24 FEBRUARY 1944 · THURSDAY · STATION 104Missing in Action
Mission 233.Gotha.
Gotha, Germany
Intended Target
Gotha
Gotha, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
169 / 239
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
372
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
33
Ships Lost
3
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
101° T
Bearing In
288° T
The formation.
24 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
P2Lt Douglas Thompson
CP2Lt William Bryan
N2Lt Joseph L. Leaming
BT/Sgt Bernard J. Edelman
E-TTT/Sgt Harold G. Knotts
BTGS/Sgt James Goodgion
ROT/Sgt Robert L. McConnell
WGS/Sgt John C. Hewitt
WGS/Sgt Dean W. Hymas
TGPvt John B. Kline
Sources.
§ Provenance
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published