Mission No 51

MISSION NO. 51
METZ, FRANCE

25 MAY, 1944

The railroad marshalling yards at Metz was the primary target for the 45 7th. Metz was on the main line from Saarbrucken to Paris. The Group provided two twelve-ship boxes for the mission.

The lead box hit the assigned MPI, a locomotive workshop, within approximately 1,000 feet. The low box was more successful, scoring direct hits on the workshop, the yards and the adjoining buildings. No enemy aircraft were encountered. Flak was meager and inaccurate.

CREW LOADING LIST

May 25th 1944
Mission No 51 Target: Metz, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 190		A/C # 460		A/C # 084		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Mark R. Belcher Leroy H. Watson Patrick W. Henry Clement H. Marsden James E. Fast Eldon D. Krug Woodrow W. Hammons William C. Bolger William H. Barrett Byron E. Smull George Metzger	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny M. Flowers Harry E. Cameron Gides Andrew H. Bouchard William L. Finley William Zamecnik Walter Palmer Virgil G. Maier Victor U. Meador	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Rogers Stanley J. Wolczanski Wilbert J. Collard Charles O. Webber 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	Stuart B. James Bailey J. Gaudinier Charles C. Canon David S. Wright Angelo J. Ruscito Patrick C. Toomey Robrert L. Jackson Eugene G. Goslee Dale L. Vance Carl N. Davis

	A/C # 101		A/C # 113		A/C # 923		A/C # 594
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Brofft Jesse L. Smith Reynold J. Koehmetscher William H. Dupont Zaven R. Astor Lyle E. Thrall William L. Black Abraham H. Feller James B. Toney Rex W. Burke Alexander Kucherenko	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 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	William L. Brackley Charles E. Robb William R. Hawley Anthony Kulczucki Harry Bernstein Glen A. Jackson Miles L. McQueen Bernard J. Geraghty Thomas E. Gougarty Daniel D. Elieff

	A/C # 558		A/C # 164		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	Harris S. Mathis Norris H. Gerber Charles S. Tripp John A. Richardson Rex B. Crawford Donald E. Cook Mark A. Osborne Morris R. Walker Roman A. Zelazo Earl S. West	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 Charles Stewart	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	Jack B. Owens Charles E. Berta Armen Topakian Francis A. Minturn Phillip M. Murillo Theodore C. Roland Earl A. Markwalder R. C. Zeagler Hallie L. Bennett John D. Ward

	A/C # 731		A/C # 656		A/C # 452		A/C # 021
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 Glen S. Thornton Morris F. Swerdlove Frank T. Aylstock Arthur M. Lustig Hal H. Willett Edward J. Brazinski Carl W. Lewis Leo L. Lange	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William E. Dee Robert M. Cotterell Lawrence Oberstein Donald S. Jay William H. Jones Orval C. Sterner George L. Hatcher, Jr Stephen L. Floyd Steve J. Sak thomas L. Treadwell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Doherty Donald K. Goss Russell L. Scott Melvin R. Bernhardt Ancil U. Shepherd William H. Trusselle John H. Graves John H. Derling Franklin Don James O. Vaughn	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 Lynn W. Rice Ralph R. Stowe, Jr George T. Murphy

	A/C # 591		A/C #		A/C # 706		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward A. Taylor Walter F. Creigh Harold W. Walbright Edward J. Colleran Elie R. Carrier Frank W. Winchester Herbert L. Webster Lewis H. Shane George S. Kamas Leroy H. Thomas	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott B. Ormsby Fred D. Stallings Vincent A. Lemon Arthur R. Mendenhall Jay L. Saulsburry Joseph M. Sofranko Ray R. Jones Fred F. Castle Alvin J. Hendryx Gordon J. Neely	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard T. Bennett Albert L. Sikkenga Charles R. Hunicutt Houston L. Levers Deward D. Dunn George Ribiero Glenn R. Finke Charles L. Campbell Donald J. Lighthizer John G. Hossack

	A/C # 088		A/C #		A/C # 587		A/C # 520
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul V. Chapman James E. Oschier William J. McKelvey George R. Walker Kenneth E. Myers Robert S. Wood Richard T. Trundy Anthony Marrone Tom G. Overn Waldron E. McGibbon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert M. Krumm Leo R. Green Con F. Poyner Anthony Tozzi Lawrence J. Walsh Raymond J. Kristoff Billy E. Hightower John D. Barrett Marion H. Belt Shirley Marx	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Gumulauskas Donald V. Swain Bert Graham Thomas M. Lyles Enos C. Bleacher William G. Baumgartner Joy F. Stacy Paul E. Beatty Constantine Nicholas Joseph F. Sprich

	A/C # 662		A/C #		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	Leonard P.Soenke Howard B. Collins Herbert N. Webb Robert I Braun Joseph J. Lukasik Owen L. McDonough Walter A. Ginter Prentis A. Cooper Leo E. Flagg Earle E. Veeder	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward R. Stevens Charles W. Johns Claude H. Sullivan Charles J. Canty Stewart C. Moody James C. Baum Joseph W. LaBonte Crad W. McCollum James H. Neelan James H. Bryant	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Louis O. Auld Jack Gumm George R. Derdzinski Alden N. Rittman Carl D. Seibrands Lyod G. Vanzant Nicholas P. Weber John b. Healy William L. Stringer Richard Mellott

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 001
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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 Lt	Jerome E. Godfrey Raymond A. Syptak Charles E. Graf Winfried E. Stortz Alfred E. Calhoon Donald W. Blackwell James E. Doerr Carl A. Robbie George T. Gulywase John E. Grimes

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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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 rwg 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