Sortie2BDB-24
“Baggy Maggy”.Over Frankfurt Am Main.
Mission 244 · 02 March 1944 · Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
Serial
42-100416
B-24J
Fuselage Code
YM
Squadron
409th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
2LtCharles S. Young
Pilot
Station 1
O-2044957
—
Returned
→
2LtJohn L. Avery
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-748510
—
Returned
→
2LtDon K. Bell
Navigator
Station 3
O-682277
—
Returned
→
1LtFrancis J. Saraceni
Bombardier
Station 4
O-670264
—
Returned
→
T/SgtRussell R. Rentzel
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
19060274
—
Returned
→
T/SgtJoseph T. Labesky
Radio Operator
Station 6
37284911
—
Returned
→
S/SgtGranville E. Meache
Ball Turret Gunner
18065018
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJames Chittenden
Waist Gunner
Station 8
10053234
—
Returned
→
S/SgtSamuel Conroy
Waist Gunner
Station 8
16161768
—
Returned
→
S/SgtLester Drinkwine
Tail Gunner
Station 9
36330347
—
Returned
→
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
Frankfurt Am MainMarshalling Yard
LocationFrankfurt Am Main, Germany