Mission No 99

CHAPTER 8
1 AUGUST 1944 TO 31 AUGUST 1944
MISSION NO. 99
CHATEAUDUN, FRANCE

1 AUGUST, 1944

French airfields, bridges, oil depots and No Balls were the targets of the day for the Eighth Air Force. The 1st Division drew airfields as targets with the 457th being assigned Chateaudun, thirty miles south-southwest of Paris. Thirty-six craft were dispatched as the 94th B Combat Wing with Lt. Col. Hoffman as Air Commander and Captain Clarence E. Schuchmann as pilot, leading the Group.

Assembly was without incident and the Group joined the Division formation, sixth in the Division line. England, the English Channel and western France were completely covered with clouds. About twenty miles from the target the clouds broke and bombing conditions were CAVU. Excellent formations were flown down the bomb run. Bombing results were also excellent. The buildings on the field were completely demolished and all bombs were within 1,000 feet of the assigned MPI.

All aircraft returned to the Base without incident. No antiaircraft fire or enemy fighters were encountered. For the day the Eighth lost ten heavies out of attacking forces of eleven hundred

CREW LOADING LIST

August 1st, 1944
Mission No 99 Target: Chateaudun, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 785		A/C # 948		A/C # 167		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert E. Brofft Clarence R. Jennings Reynold J. Kohmetscher Clement H. Marsden Irwin Rosen Lyle E. Thrall Abraham H. Feller James B. Toney William L. Black Rex W. Burke Earl S. West	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 Howard Kirshman Lawrence C. Johnston	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Clarence E. schuchmann Theodore C. Hoffman John W. Tadje Arthur N. Hoffman Dino H. Tonelli Melvin R. Smalley J. H. Lambert Edgar D. Lanzoni Billy L. Dalton Joseph S. Norman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert L. Sikkenga John B. Folsom Bert Graham David S. Wright William C. Young John G. Mackie Joseph A. Toth James H. Lee Joseph F. Sprich

	A/C # 905		A/C # 161		A/C # 934		A/C # 456
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Douglas L. Grantham Joseph F. Rilley Charles S. Tripp 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	Charles W. Barrier Hugh C. 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 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	Ernest T. Salzer Richard E. Long Kenneth Post William A. Steffen Vincent A. Toth Raymond A. Adams Elbert C. Conger Richard F. Mitrenga Matthew J. Przybysz

	A/C # 026		A/C # 733		A/C # 468		A/C # 131
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 Stewart W. Jakku Wayne C. Rapp Arthur M. Lustig Leo J. Gawroniak Joe L. Steele Lyle D. Johnson	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jerome A. Sobjek Bernard J. Yavorosky William R. Kabine George A. Knapp Kenneth E. Hixson Jerome Petrizzi Ray V. Rose Joseph Matkowsky David J. Scharff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ralph J. Evans Raymond A. Carlsen Einar L. Nelson Leroy J. Peters Leslie R. Peterson Franklin H. Kark Maurice E. Patterson Elmer R. Sonday Charles B. Pilling	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jack B. Owens Arthur M. Ford Armen Topakian Vivian B. McWhorter Chester C. Madsen Willis E. Moore George T. Gulywasz George K. Raymond Eugene M. Beamer

	A/C #796		A/C # 034		A/C # 606		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert I. Ellsworth John V. Van Ingen Felix Merlone Thomas O. Metcalfe James D. Kreighbaum James A. Mellin Alex McCahon Robert J. Stubbs Joseph J. Smolinski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred H. Thoman, Jr William E. Thompson William Morrow Vernon F. Hornig Charles A. Keller George A. Parsons, Jr Kenneth L Denune William W. Myer Bernard Arciero	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Franklin H. Morrell Franklin J.l 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	Dean F. Fisk Walter J. McGregor James F. Barnes John B. Tonkin Milo G. Hasting Don C. Brewer Fredrick Wosik Marshall I. Sipe Robert H. Hughes

