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THROUGH THE FLAK, FOG & FLAME
Through The Flak, Fog and Flame9798549767973book.php?book=8&booktitle=through-the-flak-fog-and-flame
TALES TO NOSES
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
MERSEBURG:
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
PLANE NAMES &
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
THE FLIGHT OF EAGLES:
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
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General Ike
B-17G-40-BO 42-97061
B-17G-40-BO 42-97061
91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron
Nose art painted by
Cpl Anthony L STARCER
91st Bomb Group
Bassingbourn, England
Cpl Anthony L STARCER
91st Bomb Group
Bassingbourn, England
Known Mission List
| Date | Pilot |
Target |
Notes |
| 24 Jan 1944 | Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center | ||
| 23 Feb 1944 | To Grenier AAB for overseas deployment | ||
| 13 Mar 1944 | Assigned to 457BG at Glatton, England | ||
| 16 Mar 1944 | Transferred to 91BG at Bassingbourn | ||
| 23 Mar 1944 | W B Smith / G H Heilig | Ahlen | (un-named) |
| 24 Mar 1944 | Maj J H McPartlin / G H Heilig | Frankfurt | (un-named) |
| 26 Mar 1944 | W B Smith / J E LaFontin | Mimoyecques | (un-named) |
| 27 Mar 1944 | W B Smiht / G H Heilig | St Jean d'Angeley | (un-named) |
| 29 Mar 1944 | R S Roberts / H N Nichols | Braunschweig | (un-named) |
| 11 Apr 1944 | Officially named by General Eisenhower at Bassingbourn | ||
| 13 Apr 1944 | J D Davis / G H Heilig | Schweinfurt | |
| 18 Apr 1944 | Capt R Roberts / Capt J D Davis | Oranienburg | Led composite group -- Cat A damage |
| 28 Apr 1944 | Capt R Roberts / Col C Putnam | Avord | Led combat wing |
| 29 Apr 1944 | Capt Samuelson / R V Maziarz | Berlin | Group lead |
| 9 May 1944 | Capt J D Davis / LtCol T R Milton | St Dizier | Group lead |
| 20 May 1944 | Capt J D Davis / F I Verve | Villacoublay | |
| 25 May 1944 | T H Gunn / | Nancy-Essey | |
| 27 May 1944 | Capt J D Davis / | Ludwigshaven | |
| 29 May 1944 | Capt J D Davis / Maj McPartlin | Posen | |
| 31 May 1944 | G H Heilig / | Mulhouse | |
| 5 Jun 1944 | G H Heilig / J D Fletcher | Houlogate | |
| 7 Jun 1944 | J L Black / Capt B H Martin | Kerlin Bastard | |
| 12 Jun 1944 | T R Gunn / LtCol T R Milton | Cambrai-Niergnes airfield | |
| 13 Jun 1944 | G H Heilig / J D Fletcher | Beaumont | Brought bombs back |
| 15 Jun 1944 | T H Gunn / J D Fletcher | Bordeaux Merignac | |
| 18 Jun 1944 | G H Heilig / J D Fletcher | Hamburg | |
| 20 Jun 1944 | G H Heilig / W T Herne | Hamburg | |
| 21 Jun 1944 | Capt W E Reid / W A Riser | Berlin | Group lead - intervalometer failed Berlin Again limited edition print |
| 24 Jun 1944 | W T Hanna / W D Thissell | Distre Saumer | |
| 25 Jun 1944 | W T Hanna / W D Thissell | Toulouse Blagnac | |
| 28 Jun 1944 | J L Black / W D Thissell | Anizy | |
| 6 Jul 1944 | Capt R Ranzoni / R M Carlson | Aire NoBall | Major flak damage (P) completed tour |
| 8 Jul 1944 | J L Black / Maj M D Lord | Etaples Crepieul | |
| 24 Jul 1944 | W D Thissell / Maj M D Lord | St Lo | Tactical |
| 25 Jul 1944 | W D Thissell / D S Gauthier | St Lo | Tactical |
| 1 Aug 1944 | J Oates / | Chartres | |
