Mission No 78

MISSION NO. 78
LAON-COUVRON, FRANCE

28 JUNE, 1944

The Germans had dispersed the bulk of their front line fighters in the Paris and Laon regions. The field at Laon-Couvron had based both bombers and fighters. The 457th was part of a force of two combat wings directed to bomb the facility. The 457th supplied the lead and low box of the 94th B Combat Wing. Major Spencer was Air Commander of the lead B box, with Captain Russell M. Selwyn as pilot, and Captain Jerry Godfrey was Commander of the low B box.

The weather was CAVU over the target. Lead box's bombing results were good, and the low box's fair. Flak was light and inaccurate.

The weather was poor on the return and Glatton was completely closed in, forcing all except two of the craft to divert to other bases.

CREW LOADING LIST

June 28th, 1944
Mission No 78 Target: Laon-Couvron, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 101		A/C # 079		A/C # 638		A/C # 562
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Burkhart Noble L. Webster Julius Venerofsky Earl L. Shaner Samuel B. Goff T. J. Shields Carl Tulowitzki Howard W. Berrier Sidney N. Erickson	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marsden W. Mattatall Charles W. Barrier Ralph C. Jordan Roland F. Vevier Joseph Waszkierscz Francis Redington John R. Billington Douglas Ellison Gordon D. Hobson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Russell M. Selwyn Fred A. Spencer Gabriel D. Ofiesh Norman Kriehn William H. Bowman Dino H. Tonelli Truman H. Smiley Jay L. Saulsburry William Hammersley Wayland R. Keefover Clifton H. Harrell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Jerome E. Godfrey John E. Grimes Norman M. Franz Robert A. Crason David S. Wright Alfred E. Calhoon Leroy E. Heibert Donald W. Blackwell Carl A. Robbie George T. Gulywasz Charles E. Berta

	A/C # 899		A/C # 164		A/C # 889		A/C # 556
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Adrian W. Seabock Lloyd. E. Icenogle Glen S. Thornton Louis M. Castelucci Lloyd E. Larson Leonard C. Comstock Herbert W. Shaurette Donald E. Cook Francis E. Cornue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Douglas L. Deal Lentz M. Lackey Roy I. Vaughn John M. Traylor Paul E. Miller Robert Way Cedric N. Priest George W. Emerson Donald D. Brunsvold	Lt Lt Lt T Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott B. Ormsby Clayton E. Bejot Joseph C. Isaacson Andrew V. Solari Fernando P. Biancalana Paul G. Parker Norman A. Depelteau Oliver F. Orris Vinell L. Bush	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard E. Hoelzer Milton M. Jaraslow Winifred E. Stortz Houston L. Levers Charles T. Darnell Wilfred G. Baumgartner Louis F. Beske Donald J. Lighthizer James W. Walton

	A/C # 088		A/C # 034		A/C # 098		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt T Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul V. Chapman Kenneth W. Bruckner Herbert N. Webb George R. Walker Arthur M. Lustig Walter A. Ginter Anthony Marrone Robert S. Wood Waldron S. McGibbon Charles W. Mehring	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul W. Gilbert Richard G. Palmer Andrew Brown, Jr James V. Duffy David C. Foltz Raymond Conway Robert V. Moore Ernest D. Pappalardo Charles H. Borland	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward R. Stevens Charles W. Johns Charles J. Canty Charles O. Webber Morgan J. Newman Joseph W. LaBonte James H. Neelan James H. Bryant Crad W. McCollum	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Gumulauskas William T. Neidhardt Perry E. Will Paul E. Beatty John P. Wiktorowicz James L. Warren Joseph F. Sprich Joy F. Stacey Alfred C. Noday

	A/C # 118		A/C # 111		A/C # 694		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David K. Summerville George Metzger Nicholas V. Seidita Albert L. Thompson Joseph J. Psaradelis Joseph E. Cook Dozier T. Prothro Leo E. Flagg Clayton T. Dayhoff Barnett Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Byle Edwin K. Williams Paul L. Morris Ralph J. Smithling Vincent W. Krysiak Robert H. Prisk James C. Williams Herbert L. Brownfield John P. Jordan	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman W. Breit Tracy R. Geiger Bert H. Lindstrom Charles J. Hrubos Terence T. Camp Rubin L. Hernandez Melvin R. Smalley Billy L. Dalton John A. Roe, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack B. Owens Donald E. Brandvold Frederick J. Stokinger Francis A. Minturn Earl A. Markwalder Phillip M. Murillo Theodore C. Roland R. C. Zeagler Hallie L. Bennett

	A/C # 955		A/C # 948		A/C # 923		A/C # 383
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William H. Crawford Benjamin Gryncewicz Rolland L. Boyle Michael E. Baron Roy C. Schild Harold D. Harris Lowell E. Jones Walter K. Marsh Stephen Kokayko Milton C. Tieman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max D. Peterson Alvie Phares Myron L. Kruse Champe V. Dobler Martin Mueheam Joseph J. Darden James G. Lisy Mack W. Fuqua William M. Fuqua	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Canfield Clarence E. Ross Donald H. Snyder Thomas H. Norton Robert M. Jensen Julius Smith Alvin E. Merriam Alvie M. Kirkendall Herbert P. Barte	T Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell A. Price Robert C. Cook Eldon J. Foster Harry H. Whitaker Carroll C. Johnson Lester L. Tyndall George K. Raymond Donald E. Betthauser Edward J. McHale

	A/C # 649		A/C # 574		A/C # 571		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles D. Brannan Jesse L. Smith James H. Kincaid Frederick W. Asbell George A. Sipp John T. Matovina Joseph M. Colechia Charles R. Vandeventer Edward M. Hardin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stanley Kleiner Hugh B. Sloan, Jr. George S. Inman John B. Bomba Andrew G. Voytko Rene V. Gabriel Leo J. Kwiatkowski James E. Haddock Lloyd C. Holdredge	Lt T Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Winfred L. Pugh Arthur H. Richards Julius H. Drummond Clifford E. Page Edward M. Szumierz James E. Woodgate Joseph R. Wheatley John T. Poshefko Howard W. Martin	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Zigler Joseph S. Norman Oliver P. Kolstoe Ernest C. George Edgardo Buletti Raymond L. Rule Robert S. Theiss Willis L. Storrer Enos C. Bleacher

	A/C #		A/C # 086		A/C # 535		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dale S. Jeffers Allen D. Sheakley Leo B. Bunker Marshall H. Hoyt Edward L. Nolan Morell N. Tobian Richard L. Gibbs Antonio Papaianni Homer D. Reich	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Robert C. Burkholder D. J. Letizia Bernard M. Plaut Warren G. Antoine M. J. Smuynski Sanford J. Cadwell Edwin M. Sinclair Rudolph J. Buczak	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C #		A/C # 060		A/C # 468		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred H. Thoman, Jr William E. Thompson, Jr William Morrow Vernon F. Hornig Charles A. Keller George A. Parsons, Jr Kenneth L. Demme Wilfred L. Bennett Bernard Arciero	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Huskey Clyde S. Jolley Fred W. Roberts Howard A. Handran Harry C. Lake James A. Martin Patsy Varrassi Alfred Beacom Ernest W. Kerr, Jr	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 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 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 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 lrwg 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

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt 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