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.
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 selectionUnidentified ship
409th SQDN
Bombed Primary
Pos
Airman
Status
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.
Sources
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Published
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981