Sortie2ADB-24
“My Achin' Back!”.Over Magdeburg/Rothensee.
Mission 817 · 03 February 1945 · Magdeburg, Germany
Serial
42-110017
B-24J
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
2LtWilliam M. Brown
Pilot
Station 1
—
Omaha
Completed his tour
Returned
→
1LtRobert C. Young
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-820873
MI
Killed in action
Returned
→
1LtDonald R. Lamb
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
CaptDonald B. Houtz
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJames W. Gallagher
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtBurton H. Lenhart
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtHunter M. Thomas
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtAnthony W. Varinoski
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtJohn Hartman
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtBernard Silver
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