24 FEBRUARY 1944 · THURSDAY
Mission 233.Gotha.
Gotha, Germany
Intended Target
Gotha
Gotha, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Aircraft Effective
169 / 239
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
372
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
33
Ships Lost
3
Men Lost
The formation.
23 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
P1Lt Francis E. Barrett
CP2Lt Richard W. Henderson
N1Lt James E. Marquis
B1Lt Carl F. Marcussen
E-TTT/Sgt Charles H. Sherrill
BTGUnknown Charles S. Cornell
ROT/Sgt Harold K. Vick
WGS/Sgt Lawrence J. Hemmel
WGS/Sgt George R. Walters
TGS/Sgt Karl W. Bartels
Capt. Llwellyn listed as 'Act. Cmd.' (Acting Commander); no serial number provided; not a standard crew position
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