JERSEY JACKASS ---- B-24D-CO ---- 41-11776
98th Bomb Group / 343rd Bomb Squadron
| Date | Pilot |
Target |
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| Assigned to 343rd Bomb Squadron | |||
| 25 Aug 42 | J R Muehlberg | Corinth Canal | |
| 29 Aug 42 | J R Muehlberg | Shipping strike | Returned early - aborted - hydraulics + 2 generators out |
| 05 Sep 42 | J R Muelhberg | Candia Bay | Shipping strike |
| 25 Sep 42 | J R Muehlberg | Shipping strike | #2 eng malfunctioned |
| 03 Oct 42 | J R Muehlberg | Navarino Bay | Shipping strike |
| 09 Oct 42 | J R Muehlberg | Benghasi shipping | Lost #4 supercharger, jettisoned bombs |
| 16 Oct 42 | J R Muehlberg | Benghasi shipping | Abortive due to weather, bombs returned |
| 19 Oct 42 | J R Muehlberg | Benghasi shipping | Returned early - aborted - #3 engine out |
| 28 Oct 42 | J R Muehlberg | Navarino Bay | Shipping strike |
| 04 Nov 42 | C C Clinton | Benghasi harbour | |
| 06 Nov 42 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Benghasi harbour | |
| 10 Nov 42 | Capt J M Kilgore | Benghasi harbour | Returned early - mechanical trouble |
| 23 Nov 42 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Tripoli | Abortive due to weather |
| 28 Nov 42 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Tripoli | |
| 02 Dec 42 | G E Groff | Naples harbour | All 4 engines stopped over sea but restarted |
| 28 Dec 42 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Sousse | Aborted just prior to target due to oxygen loss |
| 01 Jan 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Tunis harbour | Returned early - tail turret out, landed at Kabrit |
| 08 Jan 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Bizerta shipping | rerturbed early -- #1 engine lost oil |
| 15 Jan 43 | J D Harden | Tripoli | Flak damage to nose and wing |
| 24 Jan 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Palermo Docks | |
| 31 Jan 43 | G R Groff | Messina ferry slipway | |
| 03 Feb 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Palermo / Messina | returned early -- #2 supercharger out |
| 13 Feb 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Naples / Palermo | returned early -- gunner sick |
| 23 Feb 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Messina ferry slipway | Lost top and tail guns just after target |
| 13 Mar 43 | J D Harden | Naples harbour | |
| 18 Mar 43 | Lt Jorgensen | Naples harbour | Returned early -- #1 and #4 engines out |
| 24 Mar 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Messina ferry slipway | |
| 02 Apr 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Naples harbour | Returned early -- crewman suffered epileptic fit |
| 05 Apr 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Palermo | |
| 07 Apr 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Palermo | Aborted -- lost formation in bad weather |
| 11 Apr 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Naples | |
| 13 Apr 43 | Capt J R Muehlberg | Catania | |
| 15 Apr 43 | Capt J R Muelhberg | Palermo | |
| 26 Apr 43 | D S Watt | Bari airfield | |
| 28 Apr 43 | D S Watt | Messina ferry terminal | One Me109 claimed destroyed |
| 01 May 43 | D S Watt | Reggio harbour | Abortive due to weather |
| 04 May 43 | D S Watt | Reggio harbour | |
| 21 May 43 | D S Watt | Reggio di Calabria | One Me109 claimed destroyed |
| 25 May 43 | C S Looker | Messina | Returned early -- #1 engine feathered, smoking and windmilling |
| 07 Jul 43 | D C Johnson | Gerbini | |
| 11 Jul 43 | C W Gooden | Vibo Valentia | |
| 17 Jul 43 | L E Murphy | Naples | Hit by flak -- 40 holes, hydraulics shot out |
| 01 aug 43 | J J McGraw (389BG) | Ploesti | MISSING -- down in Romania, 6 KIA, 3 POW |
