19 FEBRUARY 1945 · MONDAY · STATION 104Bombed 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
P2Lt Frederick A. Beckett
CP2Lt Floyd F. Redderson
N1Lt Nick J. DiFrancesco
BF/O George F. Knedler
E-TTSgt Richard P. Petko
ROSgt Jacob A. Falasca
WGS/Sgt Thomas J. Callahan
WGSgt John E. Fristoe
NG2Lt William Scott
TGSgt Sidney Stein
Sources.
§ Provenance
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