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
CP2Lt Harry W. Purdy
B2Lt Joseph V. Papp
B-24 Liberator lost on 20 June 1944 during a mission departing AAF Station 104. The aircraft was last observed at approximately 16 km north-northeast of Stettin, 1 km northeast of Langenberg. The aircraft was brought down by enemy anti-aircraft fire. It crashed into swampland at 10:01 a.m. local time. German records (KU 2260) confirmed the crash location and noted the plane as a 100% loss. German forces from Air Base Headquarters A(O) 6/III Stettin responded to the crash site and confiscated emergency kits, maps, money, compasses, and other equipment from the wreckage. The aircraft wreckage and crew fate were reported to the Interrogation Center West at Oberursel.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published