MISSION LOG

The B.T.O. ---- B-17G-75-BO---- 43-37988
91st Bomb Group / 324th Bomb Squadron


Date Pilot

Target

13 Jun 44     Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center
25 Jun 44     To Kearney AAB
13 Jul 44     To Grenier AAB
14 Jul 44     Assigned to 486BG at Sudbury as a/c H8-F
22 Jul 44     Assigned to 91BG at Bassingbourn as a/c DF-C
24 Jul 44 H Sherrill / St Lo (Recalled) Tactical support
25 Jul 44 H Sherrill / F J Gilligan St Lo Tactical support
28 Jul 44 H Sherrill / F J Gilligan Merseburg - Taucha Minor flak damage
29 Jul 44 J R McCombs / D E McKee Merseburg  
31 Jul 44 L F Figie / D W Whitson Munich Minor flak damage
01 Aug 44 H Sherrill / F J Gilligan Chartres airfield Minor flak damage
03 Aug 44 H Sherrill / F J Gilligan Mulhouse - Toul  
04 Aug 44 H Sherrill / F J Gilligan Peenemunde Minor battle damage
05 Aug 44 H Sherrill / C C Whitesell Nienburg  
06 Aug 44 R D Manville / J W McGourty Brandebburg Minor battle damage
07 Aug 44 W J O'Brien / W R New Sens-Bourron-Marlotte  
08 Aug 44 C C Whitesell / W G New Bretteville-sur-Laize Minor battle damage -- brought bombs back
09 Aug 44 H Sherrill / F J Gilligan Elsenborn Flew with 381BG formation - probably bombed Saarbrucken
11 Aug 44 H Sherrill / J R Lindahl Brest Major flak damage - flak hit wing spar
24 Aug 44 G M Browne / Kolleda - Goslar airfield  
26 Aug 44 P McDowell / Gelsenkirchen Minor flak damage
27 Aug 44 R J Flint / H C Donohue Heligoland Berlin recall - brought bombs back
30 Aug 44 G M Browne / J A Moeller Kiel  
08 Sep 44 G M Browne / B Goldstein Ludwigshaven Minor battle damage - (P) wounded
13 Sep 44 Stevens / Lutzkendorf  
19 Sep 44 G M Browne / J A Moeller Hamm Major battle damage
25 Sep 44 G M Browne / J A Moeller Frankfurt Minor flak damage
27 Sep 44 G M Browne / J A Moeller Cologne

Minor flak damage - brought bombs back. (CP) completed tour

28 Sep 44 F L Adams / M B Adams Magdeburg Carried leaftets
30 Sep 44 F L Adams / M B Adams Munster  
03 Oct 44 G M Browne / B Goldstein Nurnberg Major battle damage
06 Oct 44 W V Laws / B Goldstein Neubrandenburg  
07 Oct 44 W V Laws / B Goldstein Ruhland - Frieburg Minor battle damage
09 Oct 44 C C Whitesell / H C Donohue Schweinfurt  
15 Oct 44 G M Browne / A R Bart Cologne Major battle damage
22 Oct 44 H J Rustand / W M W Peck Brunswick  
25 Oct 44 D E McKee / T E Boies Hamburg Minor flak damage
26 Oct 44 Capt I O Tufty / J C Bowlan Munster  
30 Oct 44 G M Browne / A R Bart Hamm  
05 Nov 44 G M Browne / A R Bart Offenbach  
06 Nov 44 G M Browne / A R Bart Hamburg Major flak damage
21 Nov 44 G M Browne / W J Auth merseburg Major flak damage - #2 & #3 engs hit. (P) completed tour
26 Nov 44 G H Spicer / O Johnson Altenbeken Major battle damage - 20mm cannon + mg
29 Nov 44 A Raisin / A R Bart Misburg  
30 Nov 44 A Raisin / N Kimmel Zeitz Carried lealets
04 Dec 44 F C Emerson / W E Uphof Kassel  
09 Dec 44 W J Auth / J E Nichol Stuttgart Minor battle damage
11 Dec 44 M B Adams / J E Nichol Frankfurt  
12 Dec 44 M B Adams / C C Wallace Merseburg  
15 Dec 44 H E Johnson / R A Barrett Kassel  
18 Dec 44 M B Adams / J E Nichol Luxembourg Screening force
24 Dec 44 W J Auth / J E Nichol Merzhausen-Kirch Gons 2 bombs hung up - jettisoned later
28 Dec 44 M B Adams / T M Santos Remagen  
31 Dec 44 W J Auth / T N Santoni(?) Bitburg  
01 Jan 45 W J Auth / T M Banta Kassel Minor battle damage
02 Jan 45 W J Auth / J E Nichol Prum  
03 Jan 45 P A Pastras / R F Morris Cologne  
05 Jan 45 H W Balaban / J Madsen Coblenz  
10 Jan 45 J Martin / M L Lund Ostheim - Cologne Forcelanded at B-56, over ran, hit C-47, hangar and exploded
       
       

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