Sortie2ADB-24
“Plutocrat”.Over Bucken.
Mission 913 · 25 March 1945 · Bucken, Germany
Serial
42-52455
B-24H
Fuselage Code
RE
Squadron
329th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtCharles Brown
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtFrederick A. Strombom
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
Chicago
Completed his tour
Returned
→
UnknownMahlon C. Shipley
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
1LtVernon D. Sadowski
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtMarshall J. Cook
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
SgtHarry J. Fries
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownStanley Rowson
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtCharles H. Mckee
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
Buena Vista
Completed his tour
Returned
→
S/SgtMarion H. Smith
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
PvtJohn DiNapoli
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,300 lb aboard
AN-M47
100 lb Incendiary
52× 100 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · Oil/gel mix
Weight5,200 lb
FuzingHughes Memoir
100lb Smoke Bomb
1× 100 lb
TypeSmoke
Weight100 lb
FuzingHughes 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
BuckenOil Dump
LocationBucken, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Lead Division; Col. ROBERTSON designated CA (Command Pilot)