30 DECEMBER 1944 · SATURDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 770.Altenahr.
Altenahr, Germany
Intended Target
Altenahr
Altenahr, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
61 / 375
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
184
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
117° T
Bearing In
301° T
The formation.
§ 30 Aircraft Dispatched
Each ship that lifted off, and the men aboard her.
Gr Deputy; CA (Command Pilot): Capt Colvin, John R.
Formation position: 1-3
Formation position: 2-1
Formation position: 2-2
Formation position: 3-1
Formation position: 3-2
Formation position: 3-3
Formation position: 4-1
Col. W.R. Robertson listed as Command Pilot
Col. Charles Westover listed as Command Pilot
Thompson listed as Medical Officer and RCM; no first name or rank given for Thompson
D aircraft; Command Pilot: Anderson, Andrew J., Capt.
D aircraft.
D aircraft; aircraft from 328th BS.
Radar operator Thompson, Elton J. noted as belonging to 376/F (329th BS).
No crew manifest catalogued for this sortie.
Flown by 328th BS. Ship number partially illegible in source: '[unclear]ip No. 598/N Flown by 328th'. No crew listed on this page.
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