Mission No 63

MISSION NO. 63
GAEL, FRANCE

10 JUNE, 1944

After a lapse of one day, the invasion aerial offensive was renewed with the 457th providing the high box of the 94th Combat Wing assigned to bomb the Gae Airfield, located on the Brest Peninsula. Its location made it suitable for use by front line German Luftwaffe planes. The 1st Division dispatched only four Combat Wings. Major Theodore C. Hoffman was Air Commander and Lt. George C. MacDonald was pilot.

The target was covered by a seven-tenths undercast and bombing was by instruments. The bomb results were not good There was no enemy fighter opposition and only meager flak.

(Compilers Note: Practically all missions to the invasion area called for early morning takeoffs. During the summer months in this part of France, cumulus clouds build up in the day, preventing visual bombing except in the early morning hours. Even then it proved to be very difficult.)

CREW LOADING LIST

June 10th, 1944
Mission No 63 Target: Gael.France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 087		A/C # 948		A/C # 88?		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas E. Lee John M. Bristow John C. Sherwin Regis J. Creehan Jasper Stewart William C. Bolger Irvin V.Gerlich John A. Robinson Ralph R.Zagorski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry A. Stafford Bernard Yavorosky Arthur Flach Anthony G. Wodek Andrew G. Voytko Francis M. Craven Virgil R. Hook Walter Osika Robert H. Ridge	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James P. LaPaze Louis N. McGranahan Keith W. Morgan Chester J. Hudec Henry L. Baker Charles H. Rogers, Jr Elmer E. Valicer Chester V. Hudec Delbert A. Brokhart Oscar C. Hightower James M. Cole	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard T. Bennett John G. Hossack Charles R. Hunicutt Joe C. Wilmeth Paul E. Beatty Geroge Ribiero Charles L. Campbell Glen C. Finke Carl N. Davis

	A/C # 101		A/C # 706		A/C # 923		A/C # 587
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 Samuel I. Craft, Jr Roman A. Zelazo Ernest R. Campen	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wade E. Knudson Paul W. Gilbert James Duffy Andrew Brown David C. Foltz Raymond Conway Richard Wright Charles M. Borland Robert V. Moore	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Husky Robert L. Kaufman B. M. Plaut D. J. Letzia Edwin M. Sinclair Lauren C. Keene Rudolph S. Buczik Warren G. Antoine Sanford G. Cadwell	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 Hallie L. Bennett Earl A. Markwalder R. C. Zeagler

	A/C # 190		A/C # ???		A/C # 464		A/C # 026
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 Stephen F. Billisits Ivan W. Browning Irving Feldman Kenneth L. Holder John Harmke	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris H. Shuff Delbert H. Lawson Lee C. Mohn Joseph Barbett Glenn W. Barnes John R. Billington Wallace C. Nicholson Leonard A. Smith Wallace D. Cagle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman W. Breit Robert C. Burkholder Burt H. Lindstrom Charles J. Hrubos Terence T. Camp Melvin R. Smalley William F. Radford Rubin L. Hernandez John A. Roe, Jr	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 Ralph R. Stowe, Jr George T. Murphy

	A/C # 615		A/C #		A/C # 571		A/C # 451
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 W. Crawford Donald E. Cook Mark A. Osborne Morris R. Walker Nicholas Pesko	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		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 Sylvester C. Kuraszkiewicz Francis W. McCall William C. Young	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Hercules Phyllides Jack Gumm Stokinger Elman A. Salo Michael S. Rubacha Lester T. Weaver James L. Warn Frank N. Smith Russell J. Robataille

	A/C # 955		A/C #		A/C # 063		A/C # 229 PFF
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	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Rogers Stanley J. Wolczanski Wilbert J. Collard Con F. Poynor Joshua D. Lane Orion H. Shumway John Chumas David H. Quick Ray Jones	Lt Maj Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	J. F. McDonald Theodore C. Hoffman M. J. Scanomayo R. J. Redman R. J. Marcott H. N. Lambert M. H. Mgrath L. J. Kyler J. M. Buyer A. W. Johnson

	A/C # 618		A/C #		A/C # 073		A/C # 056
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 F. Swerdlove Joseph J. Psaradelis Dozier T. Prothro Leo E. Flagg Clayton T. Dayhoff Joseph E. Cook	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Garland M. Hutson Tracy E. Geiger Carl F. Hansen Clifford D. Hughes Charles K. Coffman Harold C. Reader Herman R. Goossens Jachin M. Forbes George A. Pfeifer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach Martin W. Biehn Franz Emil F. Galliessch Vernon H. Hawbaker Harry B. Bartholomew Warren G. Hummer Luster B. Mills Raymond C. Batliner

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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

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