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The B.T.O.
B-17G-75-BO 43-37988

91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron

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Known Mission List

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
13 Jun 1944	?		Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center
25 Jun 1944	?		To Kearney AAB
13 Jul 1944	?		To Grenier AAB
14 Jul 1944	?		Assigned to 486BG at Sudbury as a/c H8-F
22 Jul 1944	?		Assigned to 91BG at Bassingbourn as a/c DF-C
24 Jul 1944	H Sherrill /	St Lo (Recalled)	Tactical support
25 Jul 1944	H Sherrill / F J Gilligan	St Lo	Tactical support
28 Jul 1944	H Sherrill / F J Gilligan	Merseburg - Taucha	Minor flak damage Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
29 Jul 1944	J R McCombs / D E McKee	Merseburg	Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
31 Jul 1944	L F Figie / D W Whitson	Munich	Minor flak damage
1 Aug 1944	H Sherrill / F J Gilligan	Chartres airfield	Minor flak damage
3 Aug 1944	H Sherrill / F J Gilligan	Mulhouse - Toul	?
4 Aug 1944	H Sherrill / F J Gilligan	Peenemunde	Minor battle damage
5 Aug 1944	H Sherrill / C C Whitesell	Nienburg	?
6 Aug 1944	R D Manville / J W McGourty	Brandebburg	Minor battle damage
7 Aug 1944	W J O'Brien / W R New	Sens-Bourron-Marlotte	?
8 Aug 1944	C C Whitesell / W G New	Bretteville-sur-Laize	Minor battle damage -- brought bombs back
9 Aug 1944	H Sherrill / F J Gilligan	Elsenborn	Flew with 381BG formation - probably bombed Saarbrucken
11 Aug 1944	H Sherrill / J R Lindahl	Brest	Major flak damage - flak hit wing spar
24 Aug 1944	G M Browne /	Kolleda - Goslar airfield	?
26 Aug 1944	P McDowell /	Gelsenkirchen	Minor flak damage
27 Aug 1944	R J Flint / H C Donohue	Heligoland	Berlin recall - brought bombs back
30 Aug 1944	G M Browne / J A Moeller	Kiel	?
8 Sep 1944	G M Browne / B Goldstein	Ludwigshaven	Minor battle damage - (P) wounded
13 Sep 1944	Stevens /	Lutzkendorf	?
19 Sep 1944	G M Browne / J A Moeller	Hamm	Major battle damage
25 Sep 1944	G M Browne / J A Moeller	Frankfurt	Minor flak damage
27 Sep 1944	G M Browne / J A Moeller	Cologne	Minor flak damage - brought bombs back. (CP) completed tour
28 Sep 1944	F L Adams / M B Adams	Magdeburg	Carried leaftets
30 Sep 1944	F L Adams / M B Adams	Munster	?
3 Oct 1944	G M Browne / B Goldstein	Nurnberg	Major battle damage
6 Oct 1944	W V Laws / B Goldstein	Neubrandenburg	?
7 Oct 1944	W V Laws / B Goldstein	Ruhland - Frieburg	Minor battle damage
9 Oct 1944	C C Whitesell / H C Donohue	Schweinfurt	?
15 Oct 1944	G M Browne / A R Bart	Cologne	Major battle damage
22 Oct 1944	H J Rustand / W M W Peck	Brunswick	?
25 Oct 1944	D E McKee / T E Boies	Hamburg	Minor flak damage
26 Oct 1944	Capt I O Tufty / J C Bowlan	Munster	?
30 Oct 1944	G M Browne / A R Bart	Hamm	?
5 Nov 1944	G M Browne / A R Bart	Offenbach	?
6 Nov 1944	G M Browne / A R Bart	Hamburg	Major flak damage
21 Nov 1944	G M Browne / W J Auth	Merseburg	Major flak damage - #2 & #3 engs hit. (P) completed tour? Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
26 Nov 1944	G H Spicer / O Johnson	Altenbeken	Major battle damage - 20mm cannon + mg
29 Nov 1944	A Raisin / A R Bart	Misburg	?
30 Nov 1944	A Raisin / N Kimmel	Zeitz	Carried lealets
4 Dec 1944	F C Emerson / W E Uphof	Kassel	?
9 Dec 1944	W J Auth / J E Nichol	Stuttgart	Minor battle damage
11 Dec 1944	M B Adams / J E Nichol	Frankfurt	?
12 Dec 1944	M B Adams / C C Wallace	Merseburg	Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
15 Dec 1944	H E Johnson / R A Barrett	Kassel	?
18 Dec 1944	M B Adams / J E Nichol	Luxembourg	Screening force
24 Dec 1944	W J Auth / J E Nichol	Merzhausen-Kirch Gons	2 bombs hung up - jettisoned later
28 Dec 1944	M B Adams / T M Santos	Remagen	?
31 Dec 1944	W J Auth / T N Santoni(?)	Bitburg	?
1 Jan 1945	W J Auth / T M Banta	Kassel	Minor battle damage
2 Jan 1945	W J Auth / J E Nichol	Prum	?
3 Jan 1945	P A Pastras / R F Morris	Cologne	?
5 Jan 1945	H W Balaban / J Madsen	Coblenz	?
10 Jan 1945	J Martin / M L Lund	Ostheim - Cologne	Forcelanded at B-56, over ran, hit C-47, hangar and exploded