B-17G Aircraft 42-107083 Was Assigned To 80 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 63 Of Them
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Results |
Mission/Sortie Information |
| 86⇗ | 9 April 1944 | Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned backat 1027 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather.
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| 88⇗ | 11 April 1944 | Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Sorau, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 90⇗ | 18 April 1944 | Target: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at Attlebridge Airfield, AAF Station 120, on return due to low fuel.
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| 92⇗ | 20 April 1944 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 93⇗ | 22 April 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy, high group.
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| 95⇗ | 25 April 1944 | Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Metz, France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy.
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| 96⇗ | 27 April 1944 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 97⇗ | 27 April 1944 | Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France | Completed Mission |
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| 98⇗ | 29 April 1944 | Target: Industrial District
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy.
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| 99⇗ | 1 May 1944 | Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France | Completed Mission |
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| 100⇗ | 4 May 1944 | Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Oxygen went out two hours after take off.
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| 101⇗ | 7 May 1944 | Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 103⇗ | 8 May 1944 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France | Completed Mission |
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| 104⇗ | 9 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Thionville, France | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed |
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| -- | 10 May 1944 | Ehrang, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | High Grp A
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| 105⇗ | 11 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany | Completed Mission | 41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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| 106⇗ | 12 May 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 107⇗ | 13 May 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Components Factory.
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Poznań, Poland | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined high Squadron, high composite group, 41st CBW.
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| 109⇗ | 19 May 1944 | Target: Unidentified Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Group. Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑102620.
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| 111⇗ | 21 May 1944 | Target: NOBALL (Supergun Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France | Spare, Completed Mission | Group A Flying Spare. Joined formation. Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑37776.
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| 112⇗ | 22 May 1944 | Target: Warehouse District in the Dock Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 113⇗ | 23 May 1944 | Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare aircraft 42‑97271.
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| 114⇗ | 24 May 1944 | Target: Unidentified Military Installations
Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Group.
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| 139⇗ | 19 June 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury & Crépy, France | Completed Mission | 41A Group.
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| 142⇗ | 21 June 1944 | Target: Friedrichstrasse Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Group.
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| 144⇗ | 22 June 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Lille (Fives district), France | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation.
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| 145⇗ | 24 June 1944 | Target: German Vacuum Oil Company
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Oslebshausen (Bremen area), Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 146⇗ | 25 June 1944 | Target: Railroad Bridge & Embankment
Type: Transportation
Location: Sens, France | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back, reasons unknown.
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| 150⇗ | 4 July 1944 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux (Conches-en-Ouche), France | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 0525; reasons unknown.
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| 153⇗ | 7 July 1944 | Target: Me-109 Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | High group, 41st A wing flying spare; joined formation.
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| 155⇗ | 11 July 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Munich / München, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37822.
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| 156⇗ | 12 July 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Munich / München, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 157⇗ | 13 July 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Munich / München, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 160⇗ | 18 July 1944 | Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Peenemünde & Zinnowitz, Germany | Completed Mission | 41B Group.
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| 162⇗ | 20 July 1944 | Target: Aircraft Plants
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Dessau, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 163⇗ | 21 July 1944 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Schwäbisch Hall, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 164⇗ | 24 July 1944 | Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points
Type: Military
Location: La Chapelle en Juger & Hébécrevon, France | Completed Mission | High group.
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| 165⇗ | 25 July 1944 | Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points
Type: Military
Location: Montreuil-sur-Lozon, Le Châtel,
& La Chapelle en Juger, France | Completed Mission | Low Group Hot Camera Ship.
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| 166⇗ | 28 July 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 168⇗ | 31 July 1944 | Target: Aero Engine Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Munich / München, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 169⇗ | 1 August 1944 | Target: Railroad Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Chartres, France | Completed Mission | Low Group.
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| 170⇗ | 3 August 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France | Completed Mission | H Group.
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| 171⇗ | 4 August 1944 | Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Peenemünde, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Group Hot Camera Ship.
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| 173⇗ | 5 August 1944 | Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Langenhagen, Germany | Completed Mission | High section lead, high group.
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| 174⇗ | 7 August 1944 | Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dugny (Paris), France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, high group.
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| 175⇗ | 8 August 1944 | Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points
Type: Military
Location: Bretteville-sur-Laize, France | Completed Mission | Low group.
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| 179⇗ | 13 August 1944 | Target: Tactical: Road Network
Type: Transportation
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France | Completed Mission | High section lead, low group.
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| 180⇗ | 14 August 1944 | Target: Echterdingen Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Stuttgart, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead group.
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| 181⇗ | 16 August 1944 | Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Delitzsch, Germany | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | High group.
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| 182⇗ | 18 August 1944 | Target: Tactical: Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Vise, Belgium | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, high group.
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| 184⇗ | 25 August 1944 | Target: Airfield & Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Anklam, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 185⇗ | 26 August 1944 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low group.
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| 186⇗ | 30 August 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Crepieul, France | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102601.
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| -- | 1 September 1944 | Ludwigshaven, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
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| 187⇗ | 3 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑38014. Hot camera ship.
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| 188⇗ | 5 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 189⇗ | 8 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Low group flying spare. Joined formation.
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| 190⇗ | 9 September 1944 | Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 191⇗ | 10 September 1944 | Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Sindelfingen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 192⇗ | 11 September 1944 | Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf & Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission | 41B Group. Rudder out on landing.
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| 195⇗ | 17 September 1944 | Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical
Type: Military
Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands | Completed Mission | D Squadron.
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| 196⇗ | 19 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron.
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| 197⇗ | 21 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mainz, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 198⇗ | 25 September 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | Collided with B-24, but was able to return to base; left wing damaged.
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| 215⇗ | 25 October 1944 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 218⇗ | 2 November 1944 | Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 222⇗ | 8 November 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point)
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 227⇗ | 20 November 1944 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 228⇗ | 23 November 1944 | Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 229⇗ | 25 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Lead Squadron
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| 230⇗ | 26 November 1944 | Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: Altenbeken, Germany | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship.
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| 231⇗ | 27 November 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Offenburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 232⇗ | 29 November 1944 | Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 233⇗ | 30 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Zeitz, Germany | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | High Squadron
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| 235⇗ | 4 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Soest, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship.
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| 236⇗ | 6 December 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 237⇗ | 9 December 1944 | Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 238⇗ | 11 December 1944 | Target: Road & Rail Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 240⇗ | 18 December 1944 | Target: Road Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Gemünd, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 244⇗ | 27 December 1944 | Target: Bridge (Tactical)
Type: Transportation
Location: Altenahr, Germany | Failed To Return | High Squadron hot camera ship. Received direct flak burst two minutes after attacking secondary; burst hit behind ball turret and completely disengaged the tail assembly; three chutes observed; crashed near Mühlbach (near Arenburg), Germany; MACR 11248
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