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
P1Lt Peter Bakewell
CPMaj Guy B. Gray
N2Lt David Goldberg
B2Lt Charles W. Geary
E-TTUnknown Harold J. Furlong
ROS/Sgt Robert F. Smith
WGS/Sgt Chester J. Bruzdzienski
WGUnknown Lucien L. Mathieu
TGS/Sgt John P. Keener
NGS/Sgt Robert C. Metcalf
Formation position 2-1
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