Sortie2ADB-24
44-50560.Over Bucken.
Mission 913 · 25 March 1945 · Bucken, Germany
Serial
44-50560
B-24M
Fuselage Code
AG
Squadron
330th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
2LtRaymond A. Thon
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtRobert Ranker
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtLuther R. Paulson
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtThomas K. James
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
Wadesboro
Completed his tour
Returned
→
T/SgtWilfield L. Polissier
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtThomas J. Callahan
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtThomas J. Gibbons
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtRoger A. Ryan
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtWayne Stone
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,300 lb aboard
AN-M47
100 lb Incendiary
52× 100 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · Oil/gel mix
Weight5,200 lb
FuzingHughes Memoir
100lb Smoke Bomb
1× 100 lb
TypeSmoke
Weight100 lb
FuzingHughes Memoir
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with330th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
BuckenOil Dump
LocationBucken, Germany