Sortie2BDB-24
“Old Hickory”.Over Gotha.
Mission 233 · 24 February 1944 · Gotha, Germany
Serial
42-73495
B-24J
Fuselage Code
AG
Squadron
330th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
10
men
The crew.
§ 10 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1LtTruett K. Bullock
Pilot
Station 1
O-793726
—
Returned
→
2LtJess H. Edwards
Co-Pilot
Station 2
O-740088
—
Returned
→
1LtPaul R. Badger
Navigator
Station 3
O-789434
—
Returned
→
2LtLeland H. Walzel
Bombardier
Station 4
O-739638
Woodsboro, Refugio County, Texas
Returned
→
T/SgtThayer B. Robinson
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
35089234
—
Returned
→
T/SgtSam Bain
Radio Operator
Station 6
16100967
—
Returned
→
S/SgtCarmen J. Galassi
Ball Turret Gunner
32508507
—
Returned
→
S/SgtJoseph Hermanowski
Waist Gunner
Station 8
11098447
—
Returned
→
S/SgtHarold J. Hoover
Waist Gunner
Station 8
37176933
Saint Paul, MN
Prisoner of war
Returned
→
S/SgtJohn E. Semler
Tail Gunner
Station 9
32496834
—
Returned
→
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
GothaAviation Industry
LocationGotha, Germany