Mission No 89

MISSION NO. 89
MUNICH, GERMANY

16 JULY, 1944

Munich, having received a two-day respite, was the objective for the fourth time in six days of the striking power of American heavy bombers. The field order was the same as before. Bomb Allach if weather permits. Bomb Munich if clouds obscure the ground.

The 457th Group dispatched thirty-six planes aloft to comprise the lead and low boxes of the 94th A Combat Wing, with Major Hozier and Lt. Russell M. Selwyn leading in a PFF plane. Major Dickinson led the low box. After a normal assembly, the formation, sixth in the Division line, proceeded across the North Sea to the Scheldt Islands. Again no variation or deception had been put in the penetration route. It was exactly the same as the last three missions.

The flight south over Belgium and thence southeast over northern France, Luxembourg and Germany, to a point fifty miles from the IP was uneventful. The cloud cover increased to ten- tenths near Stuttgart and rose abruptly from 14,000 to 22,000 feet. Dense and persistent contrails interfered with the formation flying. The Division formation became disrupted. A turn northeast was executed to hold it intact.

The IP was far to the south as it was passed, still the course was held although Munich was fifty miles to the south. Finally, when a turn was made for a run on the city, Regensburg lay directly beneath the thick clouds which now had risen to 26,000 feet. The bomb run would be from the northeast instead of the northwest. The bombs were released from 27,000 feet. It was therefore certain that the bombs landed in the center of the city. At this height the flak, though intense, was vely inaccurate. Much of it was a thousand or more feet below.

After bombing, the Wing formation proceeded in the return route by itself. The aircraft returned without loss. Four times in six days southern Germany had borne the weight of more than one thousand American heavy bombers.

CREW LOADING LIST

July 16th, 1944
Mission No 89 Target: Munich, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 662		A/C # 733		A/C # 651		A/C # 532
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William R. Crawford Benjamin Gryncewicz Michael E. Baron Roy C. Schild Harold D. Harris Arthur J. Kimball Milton C. Tieman Walter K. Marsh Stephen Kokayko	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry R. Stafford Jacob M. Dickinson Arthur A. Flach Judson E. Krueger Anthony G. Wodek Virgil D. Naylor Virgil R. Hook Jean Dubois Robert H. Ridge Elmer Mittwoch	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt Sgt	Russell M. Selwyn George C. Hozier William H. Bowman Norman Kriehn Dino H. Tonelli John E. Misener Arvele Mizell A. R. Reeves Wayland H. Keefover Clifton H. Harrel	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James J. Parks Joseph S. Norman Albert M. Durrett Thomas W. Battley John H. Wiktorowic James F. Lynch James H.l VanAckeren Harry S. Young Robert E. Walters

	A/C # 087		A/C # 765		A/C # 073		A/C # 131
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harris S. Mathis Lorentz C. Hanson Charles S. Tripp Rex B. Crawford Mark A. Osborne Morris R. Walker Nicholas Pesko Albert L. Paulson Donald E. Cook	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Douglas L. Deal Lentz M. Lackey Roy I. Vaughn John M. Traylor Paul E. Miller Cedric N. Priest George W. Emerson George Blaire Donald D. Brunsvold	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James P. Lapaze Audrey B. Whitten Robert S.Todd Alfred P. Beacon Charles H. Rogers Fred F. Castle John H. Graves Delbert A. Brokhart Hyman Kalb	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dean F. Fisk Walter J. McGregor James F. Barnes John B. Tonkin James F. Kirkland Don C. Brewer Fredrick Wosik Robert H. Hughes Joseph e. Philhower

	A/C # 103		A/C # 164		A/C # 796		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Norris H. Gerber Richard J. Cotter David C. Watts William A. O'Connor Norman Hirsch Floyd T. Stitely Harold R. Moore Herve J. Paquin Charles Minter, Jr	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles W. Barrier Hugh B. Sloan, Jr George S. Inman Clinton E. Wells Kenneth L. Christenson Donald J. Fehrman Thomas J. Ambrose Wilbur A. Kurtz Martin Darling	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Huskey Clyde S. Jolley Fred W. Roberts Howard A. Handran Patsy Varrassi Harry C. Lake Kenneth E. Davidson Ernest W. Kerr Andrew E. Jasso	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Robert J. Shaffer George C. Lawlis Vivian B. McWhorter, Jr Jean R. Le Shufy Oreste Procopio Asa R. McClure Cycril C. Hegrele Edwin J. Auffurth William L. Kennedy

	A/C # 101		A/C # 088		A/C # 075		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth W. Brucker Edward L. Cavanaugh Glen S. Thornton Arthur N. Lustig Lloyd N. Larson Edward C. Van Tine John P. Medica Waldron S. McGibbon John Harmke	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Bennett Joe D. Cloeman William G. Watts Thomas S. Crowley Paul Holder Robert T. Harrison Roland Vevier John Whiteside Albert P. Banks	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clayton E. Bejot Augustus J. Harris Andrew V. Solari Fernando P. Biancalana Paul G. Parker Norman A. Depelteau Oliver F. Orris Vinell L. Bush Delos N Reigle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James J. Vizanko Kenneth K. Yap Angelo A. Archiopoli Oreste Procopio Joseph L. Mast Willis E. Moore Mathew J. Przybysz Julian J. Rodakowski Alton T. Eason

