Mission No 39

MISSION NO. 39
BERLIN, GERMANY

4 MAY, 1944

The target was the Friednchstrasse railroad station, located in the center of Berlin. It was the nerve center of the most important rail transportation network in Germany. Eighteen aircraft were committed to the mission. Major Leroy Watson was Air Commander, and Lt. Mark R. Belcher was pilot.

Due to adverse weather conditions, the mission was recalled after the aircraft were over the Continent. However, seventeen of the aircraft dropped bombs on an airdrome near Bergen, Holland, a target of opportunity. The bomb run was made difficult by contrails and the prop wash of other wings. Bombing results were fair. Flak was moderate but accurate along the route, and several bombers suffered damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

May 4th, 1944
Mission No 39 Target: Berlin

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 101		A/C # 079		A/C # 098		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Cornelius R. Woolf Kinney Hellums Charles.W. Mitchell Kenneth B. Taylor Gerard J. Hyink Samuel I. Craft John L. Batts Alden B. Orr Roman A. Zelazo Ernest R. Campen Frank Taylor	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Karr Ennis E. Brown Richard M. Condon Joel H. Apel Kenneth M. Krise Philip Finkelstein Morris J. Woodell Eugene H. Paprota Paul M. Rogers Charles L. Edwards	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clarence E. Schuchmann William F. Smith Thomas A. Goff Alex P. Umoff Joseph l. Hibbs Lorne G. Smith Robert Bridges Harold A. Dusseau Edgar D. Lanzoni Lorne G. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard H. Luebke Lloyd I. Miller Sidney H Johnson Jack B. Eldridge John L. Zoutte James J. Kilroy Earl W. Johnston William F. White Melvin O. Richeson Max E. Johnston

	A/C # 615		A/C # 633		A/C # 073		A/C # 470
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Bernard V. Connor John W. Norton Clement H. Marsden Zaven R. Astor Frank T. Aylstock Donald E. Cook Hal H. willett Edward J. Brazinski Carl W. Lewis Leo L. Lange	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard J. Dudek Russell M. Dobyns John F. Moore James H. Coonrod John J. Connell John Kessock Alfred A. Sabory Henri A. Boulay Harold D. McFarland Robert E. Bergeron	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert D. Lane Winfred L. Pugh Robert C. Dvorak William C. Smith Winfred C. Kincaid Gervin E. McBride John E. Misener Edward A. Bleck Joe B. McCall James O. Vaughn	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Artie J. Whitlow Bailey J. Gaudinier Bert Graham Lee C. Mohn Paul R. Isker Paul R. Clark Robert V. Towle John B. Mulhall Roe S. Woodis Lovell O'Masters

	A/C # 552		A/C # 067		A/C # 571		A/C # 451
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth R. Johnston Kenneth W. Brucker Herbert N. Webb George A. Sipp Nolan V. Claxton Daniel A. Malcolm Francis E. Friedel Edwin D. Waggoner Paul O. Conner Gilbert Slocum	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry R. Stafford Bernard J. Yavorosky Arthur A. Flach Anthony G. Wodek Virgil D. Naylor Virgil R. Hook Francis M. Craven Jean P. Dubois Walter H. Osika Robert H. Ridge	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edwin S. Jones Clyde S. Jolley Donald H. Snyder Howard A. Handran Harry C. Lake James A. Martin Patsy Varrassi Alfred Beacom Ernest W. Kerr, Jr Kenneth E. Davidson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William L. Brackley John G. Hossack Winifred E. Stortz Anthony Kulcycki Harry Bernstein Glen A. Jackson Miles L. McQueen Daniel D. Elieff Thomas E. Gougerty Bernard J. Geraghty

	A/C # 618		A/C # 460		A/C # 452		A/C # 056
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Burkhart Noble L. Webster William A. Wescott Julius Venerofsky Sidney N. Erickson John G. Serosky T. T. Shields Samuel B. Goff Carl B. Tulowitzki Howard W. Barrier	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Byle Edwin K. Williams Paul L. Morris Ralph J. Smithling Vincent W. Krysiac William T. Alford Robert H. Prisk James C. Williams Herbert L. Brownfield John P. Jordan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman W. Breit Arthur H. Richards Frank E. Vandevelde Bert H. Lindstrom Terence T. Camp Rubin L. Hernandez Melvin R. Smalley William F. Radford John A. Roe, Jr William H. sololewski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell A. Price James F. Oldenhage Eldon J. Foster Harry H. Whitaker Carroll O. Johnson Lester L. Tyndall George K. Raymond Donald E. Betthauser Edward J. McHale Benjamin Pomerantz

	A/C # 662		A/C # 060		A/C # 558		A/C # 520
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. Magill Richard J. Cotter William J. McKelvey William A. O'Connor Norman Hirsch Floyd T. Stitely Charles Minter Nerve J. Paquin Harold R. Moore Walter F. Pittman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold Harry E. Cameron Theodore J. Mellow Jack W. Oescher Elihue R. Mayo Richard R. Hazelhurst Philip H. Shebell Charles D. Shebell Johnny Miller William C. Cain	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Rogers Stanley J. Wolczanski Wilbert J. Collard Henry P. Loades Joshua D. Lane Orion H. Shumway John Chumas William C. Young David H. Quick Ray Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Phillip H. Birong Robert A. Patty Robert A. Carson Paul V. Owens Max L. Hall Norman Musiel Albert L. Kissenger Luis J. Franco Pasquale N. Sacco William H. Farrar

	A/C # 591		A/C # 056		A/C # 063		A/C # 055
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Brofft Alexander Kucherenko Reynold J. Koehmetcher Leo F. Kruszynski Lyle E. Thrall Abraham H. Feller James B. Toney William L. Black Rex W. Burke Earl S. West	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel A. Cunefare Milton E. Durham Wesley C. Akins Donald W. Barton Howard S. Drake Ralph T. Hodson Frank L. Nunn Richard P. Forney Walden M. Hearn Gordon B. Long	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles R. Blackwell Theodore R. Baskette Irving R. Meyers Verne M. Boon Thomas W. Howard Thomas G. Leahy Edward Nabozny Billy L. Dalton Francis W. McCall Sylvester C. Kuraszkiewicz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stuart B. James Martin W. Biehn Charles C. Canon Russell H. Auten Angelo J. Ruscito Robert L. Jackson Patrick C. Toomey Eugene C. Goslee Carl N. Davis Dale L. Vance

	A/C # 122		A/C #		A/C # 923		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Mark R. Belcher Leroy H. Watson, Jr Patrick W. Henry William H. Dupont Charles E. Musgrove Eldon B. Krug Woodrow W. Hammons William H. Barrett William C. Bolger Byron E. Smull Howard B. Collins	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph O. Paschal Donald S. Hain Robert J. Burright Vincent L. Vaccarro Arthur J. Russell, Jr Charles R. Miller Edward F. Rugg Harry C. Minor Sidney W. Brunick Clifford R. Wilson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

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