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph B. Maguire Robert L. Fortner Jackson Taylor Glyn E. Aleshire Houston H. LaCombe Oliver J. Swischer Rudolph W. Schroer Horace K. Richardson Richard J. Kaminski	Lt Capt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Stephen L. Dewald Wade E. Knudsen Byron E. Francisco Francis E. Pitelka Wayne R. Bell Frank J. Spurchise Paul H. Suer Anthony S. Lanza Donald F. McBride

	A/C # 190		A/C # 826		A/C # 219		A/C # 887
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marrion K. Burk John H. Edison 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 F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gyon A. Smith, Jr William J. Wright David R. Rodrigue Raoul L. Phaneuf, Jr Robert H. Headman Bill Copley Oberlin Pena Conrad F. Reiman Willard E. Saltink	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 Donald S. Moore Frank C. Tucker Alfred Hansen	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. Damato Eugene M. Wosniak John H. Taylor Harvey G. Henkel

	A/C # 826		A/C # 832		A/C # 863		A/C # 154
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Greer Hillard W. Ganter Edward J. Strzyzewski Gerald P. Uzdavinis Walter H. Carter John W. Rockefeller Archie F. Cole Edward W. Blycker Byrne J. Ranney	F/O Lt Lt 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 Robert B. Otterphol	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner William J. McManus Philip A. DuPont Ray F. Hawkins, Jr Lewis J. Crain Charles r. Haynes James R. Westbrook Leo Rendina Kenneth R. Vann	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 Charles W. Coleman

	A/C # 826		A/C # 733		A/C # 694		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 Rudolpy G. Warner III Charles P. Keith 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	David M. Omelich Erwin L. Persons, Jr Donald D. Beck Norman J. Thorman Robert L. Foley Carl F. Hanneken John M. Tabak Robert W. Foster Benjamin F. Ivey	Lt F/O Lt Sgt 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	Calvin K. Schneller James D. Blackmore Francis E. Hronek Frank J. Eichenlaub John P. Austin William S. Garrett Willard R. Hedge Alexander W. Bennett Donald R. Lallky

	A/C # 902		A/C # 161		A/C # 528		A/C # 240
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gordon P. Robertson Thomas J. Cronin Donald E. McCleod Jr. Agustus L. Moore Curtis H. White Robert T. Harrison Bernard R. Mack Thomas W. McDonald Jr. Earl R. Bolier Jacobson Branch	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William G. Litogot Jack S. Eshe Francis G. Spillane Leonard Y. Wendrow Leroy R. Ford Roger J. Howell Norman G. Kistler Dale W. Mason simon Pomerantz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard S. Sopocy George J. Grau Elmo D. Mitchell Melvin Miller James H. Blakely Floyd T. Henebry Wayne O. Dobson Dale W. Reynolds James Valenti	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane Donn W. Leedham Girvan Peck Eugene L. Walker John G. Mackie Chester C. Urbanik Warren L. Holbrook William H. Stern Walter H. Westels

	A/C # 479		A/C # 534		A/C # 881		A/C # 707
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harley C. Waldrick Cecil C. Harris Harles J. Laur Lafeyette J. Sharp Melvin P. Rich Billy O. Smith Frank R. Kirchner Elvis C. Reynolds Bernard W. Kleen Robert R. Tangney	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 Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William R. Stansbury David B. Parker Vincent J. Lococo Morris Rosen Lawrence M. Gast John B. Costello Lester H. Malon Lowell Newton Warren L. Heimke James R. Day	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred M. Rohrig Charles B. Whiddon Gene B. Brown John Lalicos Herman J. Gabryel Loring Lynes John F. Fox Walter L. Reddy, Jr Frederick J. Moynihan

	A/C # 394		A/C # 060		A/C # 855		A/C # 698
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lester G. Radcliff Andrew G. Anderson Ben Demattia Lawrence M. Charlesworth Peter P. Kopas William F. Rykert Werner L. Bernau Donald F. Boyd Theodore R. Rose	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas J. Heter Dale E. Harrison Charles W. Carbery William Cooney Philip H. Snyder, Jr Robert K. Butler Donald M. Satra Henry R. Koziol Joseph Carroll	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Hugh E. Arnold Clifton R. Smith George Crofford, Jr Joseph J. Gurtis Richard A. Dodds Julius O. Beltzer Gerald W. Hungate Robert T. Kincaid John M. Gayden	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vernon L. Terrill Lawrende L. Jackson Anthony D. Paruta Charles R. Ward Charles L. Rockwell Frank Alderete III Edward F. Celani John W. Pick, Jr Kenneth L. Bostick

	A/C # 961		A/C # 087		A/C # 934		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Capt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George C. Ash Murray V. Jett Arnold L. Rosenblatt Walter H. Kleinfelter daniel W. Nose James L.l Bass John V. Lawton Bennie W. Johnson Walter C. Nowak	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Martin Norman F. Zoltowski William D. Bowles Robert S. McEwen Richard P. Barnes Martin Jacobs Paul L. Cardwell Hubert S. Johnson Harold Stege Ralph V. Mitchell	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred M. Stevenson Jack E. Sanders Robert E. Rattray Harry M. Hughes Stanley E. Smith Jerome C. Dressler Larry B. McMahan Clyde Tiedemann Alfred F.Hoots	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Homer P. Mallory Duane G. Hansen James C. Strachan Joseph Kirwan Jack M. Koester Everett B. Oakes Harry D. Holp Robert F. Forgit Warren D. Rodgers

	A/C # 092		A/C # 518		A/C # 535		A/C # unknown
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Glenn P. Harris Stephen Polivchak Warren J. Whitman Wilbert M. Saylor George L. Hart Abel M. Chacon Donald W. Young Robert G. Anderson John V. Papaj	Lt Lt Lt Cpl Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene Q. Key Donald F. Muller Grover D.l Malone Earl D. Sherman Charles M. Johnston William S. Steward Henry Schloss Vern L. Larsen Douglas D. Hodge	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James H. Latimer Jack O. McMillen Swen A. Christensen Norman E. Roe Emil T. Pavlus Ramsey E. Hale Harry E. Roeder Harold B. Anthony boris W. Petcoff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Spore William C. Girard Ralph L. Bell Albert H. Knox Glenn S. Gruver Maurice L. D'Agostino Elmer A. Campbell William J. Banghart Vernon M. Whatley

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 157		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		Capt Col Capt Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold A. Schuler Harris E. Rogner Clifton J. Chandler Robin W. Forbes George Cahelo James L. Quarry Jocob Kosman George B. Langowski Alan Morton Louis A. Qualls	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