Sortie2BDB-24
XX-XX563.Over Gotha.
Mission 233 · 24 February 1944 · Gotha, Germany
Serial
XX-XX563
Unknown
Fuselage Code
??-N
Squadron
Unknown Squadron
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
11
men
The crew.
§ 11 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
2LtWilliam G. Krause
Pilot
Station 1
O-2044925
—
Returned
→
2LtHoward H. Kleiner
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-684550
—
Returned
→
2LtJames Wright
Navigator
Station 3
O-692455
—
Returned
→
2LtJohn Y. Gennaway
Bombardier
Station 4
O-752685
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJames Kennedy
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
17122307
—
Returned
→
S/SgtCalvin K. Davidson
Radio Operator
Station 6
15354391
Oberlin
Completed his tour
Returned
→
S/SgtJoseph Jones
Ball Turret Gunner
14182378
—
Returned
→
S/SgtDelmar J. Davis
Waist Gunner
Station 8
19209046
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJoseph J. Notta
Waist Gunner
Station 8
32079553
—
Returned
→
S/SgtTommy R. Hernandez
Tail Gunner
Station 9
39279153
San Diego
Completed his tour
Returned
→
2LtJohn F. Fitzpatrick
Unknown
O-812240
—
Returned
→
In their own words.
§ 1 entry
John F. FitzpatrickUnknown
Listed below the main ten-man crew block on the 2/24/1944 loading list for plane 563-N, with no position code given (see Load List source, mc_376-48x001).
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew withUnknown Squadron Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
GothaAviation Industry
LocationGotha, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Ship number followed by '?' in source; uncertainty noted