BECOMING BACK ---- B-24J---- 44-10575
453rd Bomb Group /
735th Bomb Squadron
My thanks to Roy Myers for the information he has been able to provide and especially to Tom Brittan for his extensive list of mission details.
| Date | Pilot |
Target |
Notes |
| 17 Jun 44 | Delivered to USAAF | ||
| 23 Jul 44 | Assigned overseas | ||
| 06 Dec 44 | Lt Alex S Wallace / | Minden-Mittelland aqueduct | Deputy lead high right 'B' Group |
| 11 Dec 44 | Lt William L Garrett / | Hanau marshalling yards | |
| 24 Dec 44 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Mainz / Mayen rail yards | Bomb load : 24 x 250 GPs |
| 28 Dec 44 | Lt Ralph G Langley / | Neunkirchen Rail Yards | Bomb load: 20 x 250 GPs plus 2 x 500 M17 clusters |
| 29 Dec 44 | Lt Raymond A McGilvary | Remagen rail/road bridge | |
| 30 Dec 44 | Lt Robert Q Rollins / | Euskirchen rail/road junction | Bomb load: 3 x 2000 GP |
| 31 Dec 44 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Coblenz rai/road bridge | Bomb load : 3x 2000 GPs |
| 02 Jan 45 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Coblenz rail/road bridge | Bomb load :3 x 2000 GPs |
| 03 Jan 45 | Lt John Walker / | Homburg rail yards | |
| 05 Jan 45 | Lt Robert G Rush / | Sobernheim - Neustadt | Bomb load: 20 x 500GPs |
| 10 Jan 45 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Steinbrucke RR bridge | Bomb load :6 x 1000 GPs |
| 13 Jan 45 | Lt John M Roth / | Rudesheim RR bridge | Landed away at Shipdham (44BG base) |
| 15 Jan 45 | Lt Robert G Rush / | Reutlingen rail yards | |
| 16 Jan 45 | Lt Richard F McCarthy / | Magdeburg tank factory | Landed away at Peronne, France - stayed for several weeks |
| 16 Feb 45 | 467th Sub Depot repaired left rudder + maintenance | ||
| 21 Feb 45 | Lt Robert G Thach / | Nurnburg rail yards | |
| 22 Feb 45 | Lt Robert G Thach / | (Halberstadt) - Oker | |
| 23 Feb 45 | Lt Robert G Thach / | Paderborn rail yards | |
| 24 Feb 45 | Lt John Ross / | Lehte marshalling yards | |
| 26 Feb 45 | Lt Jack M McKenzie / | Berlin marshalling yards | |
| 27 Feb 45 | Irving R Kraus / | Halle marshalling yards | |
| 28 Feb 45 | Lt John Walker / | Arnsberg marshalling yards | |
| 01 Mar 45 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Ingolstadt rail yards | Bomb load : 10 x 500# GPs |
| 02 Mar 45 | Lt John Walker / | Magdeburg rail yards | Flak hit #1 tokio tank (replaced) |
| 04 Mar 45 | Lt John Walker / | Giebelstadt airfield | Mission Recalled |
| 08 Mar 45 | Lt David C Elmore Jr / | Siegen marshalling yards | |
| 09 Mar 45 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Munster rail yards | Bomb load : 44 x 100 GPs, 2 x 500 M-17 clusters |
| 10 Mar 45 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Paderborn rail yards | Bomb load : 44 x 100 GPs, 2 x M-17 clusters |
| 11 Mar 45 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Kiel U-boat yards | Bomb load ; 10 x 500 GPs |
| 17 Mar 45 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Munster rail yards | Bomb load : 44 x 100 GPs, 2 x M-17 clusters |
| 18 Mar 45 | Lt ted Hultgren / | Berlin Tegel tank factory | |
| 19 Mar 45 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Neuberg jet a/c airfields | |
| 21 Mar 45 | Lt Jack M McKenzie / | Achmer jet a/c airfield | |
| 24 Mar 45 | Lt Jack W Roth / | Wesel | Low level supply drop to troops - Deputy lead |
| 25 Mar 45 | Lt Glenn V Campbell / | Ehmen oil storage depot | Replacement a/c - took off late |
| 30 Mar 45 | Lt Joe Rogers / | Wilhelmshaven U-boat pens | |
| 31 Mar 45 | Lt Eugene O'Leary / | Brunswick rail yards | Transferred following day to 733th Bomb Sqn |
| 04 Apr 45 | Lt Ralph G Langley / | Wesendorf airfield | |
| 05 Apr 45 | Lt Pierre J Farley / | Eger, Czech | Mission Recalled |
| 06 Apr 45 | Lt Ralph G Langley / | Halle marshalling yards | |
| 08 Apr 45 | Lt Ralph G Langley / | Furth / Blumenthal airfield | |
| 10 Apr 45 | Lt Frederick H Bubier / | Rechlin / Wittenberg | |
| 22 Apr 45 | Transferred to 491BG as a/c "D+" (no combat missions) | ||
| Returned USA -- Willow Run | |||
