26 FEBRUARY 1945 · MONDAY · STATION 104Missing in Action
Mission 849.Berlin North.
Berlin, Germany
Intended Target
Berlin North
Berlin, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
285 / 361
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
650.3
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
85° T
Bearing In
274° T
The formation.
1 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
B-24H serial 41-29656 departed Hardwick on 26 February 1945 on a combat bombing mission to Berlin. The aircraft was last sighted at 53°00'N - 11°00'E at 1320 hours. Loss was attributed to numbers 3 and 4 engines failing for unknown reasons. Weather at the time was 10/10 layered stratocumulus and altostratus with tops at 14,000-15,000 ft and restricted downward visibility. All 10 crew members were reported as battle casualties, initially listed as MIA and subsequently returned to duty.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published