Sortie2BDB-24
“Bear Down”.Over Mannheim.
Mission 317 · 25 April 1944 · Mannheim, Germany
Serial
42-72869
B-24D
Fuselage Code
RE
Squadron
329th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtJerome T. O'Toole
Pilot
Station 1
O-52564
—
Returned
→
2LtRoyce E. Turnbow
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-68446
—
Returned
→
2LtWalter J. Popowitch
Navigator
Station 3
O-68860
—
Returned
→
2LtJames A. Weiss
Bombardier
Station 4
O-78163
—
Returned
→
S/SgtWilliam Miller
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
32525231
—
Returned
→
S/SgtHarold S. LeBourgeois
Radio Operator
Station 6
18226832
—
Returned
→
T/SgtCharles J. Strausser
Waist Gunner
Station 8
15136501
—
Returned
→
S/SgtWilliam Wheat
Waist Gunner
Station 8
19089671
—
Returned
→
S/SgtAmerico Bonanni
Nose Gunner
32055781
—
Returned
→
SgtMichael J. Martz
Tail Gunner
Station 9
32341861
—
Returned
→
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with329th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
MannheimMarshalling Yard
LocationMannheim, Germany