31 MARCH 1945 · SATURDAY · STATION 104Bombed 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
P1Lt Thomas H. Steinour
CP2Lt Roland Auger
NLt Moss
N2Lt James Wright
B2Lt Charles Haley
E-TTSgt Harry J. Fries
ROT/Sgt Lloyd F. Leadbetter
WGSgt Leslie Giles
WGS/Sgt Calvin D. Thain
TGSgt Clifford Collins
Lead Lo Left
P2Lt Donald L. Tyger
CP2Lt Kenneth L. Franklin
NUnknown Harry H. Powers
E-TTT/Sgt Michael R. Kovacs
ROT/Sgt Donald A. Bueker
WGS/Sgt Ernest J. Kane
NGS/Sgt Vincent M. DaSilva
TGS/Sgt Robert Neal
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