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 William H. Engel
CPMaj Fant
N2Lt George Johnson
N2Lt Forrest H. Lam
BS/Sgt Robert L. Brooks
E-TTS/Sgt Lawrence Braham
ROT/Sgt Roy Neary
RO2Lt Charles D. Sill
WGS/Sgt William R. Morrisette
WGS/Sgt William D. Shufflebarger
TGUnknown Eugene K. Burson
Deputy Division Lead; bomb load: 5x500 GP M64, 1 Smoke Bomb, 1 M47A2 Bomb
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