Sortie2ADB-24
“The Flying Moose”.Over Magdeburg/Rothensee.
Mission 817 · 03 February 1945 · Magdeburg, Germany
Serial
44-10578
B-24J
Fuselage Code
YM
Squadron
409th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtPeter Bakewell
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtClaudius B. Hodges
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtDavid Goldberg
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtCharles W. Geary
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
SgtHarold J. Furlong
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtRobert F. Smith
Radio Operator
Station 6
1702692
—
Returned
→
S/SgtChester J. Bruzdzienski
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
Fairfield
Completed his tour
Returned
→
SgtLucien L. Mathieu
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJohn P. Keener
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtRobert C. Metcalf
Nose Gunner
32211193
—
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 with409th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Magdeburg/RothenseeOil Industry
LocationMagdeburg, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Formation position 4-3 Hi Right