Aircraft

Aircraft Destroyed by by flak, hits between No. 3 engine and the fuselage immediately after bombs away. The aircraft crashed in a harvest field near the target. The aircraft exploded over the Foret de Neudon near Clamart. Six of the crew bailed out.


Known Mission List/ Courtesy of Ray Bowden/USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Date Pilot Target Notes

16 Jul 1943 Received by USAAC
4 Sep 1943 Assigned overseas
23 Sep 1943 J Flanigan / Vannes
27 Sep 1943 J Flanigan / Emden
2 Oct 1943 J Flanigan / Emden
4 Oct 1943 J Flanigan / Saarluis Category A damage - flak + 20mm
9 Oct 1943 R Rosenthal / Marienburg
10 Oct 1943 R Rosenthal / Munster Cat AC damage - #1 eng out, oxygen out. Sole survivor of 100BG
13 Nov 1943 J Flanigan / Bremen (TG) suffered frost bite
20 Dec 1943 Bremen Aborted (non-sortie?)
27 Dec 1943 (Recalled) Returned early -spare a/c
14 Jan 1944 Foret d'Hesdin V-weapon site. Flew with 94BG formation
21 Jan 1944 S L Barrick / Bois d'Esquerdes V-weapon site
4 Feb 1944 Frankfurt Returned early - non sortie
6 Feb 1944 Evreaux airfield Returned early - spare a/c
4 Mar 1944 W H Thomas (?) Berlin (recalled) Returned early - non sortie
6 Mar 1944 W H Thomas Berlin Returned early - mechanical (non-sortie)
9 Mar 1944 W C Forsythe / Berlin Returned early - spare a/c
18 Mar 1944 F C Kincannon / Lechfeld Slight damage - flak hit #2 engine nacelle
11 Apr 1944 R F Lischer / Rostock (TG) destroyed Me109
12 Apr 1944 R F Lischer / Schkeudiz (recalled)
13 Apr 1944 R F Lischer / Augsburg Slight damage - flak holes in bomb-bay and left wing
18 Apr 1944 R F Lischer / Berlin
19 Apr 1944 R F Lischer / Lippstadt Flew with 390BG formation
20 Apr 1944 R F Lischer / NoBall Flottemanville V-weapon site
22 Apr 1944 R F Lischer / Hamm
27 Apr 1944 R F Lischer / NoBall Flottemanville V-weapon site - morning mission
27 Apr 1944 R F Lischer / Le Culot airfield Afternoon mission
28 Apr 1944 B Williams / NoBall Sottevast Returned early - spare a/c
29 Apr 1944 R F Lischer / Berlin
1 May 1944 G L Roth / Saarguemines Rail Yards Afternoon mission
7 May 1944 R F Lischer / Berlin
8 May 1944 R F Lischer / Berlin Morning mission
9 May 1944 R F Lischer / Laon-Couvron / Athies
19 May 1944 R F Lischer / Berlin (TG) destroyed Fw190
23 May 1944 R F Lischer / Troyes
24 May 1944 R F Lischer / Berlin
25 May 1944 R F Lischer / Brussels
27 May 1944 R F Lischer / Strasbourg
28 May 1944 R F Lischer / Magdeburg
29 May 1944 R F Lischer / Leipzig Serious damage - bulkhead 6J cut, control cables cut
31 May 1944 R F Lischer / Osnabruck
4 Jun 1944 R F Lischer / Boulogne Coastal defences
6 Jun 1944 R F Lischer / Falaise D-Day tactical ground support - morning mission
6 Jun 1944 R F Lischer / Ouistreham D-Day tactical ground support - late morning mission
7 Jun 1944 R F Lischer / Nantes
10 Jun 1944 Morlaix airfield (Recalled)
18 Jun 1944 R F Lischer / Brunsbuttelkoog Slight damage - flak
21 Jun 1944 H J Rowland / Basdorf Slight damage
22 Jun 1944 H J Rowland / Paris
25 Jun 1944 W B Kennedy / South France Returned early - spare a/c
29 Jun 1944 H J Rowland / Bohlen Returned early - spare a/c
6 Jul 1944 R D Miller / NoBall Crepieul V-weapon site
7 Jul 1944 H J Rowland / Bohlen
8 Jul 1944 H J Rowland / Clamecy-Joigny RR bridge
11 Jul 1944 R F Lischer / Munich Returned early - spare a/c
12 Jul 1944 R F Lischer / Munich
14 Jul 1944 R F Lischer / South France Returned early - spare a/c
17 Jul 1944 R F Lischer / Auxerre
19 Jul 1944 C CCook / Schweinfurt
20 Jul 1944 C C Cook / Merseburg
21 Jul 1944 J S Seamans / Ludwigsburg
5 Aug 1944 H J Rowland / Magdeburg
8 Aug 1944 A Aske / St Sylvain Tactical ground support
11 Aug 1944 A Aske / C S Barber Villacoublay airfield MISSING -- flak hit between #3 engine and fuselage. 4 KIA