Sortie2BDB-24
“Night Knight”.Over Mechernich.
Mission 770 · 30 December 1944 · Mechernich, Germany
Serial
44-40119
B-24J
Fuselage Code
RE
Squadron
329th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtHoward E. Jennings
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtRalph F. Sanderson
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtWilliam E. Schoephoester
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtKenneth E. Massa
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtWilliam N. Shaeffer
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtAdrian N. Tatum
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtArthur S. Humphreys
Waist Gunner
Station 8
32475422
—
Returned
→
S/SgtVance K. Jeffers
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtAlfred Midgley
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtMartin H. Rubin
Nose Gunner
—
—
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
MechernichMarshalling Yard
LocationMechernich, Germany