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Service Record

  1. First mission on record 7 October 1943 ?
  2. 50 missions flown
  3. Crash-landed, Watton 19 May 1944 Returning from Berlin
  4. 49 missions flown
  5. SALVAGED 25 July 1946
Fate
SALVAGED
Date
25 July 1946

Location

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
7 Oct 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center
17 Oct 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To Grand Island AAB
23 Oct 1943 ? (Pilot) ? To Great Falls AAB
9 Nov 1943 ? (Pilot) ? Assigned to 388BG at Knettishall, UK
26 Nov 1943 Pack (Pilot)
5 Dec 1943 George (Pilot) Bordeaux
11 Dec 1943 L E Ranton (Pilot) Emden
13 Dec 1943 Hulcher (Pilot) Kiel Category AC damage -- flak & 20mm
16 Dec 1943 DeJean (Pilot) Bremen Category A damage -- flak
20 Dec 1943 L E Ranton (Pilot) Bremen
22 Dec 1943 L E Ranton (Pilot) Munster Category A damage -- flak
30 Dec 1943 L E Ranton (Pilot) Ludwigshaven
31 Dec 1943 L E Ranton (Pilot) Paris Category A damage -- flak
7 Jan 1944 DeJean (Pilot) Ludwigshafen
11 Jan 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Brunswick
14 Jan 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Crossbow V2-weapon site
21 Jan 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Crossbow V2 site Cherbourg penisular
24 Jan 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Frankfurt
29 Jan 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Frankfurt
3 Feb 1944 Keirsted (Pilot) Wilhelmshaven Category A damage - flak
4 Feb 1944 J G Gunn (Pilot) Frankfurt
5 Feb 1944 Obenschain (Pilot) Romilly Airfield Catgory A damage -- flak
6 Feb 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Romilly Categrory AC damage - machinegun fire
20 Feb 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Posnan
21 Feb 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Brunswick
22 Feb 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Hamm Marshalling Yards
25 Feb 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Regensburg
29 Feb 1944 ??? (Pilot) Brunswick Category AC damage -- flak
16 Mar 1944 Clark (Pilot) Augsburg
18 Mar 1944 A Nelson (Pilot) Augsburg
20 Mar 1944 Sundstrom (Pilot) Frankfurt
26 Mar 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Crossbow V2-weapon site
27 Mar 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Bordeaux
29 Mar 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Chateaudun
1 Apr 1944 Sundstrom (Pilot) Ludwigshafen Hit by flak
8 Apr 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Achmer "Few flak holes"
9 Apr 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Poznan
10 Apr 1944 L E Ranton (Pilot) Courcelles
11 Apr 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Poznan/Rostock "8 large flak holes"
13 Apr 1944 Elliott (Pilot) Augsburg
22 Apr 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Hamm
24 Apr 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Friedrichshafen "7 flak holes, one WIA, controls shot out"
25 Apr 1944 Prendergast (Pilot) Dijon
26 Apr 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Brunswick
29 Apr 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Berlin Severe damage
7 May 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Berlin
8 May 1944 Salles (Pilot) Berlin
Aborted		 Returned early (non sortie) - personnel ill
9 May 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Juvincourt
11 May 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Brussels-Liege "One flak hole"
12 May 1944 W J Brunk (Pilot) Brux
Aborted		 Returned early (non sortie) - #3 engine out
19 May 1944 Salles (Pilot) Berlin Mid-air collision and crashlanded at Watton
4 Jul 1944 Price (Pilot) Sully-sur-Roine
6 Jul 1944 Patten (Pilot) Fleury
6 Jul 1944 Saunders (Pilot) Sautricourt
8 Jul 1944 Bottenfield (Pilot) Nantes
11 Jul 1944 Patten (Pilot) Munich
16 Jul 1944 Paulson (Pilot) Munich
18 Jul 1944 Meagher (Pilot) Kiel
19 Jul 1944 Saunders (?) (Pilot) Schweinfurt
24 Jul 1944 Patten (Pilot) St Lo Tactical target in support of ground assault
25 Jul 1944 Patten (Pilot) St Lo Tactical target in support of ground assault
28 Jul 1944 Price (Pilot) Merseburg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
31 Jul 1944 Saunders (Pilot) Munich Tactical target in support of ground assault
1 Aug 1944 Saunders (Pilot) Tactical target
2 Aug 1944 Meagher (Pilot) Mery-sur-Oise
13 Aug 1944 Meagher (Pilot) Seine River
16 Aug 1944 Meagher (Pilot) Zeitz
24 Aug 1944 J Goodman (Pilot) Brux
30 Aug 1944 Chimenti (Pilot) Bremen
3 Sep 1944 Meagher (Pilot) Brest
8 Sep 1944 Hutchinson (Pilot) Mainz
9 Sep 1944 Saunders (Pilot) Dusseldorf
10 Sep 1944 Lord (Pilot) Nurnburg
12 Sep 1944 Chimenti (Pilot) Magdeburg
13 Sep 1944 Riddle (Pilot) Darmstadt
17 Sep 1944 Mousty (Pilot) Arnheim/Deolen
21 Sep 1944 Harker (Pilot) Ludwigshaven 388BG's 200th combat mission
28 Sep 1944 Hutchinson (Pilot) Merseberg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
2 Oct 1944 Riddle (Pilot) Kassel
3 Oct 1944 Riddle (Pilot) Nurnberg
7 Oct 1944 Sears (Pilot) Bohlen
15 Oct 1944 Riddle (Pilot) Cologne
Aborted		 Returned early (non sortie - personnel sick
17 Oct 1944 Riddle (Pilot) Cologne
18 Oct 1944 Meagher (Pilot) Kassel
22 Oct 1944 Stafford (Pilot) Munster
26 Oct 1944 Gladstone (Pilot) Hannover
30 Oct 1944 Stafford (Pilot) Merseburg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
2 Nov 1944 Opdyke (Pilot) Merseburg Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
4 Nov 1944 Terlitzzi (Pilot) Neunkirchen
5 Nov 1944 Gregorich (Pilot) Ludwigshafen
6 Nov 1944 Gaspard (Pilot) Duisburg
9 Nov 1944 Byrom (Pilot) Saarbrucken
Aborted		 Returned early (non sortie) -- landed at Matching Green
12 Dec 1944 Morrison (Pilot) Darmstadt
15 Dec 1944 Peck (Pilot) Hannover
24 Dec 1944 Reuther (Pilot) Darmstadt
7 Jan 1945 Terlitzzi (Pilot) Cologne
10 Jan 1945 Needham (Pilot) Cologne
13 Jan 1945 Hutchinson (Pilot) Bischofsheim
15 Jan 1945 McKenzie (Pilot) Augsburg
25 Jul 1946 ? (Pilot) ? SALVAGED