Sortie2ADB-24
“Big Gas Bird”.
Mission 951 · 15 April 1945
Serial
44-10506
B-24J
Fuselage Code
YM
Squadron
409th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
8
men
The crew.
§ 8 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
MajPeter J. Allatt
Pilot
Station 1
—
New York
Completed his tour
Returned
→
F/OJohn H. Van Zandt
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
F/OWilliam Litwin
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtErnest Fleming
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
CplMaurice P. Levasseur
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtElmer L. Hattabough
Waist Gunner
Station 8
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtHarold C. Payne
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtAlbert V. Senger
Tail Gunner
Station 9
—
—
Returned
→
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with409th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo