Previously "Hang The Expense"
349th Bomb Squadron (later 351st Bomb Squadron)
If you can add any further detail to this mission listing
I would be pleased to hear from you.
Some sources put the final mission tally as high as 135 missions.
Service Record
- First mission on record 24 September 1943 ?
- 67 missions flown
- Survived the war; scrapped at Kingman RFC, Arizona 11 December 1945
Location
Known mission list
| Date | Crew | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 1943 | ? | ? | Delivered to Long Beach |
| 6 Oct 1943 | ? | ? | Grand Island, Nebraska |
| 11 Nov 1943 | ? | ? | Assigned to 349BS, 100BG @ Thorpe Abbotts |
| 30 Dec 1943 | F Valesh | Ludwigshaven | Category Ac damage - mg fire. Landed @ RAF Lympne |
| 11 Jan 1944 | ? | Osnabruck Aborted |
Non-sortie - returned early |
| 24 Jan 1944 | F Valesh | Frankfurt Aborted |
Tail wheel blown off by flak, (TG) POW. Landed @ RAF Eastchurch (see photo above) |
| 15 Mar 1944 | Capt H E Keel | Brunswick | |
| 18 Mar 1944 | J F Massol | Lechfeld | |
| 1 Apr 1944 | E W Wolf | Ludwigshaven No Sortie |
Non-sortie - not despatched |
| 9 Apr 1944 | R V E Monrad | Krzesinki | |
| 10 Apr 1944 | R V E Monrad | Rheims | |
| 11 Apr 1944 | L G Lacy | Rostock | 20mm thru right wing tip, bullet hole over (CP) window. One KIA |
| 12 Apr 1944 | R V E Monrad | Schkeudiz No Sortie |
Non-sortie |
| 13 Apr 1944 | R V E Monrad | Augsburg Aborted |
Non-sortie - returned early with bomb load due to fuel leak |
| 18 Apr 1944 | E W Wolf | Berlin | Category AC damage - flak thru plexinose, changed |
| 19 Apr 1944 | E W Wolf | Lippstadt No Sortie |
Non-sortie - Spare |
| 20 Apr 1944 | E W Wolf | Noball @ Marquenville / Flottemanville | <b>Aircraft RE-NAMED as "Boeing Belle" from "Hang the Expense"</b> |
| 22 Apr 1944 | E W Wolf | Hamm | |
| 26 Apr 1944 | E W Wolf | Brunswick | |
| 28 Apr 1944 | E W Wolf | Noball @ Sottevast | Jettisoned bomb load |
| 29 Apr 1944 | E W Wolf | Berlin | Serious damage - right inner wing and main spar |
| 7 May 1944 | E W Wolf | Berlin | |
| 8 May 1944 | E J Simmons | Berlin | |
| 11 May 1944 | E W Wolf | Liege MYs | |
| 12 May 1944 | E W Wolf | Brux | Category AC damage - hit by door from another a/c |
| 19 May 1944 | E W Wolf | Berlin | |
| 20 May 1944 | R G Roeder | Brussels Aborted |
Sortie (??) |
| 31 May 1944 | E W Wolf | Osnabruck No Sortie |
Non-sortie - Spare |
| 5 Jun 1944 | E W Wolf | Boulogne | |
| 6 Jun 1944 | E W Wolf | Falaise | |
| 6 Jun 1944 | E W Wolf | Caen | |
| 7 Jun 1944 | E J Simmons | Nantes | |
| 11 Jun 1944 | E W Wolf | Berck-sur-Mer | |
| 15 Jun 1944 | H Dickert | Misburg | |
| 20 Jun 1944 | E W Wolf | Fallersleben | |
| 24 Jun 1944 | W L Greiner | Noball @ Grand Couronne | Landed @ RAF Woodbridge - hydraulics out. Transferred to 351BS after repairs |
| 6 Jul 1944 | E Zapf | Noball @ Crepieul | (BT) suffered anoxia |
| 7 Jul 1944 | D L Darby | Bohlen Aborted |
Non-sortie - returned early, jettisoned bomb load |
| 8 Jul 1944 | D L Darby | Clamcy-Joigny RR bridges Aborted |
Returned early - lost formation (sortie)? |
| 11 Jul 1944 | E W Wolf | Munich | |
| 13 Jul 1944 | Capt N F Smith | Munich | |
| 14 Jul 1944 | E W Wolf | South France Aborted |
Non-sortie - Returned early - engine trouble |
| 17 Jul 1944 | W L Greiner | Ludwigshaven | |
| 18 Jul 1944 | R A Ricci | Kiel / Hemmingstadt | |
| 19 Jul 1944 | L G Bennett | Schweinfurt | |
| 20 Jul 1944 | A J Gallagher | Merseburg No Sortie |
Non-sortie - Spare |
| 25 Jul 1944 | D L Darby | St Lo (tactical) | |
| 28 Jul 1944 | E W Wolf | Merseburg | |
| 29 Jul 1944 | E W Wolf | Merseburg | |
| 31 Jul 1944 | D L Darby | Munich | |
| 3 Aug 1944 | O C Everitt | Troyes | |
| 4 Aug 1944 | R L Stevenson | Hamburg | |
| 5 Aug 1944 | J P Ernst | Magdeburg | |
| 7 Aug 1944 | D L Darby | Beautor Aborted |
Returned early - Sortie(??) |
| 8 Aug 1944 | R L Stevenson | St Sylvain | |
| 13 Aug 1944 | L G Delaney | Nantes-Gassicourt | |
| 15 Aug 1944 | R L Stevenson | Venlo airfield | |
| 25 Aug 1944 | R L Stevenson | Politz | |
| 26 Aug 1944 | C J Hedin | Brest | |
| 5 Sep 1944 | R L Stevenson | Stuttgart | |
| 10 Sep 1944 | R L Stevenson | Nurnburg | |
| 11 Sep 1944 | O E Hopkins | Ruhland | |
| 12 Sep 1944 | O E Hopkins | Magdeburg | |
| 13 Sep 1944 | L G Bennett | Sindelfingen | |
| 19 Jun 1945 | ? | Returned USA | to Bradley Field 121 Base Unit |
| 22 Jun 1945 | ? | South Plains | 4168 Base Unit |
| 11 Dec 1945 | ? | Kingman RFC, Arizona | SCRAPPED |
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