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 William G. Krause
CPUnknown Howard H. Kleiner
N2Lt James Wright
B2Lt John Y. Gennaway
E-TTS/Sgt James Kennedy
ROUnknown Calvin K. Davidson
BTGS/Sgt Joseph Jones
WGS/Sgt Delmar J. Davis
WGS/Sgt Joseph J. Notta
Ship number followed by '?' in source; uncertainty noted
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