Sortie2ADB-24
“Piccadilly Virgin?”.Over Bucken.
Mission 913 · 25 March 1945 · Bucken, Germany
Serial
44-50534
B-24H
Fuselage Code
AG
Squadron
330th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtHartzel C. Slider
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtBillie J. Holmes
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtLeroy C. Worley
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtRobert D. Toburen
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
SgtKarl E. Johnson
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
SgtHenry Langager
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtCharles W. Baechel
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtRobert R. Poklar
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtWilliam P. Barton
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
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