Sortie2BDB-24
42-50629.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
42-50629
Unknown
Fuselage Code
??-I
Squadron
Unknown Squadron
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtArthur W. Cable
Pilot
Station 1
—
Mount Vernon
Completed his tour
Returned
→
1LtJames H. Cook
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
1LtEdward B. Gallant
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
George G. Karian
Navigator
Station 3
O-716459
—
Returned
→
1LtJohn Brasch
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtEdward J. Harris
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtFrederick F. Perry
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtHarold J. Bohnet
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtLawrence J. Stansell
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtThomas J. Thomson
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 withUnknown Squadron Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
HemmingstedtOil Refinery
LocationHemmingstedt, Germany