24 FEBRUARY 1944 · THURSDAY · STATION 104Missing in Action
Mission 233.Gotha.
Gotha, Germany
Intended Target
Gotha
Gotha, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
169 / 239
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
372
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
33
Ships Lost
3
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
101° T
Bearing In
288° T
The formation.
24 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
PUnknown Lester J. Litwiller
CP2Lt George F. Doell
B2Lt Leon S. Campbell
E-TTS/Sgt Warren Harding
ROS/Sgt Frederick G. Barnes
BTGSgt Oscar A. Otto
WGS/Sgt Lewis E. Critchlow
WGUnknown Lawrence Reynolds
TGSgt Earl S. Brooks
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