MISSION LOG

WINNIE THE POOH ---- B-17F-55-DL ---- 42-3422
385th Bomb Group / 551st Bomb Squadron


Date Pilot

Target

16 Jun 43     Delivered to Denver
20 Jul 43     To Dow Field AAB
24 Jul 43     Assigned to 385BG's 551st Squadron as a/c 'Y'
15 Aug 43 D E Jones / Vitry air field  
17 Aug 43   Regensburg Camera a/c
19 Aug 43 N J Maryonovich / Woensdrecht (abortive)  
27 Aug 43 W E Cerrone / Watten (abortive)  
06 Sep 43 D E Jones / Dieppe (Stuttgart) Returned early - #4 supercharger out
07 Sep 43 I H Frank / Watten NoBall V-weapon site
09 Sep 43 Walls / Beauvais  
15 Sep 43 T A Morgan / Paris  
23 Sep 43 Klohe / Kerlin Bastard airfield Morning missions
26 Sep 43 T A Morgan / Reims - Champagne airfield  
10 Oct 43 F V Poore / Munster  
14 Oct 43 I H Frank / Schweinfurt  
20 Oct 43 T A Morgan / Duren Crew aborted in a/c #356, then switched to this a/c
03 Nov 43 F V Poore Wilhelmshaven  
05 Nov 43 R W Morse / Gelsenkirchen Category A - flak damage
11 Nov 43 R W Morse / Munster  
13 Nov 43 R W Morse / Bremen Electric suits failed, froze (BT) feet, (LW) froze hands
16 Nov 43 H A Heuser / Rjukan, Norway  
19 Nov 43 Singleton / Gelsenkirchen  
26 Nov 43 T J Kleuser / Paris - Bremen (abortive)  
29 Nov 43 Davis / Bremen Category A damage - flak + 20mm
05 Dec 43 Kirby / Bordeaux - Merignac airfield  
16 Dec 43 Preuss / Bremen Returned early - no sortie credited
20 Dec 43 L C Swedluns / G H Guscott Bremen Aborted but credited with sortie
30 Dec 43 Davis / Ludwigshaven  
31 Dec 43 Wheeler / Cognac aifield  
04 Jan 44 F J Hart / C M Connell Kiel  
29 Jan 44 R T Sherrill / J L Percival Frankfurt  
04 Feb 44 S R Patrissi / E McCreary Frankfurt Returned early - no sortie credited
25 Feb 44 N H Davis / R C Clark Regensburg MISSING -- flak hit #2 eng, a/c spun in. MACR#2775
       

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