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
PLt Col Robert E. Oberschmid
CP2Lt Armando A. Antonio
N2Lt Gerald D. Baughman
N2Lt William A. Greenlee
B1Lt Elwood W. Faulhaber
E-TTT/Sgt Frederick M. Johnson
ROUnknown Eugene Clement
ROLt Col Elmer W. Pearson
WGUnknown James Duprey
WGS/Sgt Glenn D. Thompson
NGS/Sgt Nick Flueras
TGUnknown Allen H. Sorenson
Division Lead; Lt Col Robert E. Kendig listed as CA (Command Pilot); 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