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Slick Dick
B-29-45-BW 42-24700

500th Bomb Group, 882nd Bomb Squadron



Slick Dick
"Slick Dick" was credited with at least 54 combat missions at the war's end and had been hit by flak on two known occasions. When hostilities ceased the veteran B29 went on to fly at least another three mercy missions to drop supplies to POW camps.

Known Mission List

Date Pilot

Target

 Notes
14 Jan 1945Mitsubishi NagoyaR/E - aborted with severe oil leak in #4 eng
4 Feb 1945HanftKobe
7 Feb 1945Weather strike
8 Feb 1945HughesWeather strike Kobe
15 Feb 1945HanftNagoya MitsubishiFlew with 497BG
19 Feb 1945HanftTokyo MusashinoLeft elevator trim tab severed
25 Feb 1945Hughes / O HaasTokyo
4 Mar 1945HanftTokyo Musashino
9 Mar 1945HughesTokyo
9 Mar 1945HughesTokyo
11 Mar 1945HughesNagoyaLanded on Guam
11 Mar 1945HughesNagoyaLanded on Guam
13 Mar 1945HanftOsaka
13 Mar 1945HanftOsaka
16 Mar 1945HanftKobeR/E (NS) - #3 eng
16 Mar 1945HanftKobeR/E (NS) - #3 eng
20 Mar 1945HanftWeather strike Okinawa
24 Mar 1945HanftNagoya MitsubishiHit by flak
31 Mar 1945HanftTachiari
1 Apr 1945HughesTokyo Nakajima
1 Apr 1945HughesTokyo Nakajima
3 Apr 1945CoffmanTokyo Tachikawa
3 Apr 1945CoffmanTokyo Tachikawa
8 Apr 1945HanftKagoshima
12 Apr 1945ShoreyWeather strike Tamashima
14 Apr 1945GillertWeather strikeR/E (NS) - eng trouble, landed on Iwo Jima
22 Apr 1945--Escort to 4 P38s to Okinawa
26 Apr 1945HanftSaeki AFR/E (NS) - #2 eng
27 Apr 1945SealyIzumi AF
30 Apr 1945HanftHamamatsu
5 May 1945HanftKure Hiro
10 May 1945SealyTokuyama
14 May 1945HughesNagoyaBombed with 29BG
16 May 1945HughesNagoya
16 May 1945HughesNagoya
19 May 1945HanftHamamatsuLanded on Iwo Jima for fuel
23 May 1945HanftSouthern Tokyo
25 May 1945HanftSouth Tokyo
29 May 1945HanftYokohama
1 Jun 1945ReevesOsaka urban
5 Jun 1945HanftKobe
7 Jun 1945HanftOsaka
10 Jun 1945HanftChiba Hitachi
15 Jun 1945SealyOsaka AmagasakiR/E (NS) - #2 engine
17 Jun 1945HaasHamamatsu
17 Jun 1945HaasHamamatsu
19 Jun 1945HaasFukuoka
19 Jun 1945HaasFukuoka
22 Jun 1945HaasKureR/E (NS) - #4 eng
28 Jun 1945Haas / D WeberSasebo
1 Jul 1945HaasKumamoto
1 Jul 1945HaasKumamoto
9 Jul 1945Haas / D WeberSakai
9 Jul 1945Haas / D WeberSakai
12 Jul 1945HaasIchinomiya
12 Jul 1945HaasIchinomiya
16 Jul 1945CollinsOita
16 Jul 1945CollinsOita
19 Jul 1945SawyerHitachi
19 Jul 1945SawyerHitachi
24 Jul 1945HaasOsaka (Kuwana)Flak damage
26 Jul 1945Haas / D WeberMatsuyama
28 Jul 1945HaasIchinomiya
1 Aug 1945HaasToyama
1 Aug 1945HaasToyama
5 Aug 1945HaasNishinomiyaRadar Jamming
5 Aug 1945HaasNishinomiyaRadar Jamming
7 Aug 1945SawyerToyokawa
14 Aug 1945HaasOsaka
29 Aug 1945POW Supply #5
31 Aug 1945POW Supply #6
2 Sep 1945 POW Supply #7



 
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