Sortie2BDB-24
“Sleepy Time Gal”.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
42-95095
B-24H
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtElmer C. Auer
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtFrederick W. Whitaker
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtHarry Bush
Navigator
Station 3
13101879
—
Returned
→
1LtCharles F. Simms
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtCornelius J. Carroll
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtJoseph J. Hamilton
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
James Scanlon
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Completed his tour
Returned
→
S/SgtJohn McCoy
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtFrank Ostrowski
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtClaude C. Swann
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 with328th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
HemmingstedtOil Refinery
LocationHemmingstedt, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Marked with Ø symbol.