Mission No 46

MISSION NO. 46
BERLIN, GERMANY

19 MAY, 1944

The Group sent thirty-six planes comprising the lead and low boxes of the 94th A Combat Wing to Berlin. Targets were government buildings near the center of the city where other targets had previously been bombed.

Lt. Col. Raymond L. Cobb flew as Air Commander of the lead box in a PFF ship. Major George C. Hozier led the low box with Captain Jerry Godfrey as pilot, and Major Theodore C. Hoffman led the high box with Lt. Malcolm E. Johnson as pilot. En route to the target, Me-109s and FW-190s were observed away from the formation. The 109s and 190s peeled off and attacked the low squadron of the lead Group. As a result of the attack, the plane piloted by Lt. Phillip H. Birong was hit and left the formation with two engines on fire. The craft went into a spiral and all the crewmen, except one, successfully bailed out and became POWs.

There was seven-tenths cloud cover over the target area, so bombing was by PFF. Bombing results were fair. Flak was moderate but accurate, damaging seven planes. Fighter Protection was good except for the interval prior to the bomb run Overall, the Eighth lost twenty-eight aircraft.

The first crew in the Group to do so, Lt. Robert D. Lane, Pilot, completed its tour with this mission, and celebrated by the traditional buzzing of the field and shooting of flares.

The Daily Bulletin called the attention of personnel to military discipline, personal appearance, and other elementary things that should have been learned in basic training. Also, a simulated briefing of combat crews was given for the benefit of all ground personnel.

The crew of Lt Phillip H. Birong was lost on this date.

CREW LOADING LIST

May19th, 1944
Mission No 46 Target: Berlin, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 615		A/C #692		A/C # 535		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Adrian W. Seabock Lloyd. E. Icenogle Glen S. Thornton William G. Smith, Jr Louis M. Castelucci Leonard C. Comstock Floyd E. Larson Herbert W. Shaurette Earl W. Holton Francis E. Cornue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny M. Flowers Joseph F. Reilly Robert D. Newcomb John J. Gides Andrew H. Bouchard William L. Finley William Zamecnik Reginald W. Buxton Virgil G. Maier Victor U. Meador	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph O. Paschal Donald S. Hain Russell L. Scott 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	Stuart H. James Jack B. Owens Charles C. Canon Alden N. Rittman Angelo J. Ruscito Patrick C. Toomey Robert L. Jackson Eugene G. Goslee Carl N. Davis Dale L. Vance

	A/C # 568		A/C # 545		A/C # 063		A/C # 520
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clyde R. Weid Edward L. Cavanaugh Solon J. Boydston George A. Sipp James R. Powell Earl Pledger Abraham H. Feller Norman C. Bonney Michael Stasko Edwin Dempsey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James V. Elduff William E. Dee Lawrence Oberstein Ras M. Clausen Norbert A Meeuwsen Andrew G. Voytko Patrick J. Fusci Mildredge C. Doan Thomas L. Treadwell Charles R. Carlisle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Winfred L. Pugh Arthur H. Richards Julius H. Drummond Clifford E. Page James E. Woodgate Edward M. Szumierz Joseph R. Wheatley John T. Poshefko Howard W. Martin Karl E. Kramer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard T. Bennett John G. Hossack Charles R. Hunnicutt Russell H. Auten Deward D. Dunn George Ribiero eugene N. Beamer Charles L. Campbell Daniel D. Elieff Donald J. Lighthizer

	A/C # 055		A/C # 067		A/C # 620		A/C # 088
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward J. Reppa Aaron J. Ayres Curtis J. Overdahl George H. Stateman Stephen F. Billisits William L. Black Irving Feldman Kenneth L. Holder Charles W. Mehring Ivan W. Browning	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Rudolph M. Stohl David W. Schellenger John O. Millham James E. Thomas Robert C. Kreite William F. Bemus Walter W. Wagoner Sheldon T. Moore Erwin A. Welling John R. Billington	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Rogers Stanley J. Wolczanski Wilbert J. Collard Con F. Poyner 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	Clyde B. Knipfer Richard A. Bruha Geroge R. Derdzinski Stanley V. Gray Stephen T. Voit Nichoas F. Bendino Harvey C. Cottrell Walter C. Furtta Joshua Goldstein Percy Waltho

