Bombed Magdeburg (Bückau); forced landing at Antwerp, Belgium, with a 3-day stay. See article 'A Most Unusual Mission Somewhere in England'. Aircraft logged as 594-D (42-50594).
07 OCTOBER 1944 · SATURDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 669.Magdeburg/Rothensee.
Magdeburg, Germany
Intended Target
Magdeburg/Rothensee
Magdeburg, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Antwerp
Aircraft Effective
25 / 489
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
65
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
4
Ships Lost
2
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
89° T
Bearing In
277° 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