Lo Left 4-1
06 JANUARY 1945 · SATURDAY · STATION 104Bombed Secondary
Mission 783.Bonn Rhine H/B.
Bonn, Germany
Intended Target
Bonn Rhine H/B
Bonn, Germany
Actual Target
Koblenz/Mosel M/Y
As bombed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Attlebridge
Aircraft Effective
31 / 130
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
82.5
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
114° T
Bearing In
298° T
The formation.
§ 23 Aircraft Dispatched
Each ship that lifted off, and the men aboard her.▸ 1 ship carrying your selection
Lo Left Lead
Lo Left 1-2
Lo Left 1-3
2-2 Lo Left
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Lo Left 3-2
Command Pilot (CA); Group Lead. Ship number 'F-555-Lgx' transcribed as 'F-555-L'; trailing 'gx' may be illegible suffix or annotation.
Lead aircraft (circle-dot symbol)
Lead aircraft (circle-dot symbol)
Lead aircraft (circle-dot symbol)
Lead aircraft (circle-dot symbol)
Lead aircraft (circle-dot symbol)
Lead aircraft (circle-dot symbol)
Lead aircraft (circle-dot symbol); single-column block centered on page with crew split across two sub-columns
From William Orient's flight log: aircraft '971-N' (42-94971 'Fart Sack Time / Little Orphan Annie II', 328th BS), B-24H. Bombed Koblenz/Mosel M/Y as secondary via PFF (intended primary Bonn Rhine H/B). Log remark: weather closed, diverted, visibility very poor, tough landing. Diverted to Attlebridge. Duration 7:00.
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