B-17G 42-102661

Aircraft Details

Serial Number: 42-102661
Name: BIG DOG
Manufacturer: Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17G-55-BO, Natural Metal Finish
Squadron: 544th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code: 544th‑SU*L (through 1945-03-02)
544th‑SU*C (through 1945-04-25)
Start Date: 1 May 1944. New Replacement AC.
Missions: CENTURY BOMBER - This aircraft was credited with 109 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date: 29 December 1945. Salvaged.
Photo Album: Aircraft 42-102661 Photo Album⇗
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B-17G Aircraft 42-102661 Was Assigned To 121 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 109 Of Them
Number Date Target Results Mission/Sortie Information
116⇗27 May 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Completed MissionLow Group.
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117⇗28 May 1944Target: Junkers Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Dessau, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
119⇗29 May 1944Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland
Completed MissionLead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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120⇗30 May 1944Target: Aircraft Hangars and Repair Sheds
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt, Germany
Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Lead.
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121⇗31 May 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Colmar, France
Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Lead Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑107221.
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123⇗2 June 1944Target: Four Medium Howitzer Batteries, Tactical Support
Type: Military
Location: Neufchatel (5 miles SE of Hardelot), France
Completed MissionHigh Squadron Lead.
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125⇗4 June 1944Target: Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: Hardelot (Boulogne area), France
Completed MissionLead Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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126⇗5 June 1944Target: Field Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: La Fosse, France
Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Lead.
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128⇗6 June 1944Target: Two Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Caen, France
Completed MissionI Squadron deputy.
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130⇗7 June 1944Target: Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: Condé-sur-Noireau, France
Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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131⇗8 June 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (41C) & Loire River Railroad Bridge (41D)
Type: Transportation
Location: Orleans, France
Completed Mission41C Wing, High Group Deputy.
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132⇗10 June 1944Target: Chateau Bougon Airfield (41A) & Vannes Airfield (41B)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nantes & Vannes, France
Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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133⇗12 June 1944Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France
Completed MissionLow Group Deputy.
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135⇗14 June 1944Target: Coulommiers Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Coulommiers, France
Completed Mission41B Wing, Low Group, Group Lead.
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136⇗15 June 1944Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: La Possonnièrre, France
Completed MissionLow Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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139⇗19 June 1944Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury & Crépy, France
Completed Mission41A Group Deputy.
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142⇗21 June 1944Target: Friedrichstrasse Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
Completed MissionLow Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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143⇗22 June 1944Target: V-2 Storage & Launch Site
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France
Completed MissionGroup deputy.
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145⇗24 June 1944Target: German Vacuum Oil Company
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Oslebshausen (Bremen area), Germany
Completed MissionHigh group deputy, 41st A wing.
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146⇗25 June 1944Target: Railroad Bridge & Embankment
Type: Transportation
Location: Sens, France
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
148⇗28 June 1944Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Juvincourt (Juvincourt-et-Damary), France
Completed MissionHigh group deputy, 41st B wing. Landed away at Boxted, AAF Station 150, on return due to weather.
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149⇗30 June 1944Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Montdidier, France
Completed MissionLow group deputy.
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151⇗6 July 1944Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Coubronne, France
Completed MissionWing deputy.
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153⇗7 July 1944Target: Me-109 Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High group, 41st B wing. Lost group in heavy clouds; returned to base.
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154⇗8 July 1944Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Renescure, France
Completed MissionLow group deputy.
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157⇗13 July 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Munich / München, Germany
Completed Mission41A Group Deputy.
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159⇗17 July 1944Target: Beautor Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Beautor, France
Completed MissionWing deputy.
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167⇗29 July 1944Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Completed MissionLow group deputy, 41st B wing.
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168⇗31 July 1944Target: Aero Engine Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Munich / München, Germany
Completed MissionLead Group Hot Camera Ship.
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169⇗1 August 1944Target: Railroad Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Chartres, France
Completed MissionHigh Group Deputy, Hot Camera Ship.
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170⇗3 August 1944Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France
Completed MissionJ Group Deputy and Hot Camera Ship.
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171⇗4 August 1944Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Peenemünde, Germany
Completed MissionLow Group Lead.
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173⇗5 August 1944Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Langenhagen, Germany
Completed MissionHigh group lead.
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174⇗7 August 1944Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dugny (Paris), France
Completed MissionWing lead.
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177⇗11 August 1944Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements
Type: Military
Location: Brest, France
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
178⇗12 August 1944Target: "Landing Ground"
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: La Perthe, France
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
179⇗13 August 1944Target: Tactical: Road Network
Type: Transportation
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France
Completed MissionHigh group.
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180⇗14 August 1944Target: Echterdingen Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Completed MissionLow Group Lead.
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181⇗16 August 1944Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Delitzsch, Germany
Completed MissionHigh group lead.
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183⇗24 August 1944Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Completed MissionHigh group deputy and hot camera ship.
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186⇗30 August 1944Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Crepieul, France
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
--1 September 1944Ludwigshaven, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report ⇗
187⇗3 September 1944Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
189⇗8 September 1944Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Returned EarlyOn bomb run, #4 engine exhaust stack blew; jettisoned bombs before target.
Sortie Report ⇗
191⇗10 September 1944Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Sindelfingen, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
192⇗11 September 1944Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf & Merseburg, Germany
Completed Mission41A Group.
