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
PUnknown Philip G. Buffinton
CP2Lt Theodore O. Thoma
NF/O Henry Clark
BF/O George R. Gorman
E-TT1Lt Amstutz
E-TTS/Sgt Fred P. Young
RO2Lt Paul A. Freeman
ROT/Sgt Vito S. Palozzolo
WGS/Sgt Michael Kopry
WGS/Sgt John H. Mangels
TGSgt Roland Roberts
Low Left 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