Sortie2ADB-24
44-50579.Over Bucken.
Mission 913 · 25 March 1945 · Bucken, Germany
Serial
44-50579
B-24M
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
James B. Sample
Pilot
Station 1
O-720576
Route 20 477-A, Indianapolis, Indiana
Missing in action
Returned
→
2LtMurray P. [unclear]
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtStanley E. [unclear]
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtEdmund F. Price
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJames R. Hickey
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
12177551
1834 125th Street, College Point, New York
Killed in action
Returned
→
S/SgtRobert L. Galbraith
Radio Operator
Station 6
17182000
Kellerton, Iowa
Missing in action
Returned
→
SgtPaul W. Kleyman
Ball Turret Gunner
35228524
470 Jefferson Street, Bellaire, Ohio
Killed in action
Returned
→
SgtJames W. Gibson
Waist Gunner
Station 8
38569609
Box 592, Wynnewood, Oklahoma
Killed in action
Returned
→
Richard M. Sandberg
Waist Gunner
Station 8
36774915
405 14th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois
Missing in action
Returned
→
SgtJoseph P. Piazza
Tail Gunner
Station 9
19090232
346 Degier Avenue, San Leandro, California
Missing in action
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 with328th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
BuckenOil Dump
LocationBucken, Germany