Mission No 71

Two missions were flown on this date. The loading lists for for Mission 71 is below.

MISSION NO. 71
HAMBURG, GERMANY

20 JUNE, 1944

Crude oil refineries were the designated targets of a relurn trip to Hamburg. The Group was assigned the Europaische Tanklager-u-Transport A. G., the largest in Germany. It was located on the dock area of the Elbe River. Two 18 ship boxes were furnished by the Group. Major Theodore C. Hoffman was Air Commander and Captain Russell M. Selwyn was pilot of the lead B box. Captain J. L. Smith was Commander of the low B box, with Lt. Edward B. Dozier as pilot.

Bombing results were excellent, making the mission overall one of the most successful raids of the war. Approximately seven enemy aircraft were encountered by the Group. Antiaircraft fire was intense and accurate in the target area.

The craft piloted by Lt. William B. Bomar was hit by flak over the center of Hamburg. It lost two engines, was set on fire, and the tail was badly damaged. It went into a spin and exploded at 5,000 feet. Three of the crew died in the explosion. The exploding bombs at Hamburg sent flames thousands of feet in the air. The next day as the Group went to Berlin, the smoke was still boiling up through the clouds at 15,000 feet. Sixteen planes sustained damage.

The crew of Lt William B. Bomar was lost on this date.

CREW LOADING LIST

1944
Mission No 71 Target: Hamburg, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 899		A/C # 060		A/C # 934		A/C # 556
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 B. Crawford Donald E. Cook Mark A. Osborne Nicholas Pesko Byron E. Smull	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Wetherald Bernard J. Yavorosky Thomas W. Burns Alex W. Fisher Cleo F. Corder George Stiller Secondo P. Pentacolone Onnie B. Baskette, Jr Frank R. Machak	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt F/O	Edward B. Dozier Fred A. Spencer Robert J. Burright Henry P. Loades Dwight M. Anderson John E. Misener Frederick L. Exley Frank L. Ridenhour Hyman Kalb Arthur M. Richards	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William L. Brackley John O. Hossack Norman H. Franz Anthony Kulczucki Glen A. Jackson Miles L. McQueen Daniel D. Elieff Thomas E. Gougarty Harvey C. Cottrell

	A/C # 118		A/C # 064		A/C # 905		A/C # 405
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Norton William L. Crawford Glen S. thornton Michael F. Baron Roy C. Schild Harold D. Harris Lowell E. Jones Milton C. Tieman Walter K. Marsh stephen Kokayo	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wade E. Knudson Paul W. Gilbert Andrew Brown James V. Duffy David C. Foltz Raymand Conway Rovert V. Moore Ernest D. Pappalardo Charles H. Borland	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott B. Ormsby Fred D. Stallings Vincent A. Lemon Arthur R. Mendenhall Jay L. Saulsburry Joseph M. Sofranko Ray F. Jones Fred F. Castle Gordon J. Neely	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Louis O. Auld William T. Neidhardt Frederick J. Stokinger Alden N. Rittman Lloyd G. Vanzant John G. Mackie William L. Stringer Richard Mellott Nicholas P. Weber

	A/C # 955		A/C # 111		A/C # 606		A/C # 418
p cp n b tt ro bt 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	Russell M. Dobyns James V. Elduff Reed V. Bryant Ras M. Clausen Norbert A Meeuwsen Patrick J. Fusci Mildredge C. Doan Charles R. Carlisle Robert L. Grimes	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert M. Krumm Leo R. Green Julius H. Drummond Anthony Tozzi James E. Woodgate Edward M. Szumierz Raymond J. Kristoff James M. Cole Glen M. Rogers	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell A. Price Richard E. Long Eldon J. Foster Harry H. Whitaker Lester L. Tyndall Carroll C. Johnson Edward J. McHale George H. Davis George K. Raymond

	A/C # 470		A/C # 574		A/C # 551		A/C # 456
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Bernard V. Connor Benjamin Cryncewicz Zaven R. Astor Frank W. Aylstock Edward L. Brazinski Hal H. Willett John P. Medica Carl W. Lewis Leo L. Lange	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marsden W. Mattatall John L. Fowler Ralph C. Jordan Jacob M. Dickinson Joseph Waszkierscz Axel R. Olson Milton P. Rudd Douglas C. Ellison Ben H. Collinsworth	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 F. Dubaj Walter W. Megin Joseph R. Wheatley	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach Bailey G. Gaudinier Chester D. Perkins Emil F. Galliessch Harry B. Bartholomew Vernon H. Hawbaker Raymond C. Batliner Luster B. Mills Warren G. Hummer

