Sortie2BDB-24
“Maulin Mallard”.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
42-109867
B-24J
Fuselage Code
AG
Squadron
330th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
2LtWesley Sheffield
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtEvan Jones
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtHarold Abrams
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtJohn D. Pique
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtRobert Carlson
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJohn D. Hassler
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJohn F. Burkett
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtGeorge Cannon
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtHenry Richardson
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 with330th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
HemmingstedtOil Refinery
LocationHemmingstedt, Germany