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03 JANUARY 1945 · WEDNESDAY · STATION 104Bombed T/O

Mission 778.Altstadt.

Altstadt, Germany

Intended Target
Altstadt
Altstadt, Germany
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
31 / 325
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
89.1
tons

The route.

§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
108° T
Bearing In
292° T

The formation.

§ 1 Aircraft Dispatched

Each ship that lifted off, and the men aboard her.▸ 1 ship carrying your selection

Unidentified ship
Bombed T/O
PCaptEdward L. McGuireRTN
CP2LtVictor H. HanfRTN
E-TTT/SgtCornelius J. LeachRTN
ROS/SgtDonald M. SouthRTN
WGS/SgtWilliam H. GardnerRTN
WGS/SgtEdward S. PowellRTN
TGS/SgtBarney C. EllerRTN
NGS/SgtTheodore F. SzajnaRTN

Last of three Hamburg trips. Heavy contrails, soup flying at 30,000 ft, -42 C, near stall speed with 10 degrees flaps. Bombs salvoed approximately 5 minutes from Hamburg, likely north rather than west of the city. McGuire notes he believes his hand-out label '#6' was an error.

Sources.

§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published