USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Mission Roster

Date: 3 January 1945

Target: Cologne

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Home base Target

Dashed lines are straight-line approximations, not real flight paths - they give a rough sense of distance and time, not the actual route.

Participating listed aircraft

AircraftCrewUnitNotes
General Ike (42-97061) M M Borgeson (Pilot), C D Knighton (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron
Little Patches (42-31678) 1st Lt Will Carter (Pilot) 91st Bomb Group
Madame Shoo Shoo (43-37707) E S Alexander (Pilot), C H Bonner (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 322nd Bomb Squadron
Skunkface III (44-6568) R H Miller (Pilot), D S Mayka (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron
The B.T.O. (43-37988) P A Pastras (Pilot), R F Morris (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron