Meat Hound
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Service Record

  1. First mission on record 31 December 1942 ?
  2. 46 missions flown
  3. SALVAGED - to 2nd Strategic Air Depot 12 January 1944
Fate
SALVAGED - to 2nd Strategic Air Depot
Date
12 January 1944

Location

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
31 Dec 1942 ? (Pilot) ? Delivered to Denver Modification Center
7 Jan 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To Salina AAB
12 Feb 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To Morrison AAB
14 Feb 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To Homestead AAB
17 Feb 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Assigned overseas to UK, 8th Air Force
2 Mar 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Assigned to 306th Bomb Group at Thurleigh
13 Mar 1943 D A Steele (Pilot), R W Jones (Co-Pilot) Amiens MY
22 Mar 1943 D A Steele (Pilot), R W Jones (Co-Pilot) Wilhelmshaven Flak hit cockpit, bullet hole in left wing
4 Apr 1943 D A Steele (Pilot), R W Jones (Co-Pilot) Paris (TT) destroyed e/a
5 Apr 1943 D A Steele (Pilot), R W Jones (Co-Pilot) Antwerp
Aborted
R/E (NS) - cylinder head broke
1 May 1943 R W Jones (Pilot), D A Steele (Co-Pilot) St Nazaire One flak hole
13 May 1943 R W Jones (Pilot), J P Leach /J M Cavalho (Co-Pilot) Meaulte
14 May 1943 R W Jones (Pilot), D A Steele (Co-Pilot) Kiel
15 May 1943 R W Jones (Pilot), D A Steele (Co-Pilot) Wilhelmshaven
17 May 1943 R W Jones (Pilot), W H Marcotte (Co-Pilot) Lorient
19 May 1943 R W Jones (Pilot), D A Steele (Co-Pilot) Kiel
21 May 1943 R W Jones (Pilot), D A Steele (Co-Pilot) Wilhelmshaven (WG) hit in thigh. 20mm hole in left landing light, #2 eng out hit by 30mm, #1 eng instruments out, radio hit. F/L at B24 base severing barrage balloon.
30 Jul 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Transferred to 303rd Bomb Group at Molesworth
12 Aug 1943 F H Thompson (Pilot) Ruhr (Bochum, Gelsinkirchen) Category A damage - flak + mg. One Fw190 claimed destroyed
15 Aug 1943 D Gamble (Pilot) Amiens & Poix airfields
16 Aug 1943 D A Shebeck (Pilot) LeBourget airfield
17 Aug 1943 J W Hendry (Pilot) Schweinfurt Category AC damage - flak + self-inflicted. 4 Me110s claimed
31 Aug 1943 F H Thompson (Pilot) Amiens/Glisy Airfield
3 Sep 1943 J R Johnston (Pilot) Romilly-sur-Seine
6 Sep 1943 F H Thompson (Pilot) Stuttgart
Aborted
Returned early, non-sortie - #3 supercharger failed
7 Sep 1943 J W Hendry (Pilot) Brussels Evere airfield
9 Sep 1943 A L Sumarlidason (Pilot) Vitry-en-Artois airfield
16 Sep 1943 A L Sumarlidason (Pilot) Nantes
27 Sep 1943 R C Sanders (Pilot) Emden port area
2 Oct 1943 A L Sumarlidason (Pilot) Emden port area
4 Oct 1943 A L Sumarlidason (Pilot) Frankfurt Category A damage - flak
8 Oct 1943 P W Campbell (Pilot) Bremen
9 Oct 1943 P W Campbell (Pilot) Anklam
10 Oct 1943 P W Campbell (Pilot) Coesfeld
14 Oct 1943 P W Campbell (Pilot) Schweinfurt
Aborted
Returned early, non-sortie - fuel transfer pump out
20 Oct 1943 P W Campbell (Pilot) Duren Category AC damage - mg (friendly fire)?
3 Nov 1943 P W Campbell (Pilot) Wilhelmshaven
5 Nov 1943 D F DeCamp (Pilot) Gelsenkirchen Category A damage - flak
26 Nov 1943 P W Campbell (Pilot) Bremen
Aborted
Returned early, non-sortie
29 Nov 1943 D F DeCamp (Pilot) Bremen Category AC damage - self-inflicted
11 Dec 1943 D F DeCamp (Pilot) Emden
13 Dec 1943 Capt M R Hungerford (Pilot) Bremen
16 Dec 1943 M L Smith (Pilot) Bremen Landed at RAF Newmarket.
4 Jan 1944 M L Clark (Pilot) Kiel Category AC damage - flak + unidentified falling object
11 Jan 1944 J W Watson (Pilot) Oschersleben Lost 2 engines, crew bailed out over Holland, (P) brought a/c back to land at Metfield
12 Jan 1944 ? (Pilot) ? SALVAGED - to 2nd Strategic Air Depot

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