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05 JANUARY 1945 · FRIDAY · STATION 104
Bombed Primary
Mission 781.
Neustadt.
Neustadt, Germany
Intended Target
Neustadt
Neustadt, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
32 / 259
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
73
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
6
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
123° T
Bearing In
309° T
The formation.
36 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
42-95598
42-95598
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Gruener
11 aboard
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41-12472
41-12472
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot [illegible]
9 aboard
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42-95256
42-95256
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Thon
10 aboard
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42-109989
“Big Noise II”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot [illegible]
5 aboard
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42-109857
42-109857
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Meadors
9 aboard
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42-50346
42-50346
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Haines
9 aboard
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42-50505
“Little Joe, Gremlins Roost”
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Neely
10 aboard
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42-51046
42-51046
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Griffin
11 aboard
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42-50353
42-50353
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot MacFarland
9 aboard
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XX-XX355
XX-XX355
Tail RE · 329th Sq.
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42-50376
42-50376
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Thompson
1 aboard
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A/C
Open the service file for 42-50376 →
RO
Unknown
Elton L. Thompson
Referenced in footer note only. Squadron: 329th.
42-50362
“Silver Eagle”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Montgomery
1 aboard
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42-61359
42-61359
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Bear
10 aboard
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42-50694
42-50694
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Barton
9 aboard
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44-40480
“I'll Get By”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Monroe
9 aboard
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42-94971
“Fart Sack Time / Little Orphan Annie II”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Long
10 aboard
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42-51248
“Unexpected Visitor, The”
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot King
10 aboard
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42-80628
42-80628
Tail GO · 328th Sq. · Pilot Buffinton
9 aboard
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42-110017
“My Achin' Back!”
Tail GO · 328th Sq.
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42-78426
42-78426
Tail GO · 328th Sq.
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XX-XX355
XX-XX355
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Dolliver
11 aboard
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42-51465
42-51465
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Stepp
11 aboard
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42-95204
“Jitters From Bitters”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Bridgeman
9 aboard
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42-100370
“Missouri Sue”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Andrino
9 aboard
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42-94814
42-94814
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Gaston
10 aboard
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44-10578
“The Flying Moose”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Bakewell
10 aboard
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42-50362
“Silver Eagle”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Smith
10 aboard
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42-51241
42-51241
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Schmoller
9 aboard
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44-40113
“Gambling Lady”
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot Aaker
9 aboard
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XX-XX494
XX-XX494
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Penn
9 aboard
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XX-XX598
XX-XX598
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Gourley
9 aboard
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42-50376
42-50376
Tail AG · 330th Sq. · Pilot Turrentine
9 aboard
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44-40116
“Tobasco Keeds”
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Davis
10 aboard
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44-40157
“Lucky Lass”
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Richey
10 aboard
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44-40119
“Night Knight”
Tail RE · 329th Sq. · Pilot Rubin
10 aboard
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XX-XX229
XX-XX229
Tail YM · 409th Sq. · Pilot McGuire
Bombed Primary
10 aboard
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Sources.
§ Provenance
Load List
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