Sortie2BDB-24
“Willie's Worry”.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
42-100428
B-24J
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
Joseph J. Rosacker
Pilot
Station 1
O-700547
—
Prisoner of war
Returned
→
2LtWilliam Woods
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
John Pace
Navigator
Station 3
O-722876
—
Prisoner of war
Returned
→
2LtFrederick D. Worthen
“Dusty”
Bombardier
Station 4
O-773038
St. Paul
Prisoner of war
Returned
→
SgtOtis P. Hair
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
Charles Philage
Radio Operator
Station 6
33080095
—
Prisoner of war
Returned
→
Charles Metro
Waist Gunner
Station 8
35751698
—
Prisoner of war
Returned
→
SgtJohn E. Conley
Tail Gunner
Station 9
16042975
—
Returned
→
SgtBennie W. Hayes
Nose Gunner
—
—
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.