31 JANUARY 1945 · WEDNESDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 813.Brunswick.
Brunswick, Germany
Intended Target
Brunswick
Brunswick, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
403
The cost.
§ Outcome
8
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
88° T
Bearing In
276° T
The formation.
1 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
PCapt Edward L. McGuire
CP2Lt Victor H. Hanf
E-TTT/Sgt Cornelius J. Leach
ROS/Sgt Donald M. South
WGS/Sgt William H. Gardner
WGS/Sgt Edward S. Powell
TGS/Sgt Barney C. Eller
NGS/Sgt Theodore F. Szajna
Mission sheet says 'Berlin-Dresden-recalled'; ultimately bombed Brunswick. Very grim flying weather. McGuire recalls an instrument takeoff where he broke out to see three pillars of smoke from three crashed ships.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published