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B-24J 44-10575

453rd Bomb Group, 735th Bomb Squadron

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My thanks to Roy Myers for the information he has been able to provide and especially to Tom Brittan for his extensive list of mission details.

Known Mission List

Date Pilot

Target

Notes
17 Jun 1944? Delivered to USAAF
23 Jul 1944? Assigned overseas
6 Dec 1944Lt Alex S Wallace /Minden-Mittelland aqueductDeputy lead high right 'B' Group
11 Dec 1944Lt William L Garrett /Hanau marshalling yards?
24 Dec 1944Lt Eugene O'Leary /Mainz / Mayen rail yardsBomb load : 24 x 250 GPs
28 Dec 1944Lt Ralph G Langley /Neunkirchen Rail YardsBomb load: 20 x 250 GPs plus 2 x 500 M17 clusters
29 Dec 1944Lt Raymond A McGilvaryRemagen rail/road bridge?
30 Dec 1944Lt Robert Q Rollins /Euskirchen rail/road junctionBomb load: 3 x 2000 GP
31 Dec 1944Lt Eugene O'Leary /Coblenz rai/road bridgeBomb load : 3x 2000 GPs
2 Jan 1945Lt Eugene O'Leary /Coblenz rail/road bridgeBomb load :3 x 2000 GPs
3 Jan 1945Lt John Walker /Homburg rail yards?
5 Jan 1945Lt Robert G Rush /Sobernheim - NeustadtBomb load: 20 x 500GPs
10 Jan 1945Lt Eugene O'Leary /Steinbrucke RR bridgeBomb load :6 x 1000 GPs
13 Jan 1945Lt John M Roth /Rudesheim RR bridgeLanded away at Shipdham (44BG base)
15 Jan 1945Lt Robert G Rush /Reutlingen rail yards?
16 Jan 1945Lt Richard F McCarthy /Magdeburg tank factoryLanded away at Peronne, France - stayed for several weeks
16 Feb 1945? 467th Sub Depot repaired left rudder + maintenance
21 Feb 1945Lt Robert G Thach /Nurnburg rail yards?
22 Feb 1945Lt Robert G Thach /(Halberstadt) - Oker?
23 Feb 1945Lt Robert G Thach /Paderborn rail yards?
24 Feb 1945Lt John Ross /Lehte marshalling yards?
26 Feb 1945Lt Jack M McKenzie /Berlin marshalling yards?
27 Feb 1945Irving R Kraus /Halle marshalling yards?
28 Feb 1945Lt John Walker /Arnsberg marshalling yards?
1 Mar 1945Lt Eugene O'Leary /Ingolstadt rail yardsBomb load : 10 x 500# GPs
2 Mar 1945Lt John Walker /Magdeburg rail yardsFlak hit #1 tokio tank (replaced)
4 Mar 1945Lt John Walker /Giebelstadt airfieldMission Recalled
8 Mar 1945Lt David C Elmore Jr /Siegen marshalling yards?
9 Mar 1945Lt Eugene O'Leary /Munster rail yardsBomb load : 44 x 100 GPs, 2 x 500 M-17 clusters
10 Mar 1945Lt Eugene O'Leary /Paderborn rail yardsBomb load : 44 x 100 GPs, 2 x M-17 clusters
11 Mar 1945Lt Eugene O'Leary /Kiel U-boat yardsBomb load ; 10 x 500 GPs
17 Mar 1945Lt Eugene O'Leary /Munster rail yardsBomb load : 44 x 100 GPs, 2 x M-17 clusters
18 Mar 1945Lt ted Hultgren /Berlin Tegel tank factory?
19 Mar 1945Lt Eugene O'Leary /Neuberg jet a/c airfields?
21 Mar 1945Lt Jack M McKenzie /Achmer jet a/c airfield?
24 Mar 1945Lt Jack W Roth /WeselLow level supply drop to troops - Deputy lead
25 Mar 1945Lt Glenn V Campbell /Ehmen oil storage depotReplacement a/c - took off late
30 Mar 1945Lt Joe Rogers /Wilhelmshaven U-boat pens?
31 Mar 1945Lt Eugene O'Leary /Brunswick rail yardsTransferred following day to 733th Bomb Sqn
4 Apr 1945Lt Ralph G Langley /Wesendorf airfield?
5 Apr 1945Lt Pierre J Farley /Eger, CzechMission Recalled
6 Apr 1945Lt Ralph G Langley /Halle marshalling yards?
8 Apr 1945Lt Ralph G Langley /Furth / Blumenthal airfield?
10 Apr 1945Lt Frederick H Bubier /Rechlin / Wittenberg?
22 Apr 1945? Transferred to 491BG as a/c "D+" (no combat missions)
Returned USA -- Willow Run



 
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