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05 APRIL 1945 · THURSDAY · STATION 104

Mission 928

Plauen
Bombed Primary
Intended Target
Plauen
Plauen, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
151 / 397
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
348.4
tons
ROUTE PLATE · TAKEOFF → TARGET
TAKEOFF · HARDWICK✛TARGET · PLAUEN
Bearing Out
102° T
Bearing In
291° T
§ Outcome
5
Ships Lost
§ Sorties · 1 Aircraft Dispatched

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

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B-24H · 44-50600 · YM · 409th SQDN
Bombed Primary
Pos
Airman
Status
E-TT
Cornelius J. LeachT/Sgt▸ THREAD
RTN
RO
RTN
TG
RTN

Bayreuth. Formed over Charleroi in poor visibility; a B-24 spun in. Descended the Rhine River on the deck in Javelin formation; near Bonn/Cologne encountered barrage balloons in murk. McGuire threw ship into vertical bank right, then left, dodging balloons by reflex and luck. One or two ships lost in the incident. Hanf spotted the second balloon. Form 5: 2:10 CP, 4:10 P, 2:00 P-AI.

Sources

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