During the mission of 15th October 1944, Little Miss Mischief was seriously damaged by flak on approach to the target, tearing open a large hole in the left waist and almost cutting the aircraft in two. Following return to Bassingbourn the relatively undamaged front of the aircraft was joined with the rear portion of "Wallaroo Mark II" (42-31405, a B-17G of 303BG), which had crash landed on a non-combat flight on 7th August and been declared salvage. Parts of 13 other aircraft were also used in the repair.

The resulting aircraft was unusual in that whilst Little Miss Mischief was natural metal finish, Wallaroo Mark II was painted olive drab, resulting in an aircraft with a silver front and olive drab rear.

   
 

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Plane Names & Fancy Noses

Merseburg: Blood, Flak & Oil

Known Mission List

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
23 Mar 1944	?		Delivered to USAAC at Tulsa AAB
18 May 1944	?		To Hunter AAB
29 May 1944	?		To Dow Field AAB for overseas deployment
15 Jun 1944	?		Assigned to 91BG 324BS a/c "F"
18 Jun 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Hamburg	?
20 Jun 1944	H Sherrill		Taxi accident, hit A-20 on runway
22 Jun 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Masingarbe - Pont a Verdin	?
23 Jun 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Fleury (abortive)	?
24 Jun 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Saumer RR Bridge	Category A - minor flak damage
25 Jun 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Toulouse-Blagnac	Category A - minor flak damage
28 Jun 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Anizy RR bridge	?
4 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Tours RR bridge (abortive)	?
6 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Aire NoBall	Category A - minor flak damage (v-weapon site)
7 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Leipzig-Kolleda	?
9 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Crepieul-Fleury	Category AC - major flak damage
12 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Munich	Category A - minor flak damage
13 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Munich	Category A - minor flak damage
16 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Munich	?
24 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	St Lo (tactical)	?
25 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	St Lo (tactical)	?
28 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Merseburg - Taucha	Category A - minor flak damage
29 Jul 1944	F/O J Bessolo	Merseburg	Category A - minor flak damage
1 Aug 1944	R R Goldsmith(?)	Chartres airfield	possibly flown by JR Lyons(?) (data conflict)
3 Aug 1944	J Bessolo	Mulhouse - Toul	"One flak hole in ship"
4 Aug 1944	J Bessolo	Peenemunde	Category A - minor flak damage
5 Aug 1944	J Bessolo	Nienburg	?
6 Aug 1944	J Bessolo	Brandenburg	Category A - minor flak damage
8 Aug 1944	J Bessolo	Bretteville-sur-Laize	Category A - minor battle damage -- brought bombs back
9 Aug 1944	L M Walton	Elsenborn	?
12 Aug 1944	L F Figie	Buc airfield	Jettisoned one bomb in Channel
13 Aug 1944	P R McDowell	Le Manoir bridge	?
14 Aug 1944	R H Brown	Metz-Frascaty airfield	?
15 Aug 1944	H Sherrill	Ostheim	Category AC - major battle damage -- (BT)+(WG) wounded
24 Aug 1944	J Bessolo	Kolleda - Goslar airfields	?
26 Aug 1944	J Bessolo	Gelsenkirchen	Category AC - major flak damage
27 Aug 1944	P R McDowell	Heligoland (Berlin abort)	Brought bombs back
30 Aug 1944	K S Smith	Kiel	?
8 Sep 1944	L E Gaddis	Ludwigshaven	Returned early (non-sortie)
9 Sep 1944	P R McDowell	Ludwigshaven	Returned early (non-sortie) #2 eng out
11 Sep 1944	P R McDowell	Lutzkendorf	?
19 Sep 1944	L E Gaddis	Hamm MY	Category A - minor flak damage
21 Sep 1944	P R McDowell	Mainz	Category A - minor battle damage
25 Sep 1944	T C Martin	Frankfurt	?
27 Sep 1944	P R McDowell	Cologne	Category A - minor flak damage -- bombs brought back
3 Oct 1944	P R McDowell	Nurnberg	?
6 Oct 1944	C C Whitesell	Neubrandenburg	?
7 Oct 1944	R E Manville	Ruhland-Freiburg	Category A - minor flak damage
9 Oct 1944	P R McDowell	Schweinfurt	Category A - minor flak damage
14 Oct 1944	H B Reichert	Cologne	?
15 Oct 1944	P R McDowell	Cologne	Category AC - major battle damage - bellied in, (WG(+(BT) wounded
25 Nov 1944	P R McDowell	Merseburg	?
30 Nov 1944	P R McDowell	Zietz	Category A - minor flak damage
4 Dec 1944	H W Balaban	Kassel	?
9 Dec 1944	P R McDowell	Stuttgart	?
11 Dec 1944	P R McDowell	Frankfurt	?
12 Dec 1944	P R McDowell	Merseburg	?
24 Dec 1944	P R McDowell	Merzhausen	3 bombs hung up - jettisoned
28 Dec 1944	P R McDowell	Remagen	?
31 Dec 1944	P R McDowell	Bitburg	(P) completed his tour
2 Jan 1945	J Martin	Prum	?
6 Jan 1945	H W Balaban	Cologne	Category AC - major battle damage - landed in France
15 Feb 1945	G Thompson	Dresden	?
16 Feb 1945	G Thompson	Gelsenkirchen	Category AC - major flak damage
19 Feb 1945	G Thompson	Dortmund	?
28 Feb 1945	E M Moyer	Schwerte	?
2 Mar 1945	H V Camp	Chemnitz - Jocketa	?
3 Mar 1945	E M Moyer	Chemnitz	Carried leaflets
4 Mar 1945	E M Moyer	Ulm - Reutlingen	?
9 Mar 1945	H V Camp	Kassel	Category A - minor flak damage
10 Mar 1945	H V Camp	Sinsen	?
14 Mar 1945	E M Moyer	Vlotho - Osnabruck	?
17 Mar 1945	E M Moyer	Bohlen	?
19 Mar 1945	E M Moyer	Plauen	?
21 Mar 1945	T M Banta	Salzbergen	?
22 Mar 1945	T M Banta	Dorsten	?
24 Mar 1945	E M Moyer	Vechta	?
28 Mar 1945	E M Moyer	Berlin - Spandau	?
30 Mar 1945	C E Brooks	Bremen	Category A - minor battledamage
4 Apr 1945	E M Moyer	Fassberg	CRASHED on takeoff -- Salvaged / Repaired?????
7 May 1945	?		Some sources show a/c transferred to 306BG

 

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