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25 NOVEMBER 1944 · SATURDAY · STATION 104

Mission 723

Bingen
Bombed Primary
Intended Target
Bingen
Bingen, Germany
Actual Target
Bingen
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
254 / 271
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
742.3
tons
ROUTE PLATE · TAKEOFF → TARGET
TAKEOFF · HARDWICK✛TARGET · BINGEN
Bearing Out
119° T
Bearing In
304° T
§ Sorties · 2 Aircraft Dispatched

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

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B-24J · 42-100334 · YM · 409th SQDN
Bombed Primary
Pos
Airman
Status
E-TT
RTN
RO
RTN
WG
William H. GardnerS/Sgt▸ THREAD
RTN
TG
RTN

McGuire M10, 1944-11-25, Bingen/Bingerbruck (official credit Ringerbruck). Milk run; missed target but Division hit it. Flew 334 K 'Old Patches' high right on 448th lead (heavily flak-patched, required more manifold pressure). Let co-pilot Hanf fly most of the mission including the bomb run — only time McGuire let him fly the bomb run. Source: McGuire memoir pp.006, 104.

B-24J · 42-99994 · GO · 328th SQDN
Bombed Primary
Pos
Airman
Status

From William Orient's flight log: aircraft '994-K' (42-99994 'Beaver's Baby', 328th BS), B-24J. Target marshalling yards at Bingen, Germany. Duration 6:30.

Sources

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