Sortie2ADB-24
44-50702.Over Bucken.
Mission 913 · 25 March 1945 · Bucken, Germany
Serial
44-50702
Unknown
Fuselage Code
AG
Squadron
330th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
Theodore W. Helweg
“Ted”
Pilot
Station 1
—
Chicago
Completed his tour
Returned
→
2LtKenneth L. Franklin
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtWinston A. Summers
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
SgtJohn C. Oboza
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
SgtHarry McAdams
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJohn B. Montgomery
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
SgtLoyes C. Harris
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtPaul Ross
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJohn M. Eastman
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
SgtRichard F. Reichardt
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,300 lb aboard
AN-M47
100 lb Incendiary
52× 100 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · Oil/gel mix
Weight5,200 lb
FuzingHughes Memoir
100lb Smoke Bomb
1× 100 lb
TypeSmoke
Weight100 lb
FuzingHughes Memoir
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with330th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
BuckenOil Dump
LocationBucken, Germany