08 NOVEMBER 1944 · WEDNESDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 705.Rheine.
Rheine, Germany
Intended Target
Rheine
Rheine, Germany
Actual Target
Rheine
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
77 / 145
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
158
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
90° T
Bearing In
275° T
The formation.
1 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
ROT/Sgt William L. Orient
From William Orient's flight log: aircraft '971-N' (42-94971 'Fart Sack Time / Little Orphan Annie II'), B-24H. Target Rheine railroad marshalling yards. Log remark: 'Anoxia again' - recurring oxygen-system / hypoxia trouble for the crew. Duration 5:45.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published