Sortie2ADB-24
“Maulin Mallard”.Over Magdeburg/Rothensee O/I.
Mission 859 · 02 March 1945 · Magdeburg, Germany
Serial
42-109867
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
1LtHerbert Rubin
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtAlvin F. Ambler
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtThomas I. Jones
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtSpencer F. Metz
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtJohn W. Cook
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtWilliam M. VanSchoik
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtWayne A. Westbrook
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtDonald E. Severtson
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtBurton W. Staples
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,000 lb aboard
AN-M64
500-pounder
10× 500 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · TNT/Amatol
Weight5,000 lb
FuzingRDX - Hughes Memoir
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with330th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Magdeburg/Rothensee O/IOil Industry
LocationMagdeburg, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Circle O marking indicated