06 JANUARY 1945 · SATURDAY · STATION 104Bombed Secondary
Mission 783.Bonn Rhine H/B.
Bonn, Germany
Intended Target
Bonn Rhine H/B
Bonn, Germany
Actual Target
Koblenz/Mosel M/Y
As bombed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Attlebridge
Aircraft Effective
31 / 130
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
82.5
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
114° T
Bearing In
298° T
The formation.
23 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
P1Lt William C. Davis
CP1Lt Raymond H. Klein
N2Lt Donald K. Kleiner
B1Lt Fritz U. Lauxman
E-TTT/Sgt Hilary Pietrowski
ROT/Sgt Harold C. Frieck
WGS/Sgt Joseph Defoe
WGS/Sgt Floyd L. Lance
NGS/Sgt Sheffy Mahan
TGS/Sgt Royce Powell
Lead aircraft (circle-dot symbol)
Sources.
§ Provenance
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