Mission No 85

MISSION NO. 85
HAUT MAISNIL BLANGEMONT, FRANCE

9 JULY, 1944

A second attempt was made to bomb the pilotless aircraf sites that had been protected by clouds the day before. The 457th was assigned the same targets with the same type of force as was previously dispatched. Lt. Kenneth R. Johnston led the A box on Haut-Maisnil, and Captain Mark R. Beicher led the B box on Blangermont. Clouds over the base caused the assembly altitude to be changed several times, which delayed the operation. As a result, all control points had to be cut off on the flight to the point of departure from the English Coast.

At the French Coast, the forces separated and headed for their individual targets. An almost complete undercast prevailed over this region of France and again these sites could not be bombed. A search was made for targets of opportunity, but the clouds hid everything. The planes then headed for England.

Over the Channel the weather had closed in completely. Pre-frontal clouds existed from 2,000 feet altitude to 20,000 feet, it was raining and visibility was only three miles. At Glatton the clouds extended down to 800 feet. A diversion message was transmitted. The planes landed at other bases and returned to Glatton later that day after the weather cleared.

CREW LOADING LIST

July 9th, 1944
Mission No 85 Target: Haut Maisnil Blangemont, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Cornelius R. Woolf Kinney Hellums Albert L. Thompson Arthur M. Lustig Joseph M. Colechia John L. Batts Samuel I. Craft, Jr Samuel P. Younger Ernest R. Campen	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt F/O	Noel A. Cunefare Mark R. Belcher Wesley C. Akins Marsh Hovey Donald W. Barton Howard S. Drake Ralph T. Hodson Frank L. Nunn Richard P. Forney Waldon M. Hearn Albert O. Gilbertson	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward R. Stevens Charles W. Johns Charles J. Canty Charles O. Webber Joseph W. LaBonte James H. Bryant Stewart C. Moody Crad W. McCollum James H. Neelan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Ja,es K/ Vozamko George C. Lawlis Vivian B. McWhorter, Jr Asa R. McClure Jean R. LeShufy William L. Kennedy Cleveland M. Adair Cycril C. Hegrele

	A/C # 558		A/C # 051		A/C # 535		A/C # Unknown
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack W. Gazzale James B. Phillips Fred M. Oglesby Ralph R. Hipsman Burton Chenkin H. B. Becker Robert F. Ehlert Robert L. Broadie Everett Broadie	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jonathan M. Herbold Robert B. Hooper George D. Anderson Lee C. Mohn Elihue R. Mayo Robert D. Grimes Richard R. Hazelhurst Johnny Miller William C. Cain	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gordon E. Gallagher Donald W. Johnson Theodore R. Bortel Roy E. Gleason William J. Moore Paul W. Johnson Martin A. Buchholz Melvin D. Thompson Harold E. Sturman	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James J. Parks Joseph S. Norman Albert M. Durrett Thomas E. Battley James F. Lynch John H. Wiktorowic James H.l VanAckeren Harry S. Young Charles L. Bickers

	A/C # 470		A/C # 111		A/C # 923		A/C # Unknown
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James E. Sherrod Gordon C. Esch Rolland L. Boyle James M. Perrin Wayne C. Rapp Leo J. Gawroniak Joe L. Steele William H. Barrett Lyle D. Johnson	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 David J. Scharff	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norman W. Breit Harold F. Bacon Con F. Poynor William H. Sokolowski Melvin R. Smalley Peter G. Stern William F. Radford John A. Roe Ruben L. Hernandez	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard E. Hoelzer Milton M. Jaraslow Thomas W. Lyles Norman M. Franz Carl A. Robbie Wilfred E. Baumgartner Constantine Nicholas Donald J. Lighthizer James E. Doerr

	A/C # 088		A/C # 706		A/C # 073		A/C # Unknown
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Douglas L. Grantham John W. Norton Morris Arnovitz Robert O. Douglas Willie N. Suggs Buford R. Milner August E. Kujala Arthur T. Aston Sephus C. Tucker John D. Wood	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul W. Gilbert Richard G. Palmer Andrew Brown, Jr Carl Altimus David C. Foltz Raymond Conway Robert V. Moore Ernest D. Pappalardo Richard D.Wright	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Huskey Clyde S. Jolley Julius H. Drummond Howard A. Handran Patsy Varrassi Andrew E. Jasso James A. Martin Ernest W. Kerr Joseph M. Budich	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dean P. Fisk John G. Hossack James F. Barnes John B. Tonkin Don C. Brewer Frederocl Wosik Robert H. Hughes Joseph E. Philhower

	A/C # 955		A/C # 113		A/C # 075		A/C # 425
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Adrian W. Seabock Harry P. Polenski David C. Watts Francis E. Cornue William C. Bolger Herbert W. Shaurette Byron E. Smull Milton Lowenstein Irving Feldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris H. Shuff Milton E. Durham George S. Inman Ras M. Clausen Glen W. Barnes Thomas G. Scott Wallace C. Nicholson Leonard A. Smith Wallace D. Cagle	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott L. Williams Phil B. Adrean Delos E. Bown Glenn M. Rogers Joseph DeLuccia Anthony Collura Kenneth L. Gordier Marshall E. Young Paul H. Biesswanger	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Zigler Donald E. Brandvold Walter H. Stortz Oliver P. Kolstoe Ernest C. George Edgardo Buletti Raymond L. Rule Robert S. Theiss Alfred C. Noday

	A/C # 087		A/C # 164		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	Edward A. Taylor Walter F. Creigh Edward A. Schilling Harold W. Walbright Edward J. Colleran Elie R. Carrier Herbert L. Webster Lewis H. Shane George S. Kamas	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Denune William W. Myers Bernard Arciero	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Arthur H. Richards Victor E. Dombrowski John J. Walicki Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Cleon R. Roy Roman N. Becker Luther E. Holloman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach Gerald W. Esser Frederick J. Stokinger Emil F. Gallesich Raymond C. Batliner Vernon H. Hawbaker Edward N. Scumierz Raymond C. Batliner Luster B. Mills Warren C. Hummer

	A/C # 905		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 155
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth R. Johnston Kenneth W. Brucker Robert e. Jackson Clement h. Marsden Daniel A. Malcolm Nolan V. Claxton Francis F. Friedel Paul O. Conner Anthony Marrone Waldron S. McGibbon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Hercules Phyllides Robert J. Shaffer Elman A. Salo Robert L. Jackson Lester T. Weaver James W. Walton Frank N. Smith Michael S. Rubacha James L. Warn

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