29 NOVEMBER 1944 · WEDNESDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 729.Altenbeken.
Altenbeken, Germany
Intended Target
Altenbeken
Altenbeken, Germany
Actual Target
Bielefeld/Schildesche
As bombed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
144 / 307
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
440.5
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
1
Ships Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
96° T
Bearing In
282° T
The formation.
1 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
ROT/Sgt William L. Orient
From William Orient's flight log: aircraft '248-I' (42-51248 'The Unexpected Visitor', 328th BS). Target railroad viaduct at Bielefeld (Schildesche), No. 1 transportation target. Duration 5:15. Note: diary lists the aircraft as B-24H; the DB record for 42-51248 is B-24J.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published