03 MARCH 1945 · SATURDAY
Mission 861.Nienburg BR.
Nienburg, Germany
Intended Target
Nienburg BR
Nienburg, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Aircraft Effective
41 / 313
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
117
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
4
Ships Lost
The formation.
21 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
PUnknown Edgar J. Allen
CP2Lt Elgar N. Roles
NLt Frederick
N2Lt Francis Heffner
BUnknown William Reynolds
E-TTUnknown George D. Baker
ROF/O George W. MacCready
ROSgt Robert W. Reese
WGS/Sgt Anthony Rapaciewicz
WGS/Sgt Lee C. Shiek
TGUnknown Samuel Zinn
Squadron Lead; bomb load: 5x500 GP M64, 2 Smoke Bombs
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