21 MARCH 1945 · WEDNESDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 901.Ahlhorn.
Ahlhorn, Germany
Intended Target
Ahlhorn
Ahlhorn, Germany
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
61 / 518
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
151
tons
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
82° T
Bearing In
267° T
The formation.
1 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
Hespe airfield. First mission after 30-day grounding following Nuremberg return and crash of O Oboe. First mission in Wee Willie (serial 44-50600, YM-W), brand-new unpainted B-24H with rudder boosters. McGuire flew takeoff, form-up, bomb run through rally, and landing only during this late-tour period.
Sources.
§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published