Sortie2BDB-24
42-50628.Over Duppach.
Mission 769 · 29 December 1944 · Duppach, Germany
Serial
42-50628
Unknown
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
7
men
The crew.
§ 7 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtPhilip G. Buffinton
Pilot
Station 1
—
Williamstown
Returned
→
2LtTheodore O. Thoma
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
F/OHenry Clark
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
F/OGeorge R. Gorman
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtFred P. Young
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtVito S. Palozzolo
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJohn H. Mangels
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 6,000 lb aboard
AN-M64
500-pounder
12× 500 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · TNT/Amatol
Weight6,000 lb
FuzingRDX - Hughes Memoir
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with328th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
DuppachUnknown
LocationDuppach, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Circled P indicates lead/command pilot