B-17G Aircraft 42-97237 Was Assigned To 53 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 46 Of Them
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Results |
Mission/Sortie Information |
| 82⇗ | 26 March 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France | Completed Mission |
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| 83⇗ | 27 March 1944 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Tours & Chartres, France | Completed Mission | 94 Group.
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| 84⇗ | 28 March 1944 | Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dijon, France | Completed Mission |
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| 85⇗ | 29 March 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| -- | 31 March 1944 | Ludwigshaven, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Flying Spare
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| 86⇗ | 9 April 1944 | Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 87⇗ | 10 April 1944 | Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium | Completed Mission |
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| 90⇗ | 18 April 1944 | Target: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 91⇗ | 19 April 1944 | Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy.
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| -- | 21 April 1944 | Leuna, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
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| 93⇗ | 22 April 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead, low group.
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| 95⇗ | 25 April 1944 | Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Metz, France | Completed Mission |
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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 |
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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 | Low Squadron Lead.
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| 100⇗ | 4 May 1944 | Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron, composite high group, 94th CBW.
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| 101⇗ | 7 May 1944 | Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 102⇗ | 8 May 1944 | Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission |
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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.
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| 106⇗ | 12 May 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, low group.
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| 107⇗ | 13 May 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Components Factory.
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Poznań, Poland | Completed Mission |
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| 108⇗ | 15 May 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France | Completed Mission |
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| 109⇗ | 19 May 1944 | Target: Unidentified Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Group. Bomb bay doors stuck; could not bomb.
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| 113⇗ | 23 May 1944 | Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France | Completed Mission | 41B Group High Squadron Lead.
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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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| 116⇗ | 27 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Group.
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| 117⇗ | 28 May 1944 | Target: Junkers Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Dessau, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 119⇗ | 29 May 1944 | Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland | Completed Mission |
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| 120⇗ | 30 May 1944 | Target: Aircraft Hangars and Repair Sheds
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt, Germany | Completed Mission |
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| 125⇗ | 4 June 1944 | Target: Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: Hardelot (Boulogne area), France | Completed Mission | Low Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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| 126⇗ | 5 June 1944 | Target: Field Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: La Fosse, France | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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| 128⇗ | 6 June 1944 | Target: Two Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Caen, France | Completed Mission | K Squadron.
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| 130⇗ | 7 June 1944 | Target: Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: Condé-sur-Noireau, France | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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| 131⇗ | 8 June 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (41C) & Loire River Railroad Bridge (41D)
Type: Transportation
Location: Orleans, France | Completed Mission | 41C Wing, Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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| 132⇗ | 10 June 1944 | Target: Chateau Bougon Airfield (41A) & Vannes Airfield (41B)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nantes & Vannes, France | Completed Mission | 41A Group.
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| 133⇗ | 12 June 1944 | Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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| 134⇗ | 13 June 1944 | Target: Dreux Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux, France | Completed Mission | Landed away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
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| 135⇗ | 14 June 1944 | Target: Coulommiers Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Coulommiers, France | Completed Mission | 41D Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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| 137⇗ | 16 June 1944 | Target: Athies Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Laon, France | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Turned back due to mechanical failure over enemy territory; bombs jettisoned.
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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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| 143⇗ | 22 June 1944 | Target: V-2 Storage & Launch Site
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6109.
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| 152⇗ | 6 July 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Blanc Pignon Ferme, Cléty, France | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑6080.
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| 153⇗ | 7 July 1944 | Target: Me-109 Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig, Germany | Completed Mission | High group, 41st A wing.
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| 154⇗ | 8 July 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Renescure, France | Completed Mission | Lead group.
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| 155⇗ | 11 July 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Munich / München, Germany | Completed Mission |
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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 | Completed Mission | 41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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| 158⇗ | 16 July 1944 | Target: Aero Engine Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Munich / München, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 159⇗ | 17 July 1944 | Target: Beautor Bridge
Type: Transportation
Location: Beautor, France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, low group.
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| 160⇗ | 18 July 1944 | Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Peenemünde & Zinnowitz, Germany | Completed Mission | 41B Group, Hot Camera ship.
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| 161⇗ | 19 July 1944 | Target: Hydrogen Peroxide Plant
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Höllriegelskreuth District, Pullach, Germany | Failed To Return | Lead group. Attacked by enemy aircraft immediately after bombs away; at 0957 hrs he called for permission to land in Switzerland because of four wounded crewmen and three engines out. Force-landed at Dubendorf, Switzerland. MACR 7280
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