Mission No 62

MISSION NO. 62
ETAMPES, FRANCE

8 JUNE, 1944

The 457th sent a complete Combat Wing of three 12- aircraft boxes to destroy the double railroad intersection at Etampes, thirty miles south of Pans on the main rail line from Orleans to Tours. Major Leroy Watson was Air Commander with Lt. Edward B. Dozier as pilot. Captain J. L. Smith was Commander of the low box, and Mark R. Belcher was pilot, and Major George A. Beere was Commander of the high box with Captain William L. Gibbons as pilot.

There was a complete undercast over the target area. As no PFF equipment was available, the planned attack on Etampes was abandoned. After searching for targets of opportunity until several aircraft were low on fuel, the formation returned to the Base without bombing.

No enemy fighter opposition was encountered; however, several craft sustained battle damage due to flak. The sky was clear over the Channel and the Group had an excellent view of the many ships, from battleships to barges, that filled the Channel. Near Cherbourg a battleship was shelling the Coast.

CREW LOADING LIST

June 8th, 1944
Mission No 62 Target: Etampes, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 458		A/C # 062		A/C # 098		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Mark R. Belcher jesse L. Smith William H. Dupont Clement H. Rosen Eldon D. Krug William C. Bolger William N. Barrett Woodrow W. Hammons Byron E. Smull John M. Bristow	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt F/O	William L. Gibbons George A. Beere William J. Brandt Roy A. Hoegy Patrick A. Walls Paul A. Birchen Jasper L. Smith Paul O'Neal Paul Holder John R. Graham Bernard J. Yavorosky	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward B. Dozier Leroy H. Watson Roland O. Byers Marsh M. Callaway Henry P. Loades Dwight M. Anderson William C. Young Gerald E. Poston Frederick L. Exley Donald K. Goss	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Gumulauskas John E. Grimes Harry E. Will Paul E. Beatty Wilfred G. Baumgartner Constantine Nicholas Joy F. Stacey Joseph F. Sprich Enos C. Bleacher

	A/C # 190		A/C # 060		A/C # 084		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Brofft Joseph F. Reilly Reynold J. Kohmetscher Robert I. Braun Lyle E. Thrall Abraham H. Feller Herbert L. Webster William L. Black Rex W. Burke Earl S. West	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Wetherald Francis G. Bogle Thomas W. Burns Alex W. Fisher Cleo F. Corder George Stiller Secondo P. Pentacolone Onnie B. Baskette, Jr Frank R. Machak	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert M. Krumm Leo R. Green Julius H. Drummond Anthony Tozzi Lawrence J. Walsh Billy E. Hightower Raymond J. Kristoff Martin H. Belt Shirley Marx	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard T. Bennett John G. Hossack Charles R. Hunnicutt Houston L. Levers Deward D. Dunn George Ribiero eugene N. Beamer Glenn C. Finke Donald J. Lighthizer

	A/C # 101		A/C # 064		A/C # 923		A/C # 456
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Cornelius R. Woolf Kinney Hellums Julius Venerofsky Gerard J. Hyink Alden B. Orr John L. Batts Roman A. Zelazo Samuel I. Craft, Jr Ernest R. Campen	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wade E. Knudson Paul W. Gilbert Andrew Brown, Jr James Duffy Anthony G. Wodek David C. Foltz Raymond Conway Ernest D. Pappalardo Charles H. Borland Robert V. Moore	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Canfield Clarence E. Ross Donald H. Snyder Charles L. Hilton Morgan J. Newman Milton E. Bunch Herbert P. Barte Julius Smith Alvin E. Merriam	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 John D. Ward

	A/C # 662		A/C # 073		A/C # 571		A/C # 123
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 Charles S. Tripp Albert L. Thompson Edward J. Colleran Mark A. Osborne, Jr Morris R. Walker Owen L. McDonough Lewis H. Shane John P. Medca	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ennis E. Brown Max D. Peterson Myron L. Kruse Champe V. Dobler Martin Mueheam Joseph J. Darden James G. Lisy Mack W. Fuqua William M. Fuqua	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph O. Paschal Donald S. Hain Vincent L. Vaccarro Harry C. Minor Arthur J. Russell, Jr Charles R. Miller Edward F. Rugg Clifford R. Wilson James H. Long	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman A. Erbe Robert J. shaffer Rovert A. Carson Russell H. Auten Richard H. Cochrane James M. Kirkland Wayne A. Taylor Noma R. Norman William L. Egri

