Sortie2BDB-24Bombed Primary
“Solid Comfort”.Over Mechernich.
Mission 770 · 30 December 1944 · Mechernich, Germany
Serial
42-50501
B-24J
Fuselage Code
AG
Squadron
330th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtWalter F. Hughes
Pilot
Station 1
O-764680
Santa Barbara
Completed his tour
Returned
→
LtDouglas A. Schetter
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtLouis H. Windsor
Navigator
Station 3
O-712976
—
Returned
→
2LtRalph Hendershot
Bombardier
Station 4
O-0768958
—
Returned
→
SgtL D. Davis
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtNorbert L. Ecclesfield
“Eck”
Radio Operator
Station 6
3904111
—
Returned
→
SgtMichael J. Kusnir
Waist Gunner
Station 8
35236546
—
Returned
→
S/SgtGeorge Cannon
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtRobert E. Lee
Nose Gunner
16060729
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Killed in action
Returned
→
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Day
Took off fromHardwick (Sta. 104)
Landed atHardwick (Sta. 104)
The Record
ResultBombed Primary
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with330th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
MechernichMarshalling Yard
LocationMechernich, Germany