Mission No 226

MISSION NO. 226
HALBERSTADT, GERMANY

8 APRIL, 1945

The railway station atZerbst was the primary target. The 457th comprised the 94th C Combat Wing with Major Maguire as Air Commander. The Group assembled in Wing formation without difficulty and was in proper Wing and Division column position. Division assembly line was flown as briefed.

Over the Continent, the course was flown approximately as briefed. However, it was necessary to do a considerable amount of"S-ing" before reaching the Rhine, in order to stay in formation, because groups ahead were closely bunched. After crossing the Rhine, the Division formation straightened out and proper interval between groups was again obtained. During the second leg before the briefed IP, both primary and secondary targets were completely covered with an undercast. It was determined to bomb Halberstadt, the secondary target.

In order to avoid prop wash, an 1P was selected and the Group started a PFF run. Cloud coverage was about two tenths and the target area opened up sufficiently to allow a visual sighting to be performed. However, there was not sufficient time to split the Group into squadrons and consequently bombing was done in Group formation, with the lead aircraft performing the sighting. Some difficulty was experienced in identifying the target because of a dense layer of smoke caused by bombing of the preceding groups. The bombs were dropped from 20,000 feet. Bomb results were observed to be good, a pattern being centered in the target area.

Antiaircraft fire was light and no aircraft sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

April 8th, 1945
Mission No 226 Target: Halberstadt, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

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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 Archie F. Cole Byrne J. Ranney John W. Rockefeller Gerald T. Uzdavinis Edward W. Blycker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Cantillon Thomas A. Hyde Arthur D. Robioilo Robert B. Ryan Jesse J. DeBoard Donald A. Priestley Charles E. DeCorte William Bodayle Lloyd R. Burke	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James L. Hall Robert L. Fortner Gordon W. Dykes Edward F. Ambrose Alan Morton John R. Middlebrooks Anthony Colin Harry A. Sempf Robert L. Fischer	Lt Maj Lt Capt Capt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stephen L. Dewald James A. McGuire Myron E. Francisco Richard L. Hamel Francis E. Pitelka Francis Jaminski Lorenz M. Koch Frank J. Spurchise Wayne R. Bell Paul H. Suer Anthony S. Lanza

	A/C # 072		A/C # 534		A/C # 863		A/C # 873
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 Joseph H. Gubino Albert P. Cristofaro Frederick F. Parlin John A. Corbett Harry A. Olson Charles A. Sneer George W. Jackson	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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlan Buettner George J. Grau Philip A. DuPont Ray F. Hawkins Richard A. Dodds Gerald W. Hungate James R. Westbrook Leo Rendina Kenneth R. Vann	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert W. Gronberg Frederick G. Smithson Herman D. Walmer Robert M. McMakin Albert K. Richards Martin O. Olsen Ashmun J. Ripley Hobart W. Merritt James L. McGill

	A/C # 394		A/C # 605		A/C # 551		A/C # 947
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 Arnold L. Rosenblatt Werner L. Bernau Peter P. Kopas William F. Rykert Werner L. Bernau Theodore R. Rose Donald F. Boyd	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph J. Naff Claude H. Hubbard Cedil Lohn Dale W. Mason William J. Gasson Joseph F. Garney George R. Coughlin Virgil Ekstrand Fred C. Cope	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. McMahon Clyde Tiedemann Alfred F.Hoots	Lt Lt F/O Capt 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 # 190		A/C # 733		A/C # 749		A/C # 698
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	A/C # 826		A/C # 838		A/C # 535		A/C # 240
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 L. Omelich Edwin I. Persons Donald C. Beck Robert S. McEwen John M. Tabak Robert M. Foster Robert L. Foley Carl F. Hanneken Benjamin F. Ivey Julius Kornblatt	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James H. Latimer Leon D. Eymann Swen A. Christensen Norman Roe Clifford B. Digre Harold B. Anthony Boris W. Petcoff Harry R. Roeder Ramsey E. Hale	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane James J. Small Girvan Peck Warren L. Holbrook John G. Mackie Frederick C. Rex William H. Stern Walter H. Westels Chester C. Urbanik

	A/C # 506		A/C # 080		A/C #		A/C # 885
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 Walter A. Hunt Joseph P. Reidy Wallace A. Proux Robert R. Slocomb Eston L. Selby Franklin V. Smith	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas J. Heter Dale E. Harrison Thomas R. Reed William Cooney Philip H. Snyder Robert K. Butler Donald M. Satra Henry R. Koziol Joseph Carroll	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlen J. Van Deilen Jack G> McMillen Harold H. Sanger Arthur B. Washneski Raymond H. Kramer Walter S. Coburn Richard J. Smith Lamar W. Stephenson James Valenti Robert P. Kimmel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel K. Robinson Duane O. Hansen John F. Kelsey William A. Moore Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Warren D. Rodgers Bernard P. Wrobleski Warren S. Swain

	A/C # 902		A/C # 087		A/C # 897		A/C # 154
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harley C. Waldrick John H. Ridson Jr. George R. Nichols Lafeyette J. Sharp Melvin P. Rich Billy O. Smith Frank R. Kirchner Elvis C. Reynolds Bernard W. Kleen Jack E. Arnold	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Martin Norman F. Zoltowski William D. Bowles Norman C. Kistler Richard P. Barnes Martin Jacobs Paul L. Cardwell Hubert S. Johnson Harold Stege Vincent J. Fallon	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank R. Guca Clifton R. Smith Melvin K. Stoner Edward A. Bruder Robert T. Payne George C. Gately Andrew V. Clark Robert W. Packingham Edward A. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Spore James J. Jenkins Ralph L. Bell Albert H. Knox Glenn S. Gruver Maurice L. D'Agostino Elmar A. Campbell Percy C. Mack William J. Banghart Howard M. Dimpsey

	A/C # 092		A/C # 961		A/C # 528		A/C # 603
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gordon P. Robertson Hillard W. Gantner Donald E. McCleod Jr. Agustus L. Moore Curtis H. White Robert T. Harrison Bernard R. Mack Thomas W. McDonald Jr. Earl R. Bolier	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Guyon 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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul H. Duckert Jacob Kosman Orion C. Brower Sam Radak Lewis J. Crain Charles R. Haynes Robert T. Kincaid Wayne S. Richman Myron S. Spahr	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward A. Pipkin, Jr Don W. Lledham Arthur F. Diehl, Jr Oral I. Conyers Leonard Ruben Everett R, Oakes Charles E. Lee Eugene M. Wosniak Claude C. Maloney, Jr

	A/C # 785		A/C # 904		A/C # 195		A/C # 707
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	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 219
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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