Sortie2ADB-24
42-50353.Over Magdeburg/Rothensee.
Mission 817 · 03 February 1945 · Magdeburg, Germany
Serial
42-50353
B-24H
Fuselage Code
AG
Squadron
330th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
2LtRaymond A. Thon
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtRobert Ranker
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtLuther R. Paulson
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtEdward Parker
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtWilfield L. Polissier
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtThomas J. Callahan
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
SgtElias Desantos
Waist Gunner
Station 8
18090279
—
Returned
→
S/SgtRoger A. Ryan
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtWayne Stone
Nose Gunner
—
—
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 Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with330th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Magdeburg/RothenseeOil Industry
LocationMagdeburg, Germany