Boston Bombshell
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Service Record

  1. First mission on record 21 January 1944 Cherbourg
  2. 48 missions flown
  3. Missing in action, 16th August 1944; all four engines on fire from fighter attack 16 August 1944
Fate
Missing in action, 16th August 1944; all four engines on fire from fighter attack
Date
16 August 1944

Location

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
21 Jan 1944 R L Gough (Pilot) Cherbourg Category A flak damage
29 Jan 1944 R L Gough (Pilot) Frankfurt Category AC flak damage. One Fw190 claimed damaged
4 Feb 1944 J W Smith (Pilot) Frankfurt
Aborted
Aborted (non-sortie) - #3 engine out
5 Feb 1944 J W Smith (Pilot) Avord Airfield
6 Feb 1944 P D Jessop (Pilot) Nancy - Essey airfield
Aborted
Abortive mission
11 Feb 1944 R L Gough (Pilot) Frankfurt
Aborted
Aborted (non-sortie) - #3 engine oil leak & prop governor
20 Feb 1944 R L Gough (Pilot) Liepzig - Aschersleben Category A flak damage
22 Feb 1944 R E Fancher (Pilot) Bunde / Bielefeld One Me109 claimed destroyed
16 Mar 1944 A W Burton (Pilot) Lechfeld
20 Mar 1944 A F Brazie (Pilot) Frankfurt
23 Mar 1944 A F Brazie (Pilot) Ahlen Minor battle damage
24 Mar 1944 A F Brazie (Pilot) Frankfurt
27 Mar 1944 A F Brazie (Pilot) St Jean d'Angeley airfield
8 Apr 1944 ?? (Pilot) Oldenburg Minor battle damage - one crew man wounded
10 Apr 1944 A F Brazie (Pilot) Brussels
11 Apr 1944 A F Brazie (Pilot) Stettin Minor battle damage
19 Apr 1944 B Hayen (Pilot) Eschwege
22 Apr 1944 A F Brazie (Pilot) Hamm MY
24 Apr 1944 A F Brazie (Pilot) Erding
26 Apr 1944 ?? (Pilot) Brunswick Minor battle damage - flak
28 Apr 1944 A F Brazie (Pilot) Avord
29 Apr 1944 J P Bilotta (Pilot) Berlin Flew with 324BS
11 May 1944 J D Powell (Pilot), P R Sheldon (Co-Pilot) Kontz Karthaus
12 May 1944 W R Langford (Pilot) Lutzkendorf Category A flak damage
27 May 1944 H L Robertson (Pilot) Ludwigshaven
28 May 1944 A Thomas (Pilot) Dessau
30 May 1944 D J Ryan (Pilot) Dessau
6 Jun 1944 C T Bell (Pilot), D McCarty (??) (Co-Pilot) La Riviere (??) Confused on records crew could have flown #673
12 Jun 1944 C T Walby (Pilot), M E Bender (Co-Pilot) Cambrai-Niergnes airfield
13 Jun 1944 F L Suther (Pilot), F/o Golubic (Co-Pilot) Beaumont-sur-Oise
18 Jun 1944 T P Smith (Pilot), L G Starks (Co-Pilot) Hamburg
20 Jun 1944 R E O'Bannon (Pilot), T Fitzgerald (Co-Pilot) Hamburg
Aborted
Aborted (non-sortie) - gas fumes in cockpit
21 Jun 1944 J R Thompson (Pilot), D Nelson (Co-Pilot) Berlin Category A flak damage
7 Jul 1944 J M Hamilton (Pilot), E E Fritz (Co-Pilot) Leipzig - Kolleda airfield
8 Jul 1944 J M Hamilton (Pilot), E E Fritz (Co-Pilot) Etaples - Crepieul V-weapon site
9 Jul 1944 L M Walton (Pilot), D Sparkman (Co-Pilot) Crepieul - Fleury
Aborted
V-weapon site -- abortive sortie
16 Jul 1944 Russell (Pilot) Munich
24 Jul 1944 J M Hamilton (Pilot), E E Fritz (Co-Pilot) St Lo Tactical support
29 Jul 1944 J M Hamilton (Pilot), E E Fritz (Co-Pilot) Merseburg
31 Jul 1944 J M Hamilton (Pilot), E E Fritz (Co-Pilot) Munich
1 Aug 1944 J M Hamilton (Pilot), E E Fritz (Co-Pilot) Chartres airfield Lost #3 engine, jettisoned load and returned alone
5 Aug 1944 J M Hamilton (Pilot), E E Fritz (Co-Pilot) Nienburg
7 Aug 1944 H E Garner (Pilot) Sens-Bourron-Marlotte
11 Aug 1944 M C Ellis (Pilot), M Webb (Co-Pilot) Brest
12 Aug 1944 H E Garner (Pilot) Buc airfield
14 Aug 1944 F M Towner (Pilot), J R Fink (Co-Pilot) Metz-Frascaty airfield
15 Aug 1944 F M Towner (Pilot), J R Fink (Co-Pilot) Ostheim
16 Aug 1944 J V Dunlap (Pilot), F/o J J Carter (Co-Pilot) Halle
Lost
MISSING IN ACTION - all 4 engines on fire from fighters