18 NOVEMBER 1943 · THURSDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 132.Oslo-Kjeller.
Oslo-Kjeller, Norway
Intended Target
Oslo-Kjeller
Oslo-Kjeller, Norway
Actual Target
Oslo-Kjeller
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Sweden
Aircraft Effective
102
The cost.
§ Outcome
9
Ships Lost
2
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
32° T
Bearing In
220° T
The formation.
1 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
P1Lt Frank Kilcheski
CP1Lt Robert A. Hill
NLt Col Walter H. Sills
BUnknown Abe H. Schonier
E-TTS/Sgt Glenn A. Corn
ROT/Sgt Edward J. Donnelly
BTGPvt James E. Nichols
WGS/Sgt Bob D. Bryce
WGSgt Bertil L. Carlson
TGPvt Dan Cairns
On the return trip after bombing, the aircraft was attacked by German Me-109 fighters at approximately 11:00 AM. Damage caused loss of airspeed and the plane dropped out of formation. Navigator Lt. Sills charted a course to Sweden (neutral country). Aircraft landed in a field outside Örebro, Sweden. This was War Baby's 12th mission.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published