USAAF Nose Art Research Project - Hag Mag the Mothball Queen

Hag Mag the Mothball Queen
B-24D-90-CO 42-40731

44th Bomb Group, 68th Bomb Squadron

Appearance

This aircraft was also known as
Eager Eve

Hag Mag the Mothball Queen

This aircraft also carried the title "Eager Eve" on its right side.

If anyone has other photos of this aircraft, in either guise, or can add any further detail to its history, please share with me.

Known Mission List

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
26 Jun 1943	G P Martin / E V Hawkins		Flew to Benina Main, Benghazi, N. Africa
8 Jul 1943	G P Martin /	Catania	Flown from N. Africa base
12 Jul 1943	G P Martin /	Reggio di Calubria	?
13 Jul 1943	Capt R Phillips /	Crotone Airfield	?
15 Jul 1943	E M Shannon /	Foggia Airdrome	?
17 Jul 1943	G P Martin /	Naples	?
19 Jul 1943	G P Martin /	Rome Littoria	Deputy group lead
1 Aug 1943	G P Martin / E V Hawkins	Ploesti	Top turret guns inoperative
13 Aug 1943	W B Weant /	Wiener Neustadt	?
19 Aug 1943	Capt G P Martin /	Foggia	?
21 Aug 1943	B Gildart /	Cancello	?
26 Aug 1943	?		Returned from N.Africa to Shipdham
6 Sep 1943	J Brown /	Diversion	Flown from Shipdham
16 Sep 1943	D W Alexander	Conches Airdrome	?
17 Sep 1943	?		Left Shipdham from Tunis, N. Africa
21 Sep 1943	Capt G P Martin /	Leghorn	?
1 Oct 1943	Capt G P Martin	Wiener Neustadt	?
6 Oct 1943	Capt G P Martin / E V Hawkins		Crashed and Salvaged at Marrakesh after hitting stone wall on takeoff for return to England

© Ray Bowden 2 December 2023

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