Sortie2ADB-24
“Bodacious”.Over Bucken.
Mission 913 · 25 March 1945 · Bucken, Germany
Serial
42-109837
B-24J
Fuselage Code
YM
Squadron
409th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
2LtMarvin L. Tucker
Pilot
Station 1
O-2057461
—
Returned
→
2LtWade L. Pitt
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-2062285
—
Returned
→
2LtHaig Horasanian
Navigator
Station 3
O-2074432
—
Returned
→
CplEdward F. Johnson
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
33226027
—
Returned
→
CplOliver C. Jones
Radio Operator
Station 6
13075961
—
Returned
→
CplLeon L. Gray
Waist Gunner
Station 8
13172229
—
Returned
→
CplJay W. Martin
Waist Gunner
Station 8
37632502
MO
Killed in action
Returned
→
CplRay H. Stone
Nose Gunner
35222366
—
Returned
→
CplFarris E. Williams
Tail Gunner
Station 9
38697702
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Killed in action
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 with409th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
BuckenOil Dump
LocationBucken, Germany