USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
29 Apr 1943	E A Kiessling /		Original a/c assigned to 100BG at Kearney, Nebraska
31 May 1943			Assigned overseas to 8AF in England
9 Jun 1943			To Thorpe Abbotts
22 Jun 1943		Decoy mission	Diversionary mission - no sortie credit
25 Jun 1943	J F Stephens /	Bremen
26 Jun 1943	E A Kiessling /	Le Mans
28 Jun 1943	E A Kiessling / J F Stephens	St Nazaire	returned early - spare a/c (non sortie)
29 Jun 1943	E A Kiessling / J F Stephens	Le Mans
4 Jul 1943	Maj J C Egan / E A Kiessling	La Pallice
10 Jul 1943	E A Kiessling /	Le Bourget (abortive)
14 Jul 1943	E A Kiessling /	Le Bourget
17 Jul 1943	E A Kiessling /	Hamburg (recalled)	Failed to take off due to flat tyre
25 Jul 1943	J F Stephens /	Warnemunde & Kiel
28 Jul 1943	E A Kiessling / J F Stephens	Oschersleben	Returned early (non sortie) -- could not locate formation
29 Jul 1943	E A Kiessling /	Warnemunde
30 Jul 1943	E A Kiessling / J F Stephens	Kassel
12 Aug 1943	E A Kiessling / J F Stephens	Bonn & Target of Opport.
17 Aug 1943	J D Brady /	Regensburg	Cat AC damage
24 Aug 1943		Bordeaux	Returned early - oil leak
6 Sep 1943	J F Stephens /	Stuttgart
7 Sep 1943	J F Stephens /	Watten V-weapon site	Camera a/c
9 Sep 1943		Beauvais - Tille
15 Sep 1943		Paris (Renault plant)	Severe damage - out of action for several days
8 Oct 1943	J F Stephens /	Bremen	Returned early (non sortie) -- oil leak, #1 engine
9 Oct 1943	J F Stephens /	Marienburg
10 Oct 1943	J F Stephens / H L Smith	Munster	MISSING -- Hit by flak, flew over airfield and shot down

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