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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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According to the official records of 447BG, "Milk Wagon"
completed a total of 129 combat sorties, with no mechanical aborts, prior to the cessation of hostilities.
We have only been able to identify 123. If you can offer any further information on this aircraft, its crews and missions, photos, etc,please make contact.
We have only been able to identify 123. If you can offer any further information on this aircraft, its crews and missions, photos, etc,please make contact.
Read more about this aircraft:
Known Mission List
| Date | Pilot |
Target |
Notes |
| 18 May 1944 | ? | Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center | |
| 27 May 1944 | ? | To Kearney AAB. Nebraska | |
| 8 Jun 1944 | ? | To Dow Field AAB and assigned overseas | |
| 9 Jun 1944 | ? | Assigned to 447BG | |
| 20 Jun 1944 | E F Gibson | Fallersleben | First combat sortie |
| 21 Jun 1944 | J E Young | Berlin | ? |
| 22 Jun 1944 | J E Young | Abortive | ? |
| 24 Jun 1944 | E F Gibson | Bremen | ? |
| 25 Jun 1944 | Lt Leitch | Vercors | Supply drop to French Resistance fighters |
| 29 Jun 1944 | Lt Douglas | Bohlen | ? |
| 6 Jul 1944 | Lt Thorpe | Berck airfeld | ? |
| 7 Jul 1944 | J E Young | Merseburg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.?; |
| 11 Jul 1944 | Lt Quintin | Munich | ? |
| 13 Jul 1944 | J E Young | Munich | ? |
| 14 Jul 1944 | J E Young | Southern France | Supply drop to French Resistance fighters |
| 16 Jul 1944 | J E Young | Stuttgart | ? |
| 18 Jul 1944 | J E Young | Kiel | ? |
| 19 Jul 1944 | Lt Hawkins | Eberbach | ? |
| 20 Jul 1944 | J E Young | Merseburg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 21 Jul 1944 | J E Young | Regensburg | ? |
| 24 Jul 1944 | Lt Mitchell | St Lo (abortive) | Tactical ground support |
| 27 Jul 1944 | J E Young | Ostend (abortive) | ? |
| 1 Aug 1944 | Lt Lakeman | South East France | Supply drop to French Resistance fighters |
| 2 Aug 1944 | J E Young | Paris area | ? |
| 4 Aug 1944 | Lt McKinley | Ostend coastal defences | ? |
| 7 Aug 1944 | R F Adams | Anizy (abortive) | ? |
| 8 Aug 1944 | J E Young | Bretteville sur Laise | ? |
| 9 Aug 1944 | J E Young | Aachen | Tactical ground support |
| 11 Aug 1944 | J E Young | Belfort rail yards | ? |
| 13 Aug 1944 | J E Young | Tactical | Ground support |
| 14 Aug 1944 | J R James | Mannheim | ? |
| 16 Aug 1944 | J F Noonan | Rositz | ? |
| 18 Aug 1944 | J E Young | St Dizier airfield | ? |
| 24 Aug 1944 | J R James | Brux | ? |
| 30 Aug 1944 | Lt Westrope | Bremen | ? |
| 1 Sep 1944 | Lt Westrope | Abortive | ? |
| 3 Sep 1944 | Lt Polansky | Brest coastal defences | ? |
| 5 Sep 1944 | Lt Westrope | Brest harbour | ? |
| 8 Sep 1944 | J F Noonan | Mainz | ? |
| 17 Sep 1944 | Lt Westrope | Arnhem | Flak towers in support of airborne drop |
| 19 Sep 1944 | Lt Westrope | Coblenz rail yards | ? |
| 27 Sep 1944 | Lt Russell | Ludwigshaven | Flew with 94BG composite formation |
| 28 Sep 1944 | Lt Russell | Merseburg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 2 Oct 1944 | Lt Westrope | Kassel | ? |
| 3 Oct 1944 | Lt Westrope | Giebelstadt airfield | ? |
| 5 Oct 1944 | Lt Tietjen | Munster / Loddenheide | Airfield |
| 9 Oct 1944 | Lt Westrope | Gustavburg | ? |
| 12 Oct 1944 | Lt Westrope | Bremen | Lost #4 eng over enemy territory, turned back |
| 14 Oct 1944 | Lt Westrope | Cologne | ? |
| 17 Oct 1944 | Lt Westrope | Cologne | ? |
| 18 Oct 1944 | Lt Westrope | Kassel / Mittefeld | ? |
| 19 Oct 1944 | Lt Tietjen | Mannhiem | ? |
| 22 Oct 1944 | Lt Wing | Munster | ? |
| 25 Oct 1944 | Lt Tietjen | Hamburg / Harburg | ? |
| 26 Oct 1944 | W C Huber | Hannover | ? |
