Mission No 68

MISSION NO. 68
MONCHY-BRETON, FRANCE

17 JUNE, 1944

The target was the Monchy-Breton airfield, a grass covered field which had no previous operational history. Due to the constant bombing of air fields, the Germans were forced to disperse the aircraft to nearby fields. The target was located about six miles east of St. Pot and southwest of Lille. Major Leroy Watson was Air Commander with Lt. Kenneth R. Johnston as pilot. The Group provided an eighteen ship box, leading the 94th Combat Wing.

Bombing was by PFF and results were poor. On the return home four craft were damaged by fire from new antiaircraft guns brought into the area by the Germans.

On 15 June, a directive was issued calling attention to the fact that appearance of personnel was far below prescribed standards, and effective measures would have to be taken immediately to rectify the situation. On 17 June, personnel were notified classes in military courtesy would be conducted in the evenings for all personnel failing to salute, pointing out that the hand salute is one of the basic fundamentals of a good soldier. Military discipline would be maintained at a high level and instructions necessary to bnng this about would be furnished.

CREW LOADING LIST

June 17th, 1944
Mission No 68 Target: Monchy-Breton, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 063		A/C # 456
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Leonard P. Soenke Jesse L. Smith Herbert N. Webb Albert L. Thompson Joseph J. Lukasik Walter A. Ginter Owen L. McDonough Prentis A. Cooper Earle E. Veeder	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny M. Flowers Alvie J. Phares Ralph C. Jordan Albert P. Banks Andrew H. Bouchard William L. Finley William Zamecnik Virgil G. Maier Victor U. Meador	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward R. Stevens Charles W. Johns Charles J. Canty Marion H. Belt Stewart C. Moody Joseph W. LaBonte James C. Baum James H. Neelan James H. Bryant	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Zigler Joseph S. Norman Joseph F. Sydejko Oliver P. Kolstoe Edgardo Buletti Ernest C. George Raymond L. Rule Robert S. Theiss Alfred C. Noday

	A/C # 955		A/C # 113		A/C # 085		A/C # 383
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 Leonard C. Comstock Herbert W. Shaurette Earl W. Holton Francis E. Cornue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry E. Cameron Edward Kozel Selig Ratchick Carl F. Atlimus Thomas d. Dalrymple Robert E. Nichols Milton P. Rudd William H. Koester Dwight F. Swanson	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 Varrassi Alfred Beacom Kenneth E. Davidson James A. Martin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Louis O. Auld William T.l Neidhardt Alden N. Rittman Carl D. Seibrands Llyod G. Vanzant Nicholas P. Weber Richard Mellott William L. Stringer John B. Healy

	A/C # 591		A/C # 656		A/C #		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Noble L. Webster William B. Bomar William B. Wescott Julius Venerofsky John G. Siroskey Samuel B. Goff Sidney N. Erickson Carl Tulowitzki Howard W. Berrier	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 Joseph Matkowsky	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James F. Oldenhage James E. Carels Albert E. Durrett Oreste Procopio James F. Lynch John W. Wiktorowicz James H. Van Ackeren Harry S. Young Charles L. Bickers

	A/C # 954		A/C # 111		A/C #		A/C # 532
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Burkhart Jack A. Lade Charles Curione Robin E. Hill Henry B. Gilbert Edmond Klein William N. Kane Erwin E. Tengler Albert W. Leeming Righard A. Bohl	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 Frank L. Nunn Harold D. McFarland Robert E. Bergeron	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman A. Erbe Robert J. Shaffer Robert A. Carson Russell H. Auten Richard H. Cochrane James M. Kirkland Wayne A. Taylor Noma R. Norman William L. Egri

	A/C # 087		A/C # 118		A/C #		A/C # 451
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 Nicholas Pesko Herbert L. Webster Lewis H. Shane George S. Kamas	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris H. Shuff Milton E. Durham Myron L. Kruse Lee C. Mohn Joseph Garbett Glen W. Barnes Thomas G. Scott Wallace C. Nicholson Leonard A. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Hercules Phyllides Jack Gumm Frederick J. Stokinger Elman A. Salo Edward T. Sawyer Lester T. Weaver James L. Warren Frank N. Smith Joseph S. Reid

	A/C # 229		A/C # 088		A/C #		A/C # 630
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth R. Johnston Leroy H. Watson Robert E. Jackson Harry B. Vaal George E. Sandall Nolan V. Claxton Francis F. Friedel Gilbert Slocum Paul O. Conner	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ennis E. Brown Stanley E. Kleiner George D. Anderson John B. Bomba George H. Manos Joesph Konyak Leo J. Kwiatkowaski Rene V. Gabriel James E. Haddock	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach Jack Gumm Norman M. Franz Emil F. Galliessch Harry B. Bartholomew Vernon H. Hawbaker Raymond C. Batliner Luster B. Mills James C. Parrish

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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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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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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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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