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18 NOVEMBER 1943 · THURSDAY · STATION 104

Mission 132

Oslo-Kjeller
Bombed Primary
Intended Target
Oslo-Kjeller
Oslo-Kjeller, Norway
Actual Target
Oslo-Kjeller
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Sweden
Aircraft Effective
102
ROUTE PLATE · TAKEOFF → TARGET
TAKEOFF · HARDWICK✛TARGET · OSLO-KJELLER
Bearing Out
32° T
Bearing In
220° T
§ Outcome
9
Ships Lost
2
Men Lost
§ Sorties · 1 Aircraft Dispatched

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Bombed Primary
Pos
Airman
Status
N
RTN
B
RTN
E-TT
RTN
BTG
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RTN
WG
RTN
TG
RTN

On the return trip after bombing, the aircraft was attacked by German Me-109 fighters at approximately 11:00 AM. Damage caused loss of airspeed and the plane dropped out of formation. Navigator Lt. Sills charted a course to Sweden (neutral country). Aircraft landed in a field outside Örebro, Sweden. This was War Baby's 12th mission.

Sources

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