Hardwick SkiesStation 104 · 93rd Bomb GroupAdd to the Record
04 NOVEMBER 1944 · SATURDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary

Mission 700.Hannover/Misburg.

Hannover, Germany

Intended Target
Hannover/Misburg
Hannover, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
210 / 222
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
591.3
tons

The cost.

§ Outcome
0
Ships Aborting
0
Ships Lost
0
Men Bailed Out
0
Men Lost

The route.

§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
88° T
Bearing In
274° T
Route Length
1,140 nmi
Time Aloft
6 h 10 m

Operational data.

§ From the Debrief
Times & Distance
Reveille
04:00
Stations
08:15
Takeoff
08:40
Form-Up
06:10
Time Over Target
10:10
Return Time
14:50
Distance
1,140 nmi
Fuel Aboard
2,500 gal
Fuel Consumed
2,250 gal
Weather
Cloud En-Route to Target
Heavy stratocumulus (8/10) topped by a complete (10/10) cumulus overcast — extensive cloud cover at multiple levels.
Air Temp at Altitude
-38 °F
Wind Speed
59 kt
Wind Direction
273°
Bombing & Defense
Bombing Altitude
24,000 ft
Bombing Run Heading
267° True
Forming Altitude
14,000 ft
Fighter Cover
7 P-51, 1 P-47 groups
Bombing Accuracy
Missed by one mile due to weather
Flak

Meager in Frisians, meager at landfall, intensive at target

The formation.

4 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
A/COpen the service file for 42-109618 →
P1Lt Eldon C. FrobishKIA
CP2Lt Edward W. SpeddingKIA
N2Lt Frederick E. MckannaKIA
BRobert Rager
E-TTT/Sgt Lupe H. LaraKIA
WGLloyd Calcut
WGS/Sgt Richard C. HurlburtKIA
WGS/Sgt Donald A. McarthurKIA

B-24J serial 42-109618 departed Hardwick on 4 November 1944 on a mission to Jever Air Base. The aircraft failed to return from the mission; no eyewitness saw it leave the formation and there was no radio contact after the target. According to German records (Air Base Command A 13/XI, Jever), the aircraft crashed near Voslapp, 7 km north of Wilhelmshaven, in the Jadebusen tidal flats at approximately 1146 hours on 4 November 1944. Four crew members were found dead; their bodies were buried at the Garrison Cemetery Wittsund. One crew member (S/Sgt Lloyd O. Calcut) was captured. The remaining crew were reported as drowned. German document KU-3294 (dated 20 November 1944) transmitted identification tags and photographs of four recovered crew members to Evaluation Center West, Oberursel. The MACR form notes no survivors were confirmed and no parachutes were observed.

Sources.

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