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31 MARCH 1945 · SATURDAY · STATION 104
Bombed Secondary
Mission 920.
Zeitz.
Zeitz, Germany
Intended Target
Zeitz
Zeitz, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
3AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
137 / 523
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
399.2
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
3
Ships Lost
1
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
98° T
Bearing In
286° T
The formation.
32 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
XX-XX598
XX-XX598
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Comingore
10 aboard
›
42-100370
“Missouri Sue”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Fruchter
9 aboard
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42-95199
“Latrine Rumor, The”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Todd
9 aboard
›
XX-XX714
XX-XX714
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Tully
9 aboard
›
42-50372
“Johnnie Reb”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Thayer
10 aboard
›
42-109837
“Bodacious”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Mathews
9 aboard
›
42-50485
“O-Bitch-U-Airy Mary”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Eiben
9 aboard
›
XX-XX518
XX-XX518
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Bolton
9 aboard
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44-40157
“Lucky Lass”
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Smith
9 aboard
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41-28865
“Homin' Pidgin' / Loni (League Of Nations, Inc.)”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Roles
9 aboard
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42-51359
42-51359
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Long
9 aboard
›
42-95147
42-95147
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Allatt
9 aboard
›
42-51229
“Little Lee”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Calfee
9 aboard
›
44-60537
44-60537
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Faulkner
9 aboard
›
44-50697
44-50697
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Ahmann
9 aboard
›
44-50579
44-50579
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Vangsness
10 aboard
›
42-95095
“Sleepy Time Gal”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Fuller
10 aboard
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42-51248
“Unexpected Visitor, The”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Carpenter
9 aboard
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42-95542
“Snow White”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Dunlap
11 aboard
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42-51940
42-51940
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Penn
10 aboard
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XX-XX169
XX-XX169
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Hunt
10 aboard
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42-94880
“Misschief”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Steinour
10 aboard
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42-51046
42-51046
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Williams
8 aboard
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44-50560
44-50560
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Thon
9 aboard
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44-50702
44-50702
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Helweg
9 aboard
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42-100355
“Miss Star Dust”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Newberry
8 aboard
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42-52669
“Yankee Dolla'”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Alexander
8 aboard
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42-51191
“Carioca Bev”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot McGhan
8 aboard
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42-109989
“Big Noise II”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Heller
8 aboard
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A/C
Open the service file for “Big Noise II” →
P
2Lt
Robert H. Heller
CP
Unknown
John S. Lucas
N
2Lt
Roy J. White
E-TT
Sgt
John D. Purvis
RO
Sgt
Leonard B. Bartchak
WG
Sgt
Cecil E. Kenney
TG
Sgt
Michael J. Gentile
NG
Sgt
George R. Light
42-94880
“Misschief”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Tyger
8 aboard
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42-50501
“Solid Comfort”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Webb
8 aboard
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44-50600
“Wee Willie”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot McGuire
Bombed Secondary
9 aboard
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Sources.
§ Provenance
Load List
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