Mission No 57

CHAPTER 6
1 JUNE 1944 TO 30 JUNE 1944

The month of June opened with the expectation of an upcoming event that would live long in the memory of people throughout the world. The event was not long in coming and would live up to its advanced billing.
MISSION NO. 57
HARDELOT, FRANCE

2 JUNE, 1944

The final pre-invasion aerial assault was under way. The target was a coastal gun position consisting of six 155mm field artillery guns situated on the beach front equidistant between Boulogne and Le Touquet. Similarly, other gun batteries up and down the French Coast were attacked by other units of the Eighth Air Force.

Eighteen aircraft attacked the target without Wing assembly. Bombing results were unobserved due to heavy cloud cover. The Group encountered no flak or fighter opposition. Major George A. Beere was Air Commander and Lt. Russell M. Selwyn was pilot.

CREW LOADING LIST

June 2nd, 1944
Mission No 57 Target: Hardelot, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 458		A/C # 79		A/C # 073		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 Louis G. Mueller Charles S. Tripp John A. Richardson Rex B. Crawford Mark A. Osborne Donald E. Cook Morris R. Walker Ralph H. Garrison	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marsden W. Mattatall John L. Fowler Ralph C. Jordan Alexander P McDermott Joseph Waszkierscz Milton P. Rudd Axel R. Olson Ben H. Collinsworth Douglas C. Ellison Robert E. Way	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Garlan M. Hutson Tracy E. Geiger Carl F. Hansen Clifford D. Hughes Morgan J. Newman John E. Misener Herman R. Goossens Howard C. Layton Jachin M. Forbes William F. Radford	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman A. Erbe Robert J. Schaffer Robert A. Carson Russell A. Auten Richard N. Cochrane James M. Kirkland Paul Frank Wayne A. Taylor William L. Egri

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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg ct	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Cornelius R. Woolf Kinny Hellums George A. Sipp Gerald J. Hyink Edward J. Brazinski Roman A. Zelazo Hal H. Willett Samuel I. Craft Leo L. Lange	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny M. Flowers Harry E. Cameron Paul L. Morris Ras M. Clausen Andrew H. Bouchard William Zamecnik William L. Finley Charles R. Carlisle Virgil G. Maier Victor U. Meador	Lt f/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James P. Lapaze Liuos M. McGranahan Kieth W. Morgan Henry L. Baker Billy E. Hightower Elmer E. Velicer James M Cole Chester V. Hudec Marion H. Belt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Louis A. Auld Jack Gumm Charles C. Canon Alden N. Rittman Carl D. Siebrands Lloyd G. Vanzant William S. Stringer Richard Mellott Nicholas P. Weber

	A/C # 087		A/C # 545		A/C # 620		A/C # 630
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 William G. Smith Louis M. 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	Jerome A. Sobjek Edward W. Lynch William R. Kabine George A. Knapp Daniel J. Howard Jr. Jerome Petrizzi Ray V. Rose Joseph Matkosky David J. Scharff Albert P. Banks	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 Patsy Varassi James A. Martin Alfred Beacom Ernest W. Kerr Jr.	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Fay James E. Carels Armen Topakian Thomas M. Lyles Edward T. Sawyer George Ribiero William A. Spoerner Hugh C. Arant Fredrick G. Wagner

	A/C # 591		A/C # 064		A/C # 923		A/C # 451
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg ct	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. McGill Kenneth C. Brucker David C. Watts William A. O'Connor Norman Hirsch Floyd T. Stitely Herve J. Paquin Harold R. Moore Walter F. Pittman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Johnathan M. Herbold Ennis E. Brown Theodore J. Mellow Jakc W. Oescher Elihue R. Mayo Richard R. Hazelhurst Johnny Miller John W. Whiteside Kenneth E. Hixson William C. Cain	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert M. Krumm Leo R. Green Vincent L. Vacarro Anthony Tozzi Lawrence J. Walsh Raymond J. Kristoff John D. Barrett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Green B. Poore Milton M. Jaraslow Bert Graham Frank J. Rowe Frederick A. Smith John F. Nechak Oren E. Hobbs George T. Murphy Ralph R. Stowe

	A/C # 088		A/C # 948		A/C #		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg ct	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward J. Reppa Aron J. Ayres Curtis J. Overdahl George H. Stateman Stephen F. Billisits Ivan W. Browning Kenneth L. Holder Irving Feldman Gilbert Slocum Michael Stasko	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 Alfred A. Sabory Henri A. Boulay John Kessock Harold D. McFarland Robert E. Bergeron	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Gumulauskas John E. Grimes Harry E. Wild Paul E. Beatty Wiliford G Baumgartner Constantine Nicholas Joy F. Stacy Joseph F. Sprich John D. Ward

	A/C # 638		A/C # 164		A/C #		A/C # 383
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	George A. Beere Russell M. Selwyn William M. Hammersley William H. Dupont Gabriel D. Ofilsh Harry G. Vaal Arvelee Mizell Harold B. Rohdes Wayland r. Keefover Truman H. Sinely Norris H. Gerber	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris H. Shuff James V. Elduff Lee C. Mohn Roland F. Vivier Joseph Garbett Thomas G. Scott Wallace C. Nicholson Leonard A. Smith WallaD. Cagle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		F/O Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendall A. Price Richard E. Long Eldon J. Foster Anthony Kulyczcki Carroll O. Johnson Lester L. Tyndall George K. Raymond George H. Davis Edward J. McHale

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