| 3 Aug 1944 | D S Gauthier / | Mulhouse Toul | |
| 6 Aug 1944 | D S Gauthier / | Brandenburg | |
| 7 Aug 1944 | D S Gauthier / | Sens Bourron Marlotte | |
| 12 Aug 1944 | H R DeBolt / | Buc airfield | |
| 15 Aug 1944 | C M Melton / | Ostheim | |
| 16 Aug 1944 | C M Melton / | Halle | |
| 26 Aug 1944 | C M Melton / | Gelsenkirchen | |
| 27 Aug 1944 | R E Hardister / | Heligoland | (Berlin recall) |
| 10 Sep 1944 | C M Melton / G E Good | Gaggenau Sindelfingen | |
| 19 Sep 1944 | C M Melton / R O Davies | Hamm | |
| 27 Sep 1944 | G E Good / R R Goldsmith | Cologne | |
| 6 Oct 1944 | H E Garner / K M Burman | Neubrandenburg | |
| 7 Oct 1944 | H E Garner / K M Burman | Ruhland Frieberg | |
| 17 Oct 1944 | C M Buchanan / H E Johnson | Cologne | |
| 2 Nov 1944 | J W O'Neil / W J Duffy | Merseburg | 4 Fw190s claimed by gunners, hit by mg and cannon fire Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 27 Nov 1944 | Capt W W Thompson / Sparkman | Offenburg | |
| 29 Nov 1944 | C M Buchanan / H E Johnson | Misburg | |
| 30 Nov 1944 | J J Ondrovic / J G Welch | Zietz | |
| 9 Dec 1944 | J J Ondrovic / J G Welch | Stuttgart | |
| 24 Dec 1944 | M M Borgeson / C D Knighton | Merzhausen Kirsch | Landed at Bury St Edmunds/Ridgewell(??) on return |
| 31 Dec 1944 | T M Holmes / W L Edwards | Bitburg | |
| 1 Jan 1945 | M M Borgeson / C D Knighton | Kassel | |
| 3 Jan 1945 | M M Borgeson / C D Knighton | Cologne | |
| 5 Jan 1945 | H O Gertsen / J E Walker | Coblenz | |
| 6 Jan 1945 | R R Sullenberger / G E Shoup | Cologne | |
| 10 Jan 1945 | G E Shoup / R A Lechner | Ostheim | |
| 14 Jan 1945 | G E Shoup / R A Lechner | Cologne | |
| 17 Jan 1945 | G E Shoup / R A Lechner | Paderheim | |
| 20 Jan 1945 | M P Shambuagh / J D Hammond | Ludwigshaven | |
| 9 Feb 1945 | R O Holliday / F Martinson | Altenbeken | Returned early - mechanical fault - no credit |
| 16 Feb 1945 | E R McKnight / M C Rohr | Gelsenkirchen | |
| 18 Feb 1945 | To 2nd Strategic Air Depot | ||
| 12 Mar 1945 | Returned to Bassingbourn | ||
| 14 Mar 1945 | P A Pastras / R F Morris | Vlotho Osnabruck | |
| 15 Mar 1945 | P A Pastras / E L Bloodgood | Oranienburg | Returned early - mechanical fault - credit?? |
| 21 Mar 1945 | Capt C H Selby / R A Barrett | Salzbergen | |
| 22 Mar 1945 | H V Camp / E Heath | Dorsten | |
| 23 Mar 1945 | H W Forbes / H P Maximovich | Coesfeld | |
| 24 Mar 1945 | N F Small / J E Smith | Vechta | |
| 28 Mar 1945 | R T Spurgin / K E Garton | Berlin Spandau | Landed on continent |
| 6 Apr 1945 | Returned to Bassingbourn | ||
| 9 Apr 1945 | Capt C H Selby / | Oberpfaffenhofen | |
| 10 Apr 1945 | Capt C H Selby | Oranienburg Rechlin | |
| 17 Apr 1945 | Pugliese / | Dresden | |
| 18 Apr 1945 | D E Olson / | Rosenheim | |
| 21 Apr 1945 | H P Olgan(?) / / | Munich | |
| 25 Apr 1945 | Hatfield / | Pilsen | Minor damage |
| 8 May 1945 | E L Bloodgood / | Cooks Tour | Sightseeing |
| 12 May 1945 | Capt C H Selby / | Revival - Barth | POW and displaced persons repatriation |
| 13 May 1945 | Parman / | Revival - Barth | POW and displaced persons repatriation |
| 25 May 1945 | S H Buckner / C E Fontaine | Home Run | Return to USA |
| 13 Jun 1945 | To Bradley Field AAB | ||
| 21 Oct 1945 | To 4168 Base Unit, South Plains |