09 MAY 1944 · TUESDAY
Mission 347.Florennes.
Florennes, Belgium
Intended Target
Florennes
Florennes, Belgium
Actual Target
Florennes
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Aircraft Effective
96 / 290
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
200
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
2
Ships Lost
1
Men Lost
The formation.
8 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
PCapt Frederick H. Pescharek
CP2Lt Marion Charbonneau
N2Lt James Wright
B1Lt Joseph C. South
E-TTUnknown Frank A. Fragnito
ROT/Sgt Henry R. Steinkamp
WGS/Sgt Harry R. Belanger
WGS/Sgt Vivian J. Gutierrez
TGUnknown Carl Grigg
NGSgt Floyd D. Wilson
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