MISSION LOG

WINNING RUN ---- B-17F----- 42-29944
303rd Bomb Group / 427th Bomb Squadron


Date Pilot

Target

17 Mar 43     Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center
28 Mar 43     To Gore AAB
13 Apr 43     To Metropolitan AAB
29 Apr 43     To Presque Isle, assigned to 303BG named "Buzzin Bronco"
13 Jun 43 Capt B B Southworth Bremen Re-named as "Winning Run" by (P), whose father managed the St Louis Cardinals
22 Jun 43 A F Burch Huls  
23 Jun 43 D P Shelhamer Villacoublay airfield (Recall) Returned early - non-sortie, oxygen failure
25 Jun 43 A A Cote Hamburg  
26 Jun 43 A A Cote Villacoublay airfield  
28 Jun 43 A A Cote Beaumont-le-Roger airfield  
29 Jun 43 J C James Villacoublay (abortive)  
04 Jul 43 J C James Le Mans airfield Two Fw190s claimed as destroyed
10 Jul 43 J C James Poix & Abbeville airfields  
17 Jul 43 J C James Target of opportunity Returned early - non-sortie, (TG) oxygen failed, suffered anoxia
25 Jul 43 A C Strickland Hamburg  
16 Aug 43     Secret flight to North Africa
23 Aug 43     Returned to UK from North Africa
27 Aug 43 J C James Watten V-weapon site Category A damage - flak
31 Aug 43 Capt A C Strickland Amiens-Glisy airfields Group lead
03 Sep 43 Capt A C Strickland Romilly-sur-Seine Category A damage - flak. (P) finished tour
06 Sep 43 J C Jacobs Stuttgart CRASHLANDED at RAF Deanland, near Uckfield, out of fuel
       
       

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