Mission No 7

MISSION NO 7
BERLIN, GERMANY

4 MARCH 1944

The 457th returned to Erkner and the V.K.F. ball bearing works. The Group comprised the low box of the 94th Combat Wing and six craft were provided for the high box. Major Watson was Air Commander and Lt. Bender was pilot.

The weather again proved to be a deterrent and prevented the bombing of the target. Due to heavy cumulus clouds topping 28,000 feet, the Group was unable to locate the 94th Combat Wing and later joined the 41st Combat Wing, which had only two boxes. After crossing the Rhine River between Cologne and Coblenz, the preceding wings turned back and headed toward England. No bombs were dropped, but the six aircraft assigned to the 94th Combat Wing high box did drop on an unidentified target by PFF methods. Results were not observed due to heavy cloud cover. Enemy resistance was moderate, primarily flak over the coastal area. All aircraft returned and damage was minor.

CREW LOADING LIST

March 4th,1944
Mission No 7 Target: Berlin, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 627		A/C # 708		A/C # 594		A/C # 058
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 Curtis J Overdahl Albert J. Thompson Walter A. Ginter Joseph J. Lukasik Harold M. Moberg Aaron L. Barris Arthur J. Kimball James R. Cavett	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lewis Lennartson Everett L. Keesee, Jr Reed V. Bryant Augustine Fernandez Thomas B. Haag Clyde E. Garnhart William T. Graham Andrew G. Voytko James W. Blackwell Omer Fontaine	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward M. Bender . . Watson Earl E. Woodard Edwin K. Fuller James L. Free John P. Sarico Laymon M. Mahan Tracey E. Geiger Thomas G. Leahy Michael Woyurka Arthur T. Cavanaugh	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stuart H. James Martin W. Biehn Charles C. Canon Joe C. Wilmuth Ora W. Murch Angelo J. Ruscito Patrick C. Toomey Eugene C. Goslee Carl N. Davis Dale L. Vance

	A/C # 618		A/C # 587		A/C # 620		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roger W. Birkman Aaron J. Ayres Michael N. Stanko James M. Coxhran, Jr Rammond Koch errol Bailey Andrew Kafka James C. Jones Roman A. Zelazo John L. Toney	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Wetherald Francis G. Bogle Thomas W. Burns Alex W. Fisher Cleo F. Corder John J. Orazem Reorge Stiller Secondo P. Pentacolone Onnie B. Baskette. Jr Frank R. Machak	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Rogers Rod L. Francis Thomas A. Goff Henry P. Loades Joshua D. Lane Orion H. Shumway Harold B. Rhodes Francis W. McCall David H. Quick Ray Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard T. Bennett Charles E. Robb Charles R. Hunicutt Daniel G. McLaughlin Deward D. Dunn Eugene M. Beamer George Ribiero Glenn R. Finke Donald J. Lighthizer Richard M. Bassett

	A/C # 104		A/C # 548		A/C # 551		A/C # 058
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas E. Lee M. Bristow John C.Sherwin George H. Stateman Clayton L. Betterton Jasper Stewart John Bolger John A. Robinson Irvin V.Gerlich Ralph H.Zagorski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny M. Flowers Harry E. Cameron Frank H. Pearman Roy A. Goegh, Jr Glenn W. Barnes Andrew H. Bouchard William Zamecnik Charles O. Lay Virgil G. Maier Victor U. Meador	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Americo Procopio Robert Driscoll Bernard B. Weinberg Edward P. Palika John T. Clements E. L. Angell Russell R. Babel Thaddeus R. Dubej James H. Norman Walter W. Megin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clyde B. Knipfer Richard A. Bruha Geroge R. Derdzinski Stanley V. Gray Stephen T. Voit Harvey M. Cottrell James J. Kilroy Nicholas D. Furrie Joshua Goldstien Percy Waltho

	A/C # 470		A/C # 635		A/C # 629		A/C # 471
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth R. Johnston Kenneth W. Bruker Herbert N. Webb Harry B. Vaal Nolan V. Claxton Danial A. Malcolm Drancis E. Friedel Stephen F. Billisits Paul O. Conner Gilbert Slocum	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 Robert E. Bergeron	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred W. Fischer Harry Huskey John W. McDonnell Ralph D. Stutzman Robert M. Jensen Andrew E. Jasso James E. Pickle Leo McHatton Thomas N. Norton James H. Long	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Green B. Poore James F. Oldenhage George L. Brice Frank J. Rowe Frederick A. Smith Oren E. Hobbs John F. Nechak Llyn W. Rice George T. Murphy Ralph E. Stowe

	A/C # 467		A/C # 531		A/C # 057		A/C # 568
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 Warren. B. Speidel William. G. Smith Louis M. Castelucci Frank. T. Ingersoll Richard T. Trundy Leslie B. Reid, Jr Prosser Jeffreys Francis E. Cornue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Karr John E. Haight Richard N. Condon Joel H. Apel Kenneth M. Krise Philip finkelstein Morris J. Woodell Eugene H. Paprota Paul M. Rogers Chaarles L. Edwards	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Garland M. Hutson Edwin S. Jones Carl F. Hansen Clifford D. Hughes Charles K. Coffman Harold C. Reader Howard C. Layton Herman R. Goossens Jachin M. Forbes George A. Pfeifer	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard H. Luebke Robert A. Patty Sidney H Johnson Jack B. Eldridge John L. Zoutte Earl W. Johnston George H. Staudt William F. White Max E. Johnson Joseph S. Reid

	A/C # 110		A/C # 460		A/C # 073		A/C # 481
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Mark R. Belcher Bernard V. Conner Charles W. Mitchell Zaven R. Astor Edward J.Brzinski Frank W. Awlstock Carl W. Lewis Leo L. Lange Hal H. Willett James A. McComey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Rudolph M. Stohl David W. Schellenger John O. Milham James E. Thomas Robert C. Kreite William F. Bemus Walter W. Waganer Sheldon J. Moore Erwin A. Welling Clifford F. Duell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene H. Whalen James R. Cawley George S. McPeake Jr. Robert J. Kuncl Robert J. Vaughan Virgil L. French Jerone J. Hartings John C. McVey J. W. Bartee Alphus J. Maddox	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jerome E. Godfrey Georg C. Hozier Charles R. Graf Houston L. Levers Alfred E. Calhoon Leroy E. Heibvert Donald W. Blackwell James E. Doerr, Jr Carl A. Robbie Gerge T. Gulywasz

	A/C # 103		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	Clyde R. Weid Louis G. Mueller Solan J. Boydston James E. Fast Samuel Rothfarb James R. Powell Prentis A. Cooper Michael Stasko Morman C. Bonney Earl W. Pledger	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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