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Station 104 · 93rd Bomb Group
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19 FEBRUARY 1945 · MONDAY · STATION 104
Bombed Primary
Mission 835.
Meschede-Henschel.
Meschede-Henschel, Germany
Intended Target
Meschede-Henschel
Meschede-Henschel, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
97 / 291
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
265.7
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
102° T
Bearing In
287° T
The formation.
24 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
42-51241
42-51241
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Bigolin
10 aboard
›
42-109837
“Bodacious”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Eiben
10 aboard
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42-51305
42-51305
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Bakewell
10 aboard
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42-50485
“O-Bitch-U-Airy Mary”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Benster
11 aboard
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XX-XX714
XX-XX714
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Asker
10 aboard
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XX-XX354
XX-XX354
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Gaston
9 aboard
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XX-XX118
XX-XX118
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Row
10 aboard
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42-95199
“Latrine Rumor, The”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Brandfass
10 aboard
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42-94889
42-94889
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Leatherman
9 aboard
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XX-51046
XX-51046
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Reid
10 aboard
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42-51191
“Carioca Bev”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Cwikla
10 aboard
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42-109867
“Maulin Mallard”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Rubin
9 aboard
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42-100309
42-100309
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Miller
9 aboard
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42-40472
42-40472
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Beckett
10 aboard
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42-109989
“Big Noise II”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Libby
9 aboard
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42-50353
42-50353
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Alexander
10 aboard
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42-95147
42-95147
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Calfee
10 aboard
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XX-XX486
XX-XX486
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Justen
11 aboard
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XX-XX548
XX-XX548
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Barthelmess
8 aboard
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XX-XX465
XX-XX465
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Langford
11 aboard
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42-50529
“85 Poin-T.S.”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Shipon
6 aboard
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XX-XX268
XX-XX268
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Clement
11 aboard
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44-49573
44-49573
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Islain
7 aboard
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42-94814
42-94814
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot McGuire
Bombed Primary
11 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