Sortie2BDB-24
“Beaver's Baby”.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
42-99994
B-24J
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
8
men
The crew.
§ 8 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtJames E. Rutherford
“Jim”
Pilot
Station 1
—
Mart, TX
Completed his tour
Returned
→
2LtRobert P. Barthelmess
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtWarren K. Finn
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownStanley Gurney
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownPaul Allen
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtGene C. Dobbe
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtKenneth E. Holt
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtWalter J. Wolak
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,000 lb aboard
AN-M64
500-pounder
10× 500 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · TNT/Amatol
Weight5,000 lb
FuzingFrom Walter 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
HemmingstedtOil Refinery
LocationHemmingstedt, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Marked with Ø symbol.