02 DECEMBER 1944 · SATURDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 734.Bingen M/Y.
Bingen, Germany
Intended Target
Bingen M/Y
Bingen, Germany
Actual Target
Bingen M/Y
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
135 / 143
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
359
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
11
Ships Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
119° T
Bearing In
304° T
The formation.
1 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
ROT/Sgt William L. Orient
From William Orient's flight log: aircraft '437-H' (41-29437 'Ma's Worry', 330th BS), B-24H. Target Bingen M/Y. Log remark: 'Bulls-eye Night Mission'. Duration 6:00. Note: 'Ma's Worry' is a 330th aircraft though Orient's home squadron is 328th.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published