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30 DECEMBER 1944 · SATURDAY · STATION 104
Bombed Primary
Mission 770.
Altenahr.
Altenahr, Germany
Intended Target
Altenahr
Altenahr, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
61 / 375
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
184
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
117° T
Bearing In
301° T
The formation.
30 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
42-95095
“Sleepy Time Gal”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Olewine
9 aboard
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42-50501
“Solid Comfort”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Hughes
Bombed Primary
9 aboard
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42-100355
“Miss Star Dust”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot King
9 aboard
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42-51465
“Lily Ann”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Hunt
11 aboard
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42-95204
“Jitters From Bitters”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Bridgeman
9 aboard
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42-100370
“Missouri Sue”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Andrino
9 aboard
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42-94814
42-94814
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Schmoller
10 aboard
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XX-XX229
XX-XX229
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Benster
10 aboard
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XX-XX437
XX-XX437
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Dignam
9 aboard
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42-110017
“My Achin' Back!”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Waldrop
10 aboard
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XX-XX628
XX-XX628
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Foresman
10 aboard
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44-40119
“Night Knight”
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Jennings
10 aboard
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XX-XX486
XX-XX486
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Turrentine
9 aboard
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41-24147
“Duchess, The / Evelyn”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Kendzie
10 aboard
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44-10535
“Roy's Boys”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Rosacker
10 aboard
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XX-XX598
XX-XX598
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Dauber
10 aboard
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XX-XX199
XX-XX199
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot McLain
12 aboard
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XX-XX598
XX-XX598
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Allen
10 aboard
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44-50781
“Little Mike”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Dunston
12 aboard
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42-50376
42-50376
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Calfee
10 aboard
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42-50594
42-50594
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Faulkner
9 aboard
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44-40480
“I'll Get By”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Johnson
9 aboard
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42-51248
“Unexpected Visitor, The”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Barthelmess
9 aboard
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42-50468
“Sleeping Dynamite”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Anderson
11 aboard
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42-100867
42-100867
Tail ??-A · Unknown Squadron Sq. · Pilot Gwikla
9 aboard
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42-95254
“Eephus”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Thon
10 aboard
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42-100989
42-100989
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Vasquez
10 aboard
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42-51523
“Joker II”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Brown
10 aboard
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42-94880
“Misschief”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Slider
9 aboard
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A/C
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P
Unknown
Hartzel C. Slider
CP
2Lt
Billie J. Holmes
B
2Lt
Robert D. Toburen
E-TT
T/Sgt
William Sell
RO
Sgt
Henry Langager
RO
Unknown
Elton L. Thompson
WG
S/Sgt
John M. Eastman
WG
S/Sgt
Paul J. Suchcicki
TG
S/Sgt
Calvin C. Yoder
Radar operator Thompson, Elton J. noted as belonging to 376/F (329th BS).
XX-XX598
XX-XX598
Tail GO · 328th Sq.
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Sources.
§ Provenance
Load List
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published