Mission No 15

MISSION NO 15
WATTON, FRANCE
19 MARCH 1944

Twenty-four aircraft carried out a No Ball Mission toWatton, a large and important German anti-invasion fortification under construction twelve miles inland from Calais. This facilityWas considered to be one of the oldest and best developed, and possibly the most important structure of this type in the Pas-deCalais area. Major Hoffman was Air Commander and Lt. Bender was pilot.

There was no wing assembly. The Group flew west ofthe briefed course and all craft missed the target. Heavy antiaircraft fire was encountered and thirteen planes were damaged but only one seriously.This was a Sunday afternoon mission. The Group was not alerted until noon, did not take off until 1615, and returnedat 2000. It was a quiet day over the Continent. Only 193 bombers were dispatched to western France.

(Compiler 's Note: Though the site of an important anti invasion fortifi cation, the hamlet of Walton was not shown on1944 French maps and is the subject of various spellings in mission reports.)

CREW LOADING LIST

March 19th, 1944
Mission No 15 Target: Watton, France

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 662		A/C # 531		A/C # 620		A/C # 088
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Adrian W. Seabock Lloyd. E. Icenogle Warren. B. Speidel William. G. Smith Louis M. Castelucci Frank. T. Ingersoll William G. Woodall Leslie B. Reid, Jr Prosser Jeffreys Milton Lowenstein	Lt Maj Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Edward M. Bender Hoffman Earl E. Woodard Henry P. Loades James L. Free John P. Sarico Harold Rhodes Tracy E. Geiger Thomas G. Leahy Michael Woyurka Arthur T. Cavenaugh	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles R. Blackwell Theodore R. Baskette Irving R. Meyers Verne M. Boon Thomas W. Howard Morgan J. Newman Morgan Nabozny Billy L. Dalton Francis W. McCall Sylvester C. Kruaszkiewic	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Emanuel Hauf Donald V. Swain William R. Hawley Richard E. Jaqua Willis H. Johnson Paul R. Moore Joseph S. Reid Louis F. Beske Paul R. Moore Oscar A. Gascon

	A/C # 470		A/C # 067		A/C # 468		A/C # 615
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward J. Reppa Aaron J. Ayres Robert E. Jackson George H. Stateman Ivan W. Browning Stephen F. Billisits Carl W. Lewis Charles W. Mehring Irving Feldman John Harmke	Lt Capt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clarence E. Schuchmann William Smith Thomas A. Goff John B. Blachley Joseph l. Hibbs Jachin M. Forbes Harold A. Dusseau Robert Bridges Edgar D. Lanoni Anthony Toizzi	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Americo Procopio Robert Driscoll Bernard B. Weinberg Edward P. Palika John T. Clements E. L. Angell Russell R. Babel Thaddeus R. Dubej James H. Norman Walter W. Megin	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard H. Luebke Robert A. Patty Sidney H Johnson Jack B. Eldridge John L. Zoutte James D. Standifer Earl W. Johnston Max E. Johnston William F. White Melvin O. Richeson

	A/C # 568		A/C #		A/C # 015		A/C # 062
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas E. Lee Harry P. Polanski John C.Sherwin Regis J.Greshan Clayton L. Betterton Jasper Stewart John Barber John A. Robinson Irvin V.Gerlich Ralph H.Zagorski	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Rogers Stanley J. Wolczanski Wilbert J. Collard Henry P. Loades Joshua D. Lane Orion H. Shumway Harold B. Rhodes Howard C. Layton David H. Quick Ray Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred W. Fischer Harry Huskey John W. McDonnell Ralph D. Stutzman Robert M. Jensen Andrew E. Jasso James E. Pickle Leo McHatton Thomas N. Norton James H. Long	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Green B. Poore James F. Oldenhage George L. Brice Frank J. Rowe Frederick A. Smith Lyle W. Johnson John F. Nechak Llyn W. Rice George T. Murphy Ralph E. Stowe, Jr

	A/C # 537		A/C # 051		A/C #		A/C # 460
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Amos W. Shepard Ralph O. Hammerstrom Kenneth Galyean Herbert W. Spaulding Joseph E. Fasone Arnold E. Kauffman Jon Roberts Amos T. Bunch Wallace C. Nicholson William E. Good	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert D. Lane Howard E. James Robert C. Dvorak William L. Smith Winfred C. Kincaid Gervin R. McBride John E. Misener Edward A. Bleck Joe B. McCall James J. Vaughn	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth L. Anderson Kaspar O. Lamvik Thomas F. Monaghan Robert J. Larson Laurel J. Phillips Carl F. Graves Raymond J. Daly Dean K. Adams Donald Douthwright Nicholas D. Weber

	A/C # 056		A/C # 051		A/C #		A/C # 505
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Karr John E. Haight Richard N. Condon Joel H. Apel Kenneth M. Krise Philip Finkelstein Morris J. Woodell Eugene H. Paprota Paul M. Rogers Chaarles L. Edwards	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald E. Lady Wade E. Knudson Judson E. Kruegler David B. Nunes Bernard L. Baker William G. Afterburn Marvin H. Sloan Walter F. Palmer Carl W. Ostlind Rose D. Pogue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard T. Bennett Walters Mine Charles R. Hunicutt Daniel G McLaughlin Deward D. Dunn Leroy W. Heibert George Ribiero Glenn R. Finke Donald J. Lighthizer Charles L. Campbell

	A/C # 079		A/C # 164		A/C #		A/C # 520
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William L. Gibbons George J. Bennett William J. Brandt Patrick A. Walls Paul A. Birchen Jasper L. Smith Paul O'Neal Paul Holder Reginald W. Buxton Charles R. Carlisle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David P. Parks Floyd E. Grove William E. Ellerbusch Edward J. Quinn Don J. Kesselmayer Axel R. Olson Ruben H. Halverson Charles M. Kerr Anthony M. Pesce George H. Grebe	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clyde B. Knipfer Richard A. Bruha Geroge R. Derdzinski Stanley V. Gray Stephen T. Voit Donald W. Blackwell Harvey C. Cottrell Nicholas D. Furrie Joshua Goldstein Percy Waltho

	A/C #		A/C # 633		A/C #		A/C # 998
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Rudolph M. Stohl David W. Schellenger John O. Milham James E. Thomas Robert C. Kreite William F. Bemus Milton P. Rudd Sheldon J. Moore Erwin A. Welling Charles L. Stewart	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vinton H. Mays Raymond A. Syptak John D. English David S. Wright Albert A. Rothauer Robert K. Walker Jack F. Berry Jack D. Bush Cecil D. Burroughs James B. Ambrose

	A/C #		A/C # 086		A/C #		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert L. Wetherald Francis G. Bogle Thomas W. Burns Alex W. Fisher Cleo F. Corder John J. Orazem Reorge Stiller Secondo P. Pentacolone Onnie B. Baskette. Jr Frank R. Machak	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 lwg 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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