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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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This B17 was the sole survivor of the 418BS formation over Munster on 10 October when Rosie Rosenthal brought the Fort home with one engine shot out, the oxygen system destroyed and hole through the wing from a rocket, missing the fuel tanks by only a few inches.The fuller story of "Royal Flush" (also known as "Harper's Ferry") can be found in the pages of Plane Names & Bloody Noses.
Known Mission List
| Date | Pilot |
Target |
Notes |
| 16 Jul 1943 | Received by USAAC | ||
| 4 Sep 1943 | Assigned overseas | ||
| 23 Sep 1943 | J Flanigan / | Vannes | |
| 27 Sep 1943 | J Flanigan / | Emden | |
| 2 Oct 1943 | J Flanigan / | Emden | |
| 4 Oct 1943 | J Flanigan / | Saarluis | Category A damage - flak + 20mm |
| 9 Oct 1943 | R Rosenthal / | Marienburg | |
| 10 Oct 1943 | R Rosenthal / | Munster | Cat AC damage - #1 eng out, oxygen out. Sole survivor of 100BG |
| 13 Nov 1943 | J Flanigan / | Bremen | (TG) suffered frost bite |
| 20 Dec 1943 | Bremen | Aborted (non-sortie?) | |
| 27 Dec 1943 | (Recalled) | Returned early -spare a/c | |
| 14 Jan 1944 | Foret d'Hesdin | V-weapon site. Flew with 94BG formation | |
| 21 Jan 1944 | S L Barrick / | Bois d'Esquerdes | V-weapon site |
| 4 Feb 1944 | Frankfurt | Returned early - non sortie | |
| 6 Feb 1944 | Evreaux airfield | Returned early - spare a/c | |
| 4 Mar 1944 | W H Thomas (?) | Berlin (recalled) | Returned early - non sortie |
| 6 Mar 1944 | W H Thomas | Berlin | Returned early - mechanical (non-sortie) |
| 9 Mar 1944 | W C Forsythe / | Berlin | Returned early - spare a/c |
| 18 Mar 1944 | F C Kincannon / | Lechfeld | Slight damage - flak hit #2 engine nacelle |
| 11 Apr 1944 | R F Lischer / | Rostock | (TG) destroyed Me109 |
| 12 Apr 1944 | R F Lischer / | Schkeudiz (recalled) | |
| 13 Apr 1944 | R F Lischer / | Augsburg | Slight damage - flak holes in bomb-bay and left wing |
| 18 Apr 1944 | R F Lischer / | Berlin | |
| 19 Apr 1944 | R F Lischer / | Lippstadt | Flew with 390BG formation |
| 20 Apr 1944 | R F Lischer / | NoBall Flottemanville | V-weapon site |
| 22 Apr 1944 | R F Lischer / | Hamm | |
| 27 Apr 1944 | R F Lischer / | NoBall Flottemanville | V-weapon site - morning mission |
| 27 Apr 1944 | R F Lischer / | Le Culot airfield | Afternoon mission |
| 28 Apr 1944 | B Williams / | NoBall Sottevast | Returned early - spare a/c |
| 29 Apr 1944 | R F Lischer / | Berlin | |
| 1 May 1944 | G L Roth / | Saarguemines Rail Yards | Afternoon mission |
| 7 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Berlin | |
| 8 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Berlin | Morning mission |
| 9 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Laon-Couvron / Athies | |
| 19 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Berlin | (TG) destroyed Fw190 |
| 23 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Troyes | |
| 24 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Berlin | |
| 25 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Brussels | |
| 27 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Strasbourg | |
| 28 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Magdeburg | |
| 29 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Leipzig | Serious damage - bulkhead 6J cut, control cables cut |
| 31 May 1944 | R F Lischer / | Osnabruck | |
| 4 Jun 1944 | R F Lischer / | Boulogne | Coastal defences |
| 6 Jun 1944 | R F Lischer / | Falaise | D-Day tactical ground support - morning mission |
| 6 Jun 1944 | R F Lischer / | Ouistreham | D-Day tactical ground support - late morning mission |
| 7 Jun 1944 | R F Lischer / | Nantes | |
| 10 Jun 1944 | Morlaix airfield (Recalled) | ||
| 18 Jun 1944 | R F Lischer / | Brunsbuttelkoog | Slight damage - flak |
| 21 Jun 1944 | H J Rowland / | Basdorf | Slight damage |
| 22 Jun 1944 | H J Rowland / | Paris | |
| 25 Jun 1944 | W B Kennedy / | South France | Returned early - spare a/c |
| 29 Jun 1944 | H J Rowland / | Bohlen | Returned early - spare a/c |
| 6 Jul 1944 | R D Miller / | NoBall Crepieul | V-weapon site |
| 7 Jul 1944 | H J Rowland / | Bohlen | |
| 8 Jul 1944 | H J Rowland / | Clamecy-Joigny RR bridge | |
| 11 Jul 1944 | R F Lischer / | Munich | Returned early - spare a/c |
| 12 Jul 1944 | R F Lischer / | Munich | |
| 14 Jul 1944 | R F Lischer / | South France | Returned early - spare a/c |
| 17 Jul 1944 | R F Lischer / | Auxerre | |
| 19 Jul 1944 | C CCook / | Schweinfurt | |
| 20 Jul 1944 | C C Cook / | Merseburg | |
| 21 Jul 1944 | J S Seamans / | Ludwigsburg | |
| 5 Aug 1944 | H J Rowland / | Magdeburg | |
| 8 Aug 1944 | A Aske / | St Sylvain | Tactical ground support |
| 11 Aug 1944 | A Aske / C S Barber | Villacoublay airfield | MISSING -- flak hit between #3 engine and fuselage. 4 KIA |