Mission No 94

MISSION NO. 94
ST. LO-PERIERS, FRANCE

24 JULY, 1944

The United States First Army, after overrunning the Cotentin Peninsula and storming Cherbourg, had regrouped on the north side of the straight road running from St. Lo to Lesay. It was now poised for a break-out into the French countryside to the south, and the Brest Peninsula.

Fifteen hundred eighty-six heavy bombers of the Eighth Air Force were called upon to assist in the grand drive. They were to saturate the area south of the road from St. Lo to Periers with bombs for a depth of one and one-fourth miles. In this all out effort, the 457th Group was directed to supply three twelve plane boxes and eight aircraft for an additional high composite box to compose the entire 94th Combat Wing B Force. Major Watson led the formation, with Captain Dozier as pilot. Considerable interference was encountered during the assembly, when three separate B-24 wings flew through the gathering formation.

A direct route to the front lines was flown. The four boxes reformed abreast for the run to their assigned areas at 17,000 feet altitude. These covered a rectangle 4 314 miles wide by 1 314 miles deep. The cloud cover below was almost complete. The coast was crossed with the target area sixteen miles away and still the clouds persisted. As no landmarks were visible the course could not be checked and corrected. Finally the formations came out into the clear about a mile north of the road, thirty seconds time for bombs away. All boxes were about a half mile to the right of their aiming points, but could not turn left because of crowding and the abreast formation. As American troops were 1500 yards away from the road, the bombardiers in the lead ships waited to release until they were sure bombs would not fall short. All bombs were away except those in the low box. The other three boxes reformed and made a 360 over the channel waiting for the low box to go back over the target area. On this second run, the clouds had moved over the German positions and no release was made.

At this moment the entire operation was cancelled. Only 487 of the 1586 bombers had dropped their bombs.

CREW LOADING LIST

July 24th, 1944
Mission No 94 Target: St. Lo.Periers, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 167		A/C # 733		A/C # 667		A/C # 766
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Brofft Walter C. Strosser Reynold J. Kohmetscher Irwin Rosen Lyle E. Thrall Abraham H. Feller James B. Toney William L. Black Rex W. Burke Earl S. West	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harry R. Stafford William F. Smith Arthur A. Flach Judson E. Krueger Anthony G. Wodek Virgil D. Naylor Francis M. Craven Virgil R. Hook Walter H. Osika Robert H. Ridge	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Maj	Edward B. Dozier Leroy H. Watson Robert J. Burright Marsh M. Callaway Henry P. Loades John E. Misener Dwight H. Anderson Fredrick L. Exley Frank L. Ridenhour Gerald E. Poston Edward A. McNeal Gordon H. Haggard	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Raymond A. Syptak Norman A. Erbe Hays A. Bricka Joseph A. Sydejko Robert J. Carson Russell H. Auten Wilfred G. Baumgartner Richard H Cochran Wayne A. Taylor Noma A. Norman William L. Egri

	A/C # 785		A/C # 051		A/C # 765		A/C # 383
p cp n b tt ro bt leg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Harris S. Mathis Jacob M. Dickinson Charles S. Tripp Robert E. Jackson Rex B. Crawford John A. Richardson Donald E. Cook Mark A. Osborne Donald E.. Cook Ralph H. Garrison	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 Blaire George W. Emerson Donald D. Brunsvold	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edmund G. Coomes Andrew R. Reeves Delmar G. Spatz John A. Dahler Charles W. Smith Henry M. Githens Walter A. Laddusaw Harry W. Kroll James A. Conklin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Wendell A. Price Robert C. Cook Eldon J. Foster Harry H. Whitaker Vincent C. Toth Carroll C. Johnson Edward J. McHale George K. Raymond Donald E. Betthauser

	A/C # 087		A/C # 161		A/C # 098		A/C # 694
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward A. Taylor Arthur Gennari Glen S. Thornton Harold W. Walbright Edward J. Colleran Elie R. Carrier Frank T. Winchester Herbert L. Webster Lewis H. Shane George S. Kamas	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 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 William M. Hammersley Charles J. Canty Charles O. Webber Stewart C. Moody Joseph W. LaBonte James H. Bryant Crad W. McCollum James H. Neelan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benjamin J. Deloach Gerald W. Esser Frederick J. Stokinger Emil F. Gallesich Harry B. Bartholomew Vernon H. Hawbaker Raymond C. Batliner James C. Parrish Luster B. Mills

	A/C # 955		A/C # 948		A/C # 468		A/C # 934
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John H. Ingalls William D. Mock Howard V. Quinn Wilmot J. Miller Robert E. Crunk Willard W. Largent Leonard F. Johnson Lawrence J. Maher Melvin Milbour Robert C. Dutcher	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Max D. Peterson Robert D. Hooper Myron L. Kruse Champe V. Dobler Martin Muehsam Joseph J. Darden Mack W. Fuqua James G. Lisy Joseph W. Pitts	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 Cleon R. Roy Roman N. Becker	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 Noland Claxton Constantine Nicholas Russell J. Robaitaille Charles T. Darnell

