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02 DECEMBER 1944 · SATURDAY · STATION 104

Mission 734

Bingen M/Y
Bombed Primary
Intended Target
Bingen M/Y
Bingen, Germany
Actual Target
Bingen M/Y
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
135 / 143
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
359
tons
ROUTE PLATE · TAKEOFF → TARGET
TAKEOFF · HARDWICK✛TARGET · BINGEN M/Y
Bearing Out
119° T
Bearing In
304° T
§ Outcome
11
Ships Lost
§ Sorties · 1 Aircraft Dispatched

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

▸ 1 ship carrying your selection
B-24H · 41-29437 · AG · 330th SQDN
Bombed Primary
Pos
Airman
Status
RO
William L. OrientT/Sgt▸ THREAD
RTN

From William Orient's flight log: aircraft '437-H' (41-29437 'Ma's Worry', 330th BS), B-24H. Target Bingen M/Y. Log remark: 'Bulls-eye Night Mission'. Duration 6:00. Note: 'Ma's Worry' is a 330th aircraft though Orient's home squadron is 328th.

Sources

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