30 NOVEMBER 1944 · THURSDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 212.Neunkirchen.
Neunkirchen, Germany
Intended Target
Neunkirchen
Neunkirchen, Germany
Actual Target
Neunkirchen
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
180 / 291
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
436.5
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
1
Ships Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
128° T
Bearing In
312° T
The formation.
2 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
McGuire M12, 1944-11-30, Neunkirchen (McGuire hand-out: Saarbrucken M/Y). Milk run; saw ship explode, long flight (diary notes 'd--- long flight'). Leach, South, Powell, Gardner all in bomb bay holding bomb fuse propellers while re-inserting arming wires. Form 5: 5:45 pilot. Source: McGuire memoir pp.006, 105-106.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published