MISSION LOG

OUR GAL SAL ---- B-17G---- 42-31767
100th Bomb Group / 351st Bomb Squadron

If you can add any further detail to this mission listing
I would be pleased to hear from you.
My sincere thanks for Jack O'Leary and Mike Faley for their most welcome assistance and additions.


Date Pilot

Target

Notes
31 Jan 44 R J Shoens / (Frankfurt) scrubbed Non sortie - mission scrubbed
3 Feb 44(??)   Wilhelmshaven 351 sqn diary notes this a/c's 1st mission as 2nd Feb 44 but no mission was flown that day, it is assumed the date should have been 3rd Feb.
4 Feb 44 R J Shoens / Frankfurt Flew #2, 2nd element high sqn
6 Feb 44 R J Shoens /

Evreux

Flew #3, 2nd element low sqn
9 Feb 44 R J Shoens /

(Halberstadt) scrubbed

Non sortie - mission scrubbed
10 Feb 44 R J Shoens /

Brunswick

Flew #3, lead element high sqn
13 Feb 44 R J Shoens /

Hesdin / Bois Rempres

V weapon site - flew #7 lead sqn
21 Feb 44 R J Shoens / Vecht airfield Flew #2, 2nd element high sqn
22 Feb 44 R J Shoens / (Schweinfurt) recalled Flew #3, 2nd element high sqn
24 Feb 44 R J Shoens / Rostock Flew #2, 2nd element low sqn
25 Feb 44 R J Shoens / Regensburg Flew #3, lead element lead sqn
29 Feb 44 R J Shoens / Brunswick Non sortie - returned early
2 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Chartres airfield Flew #3, 2nd element lead sqn
3 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Berlin (recalled) Flew #2, 2nd element high sqn
4 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Berlin (recalled) Non sortie - returned early, lost oxygen
6 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Berlin Cat A damage - flak hit inner right wing & fin. (TT) 1 e/a
15 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Brunswick Flew #3, lead element high sqn
16 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Augsburg Non sortie -- airborne spare
18 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Lechfeld Flew #2, lead element high sqn
19 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Mimoyecques V weapon site -- flew #2, lead element low sqn
22 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Berlin Flew #1, 2nd element low sqn
23 Mar 44 S D Eichen / Brunswick  
27 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Bordeaux-Merignac airfield Flew #1, 2nd element high sqn
28 Mar 44 R J Shoens / Chateaudun Flew #1, 2nd element lead sqn
11 Apr 44 R J Shoens / Rostock Flak damage to left wing, #2 engine hit, right outer wing
22 Apr 44 G W Rake / Hamm  
25 Apr 44 J Hunter / Dijon / Longvic airfield  
27am Apr 44 E J Simmons / Flottmanville Non sortie - airborne spare
27pm Apr 44 E J Simmons / LeCulot airfield  
1am May 44 R J Shoens / Wizernes (abortive) Flew #1, lead element low sqn
7 May 44 E J Simmons / ; Berlin Category A damage
9 May 44 E J Simmons / Loan-Couvron / Athies  
11 May 44 E J Simmons / Liege rail yards  
12 May 44 S D Eichen / Brux Returned early -- sortie credited
19 May 44 E Zapf / W Lawson Berlin (B) unconscious in b/bay - 20mm hit forward of cockpit
20 May 44 E J Simmons / Brussels (abortive)  
23 May 44 E J Siewert / Troyes Non sortie - airborne spare
24 May 44 E J Simmons / Berlin Category AC damage - 20mm in left wing, right fuselage, radio room
14 Jun 44 R Cummings / LeCulot (abortive)  
21 Jun 44 L G Bennett / Basdorf  
22 Jun 44 H W Woodall / Paris  
29 Jun 44 B L Scott / Bohlen  
4 Jul 44 W T Greiner / Gien (abortive)  
6 Jul 44 D L Darby / F B Musser Crepieul V weapon site -- bombs hung up, did not drop
7 Jul 44 R Cumming / Bohlen  
8 Jul 44 W B Kennedy / Clamecy-Joigny RR bridge Bombs hung up - brought back
11 Jul 44 D L Darby / F B Musser / Munich  
12 Jul 44 R Cumming / Munich  
13 Jul 44 R Cumming / Munich Recorded as "50 missions" to date
19 Jul 44 R Cumming / Schweinfurt Non sortie - airborne spare
20 Jul 44 R Cumming / Merseburg  
21 Jul 44 R Cumming / Ludwigshafen Bombed with 379BG
28 Jul 44 R L Stevenson / Merseburg  
29 Jul 44 R Cumming / Merseburg  
2 Aug 44 T H Kemp / Torgnier / LaFiere  
