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Boston Bombshell
B-17G-10-VE 42-39996

91st Bomb Group, 322nd Bomb Squadron

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Known Mission List

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
21 Jan 1944	R L Gough /	Cherbourg	Category A flak damage
29 Jan 1944	R L Gough /	Frankfurt	Category AC flak damage. One Fw190 claimed damaged
4 Feb 1944	J W Smith /	Frankfurt	Aborted (non-sortie) - #3 engine out
5 Feb 1944	J W Smith /	Avord airfield	?
6 Feb 1944	P D Jessop /	Nancy - Essey airfield	Abortive mission
11 Feb 1944	R L Gough /	Frankfurt	Aborted (non-sortie) - #3 engine oil leak & prop governor
20 Feb 1944	R L Gough /	Liepzig - Aschersleben	Category A flak damage
22 Feb 1944	R E Fancher /	Bunde - Bielefeld	One Me109 claimed destroyed
16 Mar 1944	A W Burton /	Lechfield	?
16 Mar 1944	A W Burton /	Lechfeld	?
20 Mar 1944	A F Brazie /	Frankfurt	?
23 Mar 1944	A F Brazie /	Ahlen	Minor battle damage
24 Mar 1944	A F Brazie /	Frankfurt	?
27 Mar 1944	A F Brazie /	St Jean d'Angeley airfield	?
8 Apr 1944	??	Oldenburg	Minor battle damage - one crew man wounded
10 Apr 1944	A F Brazie /	Brussels	?
11 Apr 1944	A F Brazie /	Stettin	Minor battle damage
19 Apr 1944	B Hayen /	Eschwege	?
22 Apr 1944	A F Brazie /	Hamm MY	?
24 Apr 1944	A F Brazie /	Erding	?
26 Apr 1944	??	Brunswick	Minor battle damage - flak
28 Apr 1944	A F Brazie /	Avord	?
29 Apr 1944	J P Bilotta /	Berlin	Flew with 324BS
11 May 1944	J D Powell / P R Sheldon	Kontz Karthaus	?
12 May 1944	W R Langford /	Lutzkendorf	Category A flak damage
27 May 1944	H L Robertson /	Ludwigshaven	?
28 May 1944	A Thomas /	Dessau	?
30 May 1944	D J Ryan /	Dessau	?
6 Jun 1944	C T Bell / D McCarty (??)	La Riviere (??)	Confused on records crew could have flown #673
12 Jun 1944	C T Walby / M E Bender	Cambrai-Niergnes airfield	?
13 Jun 1944	F L Suther / F/o Golubic	Beaumont-sur-Oise	?
18 Jun 1944	T P Smith / L G Starks	Hamburg	?
20 Jun 1944	R E O'Bannon / T Fitzgerald	Hamburg	Aborted (non-sortie) - gas fumes in cockpit
21 Jun 1944	J R Thompson / D Nelson	Berlin	Category A flak damage
7 Jul 1944	J M Hamilton / E E Fritz	Leipzig - Kolleda airfield	?
8 Jul 1944	J M Hamilton / E E Fritz	Etaples - Crepieul	V-weapon site
9 Jul 1944	L M Walton / D Sparkman	Crepieul - Fleury	V-weapon site -- abortive sortie
16 Jul 1944	Russell /	Munich	?
24 Jul 1944	J M Hamilton / E E Fritz	St Lo	Tactical support
29 Jul 1944	J M Hamilton / E E Fritz	Merseburg	?
31 Jul 1944	J M Hamilton / E E Fritz	Munich	?
1 Aug 1944	J M Hamilton / E E Fritz	Chartres airfield	Lost #3 engine, jettisoned load and returned alone
5 Aug 1944	J M Hamilton / E E Fritz	Nienburg	?
7 Aug 1944	H E Garner /	Sens-Bourron-Marlotte	?
11 Aug 1944	M C Ellis / M Webb	Brest	?
12 Aug 1944	H E Garner /	Buc airfield	?
14 Aug 1944	F M Towner / J R Fink	Metz-Frascaty airfield	?
15 Aug 1944	F M Towner / J R Fink	Ostheim	?
16 Aug 1944	J V Dunlap / F/o J J Carter	Halle	MISSING IN ACTION - all 4 engines on fire from fighters