Mission No 16

MISSION NO 16
FRANKFURT, GERMANY

20 MARCH 1944

Eighteen aircraft were dispatched to bomb the AlfredTreves plant at Frankfurt, Germany. This plant manufactured aircraft and submarine piston rings, and 75 percent of all theGermans’ hydraulic brakes. Major Fred A. Spencer was AirCommander and Lt. J. L. Smith was pilot. Weather conditions were unfavorable.

Final assembly altitude was at 17,500 feet. The clouds continued to rise over France, until there was a solid undercastwith cloud tops up to 30,000 feet. The high squadron becameseparated from the formation. Shortly thereafter the 457th lost the Wing formation in the haze and clouds near Frankfurt, thePFF target. The mission was abandoned and the Group returned to England. All other combat wings likewise abandoned their missions. No fighter attacks were made on the formation.

Flak was moderate and four aircraft suffered damage.In order to avoid a mid-air collision, Lt. Franklin J. Marra,copilot for Lt. Clarence E. Schuchmann, pulled back on the wheel, and, in doing so, stalled the airplane and went into a spin. After losing 16,000 feet in a matter of seconds, Lt.Schuchmann successfully brought the aircraft back undercontrol.

Notification was received on 20 March, that the APO Number for Glatton was changed from 634 to 557. (Compilers Note: Tom Goff navigator on the Schuchmaflfl crew, reflects on the incident in Chapter 19.)

CREW LOADING LIST

Mar 20th, 1944
Mission No 16 Target: Frankfurt, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 470		A/C # --		A/C # 620		A/C # 656
p cp n b tt ro bt rwg lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Cornelius R. Woolf Kenney Hellums Charles.W. Mitchell Kenneth B. Taylor Gerard J. Hyink John L. Batts Alden B. Orr Roman A. Zelazo Samuel J. Craft, Jr Ernest R. Campen	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Jesse L. Smith Fred A. Spencer Donald J. Muston Lloyd T. Belanger Randall N. White Milton B. Davison Clarence R. Ray Steve Vargo Ethan A. Schaeffer Ennis E. Brown Robert D. Newcomb	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clarence E. Schuchmann Franklin J. Marra Thomas A. Goff John B. Blachley Joseph L. Hibbs Charles O. Webber Robert Bridges Harold A. Dusseau Edgar D. Lanzoni Thomas G. Leahy	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Louis G. Auld Jack Gumm Jerome Silverman Alden N. Rittman Carl D. Seibrands James W. Walton Lyle W. Johnson Nicholas P. Weber Richard Mellow Percy Waltho

	A/C # 460		A/C # --		A/C # 551		A/C # 587
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth R. Johnston Kenneth W. Brucker Herbert N. Webb Harry B. Vaal Daniel A. Malcolm Nolan V. Claxton Francis F. Friedel Edwin D. Waggoner Paul O. Conner Gilbert Slocum	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David P. Parks Raymond A. Syptak William C. Ellerbusch William G. Patry Donald J. Kesselmayer Robert E. Bergeron Ruben H. Halverson Floyd O. Grove Anthony M. Pesce George H. Grebe	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Rogers Stanley J. Wolczanski Carl F. Hansen Dino H. Tonelli Joshua D. Lane Orion H. Shumway John Chumas John P. Sarico David H. Quick Ray Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Emanuel Hauf Donald F. Swain William R. Hawley Richard E. Jaqua Willis H. Johnson James J. Kilroy Joseph S. Reid Louis F. Beske Paul R. Moore Oscar A. Gascon

	A/C # 088		A/C # --		A/C # 084		A/C # 122
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. Wspeidel William G. Smith, Jr Louis M. Castelucci Irving V. Gerlich William B. Woodell Prentis A. Cooper Prosser Jeffreys Howard W. Berrier	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 Omer Fontaine	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 E. McBride John E. Misener Edward A. Bleck Joe B. McCall James J. Vaughn	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 Oren E. Hobbs John F. Nechak Lynn W. Rice George T. Murphy Ralph R. Stowe

	A/C # 607		A/C # --		A/C # 075		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Clyde R. Weid Edward L. Cavanaugh Solon J. Boydston James E. Fast James R. Powell Earl N. Pledger Mark A. Osborne Norman C. Bonney Michael Stasko Edwin Dempsey	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Benny M. Flowers Harry E. Cameron Roy A. Hoegh, Jr Frank H. Pearman Andrew H. Bouchard Charles R. Carlisle William Zamecnik Mildred C. Doan Clifford F. Duell Victor U. Meador	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert M. Krumm Leo R. Green Roland O. Byers Clifford D. Hughes Lawrence J. Walsh Oscar C. Hightower Billy E. Hightower Howard C. Layton John D. Barrett Anthony Tozzi	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 064		A/C # --		A/C # 015		A/C #
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roger W. Birkman Robert L. Cole Michael N. Stanko James M. Cochran, Jr Raymond Koch John L. Toney Andrew Kafka James A. McCamey Hal H. Willet Leo L. Lange	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald G. Karr John E. Haight Richard M. Condon Joel H. Apel Kenneth M. Krise Philip Finkelstein Morris J. Woodell Eugene H. Paprota Paul M. Rogers Charles L. Edwards	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles R. Blackwell Theodore R. Baskette Verne M. Boon Irving R. Meyers Thomas W. Howard Morgan J. Newman Laymon M. Mahan Billy L. Dalton Francis W. McCall Sylvester C. Kuraszkiewicz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

	A/C # 520		A/C # --		A/C # 452		A/C #
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 Stephen F. Billisits Sidney N. Erickson Ivan W. Browning Carl W. Lewis Jasper Stewart Ralph Zagorski	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 Axel R. Olson William E. Good	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alfred W. Fischer Harry Huskey John N. 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

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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg 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