Sortie2BDB-24Bombed Primary
Unidentified ship.Over Karlsruhe.
Mission 702 · 05 November 1944 · Karlsruhe, Germany
Squadron
328th
Duration
7:00
Aboard
1
men
The crew.
§ 1 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
T/SgtWilliam L. Orient
“Bill”
Radio Operator
Station 6
13111662
Bridgeville
Completed his tour
Returned
→
The load.
§ 6,000 lb aboard
AN-M66
2,000-pounder
3× 2,000 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · TNT/Amatol
Weight6,000 lb
In their own words.
§ 1 entry
William L. OrientRadio Operator
Placed on this Karlsruhe sortie (1944-11-05) per William Orient's personal flight log.
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Day
Time in the air7:00
Took off fromHardwick (Sta. 104)
Landed atHardwick (Sta. 104)
The Record
ResultBombed Primary
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with328th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
KarlsruheMarshalling Yard
LocationKarlsruhe, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
From William Orient's flight log: aircraft logged as '535-O', B-24H. Carried 2,000-lb bombs to Karlsruhe; flak encountered. Duration 7:00. Aircraft not matched to a DB record - candidates 42-51535 'Misery Wagon' and 44-10535 'Roy's Boys' (both 328th BS, call letter O) unconfirmed.