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Mugwump

Aircraft Serial #: 42-30066

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Names: Mugwump, Rum Boogie II (w/ 96th Bomb Group)

Squadron: 418th | Squadron Marking: LD | Tail Marking: U

Pilot: N/A N/A

Notes

Assigned to original cadre, Crew 30 ---
Mugwump 100th BG, 418th BS LD-U
Rum Boogie II 96th BG, 413th BS MZ-X,

Crew Information

N/A

History

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Date	Event
April 2, 1943	Accepted into inventory
April 6, 1943	Cheyenne
April 14, 1943	Gore also 16-Apr-43 Kearney also 02-May-43 Wendove
May 16, 1943	Hill also 22-May-43 Kearney also 30-May-42 Dow
June 1, 1943	Assigned to UK
June 28, 1943	RES also 04-Jul-43 REM - oxygen system out
July 28, 1943	REM - top turret inoperative
August 17, 1943	Capt Capt Cruikshank / Maj Egan Badly damaged on Regensburg Mission and left in north Africa.
Unknown	1943 - Gained by 96th BG, after return from N.Africa
Unknown	1944 - Gained by Project Aphrodite (day and month
October 30, 1944	FTR - on Aphrodite mission

Comments

MUGWUMP MISSIONS

June 25, 1943- Bremen
Lt Magee Fuller Crew

JUNE 26, 1943 LeMANS
a/c 230066 MUGWUMP (NO CREDIT FOR MISSION,PLANES RETURNED DUE TO WEATHER). LT WILLIAM FLESH Crew

JUNE 28, 1943 ST. NAZAIRE (FLAK CITY) a/c 230066 MUGWUMP
LT WILLIAM FLESH Crew

JUNE 29, 1943 LeMANS
a/c 230066 MUGWUMP,
LT WILLIAM FLESH Crew

JULY 4, 1943 LaPALLICE
a/c 230066 MUGWUMP
LT WILLIAM FLESH Crew

JULY 10, 1943 LeBOURGET
a/c 230066 MUGWUMP
LT WILLIAM FLESH Crew

JULY 17, 1943 HAMBURG
a/c 230066 MUGWUMP
LT WILLIAM FLESH crew

July 25, 1943- Warnemunde/Kiel
Lt Ernest A. Kiessling Crew

July 26,1943-Hanover
Lt Curtis Biddick crew

July 28,1943-Oschersleben
Lt Curtis Biddick crew

July 29, 1943 Warnemunde
Lt Curtis Biddick crew

July 30,1943 KASSEL
230066 Mugwump
LT WALTER L." BIG CHIEF" MORENO CREW

August 12,1943- Wesseling
Lt John Brady Crew

August 17, 1943 Regensburg
Capt Charles Cruikshank Crew & Maj John Egan
Landed heavily damaged in North Africa, crew flown home by air transport command. Plane never returned to 100th Bomb Group. Upon repair and return to England, the plane was assigned to the 96th Bomb Group before being
transferred to jamming service and handed over to Aphrodite Project.
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Target: Heligoland U-Boat Pens

Date: October 30, 1944

B-17 30066 (Mugwump)
B-17 3438

Mission 693A: 2 of 5 B-17s made an Aphrodite attack on Heligoland Island, Germany; escort was provided by 7 P-47s.[15] Concluding that the BQ-7 was not successful against 'hard targets', United States Strategic Air Forces Headquarters ordered that it be sent against industrial targets instead, and 2 more missions were flown. Bad weather prevented the primary target from being identified, and both aircraft were directed towards Berlin. 3438 soon crashed into water due to low fuel. 30066 flew independently to Sweden where it crashed. The escorting aircraft had previously had to return due to low fuel.