Sortie2BDB-24Missing in Action
“Big Noise”.Over Friedrichshafen.
Mission 262 · 16 March 1944 · Friedrichshafen, Germany
Serial
42-40969
B-24D
Fuselage Code
AG
Squadron
330th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtRichard J. Pettit
Pilot
Station 1
O-743279
—
Returned
→
2LtHumphrey J. Elliott
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-806825
—
Returned
→
LtRobert F. Leesley
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
SgtJames R. Stanley
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtPeter Boruta
Radio Operator
Station 6
35188517
—
Returned
→
S/SgtEdward Nelson
Ball Turret Gunner
35185588
—
Returned
→
SgtEdward Hotter
Waist Gunner
Station 8
36269544
—
Returned
→
SgtJohn P. Kogut
Waist Gunner
Station 8
32658598
—
Returned
→
Joseph D'Atri
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Day
Took off fromHardwick (Sta. 104)
The Record
ResultMissing in Action
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with330th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
FriedrichshafenUnknown
LocationFriedrichshafen, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Landed in Switzerland