USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Mission Roster

Date: 11 August 1944

Target: Brest

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Home base Target

Dashed lines are straight-line approximations, not real flight paths - they give a rough sense of distance and time, not the actual route.

Participating listed aircraft

AircraftCrewUnitNotes
Boston Bombshell (42-39996) M C Ellis (Pilot), M Webb (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 322nd Bomb Squadron
Little Patches (42-31678) 2nd Lt Charles Buchanan (Pilot) 91st Bomb Group
Madame Shoo Shoo (43-37707) T R Gordon (Pilot), A W Anderson (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 322nd Bomb Squadron
The B.T.O. (43-37988) H Sherrill (Pilot), J R Lindahl (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron Major flak damage - flak hit wing spar