07 JANUARY 1944 · FRIDAY · STATION 104Missing in Action
Mission 178.Target of Opportunity.
Intended Target
Target of Opportunity
Operating Group
93rd BG
1BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
184 / 210
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
461
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
3
Ships Lost
9
Men Lost
The formation.
6 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
P1Lt David M. Richardson
CP2Lt Langden S. Simons
N2Lt Peter Zarafonetis
B2Lt William V. Love
E-TTT/Sgt Willis B. Million
BTGS/Sgt Donald N. Chase
ROT/Sgt Louis M. Martinez
WGS/Sgt Bruno A. Ceroone
WGS/Sgt Hubert P. Schaller
TGPvt William R. DeLozier
Aircraft suffered mechanical failure and force-landed at Dübendorf airfield, Switzerland. Entire crew interned. MACR 2367.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published