Sortie2BDB-24Returned with Bombs
“U.S. Express, The”.Over Paris.
Mission 527 · 07 August 1944
Serial
41-29586
B-24H
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Duration
4:00
Aboard
1
men
The crew.
§ 1 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
T/SgtWilliam L. Orient
“Bill”
Radio Operator
Station 6
13111662
Bridgeville
Completed his tour
Returned
→
The load.
§ 8,000 lb aboard
AN-M66
2,000-pounder
4× 2,000 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · TNT/Amatol
Weight8,000 lb
In their own words.
§ 1 entry
William L. OrientRadio Operator
Paris - Weather Closed Carrying 2000 lbs. ers - Returned With Bombs
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Day
Time in the air4:00
Took off fromHardwick (Sta. 104)
Landed atHardwick (Sta. 104)
The Record
ResultReturned with Bombs
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with328th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Paris
As the log wrote itParis
Notes.
§ From the Record
From William Orient's flight log: Paris - weather closed, carried 2,000-lb bombs, returned with bombs. Duration 4:00.