Sortie2ADB-24
XX-XX598.Over Bucken.
Mission 913 · 25 March 1945 · Bucken, Germany
Serial
XX-XX598
Unknown
Fuselage Code
RE
Squadron
329th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
F/OJames Threlkeld
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownSheridan R. Smith
“Smitty”
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
F/OGeorge S. Bocchieri
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtPaul J. Gilliland
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
UnknownArthur J. Quinn
“Art”
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
Brooklyn
Completed his tour
Returned
→
CplRoy T. Boggs
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
CplGeorge Kieken
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
CplHerbert S. Powell
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
CplJohn H. Sennett
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
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 with329th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
BuckenOil Dump
LocationBucken, Germany