	A/C # 796		A/C # 828		A/C # 535		A/C # 451
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Walter F. Creigh Donald L. Seesenguth Samuel A. Plestine George E. MacDermott Raymond D. Brodin George R. Langowski William M. Thacker, Jr Robert L. Schaaf Charles Spornick Roy E. Goldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jerome A. Sobjek Edward W. Lynch William R. Kabine George A. Knapp Kenneth E. Hixson Jerome Petrizzi Joseph Matkowsky Ray V. Rose David J. Scharff	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph O. Paschal Donald S. Hain Vincent L. Vaccarro Sidney W. Brunick Virgil Hill Arthur J. Russell, Jr Charles R. Miller E. E. Veenker Clifford R. Wilson	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Dean F. Fisk Walter J. McGregor James F. Barnes John B. Tonkin Don C. Brewer James F. Kirkland Fredrick Wosik Robert H. Hughes Marshall I. Sipe

	A/C # 558		A/C # 086		A/C # 073		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Cole Richard E. Fitzhugh Enoch T. Naversen John Schwall Hardy L. Bell Howard Larson Wesley R. McDonald Howard A. Prather Ivory S. Phillips George L. Cole	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris H. Shuff Richard G. Palmer Ras M. Clausen Albert P. Parks Joseph Garbett Thomas G. Scott Wallacce D. Cagle Wallace C. Nicholson Leonard A. Smith	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Robert C. Burkholder D. J. Letizia Edwin M. Sinclair Sanford G. Cadwell Billy L. Dalton Warren G. Antoine Lauren C. Keene H. J. Smuzynski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack D. Marks Richard E. Long Harold L. Kaplan Richard K. Newman George T. Stefani Junior P. Schaner Roy L. Walker William H. Shaffer Fredrick B. Weyand

	A/C # 826		A/C # 088		A/C # 075		A/C # 131
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 Stewart W. Jakku James M. Perrin Wayne C. Rapp Leo J. Gawroniak Joe L. Steele Lyle D. Johnson	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 Louis A. Dahle William A. Scharnhorst Bernard F. Sitek Charles E. Fosson	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James W. Franklin Donald C. Lengman Charles C. Smith Joseph M. Budich Luther E. Holloman Leonard O Beach Adolph Sroczyk John W. York Ernest L. Herndon	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Zigler Norman S. Brandvold Angelo A. Archiopoli Oliver P. Kolstoe Edgardo Buletti Ernest C. George Raymond L. Rule Robert S. Theiss Alfred C. Noday

	A/C # 834		A/C # 164		A/C # 018		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William R. Crawford Benjamin Gryncewicz Martin Schwartz Michael E. Baron Roy C. Schild Harold D. Harris Milton C. Tieman Walter K. Marsh Stephen Kokayko	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt 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 Sgt	Gordon E. Gallagher Franlin J. Marra Theodore R. Bortel Roy E. Gleason William J. Moore Paul W. Johnson Melvin D. Thompson Harold E. Sturman Delos N. Riegle H. Rosenzweig	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Robert J. Shaffer George C. Lawlis Vivian B. McWhorter, Jr Lloyd E. Larson Asa R. McClure Cycril C. Hegrele Edwin J. Auffurth William L. Kennedy

	A/C # 026		A/C # 574		A/C # 606		A/C # 998
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 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	Raymond A. Fulton Robert W. Kelley John C. Fonda Charles W. Craig Richard H. Gardener Frank H. Cuetara Calvin R. Taylor Francis K. Larntz Robert E. Wills	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	James J. Parks Kenneth L. Yap Albert M. Durrett Thomas W. Battley James F. Lynch John H. Wiktorowic James H.l VanAckeren Harry S. Young Robert E. Walters

	A/C # 899		A/C # 633		A/C # 934		A/C # 456
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Haven R. Burningham Lorentz C. Hanson George A. Voris Frank J. Bernd Karl H. Mannisto Joseph M. Colechia Arthur E. Baker Albert D. Paulson John W. Utter	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William D. Hurdis Elmer Mittwoch Merton L. Pond Mark K. Miller William L. Finley Daniel W. Richmond Paul A. Stancil Lawrence C. Johnston Robert S. McEwan	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Winfred L. Pugh Arthur H. Richards Julius H. Drummond Clifford M. 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 Sgt	John E. Grimes Charles E. Berta Elmer A. Salo William C. Adams Lester T. Weaver James W. Walton James L. Warn Frank N. Smith Michael S. Rubacha

	A/C #		A/C # 034		A/C # 923		A/C # 021
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	Joe D. Coleman Edward F. Salman William C. Watts Thomas S. Crowley Francis E. Snow Robert L. Harrison William G. Wright George B. Crockett Robert G. Smith	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 William R. Cain Herbert P. Barte Alvie M. Kirkendall Julius Smith	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack B. Owens Ernest T. Salzer Kenneth Post William H. Steffin Alfred C. Calhoon Chester C. Madsen George T. Bulywasz Hallie L. Bennett Eugene M. Beamer

	A/C #		A/C # 078		A/C # 060		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	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 E. Darling	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James P. Lapaze Audrey B. Whitten Robert S.Todd Alfred P. Beacon John W. Koehler M. A. Bucholz Delbert A. Brokhart Hyman Kalb Fred F. Castle	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