Sortie2BDB-24
42-11017.Over Hemmingstedt.
Mission 626 · 12 September 1944 · Hemmingstedt, Germany
Serial
42-11017
Unknown
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
9
men
The crew.
§ 9 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
1Lt[illegible]
Pilot
Station 1
—
—
Returned
→
2LtEdward V. Emmerich
Co-Pilot
Station 2
—
—
Returned
→
2LtFranklin A. Kaestner
Navigator
Station 3
—
—
Returned
→
2LtJoseph E. Bradford
Bombardier
Station 4
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtJames W. Vesper
Engineer / Top Turret
Station 5
—
—
Returned
→
T/SgtDorsey E. Cain
Radio Operator
Station 6
—
—
Returned
→
Eugene Campbell
Waist Gunner
Station 8
17002771
—
Returned
→
S/SgtMichael S. Krok
Nose Gunner
—
—
Returned
→
S/SgtCharles E. Weaver
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
FuzingFrom Walter Hughes memoir.
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Record
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with328th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
HemmingstedtOil Refinery
LocationHemmingstedt, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Commanding officer 1st Lt. Richard Baginski listed at top of block; left-side pilot entry marked with strikethrough and illegible