08 JANUARY 1945 · MONDAY · STATION 104Aborted
Mission 787.Stadtkyll.
Stadtkyll, Germany
Intended Target
Stadtkyll
Stadtkyll, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
RAF Woodbridge
Aircraft Effective
24 / 234
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
67.3
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
121° T
Bearing In
305° T
The formation.
1 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
ROT/Sgt William L. Orient
From William Orient's flight log: aircraft '594-A' (42-50594, 328th BS; diary lists B-24H, DB record is B-24J). Headed for a tactical target, aborted to Woodbridge for emergency landing. Log remark: caught in a strong thermal, double spin, pulled out at 1500 ft, left rudder snapped off. Duration 0:50.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published