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TALES TO NOSES
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
MERSEBURG:
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
PLANE NAMES &
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
THE FLIGHT OF EAGLES:
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
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Missing in action on 1st December 1943 on a mission to Leverkusen. Enemy fighter caused serious damage to the aircraft's rear section. Five crew men bailed out before the B17 suddenly nosed dived into the ground near Snellegem, southwest of Bruges, Belgium. Pilot 2Lt Bruce Sundlun evaded capture and his story can be found in "The Flight of Eagles".
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Known Mission List
| Date | Pilot |
Target |
Notes |
| 3 Sep 1943 | Yelvington | Romilly | R/E - #1 + #3 low manifold pressure (misprint on chart) |
| 6 Sep 1943 | Sundlun | Stuttgart | Cat A - flak + shell cases |
| 9 Sep 1943 | Sundlun | Lille Vendeville | |
| 9 Sep 1943 | B G Sundlun | Lille Vendeville + Vitry | |
| 16 Sep 1943 | Sundlun | Nantes | |
| 23 Sep 1943 | Sundlun | Nantes | |
| 27 Sep 1943 | Sundlun | Emden | R/E - #2 superchgr ran away |
| 2 Oct 1943 | Sundlun | Emden | |
| 8 Oct 1943 | L Fields | Bremen | |
| 9 Oct 1943 | Sundlun | Anklam | |
| 10 Oct 1943 | Sundlun | Munster | |
| 20 Oct 1943 | Sundlun | Duren | Sqn lead |
| 3 Nov 1943 | Sundlun | Wilhelmshaven | |
| 5 Nov 1943 | Sundlun | Gelsenkirchen | |
| 16 Nov 1943 | Sundlun | Knaben | |
| 26 Nov 1943 | Thompson / Siguard | Bremen | Deputy lead |
| 1 Dec 1943 | Sundlun | Solingen | MISSING - e/a, macr # 1334 (5KIA, 4POW) |