Sortie2BDB-24
XX-XX127.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
XX-XX127
Unknown
Fuselage Code
YM
Squadron
409th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtOlav A. Aaker
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtSidney Biggs
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtGeorge W. Loutsch
Navigator
Station 3
—
St. Paul
Completed his tour
Returned
→
1LtBruce L. Bemmack
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtRobert A. Cabahr
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtHerbert R. Kae
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
SgtWallace F. Pearson
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtRobert W. Kaufman
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
SgtJohn N. Romano
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)