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08 MAY 1944 · MONDAY
Mission 344.
Brunswick.
Brunswick, Germany
Intended Target
Brunswick
Brunswick, Germany
Actual Target
Brunswick
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Aircraft Effective
288 / 307
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
794.5
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
11
Ships Lost
7
Men Lost
The formation.
30 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
42-63979
“Chief Manatee”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Beam
11 aboard
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A/C
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P
Lt Col
James C. Beam
P
1Lt
Roger H. Skjei
CP
1Lt
Frederick W. Weissbrod
N
1Lt
Richard R. Catterlin
B
1Lt
William R. Mabe
E-TT
T/Sgt
Joseph L. Sullivan
RO
Unknown
Harry L. Tower
WG
Unknown
Richard R. Galvin
WG
S/Sgt
Frank A. Luttrell
TG
Unknown
Howard P. Jones
NG
S/Sgt
Gordon Kiefert
Command Pilot: Lt Col Beam, James C., O-406217
42-72889
42-72889
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Boyce
10 aboard
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42-100416
“Baggy Maggy”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Woodson
5 aboard
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42-95026
42-95026
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Charlebois
8 aboard
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42-100334
“Patches”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Barkan
10 aboard
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42-102816
42-102816
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Neast
10 aboard
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42-72505
42-72505
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Van Winkle
10 aboard
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42-100080
42-100080
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Gilbert
10 aboard
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42-94991
“Flying Fool, The”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Waters
10 aboard
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42-109867
“Maulin Mallard”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Wagner
11 aboard
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42-110036
42-110036
Tail ??-E · Unknown Squadron Sq. · Pilot Mullen
11 aboard
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42-94970
“Ack Ack Shack”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Parry
9 aboard
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42-64437
42-64437
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Sparrevohn
10 aboard
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42-100108
42-100108
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Cool
9 aboard
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42-100309
42-100309
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Hall
10 aboard
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42-94969
42-94969
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Belwood
9 aboard
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42-100150
“Sweater Gal”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Mitchell
10 aboard
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42-110072
“Liberator, The”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Condon
9 aboard
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41-29430
41-29430
Tail ??-H · Unknown Squadron Sq. · Pilot Malley
9 aboard
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42-100294
“Victory Belle”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Metz
10 aboard
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42-100428
“Willie's Worry”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Rupp
9 aboard
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42-110081
“Able Mabel”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Marks
9 aboard
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42-73511
“Itty Bitty Commando”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Van Sooy
9 aboard
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41-29457
41-29457
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Jordak
9 aboard
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42-29669
42-29669
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot McFall
9 aboard
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42-96048
42-96048
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Baker
9 aboard
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42-95014
“Dinah Mite”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Stumpley
9 aboard
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42-95054
42-95054
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Devon
9 aboard
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42-99949
“Naughty Nan”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Higgins
9 aboard
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42-100327
“Miss America”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Reily
10 aboard
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Sources.
§ Provenance
Load List
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