Sortie2BDB-24
XX-XX426.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
XX-XX426
Unknown
Fuselage Code
YM
Squadron
409th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
CaptKenneth L. Gilbert
“Ken”
Pilot
Station 1
O-542404
—
Returned
→
2LtWalter W. Sanders
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-700550
Arkansas
Returned
→
2LtRichard Boyd
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtWarren S. Wiesler
Bombardier
Station 4
O-769237
WI
Returned
→
CplFrancis Sanger
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
SgtPaul O. Bergman
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtPaul E. Hartman
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
CplWilliam W. Bonsinger
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
CplCharles J. Koury
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,000 lb aboard
AN-M64
500-pounder
10× 500 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · TNT/Amatol
Weight5,000 lb
FuzingFrom Walter Hughes memoir.
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with409th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
HemmingstedtOil Refinery
LocationHemmingstedt, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Lead aircraft (circle-1 marker on Pilot)