Hardwick SkiesStation 104 · 93rd Bomb GroupAdd to the Record
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
A/COpen the service file for “Big Noise II” →
P2Lt Donald L. Tyger
CP2Lt Raymond E. Ahlers
BUnknown Harry H. Powers
E-TTT/Sgt Michael R. Kovacs
ROT/Sgt Donald A. Bueker
WGS/Sgt Robert Berry
WGS/Sgt Vincent M. DaSilva
TGS/Sgt Merlin Flood
NGS/Sgt Ernest J. Kane

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