USAAF Nose Art Research Project

Mission Roster

Date: 28 September 1944

Target: Merseberg

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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
Milk Wagon (43-37756) Lt Russell (Pilot) 447th Bomb Group, 708th Bomb Squadron Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
Patty Jo (42-31242) Hutchinson (Pilot) 388th Bomb Group, 563rd Bomb Squadron Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.
The Latest Rumor (42-97126) F A Ricci (Pilot) 100th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Squadron Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil.