USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Mission Roster

Date: 6 January 1945

Target: Cologne

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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
General Ike (42-97061) R R Sullenberger (Pilot), G E Shoup (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron
Little Miss Mischief (42-97880) H W Balaban (Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron Category AC - major battle damage - landed in France
Little Patches (42-31678) 1st Lt Will Carter (Pilot) 91st Bomb Group
Nine O Nine (42-31909) Earl W Scofield (Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron
Skunkface III (44-6568) G H Spicer (Pilot), M L Smith (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron
Steady Hedy (42-97181) L E Hubbell (Pilot) 306th Bomb Group, 369th Bomb Squadron