MISSION LOG

DESTINY'S CHILD ---- B-17G-30-BO ---- 42-31812
91st Bomb Group (Heavy) 401st Bomb Squadron


Date Pilot

Target

Notes

22 Feb 44

Howard Weber Bunde/Bielefeld One crewman suffered frostbite

24 Feb 44

??? Schweinfurt Aborted with Cat A damage - friendly fire

02 Mar 44

Robert Tibbetts Frankfurt  

03 Mar 44

Robert Tibbetts Wilhelmshaven Failed to drop bombs

04 Mar 44

Howard Weber Cologne  

08 Mar 44

Howard Weber Berlin-Erkner  

09 Mar 44

Howard Weber Berlin  

16 Mar 44

Frank Ammann Lechfeld  

18 Mar 44

Howard Weber Oberpfaffenhofen  

20 Mar 44

Howard Weber Frankfurt  

22 Mar 44

Howard Weber Berlin  

23 Mar 44

Howard Weber Ahlen  

24 Mar 44

Howard Weber Frankfurt  

26 Mar 44

Charles Price Mimoyeques V-weapon site  

27 Mar 44

Howard Weber St Jean d'Angeley airfield  

28 Mar 44

Howard Weber

Reims-Champagne airfield  

29 Mar 44

Howard Weber Brunswick  

10 Apr 44

Howard Weber Brussels  

13 Apr 44

Howard Weber Schweinfurt  

18 Apr 44

Howard Weber Oranienburg Category A battle damage - flak

20 Apr 44

Howard Weber Croisette-Beauvoir  

22 Apr 44

Lester Rentmeester Hamm M/Y  

24 Apr 44

Howard Weber Erding  

27 Apr 44

Howard Weber La Glacerie V-weapon site  

06 May 44

Lester Rentmeester Sottevast (abortive)  

11 May 44

Howard Weber Kontz Karthaus  

12 May 44

Marshall McKew Lutzkendorf Category A battle damage - flak

13 May 44

?? Stralsund  

19 May 44

George Heilig Berlin Category A battle damage - flak

22 May 44

David Ryan Kiel  

24 May 44

George Heilig Berlin  

25 May 44

John Powell Nancy-Essey airfield  

27 May 44

Marshall McKew Ludwigshaven  

30 May 44

Donald Knapp Dessau  

31 May 44

Donald Knapp Mulhouse  

02 Jun 44

John Follett Boulogne Morning mission

04 Jun 44

John Follett Hardelot coastal battery  

05 Jun 44

John Follett Houlgate  

06 Jun 44

John Follett La Riviere D-Day

08 Jun 44

John Follett La Frilliere (Tours)  

11 Jun 44

John Follett Beaumont-le-Roger airfield  

12 Jun 44

John Follett Cambrai-Niergnies airfield  

13 Jun 44

John Follett Beaumont-sur-Oise airfield Brought back bombs

18 Jun 44

John Follett Hamburg  

20 Jun 44

Harold Kirby Hamburg Aborted -- #2 engine on fire, windmilling. bombed Heligoland

04 Jul 44

Harold Kirby Tours rail bridge (abortive)  

07 Jul 44

P L Collins Liepzig - Kolleda airfield  

12 Jul 44

J R Lyons Munich  

13 Jul 44

J R Lyons Munich  

16 Jul 44

Frank Fusco Munich  

18 Jul 44

J R Lyons Peenemunde Rocket research facility

19 Jul 44

J R Lyons Lechfeld  

20 Jul 44

Charles VanAusdell Liepzig - Mockau MISSING IN ACTION -- fighter attack, #4 engine on fire

 

     

 

     

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