Sortie2ADB-24
“Sleepy Time Gal”.Over Magdeburg/Rothensee O/I.
Mission 859 · 02 March 1945 · Magdeburg, Germany
Serial
42-95095
B-24H
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
11
men
The crew.
§ 11 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
UnknownElmer C. Vangsness
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownGirard Nefcy
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
Driftwood, PA
Returned
→
UnknownJohn L. Mcgowan
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtSam Harris
Bombardier
Station 4
—
Chicago
Returned
→
CplJoseph A. Franis
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
CplJames H. Dunn
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownLash
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownWilliam D. Skinner
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownWalter E. Smelt
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtGeorge B. Hasty
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
CplGerald A. Heade
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 with328th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Magdeburg/Rothensee O/IOil Industry
LocationMagdeburg, Germany