	A/C # 591		A/C # 164		A/C # 451		A/C # 021
p cp n b tt ro bt Lwg 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 Robert J. Engle Albert D. Paulson Arthur E. Baker John W. Utter Nicola Toscano	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Fiedler Fredrick C. Ernest Robert W. Pace Edward R. Sage Michael E. Attaway George A. Steltzer Joseph M. Mooney Burel Miller Rudolph E. Stegeman Gerald D. Stevens	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 Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Hercules Phyllides Harold D. Gay Elman A. Salo Lester T. Weaver William C. Adams James W. Walton Frederick A. Smith James S Warn Michael S. Rubacha

	A/C # 766		A/C # 088		A/C # 075		A/C # 551
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Norton Irwin G. Forry John W. Pruvis Woodrow W. Hammons Lloyd E. Larson William H. Barrett John P. Medica edwin C. Vantine Robert W. Tunstall	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George J. Bennett Milton E. Durham Theodore J. Mellow Jack W. Osecher Paul Holder Paul O'Neal Robert E. Bergeron John R. Graham Jasper L. Smith	Lt Lt F/O LtSgtgt 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 James H. Neelan	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Morris W. Wasserman Hays Bricka George C. Lawlis Oreste Procopio Jean R. LeShufy Asa R. McClure William L. Kennedy Cleveland M. Adair Cycril C. Hegrele

	A/C # 662		A/C # 574		A/C # 923		A/C # 556
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	Robert McGill Richard G. Palmer John C. Fonda James V. Duffy Norbert A. Meeuwsen Thomas G. Scott Wallace C. Nicholson Glen W. Barnes Leonard A. 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	Donald E. Zigler Norman S. Brandvold Walter H. Stortz Oliver P. Kolstoe Ernest C. George Edgardo Buletti Raymond L. Rule Robert S. Theiss Willis L. Storrer

	A/C # 086		A/C # 633		A/C # 765		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Francisco Gamboa Raymond F. Rossner Norman K. Nail Milton Braverman Stanley Zocks Robert B. Black Lyle W. Astry Henry W. Bennett John E. Westhoff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stanley E. Kleiner Robert B. Hooper William J. Brandt John B. Bomba Bernard Baker Leo J. Kwiatkowski James E. Haddock Joseph Konyak Lloyd C. Holdredge	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Kaufman Robert C. Burkholder D. J. Letizia M. J. Smuynski Edwin M. Sinclair Sanford J. Cadwell Rudolph J. Buczak Warren G. Antoine Lauren C. Keene	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert J. Shaffer Robert C. Cook Angelo A. Archiopoli Charles S. Gelbers Joseph L. Mast Richard H. Cochran William L. Egri Noma A. Norman Paul Frank

	A/C # 079		A/C # 828		A/C # 694		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Seesenguth Walter C. Strosser Samuel A. Plestine George E. MacDermott Raymond D. Brodin George R. Langowski William M. Thacker, Jr Charles Spornick Roy E. Goldman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William K. Byle Edwin K. Williams Andrew Brown Ralph J. Smithling Vincent W. Krysiak Robert H. Prisk Herbert L. Brownfield John P. Jordan William T. Alford	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Scott B.l Ormsby Norman M. Chapman Kenneth H. Johnson G. Hoelzel Albert P. Boemer Joseph T. Schembri James R. Dixon Carl M. Weibel Stephen Lupo	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 018		A/C # 051		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stanford Fonnesbeck Kenneth E. Rohde Paul Moll Robert L. Scott George M. Kuykendall Charles L. Wingfield Edwin A. Reynolds John L. Morton Paul F. Amann	Lt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Douglas L. Deal Richard E. Helhcer Roy I. Vaughn John M. Traylor Paul E. Miller Cedric N. Priest George W. Emerson George Blaire Donald D. Brunsfold Lentz M. Lackey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 101		A/C #		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg tg	Lt F/O Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard E. Fitzhugh Arthur Gennari Enoch T. Naversen John Schwall Hardy L. Bell Howard Larsen Wesley R. McDonald Ivory S. Phillips George L. Cole	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 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