MISSION LOG

FLAK WOLF ---- B-17F----- 42-3131
303rd Bomb Group / 427th Bomb Squadron


Date Pilot

Target

18 Feb 43     Assigned to USAAF
20 Feb 43     To Cheyenne Modification Center
04 Jun 43     Assigned to 303rd Bomb Group at Molesworth
11 Jun 43 F W Lipe Wilhelmshaven Returned early, non-sortie - mechanical fault
13 Jun 43 A F Burch Bremen Returned early, non-sortie
22 Jun 43 F W Lipe Huls  
23 Jun 43 F W Lipe Villacoublay airfield (Recall)  
25 Jun 43 F W Lipe Hamburg  
26 Jun 43 F W Lipe Villacoublay airfield One Fw190 claimed destroyed
28 Jun 43 F W Lipe Beaumont-le-Roger airfield  
04 Jul 43 F W Lipe Le Mans airfield  
10 Jul 43 W G LeFevre Poix &Abbeville airfields  
14 Jul 43 J C James Villacoublay airfield  
17 Jul 43 J G Rolfson Targets of Opportunity  
25 Jul 43 W G LeFevre Hamburg One Me109 claimed destroyed. (BT) suffered anoxia
29 Jul 43 J G Rolfson Kiel (Heligoland)  
30 Jul 43 J G Rolfson Kassel Returned early, non-sortie - #1 & #4 engines rough
15 Aug 43 B J Cardwell Amiens & Poix airfields  
16 Aug 43 R J Hullar LeBourget airfield  
17 Aug 43 C M Olson Schweinfurt Category AC damage - mg + self-inflicted + shell cases
24 Aug 43 B J Cardwell Diversion  
27 Aug 43 B J Cardwell Watten V-weapon site Category A damage - flak
31 Aug 43 B J Cardwell Amiens-Glisy airfield Returned early, non-sortie - (BT) heated suit shorted out
06 Sep 43 A A Cote Stuttgart One Fw190 claimed destroyed
07 Sep 43 B J Cardwell Brussels-Evere airfield  
09 Sep 43 E M Woddrop Vitry-en-Artois airfield  
23 Sep 43 E M Woddrop Nantes (sub supply ship)  
27 Sep 43 E M Woddrop Emden port area  
02 Oct 43 E M Woddrop Emden port area  
08 Oct 43 R E Whitcomb Bremen  
09 Oct 43 E M Woddrop Anklam  
10 Oct 43 E M Woddrop Coesfeld  
03 Nov 43 E M Woddrop Wilhelmshaven  
05 Nov 43 E M Woddrop Gelsenkirchen Category A damage - flak
16 Nov 43 E M Woddrop Knaben (Abortive)  
26 Nov 43 E M Woddrop Bremen Category A damage - flak + shell cases
05 Dec 43 E M Woddrop St Jean d'Angeley airfield  
13 Dec 43 D L Barnes Bremen  
16 Dec 43 D L Barnes Bremen  
20 Dec 43 J J McGarry Bremen Returned early, non-sortie - #2 pro ran away
31 Dec 43 V L Moncur Bordeaux  
04 Jan 44 D L Barnes Kiel Returned early, non-sortie - run away prop
05 Jan 44 D L Barnes Kiel Category A damage - flak
11 Jan 44 J W Carothers Oschersleben MISSING - crashed south of Osnabruck
       
       

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