Mission No 80

CHAPTER 7
1 JULY 194410 31 JULY 1944

Weather was a factor the first three days of July, effectively keeping the Eighth Air Force on the ground

MISSION NO. 80
SAUMUR, FRANCE

4 JULY, 1944

The railroad bridge at Saumur on the main line between Paris and Bordeaux, enables German reinforcements to move from the south to the battle front. It has been bombed several times but has always been rebuilt. Two wings of the 94th Combat Wing were assigned to the target.

The 457th provided twenty-four aircraft for the lead and low boxes of the B Wing. Major Smith was Air Commander of the lead box with Captain Beicher as pilot, and Captain Godfrey led the low box with Lt. Brackley as pilot.

Assembly was accomplished without difficulty; however, the Wing was forced to execute several double drifts because the AWing was late in arriving in proper position in the formation. Route to the target was again over the Normandy beachhead. There was a complete undercast and no sighting of the target was made. The mission was abandoned and the aircraft returned to the Base.

Neither antiaircraft fire nor fighter opposition was encountered.

CREW LOADING LIST

July 4th, 1944
Mission No 80 Target: Samur, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 906		A/C # 060		A/C # 571		A/C # 383
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Mark R. Belcher William F. Smith Clement H. Marsden Robert E. Jackson Irwin Rosen Woodrow W. Hammons William H. Barrett William C. Bolger Byron E. Smull Clarence R. Jennings	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward Kozel Alvie J. Phares Selig Ratchick Carl F. Atlimus Thomas D. Dalrymple Jacob L. Alpert Robert E. Nichols Dwight F. Swanson James T. Pratt	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Winfred L. Pugh Arthur M. Richards Julius H. Drummond Clifford E. Page Edward M. Szumierz James E. Woodgate Joseph R. Wheatley Howard W. Martin John T. Poshefko	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Fay Dean P. Fisk Bert Graham Charles S. Gelbers William A. Spoerner Joseph S. Mast John B. Mulhall William L. Stringer Edward M. Bessett

	A/C # 955		A/C # 574		A/C # 468		A/C # 532
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Adrian W. Seabock Lloyd. E. Icenogle George A. Sipp Louis M. Castelucci Lloyd E. Larson Leonard C. Comstock Herbert W. Shaurette Owen L. McConough Irving Feldman Francis E. Cornue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dale J. Jeffers Allen d. Sheakley Leo B. Bunker Marshall H. Hoyt Edward l. Nolan Murrell N. Tobian Antonio Papaianni Allen A. Sharpe Nomer D. Reich	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles C. Canfield Clarence E. Ross Donald H. Snyder Thomas H. Norton Alvin E. Merriam Robert Jensen Julius Smith Herbert P. Barte Alvie M. Kirkendall	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James J. Parks Joseph S. Norman Albert M. Durrett Thomas E. Batley James F. Lynch John H. Wiktorowic James H.l VanAckeren Harry S. Young Robert E. Walters

	A/C # 087		A/C # 079		A/C #889		A/C # 131
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward A. Taylor Walter F. Creigh Glen S. Thornton Harold W. Walbright Edward J. Colleran Elie R. Carrier Herbert L. Webster Lewis H. Shane Robert S. Wood	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Marsden W. Mattatall Lentz M. Lackey Ralph C. Jordan Alexander E. McDermott Joseph Waszkierscz Francis Redington John R. Billington Douglas Ellison Ben H. Collinsworth	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Franklin H. Morrell James W. Franklin Charles C. Smith Robert S. Todd Harold V. Barris Robert C. Kogler Lloyd L. Fortna Charles L. Bradford Donald R. McCurdy	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 Earl A. Markwalder Hallie C. Bennett John D. Ward

	A/C # 118		A/C # 085		A/C # 073		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James E. Sherrod Gordon C. Esch Rolland L. Boyle Arthur M. Lustig Wayne C. Rapp James M. Perrin Leo J. Gawroniak Joe L. Steele Lyle D. Johnson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred H. Thoman William E. Thompson William Morrow Vernon F. Hornig Charles A. Keller George A. Parsons, Jr Kenneth L Demme William W. Myers Wilfred L. Bennett --------- Arciero	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James P. LaPaze Gordon E. Gallagher Theodore H. Bortel Roy E. Gleason William J. Moore Paul W. Johnson Martin A. Bucholz Harold E. Ssturman Melvin D. Thompson	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga John B. Folsom Oliver P. Kolstoe John G. Mackie William C. Young James H. Lee James W. Walton Joseph A. Toth Alfred C. Noday

	A/C # 591		A/C # 164		A/C # 063		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Cornelius R. Woolf Kinney Hellums Herbert N. Webb Albert L. Thompson Joseph M. Colechia Gerard J. Hyink John L. Batts Samuel I. Craft, Jr Ernest R. Campen	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond A. Fulton Robert W. Kelly John C. Fonda Charles W. Craig Richard H. Gardner Frank H. Cuetara Francis Larntz Robert E. Wills Calvin R. Taylor John W. Mahinske	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Robert C. Burkholder Bernard M. Plaut D. J. Letizia Sanford J. Cadwell Edwin M. Sinclair Sanford J. Cadwell Rudolph J. Buczak Warren G. Antoine M. J. Smuynski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach Gerald W. Esser Emil F. Galliessch Vernon H. Hawbaker Harry B. Bartholomew Raymond C. Batliner Warren G. Hummer Luster B. Mills James C. Parrish

	A/C # 088		A/C #		A/C # 551		A/C # 556
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Norton Douglas L. Grantham Morris Arnovitz Robert Douglas Willie N. Suggs Buford R. Milner August E. Kudala Arthur T. Ashton Sephus C. Tucker John D. Wood	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott L. Williams Albert B. Andreason Delos E. Bown Glenn M. Rogers Joseph Deluccia Anthony Collura Kenneth L. Gordier Marshall E. Young Paul H. Beisswanger	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Capt	William L. Brackley Walter J. McGregor Arthurn N. Hoffman Joseph F. Sydejko Miles L. McQueen Glan A. Jackson Harvey C. Cottrell Daniel D. Elieff Thomas W. Gougarty Jerome E. Godfrey

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 075		A/C # 451
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	Clayton E. Bejot Augustus J. Harris Andrew V. Solari Fernando P. Biancalana Paul G. Parker Norman A. Depelteau Adolph Sroczyk Vinell L. Bush Delos N. Riegle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Hercules Phyllides Robert C. Cook Frederick J. Stokinger Elman A. Salo Michael S. Rubacha Lester T. Weaver James L. Warren Frank N. Smith Leroy E. Heibert

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 064
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	John E. Grimes James E. Carels James F. Barnes John B. Tonkin Don C. Brewer Donald W. Blackwell Frederisk Wosik Marshall I. Sipe Robert H. Hughes

	A/C #		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 827
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	Donald E. Zigler Donald E. Brandvold Walter H. Stortz Oreste Procopio Edgardo Buletti Ernest C. George Raymond L. Rule Robert S. Theiss Willis L. Storrer

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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

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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