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Patty Jo
B-17G-10-BO 42-31242

388th Bomb Group, 563rd Bomb Squadron

Appearance
Patty Jo

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Tales To Noses Over Berlin

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Known Mission List

Date Pilot

Target

 Notes
7 Oct 1943? Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center
17 Oct 1943? To Grand Island AAB
23 Oct 1943? To Great Falls AAB
9 Nov 1943? Assigned to 388BG at Knettishall, UK
26 Nov 1943Pack ?
5 Dec 1943GeorgeBordeaux?
11 Dec 1943L E RantonEmden?
13 Dec 1943HulcherKielCategory AC damage -- flak & 20mm
16 Dec 1943DeJeanBremenCategory A damage -- flak
20 Dec 1943L E RantonBremen?
22 Dec 1943L E RantonMunsterCategory A damage -- flak
30 Dec 1943L E RantonLudwigshaven?
31 Dec 1943L E RantonParisCategory A damage -- flak
7 Jan 1944DeJeanLudwigshafen?
11 Jan 1944L E RantonBrunswick?
14 Jan 1944L E RantonCrossbowV2-weapon site
21 Jan 1944L E RantonCrossbowV2 site Cherbourg penisular
24 Jan 1944L E RantonFrankfurt?
29 Jan 1944L E RantonFrankfurt?
3 Feb 1944KeirstedWilhelmshavenCategory A damage - flak
4 Feb 1944J G GunnFrankfurt?
5 Feb 1944ObenschainRomilly AFCatgory A damage -- flak
6 Feb 1944L E RantonRomillyCategrory AC damage - machinegun fire
20 Feb 1944L E RantonPosnan?
21 Feb 1944L E RantonBrunswick?
22 Feb 1944W J BrunkHammMarshalling Yards
25 Feb 1944L E RantonRegensburg?
29 Feb 1944???BrunswickCategory AC damage -- flak
16 Mar 1944ClarkAugsburg?
18 Mar 1944A NelsonAugsburg?
20 Mar 1944SundstromFrankfurt?
26 Mar 1944L E RantonCrossbowV2-weapon site
27 Mar 1944L E RantonBordeaux?
29 Mar 1944W J BrunkChateaudun?
1 Apr 1944SundstromLudwigshafenHit by flak
8 Apr 1944W J BrunkAchmer"Few flak holes"
9 Apr 1944L E RantonPoznan?
10 Apr 1944L E RantonCourcelles?
11 Apr 1944W J BrunkPoznan/Rostock"8 large flak holes"
13 Apr 1944ElliottAugsburg?
22 Apr 1944W J BrunkHamm?
24 Apr 1944W J BrunkFriedrichshafen"7 flak holes, one WIA, controls shot out"
25 Apr 1944PrendergastDijon?
26 Apr 1944W J BrunkBrunswick?
29 Apr 1944W J BrunkBerlinSevere damage
7 May 1944W J BrunkBerlin?
8 May 1944SallesBerlinReturned early (non sortie) - personnel ill
9 May 1944W J BrunkJuvincourt?
11 May 1944W J BrunkBrussels-Liege"One flak hole"
12 May 1944W J BrunkBruxReturned early (non sortie) - #3 engine out
19 May 1944SallesBerlinMid-air collision and crashlanded at Watton
4 Jul 1944PriceSully-sur-Roine?
6 Jul 1944PattenFleury?
6 Jul 1944SaundersSautricourt?
8 Jul 1944BottenfieldNantes?
11 Jul 1944PattenMunich?
16 Jul 1944PaulsonMunich?
18 Jul 1944MeagherKiel?
19 Jul 1944Saunders (?)Schweinfurt?
24 Jul 1944PattenSt LoTactical target in support of ground assault
25 Jul 1944PattenSt LoTactical target in support of ground assault
28 Jul 1944PriceMerseburgMerseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
31 Jul 1944SaundersMunichTactical target in support of ground assault
1 Aug 1944SaundersTactical target?
2 Aug 1944MeagherMery-sur-Oise?
13 Aug 1944MeagherSeine River?
16 Aug 1944MeagherZeitz?
24 Aug 1944J GoodmanBrux?
30 Aug 1944ChimentiBremen?
3 Sep 1944MeagherBrest?
8 Sep 1944HutchinsonMainz?
9 Sep 1944SaundersDusseldorf?
10 Sep 1944LordNurnburg?
12 Sep 1944ChimentiMagdeburg?
13 Sep 1944RiddleDarmstadt?
17 Sep 1944MoustyArnheim/Deolen?
21 Sep 1944HarkerLudwigshaven388BG's 200th combat mission
28 Sep 1944HutchinsonMerseburgMerseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
2 Oct 1944RiddleKassel?
3 Oct 1944RiddleNurnburg?
7 Oct 1944SearsBohlen?
15 Oct 1944RiddleCologneReturned early (non sortie - personnel sick
17 Oct 1944RiddleCologne?
18 Oct 1944MeagherKassel?
22 Oct 1944StaffordMunster?
26 Oct 1944GladstoneHanover?
30 Oct 1944StaffordMerseburgMerseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
2 Nov 1944OpdykeMerseburgMerseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
4 Nov 1944TerlitzziNeunkirchen?
5 Nov 1944GregorichLudwigshafen?
6 Nov 1944GaspardDuisburg?
9 Nov 1944ByromSaarbruckenReturned early (non sortie) -- landed at Matching Green
12 Dec 1944MorrisonDarmstadt?
15 Dec 1944PeckHannover?
24 Dec 1944ReutherDarmstadt?
7 Jan 1945TerlitzziCologne?
10 Jan 1945NeedhamCologne?
13 Jan 1945HutchinsonBischofsheim?
15 Jan 1945McKenzieAugsburg?
25 Jul 1946? SALVAGED



 
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