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Aircraft

Raunchy

Aircraft Serial #: 42-30057

"RAUNCHY"

"RAUNCHY"

Names: Raunchy

Squadron: 351st | Squadron Marking: EP | Tail Marking: D

Pilot: CAPT SAM TURNER

MACR: 00689

Notes

Assigned to original cadre, Crew 24 --- Raunchy

Crew Information

1 KIA, 9 INT

History

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DateEvent
March 31, 1943Accepted into inventory
April 5, 1943Cheyenne also 15-Apr-43 Kearney
May 2, 1943Wendover
May 15, 1943Hill
May 18, 1943Wendover
May 23, 1943Kearney
May 28, 1943Dow
May 31, 1943Assigned to UK
July 14, 1943REM - could not keep up with the formation
July 29, 1943RES
September 6, 1943FTR OW INT - Fighters Lake Constance, Switzerland
September 6, 1943FTR OW INT - Fighters Lake Constance, Switzerland

Comments

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

Date Pilot Target Notes

20 Apr 1943 S R Turner / Original a/c assigned to 100BG at Kearny AAB, Nebraska
31 May 1943 S R Turner / Assigned to ETO, England
25 Jun 1943 S R Turner / Bremen A/c's first mission
26 Jun 1943 S R Turner / Le Mans
28 Jun 1943 S R Turner / St Nazaire
29 Jun 1943 S R Turner / Le Mans
10 Jul 1943 S R Turner / Le Bourget (recalled)
14 Jul 1943 S R Turner / Le Bourget Returned early -- could not keep up with formation
17 Jul 1943 S R Turner / Hamburg (recalled) Cat A damage - shell cases
24 Jul 1943 S R Turner / Trondheim Cat A damage - flak and 20mm. Shell cases broke (N) window
25 Jul 1943 ? Warnemunde & Kiel Failed to take off
28 Jul 1943 S R Turner / Oschersleben
29 Jul 1943 S R Turner / Warnemunde Returned early -- spare a/c (non sortie)
30 Jul 1943 C W Floyd Jr / Kassel
12 Aug 1943 S R Turner / Bonn & Target of Opport. Cat AC damage - flak (severe)
24 Aug 1943 S R Turner / Gournay & Evreaux
27 Aug 1943 ? Watten V-weapon site
31 Aug 1943 ? Meulan
3 Sep 1943 S R Turner / Paris - Beaumont le Roger Cat A damage - flak
6 Sep 1943 S R Turner / W Freund Stuttgart MISSING -- fighter attack, crashlanded in Lake Constance

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