Mission No 18

MISSION NO. 18
LIPPSTADT, GERMANY

23 MARCH 1944

Twenty-six aircraft returned to the air field at Lippstadt,the scene of the first operational mission, to bomb an operational fighter field. This field was used by Me-109s and I lOs, and for storage of FW-190s and Me-109s. The Group led the 94th Combat Wing, flying fourth in the Division formation. Lt. Col. Raymond L. Cobb (Wing A-3) was Air Commander and Lt. Vinton H. Mays was pilot.

Heavy clouds were encountered over the target area, forcing the Group to bomb other targets, particularly Munster. Some craft bombed targets of opportunity (Drensteinfurt). Bombing results were unobserved. Fighter opposition and flak were light. There were no personnel casualties and all planes returned to the Base. Smoke bombs carried by the lead craft exploded prematurely inside the aircraft causing discomfort to the crew.

In addition to the lead box, the Group supplied seven aircraft for a composite box that had Gutersloh for its target. It was covered with clouds and Munster was bombed as the secondaty target.

Crews reported that apparently the Germans were shooting up a shell projecting white ribbons of smoke resembling the markers dropped by PFF or lead aircraft.

CREW LOADING LIST

Mar 23rd, 1944
Mission No 18 Target: Lippstadt, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 662		A/C # 633		A/C # 098		A/C # 520
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Cornelius R. Woolf Robert E. Ensminger Charles.W. Mitchell Kenneth B. Taylor Gerard J. Hyink Samuel J. Craft, Jr Alden B. Orr Roman A. Zelazo John L. Batts Ernest R. Campen	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard J. Dudek Russell M. Dobyns John F. Moore James H. Coonrod John J. Connell John Kessock Alfred A. Sabory Henri A. Boulay Harold D. McFarland Axel R. Olson	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 Jachin M. Forbes Harold A. Dusseau Robert Bridges Edgar D. Lanzoni Herman R. Goossens	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Jerome E. Godfrey John E. Grimes, Jr. Charles R. Graf Houston L. Levers Alfred R. Calhoon Leroy E. Heibert D. W. Blackwell James E. Doerr, Jr. Carl A. Robbie Geprge T. Gulywase

	A/C # 470		A/C # 086		A/C # 070		A/C # 535
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Bernard V. Conner Noble L. Webster Clement H. Marsden Zaven R. Astor Frank T. Aylstock James A. McCamey Edward J. Brazinski Hal H. Willett Carl W. Lewis Leo L. Lange	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Malcolm E. Johnson Morris H. Shuff Reed V. Bryant George Cahelo Joseph Garbett Glenn W. Barnes Patrick J. Fusci Omer Fontaine Leonard A. Smith Wallace D. Cagle	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward M. Bender Rod L. Francis Earl E. Woodard Edwin K. Fuller James L. Free Arthur T. Fischer Harold B. Rhodes Charles O. Weber Thomas Leahy Michael Woyurka	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Fay James E. Carels Lionel J. Cusson Joe C. Wilmeth Edward T. Sawyer William A. Spoerner George H. Staudt Richard M. Bassett Frederick C. Wagner Hugh C. Arant

	A/C # 629		A/C # 067		A/C # 084		A/C # 568
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth R. Johnston Aaron J. Avres Herbert N. Webb Harry B. Vaal Daniel A. Malcolm Francis F. Friedel Samuel B. Goff Paul O. Conner Edwin D. Waggoner	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 George Stiller Secondo P. Pentacolone Onnie B. Baskette, Jr Frank R. Machak	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William F. Rogers Stanley J. Wolczanski Wilbert J. Collard Dino H. Tonelli Joshua D. Lane Orion H. Shumway Harold E. Reader Sol Pollack David H. Quick Ray Jones	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard T. Bennett Charles E. Robb Charles R. Hunnicutt Daniel G. Mclaughlin Carl D. Siebrands eugene M. Beamer George Ribiero Donald J. Lighthizer Charles L. Campbell Glenn C. Finke

	A/C # 591		A/C # 537		A/C # 579		A/C # 615
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Adrian W. Seabock Harry P. Polenski Warren B. Speidel William G. Smith, Jr Louis M. Castelucci Prosser Jeffreys William B. Woodell Frank. T. Ingersoll Leslie B. Reid, Jr Francis E. Cornue	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Amos T. Shepard Ralph O. Hammerstrom Kenneth Galyean Herbert W. Spaulding Joseph E. Fasone Arnold E. Kauffman Jon Roberts Amos T. Bunch Milton B. Davison William E. Good	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Edward B. Dozier Charles E. Newmeyer Alexis P. Umoff Charles W. Hilton Dwite M. Anderson Reginald W. Buxton Seamour C. Pliss Fredrick L. Exley Gerald E. Poston Frank L. Ridenhour	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Stuart B. James Martin W. Biehn Charles C. Canon Edward C. Cannon Ora W. Murch Angelo J. Ruscito Patrick C. Toomey Eugene G. Goslee Carl N. Davis Dale L. Vance

	A/C # 656		A/C # 531		A/C # 452		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roger W. Birkman Howard B Collins Michael N. Stanko James M. Cochran, Jr T. J. Shields Raymond Koch Andrew Kafka Carl Tulowitzki John L. Toney Howard W. Berrier	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	David P. Parks Floyd E. Grove William C. Ellerbusch Edward J. Quinn Don J. Kesselmayer Gordon D. Hobson Paul O. O'Neal Charles M. Kerr Andrew G. Voytko George H. Grebe	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 James E. Pickle Edward A. Bleck Joe B. McCall James J. Vaughn	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth L. Andersen Kaspar O. Lamvik Thomas F. Monaghan Robert J. Larson Laurel J. Phillips Carl F. Graves Raymond J. Daly Dean K. Adams Donald Douthwright Nicholas P. Weber

	A/C # 088		A/C # 164		A/C # 460		A/C # 062
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg rwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul V. Chapman Edwin S. Jones William J. McKelvey George R. Walker Kenneth E. Myers Robert S. Wood Ivan W. Browning Anthony Marrone Prentis A. Cooper Milton Lowenstein	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	Robert M. Krumm Leo R. Green Roland O. Byers Clifford D. Hughes Lawrence J. Walsh George A. Pfeifer Billy E. Hightower Howard C. Layton John D. Barrett Anthony Tozzi	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Emanuel Hauf Donald F. Swain Richard E. Jaqua Willis H. Johnson James J. Kilroy Joseph S. Reid Louis F. Beske Paul R. Moore Oscar A. Gascon William B. Wescott

	A/C #		A/C # 079		A/C # 015		A/C # 587
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	Benny M. Flowers Harry E. Cameron Roy A. Hoegh, Jr Frank H. Pearman Andrew H. Bouchard Charles R. Carlisle Clarence R. Ray Mildredge C. Doan Clifford F. Duell Victor U. Meador	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 Edward Nabozny Billy L. Dalton Francis W. McCall Sylvester C. Kuraszkiewicz	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Richard H. Luebke Robert A. Patty Sidney H Johnson Jack B. Eldridge Lyle W. Johnson John L. Zoutte Earl W. Johnson William F. White Helner Beck

	A/C #		A/C #		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		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Col Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Vinton H. Mays R. L. Cobb John D. English Patrick W. Henry Lloyd T. Belanger Albert A. Rothauer Stanley H. Krohm Jack F. Berry Jack D. Bush Cecil D. Burroughs Carl E. Gamblin

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