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Lil` Lu
B-17G-90-BO 43-38612

385th Bomb Group

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"Lil-Lu" was named by Ted Findeiss who flew three of his missions in it and completed his tour of duty with 385th Bomb Group. If you can add to this mission list or offer any photos or further information on missions and crews relating to this aircraft I would be pleased to hear from you.

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Merseburg: Blood, Flak & Oil

Known Mission List

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
24 Aug 1944	?		Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center
7 Sep 1944	?		To Hunter Field AAB
15 Sep 1944	?		To Grenier AAB
19 Sep 1944	?		Assigned to 385BG at Great Ashfield
3 Oct 1944	H Kaplan /	Giebelstadt	?
5 Oct 1944	C M Dobbins /	Munster	?
22 Oct 1944	T C Findeiss /	Munster	?
26 Oct 1944	Lt Rifas /	Hannover	?
2 Nov 1944	T C Findeiss /	Merseburg	Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
4 Nov 1944	T C Findeiss /	Hamburg	Pilot completed his tour of missions
5 Nov 1944	J W Mellors /	Ludwigshaven	?
6 Nov 1944	Van der Hellen /	Duisberg/Neumunster	?
9 Nov 1944	J A Hibbert /	Saarbrucken	?
11 Nov 1944	H E Woltman /	Oberlahnstein/Coblenz	Category A flak damage
21 Nov 1944	H C Lambert /	Osnabruck	?
26 Nov 1944	J A Hibbert /	Misburg/Hamm	?
27 Nov 1944	J A Hibbert /	Bingen	?
30 Nov 1944	L M Brown /	Munster	Merseburg
6 Dec 1944	A R Hufford /	Lutzkendorf/Hannover	MISSING IN ACTION, crashlanded and set on fire by crew See?Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.