Mission #239 Aircraft Loading List

 

            March 18, 1945, AM Mission to Worms, Germany Communications Center

 

 

Formation                                         

Position

Code (see last page)

 

                                      Box I

 

Flight A

 

A-1-1              Capt. Hugh Evans, pilot (668)

                        Lt. Thomas M. McCartney, bombardier (668)           

                        Lt. Don Freed, navigator (668)

           

A-1-2              Lt. Joseph J. Lackovich, pilot (671)

                        Lt. Richard C. Muir, BN (671)

                        S/Sgt. T. Conery, engineer/gunner (671)

 

A-1-2               Lt. David Eastman, pilot (668) – returned to base due to malfunctions

 

A-1-3               Lt. James Patrick Kenny, pilot (668)

                        S/Sgt. John J. Sittarich, engineer/gunner (668)

 

A-1-4               Lt. J. K. Colquitt, pilot (668)

 

A-1-5               Lt. Clifford J. Vars, (668)

                        S/Sgt. John J. Griffith, Jr., engineer/gunner (668)

 

A-1-6               Lt. Col. John G. Napier, pilot (669)

                        Lt. Donald L. Moore, BN (669)

 

Flight B

 

A-2-1               Lt. David B. Grunig, pilot (670)

                        Lt. B. C. Morris, BN (670)

 

A-2-2               Lt. Wesley D. Chitty, Jr., pilot (670)

                        Sgt. Vincent B. Raccio, engineer/gunner (670)

 

A-2-3               Lt. Floyd W. Henderson, pilot (671)

 

A-2-4               Lt. Elizabeth O. Turner, pilot (670)

 

A-2-5               Lt. John F. Wallace, pilot (670)

 

A-2-6               Russell Ford, pilot (670)

                        Spot vacated by Lackovich who moved to A-1-2. Filled by extra A-26.

 

Flight C

 

A-3-1               Lt. Francis S. Brewster, pilot (670)

                        Lt. Lewis W. Dennis, BN (670)

                        Sgt. Wendell O. Clark, engineer/gunner (670)

 

A-3-2               Lt. Joseph Green, pilot (670)

 

A-3-3               Capt. Henry W. Borman, pilot (670)

                        Sgt. Raphael J. Perujo, engineer/gunner (670)

 

A-3-4               Lt. Robert S. Bower, pilot (670)

                        Sgt. Nicholas G. Puskas, engineer/gunner (670)

 

A-3-5               Lt. John P. Stankowski, pilot (670)

 

A-3-6               Lt. Rosell B. Hall, pilot (670)

                        Lt. Thurman L. Goss, BN (670)

 

A-3-7               Lt. Jack V. O’Brien (670)

 

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                                      Box II

 

Flight A

 

B-1-1               Capt. Charles J. Anderson, pilot (668)

                        Lt. Westmoreland Babbage, bombardier (668)

                        Lt. Leo J. Roman, navigator (668)

                        S/Sgt Stanley L. Heitell, engineer/gunner (668)

 

B-1-2               Lt. Ross H. Cornell Jr., pilot (669)

                        Lt. Roland E. Enman, BN (669)

                        S/Sgt. Ashton Carter, engineer/gunner (669)

 

B-1-3               Lt. James A. Carver, pilot (668)

                       

 

B-1-4               Lt. Frank R. Tank, pilot (668)

 

B-1-5               Lt. Thomas M. Forbes (671)

 

B-1-6               Crew unknown

 

Flight B

 

B-2-1               Capt. Burton D. Stebbins, pilot (669)

                        Lt. Alphonsus S. Calloway, BN (669)

 

B-2-2               Lt. Carl Weinert, pilot (669)

                        Sgt. Richard D. Frances, engineer/gunner (669)

 

B-2-3               Lt. Dan O. Turner, pilot (669)

                        Lt. P. J. McGivern, BN (669)

 

B-2-4               Capt. L. J. Sutton Jr., pilot (671)

                        Lt. J. V. Reed, BN (671)

                        S/Sgt. R. J. Brown, engineer/gunner (671)

 

B-2-5               Lt. James H. Miller, pilot (671)

                        Sgt. V. F. Gross, engineer/gunner (671)

                        Sgt. C. W. Gurkin, engineer/gunner (671)

 

B-2-6               Lt. Hartwig M. Van Noorden, pilot (671)

                        S/Sgt. R. I. Steffy, engineer/gunner (671)

 

Flight C

 

B-3-1               Lt. John A. Buskirk, pilot (671)

                        Lt. Robert C. Hanna, BN (671)

                        S/Sgt. H. S. Fessler, engineer/gunner (671)

 

B-3-2               Major Leland C. Nielson, pilot (671)

 

B-3-3               Lt. Alfred Remiszewski, pilot (671)

                        S/Sgt. Jack H. Miquez, engineer/gunner (671)

 

B-3-4               Lt. A. J. P. Winn, pilot (671)

                        S/Sgt. G. G. Stephenson, engineer/gunner (671)

                        S/Sgt. W. G. Davis, engineer/gunner (671)

 

B-3-5               Lt. William B. Jokinen, pilot (671)

                        Sgt. E. J. Creeden, engineer/gunner (671)

 

B-3-6               Lt. Donald A. Fero, pilot (671)

                        S/Sgt. T. W. Skelton, engineer/gunner (671)

 

 

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                                      9th AF Combat Box Formation

 

 

                                                                                                       Box I

 

 

                                                                                                       A-1-1

                                                                                      A-1-3                         A-1-2

                                                                                                       A-1-4

                                                                              A-1-6                                        A-1-5                  

 

                                    A-3-1                                                                                                                           A-2-1

                        A-3-3                  A-3-2                                                                                                A-2-3                  A-2-2

                                    A-3-4                                                                                                                           A-2-4

                A-3-6                                  A-3-5                                                                               A-2-6                                   A-2-5 

                                    A-3-7

 

                                                                                                       Box II

 

 

                                                                                                       B-1-1

                                                                                      B-1-3                         B-1-2

                                                                                                       B-1-4

                                                                              B-1-6                                        B-1-5                   

 

                                    B-3-1                                                                                                                           B-2-1

                        B-3-3                  B-3-2                                                                                                B-2-3                  B-2-2

                                    B-3-4                                                                                                                           B-2-4

                B-3-6                                  B-3-5                                                                               B-2-6                                   B-2-5 

 

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