Mission No 41

MISSION NO. 41
BERLIN, GERMANY

8 MAY, 1944

The center of Berlin was the target. The 457th put up the lead box and two-thirds of the high box in the 94th Combat Wing. Col. Luper served as Air Commander of the lead A Wing, with Lt. Russell M. Selwyn as pilot. Captain William F. Smith was Air Commander of the high box, while Lt. Charles D. Brannan was pilot. The 40 1st Bomb Group comprised the low box.

The target was completely overcast, so the fourteen attacking aircraft bombed the primary target with unobserved results. Ten aircraft bombed Brandenburg and its vicinity, also with unobserved results; eleven craft attacked targets of opportunity.

Bombing was done in a wing bombing formation. The smoke bomb of the wing lead PFF craft failed to operate and trail smoke. This complication caused a problem to develop because the low and lead groups could not see the bombs fall. Upon being advised the bombs had been dropped, the other craft sought optional targets.

Flak opposition was intense, damaging seventeen aircraft. One of the craft in the low box (401st) took a direct hit causing it to go into a spin and crash. Only one chute was observed.

CREW LOADING LIST

May 8th, 1944
Mission No 41 Target: Berlin

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 470		A/C # 073		A/C # 579		A/C # 656
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Bernard V. Connor Edward J. Taylor 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	Noel A. Cunefare Milton e. Durham Wesley C. Akins Donald W. Barton Howard S. Drake Frank L. Nunn Ralph T. Hodson Richard P. Forney Walden M. Hearn Gordon B. Long	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Edward B. Dozier william F. Smith thomas A. Goff Alexis P. Umoff Dwight M. Anderson William C. Young charles O. Webber Frank L. Ridenhour Frederick L. Exley Leo R. Green George Cahelo	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Louis O. Auld Jack Gumm Jerome Silverman Alden N. Rittman Carl D. Seibrands Lloyd G. Vanzant John B. helay Nicholas P. Weber William L. Stringer Richard Mellott

	A/C # 568		A/C # 607		A/C # 620		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roger W. Birkman Robert L. Cole Michael N. Stanko John A. Richardson Raymond Koch Errol Bailey Andrew Kafka James C. Jones John L. Toney John Buchel	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 Jacob M. Dickinson Wilbert J. Collard Warren H. Suddath Joshua D. Lane Orion H. Shumway John Chumas Sol Pollack David H. Quick Ray Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Emanuel Hauf Donald F. Swain William R. Hawley Richard E. Jaqua Willis H. Johnson James J. Kilroy Joseph S. Reid Louis F. Beske Paul R. Moore Oscar A. Gascon

	A/C # 615		A/C # 706		A/C # 551		A/C # 026
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John Akers Charles T. Scott Lloyd C. Dell Morris F. Swerdlove Edward White Christopher W. Milgo Harold T. Pererman Robert A. Marstellar austin F. Moore Wallace C. Taft	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jerome A. Sobjek Edward W. Lynch William R. Kabine George A. Knapp Daniel J. Howard, Jr. Kenneth E. Hixson Jerome Petrizzi Ray V. Rose David J. Scharff Joseph Matkowsky	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Americo Procopio Robert Driscoll Bernard B. Weinberg Edward P. Palika John T. Clements E. L. Angell Russell H. Babel Thaddeus F. Dubaj James R. Norman Walter W. Megin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Green B. Poore Milton M. Jaraslow George L. Brice Frank J. Rowe Frederick A. Smith Oren E. Hobbs John F. Nechak Llyn W. Rice George T. Murphy Ralph E. Stowe

	A/C # 558		A/C # 998		A/C # 923		A/C # 451
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 Kenneth B. Taylor William A. O'Connor Norman Hirsch Harold R. Moore Floyd T. Stitely Charles Minter Herve J. Paquin Walter F. Pittman	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 Scott B. Ormsby Robert C. Dvorak William L. 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	Kenneth L. Andersen Kaspar O. Lamvik Sidney H. Johnson Robert J. Larson Laurel W. Phillips Carl F. Graves Leroy W. Heibert Raymond J. Daly Dean K. Adams Donald Douthwright

	A/C # 591		A/C # 079		A/C # 084		A/C # 505
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 L. 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	Benny M. Flowers Harry E. Cameron Roy A. Hoegh, Jr Frank H. Pearman Andrew H. Bouchard William F. finley William Zamecnik Paul Holder Reginald Buxton victor U. Meador	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles R. Blackwell W. K. Doherty Irving H. Meyers Verne M. Boon Thomas W. Howard Thomas G. Leahy Edward Nabozny Joseph R. Wheatley 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 Patrick C. Toomey Angelo J. Ruscito Eugene C. Goslee Robert L. Jackson Carl N. Davis Dale L. Vance

	A/C # 055		A/C # 021		A/C # 571		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward J. Reppa Aaron J. Ayres Curtis J. Overdahl George R. Stateman Stephen F. Billisits Ivan W. Browning Irving Feldman John Harmke Kenneth L. Holder Charles W. Mehring	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Byle Edwin K. Williams Paul L. Morris Ralph J. Smithling Vincent W. Krysiak 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	Edwin S. Jones Clyde S. Jolley Fred W. Roberts 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	John W. Fay Robert J. Shaffer Lionel J. Cusson Harry Whitaker Edward T. Sawyer William A. Spoerner George H. Staudt Richard M. Bassett Frederick G. Wagner Hugh C. Arant

	A/C # 088		A/C # 545		A/C # 063		A/C # 001
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul V. Chapman James M. Oschier William J. McKelvey George N. Walker Kenneth E. Myers Robert S. Wood Richard T. Trundy Meldron E. McGibbon Anthony Marrone Byron E. Smull	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Karr Wade E. Knudson Richard M. Condon Joel H. Apel Kenneth M. Krise Walter F. Palmer Morris J. Woodell Eugene H. Paprota Paul M. Rogers Charles L. Edwards	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Franklin H. Morrell Andrew B. Whiten Marsh M. Calloway, Jr Con f. Poyner Harold V. Barris Robert C. Kogler Lloyd L. Fortna Dwight W. Parken Charles L. Bradford Donald R. McCurdy	Capt Maj Lt Capt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Vinton H. Mays Leroy H. Watson Charles R. Hunnicutt Robert D. Newcomb Charles E. Musgrove Albert A. Rothauer Stanley H. Krohm Jack F. Berry Jack D. Bush James B. Ambrose Joseph S. Norman

	A/C # 087		A/C # 062		A/C # 535		A/C # 649
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 Harry G. Vaal Nolan V. Claxton Daniel A. Malcolm Francis F. Friedel Paul O. Conner Lewis H. Shane Gilbert Slocum	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jesse L. Smith Ennis E. Brown Charles E. Graf Thomas F. Monaghan William G. Patry Milton B. Davison Randall N. White Clarence R. Ray Steve Vargo Ethan A. Schaeffer	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 Col Capt Lt	Charles D. Brannan Harry P. Polenski James H. Kincaid John L. Kabelac John T. Matovina Joseph M. Colechia Charles R. Vandeventer Edward M. Hardin James R. Luper Norman H. Kriehn David B. Jones

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 638
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 Maj Lt Capt	Russell M. Selwyn William M. Hannersley William H. Boman Gabriel D. O'Fush Arthur Mizell Harold B. Rhodes Clifton H. Harrel Truman H. Finley Fred H. Spencer Clifton J. Chandler David Wright

	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

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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