	A/C # 558		A/C # 164		A/C # 568		A/C # 383
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Burkhart Noble L. Webster William B. Wescott John G. Siroskey Samuel B. Goff T. J. Shields Sidney N. Erickson Carl Tulowitzki George S. Kamas	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Karr Richard Palmer Richard M. Condon Joel H. Apel Kenneth M. Krise Morris J. Woodell Carl W. Ostlind Paul M. Rogers Charles L. Edwards	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Franklin H. Morrell Arthur H. Richards Frank E. Vandevelde Lawrence C. Ghiorse Robert C. Kogler Charles L. Bradford Harold V. Barris Donald R. McCurdy Joseph R. Wheatley	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell A. Price Richard E. Long Eldon J. Foster Anthony Kulczycki Carroll C. Johnson Lester L. Tyndall Donald E. Betthauser George H. Davis Edward J. McHale

	A/C # 088		A/C # 545		A/C # 663		A/C # 556
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 Arthur M. Lustig Richard T. Trundy Robert S. Wood Anthony Marrone Edwin Dempsey Waldron E. McGibbon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James V. Elduff Delbert H. Lawson Reed V. Bryant Ras M. Clausen Norbert A Meeuwsen Andrew G. Voytko Patrick J. Fusci Mildredge C. Doan Charles R. Carlisle	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 Edward Nabozny Francis W. McCall Sylvester C. Kuraszkiewicz Thomas G. Leahy	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William L. Brackley Martin W. Biehn Willifred E. Stortz Harry H. Whitaker Miles L. McQueen Harry Bernstein Glen A. Jackson Daniel D. Elieff Thomas E. Gougarty Bernard J. Geraghty

	A/C # 470		A/C # 656		A/C # 615		A/C # 026
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 Zaven R. Astor Frank W. Aylstock Elie R. Carrier Hal H. Willett Carl W. Lewis Leo L. Lange	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold George J. Bennett Theodore J. Mellow Jack W. Oescher Elihue R. Mayo Richard R. Hazelhurst William C. Cain Leonard A. Smith Goland Vevier	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman W. Breit Tracy E. Geiger Bert H. Lindstrom Charles J. Hrubos Terence T. Camp Rubin L. Hernandez Melvin R. Smalley William H. Sokolowski William F. Radford	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Fay James E. Carels Bert Graham Thomas W. Lyles Edward T. Sawyer Jack F. Berry William A. Spoerner Frederick G. Wagner Hugh C. Arant

	A/C # 618		A/C # 051		A/C # 073		A/C # 451
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David K. Summerville George Metsger Nicholas V. Seidita Morris R. Swerdlove Joseph J. Psaradelis Dozier T. Prothro Leo E. Flagg Clayton T. Dayhoff Barnett Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry A. Stafford R. E. Hoelzer A. A. Flach Anthony G. Wodek Judson E. Kruger Virgil D. Naylor Francis M. Craven Virgil R. Hook Robert H. Ridge Richard L. Dickinson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Rogers Stanley J. Wolczanski Wilbert J. Collard Clifford D. Hughes Joshua D. Lane John Chumas David H. Quick Orion H. Shumway Ray Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Louis O. Auld Jack Gumm George L. Brice Alden N. Rittman Carl D. Seibrands Lyod G. Vanzant Nicholas P. Weber Richard Mellott William L. Stringer

	A/C # 087		A/C # 948		A/C # 551		A/C # 532
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg 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 Floyd T. Stitely Charles Minter Harold R. Moore Walter F. Pittman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noel A. Cunefare Milton E. Durham Wesley C. Akins Donald W. Barton Howard S. Drake Ralph T. Hodson Frank L. Nunn Richard P. Forney Walden M. Hearn	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Americo Procopio Robert Driscoll Bernard B. Weinberg Edward P. Palika John T. Clements Russell R. Babel Thaddeus F. Dubej James R. Norman E. L. Angell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga James F. Oldenhage Arthur N. Hoffman Joe C. Wilmeth John G. Mackie John F. Nechak James W. Walton James H. Lee Joseph A. Toth

	A/C # 955		A/C # 633		A/C # 579		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Adrian W. Seabock Lloyd. E. Icenogle William G. Smith, Jr Louis M. Castelucci Lloyd E. Larson Herbert W. Shaurette Leonard C. Comstock Earl W. Holton Francis E. Cornue	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	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Doherty Jacob M. Dickins Alexis P. Umoff Charles E. Musgrove Ancil U. Shepherd William H. Trusselle Franklin Don Melvin R. Bernhardt Claude H. Sullivan John H. Graves	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 103		A/C # 079		A/C #		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 A. Stateman Ivan W. Browning Stephen F. Billisits Ivan W. Browning Donald E. Cook Charles W. Mehring John Harmke	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marsden W. Mattatall John L. Fowler Ralph C. Jordan Alexander P. McDermott Axel R. Olson Milton P. Rudd Douglas C. Ellison Ben H. Collinsworth Joseph Waszkierscz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C #		A/C # 706		A/C #		A/C #
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	William K. Byle Edwin K. Williams Paul L. Morris Ralph J. Smithling 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

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
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