15 APRIL 1945 · SUNDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 951.Royan Area - Six Enemy Strong Points & Flak Batteries.
Intended Target
Royan Area - Six Enemy Strong Points & Flak Batteries
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
341 / 359
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
729.5
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
2
Men Lost
The formation.
28 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
P2Lt Thomas Stringer
CP2Lt Roland Auger
N2Lt James Wright
B2Lt Charles Haley
E-TTT/Sgt Lloyd F. Isenbletter
ROS/Sgt Karl W. Ehlke
ROSgt Harry J. Fries
RO2Lt George J. Spagnola
WGSgt Leslie Giles
WGS/Sgt Calvin V. Thoim
TGSgt Clifford Collins
NGCpl Raymond W. Karnes
Basket High Right position in formation.
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