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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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B-17G-30-BO 42-31767
B-17G-30-BO 42-31767
100th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Squadron
Nose art painted by
Sgt Frank STEVENS
100th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Squadron
Thorpe Abbotts, England
Sgt Frank STEVENS
100th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Squadron
Thorpe Abbotts, England
Frank Stevens painted the artwork for this B17G onto canvas which was then glued onto the side of the plane producing one of the largest examples of applique seen in airplane nose art. Once again, Stevens used his considerable skill to produce a fine study of the female form dressed in the thinnest of swimsuits to avoid a confrontation with the censors. The title had been based on the popular movie starring Rita Hayworth -- one of the many GI pin-up stars of the era.
Arriving in January 1944, its first combat raid was on 3rd February. It went on to complete more missions than any other Fort flown out of Thorpe Abbotts -- 135. More than 500 crew men served in this plane before it was returned to the USA and ultimate scrapping at Kingman, AZ.
If you can add any further detail to this mission listing I would be pleased to hear from you.My sincere thanks for Jack O'Leary and Mike Faley for their most welcome assistance and additions.
Known Mission List
| Date | Pilot |
Target |
Notes |
| 31 Jan 1944 | R J Shoens / | (Frankfurt) scrubbed | Non sortie - mission scrubbed |
| 31 Jan 1944 | R J Shoens | (Frankfurt scrubbed) | (NS) |
| 2 Feb 1944 | ??? | A/c 1st mission?????(B0201-2244) c/chf: M/Sgt Wildrick | |
| 3 Feb 1944 | ? | Wilhelmshaven | 351 sqn diary notes this a/c's 1st mission as 2nd Feb 44 but no mission was flown that day, it is assumed the date should have been 3rd Feb. |
| 4 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens / | Frankfurt | Flew #2, 2nd element high sqn |
| 6 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens / | Evreux | Flew #3, 2nd element low sqn |
| 9 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens / | (Halberstadt) scrubbed | Non sortie - mission scrubbed |
| 9 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens | (Halberstadt scrubbed) | (NS) |
| 10 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens / | Brunswick | Flew #3, lead element high sqn |
| 13 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens / | Hesdin / Bois Rempres | V weapon site - flew #7 lead sqn |
| 13 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens | Hesdin / Bois Rempres (V-site) | No 7 lead sqn |
| 21 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens / | Vecht airfield | Flew #2, 2nd element high sqn |
| 21 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens | Vechte a/f | No2, 2nd element high sqn |
| 22 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens / | (Schweinfurt) recalled | Flew #3, 2nd element high sqn |
| 24 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens / | Rostock | Flew #2, 2nd element low sqn |
| 25 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens / | Regensburg | Flew #3, lead element lead sqn |
| 29 Feb 1944 | R J Shoens / | Brunswick | Non sortie - returned early |
| 2 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Chartres airfield | Flew #3, 2nd element lead sqn |
| 2 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens | Chartres a/f | No3, 2nd element lead sqn |
| 3 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Berlin (recalled) | Flew #2, 2nd element high sqn |
| 3 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens | Berlin recall | No2, 2nd element high sqn |
| 4 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Berlin (recalled) | Non sortie - returned early, lost oxygen |
