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06 JANUARY 1945 · SATURDAY · STATION 104
Bombed 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
42-51465
“Lily Ann”
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Engel
10 aboard
›
42-51241
42-51241
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Bigolin
10 aboard
›
42-95204
“Jitters From Bitters”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Bridgeman
10 aboard
›
42-50362
“Silver Eagle”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Searles
10 aboard
›
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 Eiben
9 aboard
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42-XX501
42-XX501
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Schmoller
9 aboard
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A/C
Open the service file for 42-XX501 →
P
1Lt
William Schmoller
KIA
CP
Donald A. Hastreiter
POW
B
2Lt
Nathan Solomson
E-TT
T/Sgt
Dave Threadgill
KIA
RO
Charles W. Curran
POW
WG
S/Sgt
Ira A. Glass
KIA
WG
S/Sgt
Harvey Reiquam
KIA
NG
S/Sgt
John H. Cowden
KIA
TG
S/Sgt
Cornelius J. Davison
KIA
Lo Left 4-1
XX-XX555
XX-XX555
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Fant
1 aboard
›
42-XX432
42-XX432
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Mitchell
10 aboard
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42-50505
“Little Joe, Gremlins Roost”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot MacFarland
9 aboard
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42-94970
“Ack Ack Shack”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Slider
9 aboard
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42-94880
“Misschief”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Libby
9 aboard
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42-40472
42-40472
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Reid
9 aboard
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42-109989
“Big Noise II”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Tyger
9 aboard
›
42-XX527
42-XX527
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Brown
11 aboard
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44-40116
“Tobasco Keeds”
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Davis
10 aboard
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XX-XX598
XX-XX598
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Fenn
10 aboard
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42-50376
“Vulgar Virgin”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Smith
9 aboard
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44-40157
“Lucky Lass”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Richey
10 aboard
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XX-XX254
XX-XX254
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Kendzie
9 aboard
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XX-XX569
XX-XX569
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Turrentine
10 aboard
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44-40113
“Gambling Lady”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Aaker
9 aboard
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42-94971
“Fart Sack Time / Little Orphan Annie II”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Orient
Bombed Secondary
1 aboard
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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