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06 JANUARY 1945 · SATURDAY · STATION 104

Mission 783

Bonn Rhine H/B
Bombed Secondary
Intended Target
Bonn Rhine H/B
Bonn, Germany
Actual Target
Koblenz/Mosel M/Y
As bombed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Attlebridge
Aircraft Effective
31 / 130
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
82.5
tons
ROUTE PLATE · TAKEOFF → TARGET
TAKEOFF · HARDWICK✛TARGET · BONN RHINE H/B
Bearing Out
114° T
Bearing In
298° T
§ Sorties · 23 Aircraft Dispatched

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

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Unknown · XX-XX555 · YM · 409th SQDN
Pos
Airman
Status

Command Pilot (CA); Group Lead. Ship number 'F-555-Lgx' transcribed as 'F-555-L'; trailing 'gx' may be illegible suffix or annotation.

B-24H · 42-94971 · GO · 328th SQDN
Bombed Secondary
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. Bombed Koblenz/Mosel M/Y as secondary via PFF (intended primary Bonn Rhine H/B). Log remark: weather closed, diverted, visibility very poor, tough landing. Diverted to Attlebridge. Duration 7:00.

Sources

Load List
Official record
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Published
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981