Sortie2BDB-24
“Unexpected Visitor, The”.Over Osnabrück.
Mission 674 · 12 October 1944 · Osnabrück, Germany
Serial
42-51248
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
1LtRichard Baginski
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtEdward V. Emmerich
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtFranklin A. Kaestner
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtJoseph E. Bradford
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtJames W. Vesper
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtDorsey E. Cain
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownJohn E. Alfriend
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Completed his tour
Returned
→
S/SgtMichael S. Krok
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
Eugene Campbell
Tail Gunner
Station 9
17002771
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,200 lb aboard
AN-M47
100 lb Incendiary
52× 100 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · Oil/gel mix
Weight5,200 lb
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
OsnabrückMarshalling Yard
LocationOsnabrück, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Lead aircraft (circle-1 marker)