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Aircraft

Hang the Expense II

Aircraft Serial #: 42-39867

Names: Hang the Expense II, Boeing Belle

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

Squadron 2: 351st | Squadron 2 Marking: EP | Tail Marking 2: Z

Pilot: Frank Valesh

Notes

Aircraft names: Boeing Belle [2.44] (351 EP E -and Z) --- Hang the Expense II [12.43] (351 EP E)

Crew Information

N/A

History

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DateEvent
September 22, 1943Accepted into inventory
September 24, 1943Long Beach
November 6, 1943Grand Island
November 10, 1943Assigned to UK
January 24, 1944RFO - Lt. Frank Valesh - 1 POW
June 19, 1945Returned Zone of the Interior - Bradley
June 22, 1945South Plains
December 13, 1945Kingman, Arizona
December 13, 1945Kingman, Arizona

Comments

cannot find informaiton of this plane flying with the 100th BG after Dec 2, 1944.

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

Date Pilot Target Notes

24 Sep 1943 Delivered to Long Beach
6 Oct 1943 Grand Island, Nebraska
11 Nov 1943 Assigned to 349BS, 100BG @ Thorpe Abbotts
30 Dec 1943 F Valesh / Ludwigshaven Category Ac damage - mg fire. Landed @ RAF Lympne
11 Jan 1944 ? Osnabruck Non-sortie - returned early
24 Jan 1944 F Valesh / Frankfurt (recalled) Tail wheel blown off by flak, (TG) POW. Landed @ RAF Eastchurch
15 Mar 1944 Capt H E Keel / Brunswick
18 Mar 1944 J F Massol / Lechfeld
1 Apr 1944 E W Wolf / Ludwigshaven (recalled) Non-sortie - not despatched
9 Apr 1944 R V E Monrad / Krzesinki
10 Apr 1944 R V E Monrad / Rheims
11 Apr 1944 L G Lacy / Rostock 20mm thru right wing tip, bullet hole over (CP) window. One KIA
12 Apr 1944 R V E Monrad / Schkeudiz (recalled) Non-sortie
13 Apr 1944 R V E Monrad / Augsburg Non-sortie - returned early with bomb load due to fuel leak
18 Apr 1944 E W Wolf / Berlin Category AC damage - flak thru plexinose, changed
19 Apr 1944 E W Wolf / Lippstadt Non-sortie - Spare
20 Apr 1944 E W Wolf / Noball @ Marquenville / Flottemanville Aircraft RE-NAMED as "Boeing Belle" from "Hang the Expense"
22 Apr 1944 E W Wolf / Hamm
26 Apr 1944 E W Wolf / Brunswick
28 Apr 1944 E W Wolf / Noball @ Sottevast Jettisoned bomb load
29 Apr 1944 E W Wolf / Berlin Serious damage - right inner wing and main spar
7 May 1944 E W Wolf / Berlin
8 May 1944 E J Simmons / Berlin
11 May 1944 E W Wolf / Liege MYs
12 May 1944 E W Wolf / Brux Category AC damage - hit by door from another a/c
19 May 1944 E W Wolf / Berlin
20 May 1944 R G Roeder / Brussels (abortive) Sortie (??)
31 May 1944 E W Wolf / Osnabruck Non-sortie - Spare
5 Jun 1944 E W Wolf / Boulogne
6 Jun 1944 E W Wolf / Falaise
6 Jun 1944 E W Wolf / Caen
7 Jun 1944 E J Simmons / Nantes
11 Jun 1944 E W Wolf / Berck-sur-Mer
15 Jun 1944 H Dickert / Misburg
20 Jun 1944 E W Wolf / Fallersleben
24 Jun 1944 W L Greiner / Noball @ Grand Couronne Landed @ RAF Woodbridge - hydraulics out. Transferred to 351BS after repairs
6 Jul 1944 E Zapf / Noball @ Crepieul (BT) suffered anoxia
7 Jul 1944 D L Darby / Bohlen Non-sortie - returned early, jettisoned bomb load
8 Jul 1944 D L Darby / Clamcy-Joigny RR bridges Returned early - lost formation (sortie)?
11 Jul 1944 E W Wolf / Munich
13 Jul 1944 Capt N F Smith / Munich
14 Jul 1944 E W Wolf / South France Non-sortie - Returned early - engine trouble
17 Jul 1944 W L Greiner / Ludwigshaven
18 Jul 1944 R A Ricci / Kiel / Hemmingstadt
19 Jul 1944 L G Bennett / Schweinfurt
20 Jul 1944 A J Gallagher / Merseburg Non-sortie - Spare
25 Jul 1944 D L Darby / St Lo (Tcatical)
28 Jul 1944 E W Wolf / Merseburg
29 Jul 1944 E W Wolf / Merseburg
31 Jul 1944 D L Darby / Munich
3 Aug 1944 O C Everitt / Troyes
4 Aug 1944 R L Stevenson /Hamburg
5 Aug 1944 J P Ernst / Magdeburg
7 Aug 1944 D L Darby / Beautor (abortive) Returned early - Sortie(??)
8 Aug 1944 R L Stevenson / St Sylvain
13 Aug 1944 L G Delaney / Nantes-Gassicourt
15 Aug 1944 R L Stevenson /Venlo airfield
25 Aug 1944 R L Stevenson /Politz
26 Aug 1944 C J Hedin / Brest
5 Sep 1944 R L Stevenson / Stuttgart
10 Sep 1944 R L Stevenson / Nurnburg
11 Sep 1944 O E Hopkins / Ruhland
12 Sep 1944 O E Hopkins / Magdeburg
13 Sep 1944 L G Bennett / Sindelfingen
19 Jun 1945 Returned USA to Bradley Field 121 Base Unit
22 Jun 1945 South Plains 4168 Base Unit
11 Dec 1945 Kingman RFC, Arizona SCRAPPED

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