Sortie2BDB-24Bombed Primary
“Miss Star Dust”.Over Hanau M/Y.
Mission 709 · 10 November 1944 · Hanau, Germany
Serial
42-100355
B-24J
Fuselage Code
AG
Squadron
330th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtWalter F. Hughes
Pilot
Station 1
O-764680
Santa Barbara
Completed his tour
Returned
→
2LtPeter Scott
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-772526
—
Returned
→
2LtLouis H. Windsor
Navigator
Station 3
O-712976
—
Returned
→
SgtConway Thorstenson
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
39464774
—
Returned
→
T/SgtNorbert L. Ecclesfield
“Eck”
Radio Operator
Station 6
3904111
—
Returned
→
SgtMichael J. Kusnir
Waist Gunner
Station 8
35236546
—
Returned
→
SgtBoyd L. Justice
Tail Gunner
Station 9
38440786
—
Returned
→
SgtRobert T. Lee
“The Old Man”
Nose Gunner
18215267
—
Returned
→
SgtCarroll F. Ruby
Gunner
33734687
—
Returned
→
SgtCarroll F. Ruby
Gunner
33734687
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 4,000 lb aboard
AN-M47
100 lb Incendiary
40× 100 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · Oil/gel mix
Weight4,000 lb
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Day
Took off fromHardwick (Sta. 104)
Landed atHardwick (Sta. 104)
The Record
ResultBombed Primary
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with330th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Hanau M/YMarshalling Yard
LocationHanau, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
The November 10th mission went to the marshalling yards, with the navigator's log recording the target as Hanau rather than Hamm. Hendershot was in hospital and did not fly. The route formed near London, crossed the coast at Calais, and tracked through Lille, Charleroi, Liège, and Koblenz to the target. The return ran out through Frankfurt and Ghent. Flak came up at Koblenz on both legs and again over Frankfurt and the target, though cloud cover at 10/10ths obscured any view of results. A jet was spotted in the area. No ships or men were lost.
After the mission the crew was stood down and given a short leave in London.