Sortie2BDB-24
“Tobasco Keeds”.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
44-40116
B-24J
Fuselage Code
RE
Squadron
329th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtJames M. Powell
Pilot
Station 1
O-817267
—
Killed in action
Returned
→
Frederick S. Howering
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-825175
—
Returned
→
1LtEdward J. Krall
Navigator
Station 3
O-712598
7001 Ridge Boulevard, Brooklyn, New York
Killed in action
Returned
→
1LtLeonard L. Hicks
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtRalph Wile
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
15011113
German, Harrison County, Ohio
Killed in action
Returned
→
T/SgtRoy Horwitz
Radio Operator
Station 6
36734374
—
Killed in action
Returned
→
S/SgtRobert H. Boyd
Waist Gunner
Station 8
32607560
Hudson County, New Jersey
Killed in action
Returned
→
S/SgtCharles E. Liller
Nose Gunner
33384212
Baltimore, Maryland
Killed in action
Returned
→
S/SgtPaul E. Orwig
Tail Gunner
Station 9
13172142
—
Killed in action
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 with329th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
HemmingstedtOil Refinery
LocationHemmingstedt, Germany