| 4 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens | (recall) Berlin | R/E, aborted lost oxygen; No2, lead element lead sqn |
| 6 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Berlin | Cat A damage - flak hit inner right wing & fin. (TT) 1 e/a |
| 15 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Brunswick | Flew #3, lead element high sqn |
| 16 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Augsburg | Non sortie -- airborne spare |
| 18 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Lechfeld | Flew #2, lead element high sqn |
| 19 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Mimoyecques | V weapon site -- flew #2, lead element low sqn |
| 19 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens | NoBall Mimoyecques | No2, lead element low sqn |
| 22 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Berlin | Flew #1, 2nd element low sqn |
| 23 Mar 1944 | S D Eichen / | Brunswick | ? |
| 27 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Bordeaux-Merignac airfield | Flew #1, 2nd element high sqn |
| 27 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens | Bordeaux-Merignac | Lead a/c, 2nd element high sqn |
| 28 Mar 1944 | R J Shoens / | Chateaudun | Flew #1, 2nd element lead sqn |
| 11 Apr 1944 | R J Shoens / | Rostock | Flak damage to left wing, #2 engine hit, right outer wing |
| 22 Apr 1944 | G W Rake / | Hamm | ? |
| 25 Apr 1944 | J Hunter / | Dijon / Longvic airfield | ? |
| 25 Apr 1944 | J Hunter | Dijon/Longvic | |
| 27 Apr 1944 | E J Simmons / | Flottmanville | Non sortie - airborne spare |
| 27 Apr 1944 | E J Simmons / | LeCulot airfield | ? |
| 27 Apr 1944 | E J Simmons | am Flottmanville Noball | R/E (NS) - spare |
| 27 Apr 1944 | E J Simmons | pm Le Culot A/D | |
| 1 May 1944 | R J Shoens / | Wizernes (abortive) | Flew #1, lead element low sqn |
| 1 May 1944 | R J Shoens | am (Wizernes abortive - Wx) | Lead a/c, lead element low sqn |
| 7 May 1944 | E J Simmons / ; | Berlin | Category A damage |
| 9 May 1944 | E J Simmons / | Loan-Couvron / Athies | ? |
| 9 May 1944 | E J Simmons | Laon-Couvron / Athies | |
| 11 May 1944 | E J Simmons / | Liege rail yards | ? |
| 11 May 1944 | E J Simmons | Liege m/y | |
| 12 May 1944 | S D Eichen / | Brux | Returned early -- sortie credited |
| 19 May 1944 | E Zapf / W Lawson | Berlin | (B) unconscious in b/bay - 20mm hit forward of cockpit |
| 20 May 1944 | E J Simmons / | Brussels (abortive) | ? |
| 23 May 1944 | E J Siewert / | Troyes | Non sortie - airborne spare |
| 23 May 1944 | E J Siewert | (Troyes) | R/E (NS) - spare |
| 24 May 1944 | E J Simmons / | Berlin | Category AC damage - 20mm in left wing, right fuselage, radio room |
| 14 Jun 1944 | R Cummings / | LeCulot (abortive) | ? |
| 14 Jun 1944 | R Cumming | Le Culot (abortive) | |
| 21 Jun 1944 | L G Bennett / | Basdorf | ? |
| 22 Jun 1944 | H W Woodall / | Paris | ? |
| 29 Jun 1944 | B L Scott / | Bohlen | ? |
| 4 Jul 1944 | W T Greiner / | Gien (abortive) | ? |
| 4 Jul 1944 | W T Greiner | (Gien abortive) | |
| 6 Jul 1944 | D L Darby / F B Musser | Crepieul | V weapon site -- bombs hung up, did not drop |
| 6 Jul 1944 | D L Darby / F B Musser | Crepieul NoBall | Bombs hung up and didn't drop on target |
| 7 Jul 1944 | R Cumming / | Bohlen | ? |
| 8 Jul 1944 | W B Kennedy / | Clamecy-Joigny RR bridge | Bombs hung up - brought back |
| 8 Jul 1944 | W B Kennedy | Clamecy-Joigny RR brs. | Bombs hung up and returned |
| 11 Jul 1944 | D L Darby / F B Musser / | Munich | ? |
| 12 Jul 1944 | R Cumming / | Munich | ? |
| 13 Jul 1944 | R Cumming / | Munich | Recorded as "50 missions" to date |
| 19 Jul 1944 | R Cumming / | Schweinfurt | Non sortie - airborne spare |
| 20 Jul 1944 | R Cumming / | Merseburg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 21 Jul 1944 | R Cumming / | Ludwigshafen | Bombed with 379BG |
| 21 Jul 1944 | R Cumming | Ludwigshaven | Bombed with 379BG |