	A/C # 118		A/C # 574		A/C # 468		A/C # 451
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Douglas L. Grantham Clarence R. Jennings Robert 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	Dale J. Jeffers Allen d. Sheakley Leo B. Bunker Marshall H. Hoyt Edward l. Nolan Murrell N. Tobian Richard L. Gibbs Antonio Papaianni Nomer D. Reich	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William Clarkson Harold F. Bacon Victor E. Dombrowski John J. Walicki Neal Spencer Albert A. Spierling Edmond L. Niec Barnett Feldman Roman N. Becker	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach John G. Hossack Frederick J. Stokinger Emil F. Gallesich Vernon H. Hawbaker Harry B. Bartholomew Raymond C. Batliner James C. Parrish Geprge T. Gulywasz

	A/C # 470		A/C # 064		A/C # 098		A/C # 383
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Norton John N. Ingells William J. Miller Robert E. Crunk Willam W. Largent Leo F. Johnson Leo J. Maher Robert C. Dutcher Melvin Milbour	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Byle Edwin K. Williams Paul L. Morris Vincent W. Krysiak William T. Alford Robert H. Prisk James C. Williams Herbert L. Brownfield John P. Jordan	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward R. Stevens Edmund G. Coomes Charles J. Canty Charles O. Webber John W. Koehler Stewart C. Moody James H. Bryant Crad W. McCollum James C. Baum	F/O Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Edward J. McHale Lynn W. Rice

	A/C # 955		A/C # 060		A/C # 923		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Cole Haven R. Burningham George A. Voris Frank J. Bernd Karl H. Mannisto John S. Bozoudes Arthur E. Baker John W. Utter Nicola Toscano	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond A. Fulton Robert W. Kelley John C. Fonda Charles W. Craig Richard H. Gardner Frank H. Cuetara John W. Mahinske Calvin R. Taylor Francis Larntz	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Robert C. Burkholder Bernard M. Plaut H. J. Smuzynski H. Rosenzweig Edwin M. Sinclair Warren G. Antoine Sanford G. Cadwell Rudolph S. Buczak	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard E. Hoelzer Milton M. Jaraslow Norman M. Franz Thomas W. Lyles James E. Doerr Wilfred E. Baumgartner Donald J. Lighthizer Constantine Nicholas Carl A. Robbie

	A/C # 899		A/C # 079		A/C # 571		A/C # 701
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Walter F. Creigh George G. Metzger Delmar G. Spatz Stewart W. Jakku 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	Stanley E. Kleiner William D. Hurdis Merton L. Pond Mark K. Miller Bernard Baker Leo J. Kwiatkowski James E. Haddock Rene V. Gabriel Lloyd C. Holdredge	Lt F/O Lt Sgt 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 Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Norman A. Erbe Donald S. Brandvold Louis G. Mueller Joseph A. Sydejko Russell H. Auten Richard H. Cochrane Ernest C. George Noma R. Norman Wayne A. Taylor Oscar B. Stauff

	A/C #		A/C # 086		A/C # 633		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Taylor Robert B. Hooper Ras M. Clausen Alexander P. McDermott Joseph Garbett Thomas G. Scott Robert E. Bergeron Leonard A. Smith Wallace D. Cagle	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Franklin H. Morrell Franklin J. Marra John B. Blachley Donald R. McCurdy Harold V. Barris Robert C. Kogler Lloyd L. Fortna Dwight W. Parken Charles L. Bradford	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga John B. Folsom Bert Graham David S. Wright John G. Mackie William C. Young William B. Stringer Joseph A. Toth James H. Lee

	A/C #		A/C # 034		A/C # 113		A/C # 456
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry J. Whitman Albert O. Gilbertson, Jr Harold W. Patrick Leonard G. Stoner Joseph P. Melly Howard B. Munger Bernard F. Sitek Charles Fosson Kenneth E. McGriff	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James W. Franklin Donald C. Lengman Charles C. Smith Ernest L. Herndon John W. York Leonard O. Beach Joseph M. Budich Luther E. Holloman Adolph Sroczyk	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack D. Marks Richard E. Long Harold L. Kaplan Richard K. Newman Junior P. Schaner George T. Stefani Roy L. Walker William H. Shaffer Fredrick B. Weyand

	A/C #		A/C # 161		A/C # 630		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	Alfred H. Thoman, Jr William E. Thompson, Jr William Morrow Vernon F. Hornig Charles A. Keller George A. Parsons, Jr Kenneth L Denune Wilfred L. Bennett Bernard Arciero	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. Beisswanger	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 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