	A/C # 662		A/C # 060		A/C # 568		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Leonard P. Soenke Howard B Collins Herbert L. Webb --------------- Joseph J. Lukasik Owen L. McDonough Walter A. Ginter Arthur J. Kimball Prentis A. Cooper Earle E. Veeder	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 Howard E. James Fred W. Roberts William C. Smith Winfred C. Kincaid Gervin E. McBride William H. Trusselle Edward A. Bleck Joe B. McCall James O. Vaughn	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman A. Erbe James E. Carels Harry E. Will Armen Topakian Richard H. Cochran James M. Kirkland Noma R. Norman Paul Frank Wayne A. Taylor William L. Egri

	A/C # 558		A/C # 571		A/C # 015		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Burkhart Noble L. Webster William B. Wescott Julius Venerofsky John G. Siroskey T. J. Shields Samuel B. Goff Carl Tulowitzki Sidney N. Erickson Howard W. Berrier	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	Charles R. Blackwell James P. LaPaze 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	Green B. Poore Richard E. Long George L. Brice Frank J. Rowe Frederick A. Smith Oren E. Hobbs John F. Nechak Lynn W. Rice Ralph R. Stowe George T. Murphy

	A/C # 075		A/C # 086		A/C # 084		A/C # 594
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas E. Lee John M. Bristow John C. Sherwin Regis J. Creehan Clayton L. Betterton Jasper Stewart John R. Barber John A. Robinson Irvin V. Gerlich Ralph R. Zagorski	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 D. Grime William C. Goldsborough Leonard S. Henson	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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Artie J. Whitlow Kaspar O. Lamvik Daniel G. McLaughlin ------------- Paul R. Isker Paul R. Clark Robert V. Towle John B. Mulhall Roe S. Woodis Lovell O'Masters

	A/C # 101		A/C # 164		A/C # 073		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg 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 Harold R. Moore Floyd T. Stitely Charles Minter, Jr Hervey J. Paquin Walter F. Pittman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Karr Harry E. Cameron 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	Garland M. Hutson Tracy E. Geiger Carl F. Hansen Clifford D. Hughes Charles J. Coffman Howard C. Layton Harold E. Reader Herman R. Goossens Jachin M. Forbes George A. Pfeifer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vinton H. Mays Joseph S. Norman Jerome Silverman Frank H. Pearman Albert L. Rothbauer Jack F. Berry Stanley H. Krohn Cecil D. Burroughs Jack D. Bush James V. Ambrose

	A/C # 618		A/C # 087		A/C # 923 Weather Ship		A/C # 026
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roger W. Birkman Robert F. Cole Michael W. Stanko Morris F. Swerdlove Raymond Koch John L. Toney Andrew Kafka James C. Jones John Buechel Errol Bailey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel A. Cunefare Milton F. 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	Harry J. Huskey John N. McDonnell Rolph D. Stutzman Robert M. Jensen James E. Piclke	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Fay Robert J. Shaffer Lionel J. Cusson Francis A. Minturn Edward T. Sawyer William A. Spoerner Richard M. Bassett Hugh C. Arant Frederick G. Wagner

	A/C # 649		A/C # 623		A/C #		A/C # 923
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Lt Lt	Charles D. Brannan William F. Smith James H. Kincaid Harry G. Vaal John T. Matovina Edward M. Hardin Joseph M. Colechia Charles R. Vandeventer Robert N. Parsons Harry B. Polenski Robert F. Jackson	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		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth L. Andersen Bailey J. Gaudinier Thomas F. Monaghan Robert J. Larsen Laurel W. Phillips Carl F. Graves Raymond J. Daly James Lee Dean K. Adams Donald J. Douthwright

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 001
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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Lt Lt	Jerome E. Godfrey George C. Hozier Charles E. Graf Alfred E. Calhoon Leroy W. Heibert Donald W. Blackwell James E. Doerr Carl A. Robbie John E. Grimes George Cahelo Robert A. Carson

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 481 Click anywhere in the box below to bring up details of this mission.
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	Phillip H. Birong Robert A. Patty Frank Martinjak Paul V. Owens Max L. Hull Norman Musiel Albert L. Kissenger Luis J. Franco Pasquale N. Sacco William H. Farrar

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 551
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	Wendell A. Price James F. Oldenhage Eldon J. Foster Harry H. Whitaker George K. Raymond Lester L. Tyndall Carroll C. Johnson Donald E. Betthauser Edward J. McHale George H. Davis

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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