24 FEBRUARY 1944 · THURSDAY · STATION 104Missing in Action
Mission 233.Gotha.
Gotha, Germany
Intended Target
Gotha
Gotha, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
169 / 239
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
372
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
33
Ships Lost
3
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
101° T
Bearing In
288° T
The formation.
§ 24 Aircraft Dispatched
Each ship that lifted off, and the men aboard her.
Ship number followed by '?' in source; uncertainty noted
Document lists only partial crew in two-column format paired with no second ship; crew positions appear split across left/right columns without a paired aircraft
Capt. Llwellyn listed as 'Act. Cmd.' (Acting Commander); no serial number provided; not a standard crew position
Unidentified ship
A B-24 of the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, departed Hardwick on 24 February 1944 at 0800 hours. The aircraft came down near Urk, Holland at approximately 1500 hours the same day. The pilot, Capt. Gene Leroy Maddocks, successfully evaded capture in Holland. The fates of the remaining crew members were unknown at the time of his interrogation on 10 May 1945.
Sources.
§ Provenance
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published