Mission No. 109
6 Jul 1944
Station: 166
Target: Viaduct at Maintenon
Thirty-six planes were dispatched at 0719 to attack the viaduct at Maintenon, France, on the morning of July 6. Bombing by flights, thirty-five of the planes attacked the primary with seventy 2000 pound General Purpose bombs. According to the strike-attack photos, two of the flights had excellent results with at least seven direct hits on the Viaduct, and others cut the road beneath. Two other flights had good results, one had gross, and one poor. Two planes were flak damaged, but there were no losses or casualties.
2nd Lt. Robert Holliday 0-683703 from Butler, Pa., crashlanded his plane, 41-34972 P2-S type: B-26C-15-MO Marauder, back at the base. The plane's history reads: "A/C No 972 washed out on crash landing, completed 21 missions".

All aircraft associated with an Accident or Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) for this mission are shown in red. Click on taxi code for details.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THIS MISSION FROM THE GROUP MISSION RECORDS IS AVAILABLE IN THE "CREW LOADLING LIST" SECTION OF THIS WEBSITE here


Box #1 - Lead Flight
Bird
574
931-F
34
Garwick
574
818-L
29
Stanfield
574
720-R
42
Bush
574
815-W
36
Evans
574
597-P
32
Metelsky
574
839-G
37
Box #1 - High Flight
Hollis
574
927-N
32
Callison
574
851-M
31
Wolfe
574
866-X
31
Alexander
574
823-N
23
Horridge
574
855-R
45
Talton
574
833-U
47
Box #1 - Low Flight
Salmon
574
873-U
37
Lowe
574
838-B
35
Newman
574
010-A
30
Majka
574
865-D1
34
Carson
574
800-C
35
Boylan
574
025-S
47
Rutledge
575
808-C
44

Box #2 - Lead Flight
Schleicher
572
811-G
6
Barker
572
797-P
16
Blute
572
819-H
6
Jobe
572
813-J
7
Reynolds
572
834-B
9
Jacobs
572
719-F
13
Box #2 - High Flight
Dickinson
572
673-A
8
Baehr
572
810-C
8
Hanlon
572
812-D
9
Roeper
572
806-M
14
Holliday
572
5
Sloss
572
947-U
15
Box #2 - Low Flight
Danforth
572
801-G
19
Koehl
572
825-B
25
Mccarty
572
836-N
14
Whitson
572
799-T
15
Fry
572
830-R
28
Crim
572
102-X
23
Dearing
573
806-C
22
Box #2 - Spare Flight
Spare Lead
575
671-L
40
Spare Ship
575
678-M
40