21 FEBRUARY 1945 · WEDNESDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 839.Nürnberg.
Nürnberg, Germany
Intended Target
Nürnberg
Nürnberg, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
375 / 395
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
825.7
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
1
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
112° T
Bearing In
300° T
The formation.
30 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
PCapt Glen R. Dunlap
CP2Lt William Woods
N1Lt Joseph Gentry
BF/O Thomas P. Smith
E-TTRev Donald F. Pruitt
ROMaj John V. Conlon
ROT/Sgt Walter R. Rashak
WGS/Sgt Alvin T. Swope
NGSgt Vern A. Herrmann
NGS/Sgt Dale McLaughlin
TGCpl Bernard Reingold
TGS/Sgt Marion H. Smith
Major Beumler listed with designation 'CA' (Command Pilot/Command Authority) — not a standard crew position.
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