Mission No 50

MISSION NO. 50
BERLIN, GERMANY

24 MAY, 1944

Mission No. 50 for the 457th, represented the thirteenth take off for Berlin and the tenth time over the city. Again the target for the eighteen crews assigned to fly the mission was the Friedrichsirasse Railway Station. The Group led the 94th Combat Wing with Lt. Col. Henry B. Wilson serving as Air Commander and Lt. Russell M. Selwyn as pilot.

The primary target was attacked with poor results. There was no fighter opposition. Flak was intense and accurate. Fourteen aircraft suffered damage. The aircraft piloted by Lt. Harry Stafford did not return from the mission. The craft ditched in the North Sea and the crew was later picked up by the Air/Sea Rescue in the afternoon of the second day, amid big swells that began to rise in the North Sea.

CREW LOADING LIST

May24th, 1944
Mission No 50 Target: Berlin, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 591		A/C # 692		A/C # 656		A/C # 731
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 Kochemtcher Morris Swerdlove Lyle L. Thrall Abraham H. Feller Rex W. Burke James B. Toney William L. Black Earl S. West	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry Stafford Bernard Yavorosky Arthur Flach Anthony G. Wodek Virgil D. Naylor Francis Craven Virgil R. Hook Reginald Buxton Walter H. Osika Robert Ridge	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Americon Procopio Robert Driscoll Bernard B. Weinberg Edward P. Palika Joooohn T. Clements Russell R. Babel Thaddeus F. Dubaj E. L. Angell James R. Norman Walter W. Megin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack B. Owens Charles E. Berta Armen Topakian Francis A. Minturn Phillip M. Murillo Theodore C. Roland Earl A. Markwalder Hallie L. Bennett John D. Ward R. C. Zeagler

	A/C # 088		A/C # 635		A/C # 451		A/C # 594
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. Ocshier William J. McKelvey George R. Walker Kenneth E. Myers Richard E. Trundy Tom G. Overn Anthony Marrone Robert S. Wood Weldron E. McGibbon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard Dudeck Russel Dobyns John Moore James H. Coonrod John Connell John Kessock Alfred Sabory Henri Boulay Harold McFarland Robert E. Bergeron	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph O. Paschel Donald S. Hain Robert J. Burright Vincent L. Vaccarro Arthur J.Russell Jr. Edward F. Rugg Charles R. Miller Sidney W. Brunick Clifford R. Wilson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Artie J. Whitlow Robert A. Cunningham Daniel G. McLaughlin Paul R. Isker Paul R. Clark Roe S. Woodis Lovell O'Masters Robert V. Towle John H. Mulhall

	A/C # 618		A/C # 545		A/C # 131		A/C # 026
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	adrian W. Seabock Lloyd E. Icenogle Glen S. Thornton William G. Smith Louis G. Castelucci Lloyd E. Larson Earl W. Holton Herbert W. Shaurette Leonard C. Comstock Francis E Cornue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roy W. Allen Verne H. Lewis Joseph C. Brusse Lawrence Anderson Roy Plum Joseph W.Duvall Earnest Smith Robert L. Grimes William Goldsborough Lenord Henson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Franklin H. Morrell Norman W. Breit Marsh M.Callaway Jr. Lawrence C. Ghiorse Robert C. Cogler Harold L. Barris William F. Radford Charles F. Bradford Donald R. McCurdy Dwight W. Parken	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Gumulauskas John E. Grimes Bert Graham Thomas M. Lyles Enos C. Bleacher Wilford G. Baumgartner Constantin Nicholas Joy F. Stacey Paul E. Beatty Joseph E. Sprich

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	A/C # 558		A/C # 060		A/C # 063		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harris S. Mathis Norris H. Gerber Charles E. Tripp John A. Richardson Rex B. Crawford Mark A. Osborne Clayton D. Dayhoff John L. Batts Donald E. Cook Barnett Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan Herbold Payson E. Tucker Theodore J. Mellow Jack Oescher Elihue Mayo Charles Shebell Richard R. Hazelhurst Phillip Shebell Johnny Miller William Cain	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Canfield Clarrence E. Ross Donald H. Snyder Charles L. Hilton William R. Cain Alvin E. Merriam Herbert P. Barte Julius Smith Milton E. Bunch Alvie M. Kirkendall	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 055		A/C # 638		A/C # 086		A/C #
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 H. Stateman Stephen F. Billisits Ivan W. Browning Kenneth L. Holder Leo E. Flagg John Harmke Charles W. Mehring	Lt Col Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Russell M. Selwyn H. B. Wilson William H. Bowman David B. Jones Arvele. Mizell Harold B. Rhodes Truman H. Fimley Clifton H. Harrel William M. Hammersley Gabriel D. Ofiesh Donald E. Muston	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Winfred L. Pugh Arthur M. Richards Julius H. Drummond Clifford E. Page James E. Woodgate Edward M. Szumierz Joseph R. Wheatly Hyman Kalb Howard W. Martin John T. Poshefko	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 470		A/C # 600		A/C # 460		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. McGill Richard J. Cotter David C. Watts William A. O'Connor Norman Hirsch Floyd T. Stitely Herve J. Paquin Norman C. Bonny Harold R. Moore Ernest R. Campen	Lt Cpt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Christensen Jacob M. Dickingson John S. King Lloyd T. Bellanger Marsh Hovey Leo E. Flagg Henry Schmidt Winograd Mike P. Lopez Kleppe Nalbach	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James P. Lapaz Louis M. McGranahan Keith W. Morgan James M. Cole Henry L. Baker Charles H. Rogers Jr. Elmer E. Velicer Chester V. Hucec Delbert A. Brookhart Oscar C. Hightower	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

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