Sortie2ADB-24Aborted
42-50594.Over Tactical target (aborted before reaching target).
Mission 787 · 08 January 1945
Serial
42-50594
B-24J
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Duration
0:50
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
→
In their own words.
§ 1 entry
William L. OrientRadio Operator
Placed on this 1945-01-08 aborted sortie (emergency landing Woodbridge) per William Orient's personal flight log.
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Day
Time in the air0:50
Took off fromHardwick (Sta. 104)
Landed atRAF Woodbridge
The Record
ResultAborted
Counted toward tourNo
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with328th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Tactical target (aborted before reaching target)
As the log wrote itTactical target (aborted before reaching target)
Notes.
§ From the Record
From William Orient's flight log: aircraft '594-A' (42-50594, 328th BS; diary lists B-24H, DB record is B-24J). Headed for a tactical target, aborted to Woodbridge for emergency landing. Log remark: caught in a strong thermal, double spin, pulled out at 1500 ft, left rudder snapped off. Duration 0:50.