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
P1Lt Peter Bakewell
CP2Lt Claudius B. Hodges
B2Lt Charles W. Geary
E-TTUnknown Harold J. Furlong
ROS/Sgt Robert F. Smith
WGS/Sgt Chester J. Bruzdzienski
WGUnknown Lucien L. Mathieu
NGSgt Kenneth Bailey
TGS/Sgt John P. Keener
Formation position 2-1
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