Mission No 43

MISSION NO. 43
CITY OF LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG

11 MAY, 1944

This mission was a returM of Mission No. 42, in which eighteen aircraft participated. The Group, led by Major George C. Hozier, Air Commander, and Lt. Mark R. Beicher as pilot, formed the low box for the 94th Combat Wing.

The weather was ceiling and visibility unlimited (CAVU). The route was direct to the target area. The bombs were released from 17,000 feet with excellent results. No enemy fighters were encountered, and no flak was observed.

CREW LOADING LIST

May 11th, 1944
Mission No 43 Target: City of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 087		A/C # 079		A/C # 073		A/C # 406
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Leonard P. Soenke Howard B Collins Robert E. Jackson William G. Smith Jr. Joseph J. Lukasik Arthur J. Kimball Owen L. McDonough Walter A. Ginter Prentis A. Cooper Earle E. Veeder	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Lady Raymond A. Syptak Marsh Hovey David B. Jones William G. Arterburn Bernard L. Baker Marvin H. Sloan Carl W. Ostlind Walter Furita Morris L. Dickinson	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	Clyde B. Knipfer Albert L. Sikkenga Geroge R. Derdzinski Stanley V. Gray Stephen T. Voit Nicholas F. Bendino Harvey C. Cottrell Louis F. Beske Joshua Goldstein Percy Waltho

	A/C # 591		A/C # 656		A/C # 101		A/C # 417
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Brofft Alexander Kucherenko Reynold J. Koehmetcher Leo Kruscynski Lyle E. Thrall James B. Toney William L. Black Abraham H. Feller Rex W. Burke Earl S. West	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roy W. Allen Verne H. Lewis Joseph C. Brusse Lawrence Anderson Roy E. Plum Joseph W. Duvall, Jr Earnest L. Smith Robert L. Grime William C. Goldsborough Leonard S. Henson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert D. Lane Howard E. James Robert C. Dvorak William C. Smith Winfred C. Kincaid Gervin E. McBride Harold A. Dusseah Charles J. Coffman Joe B. McCall James O. Vaughn	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Phillip H. Birong Robert A. Patty Robert A. Carson Paul V. Owens Max L. Hull Norman Musiel Albert L. Kissenger Luis J. Franco Pasquale N. Sacco William H. Farrar

	A/C # 470		A/C # 060		A/C # 571		A/C # 409
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Burkhart Noble L. Webster William A. Wescott Julius Venerofsky John G. Sirosky Sidney N. Erickson T. J. Shields Samuel B. Goff Carl Tulowitzki Howard W. Berrier	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Karr Joseph F. Reilly 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	Alfred W. Fischer Harry J. Huskey John N. McDonnell Ralph D. Stutzman Robert M. Jensen Marion H. Belt James E. Pickle Leo McHatton Thomas N. Norton James H. Long	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Artie J. Whitlow Kaspar O. Lamvik Bert Graham Richard E. Jaqua Paul R. Isker Paul R. Clark Robert V. Towle John B. Mulhall Ron S. Woodis Lovell O'Masters

	A/C # 055		A/C # 460		A/C # 015		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. Magill Richard J. Cotter David C. Watts William A. O'Connor Norman Hirsch Charles Minter Harold R. Moore Herve J. Paquin Floyd T. Stitely Walter F. Pittman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marsden W. Mattatall John L. Fowler Theordore J. Mellow Ralph C. Jordan Joseph Waszkierscz Axel R. Olson Milton P. Rudd Douglas C. Ellison Ben H. Collinsworth Gordon D. Hobson	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

	A/C # 568		A/C # 545		A/C # 084		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David K. Sumerville George Metzger Nicholas V. Seidita Robert I. Braun James J. Psaradelis Leo E. Flagg Joseph E. Cook Dozier T. Prothro Clayton T. Dayhoff Barnett Feldman	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	Norman W. Breit Theodore R. Baskette Frank E. Vanderelde Bert H. Lindstrom Terence T. Camp Rubin L. Hernandez Melvin R. Smalley William F. Radford John A. Roe, Jr William H. Sokolowski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 088		A/C #		A/C # 452		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas E. Lee John N. Bristow John C. Sherwin Regis J. Creehan Clayton L. Betterton Irvin V.Gerlich Jasper Stewart John B, Barber John A. Robinson Ralph H.Zagorski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Garland M. Hutson William K. Doherty Rusell L. Scott Melvin R. Bernhardt Ancil U. Shepherd William H. Trusselle John H. Graves Hilliard B. Maples John J. Serling Franklin Don	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 190		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 Sgt	Mark R. Belcher George C. Hozier William H. Dupont Patrick W. Henry George Cahelo Eldon B. Krug Woodrow W. Hammons William N. Barrett William C. Bolger Byron E. Smull William F. Creigh	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

Scanned copies of the original loading lists, sorted by mission number and date, can be viewed Here

	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

	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

Scanned copies of the original loading lists, sorted by mission number and date, can be viewed Here

	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