| 30 Oct 1944 | Lt Wiggin | Merseburg (recalled) | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 2 Nov 1944 | W C Huber | Merseburg | 2Lt R Femoyer (N) awarded posthumous Medal of Honor Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 4 Nov 1944 | W C Huber | Hamburg / Rhenania | ? |
| 5 Nov 1944 | W C Huber | Ludwigshaven | ? |
| 6 Nov 1944 | Lt Russell | Neumunster | ? |
| 9 Nov 1944 | W C Huber | French-German border | ? |
| 16 Nov 1944 | Lt Lovett | Duren | Landed at Welford Park due to visibility |
| 21 Nov 1944 | W C Huber | Coblenz | ? |
| 25 Nov 1944 | Lt Lund | Merseburg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 30 Nov 1944 | Lt Hight | Lutzkendorf | ? |
| 10 Dec 1944 | W C Huber | Coblenz / Lutzel | ? |
| 11 Dec 1944 | W C Huber | Coblenz rail yards | ? |
| 12 Dec 1944 | Lt Middleer | Darmstadt | ? |
| 15 Dec 1944 | Lt Schwab | Hannover rail yards | ? |
| 24 Dec 1944 | W C Huber | Babenhausen | ? |
| 30 Dec 1944 | W C Huber | Mannheim rail yards | ? |
| 31 Dec 1944 | W C Huber | Wenzendorf airfield | Chaff a/c |
| 1 Jan 1945 | W C Huber | Dolbergen | ? |
| 2 Jan 1945 | W C Huber | Nalbach | Tactical ground support |
| 3 Jan 1945 | W C Huber | Coblenz rail yards | ? |
| 6 Jan 1945 | W C Huber | Worms rail yard | ? |
| 7 Jan 1945 | W C Huber | Paderborn rail yard | ? |
| 15 Jan 1945 | W C Huber | Augsburg | ? |
| 16 Jan 1945 | W C Huber | Magdeburg | Landed away |
| 20 Jan 1945 | W C Huber | Heilbronn rail yard | ? |
| 29 Jan 1945 | Lt Dewey | Kassel | ? |
| 1 Feb 1945 | Lt Clark | Wesel rail bridge | Flew with 385BG formation |
| 3 Feb 1945 | Lt Hammond | Berlin Tempelhof | ? |
| 14 Feb 1945 | Lt Clark | Wesel rail bridge | Chaff a/c |
| 15 Feb 1945 | Lt Clark | Cottbs rail yard | ? |
| 16 Feb 1945 | Lt Clark | Wesel rail bridge | ? |
| 19 Feb 1945 | W C Huber | Wesel rail bridge | ? |
| 22 Feb 1945 | Lt Clark | Aalen rail yard | ? |
| 23 Feb 1945 | Lt Clark | Crailsheim rail yard | ? |
| 24 Feb 1945 | Lt Clark | Bremen | ? |
| 25 Feb 1945 | Lt Gurney | Neuberg | ? |
| 26 Feb 1945 | Lt Clark | Berlin Alexanderplatz | ? |
| 27 Feb 1945 | Clark | Liepzig | ? |
| 1 Mar 1945 | Clark | Augsburg | ? |
| 2 Mar 1945 | A N Jacques | Dresden | ? |
| 3 Mar 1945 | M S Maxwell | Brunswick | ? |
| 7 Mar 1945 | Clark | Dattein-Emscher Lippe | ? |
| 8 Mar 1945 | Lt Clark | Frankfurt rail yard | ? |
| 9 Mar 1945 | Lt Clark | Frankfurt airfields | ? |
| 10 Mar 1945 | Lt Clark | Dortmund rail yard | ? |
| 11 Mar 1945 | Lt Clark | Hamburg | ? |
| 12 Mar 1945 | Lt Clark | Marburg rail yard | ? |
| 14 Mar 1945 | M S Maxwell | Hannover / Gebruder | ? |
| 17 Mar 1945 | Lt Gurney | Ruhland | ? |
| 18 Mar 1945 | Lt Dankmyer | Berlin | ? |
| 19 Mar 1945 | Lt Dankmyer | Zwickau | ? |
| 20 Mar 1945 | E N Warren | Hamburg | ? |
| 21 Mar 1945 | A N Jacques | Wittmundshafen airfield | ? |
| 22 Mar 1945 | Lt Clark | Military camp | ? |
| 23 Mar 1945 | Lt Clark | Holzwickede | ? |
| 24 Mar 1945 | Lt Roberts | Varrelbusch airfield | ? |
| 28 Mar 1945 | Lt Clark | Hannover rail yard | ? |
| 30 Mar 1945 | Lt Gurney | Hamburg | ? |
| 31 Mar 1945 | S L Radus | Salzwedel airfield | ? |
| 3 Apr 1945 | S L Radus | Kiel | ? |
| 4 Apr 1945 | S L Radus | Kiel | ? |
| 9 Apr 1945 | Lt Clark | Neuberg airfield | ? |
| 10 Apr 1945 | Lt Clark | Brandenburg airfield | ? |
| 11 Apr 1945 | Lt Dankmyer | Ingolstadt airfield | ? |
| 14 Apr 1945 | Lt Clark | Royan | ? |
| 15 Apr 1945 | Lt Clark | Royan defences | Carried napalm |
| 16 Apr 1945 | Lt Clark | Royan harbour | ? |
| 17 Apr 1945 | M S Maxwell | Dresden | ? |
| 19 Apr 1945 | T D Maxwell | Dresden rail yard | ? |
| 20 Apr 1945 | Lt Clark | Neuruppin rail yard | ? |
| 21 Apr 1945 | Lt Clark | Ingolstadt rail yard | 129th combat mission -- highest in 447BG |
| 9 Jul 1945 | ? | Returned to Bradley Field, USA | |
| 13 Jul 1945 | ? | To RFC Kingman, Arizona, for scrapping |
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