Aircraft

A/C flew 126 missions. Undercarriage collapsed upon landing at Horching AF in Austria by Lt Drottar.

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

Date Pilot Target

Notes
8 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Quackenbruck airfield Returned early - spare a/c (non-sortie)
9 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Krzesinki (recalled)
10 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Reims Returned early - spare a/c (non-sortie)
11 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Rostock Returned early - spare a/c (non-sortie)
12 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Schkeudiz (recalled)
13 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Augsburg
18 Apr 1944 E Zapf / Berlin
20 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Marquenneville (NoBall) V-weapon site
22 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Hamm
24 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Friedrichshafen
27 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Flottemanville (NoBall) V-weapon site - morning mission
27 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Le Culot airfield Returned early - spare a/c (non-sortie) - afternoon mission
28 Apr 1944 E J Siewert / Sottevast (NoBall) V-weapon site - jettisoned load
29 Apr 1944 K J Dille / Berlin
1 May 1944 E J Simmons / Wizernes (abortive) Morning mission
11 May 1944 K J Dille / Liege
12 May 1944 N P Scott Brux
13 May 1944 K J Dille / Osnabruck
19 May 1944 G W Rake / Berlin Category Ac damage (serious) - fuselage, wing, #2 gas tank
25 May 1944 K J Dille / Brussels
27 May 1944 R J Simmons / Strasbourg
29 May 1944 E W Wolf Leipzig
30 May 1944 K J Dille / Troyes
31 May 1944 K J Dille / Osnabruck
2 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Boulogne Coastal defences - morning mission
4 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Boulogne Coastal defences
5 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Boulogne Coastal defences
6 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Ouistreham D-Day defences - morning mission
7 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Nantes
8 Jun 1944 R Cumming / Tours
10 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Morlaix airdrome (recalled)
12 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Rosieres Serious damage to right wing, fuselage and radio room
14 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Le Culot airfield (abortive)
18 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Brunsbuttelkoog Returned with two bombs hung up
20 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Fallersleben
21 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Frantic shuttle to Russia Landed near Kieve short of fuel
26 Jun 1944 K J Dille / Drobhabycz Shuttle flight from Russia to Italy
3 Jul 1944 K J Dille / J L Passerino Arod, Rumania Flown from Italy
5 Jul 1944 K J Dille / Beziers Flown with 95BG returning from Italy
8 Jul 1944 L G Bennett / Clamecy - Joigny RR bridge
11 Jul 1944 C W Woldt / Munich
12 Jul 1944 D L Darby / F B Musser Munich
13 Jul 1944 F A Ricci / Munich
14 Jul 1944 J R Ransom / Southern France Supplies to French Resistance
17 Jul 1944 F A Ricci / Ludwigshaven
18 Jul 1944 R Cumming / Kiel - Hemmingstadt
19 Jul 1944 H W Dickert / Schweinfurt
20 Jul 1944 K J Dille / Merseberg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
21 Jul 1944 K J Dille / Ludwigshaven
24 Jul 1944 K J Dille / St Lo Tactical ground support
25 Jul 1944 J Passerino / St Lo Tactical ground support
28 Jul 1944 F A Ricci / Merseberg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
29 Jul 1944 W B Kennedy / Merseberg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
31 Jul 1944 F A Ricci / Munich
2 Aug 1944 F A Ricci / Torgnier - La Fiere
3 Aug 1944 F A Ricci / Troyes
