USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Mission Roster

Date: 17 August 1943

Target: Schweinfurt

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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
Flak Wolf (42-3131) C M Olson (Pilot) 303rd Bomb Group, 427th Bomb Squadron Category AC damage - mg + self-inflicted + shell cases
Lady Luck (42-29837) Maj R W Weitzenfeld (Pilot), Lt V A Parker (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron Lead a/c - Cat A BD - flak
Meat Hound (42-29524) J W Hendry (Pilot) 303rd Bomb Group, 359th Bomb Squadron Category AC damage - flak + self-inflicted. 4 Me110s claimed
Oklahoma Okie (42-29921) Lt Col C K Wurzbach (Pilot), Col Gross (Co-Pilot) 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron CBW Lead a/c -- Cat A - flak + 20mm + 40mm (approx)