USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Mission Roster

Date: 6 June 1944

Target: Ouistreham

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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
Royal Flush (42-6087) R F Lischer (Pilot) 100th Bomb Group, 418th Bomb Squadron D-Day tactical ground support - late morning mission
The Latest Rumor (42-97126) K J Dille (Pilot) 100th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Squadron D-Day defences - morning mission