Sortie2ADB-24Bombed Primary
42-94814.Over Magdeburg/Rothensee.
Mission 817 · 03 February 1945 · Magdeburg, Germany
Serial
42-94814
B-24H
Fuselage Code
YM
Squadron
409th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Duration
6:40
Aboard
11
men
The crew.
§ 11 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
CaptEdward L. McGuire
“Ted”
Pilot
Station 1
O-392667
Shreveport, Louisiana
Completed his tour
Returned
→
2LtVictor H. Hanf
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-8266262
—
Returned
→
1LtCharles P. Letsch
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtRoss E. Walker
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtHerman M. Witt
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtDonald M. South
“Don”
Radio Operator
Station 6
31305999
—
Returned
→
CaptThompson
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
SgtKenneth Bailey
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtWilliam H. Gardner
“Shorty”
Waist Gunner
Station 8
33710942
—
Completed his tour
Returned
→
S/SgtTheodore F. Szajna
“Snafoo”
Nose Gunner
36164043
—
Returned
→
S/SgtNorris J. Wilson
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
The load.
§ 5,000 lb aboard
AN-M64
500-pounder
10× 500 lb
TypeGeneral Purpose · TNT/Amatol
Weight5,000 lb
FuzingRDX - Hughes Memoir
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Day
Time in the air6:40
Took off fromHardwick (Sta. 104)
Landed atHardwick (Sta. 104)
The Record
ResultBombed Primary
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with409th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Magdeburg/RothenseeOil Industry
LocationMagdeburg, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Formation position not stated; ship number listed without position suffix in source