Sortie2ADB-24
42-51241.Over Magdeburg/Rothensee.
Mission 817 · 03 February 1945 · Magdeburg, Germany
Serial
42-51241
B-24J
Fuselage Code
YM
Squadron
409th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
2LtBruno Bigolin
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtMaurice A. Rogers
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
Edmond
Returned
→
2LtJohn Harrison
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
1LtNorman R. Watten
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtWalter F. Zdaboss
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtNoah Williams
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJoseph Defoe
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtTed P. Xyblut
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJames G. Cooley
“Jim”
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
Cohoes
Completed his tour
Returned
→
S/SgtRoger V. Walsh
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,000 lb aboard
AN-M64
500-pounder
10× 500 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · TNT/Amatol
Weight5,000 lb
FuzingRDX - 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
Magdeburg/RothenseeOil Industry
LocationMagdeburg, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Formation position 3-1