4 Aug 1944 F A Ricci / Hamburg
5 Aug 1944 F A Ricci / Magdeburg Returned early, jettisoned bombs (non-sortie)
11 Aug 1944 R L Stevenson / Villacoublay airfield
14 Aug 1944 R L Stevenson / Ludwigshaven
15 Aug 1944 F A Ricci / Venlo airfield
24 Aug 1944 O E Hopkins / F Read Ruhland
25 Aug 1944 D L Darby / F B Musser Politz Possible clerical error
26 Aug 1944 F A Ricci / Brest Gun batteries
30 Aug 1944 O E Hopkins / F Read Bremen
3 Sep 1944 O E Hopkins / F Read Brest Gun batteries -- made two runs over target
5 Sep 1944 F A Ricci / Stuttgart
8 Sep 1944 F A Ricci / Mainz
9 Sep 1944 F A Ricci / Dusseldorf
12 Sep 1944 L G Bennett / Magdeburg
13 Sep 1944 D N Ellison / Sindelfingen
18 Sep 1944 C J Hedin / Warsaw Second "Frantic" shuttle to Russia
19 Sep 1944 C J Hedin / Szolnok
25 Sep 1944 F A Ricci / Ludwigshaven
26 Sep 1944 H W Dickert / Bremen
27 Sep 1944 W B Kennedy / Ludwigshaven
28 Sep 1944 F A Ricci / Merseberg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
30 Sep 1944 C Williams / Bielefeld
5 Nov 1944 ? Ludwigshaven Category AC (serious) damage - flak hit #7 tokyo tank
26 Nov 1944 ? Hamm Category A damage
30 Nov 1944 ? Merseberg Landed at Brussels Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
6 Feb 1945 A Munoz / Bohlen
9 Feb 1945 A Munoz / Weimer Camera a/c
15 Feb 1945 ? Cottbus
17 Feb 1945 A Munoz / Frankfurt / Giessen
19 Feb 1945 A Munoz / Osnabruck / Munster
21 Feb 1945 A Munoz / Nurnberg Category A damage "Hole a foot long in horizontal stabilizer", 2ft from (TG) Jack Ford' shoulder!
25 Feb 1945 A Munoz / Munich Returned early with runaway #1 prop - (non-sortie)
26 Feb 1945 L L Bazin / Berlin
2 Mar 1945 L J Lazzari / Ruhland / Dresden Flew C sqn, lead flight 2nd element
7 Mar 1945 A Munoz / Siegen
8 Mar 1945 P R Powell / Langendeer/Giessen Flew C sqn, low flight
12 Mar 1945 A Munoz / Oranienburg; (Swinemunde) Flew C sqn, led low flight
14 Mar 1945 J M Harbison / Hannover / Seitz Flew B sqn, low flight
15 Mar 1945 A Munoz / Oranienburg Flew B sqn, led low flight
18 Mar 1945 A Munoz / Berlin & Falkenburg Flew B sqn, led low flight
19 Mar 1945 G A Plank / Lutzkendorf, Fulda & Jena Flew B sqn, low flight
21 Mar 1945 A Munoz / Plauen / Handorf Category A damage
22 Mar 1945 A Munoz / Alhorn
28 Mar 1945 A Munoz / Hanover Flew B sqn, led 3rd element - camera a/c
3 Apr 1945 A Munoz Kiel Flew A sqn, 2nd element
4 Apr 1945 J W Johnson / Kiel Flew C sqn, 1st element
5 Apr 1945 D J Wallish / Nurnburg
7 Apr 1945 R W Wilkes / Buchen Flew A sqn, 2nd element
8 Apr 1945 A Munoz / Eger marshalling yards Flew C sqn, 3rd element
9 Apr 1945 A Munoz / Munich Reim AF Flew D sqn, led 3rd element
11 Apr 1945 C F Dixon / Landshut Flew A sqn, 3rd element
14 Apr 1945 P W Schmidt / Royan Flew C sqn, 3rd element
15 Apr 1945 P R Powell / Royan Flew D sqn, 3rd element
16 Apr 1945 I W Rosenbaum / Royan
17 Apr 1945 J A Lantz / Aussig
19 Apr 1945 H L Hendricks / Practice Non sortie, flew A sqn, 2nd element
20 Apr 1945 H L Hendricks / Oranienburg
20 Apr 1945 H L Hendricks / Oranienburg;
25 Apr 1945 A Munoz / Practice Non sortie, flew A sqn, 3rd element
1 May 1945 A Munoz / Chowhound - Hague Food drop to Dutch civilians;
2 May 1945 J D McGeorge / Chowhound - Schipol Food drop to Dutch civilians
3 May 1945 H L Hendricks / Chowhound - Bergen Food drop to Norwegian civilians, D sqn, 3rd element
4 May 1945 R N Grover / C J O'Leary Chowhound (scrubbed) Non sortie
5 May 1945 R N Grover / C J O'Leary Chowhound - Hilvresum Food drop to Dutch civilians
6 May 1945 H L Hendricks / Chowhound - Schipol Food drop to Dutch civilians
7 May 1945 A Munoz / Chowhound - Schipol Food drop to Dutch civilians
15 May 1945 A Munoz / Horsching POW ferry
16 May 1945 Drottmer / Horsching POW ferry -- Undercarriage collapsed, bulldozed clear by tank
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