Sortie2ADB-24
XX-XX598.Over Magdeburg/Rothensee.
Mission 817 · 03 February 1945 · Magdeburg, Germany
Serial
XX-XX598
Unknown
Fuselage Code
RE
Squadron
329th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtOlav A. Aaker
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtSidney Biggs
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownWilmer D. Landon
“Willie”
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtEugene M. Heller
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtRobert A. Osbahr
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtHerbert Roe
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
SgtRobert W. Kaufman
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtJohn N. Romano
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtWallace F. Pearson
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtHarry Ruminsky
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 with329th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Magdeburg/RothenseeOil Industry
LocationMagdeburg, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Formation position 2-1