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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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"Devil's Ball" was named in the tradition of many other 511th Bomb Squadron aircraft by incorporating the word 'Ball' in the title, after the squadron's first commander Clinton F Ball.
This aircraft reportedly completed 64 combat missions but we have only been able to identify 60. If you can add to these or offer any photos or further information on missions and crews relating to this aircraft we would be pleased to hear from you.
This aircraft reportedly completed 64 combat missions but we have only been able to identify 60. If you can add to these or offer any photos or further information on missions and crews relating to this aircraft we would be pleased to hear from you.
Known Mission List
| Date | Pilot |
Target |
Notes |
| 7 Oct 1943 | ? | Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center | |
| 21 Oct 1943 | ? | To Grand Island AAB, Nebraska | |
| 27 Oct 1943 | ? | To Nashville AAB | |
| 23 Dec 1943 | ? | Assigned to 351BG | |
| 30 Dec 1943 | D E Watson / | Ludwigshaven | Chemical & explosives factory |
| 31 Dec 1943 | F W Turbyne / | Cognac airfield | ? |
| 21 Jan 1944 | S L Wendt / | St Omer V-weapon site | ? |
| 29 Jan 1944 | C T Pryor / | Frankfurt | Category A - flak damage |
| 5 Feb 1944 | C T Pryor / | Chateauroux airfield | ? |
| 6 Feb 1944 | C T Pryor / | Caen airfield | ? |
| 11 Feb 1944 | G Johnson / | Frankfurt | ? |
| 21 Feb 1944 | C T Pryor / | Achmer airfield | ? |
| 22 Feb 1944 | D M Heller / | Bernberg airfield | May have bombed Magdeburg as target of opportunity |
| 2 Mar 1944 | C T Pryor / | Frankfurt | ? |
| 3 Mar 1944 | C T Pryor / | Wilhelmshaven | ? |
| 4 Mar 1944 | J J Redmond / | Bonn | ? |
| 6 Mar 1944 | G W Mears / | Berlin | Bombed Templin -- 38 miles NNE of Berlin |
| 11 Mar 1944 | J C Scarlett / | Munster | ? |
| 13 Mar 1944 | M J Borchert / | Beauvoir airfield | ? |
| 23 Mar 1944 | C T Pryor / | Munster | ? |
| 24 Mar 1944 | C T Pryor / | Schweinfurt | ? |
| 26 Mar 1944 | C T Pryor / | Watten V-weapon site | ? |
| 27 Mar 1944 | C T Pryor / | Tours airfield | ? |
| 9 Apr 1944 | C T Pryor / | Rahmel airfield, Poland | ? |
| 11 Apr 1944 | C T Pryor / | Arnimswalde | ? |
| 19 Apr 1944 | A J Zitollo / | Kassel | ? |
| 20 Apr 1944 | R W Crews / | La Glacerie V-weapon site | ? |
| 25 Apr 1944 | W H Power / | Nancy airfield (Abortive) | ? |
| 26 Apr 1944 | W H Power / | Brunswick | ? |
| 27 Apr 1944 | R J Roper / | Beauvoir V-weapon site | ? |
| 4 May 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Berlin (Recalled) | ? |
| 7 May 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Berlin | Category A - flak damage |
| 9 May 1944 | F/o R E Probasco / | Luxembourg rail yards | ? |
| 11 May 1944 | I L Belote / | Luxembourg rail yards | ? |
| 20 May 1944 | C F Miller / | Villacoublay airfield | ? |
| 23 May 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Epinal | ? |
| 25 May 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Metz rail yards | ? |
| 29 May 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Sorau | Focke Wulf assembly plant |
| 6 Jun 1944 | I L Belote / | Caen / Le Havre | ? |
| 7 Jun 1944 | R J Roper / | Falaise | Tactical target to support invasion troops |
| 10 Jun 1944 | L J Dingle / | Gael airfield | ? |
| 11 Jun 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Bernay / St Martin airfields | ? |
| 12 Jun 1944 | R Sutton / | Cambrai-Niergnes airfield | ? |
| 15 Jun 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Angouleme rail yards | ? |
| 21 Jun 1944 | W M Power / | Berlin | Friedrichstrasse rail station |
| 22 Jun 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Rouen | Oil storage depot |
| 23 Jun 1944 | L J Dingle / | V-weapon site | ? |
| 25 Jun 1944 | H J Matre / | Toulouse airfield | ? |
| 29 Jun 1944 | L J Dingle / | Liepzig | ? |
| 4 Jul 1944 | J A Myl / | Saumur rail bridge | ? |
| 6 Jul 1944 | R S Brackens / | V-weapon site | ? |
| 7 Jul 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Leipzig | Aircraft factory |
| 11 Jul 1944 | C D Aldridge / | Munich | ? |
| 16 Jul 1944 | C R Strange / | Stuttgart | ? |
| 18 Jul 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Peenemunde | Electrolytic hydrogen plant |
| 19 Jul 1944 | M Karagiannis / | Augsburg | Aircraft assembly plant |
| 21 Jul 1944 | H R Hibbard / | Schweinfurt | Ball bearing plant |
| 31 Jul 1944 | G W Uttley / | Munich | ? |
| 1 Aug 1944 | J E Barrieau / | Chateaudun airfield | ? |
| 3 Aug 1944 | J A Bunnell / | Saarbrucken rail yards | ? |
| 13 Aug 1944 | H EPopp / | Louviers | Tactical support for ground troops |
| 16 Aug 1944 | H E Popp / | Schkeuckitz | ? |
| 24 Aug 1944 | C T Adams / | Buchenwald / Nordhausen | ? |
| 30 Aug 1944 | C T Adams / | Kiel | ? |
| 8 Sep 1944 | J C Haba / C M Cavett | Ludwigshaven | Iced up and crashed near Market Deeping during assembly. 8 killed |
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