MISSION LOG

LITTLE MISS MISCHIEF ---- B-17G-35-VE---- 42-97880
91st Bomb Group / 324th Bomb Squadron


Date Pilot

Target

23 Mar 44     Delivered to USAAC at Tulsa AAB
18 May 44     To Hunter AAB
29 May 44     To Dow Field AAB for overseas deployment
15 Jun 44     Assigned to 91BG 324BS a/c "F"
18 Jun 44 F/O J Bessolo Hamburg  
20 Jun 44 H Sherrill   Taxi accident, hit A-20 on runway
22 Jun 44 F/O J Bessolo Masingarbe - Pont a Verdin  
23 Jun 44 F/O J Bessolo Fleury (abortive)  
24 Jun 44 F/O J Bessolo Saumer RR Bridge Category A - minor flak damage
25 Jun 44 F/O J Bessolo Toulouse-Blagnac Category A - minor flak damage
28 Jun 44 F/O J Bessolo Anizy RR Bridge  
04 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo Tours RR Bridge (abortive)  
06 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo Aire NoBall Category A - minor flak damage (v-weapon site)
07 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo Leipzig-Kolleda  
09 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo Crepieul-Fleury Category AC - major flak damage
12 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo Munich Category A - minor flak damage
13 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo Munich Category A - minor flak damage
16 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo Munich  
24 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo St Lo (tactical)  
25 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo St Lo (tactical)  
28 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo Merseburg - Taucha Category A - minor flak damage
29 Jul 44 F/O J Bessolo Merseburg Category A - minor flak damage
01 Aug 44 R R Goldsmith(?) Chartres airfield possibly flown by JR Lyons(?) (data conflict)
03 Aug 44 J Bessolo Mulhouse - Toul "One flak hole in ship"
04 Aug 44 J Bessolo Peenemunde Category A - minor flak damage
05 Aug 44 J Bessolo Nienburg  
06 Aug 44 J Bessolo Brandenburg Category A - minor flak damage
08 Aug 44 J Bessolo Bretteville-sur-Laize Category A - minor battle damage -- brought bombs back
09 Aug 44 L M Walton Elsenborn  
12 Aug 44 L F Figie Buc airfield Jettisoned one bomb in Channel
13 Aug 44 P R McDowell Le Manoir Bridge  
14 Aug 44 R H Brown Metz - Frascaty airfield  
15 Aug 44 H Sherrill Ostheim Category AC - major battle damage -- (BT)+(WG) wounded
24 Aug 44 J Bessolo Kolleda - Goslar airfields  
26 Aug 44 J Bessolo Gelsenkirchen Category AC - major flak damage
27 Aug 44 P R McDowell Heligoland (Berlin abort) Brought bombs back
30 Aug 44 K S Smith Kiel  
08 Sep 44 L E Gaddis Ludwigshaven Returned early (non-sortie)
09 Sep 44 P R McDowell Ludwigshaven Returned early (non-sortie) #2 eng out
11 Sep 44 P R McDowell Lutzkendorf  
19 Sep 44 L E Gaddis Hamm MY Category A - minor flak damage
21 Sep 44 P R McDowell Mainz Category A - minor battle damage
25 Sep 44 T C Martin Frankfurt  
27 Sep 44 P R McDowell Cologne Category A - minor flak damage -- bombs brought back
03 Oct 44 P R McDowell Nurnberg  
06 Oct 44 C C Whitesell Neubrandenburg  
07 Oct 44 R E Manville Ruhland-Freiburg Category A - minor flak damage
09 Oct 44 P R McDowell Schweinfurt Category A - minor flak damage
14 Oct 44 H B Reichert Cologne  
15 Oct 44 P R McDowell Cologne

Category AC - major battle damage - bellied in, (WG(+(BT) wounded

25 Nov 44 P R McDowell Merseburg  
30 Nov 44 P R McDowell Zietz Category A - minor flak damage
04 Dec 44 H W Balaban Kassel  
09 Dec 44 P R McDowell Stuttgart  
11 Dec 44 P R McDowell Frankfurt  
12 Dec 44 P R McDowell Merseburg  
24 Dec 44 P R McDowell Merzhausen 3 bombs hung up - jettisoned
28 Dec 44 P R McDowell Remagen  
31 Dec 44 P R McDowell Bitburg (P) completed his tour
02 Jan 45 J Martin Prum  
06 Jan 45 H W Balaban Cologne Category AC - major battle damage - landed in France
15 Feb 45 G Thompson Dresden  
16 Feb 45 G Thompson Gelsenkirchen Category AC - major flak damage
19 Feb 45 G Thompson Dortmund  
28 Feb 45 E M Moyer Schwerte  
02 Mar 45 H V Camp Chemnitz - Jocketa  
03 Mar 45 E M Moyer Chemnitz Carried leaflets
04 Mar 45 E M Moyer Ulm - Reutlingen  
09 Mar 45 H V Camp Kassel Category A - minor flak damage
10 Mar 45 H V Camp Sinsen  
14 Mar 45 E M Moyer Vlotho - Osnabruck  
15 Mar 4 E M Moyer Oranienburg Category A - minor battle damage
17 Mar 45 E M Moyer Bohlen  
19 Mar 45 E M Moyer Plauen  
21 Mar 45 T M Banta Salzbergen  
22 Mar 45 T M Banta Dorsten  
24 Mar 45 E M Moyer Vechta  
28 Mar 45 E M Moyer Berlin - Spandau  
30 Mar 45 C E Brooks Bremen Category A - minor battledamage
04 Apr 45 E M Moyer Fassberg CRASHED on takeoff -- Salvaged / Repaired?????
07 May 45     Some sources show a/c transferred to 306BG
       

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