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Hot Shot Charlie
B-17G-100-BO 43-39014

91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron

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Known Mission List

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
19 Feb 1945	F C Emerson / R G Stevens	Dortmund	?
23 Feb 1945	L C Borgstrom / Q E Eath...	Mieningen/Hilburghausen	?
28 Feb 1945	E E Chase / D S Smith	Schwerte	?
2 Mar 1945	H W Forbes / H Maximovich	Chemnitz / Jocketa	?
3 Mar 1945	E D Zeigler / F W Magil	Chemnitz	?
14 Mar 1945	E D Zeigler / F W Magil	Vlotho / Osnabruck	?
15 Mar 1945	N F Small / J E Smith	Oranienburg	RCM - Carpet Jammer
17 Mar 1945	E E Chase / W P D Wilson	Bohlen	?
18 Mar 1945	E D Zeigler / F W Magil	Berlin	RCM -Carpet Jammer
28 Mar 1945	T A Smith / E W Monroe	Berlin / Spandau	?
31 Mar 1945	P A Pastras / R F Morris	Halle / Aschersleben	RCM -Carpet Jammer
5 Apr 1945	E D Zeigler /	Grafenwohr	?
7 Apr 1945	W P D Wilson /	Kohlenbissen / Fassbreg	?
13 Apr 1945	E D Zeigler /	Neumunster	?
15 Apr 1945	E D Zeigler /	Rochefort	Tactical
16 Apr 1945	E D Zeigler /	Regensburg	?
20 Apr 1945	E D Zeigler /	Brandenburg	?
21 Apr 1945	E J Eggleston /	Munich	401st Squadron's final combat mission in the ETO
12 May 1945	Spurgin /	Revival - Barth	Ferrying POWs and displaced persons back to France
13 May 1945	N F Small /	Revival - Barth	Ferrying POWs and displaced persons back to France
17 May 1945	??		Forcelanded on continent, abandoned and salvaged