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 Raymond A. Thon
CP2Lt Robert Ranker
B2Lt Luther R. Paulson
E-TTT/Sgt Edward Parker
ROS/Sgt Mullock
ROT/Sgt Wilfield L. Polissier
WGS/Sgt Thomas J. Callahan
WGSgt Thomas J. Gibbons
TGS/Sgt Roger A. Ryan
NGS/Sgt Wayne Stone
Position ① (lead or element position marker)
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