02 MARCH 1945 · FRIDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 859.Magdeburg/Rothensee O/I.
Magdeburg, Germany
Intended Target
Magdeburg/Rothensee O/I
Magdeburg, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
38 / 321
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
85
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
0
Ships Aborting
1
Ships Lost
3
Men Bailed Out
10
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
89° T
Bearing In
277° T
Route Length
1,000 nmi
Time Aloft
6 h 20 m
Operational data.
§ From the Debrief
Times & Distance
Reveille
03:00
Stations
05:50
Takeoff
07:20
Form-Up
07:20
Time Over Target
08:00
Return Time
13:40
Distance
1,000 nmi
Fuel Aboard
2,700 gal
Fuel Consumed
2,150 gal
Weather
Cloud En-Route to Target
Heavy stratus (8/10) — 80% of the sky obscured by a low, flat cloud layer.
Air Temp at Altitude
-33 °F
Lowest Temp
-36 °F
Wind Speed
75 kt
Wind Direction
220°
Bombing & Defense
Bombing Altitude
28,000 ft
Bombing Run Heading
157° True
Forming Altitude
13,500 ft
Fighter Cover
4 P-51 groups
Bombing Accuracy
Fair — H2X radar bombing
Flak
Tracking and barrage flak, fairly accurate
The formation.
20 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
P2Lt David W. Clark
CP2Lt Robert J. Keane
N2Lt Bruce Craig
E-TTSgt John R. Moore
ROT/Sgt Edward J. Rawlins
WGSgt Roger D. Ruck
TGSgt William E. Foshee
NGSgt Robert Stein
1st Lt noted in document header area for this aircraft row
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