USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
20 Apr 1943	S R Turner /		Original a/c assigned to 100BG at Kearny AAB, Nebraska
31 May 1943	S R Turner /		Assigned to ETO, England
25 Jun 1943	S R Turner /	Bremen	A/c's first mission
26 Jun 1943	S R Turner /	Le Mans	?
28 Jun 1943	S R Turner /	St Nazaire	?
29 Jun 1943	S R Turner /	Le Mans	?
10 Jul 1943	S R Turner /	Le Bourget (recalled)	?
14 Jul 1943	S R Turner /	Le Bourget	Returned early -- could not keep up with formation
17 Jul 1943	S R Turner /	Hamburg (recalled)	Cat A damage - shell cases
24 Jul 1943	S R Turner /	Trondheim	Cat A damage - flak and 20mm. Shell cases broke (N) window
25 Jul 1943	?	Warnemunde & Kiel	Failed to take off
28 Jul 1943	S R Turner /	Oschersleben	?
29 Jul 1943	S R Turner /	Warnemunde	Returned early -- spare a/c (non sortie)
30 Jul 1943	C W Floyd Jr /	Kassel	?
12 Aug 1943	S R Turner /	Bonn & Target of Opport.	Cat AC damage - flak (severe)
24 Aug 1943	S R Turner /	Gournay & Evreaux	?
27 Aug 1943	?	Watten V-weapon site	?
31 Aug 1943	?	Meulan	?
3 Sep 1943	S R Turner /	Paris - Beaumont le Roger	Cat A damage - flak
6 Sep 1943	S R Turner / W Freund	Stuttgart	MISSING -- fighter attack, crashlanded in Lake Constance

Pistol Packin Mama
B-17F-110-BO 42-30609
95th Bomb Group, 335th Bomb Squadron

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