| 28 Jul 1944 | R L Stevenson / | Merseburg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 29 Jul 1944 | R Cumming / | Merseburg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 2 Aug 1944 | T H Kemp / | Torgnier / LaFiere | ? |
| 2 Aug 1944 | T H Kemp | Torgnier/La Fiere | |
| 3 Aug 1944 | R Cumming / | Troyes | ? |
| 4 Aug 1944 | R Cumming / | Hamburg | ? |
| 5 Aug 1944 | W B Kennedy / | Magdeburg | ? |
| 8 Aug 1944 | G Brown / | St Sylvain | (N) R Bayer WIA - 38 flak holes in a/c |
| 11 Aug 1944 | R Cumming / | Villacoublay airfield | ? |
| 11 Aug 1944 | R Cumming | Villacoublay a/f | |
| 14 Aug 1944 | D N Ellison / | Ludwigshaven | ? |
| 15 Aug 1944 | D L Thompson / | Venlo airfield | ? |
| 15 Aug 1944 | D L Thompson | Venlo a/f | |
| 24 Aug 1944 | C J Hedin / | Ruhland | ? |
| 3 Sep 1944 | P A Kramp / | Brest | ? |
| 5 Sep 1944 | R Cumming / | Stuttgart | ? |
| 11 Sep 1944 | R Cumming / J J Williamson | Ruhland | Returned early (sortie ??) - jettisoned load |
| 12 Sep 1944 | C J Hedin / | Magdeburg | ? |
| 25 Sep 1944 | O E Hopkins / F Read | Ludwigshafen | ? |
| 25 Sep 1944 | O E Hopkins / F Read | Ludwigshaven | 12x500lbs |
| 26 Sep 1944 | O E Hokins / F Read | Bremen | ? |
| 17 Oct 1944 | W B Kennedy / | Cologne | ? |
| 5 Nov 1944 | ? | Ludwigshafen | Cat A flak damage, #1 supercharger hit & left fuselage |
| 5 Nov 1944 | Ludwigshaven | Cat A flak BD. #1 supercharger hit, hole left side fuselage | |
| 2 Dec 1944 | R L Dovel / | Koblenz | ? |
| 5 Dec 1944 | H F Streich / | Berlin | Brought back one bomb, #2 engine feathered |
| 11 Dec 1944 | R L Dovel / | Giessen rail yards | Cat A damage |
| 11 Dec 1944 | R L Dovel | Giessen | Cat A BD |
| 11 Dec 1944 | Giessen my | Cat A BD | |
| 12 Dec 1944 | R L Dovel | Darmstadt | #2 eng rough, #1 & #2 engines changed |
| 24 Dec 1944 | R L Dovel / | Biblis | ? |
| 25 Dec 1944 | R L Dovel / | Kaiserlautern | ? |
| 27 Dec 1944 | R L Dovel / | Fulda | ? |
| 28 Dec 1944 | R L Dovel / | Koblenz | ? |
| 30 Dec 1944 | J W Knowles / | Kassel | ? |
| 5 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel / | Frankfurt rail yards | Returned early (sortie) - #3 engine, jettisoned 20 miles from target |
| 5 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel | Frankfurt my | R/E (S) - No.3 engine problem, jettisoned 20 miles from target |
| 6 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel / | Germersheim | ? |
| 7 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel / | Cologne | ? |
| 7 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel | Cologne my | |
| 10 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel / | Cologne | ? |
| 10 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel | Cologne (Duisberg) | |
| 13 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel / | Mainz | ? |
| 14 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel / | Derben | ? |
| 14 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel | Derben / | |
| 17 Jan 1945 | M L Kodas / | Hamburg | Cat A damage + #1 eng oil temp high |
| 20 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel / | Mannheim | ? |
| 20 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel | Heilbronn | |
| 21 Jan 1945 | R L Dovel | Mannheim br. | |
| 28 Jan 1945 | J L Wofford / | Duisberg | Returned early (sortie ??) - #1 engine oil loss, jettisoned load |
| 6 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel / | Chemnitz | ? |
| 6 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel | Chemnitz & T/Opps | |
| 9 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel / | Bohlen | ? |
| 9 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel | Weimar | |
| 15 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel / | Bohlen/Cottbus | #4 engine changed |
| 15 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel | Cottbus | |
| 19 Feb 1945 | E T Jensen / | Munster | Cat AC damage, #3 eng oil leak |
| 19 Feb 1945 | Osnabruck/Munster | Cat AC BD | |
