Sortie2BDB-24
42-50353.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
42-50353
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
2LtCarlos Vasquez
Pilot
Station 1
—
Edinburg
Completed his tour
Returned
→
2LtEarl Gattin
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtJoseph B. Nichols
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
SgtDonald Harper
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtBernard H. Nelson
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtGeorge H. Parker
Radio Operator
Station 6
34265961
—
Returned
→
SgtCharles B. Taylor
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtKenneth Carpenter
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtEdward H. LaVrenz
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