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
PF/O Redolph Case
CP2Lt Robert D. Allison
N2Lt John T. Taylor
BS/Sgt Kenneth W. Wolgmuth
E-TTS/Sgt Charles W. Shepherd
BTGSgt William A. Bland
ROSgt Floyd M. Conover
WGSgt James H. Altizer
WGCpl Roland L. Walker
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