Sortie Report ⇗
194⇗13 September 1944Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
195⇗17 September 1944Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical
Type: Military
Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands
Completed MissionB Squadron Lead.
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196⇗19 September 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany
Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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197⇗21 September 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mainz, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
198⇗25 September 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Completed MissionC wing, lead group.
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199⇗26 September 1944Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back; 'too much oil, overflowed when heated.'
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200⇗27 September 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points)
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
201⇗28 September 1944Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Magdeburg, Germany
Completed MissionLeft formation after target for unknown reasons, but returned to base.
Sortie Report ⇗
202⇗30 September 1944Target: Handorf Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Münster, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
203⇗2 October 1944Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship.
Sortie Report ⇗
204⇗3 October 1944Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
205⇗5 October 1944Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑102518. Low Squadron.
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209⇗11 October 1944Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany
Completed MissionThird Squadron.
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211⇗15 October 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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212⇗17 October 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
213⇗18 October 1944Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
214⇗19 October 1944Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Completed MissionLead Squadron.
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215⇗25 October 1944Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Completed MissionFourth Squadron.
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216⇗30 October 1944Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
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217⇗1 November 1944Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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220⇗5 November 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
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221⇗6 November 1944Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
222⇗8 November 1944Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point)
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Completed MissionLow Squadron lead.
Sortie Report ⇗
224⇗10 November 1944Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Completed Mission41D Squadron.
Sortie Report ⇗
227⇗20 November 1944Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
228⇗23 November 1944Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
229⇗25 November 1944Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany
Completed MissionLanded away at Aldermaston, due to weather.
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231⇗27 November 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Offenburg, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
232⇗29 November 1944Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany
Spare, Completed MissionLead Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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233⇗30 November 1944Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Zeitz, Germany
Completed MissionHot camera ship.
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235⇗4 December 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Soest, Germany
Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
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236⇗6 December 1944Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Low Squadron hot camera ship. This aircraft suffered an internal failure of the #1 engine.
Sortie Report ⇗
237⇗9 December 1944Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany
Completed MissionHigh Squadron hot camera ship.
Sortie Report ⇗
238⇗11 December 1944Target: Road & Rail Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
239⇗12 December 1944Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
Sortie Report ⇗
240⇗18 December 1944Target: Road Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Gemünd, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
242⇗23 December 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ehrang, Germany
Completed MissionLanded away at Horham due to weather.
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243⇗24 December 1944Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Kirch Göns, Germany
Completed Mission13F Squadron.
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244⇗27 December 1944Target: Bridge (Tactical)
Type: Transportation
Location: Altenahr, Germany
Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
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245⇗28 December 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brühl, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
246⇗30 December 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Limburg, Germany
Completed MissionGroup deputy.
Sortie Report ⇗
247⇗31 December 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
248⇗1 January 1945Target: Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Derben, Germany
Completed MissionLead Squadron.
Sortie Report ⇗
249⇗2 January 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gerolstein, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
250⇗3 January 1945Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: St Vith, Belgium
Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
Sortie Report ⇗
251⇗5 January 1945Target: Landing Ground
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
252⇗7 January 1945Target: Enemy Strong Point
Type: Military
Location: Blankenheim, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
253⇗8 January 1945Target: Railroad
Type: Transportation
Location: Kyllburg, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
254⇗10 January 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bonn, Germany
Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
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257⇗20 January 1945Target: Rail and Road Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Completed MissionLanded away at RAF Newmarket, Suffolk.
Sortie Report ⇗
261⇗28 January 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
262⇗29 January 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Siegen, Germany
Completed MissionHot camera ship.
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263⇗1 February 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Completed MissionLead Squadron hot camera ship.
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264⇗3 February 1945Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Completed MissionLow Squadron.
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--7 February 1945Essen/Bottrop, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report ⇗
265⇗9 February 1945Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany
Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
Sortie Report ⇗
266⇗14 February 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany
Returned EarlyHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Bombed with the group but returned independently due to internal engine failure.
Sortie Report ⇗
--17 February 1945Mannheim, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report ⇗
268⇗19 February 1945Target: Coking Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
269⇗20 February 1945Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany
Spare, Completed MissionLow Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
Sortie Report ⇗
270⇗21 February 1945Target: Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
271⇗22 February 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ülzen, Germany
Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38823.
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272⇗23 February 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Plauen, Germany
Returned EarlyTurned back due to failure of amplifier on #4 engine; attacked TOO.
Sortie Report ⇗
273⇗24 February 1945Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard
Type: Shipyards
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
275⇗26 February 1945Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
277⇗28 February 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hagen, Germany
Completed MissionLow Squadron hot camera ship.
Sortie Report ⇗
278⇗1 March 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bruchsal, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
279⇗2 March 1945Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Rositz, Germany
Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Struck by flak; had #4 prop feathered but was under control. Landed away at on Continent at A-79, Prosnes, France, on return
Sortie Report ⇗
309⇗11 April 1945Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Freiham, Germany
Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
Sortie Report ⇗
310⇗14 April 1945Target: Gun Battery
Type: Military
Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
312⇗16 April 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Regensburg, Germany
Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship.
Sortie Report ⇗
313⇗17 April 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany
Spare, Completed MissionHigh Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
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315⇗20 April 1945Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Seddin, Germany
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back due to uncontrollable propellor.
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--23 April 1945Training
(Non-Combat)
Flight Completed Sortie Report ⇗
316⇗25 April 1945Target: Skoda Armament Works
Type: Industry
Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