Mission Roster

Date: 29 January 1944

Target: Frankfurt

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Home base Target

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Participating listed aircraft

Aircraft	Crew	Unit	Notes
Boston Bombshell (42-39996)	R L Gough (Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 322nd Bomb Squadron	Category AC flak damage. One Fw190 claimed damaged
Devil's Ball (42-31238)	C T Pryor (Pilot)	351st Bomb Group, 511th Bomb Squadron	Category A - flak damage
Patty Jo (42-31242)	L E Ranton (Pilot)	388th Bomb Group, 563rd Bomb Squadron
Sad Sack (The) (42-99988)	Bonner (Pilot)	448th Bomb Group, 714th Bomb Squadron
Spirit of Flak-Wolf (42-31616)	E S Harrison (Pilot)	303rd Bomb Group, 427th Bomb Squadron
Sugar Blues (42-37939)	R V Maziarz (Pilot), Williams (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron	Category A damage -- friendly fire
The Shamrock Special (42-29591)		91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron	Cat A - flak
Virgin Sturgeon (42-30334) Lost	W J Harding (Pilot), V A Cordova (Co-Pilot)	390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron	MISSING -- lost part of eng in mid-air collision with MISS CARRY - macr # 2271
Winnie The Pooh (42-3422)	R T Sherrill (Pilot), J L Percival (Co-Pilot)	100th Bomb Group