15 APRIL 1945 · SUNDAY · STATION 104Bombed Primary
Mission 951.Royan Area - Six Enemy Strong Points & Flak Batteries.
Intended Target
Royan Area - Six Enemy Strong Points & Flak Batteries
Operating Group
93rd BG
2AD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Landing Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
341 / 359
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
729.5
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
2
Men Lost
The formation.
28 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
PUnknown Lee Stepp
CP2Lt Bernard B. Abel
NUnknown George Loutsch
B1Lt Brice L. Hammack
E-TTLt Frederick
E-TTS/Sgt William S. Kerr
RO1Lt Leonard L. Hicks
ROS/Sgt Robert C. Justice
WGS/Sgt Gratton J. Gearon
WGSgt Jack Kirk
TGSgt Richard E. Bischoff
Wing Leader
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