20 APRIL 1945 · FRIDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 962.Zwiesel.
Zwiesel, Germany
Intended Target
Zwiesel
Zwiesel, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
56 / 229
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
123.5
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
110° T
Bearing In
299° T
The formation.
1 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
PCapt Edward L. McGuire
CP2Lt Victor H. Hanf
E-TTT/Sgt Cornelius J. Leach
ROS/Sgt Donald M. South
WGS/Sgt William H. Gardner
WGS/Sgt Edward S. Powell
TGS/Sgt Barney C. Eller
NGS/Sgt Theodore F. Szajna
Muhldorf. McGuire technically completed his required combat tour on this mission, as did most of his crew. Waist gunner Gardner had fallen one mission behind the crew, prompting McGuire to volunteer for one final mission (M36). Form 5: 4:10 co-pilot, 4:10 pilot.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published