Capt Rasmussen 0-742898 44BG/66BS crew

[Alain57]

Hello ,

Can someone help me with the names of the crewmembers of Capt Rasmussen AH 0-742898 from the 44BF/66BS who flew a mission to Altenbecken Germany on November 29 1944. The number of his ship was 42-5672.
Regards
Alain57

[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

42-5672 was a C-47-DL (DC-3) (MSN 7366).
http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-b...2-5672&content
http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19710214-0

Col.

[Alain57]

Thank you , so the serialnumber must be wrong !
Regards
Alain

[DDT]

Hello Alain,

According to the (all new?) website of the 44th BG Capt. Rasmussen flew a total of 14 missions and on that day the s/n of his B-24 was 42-50672.

Kind regards,

Dirk

[RSwank]

Has anyone else tried the (all new) website of the 44th bomb group and found it confusing?

https://www.44thbombgroup.org/home

I would think it would be "relatively" easy to find the crew list for pilot Arthur H Rasmussen on the mission flown on Nov 29, 1944 to Altenbecken in 42-50672, but I don't see how. I will send an e-mail to the creator of the website, Mara Truslow, and see if she wants to comment. I may be missing something obvious.

[Sean Welch]

Using the grid "SEARCH FOR ANYTHING: MISSION DATA FOR ALL AIRMEN" and entering the date and aircraft serial number a list of 11 names is returned:

Arthur H. Rasmussen 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron
Edward H. Petelle 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron
Frank E. Indorf Jr. 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron
Hugh B. White 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron
Roderick F. Rice 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron
Thomas J. Muldoon 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron
William C. Veasey 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron
Lewis J. Muldoon 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron
Charles M. Lofdahl 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron
Archie Lee 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron
Albert E. Stone 260 29-Nov-44 Altenbeken Germany Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels 42-50672 66 Squadron

[RSwank]

Sean,

Very good. I knew there probably had to be a way, I was just not coming up with it.

I wonder if this was the plane that landed in Belgium?

[RSwank]

I received a reply from Mara (see post 5).

Hi Rolland,

I don't have any more intel on this missions beyond what's in the UMS, but the data suggests it was Rasmussen's crew who landed in Belgium, seeing that there was only 1 bomber mentioned at landing on the continent, and Rasmussen was in the 66th.

-Mara

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UMS
11/29/44
The 44th dispatched 24 aircraft, 6 of the 67th's, to hit the railway viaduct at Altenbeiken. 68th's 1st Lt. J.R. Collins was Group lead for the 44th; Capt. Williams, 66th, led the 392nd BG in #594. 23 of our aircraft attacked the target on Gee-H through 10/10th cloud cover, with unobserved results. Enemy opposition was nil in the target area; fighter support excellent. All aircraft returned safely except one from the 66th Squadron who landed at St. Trond with his #4 engine out. He returned on the following day. Bomb loading 12 x 500 lb GPs. 2nd Lt. Hilmer assigned from Hq. 44th BG per paragraph 2, S.O. 330, Hq. 44th BG, 27 November.