Mission No 230

MISSION NO. 230
ROYAN, FRANCE

14 APRIL, 1945

When the Allied Forces captured the French Coastal area, pockets of resistance were left, and the German garrisons holed up for the duration, launching spasmodic attacks on whatever or whomever appeared. Major Maguire led the Group to destroy one of these last remnants of opposition in France.

Course to the target was flown as briefed except for slight deviations in order to remain in Division formation.

The Group attacked the primary target visually with each squadron performing its own sighting. Bombs were dropped from 16,000 feet. Results were poor

CREW LOADING LIST

April 14th, 1945
Mission No 230 Target: Royan, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 092		A/C # 649		A/C # 863		A/C # 154
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 Charles H. Norton Max L. Rice Herbert L. Thiede Robert Orlanski Marvin Overfelt James J. Pedine	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. Reed John P. Weber William D. Bird Arthur M. Livingstone Victor A. Smith Charles K. Major Joseph M. Hamilton Kenneth J. Kuchler Robett F. Otterpahl Peter P. Angott	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 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 # 190		A/C # 904		A/C # 694		A/C # 028
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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	Lt Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Norman L. Stevens Donald R. Sweetman Everett Stainaker Frank J. Mauro Harold E. Graham Wallace H. Davis Danny A. Taylor William Greenberg Dewey L. Smith Jr. Arthur G. Hanson	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 James R. Westbrook	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Thistle Joseph Taylor Craig K. Winters Roy E. Truba Louis E. Domato John T. Miller Harvey G. Henkel Luther H. Smith Walter F. Patulski

	A/C # 897		A/C # 832		A/C # 855		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William T. Robertson Hillard W. Gantner Donals E. McCleod Augustus L. Moore Curtis H. White Robert T. Harrison Bernared R. Mack Thomas W. McDonald Earl R. Bolier	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jesse E. Castanias Ralph E. Eberhart James H. Rusk Johnnie Sartor Jr. Martin Norsic Jr. Stanley F. Bendzynski William F. Waters Cletus Newman Michael Denitti Vincent J. Fallon	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Starnes John Medwin Frederick Schuller Robert F. Altmaier Clifford B. Digre Edward A. Bleck Louis A. Qualls Leo Rendina Robert F. Seastrand	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vernon L. Terrill James D. Blackmore Anthony d. Paruta Charles R. Ward Edward J. Celani Charles L. Rockwell Frank Alderete III John W. Pick, Jr Harry C. Thortsen

	A/C # 844		A/C # 161		A/C # 195		A/C # 240
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lester G. Radcliff Andrew C. Anderson Carl G. Swanberg Lawrence M. Charlesworth Peter P. Kopas Theodore R. Rose William F. Rykert Anthony J. Bradisse Werner L. Bernau	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph J. Neff Edward M. Monsterio Cecil Loen Hormer D. Reich William J. Gasson Joseph J. Carney George R. Coughlin Virgil ekstrand John J. Sweeney	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack O. McMillen Clarence E. Leath Harold H. Sangar Sam Radak Daniel A. Doherty Charles R. Haynes Leonard Lewandowski Myron S. Spahr Anthony S. Giacobbi Jacobs Branch	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Bane Donn W. Leedham Girvan Peck Warren L. Holbrook John G. Mackie Willard R. Hedge William H. Stern Walter H. Westels Chester C. Urbanik

	A/C # 785		A/C # 067		A/C # 528		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John C. Lindholm Frederick G. Smithson Albert D. Barr Albert D. Rizzo Ted D Panneatos Abraham Choc Daniel Friedman Baron E. Miller Edwin Levine	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Martin Norman F. Zoltowski William D. Bowles Aleck Capsalis Richard P. Barnes Martin Jacobs Paul L. Cardwell Hubert S. Johnson Harold Stege Robert P. Kimmel	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. Hey William S. Owens Christopher Zissler Ray F. Hawkins Robert T. Payne George C. Gately Robert W. Packingham Andrew V. Clark Edward A. Smith Newbar A. Astor	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 C. A. Rogers Warren E. Swain

	A/C # 887		A/C # 574		A/C # 881		A/C # 749
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerard A. Sharrock George P. Parker John S. Pearson Henry J. Novaha 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	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	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William R. Stansbury David B. Parker Vincent J. Lococo Joseph A Skiera Lawrence M. Gast John B. Costello Lester H. Malon Lowell Newton Warren L. Heimke	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred M. Rohrig Charles B. Whiddon Gene B. Brown Oral I. Conyers William B. Wilson Herman J. Gabryel John F. Fox Walter L. Reddy, Jr Young W. Rainer

	A/C # 961		A/C # 080		A/C # 785		A/C # 603
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Glenn R. Sewell Stephen Polivchak George S. Nichols Frederick S. Parlin Joseph H. Gubino Albert P. Christerfaro George Zuckor Henry A. Olson Charles A. Sneer	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Orviole L. Smiley Delbert D. Swartz Thomas L. McGovern Jr. George W. Thompson Edgar L. Seal William M. Whigham Norman R. Shoemaker John F. McGillian James E. Kilgore	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James H. Latimer Robert D. McMorrow Swen A. Christensen Normon Roe Ramsey E. Hale John J. Pickett Harry E. Roeder Harold B. Anthony boris W. Petcoff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James J. Jenkins Paul C. Mason William A. Moore John Lalicos Jack M. Koester James Q. Woodard Windsor J. Deaton Harry B. Holp Frederick J. Moynihan

	A/C # 826		A/C # 200		A/C # 394		A/C # 947
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny J. Bigley Thomas E. Brines Rudolph G. Warner III Randolph P. Lusk James W. Ford Delbert S. Schwab Floyd N. Henderson Jr. Robert E. Hall Leo B. Lawler	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene Q. Key Donald F. Muller Francis G. Spillane 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	Fred M. Stevenson Jack E. Sanders Morris Rosen Harry M. Hughes Stanley E. Smith Jerome C. Dressler Larry B. McMahon Clyde Tiedemann Alfred F.Hoots	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John P. Spore Duane O. Hansen Ralph L. Bell Albert H. Knox Glenn S. Gruver Robert F. Fergit Warren D. Rodgers William J. Banghart Alten? O. Conerly

	A/C # 072		A/C # 554		A/C # 828		A/C # 157
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Murray V. Jett Robert A. Bloomer Arnold L. Rosenblatt Walter H. Kleinfelter James L. Bass Jr. Daniel W. Nose John V. Lawton Benni W. Johnson Walter C. Nowak Robert F. Bentzel	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John R. Thompson Henry A. Tovey John V. Schell Harold S. Friedman Leroy Pellonari John S. Tarabula Nick C. Martin Wayne R. Redline Hugh Eginton	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 Maj Lt Lt Capt Sgt Sgt Sgt F/O Lt	Stephen L. Dewald James A. McGuire Byron E. Francisco Charles B. Bowers Francis J. Pitelka Frank J. Spurchise Wayne B. Bell Paul H. Suer Lorenz M. Koch Francis Jasinski

	A/C #		A/C # 540		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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David L. Omelich Edwin I. Persons Donald D. Beck Arthur J. Feldman John M. Tabak Robert M. Foster Robert L. Foley Carl F. Hanneken Benjamin F. Ivey	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