Mission Roster

Date: 29 July 1944

Target: Merseburg

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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

Aircraft	Crew	Unit	Notes
Boeing Belle (42-39867)	E W Wolf (Pilot)	100th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Squadron
Boston Bombshell (42-39996)	J M Hamilton (Pilot), E E Fritz (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 322nd Bomb Squadron
Little Miss Mischief (42-97880)	F/O J Bessolo (Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron	Category A - minor flak damage
Little Patches (42-31678)	2Lt Joseph Lyons (Pilot)	91st Bomb Group
Mississippi Mission (42-102677)	C P Gunn (Pilot)	390th Bomb Group, 568th Bomb Squadron
Nine O Nine (42-31909)	John C Pullen (Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron
Our Gal Sal (42-31767)	R Cumming (Pilot)	100th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Squadron	Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
Sunkist Sue (44-6293)	J Oates (Pilot), N K Gehret (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron
The B.T.O. (43-37988)	J R McCombs (Pilot), D E McKee (Co-Pilot)	91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron	Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
The Latest Rumor (42-97126)	W B Kennedy (Pilot)	100th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Squadron	Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.