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 Floyd J. Langford
CPF/O Arthur J. La Montagne
N1Lt Edward R. Cockey
B2Lt Richard Ruff
E-TTT/Sgt Joseph E. Bodek
ROT/Sgt Harvey M. Bell
RO2Lt Harold C. Svien
WGS/Sgt Robert E. Sponga
WGS/Sgt Alfred A. Valagene
TGUnknown Harold W. Mcdonald
NGS/Sgt Frank V. Petersen
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