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Duffy's Tuffys
B-17G-100-BO 43-38945100th Bomb Group, 418th Bomb Squadron | | We have been unable to locate any photograph of this aircraft.
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Also known as "THIS IS IT!"
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Known Mission List
| Date |
Pilot |
Target
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| 27 Dec 1944 | Gerald P Kane / | Fulda | Slight battle damage | | 30 Dec 1944 | ??? | Kassel | Brought back one bomb | | 31 Dec 1944 | Thomas J Carley / | Hamburg | Category A damage. Bomb rack malfunctioned | | 7 Jan 1945 | ??? | Cologne marshalling yards | One bomb hung up momentarily | | 14 Jan 1945 | ??? | Derben | One bomb shackle jammed | | 20 Jan 1945 | Thomas J Carley / | Heilbronn | Returned early - lost formation, lost #2 engine | | 28 Jan 1945 | ??? | Duisberg | Category A damage, turned back and jettisoned bombs | | 3 Feb 1945 | ??? | Berlin | | | 6 Feb 1945 | ??? | Target of opportunity | | | 9 Feb 1945 | Thomas J Carley / | Weimer | Attacked by one jet fighter - lost one engine | | 15 Feb 1945 | Thomas J Carley / | Berlin | Slight battle damage | | 17 Feb 1945 | Thomas J Carley / | Giessen marshalling yards | Category A damage | | 21 Feb 1945 | ??? | Nurnberg | Category A damage | | 23 Feb 1945 | Lonnie A Doyle / | Treuchtlingen | | | 2 Mar 1945 | R N Kallstrand / | Dresden | Flew A sqn, high flight | | 8 Mar 1945 | Harold B Bayley / | Langandreer | | | 9 Mar 1945 | Harold B Bayley / | Frankfurt | Category A damage, flew C sqn, 2nd element | | 10 Mar 1945 | J M Harbison / | Dortmund | Flew with 95th Bomb Group formation | | 12 Mar 1945 | Thomas J Carley / | Swinemunde | Flew A sqn, high flight | | 14 Mar 1945 | Thomas J Carley / | Seelze | Flew C sqn, 2nd element lead flight | | 15 Mar 1945 | ??? | Wittenberg | Category A damage, flew C sqn, high flight | | 18 Mar 1945 | Thomas J Carley / | Berlin - Falkenburg | Category A damage, flew A sqn, high flight | | 19 Mar 1945 | Thomas J Carley / | Lutzkendorf - Fulda - Jena | Category A damage, flew C sqn, high flight | | 23 Mar 1945 | ??? | Unna | (NS) - spare PFF a/c | | 28 Mar 1945 | Thomas J Carley / | Hanover | Flew B sqn, 2nd element | | 3 Apr 1945 | L C Fillingame or T J Carley(?) | Kiel | Flew D sqn, 1st element | | 4 Apr 1945 | Lyman C Fillingame | Kiel | Flew C sqn, 3rd element | | 5 Apr 1945 | J J Bovenzi / | Nurnburg | | | 7 Apr 1945 | Gerald P Kane / | Buchen | Category AC damage - flak. One Me109 destroyed (TG) | | 8 Apr 1945 | R N Kallstrand / | Eger marshalling yards | | | 10 Apr 1945 | J J Bovenzi / | Burg-bei-Magdeburg | Category AC damage - flak, flew C sqn, 3rd element | | 13 Apr 1945 | Sharpe / | Practice | Non sortie - practice | | 14 Apr 1945 | J J Bovenzi / | Royan | Flew B sqn, 2nd element | | 15 Apr 1945 | J J Bovenzi / | Royan | Flew A sqn, 2nd element | | 19 Apr 1945 | McAllister / | Practice | Non sortie - practice | | 3 May 1945 | R E Stoelting / | Chowhound -Bergan | Food drop to Norwegian civilians | | 5 May 1945 | Leiche / | Chowhound | Flew D sqn 3rd element | | 7 May 1945 | R N Kallstrand / | Chowhound -Schipol | Food drop to Dutch civilians | | 19 May 1945 | Leiche / | Horsching | POW ferry, flew A sqn, 2nd element | | 30 Jun 1945 | | Returned USA | Bradley Field AAB, CT | | 2 Jul 1945 | | | South Plains AAB | | 6 Dec 1945 | | SCRAPPED | RFC Kingman, Arizona |
© Ray Bowden 24 January 2020
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