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Mission # crew Gaik Datum Mission # 390th BG Aircraft serial # Target
12 | 12 december 1944 | 227 | # 338393 | Darmstadt, Duitsland: Rangeerterrein |
Details:
Darmstadt, belangrijk in het spoorlijnnetwerk van Frankfurt, en ook het grootste nog operatieve locomotieven reparatiecentrum ten westen van de Rijn, werd aangevallen op 12 december door 461 bommenwerpers.
Bij visuele bombardementen waren de resultaten meer bevredigender dan in de lange periode van blind bombarderen. Het 390th “A” Squadron noteerde inslagen op de MPI, terwijl het “B” Squadron een gedeelte van de stad raakte dat weer in de opbouwfase zat met tevens schade aan de Merek chemische industrie.
Tonnage bommen | 63 x 500 pond brandbommen334 x 500 pond voor algemeen gebruik |
Crews Missing in Action | 0 |
Naam | Fat | Positie |
Gaik, Leonard J | Pilot | |
Carroll, James D | Co-Pilot | |
Flanigan, Harold C | Navigator | |
Cohen, Joseph nmi | Bombardier/Togglier | |
Eckerle, William C | Engineer/Top Turret | |
Magriso, David nmi | Radio Operator | |
Hoffstetter, William V | Ball Turret | |
Prangl, Louis S | Waist Gunner | |
Glaman, Robert F | Tail Gunner |
Dagboek Prangl:
“We stegen op naar Darmstadt, Duitsland. Het was weer een makkie, ‘milkrun’. We zagen ongeveer 4 salvo’s van luchtafweer. We hadden ongeveer 40 kanonnen maar geen een vescheen. “It was at 40 this time – still pretty bad.” We kwamen terug rond 5 uur. Een verdomd lange missie.”
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Mission # crew Gaik Date Mission # 390th BG Aircraft serial # Target
12 | 12 December 1944 | 227 | # 338393 | Darmstadt, Germany: Marshalling yard |
Details:
Darmstadt, important in the Frankfurt rail complex, and also the largest remaining locomotive repair center in the western Rhine, was attacked on 12 December by 461 bombers.
Given a chance for visual bombing, results were much more satisfactory than in the long period of blind bombing. The 390th “A” Squadron scored hits on the MPI, while the “B” Squadron hit a built-up area of the town, inflicting damage on the Merek chemical works.
Bomb Tonnage dropped | 63 x 500 pound Incendiaries334 x 500 pound General Purpose |
Crews Missing in Action | 0 |
name | Fat | Position Description |
Gaik, Leonard J | Pilot | |
Carroll, James D | Co-Pilot | |
Flanigan, Harold C | Navigator | |
Cohen, Joseph nmi | Bombardier/Togglier | |
Eckerle, William C | Engineer/Top Turret | |
Magriso, David nmi (replacement) | Radio Operator | |
Hoffstetter, William V | Ball Turret | |
Prangl, Louis S | Waist Gunner | |
Glaman, Robert F | Tail Gunner |
Journal Prangl:
“We went off to Darmstadt, Germany. It was a milk run again. We saw about four bursts of flak. We had only 40 guns but none of them showed up. It was at 40 this time – still pretty bad. We got back home about five. A damn long mission.”