MISSION LOG

SHAMROCK SPECIAL ---- B-17F---- 42-29591
91st Bomb Group / 401st Bomb Squadron


Date Pilot

Target

05 Jan 43     Assigned to USAAF
21 Apr 43     Assigned overseas
22 Apr 43     Assigned to 95BG
11 Jun 43 K S Knowlton / Wilhelmshaven  
13 Jun 43 J W Johnson / Kiel  
16 Jun 43     Transferred to 91BG from 95BG
29 Jun 43 H T Lay / E D Arp Tricqueville  
14 Jul 43 T G Wilson / P Berkey Amiens  
17 Jul 43 T G Wilson / P Berkey Target Opp. N. Germany Category A damage - friendly fire
26 Jul 43 T G Wilson / P Berkey Hamburg  
28 Jul 43 T G Wilson / P Berkey Kassel (abortive) Turned back by weather
30 Jul 43 T G Wilson / P Berkey Kassel (CP) wounded
15 Aug 43 W H Wheeler / H J Bianchi Flushing/Vlissengen Category B (severe) damage - flak + mg
24 Aug 43 Capt D E Sheeler / Villacoublay  
27 Aug 43 R A Pitts / K B Rutledge Watten Category A damage - flak + mg
03 Sep 43 Capt H T Lay / J Gelles Romilly / Evreux (TG) destroyed Fw190
15 Sep 43 Capt H T Lay / J Gelles Romilly  
16 Sep 43 Capt E M Lockhart / H Evers Nantes  
23 Sep 43 Capt H T Lay / C R Phillips Nantes Category A damage - flak. One man wounded
26 Sep 43 Capt H T Lay / N A Daniels Meulan (abortive) Category A damage - flak
08 Oct 43 ? Bremen Returned early - no sortie credit
09 Oct 43     At 2nd SAD
26 Nov 43     Returned to Bassingbourn
30 Dec 43 ? Ludwigshaven Returned early - no sortie credit
31 Dec 43 W B Smith / H E Kirby Cognas airfield Category AC damage - flak + shell cases. Me109 destroyed
11 Jan 44 R S Roberts / F L Butler Oschesleben Category AC damage - flak + self-inflicted + shell cases
21 Jan 44 ? Cherbourg Failed to take off - no sortie credit
29 Jan 44 ? Frankfurt Category A damage - flak
30 Jan 44 I Piacentini / J A Rogers Brunswick Category A damage - 20mm + mg. One wounded by 20mm
03 Feb 44 I Piacentini / J A Rogers Wilhelmshaven Category A damage - flak
04 Feb 44 F Rentmeester / W Behrens Frankfurt  
05 Feb 44 H H Evers / P G McDuffee Avord airfield  
06 Feb 44 H H Evers / B D Moore Nancy-Essey (abortive)  
20 Feb 44 R S Roberts / Maj C D Lee Liepzig-Aschersleben Category A damage - flak
21 Feb 44 P R Coleman / R A Thompson Achmer  
22 Feb 44 P R Coleman / R A Thompson Bunde/Bielefeld Returned early - spare
24 Feb 44 J D Davis / A N Morey Schweinfurt Category A damage - flak
18 Apr 44 W S Burtt / Oranienburg (possible error in records)?
--- Apr 44     Transferred to Air Force Service Command
22 Jun 44     Returned USA to Hill Field (4135 Base Unit)
01 Mar 45     To Tooele Field (617 Base Unit)
13 Nov 45     To RFC Kingman, Arizona for scrapping
       
       

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