Sortie2ADB-24
42-51968.Over Magdeburg/Rothensee.
Mission 817 · 03 February 1945 · Magdeburg, Germany
Serial
42-51968
B-24J
Fuselage Code
RE
Squadron
329th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
11
men
The crew.
§ 11 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
Gene L. Maddocks
Pilot
Station 1
O-818902
Los Angeles, CA
Completed his tour
Returned
→
1LtFred Lakner
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
Lock Haven
Prisoner of war
Returned
→
1LtEdward N. Anderson
Navigator
Station 3
O-724875
—
Returned
→
2LtThomas P. Maroney
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
1LtDonald N. Wehm
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtRichard L. Wnuk
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtNorman Fuller
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
1LtGunard C. Strand
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtPaul J. Suchcicki
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtKenneth Johnson
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtRoy G. Micheli
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
FuzingRDX - Hughes Memoir
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with329th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Magdeburg/RothenseeOil Industry
LocationMagdeburg, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Capt. Hoffman listed as CA (Command Pilot)