On the return trip after bombing, the aircraft was attacked by German Me-109 fighters at approximately 11:00 AM. Damage caused loss of airspeed and the plane dropped out of formation. Navigator Lt. Sills charted a course to Sweden (neutral country). Aircraft landed in a field outside Örebro, Sweden. This was War Baby's 12th mission.
18 NOVEMBER 1943 · THURSDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 132.Oslo-Kjeller.
Oslo-Kjeller, Norway
Intended Target
Oslo-Kjeller
Oslo-Kjeller, Norway
Actual Target
Oslo-Kjeller
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Sweden
Aircraft Effective
102
The cost.
§ Outcome
9
Ships Lost
2
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
32° T
Bearing In
220° T
The formation.
§ 1 Aircraft Dispatched
Each ship that lifted off, and the men aboard her.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published