USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Mission Roster

Date: 8 August 1944

Target: Bretteville-sur-Laize

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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
Bomber Dear (42-97234) Faris (Pilot) 91st Bomb Group
Little Miss Mischief (42-97880) F/O J Bessolo (Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron Category A - minor battle damage -- brought bombs back
Milk Wagon (43-37756) J E Young (Pilot) 447th Bomb Group, 708th Bomb Squadron
The B.T.O. (43-37988) C C Whitesell (Pilot), W G New (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron Minor battle damage -- brought bombs back