20 JUNE 1944 · TUESDAY · STATION 104Missing in Action

Mission 425.Pas De Calais.

Pas De Calais, France

Intended Target
Pas De Calais
Pas De Calais, France
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
126 / 504
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
312
tons

The cost.

§ Outcome
35
Ships Lost
288
Men Lost

The route.

§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
166° T
Bearing In
346° T

The formation.

2 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew

Lt. Shaw's aircraft (030-T) was hit by flak over the target on 20 June 1944 during a mission to the Genshagen tank works in the Berlin industrial area. Engine #4 was knocked out by flak. Shaw turned the aircraft toward Sweden. When last seen by witnesses at 53°40N 14°10E at 1015 hours, the aircraft was at 18,000 feet with both engines #3 and #4 feathered. The aircraft went out of sight on that heading and did not return. The MACR was prepared by 2nd Lt. Andrew M. Pinckney, Intelligence Officer, and dated 24 June 1944. Witnesses who last sighted the aircraft were 2nd Lt. Clarence R. Stempley (O-429888) and Capt. Norman A. Roggenkamp (O-799463).

Sources.

§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published