B-17G Aircraft 42-97273 Was Assigned To 51 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 42 Of Them
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Date |
Target |
Results |
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| -- | 12 April 1944 | Schweinfurt, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
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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 |
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| 92⇗ | 20 April 1944 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑97320. This aircraft had inaccurate oil pressure transmitter.
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| 93⇗ | 22 April 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany | Completed Mission |
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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 | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy.
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| 97⇗ | 27 April 1944 | Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed |
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| 98⇗ | 29 April 1944 | Target: Industrial District
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation.
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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 | Completed Mission |
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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 | Low Squadron lead.
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| -- | 10 May 1944 | Ehrang, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | HSqLd; 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 Lead.
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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 | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, low group 40th CBW.
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| 109⇗ | 19 May 1944 | Target: Unidentified Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Group.
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| 111⇗ | 21 May 1944 | Target: NOBALL (Supergun Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France | Completed Mission | Group A Low Squadron Lead. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, on return.
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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 | Completed Mission | 41B Group Low 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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| 115⇗ | 25 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France | Completed Mission | 41B 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 | Low Squadron Lead.
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| 119⇗ | 29 May 1944 | Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland | Completed Mission | Low Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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| 120⇗ | 30 May 1944 | Target: Aircraft Hangars and Repair Sheds
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Group, High Squadron Lead.
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| 122⇗ | 2 June 1944 | Target: Gun Battery with six 155mm guns, Tactical Support
Type: Military
Location: Hardelot (5 miles S of Boulogne), France | Completed Mission |
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| 124⇗ | 3 June 1944 | Target: Coastal Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: Le Touquet, France | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 125⇗ | 4 June 1944 | Target: Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: Hardelot (Boulogne area), France | Completed Mission |
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| 126⇗ | 5 June 1944 | Target: Field Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: La Fosse, France | Completed Mission | High Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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| 129⇗ | 6 June 1944 | Target: Highway Choke Point in City of Caen
Type: Transportation
Location: Caen, France | Completed Mission |
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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 | 41D Group, Low Squadron Lead. Bombed Primary Target.
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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 | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 133⇗ | 12 June 1944 | Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France | Completed Mission | High Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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| 134⇗ | 13 June 1944 | Target: Dreux Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux, France | Completed Mission | Low Group, High Squadron Lead. Landed away at RAF Stansted, Essex, 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 | 41B Wing, Lead Group.
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| 137⇗ | 16 June 1944 | Target: Athies Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Laon, France | Completed Mission |
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| 138⇗ | 18 June 1944 | Target: Ölwerke Julius Humbles
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission | 41B 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, High Squadron Lead.
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| 141⇗ | 20 June 1944 | Target: Oil Refineries
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Harburg (Hamburg area), Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑97178.
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| 142⇗ | 21 June 1944 | Target: Friedrichstrasse Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Composite High Group Lead.
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| 143⇗ | 22 June 1944 | Target: V-2 Storage & Launch Site
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead.
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| 145⇗ | 24 June 1944 | Target: German Vacuum Oil Company
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Oslebshausen (Bremen area), Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37974.
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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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| 149⇗ | 30 June 1944 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Montdidier, France | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 150⇗ | 4 July 1944 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux (Conches-en-Ouche), France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, high group.
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| 151⇗ | 6 July 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Coubronne, France | Completed Mission | High section lead, low group.
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| 153⇗ | 7 July 1944 | Target: Me-109 Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig, Germany | Completed Mission, Some Crew Bailed Out | High group, 41st A wing. Tailgunner bailed out during violent prop wash, apparently believing the aircraft was in trouble.
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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 | Failed To Return | Low group. At 1325, immediately after bombs away, 4 parachutes appeared from plane which exploded a few thousand feet below the formation; flak damage, crashed in the area of Munich, Germany. MACR 7568
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