Sortie2BDB-24
“Tobasco Keeds”.Over Osnabrück.
Mission 674 · 12 October 1944 · Osnabrück, Germany
Serial
44-40116
B-24J
Fuselage Code
RE
Squadron
329th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtWilliam C. Davis
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
1LtRaymond H. Klein
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtDonald K. Kleiner
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
1LtFritz U. Lauxman
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtHilary Pietrowski
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtHarold C. Frieck
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJoseph Defoe
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtFloyd L. Lance
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtSheffy Mahan
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtRoyce Powell
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,200 lb aboard
AN-M47
100 lb Incendiary
52× 100 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · Oil/gel mix
Weight5,200 lb
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
OsnabrückMarshalling Yard
LocationOsnabrück, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Lead aircraft (circled O indicates lead)