USAAF Nose Art Research Project


 

Stymie
B-17F-40-DL 42-3237

100th Bomb Group, 418th Bomb Squadron

Appearance
Stymie

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Plane Names & Bloody Noses
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Known Mission List

Date Pilot

Target

Notes
29 Apr 1943E 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 missionDiversionary mission - no sortie credit
25 Jun 1943J F Stephens /Bremen?
26 Jun 1943E A Kiessling /Le Mans?
28 Jun 1943E A Kiessling / J F StephensSt Nazairereturned early - spare a/c (non sortie)
29 Jun 1943E A Kiessling / J F StephensLe Mans?
4 Jul 1943Maj J C Egan / E A KiesslingLa Pallice?
10 Jul 1943E A Kiessling /Le Bourget (abortive)?
14 Jul 1943E A Kiessling /Le Bourget?
17 Jul 1943E A Kiessling /Hamburg (recalled)Failed to take off due to flat tyre
25 Jul 1943J F Stephens /Warnemunde & Kiel?
28 Jul 1943E A Kiessling / J F StephensOscherslebenReturned early (non sortie) -- could not locate formation
29 Jul 1943E A Kiessling /Warnemunde?
30 Jul 1943E A Kiessling / J F StephensKassel?
12 Aug 1943E A Kiessling / J F StephensBonn & Target of Opport.?
17 Aug 1943J D Brady /RegensburgCat AC damage
24 Aug 1943?BordeauxReturned early - oil leak
6 Sep 1943J F Stephens /Stuttgart?
7 Sep 1943J F Stephens /Watten V-weapon siteCamera a/c
9 Sep 1943?Beauvais - Tille?
15 Sep 1943?Paris (Renault plant)Severe damage - out of action for several days
8 Oct 1943J F Stephens /BremenReturned early (non sortie) -- oil leak, #1 engine
9 Oct 1943J F Stephens /Marienburg?
10 Oct 1943J F Stephens / H L SmithMunsterMISSING -- Hit by flak, flew over airfield and shot down



 
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