Mission No 229

MISSION NO. 229
FREIHAM, GERMANY

11 APRIL, 1945

The oil refineries at Freiham were the primary targets. The Group comprised the 94th B Combat Wing, with Capt. Gibbons as Air Commander. The Group assembled without incident, and joined up in Wing formation, but remained at 21,000 feet altitude in order to form behind the 94th A Group.

The 457th assembled behind the 351st Group and followed along the Division assembly line. No difficulties were encountered. Course to the vicinity of the IP was flown approximately as briefed. The last turn before the IP was cut ofF, following the Wing Leader.

Squadrons took intervals without difficulty and prepared for a visual bomb run. The 35 1st swung south of the IP and the 457th started to follow, but Lead decided to turn to the left toward the briefed run. As a result, the squadrons crossed the IP about three miles south of course.

The Group attacked the primary target visually. The MPI was obscured by smoke and was not, identified by squadrons until about 30 or 40 seconds before bombs away. Some difficulty was caused by the 35 1st Bomb Group coming in to the target at the same altitude from the right.

The lead squadron bombed immediately behind the 351st high squadron. Bombs were dropped from 26,500 feet, with good results.

Flak was moderate, but inaccurate and only one craft sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

April 11th, 1945
Mission No 229 Target: Freiham, 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 Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Victor F. Pfendler John P. Weber John T. Freese Vaughn D. Heidenreich Normand R. Menard Robert W. Edwards Sam E. Dike Ralph D. Ice John C. McClullogh	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. Otterpahl	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	James R. Howell Eugene F. Howard Robert D. Beltz John S. King Thomas D. McCormick Lee R. Groman Donald S. Moore Frank C. Tucker Lawrence D. Rogers	Lt Lt F/O 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 # 516		A/C # 211		A/C # 844
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerard A. Sharrock George E. Parker John S. Pearson Henry J. Nohava Harold H. Young James C. Hanley James L. Madison William J. O'Hara Harold H. Young	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene Q. Key Donald F. Muller Grover D. Malone Earl D. Sherman Charles M. Johnston William S. Steward Henry Schloss Vern L. Larsen Douglas D. Hodge	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 Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred M. Rohrig Charles B. Whiddon Gene B. Brown John Lalicos Oral I. Conyers Herman J. Gabryel Loring Lynes John F. Fox Walter L. Reddy, Jr

	A/C # 902		A/C # 080		A/C # 934		A/C # 947
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 Rudolpy G. Warner III Frederick F. Parlin James W. Ford Floyd N. Henderson, Jr Delbert S. Schwab Robet E. Hall Leo B. Lawler Arthur D. Boice	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Orville L. Smiley Delbert D. Swartz Thomas L. McGovern, Jr Alec Capsalis Edgar L. Seal William M. Whigham James J. DeBoard John F. McGillian Kenneth J. Kuchler	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harlen J. Van Deilan Leon D. Eymann Harold H. Sanger Arthur B. Washneski Raymond H. Kramer Joseph M. Bommersbach Walter S. Coburn Richard J. Smith Lamar W. Stephenson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Calvin K. Schneller James D. Blackmore Richard M. Beck Ray G. Wilcox John P. Austin William S. Garrett Willard R. Hedge Alexander W. Bennett Donald R. Lallky

	A/C # 506		A/C # 534		A/C # 855		A/C # 123
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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Gemmill John C. Moore Merton D. Pittman Charles G. McCaaffery Bernard V. Ruxzko Harry Miller Walter R. Sprankle Joseph P. Brock Eldon L. Sutherland	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Starnes Clarence E. Leath Frederick J. Schuller Robert E. Altmaier Victor C. Johanson Edward A. Bleck Louis A. Qualls Leo Rendina Robert F. Seastrand	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel K. Robinson Donn W. Leedham William A. Moore Fred A. Barshop Preston C. Grimm James Q. Woodard Frank Nowakowski Bernard P. Wrobleski Warren S. Swain

	A/C # 961		A/C # 161		A/C # 863		A/C # 598
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin A. Kollaja Gordon K. Beard John D. Alexander Herbert L. Thiede Charles H. Norton Max L. Rice Robert Orlanski Marvin Overfelt James J. Pedine	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Joseph J. Neff William F. Hubbard Cecil Loen Homer D. Reich William J. Gassen Joseph F. Carney George H. Coughlin Virgil Ekstrand Fred C. Cope Arthur G. Hansen	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 John W. Pick, Jr Raymond J. Helble

	A/C # 394		A/C # 057		A/C # 528		A/C # 301
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 William D. Hogsett 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 Robert J. Viles Robert K. Butler Donald M. Satra Henry R. Koziol Joseph Carroll Nubar A. Astor	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. Hey William S. Owens Orion C. Brower Edward A. Bruder Robert T. Payne George C. Gately Robert W. Packingham Andrew V. Clark Edward A. Smith Alfred L. Walker	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward A. Pipkin, Jr James J. Small, Jr Arthur F. Diehl, Jr Ronald D. Reynolds Charles E. Lee Leonard Ruben Everett R, Oakes Eugene M. Wosniak Claude C. Maloney, Jr

	A/C # 398		A/C # 723		A/C # 881		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 Lafayette J. Sharp Melvin P. Rich Billy O. Smith Frank R. Kirchner Bennie W. Johnson. Bernard W. Kleen	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond H. Wolf William F. Reynolds Robert W. Hentges Jacob Cohen Donald A. Priestley Milton E. Drissler Robert J. Townley Donald E. Polen Dennis G. Schaffner	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James M. Graves William J. McManus Wayne W. Hanley Joseph A. Skiera Joseph D. Crescio Anthony S. Giacobbi Leonard Lewandowski Stanley Rutkiewicz Harold H. Reynolds	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank P. Hill Homer P. Mallory Lawrence W. Brennan Francis J. Conlon William H. Hurst Robert E. Hoekstra Bernard E. Lengerich, Jr Donald R. Thunberg Dale W. Lee

	A/C # 479		A/C # 551		A/C # 694		A/C # 431
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt 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 Robert F. Bentzel	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Martin Norman F. Zoltowski William D. Bowles Johnnie Sartor, Jr Richard P. Barnes Martin Jacobs Paul L. Cardwell Hubert S. Johnson Harold Stege	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	Harry G. Bocckino Frederick G. Smithson Robert E. Rodgers Joel Lester Edward C. Lowery Clayton J. Dutcher Windsor J. Deaton Richard F. Lucas Stokely M. Gribble

	A/C # 072		A/C # 828		A/C # 219		A/C # 240
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marrion 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 Robert R. Tangney	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward M. Monesterio Charles J. Herrmann Walter R. Robinson, Jr John B. Hood, Jr Elmer L. Jensen Forrest H. Morgan Paul D. McLain Harold R. White, Jr Frank V. Wainwright	Capt Capt Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harold A. Schuler william L. Gibbons Alexis P. Umoff william T. Wilborn James L. Quarry Hiram M. Drachi Jacob J. Kosman Daniel Doherty Joseph M. Hamilton	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Spore Duane O. Hansen Ralph L. Bell Albert H. Knox Marshall E. Glover Maurice L. d'Agostino John H. Taylor William J. Banghart William E. Wilson

	A/C #		A/C # 540		A/C #		A/C #
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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