Mission Roster

Date: 20 June 1944

Target: Hamburg

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Home base Target

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Participating listed aircraft

Aircraft	Crew	Unit	Notes
Bomber Dear (42-97234)	D D Peck (Pilot), R E Gould (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group
Boston Bombshell (42-39996) Aborted	R E O'Bannon (Pilot), T Fitzgerald (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 322nd Bomb Squadron	Aborted (non-sortie) - gas fumes in cockpit
Destiny's Child (42-31812) Aborted	H E Kirby (Pilot), H R DeBolt (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron	R/E (S) - #2 eng on fire, windmilling. Turned back and bombed Heligoland
General Ike (42-97061)	G H Heilig (Pilot), W T Herne (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron
Little Patches (42-31678)	2Lt Clarence Fightmaster (Pilot)	91st Bomb Group
Steady Hedy (42-97181)	R D Butteroff (Pilot)	306th Bomb Group, 369th Bomb Squadron