Sortie2ADB-24
“I'll Get By”.Over Magdeburg/Rothensee.
Mission 817 · 03 February 1945 · Magdeburg, Germany
Serial
44-40480
B-24J
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
CaptClarence W. Barton
Pilot
Station 1
—
Huntington
Completed his tour
Returned
→
2LtHenry W. Bludworth
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownRobert F. Palestri
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtJames Hogan
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtLouis Messana
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtRoman J. Zimmerman
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownJoseph F. Bisson
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtDonald V. Codling
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtWilliam J. Farnsworth
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
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 with328th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Magdeburg/RothenseeOil Industry
LocationMagdeburg, Germany