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Missing Air Crew Report 9470
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1944 · Missing Air Crew Reports
Sortie2BDB-24
42-50606.Over Osnabrück.
Mission 674 · 12 October 1944 · Osnabrück, Germany
Serial
42-50606
B-24J
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
12
men
The crew.
§ 12 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtNathaniel Whitman
Pilot
Station 1
O-455162
Great Neck, Nassau County, New York
Killed in action
Returned
→
CaptPaul L. Mathison
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-421779
Dane County, Wisconsin
Killed in action
Returned
→
2LtFrank B. McGowan
Navigator
Station 3
O-768823
Clairton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Killed in action
Returned
→
1LtWilliam R. Watters
Navigator
Station 3
O-560451
—
Killed in action
Returned
→
2LtDonald D. Makley
Bombardier
Station 4
O-718002
—
Killed in action
Returned
→
T/SgtCharles A. Fortin
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
31182090
Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine
Killed in action
Returned
→
S/SgtNazareno Piccioni
Radio Operator
Station 6
13112859
—
Returned
→
S/SgtBernard D. Marelli
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtBernard D. Morelli
Waist Gunner
Station 8
33672030
—
Prisoner of war
Returned
→
S/SgtBernard D. Morelli
Waist Gunner
Station 8
33672030
—
Prisoner of war
Returned
→
S/SgtElmer G. Krummert
Nose Gunner
33693808
Bellevue, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Killed in action
Returned
→
S/SgtEdwin S. Novick
Tail Gunner
Station 9
13177972
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Killed in action
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,200 lb aboard
AN-M47
100 lb Incendiary
52× 100 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · Oil/gel mix
Weight5,200 lb
In their own words.
§ 2 entries
Bernard D. MorelliWaist Gunner
Bernard D. Morelli served as waist gunner aboard B-24J 42-50606 on the 12 October 1944 mission to Osnabruck. Born 18 July 1924. Morelli survived the loss of the aircraft and was taken prisoner. A second supplementary German report (Casualty No. KU 3163, dated 1 February 1945) lists him as captured and held at Dulag Luft West, arriving 25 November 1944.
Bernard D. MorelliWaist Gunner
Bernard D. Morelli served as waist gunner aboard B-24J 42-50606 on the 12 October 1944 mission to Osnabruck. Born 18 July 1924. Morelli survived the loss of the aircraft and was taken prisoner. A second supplementary German report (Casualty No. KU 3163, dated 1 February 1945) lists him as captured and held at Dulag Luft West, arriving 25 November 1944.
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)
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§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
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