| 21 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel / | Nurnburg | ? |
| 22 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel / | Donaueschingen | ? |
| 22 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel | Donaueschlingen | |
| 23 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel / | Treuchtlingen | ? |
| 23 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel | Treuchtlingen my | |
| 25 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel / | Munich | ? |
| 26 Feb 1945 | R L Dovel / | Berlin | ? |
| 2 Mar 1945 | R L Dovel / | Dresden | Flew in C sqn, 2nd element |
| 2 Mar 1945 | R L Dovel | Ruhland/Dresden | C-sqn, 2nd element lead |
| 4 Mar 1945 | R L Dovel / | Ulm | ? |
| 7 Mar 1945 | D J Wallish / | Siegen | #1 supercharger changed |
| 8 Mar 1945 | D J Wallish / | Giessen | Flew in C sqn, lead flight 2nd element |
| 9 Mar 1945 | ??? | Frankfurt | Non sortie - spare a/c |
| 10 Mar 1945 | D J Wallish / | Dortmund | Flew in B sqn, lead flight 2nd element |
| 11 Mar 1945 | D J Wallish / | Hamburg | ? |
| 12 Mar 1945 | D J Wallish / | Swinemunde | Flew in C sqn as "tail end charlie" |
| 15 Mar 1945 | L L Bazin / | Wittenburg | ? |
| 17 Mar 1945 | D J Wallish / | Plauen | ? |
| 18 Mar 1945 | L L Bazin / | Berlin & Falkenburg | Flew in B sqn, lead flight 1st element |
| 23 Mar 1945 | A Munoz | Unna / Marburg | Cat A damage, #1 & #2 engs ran hot, #4 prop governor leaked |
| 24 Mar 1945 | J W Johnson / | Steenwijk airfield | Flew in B sqn, 1st element |
| 28 Mar 1945 | L L Bazin / | Hanover | Flew in C sqn, 2nd element |
| 30 Mar 1945 | ??? (from another sqn) | Hamburg | ? |
| 31 Mar 1945 | D J Wallish / | Zeitz | Flew "tail end charlie" in B sqn |
| 3 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish / | Kiel | Fluxgate flutters |
| 4 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish / | Kiel | Flew in C sqn, 3rd element |
| 6 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish / | Leipzig | #3 eng feathered |
| 7 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish / | Buchen | ? |
| 8 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish / | Eger rail yards | ? |
| 8 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish | Eger MY | C sqn, 3rd element |
| 9 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish | Munich Reim airfield | Flew in D sqn, 1st element |
| 9 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish | Munich. Reim AF | D sqn, 1st element |
| 10 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish / | Burg-bei-Magdeburg | Cat A flak damage (unconfirmed) |
| 11 Apr 1945 | W C Shaddix / | Landshut | Flew in A sqn, 1st element |
| 13 Apr 1945 | R N Grover / | Practice | Non sortie - practice mission |
| 14 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish / | Royan | Flew in C sqn, 2nd element |
| 15 Apr 1945 | C F Dixon / | Royan | Flew in D sqn, 1st element |
| 16 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish | Royan | |
| 19 Apr 1945 | Coles | Practice | (NS) - A sqn, 3rd element |
| 20 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish / | Oranienburg | #2 engine changed |
| 6 May 1945 | D J Wallish / | Schipol Chowhound | Food drop to Dutch civilians |
| 6 May 1945 | D J Wallish | Schiphol Chowhound | |
| 7 May 1945 | D J Wallish / | Schipol Chowhound | Food drop to Dutch civilians - Flew in C sqn, 2nd element |
| 7 May 1945 | D J Wallish | Schiphol Chowhound | C sqn, 2nd element |
| 15 May 1945 | B Brown / | Horshing | Collecting POWs from Austria |
| 15 May 1945 | B Brown | Horsching | POW ferry |
| 16 May 1945 | P W Schmidt / | Ferrying POWs | |
| 16 May 1945 | P W Schmidt/ | POW ferry | |
| 20 May 1945 | ? | Transferred to 482BG at Alconbury | |
| 31 May 1945 | ? | Returned to USA, Bradley Field (121 Base Unit) | |
| 3 Jun 1945 | ? | To South Plains (4168 Base Unit) | |
| 8 Nov 1945 | ? | Scrapped at RFC Kingman, Az |
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