Sortie2BDB-24
“The Flying Moose”.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
44-10578
B-24J
Fuselage Code
YM
Squadron
409th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
2LtHollis H. Bush
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtWalter S. Clauson
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtRichard V. Bettini
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtStewart Bland
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtCliff B. Allen
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtJohn L. Keever
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
SgtCharles R. Bishop
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
Ferndale
Completed his tour
Returned
→
SgtRobert L. Pauley
“Bob”
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
SgtRay R. Waterman
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)