McGuire M10, 1944-11-25, Bingen/Bingerbruck (official credit Ringerbruck). Milk run; missed target but Division hit it. Flew 334 K 'Old Patches' high right on 448th lead (heavily flak-patched, required more manifold pressure). Let co-pilot Hanf fly most of the mission including the bomb run — only time McGuire let him fly the bomb run. Source: McGuire memoir pp.006, 104.
25 NOVEMBER 1944 · SATURDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 723.Bingen.
Bingen, Germany
Intended Target
Bingen
Bingen, Germany
Actual Target
Bingen
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
254 / 271
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
742.3
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
119° T
Bearing In
304° T
The formation.
§ 2 Aircraft Dispatched
Each ship that lifted off, and the men aboard her.▸ 1 ship carrying your selection
From William Orient's flight log: aircraft '994-K' (42-99994 'Beaver's Baby', 328th BS), B-24J. Target marshalling yards at Bingen, Germany. Duration 6:30.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published