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30 NOVEMBER 1944 · THURSDAY · STATION 104

Mission 212

Neunkirchen
Bombed Primary
Intended Target
Neunkirchen
Neunkirchen, Germany
Actual Target
Neunkirchen
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
180 / 291
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
436.5
tons
ROUTE PLATE · TAKEOFF → TARGET
TAKEOFF · HARDWICK✛TARGET · NEUNKIRCHEN
Bearing Out
128° T
Bearing In
312° T
§ Outcome
1
Ships Lost
§ Sorties · 2 Aircraft Dispatched

Each ship that lifted off, and the men aboard her.

▸ 1 ship carrying your selection
Unidentified ship
409th SQDN
Bombed Primary
Pos
Airman
Status
E-TT
RTN
RO
Donald M. SouthS/Sgt▸ THREAD
RTN
TG
RTN

McGuire M12, 1944-11-30, Neunkirchen (McGuire hand-out: Saarbrucken M/Y). Milk run; saw ship explode, long flight (diary notes 'd--- long flight'). Leach, South, Powell, Gardner all in bomb bay holding bomb fuse propellers while re-inserting arming wires. Form 5: 5:45 pilot. Source: McGuire memoir pp.006, 105-106.

B-24H · 42-94971 · GO · 328th SQDN
Bombed Primary
Pos
Airman
Status

From William Orient's flight log: aircraft '971-N' (42-94971 'Fart Sack Time / Little Orphan Annie II', 328th BS), B-24H. Target marshalling yards at Neunkirchen. Duration 6:15.

Sources

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