3 Aug 44 R Cumming / Troyes  
4 Aug 44 R Cumming / Hamburg  
5 Aug 44 W B Kennedy / Magdeburg  
8 Aug 44 G Brown / St Sylvain (N) R Bayer WIA - 38 flak holes in a/c
11 Aug 44 R Cumming / Villacoublay airfield  
14 Aug 44 D N Ellison / Ludwigshafen  
15 Aug 44 D L Thompson / Venlo airfield  
24 Aug 44 C J Hedin / Ruhland  
3 Sep 44 P A Kramp / Brest  
5 Sep 44 R Cumming / Stuttgart  
11 Sep 44 R Cumming / J J Williamson Ruhland Returned early (sortie ??) - jettisoned load
12 Sep 44 C J Hedin / Magdeburg  
25 Sep 44 O E Hopkins / F Read Ludwigshafen  
26 Sep 44 O E Hokins / F Read Bremen  
17 Oct 44 W B Kennedy / Cologne  
5 Nov 44   Ludwigshafen Cat A flak damage, #1 supercharger hit & left fuselage
2 Dec 44 R L Dovel / Koblenz  
5 Dec 44 H F Streich / Berlin Brought back one bomb, #2 engine feathered
11 Dec 44 R L Dovel / Giessen rail yards Cat A damage
12 Dec 44 R L Dovel Darmstadt #2 eng rough, #1 & #2 engines changed
24 Dec 44 R L Dovel / Biblis  
25 Dec 44 R L Dovel / Kaiserlautern  
27 Dec 44 R L Dovel / Fulda  
28 Dec 44 R L Dovel / Koblenz  
30 Dec 44 J W Knowles / Kassel  
5 Jan 45 R L Dovel / Frankfurt rail yards Returned early (sortie) - #3 engine, jettisoned 20 miles from target
6 Jan 45 R L Dovel / Germersheim  
7 Jan 45 R L Dovel / Cologne  
10 Jan 45 R L Dovel / Cologne  
13 Jan 45 R L Dovel / Mainz  
14 Jan 45 R L Dovel / Derben  
17 Jan 45 M L Kodas / Hamburg Cat A damage + #1 eng oil temp high
20 Jan 45 R L Dovel / Mannheim  
28 Jan 45 J L Wofford / Duisberg Returned early (sortie ??) - #1 engine oil loss, jettisoned load
6 Feb 45 R L Dovel / Chemnitz  
9 Feb 45 R L Dovel / Bohlen  
15 Feb 45 R L Dovel / Bohlen/Cottbus #4 engine changed
19 Feb 45 E T Jensen / Munster Cat AC damage, #3 eng oil leak
21 Feb 45 R L Dovel / Nurnburg  
22 Feb 45 R L Dovel / Donaueschingen  
23 Feb 45 R L Dovel / Treuchtlingen  
25 Feb 45 R L Dovel / Munich  
26 Feb 45 R L Dovel / Berlin  
2 Mar 45 R L Dovel / Dresden Flew in C sqn, 2nd element
4 Mar 45 R L Dovel / Ulm  
7 Mar 45 D J Wallish / Siegen #1 supercharger changed
8 Mar 45 D J Wallish / Giessen Flew in C sqn, lead flight 2nd element
9 Mar 45 ??? Frankfurt Non sortie - spare a/c
10 Mar 45 D J Wallish / Dortmund Flew in B sqn, lead flight 2nd element
11 Mar 45 D J Wallish / Hamburg  
12 Mar 45 D J Wallish / Swinemunde Flew in C sqn as "tail end charlie"
15 Mar 45 L L Bazin / Wittenburg  
17 Mar 45 D J Wallish / Plauen  
18 Mar 45 L L Bazin / Berlin & Falkenburg Flew in B sqn, lead flight 1st element
23 Mar 45 A Munoz Unna / Marburg Cat A damage, #1 & #2 engs ran hot, #4 prop governor leaked
24 Mar 45 J W Johnson / Steenwijk airfield Flew in B sqn, 1st element
28 Mar 45 L L Bazin / Hanover Flew in C sqn, 2nd element
30 Mar 45 ??? (from another sqn) Hamburg  
31 Mar 45 D J Wallish / Zeitz Flew "tail end charlie" in B sqn
3 Apr 45 D J Wallish / Kiel Fluxgate flutters
4 Apr 45 D J Wallish / Kiel Flew in C sqn, 3rd element
6 Apr 45 D J Wallish / Leipzig #3 eng feathered
7 Apr 45 D J Wallish / Buchen  
8 Apr 45 D J Wallish / Eger rail yards  
9 Apr 45 D J Wallish Munich Reim airfield Flew in D sqn, 1st element
10 Apr 45 D J Wallish / Burg-bei-Magdeburg Cat A flak damage (unconfirmed)
11 Apr 45 W C Shaddix / Landshut Flew in A sqn, 1st element
13 Apr 45 R N Grover / Practice Non sortie - practice mission
14 Apr 45 D J Wallish / Royan Flew in C sqn, 2nd element
15 Apr 45 C F Dixon / Royan Flew in D sqn, 1st element
20 Apr 45 D J Wallish / Oranienburg #2 engine changed
6 May 45 D J Wallish / Schipol Chowhound Food drop to Dutch civilians
7 May 45 D J Wallish / Schipol Chowhound Food drop to Dutch civilians - Flew in C sqn, 2nd element
15 May 45 B Brown / Horshing Collecting POWs from Austria
16 May 45 P W Schmidt /   Ferrying POWs
20 May 45     Transferred to 482BG at Alconbury
31 May 45     Returned to USA, Bradley Field (121 Base Unit)
3 Jun 45     To South Plains (4168 Base Unit)
8 Nov 45     Scrapped at RFC Kingman, Az
       
       
       

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