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
P1Lt Martin G. Baxter
CP1Lt John K. Neast
N1Lt Richard R. Catterlin
BUnknown George G. Everhart
E-TTUnknown Melvin F. Staudt
ROT/Sgt Raymond Felix
BTGS/Sgt Cleo V. Williams
WGS/Sgt Mark McLain
WGS/Sgt John V. Timberlake
TGS/Sgt Donald M. White
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