USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Mission Roster

Date: 2 October 1943

Target: Emden

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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
Damn Yankee (41-24557) Sundlun (Pilot) 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron
Little America (42-30033) J H Kelly (Pilot), Gen Travis (Co-Pilot) 384th Bomb Group
Royal Flush (42-6087) J Flanigan (Pilot) 100th Bomb Group, 418th Bomb Squadron
Virgin Sturgeon (42-30334) R R Rowland (Pilot) 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron
Winsome Winn II (42-29768)
Aborted		 M S Willing (Pilot) 384th Bomb Group R/E (NS) - spare