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
P1Lt Chester W. Miller
CP2Lt Alvin F. Ambler
NF/O Edwin Manowitz
B2Lt Arthur D. Hansen
E-TTT/Sgt Maurice A. Bishoff
ROT/Sgt Norman R. Cox
WGS/Sgt Valmore L. Girardin
WGS/Sgt Joseph Mangan
TGUnknown Edward P. Biichle
NGS/Sgt Donald R. Coulston
Position ① (lead or element position marker). Ship number may be partially illegible; 'E-' prefix unusual and may be OCR artifact for a digit.
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