MISSION LOG

PACIFIC QUEEN ---- B-29-16-BA----- 42-63429
500th Bomb Group / 882nd Bomb Squadron

I am grateful to the family of John M Norton for making this information available via Joe Hudak. If anyone can add further missions to this listing I would very much appreciate hearing from them. It is thought that "Pacific Queen" successfully completed 50 combat missions -- perhaps more.
Date Pilot

Target
  Maj W E Hurlbutt / F P Omilian   From USA to Saipan
       
08 Dec 44 Capt J Savage Iwo Jima  
13 Dec 44 Capt J Savage Nagoya  
18 Dec 44 Capt J Savage Nagoya (abort)  
22 Dec 44 Capt J Savage Nagoya  
19 Feb 45 Capt H G Gray Nakajima Tokyo One fighter destroyed
25 Feb 45 Capt H G Gray Nakajima Tokyo  
07 Mar 45 Capt H G Gray Okinawa Landed at Guam, returned that night
09 Mar 45 Capt H G Gray Tokyo Sustained weak attack by Japanese night fighter
11 Mar 45 1lt R O Haas Nagoya  
13 Mar 45 Capt H G Gray Osaka Low level attack. Attacked by Baka bombs
16 Mar 45 Capt H G Gray Kobe  
27 Mar 45 Capt H G Gray Oita airfield  
31 Mar 45 1st W E Robertson Jr Kyushu  
08 Apr 45 Capt H G Gray Kyushu Aborted - non sortie
12 Apr 45 Capt H G Gray Musashima  
16 Apr 45 Capt H G Gray Tokyo  
18 Apr 45 Capt H G Gray Izami airfield, Kyushu  
26 Apr 45 Capt H G Gray Kyushu airfield  
05 May 45 Capt H G Gray Kure Hole in right wing and in #2 engine
10 May 45 Capt H G Gray Tokuyama  
14 May 45 1Lt J R Farrell Nagoya  
16 May 45 Capt H G Gray Nagoya  
19 May 45 Capt H G Gray Hamamatsu  
23 May 45 Capt H G Gray Tokyo  
29 May 45 Capt H G Gray Yokohama  
01 Jun 45 Capt H G Gray Osaka  
05 Jun 45 Capt H G Gray Kobe  
10 Jun 45 Capt H G Gray Tokyo  
15 Jun 45 Capt H G Gray; Osaka  
17 June 45 Capt Arbon Hamamatsu Aborted - non sortie
19 Jun 45 Capt H G Gray Fukuoka  
22 Jun 45 Capt H G Gray Kure One hole from flak
26 Jun 45 Capt H G Gray Osaka  
29 Jun 45 Capt H G Gray Sasebo Naval Base  
       
       
       
       
       

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