	A/C # 101		A/C # 973		A/C # 451		A/C # 026
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James W. Gazzale James R. Phillips Fred M. Oglesby Ralph R. Hipsman Burton Chenkin Willard L. Becker Everett Broadie Robert F. Ehlert Robert L. Broadie	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ennis E. Brown Max D. Peterson Myron L. Kruse Champe V. Dobler Martin Muehsam Joseph J. Darden William M. Fuqua Joseph W. Pitts James G. Lisy	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Huskey Scott L. Williams John W. Tadje Delos E. Bown Anthony Collura Joseph Deluccia Kenneth L. Gordier Marshall E. Young Paul H. Beisswanger	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Fay James E. Carels Bert Graham Thomas W. Lyles Frank J. Cearzia Edward T. Sawyer Hugh C. Arant Richard M. Bassett William A. Spoerner

	A/C # 056		A/C # 088		A/C # 5xx		A/C # 190
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James E. Sherrod Gordon C. Esch Rolland L. Boyle Kenneth V. Nordin Wayne C. Rapp James M. Perrin Leo J. Gawroniak Joe L. Steele Lyle D. Johnston	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 David J. Scharff Ray V. Rose	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Phil B. Adrean Bernard M. Plaut D. J. Letizia Edwin M. Sinclair Sanford J. Cadwell Rudolph S. Buczak Warren G. Antoine Henry J. Smuynski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stuart B. James John B. Folsom Charles C. Canon Charles S. Gelbers William C. Young Angelo J. Ruscito Dale L. Vance John B. Healy Robrert L. Jackson

	A/C # 954		A/C # 164		A/C # 098		A/C # 426
p cp n b tt ro bt 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 Harold R. Moore Charles Minter Herve J. Paquin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry E. Cameron Milton E. Durham Selig Ratchick Alexander P. McDermott Robert E. Nichols Jacob L. Alpert William H. Koester Dwight F. Swanson James T. Pratt	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward R. Stevens Charles W. Johns Charles J. Canty Clifford E. Page Stewart C. Moody Joseph W. LaBonte James H. Bryant Crad W. McCollum James C. Baum	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James F. Oldenhage James J. Parks Angelo A. Archiopoli Thomas F. Battley Joseph L. Mast Willis E. Moore Mathew J. Przybysz Alton T. Eason Allen P. Moulton

	A/C # 656		A/C # 706		A/C # 535		A/C # 408
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Brofft Robert L. Cole Reynold J. Kohmetscher Robert I. Braun Lyle E. Thrall Abraham H. Feller James B. Toney Rex W. Burke Earl S. West	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stanley E. Kleiner Delbert H. Lawson George D. Anderson John B. Bomba Andrew G. Voytko Leo J. Kwiatkowski James E. Haddock Joseph Konyak Lloyd C. Holdredge	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph O. Paschal Donald S. Hain Vincent L. Vaccarro Arthur J. Russell, Jr Charles R. Miller Edward F. Rugg Harry C. Minor Lorn G. Smith Clifford R. Wilson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Green B. Poore Milton M. Jaraslow George L. Brice Frank J. Rowe John F. Nechak Frederick A. Smith George T. Murphy Ralph R. Stowe, Jr Lynn W. Rice

	A/C # 615		A/C # 591		A/C # 468		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Bomar Jack A. Lade Charles Curione Robin E. Hill William H. Kane Edmond Klein Erwin E. Tengler Albert W. Leering Richard A. Bohl	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Byle Edwin K. Williams Paul L. Morris Ralph J. Smithling Vincent W. Krysiak William T. Alford Robert H. Prisk James C. Williams John P. Jordan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Canfield Clarence E. Ross Donald H. Snyder Charles L. Milton Morgan J. Newman Julius Smith Alvin E. Merriam Alvie M. Kirkendall Herbert P. Barte	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 087		A/C #		A/C # 620		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Brucker Gerald L. Kerr Edward A. Schilling Melvin L. Levine Leon Finneran Ernest J. Hegedus Harold E. Ahlfors Robert E. Killion Samuel P. Younger Donald B. Boyle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		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 James A. Martin Patsy Varrassi Ernest W. Kerr, Jr Kenneth E. Davidson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 383		A/C #		A/C # 587		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 H. Stateman Stephen F. Billisits Nolan C. Claxton Norman C. Bonney Irving Feldman Kenneth L. Holder Woodrow W. Hammons	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell M. Selwyn Theodore C. Hoffman William H. Bowman Dino H. Tonelli Arvele Mizell Harold B. Rhodes Wayland H. Keefover Clifton H. Harrel William M. Hammersley John L. Kabelac	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 600		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt Lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Charles D. Brannan Richard E. Hoelzer James H. Kincaid Robert E. Jackson George A. Sipp John T. Matovina Joseph M. Colechia Edward M. Hardin Charles R. Vandeventer Harry P. Polenski Oscar. B. Stauf	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