07 AUGUST 1944 · MONDAY · STATION 104Returned with Bombs
Mission 527.Saleux.
Saleux, France
Intended Target
Saleux
Saleux, France
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
24 / 333
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
75.5
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
8
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
167° T
Bearing In
347° T
The formation.
1 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
ROT/Sgt William L. Orient
From William Orient's flight log: Paris - weather closed, carried 2,000-lb bombs, returned with bombs. Duration 4:00.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published